Xiao He finally agreed to make a cameo appearance in the play.
Just as Sister Liu said, this can be considered an investment in advance. If the movie generates more buzz later on, he might not have had such a good opportunity to get the role.
Now that I can act in one of these shows in advance, at least I can get some recognition.
After confirming the casting, Liu Rulan immediately began to help Xiao He make contacts and preparations.
After Liu Rulan left, Xiao He did not forget about Xu Youyou's situation. He promptly turned on his computer and began investigating Xu Youyou's current boyfriend.
This supposedly super-rich and womanizing tycoon is named Chen Cong, 41 years old this year. His family used to be in the real estate business. He is usually very extravagant and often flaunts his luxury cars and mansions online, making him somewhat famous in mainland China.
Rumors circulated online that this guy had been married once before, but there was very little information about the woman. It was Hong Kong media paparazzi who discovered the changes in Chen Cong's assets and uncovered this matter. Later, Chen Cong also took the initiative to confess and announced that he had a son and a daughter.
Based on the timeline at that time, those two kids would be almost in junior high school now.
Upon seeing this, Xiao He took a deep breath.
No wonder Xu Youyou's fans were so upset. Sister Liu didn't even tell him that this guy is divorced and has two kids!
However, thanks to this news, Xiao He noticed that Chen Cong's ex-wife was not a simple character either.
His ex-wife was also a businesswoman, and she ran a pharmaceutical company. She currently operates several pharmaceutical companies overseas. Since divorcing Chen Cong, she immigrated to other countries and has never returned.
Selling medicine?
Xiao He frowned and decided to investigate further.
However, Xiao He soon sensed a resistance.
This resistance comes from foreign forces and seems to be closely watched by another eye.
Filled with curiosity, Xiao He went to investigate, only to be terrified and quickly slip away.
Wow, there's a national team here.
I'm outta here!
So it seems the authorities are investigating this woman!
Xiao He immediately turned to continue investigating Chen Cong, and unsurprisingly discovered that Chen Cong's father was the investor in Feng Zhengyang's first film, and that Chen Cong had also invested in Feng Zhengyang's new drama.
However, compared to that, Chen Cong's other investment was more numerous and eye-catching, so many people did not notice it.
The company that invested more, named "Kemingen," is a pharmaceutical company under Chen Cong's name. It has only recently emerged and has attracted much attention and admiration from people in the industry.
Their company has recently been selling some "health products," the most eye-catching of which is a "supplementary liquid" that is supposedly imported from abroad and consumed by young people in neighboring and Western countries for healthy weight loss.
To put it bluntly, it's a weight-loss drug.
It's a blatant money-grabbing scheme.
Besides these weight loss drugs, there are also things like skin whitening injections, anti-baldness lotion, and breast enhancement pills, but they are all just disguised with a new name and are essentially the same thing in a different guise.
When Xiao He saw these things, he thought he had stumbled into some kind of large-scale pyramid scheme.
Putting aside whether these things are actually useful or not, just thinking about Chen Cong and his group's purpose in coming to the inland area, it's clear that what they have in their hands is definitely fake.
Moreover, these people are quite clever. They did not expand their customer base on a large scale. At first, they targeted people in the industry and only sold offline to internet celebrities and stars. They did not even target the fan base of these people. Of course, Xiao He thought it was probably because they had not had time to develop it yet. Otherwise, they would not have missed such a good opportunity to harvest the fan base!
Xu Youyou occupies a very crucial position in this!
She usually handles the recruitment and promotion, introducing more peers to buy these products offline. With her guarantee and the inherent aura of high-end foreign products, this business has been doing quite well since the beginning of this year...
Xiao He sighed and rubbed his forehead.
Seriously, does anyone actually believe this?
It seems quite a few people believe it; making money in the Chinese entertainment industry is really easy—not just from fans, but also from these celebrities.
This stuff is definitely not safe! Especially medicines, you really can't just take them randomly. Some things are addictive, and once you come into contact with them, it could really have lifelong effects.
These people are usually quite clever and shrewd, treating their fans like韭菜 (a metaphor for easily exploited people), but now that it's their turn to be韭菜, they're all happily helping to count the money.
However, since we're all involved, we can't be too critical of anything.
But why hasn't the operation been closed yet...?
Xiao He inexplicably recalled the attack at the hotel that day, when Xu Youyou helped the assailant Shi Wei hide from the police. At that time, she had acted very strangely, as if she was hiding something from the police—
Drug sales... weight loss... drug withdrawal... addiction...
Xiao He rubbed his arms, feeling a bit creepy, and decided to stop overthinking.
But since we're already here, let's make these people suffer a bit!
So he promptly passed on the news about "Xu Youyou promoting weight loss pills within the entertainment circle" to some reporters and media outlets.
—Although it can't be of much help, it can make Xu Youyou and the others keep a low profile and not dare to continue doing business in the industry in a high-profile manner.
This also saves the "Qing Guang Ru Chu" production team from constantly using "Zang Xing Shan Yao" for promotion and engaging in comparisons, which is very annoying.
Sure enough, the news broke the next day, immediately sparking doubts and speculations from many people. After all, thanks to the government's vigorous promotion and popularization of science over the years, as well as the stark real-life cases, many people's first reaction to the mention of diet pills was suspicion and wariness.
Many fans even went to their idol's account to leave messages, telling their older brothers and sisters not to believe Xu Youyou and not to buy those random, unregulated products. They were worried that if they bought fake medicine, it would be fine if nothing happened after taking it, but they were afraid that other problems might arise.
No one can take responsibility for this!
As these public opinions arose, Xu Youyou immediately became quiet and dared not continue to criticize Yiman'er. She was busy clarifying the public opinion on her side and could not care about anything else.
"Shining Stars" has finally gotten rid of this leech.
Afterwards, Iman was so happy that she posted ten updates on her WeChat Moments.
Xiao He glanced at them in his spare time and found them somewhat amusing, but he still gave them all a thumbs up to express his stance.
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