I need to issue an apology statement.

Jiang Songhe mentally calculated the start and end dates of his visa and the length of his stay in the car, slowly planning his trip to Man. No matter how he planned, he couldn't avoid the variable of when the crisis would be resolved. As he calculated, he drifted off to sleep.

As the morning light shone through the building across the street and into the car window, Jiang Songhe's straight eyelashes trembled slightly, and she was awake for a third of the time. The sound of an incoming call ringing in her hand woke her up for another third of the time.

He probably caught a chill from opening the window before bed. He glanced at the screen, his brow furrowed, and hovered his fingertip over the answer button. When he subconsciously cleared his throat, he felt a tight, stinging pain.

He coughed twice, then answered the WeChat call, lowering his voice and speaking sparingly: "Speak."

Lin Duole: "President Jiang, I have good news and bad news..."

Jiang Songhe stretched his palm and pressed from his temple to the inner corner of his eye: "Tsk."

Lin Duole immediately got to the point: "The good news is that Designer Wu stepped forward and posted a Weibo to clarify things for Teacher Xiao Jiang, the bad news is... Teacher Xiao Jiang found out."

Jiang Songhe's computer was just 70% complete when he was momentarily confused. He could only ask, based on the order in which he received the information, "Wu Fangsi clarified? Songyun knows?"

Lin Duole was taken aback by his boss's less-than-optimistic voice and speaking ability. He remained silent for a long time before forwarding the screenshots of the Weibo post and the artist group chat into the chat box: "You should take a look for yourself."

Jiang Songhe sat up straight, placed his hand on the steering wheel to shield the screen from the light, and first opened the screenshot. After seeing it clearly, he was immediately fully awake.

An hour ago, Jiang Songyun asked in the artist group, "Why can't I log into Weibo?" and then asked, "Is anyone alive? I'm worried." Seeing that everyone in the group was pretending to be asleep, he immediately sent a long string of chat screenshots.

Jiang Songhe assumed this was "bad news," swallowed hard, and randomly clicked on a card.

Jiang Songyun: Are you kidding me? You're taking pictures as soon as you get off the plane?

Li Qinghai: Mr. Jiang, this fashion designer just left the Difan Haute Couture studio to start her own business. Although her personal brand is new, she is already quite famous.

Jiang Songyun: What does my fame have to do with me? And what does it have to do with me filming right after I got off the plane at 5 a.m.?

Li Qinghai: Wu, the designer's assistant, said they've been busy with some kind of show lately, so they might only have time around this time because they're working day and night.

Jiang Songyun: Maybe?

Jiang Songyun: So you neither understood the situation clearly nor communicated actively, and you just accepted whatever time people said?

Kang Song-yoon: Is this how you act as a manager?

Li Qinghai: Mr. Jiang, I'm just an executive agent, and my voice carries little weight... I was just thinking that since they have good fashion resources, if we cooperate more, it's still a viable path, isn't it?

Jiang Songyun: You're calling me? You've got a pretty clear argument with me, Li Qinghai.

Jiang Songyun: My brother knows about this?

Li Qinghai: General Manager Jiang personally reviewed and signed the contract.

Jiang Songyun: Okay. [Smiling]

...

These conversations were not publicly shared among celebrities. Jiang Songyun didn't mention a word about them, and Jiang Songhe couldn't possibly have checked their chat history without reason. He only found out today, after witnessing it firsthand, how Li Qinghai handled his work with Jiang Songyun when he was still employed.

It is true that he signed the contract with WANTON WU, but the terms clearly stipulate the specific shooting time, which must be discussed at least three days in advance, taking into account the artist's schedule and physical condition.

During that time, Jiang Songhe and Xu Qin were simultaneously handling the submission and broadcast of "Yan Ge Xing". Negotiation and coordination are the most basic tasks in brokerage affairs. He clearly remembered that Li Qinghai's resume stated that he had been in the industry for 9 years and that his previous position was broker, so he neglected to ask more questions.

"Damn it." Jiang Songhe couldn't help but curse out loud, cursing Li Qinghai and himself.

"..." Lin Duole gasped into the receiver. "Mr. Jiang, should I hang up now? We can communicate via text after you've finished reading this..."

Jiang Songhe wasn't sure if she could remain calm after seeing all the screenshots, so she agreed and set a time limit for the communication: "Fifteen minutes."

After ending the call, Jiang Songhe had already guessed what the rest of the screenshots contained. Jiang Songyun didn't speak in the group after sending them. Jiang Songhe assumed that Jiang Songyun wanted to confront him and understood that the group members were not replying because they had been instructed by him to wait for the boss to personally intervene.

However, it still takes some time to prepare mentally.

So Jiang Songhe turned to look at Wu Fangsi's Weibo post, hoping to get more positive information and emotions from it.

Wu Fangsi posted a long article with pictures almost one after the other with Jiang Songyun. In the article, she pointed out that the background of a few seconds in the video that exposed "Xianyu BOT" was the photography studio that she often worked with, and speculated that the anonymous contributor was Li Qingmou, Jiang Songyun's former executive agent.

It also provides a detailed account of the entire conflict that occurred that day with Jiang Songyun.

Wu Fangsi said that she had just communicated with the artist about Li Qingmou's work arrangements at home and learned that Li Qingmou had notified the artist to come at the wrong time even though the shooting time had been postponed by two hours three days in advance.

It's understandable that an artist, fatigued from waiting two hours, might become emotional and speak recklessly, uttering the words in the video. At the end of the long post, Wu Fangsi cleverly vindicated Jiang Songyun while simultaneously promoting her brand's core concept—

However, we should also thank Lee Kyung-mo for his "playing dead" work attitude. WANTON WU accidentally found an artist who perfectly matched the brand's seasonal image of "an angry boy who dares to be himself and not be afraid of the world".

It perfectly matches Wu Fangsi's personality.

Scroll down to the comments section, and fans, as if divinely inspired, left numerous photos of WANTON WU's first menswear line featuring Kang Song-yoon, saying they had been recommended the same items and had already placed orders.

Jiang Songhe frowned and logged out of Weibo. She found WANTON WU's online store on a shopping app. Fortunately, Wu Fangsi's personal brand is positioned as fast fashion and takes a people-friendly approach. The prices of individual items are generally not too expensive, and young fans can afford them.

I still feel something is wrong. Whether it's one item or several, you can't encourage fans to buy things for celebrities, but you also can't directly stop them, because that would be undermining Wu Fang Si's reputation.

After quickly reviewing the remaining screenshots of the celebrity group chat, Jiang Songhe became even more certain that Jiang Songyun's words and actions in the exposé video were indeed plausible.

Li Qinghai not only neglected his duties and wasted other people's money, but also repeatedly took advantage of his business trips to secretly arrange for Jiang Songyun, who was still a minor at the time, to audition for short dramas with extremely explicit content without informing him first!

Short dramas generally do not require offline auditions, so what was Li Qinghai's intention in bringing along a child star whose acting career had stalled at that time?

Are you treating his beloved younger brother like a monkey?

Scolding him is an understatement. Jiang Songhe squeezed the phone and gritted his back teeth. If there weren't more urgent matters waiting for him to deal with at the moment, he would have wanted to kill Ci Yi and beat Li Qinghai immediately.

After enduring the humiliation for fifteen minutes, Jiang Songhe had already made up her mind before replying to the project group message.

He asked Lin Duole to add a total of 4,500 cloud-based screenings on three streaming platforms. Yunhe paid for them under the name WANTON WU. Before finalizing the arrangements, he communicated with the brand's public relations department to find out if they had any specific requirements regarding the timing of the screenings.

After obtaining consent, create a group chat and invite Feng Siyu to continue communicating about the brand's official Weibo account releasing exclusive coupons for fans. Finally, have the publicity team members who represent Jiang Songyun's studio appeal in the fan group to "buy as needed and consume rationally."

After issuing the instructions, Jiang Songhe took a deep breath and privately sent a WeChat message to Jiang Songyun: "Shall I give you a call, brother?"

Less than a minute later, Jiang Songyun called directly.

Jiang Songhe was prepared to hear his younger brother throw a tantrum and berate him for his inaction, but before he could even speak, Jiang Songyun said, "I'm going to issue an apology statement."

"..." Jiang Songhe pursed her lips and remained silent for a long time before saying, "Okay."

-

Another morning rush hour at 7 a.m.

Jiang Songyun updated the IP address of his personal account to Maner and posted a video at that time.

In the video, the young actor, who has recently been trending on social media, makes his first live, high-definition appearance without makeup or elaborate styling. Instead, he wears a simple, clean white shirt and faces the camera with sincerity and seriousness.

Across subway, bus, and ride-hailing services, Jiang Songyun issued a public apology: "I deeply regret my previous immature and rude words and actions to those who were hurt..."

In the three-minute video, Jiang Songyun looked directly at the audience off-camera without any notes, offering no explanations, defenses, or excuses. He acknowledged all the controversial points raised by the revelations, promising to be more careful with his words and actions in the future and asking for everyone's supervision.

This, ironically, prevents those who criticize and condemn from continuing to nitpick and entangle.

The criticism didn't last long before the public opinion shifted positively. Under the hashtag #JiangSongYunApologizes#, not only fans spoke out, but also non-fans who happened to be passing by left comments.

"Whether you say it or not, at least it proves that the voices in the show are original, and the actors' delivery of lines is still pretty good."

"Of course, although our Yunzi has just turned eighteen, she's already a veteran actress with fourteen years of experience, so her professional skills are naturally beyond question~"

"It's only natural for minors to do immature things, and it's not a big deal that violates the law. They've already apologized, haven't they? There's no point in keeping up the matter. Are you all just bored?"

"That Li Qingmou, his name has two characters in the same place as the current artist director of Ciyi."

"It's terrifying to think about! MZFS's behavior is too disgusting. Instead of doing all sorts of dirty tricks, they should be worrying about their own shows that were taken down due to the flood!"

Please tune in to the Man'er Star Show Grand Finale on March 5th and cheer for the all-around idol Jiang Songyun to win the championship!!!

"..."

Jiang Songhe's eyes turned sinister. Suddenly, he felt that playing the gentleman's card openly was all nonsense. So, he personally recharged a huge sum of money for his Weibo account, which had never been verified, and picked a few guesses about Ciyi and Li Qinghai that were closest to the truth, and helped them get on a few headlines.

After getting out of the car, Jiang Songhe glanced at the time. He knew he had to go back to the company to handle the aftermath in two hours, so he went into the villa, intending to take a hot shower to cool off, change his clothes, have a simple meal, and then leave.

He had just put the noodles into the pot in the kitchen when his phone rang again. He turned off the stove and answered it, bringing forward the formal expression of gratitude he was supposed to give back at the office: "Thanks for today, I'm so glad I did..."

"Owe me a favor?" Wu Fangsi chuckled a few times. "No need for that. On the contrary, I should thank President Jiang for his decisive action, which allowed WANTON WU to achieve its quarterly KPI ahead of schedule."

"Why don't you think carefully about who you should repay this favor to?"