Chapter 121: The Melon Was Followed
When the call was connected, Yi He smiled out of habit, which sounded a little malicious.
"If you have something to say, say it quickly."
"It's nothing serious, just congratulations on being trending again, but I've already paid to get it down for you."
"What kind of hot search can I be on?" Xu Qingye curled his lips. It couldn't be that he was unqualified as an assistant, and netizens shouldn't be that boring.
"Xu Hong is suspected of having an affair with a young actor, and the crew had intimate interactions."
Yi He read out a title, and Xu Qingye was speechless. He might have had conflicts with the crew recently, and he would be photographed no matter which crew he went to.
"Even if it's suppressed from trending, someone must have seen it. Is there any movement online?"
Xu Qingye frowned. Xu Hong didn't contact him. It had been a long time. The other party must have contacted Xu Hong a long time ago, but she still sent the photos now. I don't know whether the conditions were not agreed upon or the other party disregarded professional ethics and made money on both sides.
"You know, netizens are most keen on this kind of gossip. Xu Hong's studio has already issued a clarification statement, saying that you are a relative visiting the crew. I hope everyone will not spread rumors and will not affect your normal life. However, the photo is not clear with you wearing a mask, so probably no one can recognize you."
Yi He sighed helplessly. He didn't know why netizens were most interested in romantic scandals. Xu Hong couldn't escape it even at her age.
"Got it. Anything else?"
"Yes, Weibo officially sent you an invitation, inviting you to participate in the Internet Celebrity Festival. They've invited many internet celebrities, and the account that invited you is Queye."
Yi He continued to speak, and Xu Qingye became even more helpless. The attribute of his account was too obvious. He was a fan of Chen Que. Inviting him to participate in the program had a lot of calculations. If he said or did something wrong, it would definitely be labeled as Chen Que. Who told you to be a fan of Chen Que? The fan's behavior was paid for by the idol.
"No, I'm not an internet celebrity, why would you invite even a celebrity fan?"
"It's really Ye who they invited, the photography expert, not Shen Que's fan." Yi He explained, and Xu Qingye was even more speechless. Which photography expert only takes pictures of one person?
No, he also occasionally takes pictures of Shen Que's colleagues. They were probably invited because of his recent popularity.
"Why don't you go and pretend to be me."
"I won't go. Many more people know me than you. How can I, the Second Young Master, show my face casually? Forget it, I'd better decline. Who asked you to post a selfie? If you don't post a selfie, Cao Muan can impersonate you."
Xu Qingye’s account often posts selfies. Although his face is not shown, his gender can be identified.
"I'll send you the flight information. Please pick me up at the airport later."
Xu Qingye didn't worry about it and just rejected the activity.
Yi He agreed, Xu Qingye hung up the phone and called Xu Hong again. After waiting for a long time, the other end finally answered the phone, but it was Xiao Yang who spoke.
"Sister Hong is filming right now. Do you want to ask about the scandal? Don't worry, Sister Hong will handle it and it won't affect you."
Xiao Yang knew the purpose of Xu Qingye's call and offered some words of comfort. This incident happened a little suddenly, and they were not worried about the love scandal, but they were afraid that the relationship between Xu Qingye and Xu Hong would be discovered.
I have kept it a secret all these years and hope that it can remain peaceful like this.
Xu Qingye nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He was about to hang up the phone when Xiao Yang on the other end called him.
"Actually, there's something Sister Hong hasn't dared to mention to you. She's planning to hold a press conference to clarify the matter. She might even claim you're her nephew. I hope you won't be angry."
Xiao Yang spoke cautiously. She had experienced Xu Qingye's violent temper. He appeared gentle on the surface, but was actually very stubborn in his bones.
"Who I am, does it really matter? I'm just a passerby, or a relative's child, whatever you want to say about me."
Xu Qingye was silent for a while, then sighed helplessly. If he had known earlier, he would not have visited the set. There wouldn't have been so much trouble. He said he wanted to sever ties, but he couldn't be so cruel. Human emotions are really too complicated.
Xu Qingye laughed at himself, hung up the phone and walked into the waiting room.
He searched for some information about himself and found that the first message was sent by that Hammer Brother in the entertainment industry.
Xu Qingye frowned as he looked at the ID, took a screenshot and sent it to Brother Huang. Brother Huang called him immediately after seeing the message and discussed with him on the phone for a long time. They both decided not to alert the enemy for the time being.
Xu Qingye felt that the other party was probably targeting him, and was using a large account to send messages as a demonstration against him.
He had only had a few small fights with that hammer, and it was the other party who provoked him, so why did he start to hold a grudge?
After returning to City A, Xu Qingye first went to Cherry Film and Television to discuss the cooperation plan in detail. Cherry Film and Television launched a short drama column which was doing very well. The main cooperation they discussed this time was the promotion of these short drama projects.
The publicity costs for short plays are limited, so they naturally cannot be arranged like long plays. The main promotion relies on the Internet, and the main focus is on being economical and affordable.
Xu Qingye talked with the person in charge for a long time and roughly decided on a cooperation plan. It was already afternoon when they finished the conversation. Xu Qingye was bored and started to wander around, mainly to see if there was really anyone following him.
Xu Qingye seldom goes shopping. On one hand, he is busy, and on the other hand, he is lazy. Thinking that he has never bought any gifts for Chen Que, he simply goes shopping in the mall. His colleagues are chatting with several people in the company in the group.
Xu Qingye: How about setting a trap for him? I'll bring a female celebrity home every day and see if it gets exposed.
If they really targeted him for secretly filming, Xu Qingye wouldn't mind sending him a few trending searches, but it's hard to say whether he could catch them.
Cao Muan: Let’s not talk about whether it will explode or not. You will be beaten up first. And you even brought a female star home. Do you think my brother Chen is just a decoration?
Xu Qingye: What's wrong with me inviting them home to play mahjong? Can't I meet my friends as usual?
Xu Qingye sent an innocent emoticon. He was fishing and not really doing anything else. Shen was indeed not such a stingy person.
Yi He: There’s no need to get involved yourself. Don’t you want to expose too much of your private life? What if your photo is posted on the hot search?
Yi He disagreed. Xu Qingye's background was a bit sensitive. What if something was really revealed? Besides, there was no need to get overly entangled with such a person.
Cao Muan: I support it. Just put a sack on him and beat him up. No matter where you are, I will come to follow you. We will meet each other sooner or later. I will beat him down!
Cao Muan sent a strong emoticon package, some people are unreasonable, and there is no need to reason with them.
Xu Qingye: [Positioning] Come on, but I’m not sure if you followed me. I just think it’s a bit of a coincidence. I was photographed when I went to Xu Hong’s crew, and I was photographed again when I went to Shen Que’s crew. How could it be such a coincidence?
Cao Muan: Coming right up!
Cao Muan stood up excitedly in the office and was about to rush out, but Yi He quickly stopped her.
"You're really going alone. Let's go together. I'll cover you."
"Thank you, brother. But if there really is someone following us, would it be illegal for us to arrest him?" After a brief impulse, Cao Muan calmed down a little. Conflicts often break out between paparazzi and celebrities, and the boundaries of some things are actually very vague.
"We just invited him to have tea and chat, why did we arrest him? It was just a discussion between colleagues," Yi He showed a sinister smile, and Cao Muan immediately understood that they were just enthusiastically inviting a colleague to come to the company for a visit.
Xu Qingye was very leisurely. He looked here and there, and bought things he liked without even looking at the price. In a short while, he had spent hundreds of thousands.
Xu Qingye chose the most luxurious commercial plaza in City A. Since it was a weekday, there weren't many people there, but there were quite a few either. Xu Qingye had been paying attention to see if anyone was following him, and he seemed to have discovered something.
Xu Qingye: I think I found him. I'm going to the bathroom now. You guys follow me.
Brother Huang had sent him a photo of Brother Hammer, so Xu Qingye was basically certain. As for how Brother Hammer knew who he belonged to, he would have to ask him back.
Xu Qingye walked into the restroom. The restroom in the mall was very large and luxurious, and it took a minute to walk in.
The other party would most likely not follow him into a relatively private place like the toilet. Xu Qingye planned to stay inside for a while and wait for the other party to get anxious. If he got anxious, he would show up, and things would become simple when he showed up.
The toilets in luxury shopping malls are all fragrant. Xu Qingye sits inside playing with his mobile phone, feeling like he is a little perverted.
Xu Qingye: It's such a pity that I spent such a good time sitting on the toilet. Later, the blame will be put on that Hammer brother. I also make millions every minute.
Yi He: That’s too much. You can only make a few hundred thousand at most, but I only have a few million.
Cao Muan: It’s just my twenty dollars, right? I hate you guys!!!
The three people were chatting in the group. About fifteen minutes later, Yi He and Cao Muan saw a man sneaking towards the toilet. They took a look at the photo sent by Xu Qingye, roughly identified the target, and said something to Xu Qingye. The two of them immediately stepped forward and grabbed the man from the left and right.
Although Cao Muan was a girl, she had practiced boxing for many years and was very strong. She held the opponent tightly and the opponent had no power to fight back.
"Who are you and what do you want?"
"We are in the same business, don't you know that?"
Brother Hammer was a little scared. Just as he was about to struggle, Xu Qingye came out of the bathroom. Seeing Xu Qingye, he calmed down a little.
"It's you, what do you want to do?"
"That's what I wanted to ask you. You've been following me for quite a while, haven't you? Have you taken any interesting photos?"
Xu Qingye patted his shoulder and reached out to grab his camera. Hammer Brother immediately remembered it, but unfortunately his hands were held by two people and he couldn't struggle at all.
"Cooperate with us and come with us, or I'll drop your camera and soak your memory card in water."
Colleagues know best how to threaten each other. At this moment, Hammer Brother has no ability to struggle and can only obey.
After stuffing the man into the car, Xu Qingye took off his tie and tied up Hammer Brother's hands. He learned this skill from Shen Que, but he didn't expect to use it so soon.
"You are breaking the law."
Hammer Brother sat in the back seat in humiliation. They were going too far.
"If we're talking about breaking the law, we're all equally guilty. Just call the police and we can go to jail together."
Xu Qingye knocked him on the head. Stalking, secretly taking photos, spreading rumors, any one of them was enough to get him into trouble.
Brother Hammer couldn't argue with Xu Qingye and lowered his head silently.
After bringing the person back to the studio, Xu Qingye locked the door and started a friendly exchange with his colleagues.
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