Chapter 41 Four Sinful Dishes
On the Internet, the news that Chu Xing was bullied by her classmate Zhang Tao in school and that Chu Xing was photographed in an indecent manner became a hot topic.
Because of the public's curiosity, the indecent photos of Chu Xing were directly ranked first in the hot search and were marked as "hot".
Everyone originally came in with a curiosity to see the so-called indecent photos, but after seeing what happened, anyone with a conscience was furious and generously contributed their reposts and comments, which gradually expanded public opinion.
Yun Rong walked out of the small dark room and found that everyone was staring at her at the door, and reporters who came from nowhere were taking pictures of her.
She thought this was a surprise specially prepared for her by the program crew and that they wanted to interview her, so she immediately straightened her clothes and walked towards everyone.
Under the media spotlight, she appeared extremely confident and had even prepared a series of hypocritical remarks, just waiting for the reporters to ask questions.
Chu Cheng walked out of the crowd, walked towards Yun Rong, and stood in front of her.
He raised his hand and was about to hit Yunrong.
However, before the slap could land, Xue Qi stopped it.
Yun Rong had no idea what Chu Cheng was going to do, and subconsciously took a step back: "King Chu, what are you going to do?"
Xue Qi said, "Old Chu, this time Chu Xing asked me for help, and I'm his client. As his client, it's my duty to do this for him. You're a man of blood, and this kind of woman isn't worthy of dirtying your hands."
Yun Rong realized something and felt uneasy, but she still mustered up the courage to speak: "You...King Chu, what are you going to do? Did you hear something? Is there any misunderstanding here?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Xue Qi slapped her.
The slap was so loud that a slap mark immediately appeared on Yunrong's face. It was red and the red blood was faintly visible under her fair skin.
Yun Rong was stunned by the slap and glared at Xue Qi: "Ms. Xue, did I offend you? What are you doing? Are you crazy?"
Xue Qi said calmly, "As Chu Xing's client, I gave you this slap on his behalf. You are a teacher, but your behavior is immoral. Because you had an affair with Zhang Tao's father, you protected Zhang Tao, the instigator of school violence, and even took indecent photos of underage boys to threaten them."
King Chu Tian couldn't bring himself to slap Chu Xing. After all, he and Chu Xing were at the top of the cloud. Any slight disturbance would be easily exaggerated. This woman was not worthy of being the "dark spot" in their father and son's lives.
Xue Qi slapped Yun Rong again, her fair cheeks reddening until blood seeped in. "This slap is for that innocent girl who died. As her homeroom teacher, you not only didn't help her at the critical moment, but you also colluded with Zhang Tao's father to bring disaster upon her. Although the lives of this family of three didn't fall at your hands, you are inextricably linked to their deaths."
Yun Rong looked at her in disbelief, and also looked around: "You, you guys... there are surveillance cameras in here! You are plotting against me!"
Xue Qi nodded: "Yes, there is surveillance."
Yun Rong looked at her, then at Chu Xing who looked calm behind her: "You, you guys! You guys are actually acting with me! Have you been pretending to be incompatible from the beginning? Are you guys working together to plot against me!?"
Sun Fugui stepped out of the crowd. "That's right. Normally, a temporary guest like you would only be paid a few hundred thousand or even a hundred thousand for your appearance fee. But I personally paid you over a million out of my own pocket. My goal was to make you think that Chu Xing was trying to curry favor with you. You old witch, you're unworthy of being a teacher. You'll go to hell after you die, right? How could you do such vicious things to those young children like you!"
Yun Rong's mind was in a state of confusion, and she immediately said, "This is all fake! Everything I said just now is fake, it's not true! You were secretly filming! It can't be used as evidence in court! I'm going to sue you for deceiving me! You're violating the contract! Your contract clearly states that there can't be any surveillance in the small dark room! If you're caught, you'll have to pay ten times your appearance fee as compensation!"
Sun Fugui shamelessly said, "Ah? Secret filming? No, it's not secret filming. We clearly wrote it on the contract we gave you. Except for room 406, which is a small dark room without surveillance, the others are not. Look for yourself, which room is this? And it is clearly written in the contract that this room is not a small dark room."
Yunrong turned around and saw that the number "306" was clearly written on the doorplate of the room.
She still refused to admit it and denied her previous statement.
Reporters surrounded her and asked her questions one after another:
"Ms. Yunrong, as a teacher, when you defended students who were bullied on campus, did you ever consider the feelings of other children? Didn't you have nightmares after you indirectly killed Gao Huaiyu, a female student in your class, and her family?"
"Yes, Miss Yunrong, as a teacher, you condoned school violence and ruined more than one child. If this matter had not been exposed, would you have planned to ruin more children and their families?"
"As a teacher, don't you know that children are the hope of their families and the hope of their country? By doing this, you've not only ruined the child, but also the child's family, and even the hope of the country! Don't you feel guilty?"
"Yunrong, you're not even worthy of being called teacher! If the 'Our Delicious Restaurant' production team hadn't carefully planned it and let you speak out, do you plan to live like this for the rest of your life? Have you never had a nightmare in your dreams?!"
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Under the siege of reporters, Yunrong squatted down, covered her ears and screamed.
She was just a teacher at an international middle school. How could she bear such a scene? She was so scared that she screamed on the spot, covering her ears and collapsed, "I didn't do that! I didn't do that! I was forced by Zhang Xun! He forced me to do this! He forced me! I'm just a small teacher with no power or influence. He raped me and forced me to do this! Yes, it was Zhang Xun who forced me!"
The live broadcast barrage finally returned to normal, and someone cursed loudly:
"Just got back from cursing on Weibo. Seriously, my fingers are aching from cursing! Too much to complain about, come downstairs!"
"I really have so much to say. I'm so pissed off! I always thought Xingxing was well protected, but I never thought he would be hurt like this! I'm so pissed off I'm numb! I'm so pissed I'm like I'm having polio! Seriously!"
"If Xingxing can be bullied like that, what about the other students? And that dead female classmate's family, it really makes me sick! Zhang Xun and Zhang Tao, father and son, go to hell! Go to hell! I'm so pissed off, I'm so pissed off!"
"I've never been this angry before. Xingxing has always been very introverted. I never thought he would be bullied in this way. I'm really furious!"
"I just checked. Zhang Xun is the founder of the Lanyunzi Group and one of the top ten richest men in China. So what if he's rich? Does money mean he can do anything? If you do something wrong, you have to take responsibility! Zhang Xun and Zhang Tao, father and son, must pay the price for murder!"
"It really made me cry! I haven't scolded Xue 77, but I want to thank him here. It's you who saved Xingxing, and it's you who saved all those children who haven't been hurt yet. It's also because of you that Xingxing was able to stand up bravely and seek justice for himself and his classmates who had suffered before!"
"I don't know what to say. I feel so mixed emotions."
"I know that even if I apologize, I may not be able to get Xue 77's forgiveness. From today on, I will donate and do good deeds every day in Xue 77's name, and attribute all the merits to Xue 77!"
"I'm a fan of Xingxingzai, and I'd like to apologize to Xue77 here too! Thank you, Xue77."
"Am I the only one wondering why Xingxing asked Xue 77 for help? I have a feeling Xue 77 isn't simple, and seems very scheming. Is she trying to take advantage of this opportunity to use Xingxing to increase her own followers?"
"The one in front, you are electricity, you are light, you are the only myth! You are the only one who is different! Your whole family is different and unique, blinding the universe. Are you satisfied?"
"What's the point of saying Xue 77 has ulterior motives? Even if Xue 77 does have ulterior motives, what does it have to do with you? I wish there were more people with ulterior motives like this in the world."
"1, if you have the ability, why don't you stop being a keyboard warrior and try pretending? Ideally, go and help children in the mountains and sponsor a hundred or so students. If you can keep up the pretense, I'm willing to make you a god!"
During the live broadcast, the police quickly arrived and took Yunrong away.
There was cheering in the barrage, and people on Weibo called for a heavy sentence!
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The Imperial Capital City, under the Lanyunzi Group, is already crowded with reporters.
In a high-rise office, Zhang Xun looked at the dense crowd of reporters downstairs and loosened his tie.
As expected of a man who had seen the world, even though Yun Rong had broadcast everything live, he did not show any sign of panic.
Zhang Tao was lying on the massage chair in his father's office, looking very happy. He was as calm and relaxed as his father and not in a hurry at all.
Zhang Tao asked Zhang Xun, "Dad, what are you going to do with those reporters down there? Will I be able to go back to school next semester? In the live broadcast, the police have already taken Teacher Yun away. Don't we need to make any preparations?"
Zhang Xun laughed and said, "Why are you panicking? Just relying on that woman's words, is that evidence? A mere teacher is not qualified to be my opponent. Don't worry, son, Dad will definitely settle this matter for you. As for Chu Cheng and his son——"
He looked at the live TV broadcast and sneered, "Internet traffic has always been a double-edged sword. The public opinion is on their side now, but it may not be the same the next moment."
Zhang Tao asked, "Dad, what do you mean?"
The man sneered, "What kind of storm can two actors stir up? No matter how big the storm they stir up for me is, I will make them hit me back! They will die without a burial place!"
Zhang Tao was puzzled: "But Dad, Chu Xing's fans are crazy and stupid. They like Chu Xing, and they would kill me if Chu Xing said a word!"
Zhang Xun pulled out a cigar, held it to his nose and sniffed it. "These fans defend him because they like him. But what if they no longer like him, or even hate him? Also, although the variety show 'Our Delicious Restaurant' was invested by that guy named Sun, don't forget that our company has shares in this live streaming platform."
Zhang Tao immediately asked, "Dad, what do you want to do?"
Zhang Xun laughed and said, "Chu Xing, despite his young age, has quite a few fans. Let's start with that. Suppress all the trending searches about us. And buy negative searches for Chu Xing. I don't believe we can't defeat an actor in terms of financial resources. So what if they have allergic traffic? Can they compete with capital?"
In fact, when the hot search appeared earlier, their group had already started doing public relations, and was just waiting for the right time to intervene.
Zhang Xun is the boss of the company. Once he makes any move, the company's stock price will definitely fluctuate.
He must win this storm, this battle of public opinion, and cannot lose.
If they win, this incident will actually bring their company more publicity and boost their stock price, with no downsides at all.
About half an hour later, Zhang Tao saw the trending search and realized what his father had done.
At this moment, the trending search of Chu Xing causing 6 underage girls to have abortions overwhelmed the trending search of Chu Xing and rose to the first place.
As for Chu Xing’s other hot searches, their popularity dropped sharply, and no matter how hard fans and passers-by tried, they couldn’t get it up again.
Under that Weibo post, six underage girls jointly used a video to accuse Chu Xing of being a scumbag, causing them to become pregnant and have miscarriages, and also slandered Zhang Tao by accusing him first.
In the video, six girls reported Chu Xing by their real names, saying that he had been harassing and seducing them since they were fourteen years old, and had caused them to become pregnant.
Because Chu Xing's father was a famous star and wealthy, they had no recourse and were even forced to sign a confidentiality agreement. If Zhang Xun hadn't intervened on their behalf and hired the best legal team, they wouldn't have had the courage or the means to file a real-name report online.
Girl A posted on Weibo:
"Chu Xing and I were classmates in the ninth grade of junior high. Shortly after he seduced me, I became pregnant. His driver forced me to have an abortion. His father gave me some money to keep it a secret. My family and I originally thought we'd take the money and keep it a secret forever, but when I found out I wasn't the only victim, I couldn't stand it anymore. Why did he ruin our lives and still continue to be a big star? Why?"
Girl B:
"Yes, I am also very angry and I can't get over it. Why does he want to live well after ruining our lives? Our lives are ruined, and this scumbag can't expect to have an easy life either."
Girl c:
"He raped me in my freshman year of high school. I just had a miscarriage a month ago. I have the miscarriage report here and I can show it to you. If you don't believe me, I can even livestream my hospital checkup. I don't want fame or status, no matter how much Chu Xing's fans curse me. Anyway, I just want Chu Xing to die, and he must be buried with me!"
In the video, there are also chat records between the girls and Chu Xing, and the avatar is indeed the one Chu Xing often uses.
When netizens saw this, they called it Rashomon!
"This? What's going on? Did Chu Xing learn that these girls were going to report him by name, and he orchestrated this in advance with Yun Rong to frame them? Or were they deliberately creating a smokescreen to cover up their tracks?"
"I'm also confused. Now I don't know who to believe!"
"Oh shit! The live streaming platform has removed 'Our Delicious Restaurant'! It's now unavailable!"
"Let me explain this to everyone. The platform that this show is broadcasting on is owned by Zhang Xun's company. Even if Chu Xing's father is a top star, he can't compete with the capital father. If you look up Zhang Xun's company and net worth, you'll know what kind of enemy Xing Xing and his son will face."
“???”
"This matter has become outrageous. It has gone from family ethics to real-life criminal investigation, and then to the feeling of business war."
"Holy crap. I'm numb. Business War 1."
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The live broadcast of the program has ended.
Because they don’t know when the live broadcast recording can be resumed, guests Li Zhi and Chen Yi have temporarily left the island.
So far, this program has been developing in a direction that no one had guessed.
The guests who stayed and the core members of the program team sat together for a meeting.
The director said: "Live broadcasts are unedited, so accidents are inevitable. Our production team had anticipated various unexpected events at the beginning of the recording. However, we never expected that the final accident of this program would be like this. Zhang Xun is putting a lot of pressure on us. Currently, no live broadcast platform dares to take over our project. Therefore, our program has to be suspended for now."
He looked at Sun Fugui and said, "Mr. Sun, you are the investor of this program. Please say something."
Although there is no live broadcast, the meeting is still being recorded. If the program team can overcome this crisis, it can be edited and broadcast later and used as material.
Sun Fugui straightened his suit, stood up, and said, under the focused gaze, "Ahem, hello everyone. When I first agreed to Xue Qi's plan to deal with the evildoers, I anticipated that this situation would happen. Zhang Xun, that old fox, is really going to fight me this time. This time it's a battle between us and evil, and also a battle between our company and Lan Yunzi! Don't worry, this little setback won't make me back down. We will continue to work hard!"
Xue Qi said to Sun Fugui with an apologetic look on his face, "I'm sorry, I didn't know this matter would be so serious that it would cause the show to be suspended."
She still has a narrow vision and doesn't know the business ins and outs of this.
Looking back now, the masterminds involved in the incident were Zhang Xun and his son. Zhang Xun was ranked in the top ten richest people in China, while Sun Fugui was ranked after fifty.
This incident caused trouble for Sun Fugui and made Xue Qi feel very guilty.
Zhang Xun is a top billionaire of this status, and the operation of his company has seriously affected people's livelihood, which is a huge issue.
It is not easy to deal with such people.
Chen Weiwei recalled the plot in the original novel.
In the original novel, she would be imprisoned by a Shanghai tycoon, who was the owner of a legal program. However, he broke the law knowingly and imprisoned many girls who came to him for interviews in a building.
Zhang Chong used those girls to provide sexual services to some high-ranking officials, thereby threatening those officials and creating a close closed-loop chain of collusion between officials and businessmen.
The Shanghai boss is Zhang Xun’s younger brother Zhang Chong.
My younger brother Zhang Chong bought a building in the most prosperous area of Shanghai. He openly forced women to sell sex, engaged in sex transactions, and trafficked female prostitutes. It was unbelievable that he was able to get away with it all this time.
Chen Weiwei didn't believe that such a large criminal gang had nothing to do with Zhang Xun.
Thinking of these things, she whispered, "Everyone, please go out. I have something to say to everyone."
Chen Weiwei turned to look at Tian Xincuicui again: "Cuicui, you should go upstairs and rest too. There are some things I don't want you to hear. You are still young, and I don't want you to hear these."
Although Tian Xincuicui really wanted to share everyone's worries, it seemed that she had no chance to listen, so she went upstairs.
After all the other staff members had left, leaving only Chu Xing and his son, Sun Fugui and his son, and Xue Qi, Chen Weiwei said:
"You know Zhang Chong, right? He's Zhang Tao's younger brother. I had the good fortune to come into contact with him and wanted to work with him. However, I felt he was evil, so I had someone investigate him. The investigation left me incredibly shocked."
"This Zhang Chong is the owner of Shanghai's largest legal program. He bought a building in Shanghai and named it Chongxun Department Store. Every year, this building posts job openings, recruiting young women to work as shopping guides and salespeople. Downstairs, security is tight. Inside, many girls are imprisoned."
"Zhang Chong himself kept fifteen wives in there. He recruited them all under the guise of employment and imprisoned them. Hundreds of abducted women were also imprisoned there, engaging in sexual transactions and serving high-ranking officials. The obedient ones became their money-making tools and were spared beatings. The disobedient ones were beaten, had their eggs harvested, had their organs sold, or even disappeared from this world..."
Chen Weiwei laid out all of Zhang Chong's connections. She took a deep breath and said, "This Shayang Building is filled with crimes and abuses against women. Zhang Chong holds sway over many high-ranking officials, so the Zhang Xun and Zhang Chong brothers must be protected by high-ranking officials. We are no match for them. Now, I guess no one dares to take over our live broadcast."
Xue Qi also said, "They've already started to smear us, and at the same time, they're suppressing our accusations. If there's no live streaming platform willing to broadcast our show, I'm afraid Chu Cheng and Chu Xing will really suffer a great loss."
At this moment, Tian Xincuicui slid down from the upstairs, and her action alarmed everyone.
Xue Qi went over and helped her up: "Why are you so careless?"
Tian Xincui's eyes were red as she said, "I just came down to get my phone and accidentally overheard you talking. I have to get involved in this matter, even if I don't know how to do anything. More people... more people can find ways to help."
Chen Weiwei noticed that she was not normal and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Tian Xin choked up and said, "A little sister from my hometown applied for the program you just mentioned two years ago. When she came back from the interview, she happily told me that she had interviewed for the anchor position of the legal column, and the boss was going to give her a high salary and buy her a car and a house. I felt something was wrong at the time and warned her not to be deceived. She only had a college degree, and I didn't think it was a free lunch...
Not long after, she became pregnant and moved out of the house we shared. Two men came to pick her up on the day she moved out. After that, she rarely contacted me. If what Sister Weiwei said is true, I suspect something may have happened to her.
Xue Qi frowned: "I didn't expect that the Chu Xing incident would lead to so many things."
Sun Shaoqi was furious after hearing this: "Fuck! This is so abominable! Why does this sound like the old days of cannibalism? Why is it that in this day and age, can such things still happen? It's totally unscientific!!"
Chu Xing was also shocked after hearing this: "If I had kept this matter to myself, wouldn't Zhang Xun and the forces behind him still be at large?"
Chen Weiwei sighed and said, "We all know what these people did, but there's nothing we can do about them. God is watching us, but does God really have eyes?"
Xue Qi didn't understand either.
If God has no eyes, how could he let her see the existence of the two golden fingers?
If God has eyes, why doesn't he give Chu Xing and Chu Cheng, father and son, a golden finger halo at this time?
Sun Fugui was silent for a moment and said, "It's not that there are no live streaming platforms that don't dare. Douyin, Douyin is owned by Fengkai Group, and Fengkai Group is officially endorsed by the military. They would definitely dare to do it."
Chen Weiwei felt like what he said was meaningless and rolled her eyes at him. "You're just kidding. First of all, Douyin is a short video platform; they don't do live broadcasts. Secondly, everyone knows that the boss of Fengkai Group rarely participates in entertainment. And, would he participate in your business war? You're kidding."
At this moment, a staff member knocked on the door and came in: "Mr. Sun, guest Cao Yue is here."
Sun Shaoqi was puzzled: "What the hell, what is he doing here? What does he have to do with this show? He's trying to grab my mom and me to get on the show! He's just trying to grab my ass!"
As soon as the boy finished speaking, Cao Yue strode in, pushing a suitcase. "Sun Shaoqi, could you please clean up your mouth? I'm here to participate in the show openly!"
Sun Shaoqi slammed the table and said, "You're late! The show is over! We're not recording anymore! We're discussing something important."
Cao Yue and Tang Xiong walked in and placed their luggage neatly aside.
Xue Qi remembered something and immediately said, "This is not impossible! Fengkai Group is very honest. If we ask the boss of Fengkai Group for help, it is not impossible."
Chen Weiwei was puzzled: "Have you met Feng Kai's boss?"
Xue Qi shook his head. "No. But a good boss who works for the country and for scientific researchers must have good character. You probably don't know that Cao Yue's uncle is an employee of Fengkai Group. Perhaps, with their help, we can contact Fengkai's boss, let him know about this, and be willing to help us."
Chen Weiwei shook her head and said, "77, you're overthinking this. This isn't a question of whether to expose this or not. If any platform dares to expose this, they're going against Zhang Xun and the corrupt officials behind him. This kind of thing is something everyone avoids, so who would take the initiative to get involved?"
Cao Yue walked in, sat down, and without any hesitation, took a bottle of mineral water sponsored by the program team and drank it.
After he gulped down half the bottle, he said, "My uncle, I, and his friends all know about your situation. It's not impossible for you to ask Fengkai Group to help with the live broadcast. My uncle and Uncle Tang Xiong have both received promotions and salary increases in the company, so they still have a bit of say. If you have any requests, you can tell them."
Sun Fugui calmly drank a sip of water and nodded, saying, "Yes, if you have any requests, you can tell these two."
Sun Shaoqi kicked his father and said, "Dad, are you kidding me? Why are you speaking up for your love rival?"
Sun Fugui whispered, "Son, we need to be more broad-minded. We can't just focus on our children's love and hatred right now. Shouldn't we unite all our forces to deal with Zhang Xun? If we combine our program with the Douyin platform, the power of our company, and Feng Kai's strength, are we really afraid that we can't defeat Zhang Xun?"
Sun Shaoqi: "Haha, Cao Yue's uncle is just a small clerk. How can a big boss like you believe that he can play a key role?"
Sun Fugui: "My child, you need to have a big vision! Don't underestimate the little people. Sometimes, the power of the little people is huge. How can you not understand the principle that a tower can be built by gathering sand and a coat can be made by gathering fur?"
Cao Feng put his things away, walked over, and gently greeted everyone, then sat down next to Xue Qi naturally: "If you have any requests, please tell me. My colleagues and I will do our best to report them."
Sun Shaoqi whispered, "Fuck Dad! He's a high-class green tea! He actually sat down next to 7's mom so naturally!"
Tang Xiong also nodded and said, "Our boss at Fengkai is someone who cares deeply about society and people's livelihoods. School violence is related to the healthy development of young people. And the girl's family in the news has lost three lives. The boss will not sit idly by."
Tian Xin added with tears in her voice, "Big Brother, it seems that there are more than three lives lost. There are many, many more..."
They also brought out everything about the brothers Zhang Chong and Zhang Xun.
Cao Feng frowned.
Tang Xiong also realized the seriousness of the matter.
Cao Feng immediately asked, "Besides you, who else knows about this? Are there any other monitoring devices in this room?"
From the moment he sat down, everyone could feel that this man had a strong aura. He sat upright and had a sense of steadiness of a soldier.
As soon as he sat down, everyone felt inexplicably relieved.
Tang Xiong immediately stood up and went to check the equipment in the room, frowning even more tightly: "There is the main equipment for live broadcast here, it should be connected to the outside."
Cao Feng: "Go outside and see who is monitoring the host of this live broadcast equipment."
Then he turned to the crowd and asked: "How many bodyguards did you bring with you this time?"
Everyone was stunned by his question.
Chen Weiwei: "What do you mean? Don't scare us. It's broad daylight, in broad daylight, and they still want to—"
Cao Feng interrupted her: "This is not China."
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