17 Chapter 17

Dilemma

Liu Fancheng was really angry this time.

When the original body was still alive, although he disliked Liu Qingran, he was really close to several family members.

Zhang Li is different. Although she inherited the body and memory of the original body, she has no feelings for the Liu family and naturally will not treat them well.

Such a contrast makes it seem that Zhang Li has "no remorse at all" and has even become more "rampant".

"So arrogant! She really thought I wouldn't touch her!!"

Previously, Liu Fancheng had only asked his assistant to release the news of banning Zhang Li, but this time he was completely serious about it.

He first contacted several large families that were closest to the Liu family, including the Pei family who wanted to form an alliance through marriage, and ordered them to blockade and suppress Zhang Li from all aspects.

With the instructions of the major families, other small businesses that wanted to cling on naturally also took sides.

In addition, he also specially sent people to capture and pursue Zhang Li's movements.

Whenever Zhang Li wants to get involved in any job, the Liu family will know about it in advance and then ruin Zhang Li's plans.

As for the Internet, Liu Fancheng did not let it go. He asked Liu Shuyi to spend a lot of money to buy a huge water army service team. As long as there was any public opinion about Zhang Li, the comment area below would be filled with negative comments with a high number of likes.

Liu Shuyi went even further. For Liu Qingran, he had long since learned all the mechanisms in the entertainment industry, including the methods of discrediting an artist. In addition to setting up a platform to discredit Zhang Li on a daily basis, he also sent people to patrol Zhang Li's various accounts every day to curse him.

Liu Shuyi just didn't believe that if Zhang Li and her team were under such negative pressure for a long time, how long could she last?

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Zhang Li’s Weibo account has long been set up so that non-fans are not allowed to comment, and the account has been handed over to his assistant Bai Wen for management.

Bai Wen felt something was wrong when she suddenly noticed that her Weibo followers had skyrocketed.

Sure enough, all the people who came this time were black fans.

[Which man did you hook up with? Even Zheng Wanying was bribed?]

[You obscure celebrity, please leave! You're the only one who still wants to play Concubine Li?]

[Participating in the Legend of Li Wan, keys cost ten yuan each, how many do you want? ]

[I'm afraid there's no one listed in the household registration book? How despicable of a person!]

[If I had your face, there's nothing I couldn't succeed in! Plastic surgery freak, get out of the entertainment industry!]

【……】

The various abusive words were simply unbearable for her to read, and many of the more extreme ones were even deleted by the system.

Bai Wen couldn't even delete the comment, so she quickly reported the matter to Zhang Li and Cheng Yu.

"Sister Li, Sister Cheng, why don't you just close the comments section?"

Zhang Li didn't know what he was thinking, so he just asked, "How's the situation with my fans?"

"The fans..." Bai Wen frowned, "They really want to control the comments, but the number gap is too huge..."

This was even when Xu Fei was her best friend and she told her that Zhang Li was being scammed, and Xu Fei took the trouble to calm down the other fans.

Otherwise, if he met ordinary fans, he would have collapsed long ago without being able to withstand the pressure.

"Don't close the comments section for now, and don't bother with those trolls. Keep your fans calm and let them wait for a while."

After talking to Bai Wen, Zhang Li looked at Cheng Yu again.

Cheng Yu knew what to do without her saying much.

"I'll have the company's public relations team take action immediately."

Lingman Entertainment naturally also has its own water army, which can provide emergency assistance at critical moments.

Yu Feiyu, the president of Lingman Entertainment, can be considered an old "comrade-in-arms" who has been with Cheng Yu all the way. He has witnessed Cheng Yu bringing out one top-tier star after another and has great trust in her.

When he learned that Zhang Li had been recruited by a cyber-troll army, he immediately asked the public relations team to handle it as a priority.

However, the Liu family's chips this time were really big, and the number of water armies was endless. Even Zhang Li's number of Weibo fans continued to rise, and soon broke the one million black fans mark.

Such big moves on both sides quickly attracted the attention of the industry.

Seeing that Zhang Li had just been banned by Pei Yuanzhi and then faced the Liu family's punishment, people in the circle secretly sighed that she was really brave.

There were also some people who wanted to curry favor with Pei Yuanzhi and the Liu family, or those who had been offended by Zhang Li, who were secretly taking advantage of the situation.

For a time, the Internet was full of negative public opinion about Zhang Li.

Looking at those bad words, Cheng Yu was afraid that Zhang Li would not be able to hold on.

And there is another point, she understood that the Liu family also wanted to use this method to force the crew of "Legend of Li Wan" to cancel Zhang Li's role.

She quickly contacted Zheng Wanying and explained the situation, but found that Zheng Wanying was very understanding.

"The Liu family and Pei Yuanzhi are truly despicable! Don't worry, the role of Concubine Li belongs to none other than Zhang Li!"

With Director Zheng's words, Cheng Yu felt much more at ease.

She discussed it with Zhang Li and felt that they could only take things one step at a time.

"Although Director Zheng is trying his best to protect you, the filming of 'Legend of Li Wan' will take at least a few months, and the broadcast will be even further away. Before then, we have to find a way to break through..."

But then, the facts seemed to verify Liu Fancheng's words.

Cheng Yu had already made an appointment to meet with several directors that she had her eyes on, but in the end, they all changed their minds.

"Xiaocheng, I'm sorry, the role I discussed with you earlier has already been cast..."

"Cheng Agent, the investor suddenly wants to add someone, specifically for this role, and I can't help..."

"Ayu, there's really nothing I can do. You should understand my current situation..."

Everyone's excuses seemed similar and monotonous, how could Cheng Yu not understand what they meant?

After a series of phone calls, she didn't even make an appointment with anyone.

Even though Cheng Yu had been well prepared, she finally experienced the true meaning of "people leave and the tea gets cold." Once upon a time, these directors had lined up to negotiate contracts with her, but now...

After hanging up another call, she still couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

"Still can't make an appointment?" Zhang Li had already expected this.

Cheng Yu nodded.

Her expression had become more serious.

"I had contacted those directors before. It would have been fine if they were found out by the Liu family, but this one only got resources temporarily from the company. How could this happen?" It's impossible that all the directors, big and small, were bribed by the Liu family, right?

Zhang Li seemed to be lost in thought. "When you made the first call just now, was the line busy?"

"Yes." Cheng Yu nodded again, looking puzzled.

After hearing this, Zhang Li already understood what was going on.

"There's no way something could go wrong on our end, so there's only one possibility."

Cheng Yu asked suspiciously, "You mean..."