Chapter 466 Wanting Both
Lu Leilei, the CEO of Liushi Entertainment, is on vacation in Qiongzhou with his wife and children.
On New Year's Eve, there was a celebration at the beach. Lu Leilei and his wife were both old and paid great attention to health preservation, so they returned to the villa to rest at 10 o'clock. The next morning, they went out for a walk, came back to swim, had a little food, and then laid on a lounge chair by the pool with his wife and chatted leisurely.
Their eldest daughter is studying for a master's degree, their second daughter is a sophomore, and their youngest son is only in the first year of high school.
Among the three children, only the youngest son wants to develop in the entertainment industry because he is a fan of Qin Zhihua and regards Qin Zhihua as his idol and goddess. If he wants to enter the entertainment industry, he must follow in the footsteps of his idol.
The youngest son played with a group of tourists on the beach with his two sisters all night and fell asleep immediately after returning. He felt like he hadn't slept for long when he was woken up by a rapid ringing of his cell phone. Without even opening his eyes, he reached out and fumbled to hang up, but the other side kept calling again.
He turned over angrily and pounded the bed to answer the phone. The content of the call came from the phone, but it sounded like thunder in his ears. He hung up after saying "hmm" twice, and quickly turned on WB. After just a few glances, he ran around the house with a messy head to look for his parents.
Lu Leilei and his wife vaguely heard their youngest son's anxious cries at the swimming pool beside the garden. Thinking something had happened, they hurried into the house to see.
The youngest son rushed over with his phone in hand: "Dad, look, look, Sister Zhizhi is being bullied! So many people are spreading rumors!"
In Mrs. Lu's eyes, Qin Zhihua has always been the company's cash cow. Mrs. Lu used to be able to treat her with a good face. But ever since her youngest son fell in love with her for some unknown reason, Mrs. Lu has started to look down on her.
Mrs. Lu thought Qin Zhihua was a reincarnated foxy woman who seduced not only older women but also minors. She wanted to punish Qin Zhihua several times, but unfortunately she had no real power in the company, and Qin Zhihua was the most profitable face of the company in recent years, so she had no chance or reason to do anything.
Now, when she heard that Qin Zhihua was in trouble, the worried and anxious expression on Mrs. Lu's face disappeared in an instant, and she even rolled her eyes and sat down on the sofa without saying a word. But Qin Zhihua's matter was related to the interests of the company to some extent, and she couldn't help but listen carefully to the conversation between the father and son.
Lu Leilei was holding a mobile phone, and his youngest son was sitting next to him. He reached out and tapped on the screen, telling him what had happened.
At this point, the incident on WB reached the point where Qin Zhihua released the recording, but Xu Shuo still did not respond, and Qin Zhihua suffered backlash.
When Mrs. Lu heard this, she snorted. She first clapped her hands in her heart, lamenting that Qin Zhihua had finally gotten his shoes wet after walking by the river so often. At the same time, she couldn't help but worry: "How much of an impact will this have on our company?"
The younger son knew that she didn't like Qin Zhihua, so he didn't want to pay attention to her at the moment, and pestered Lu Leilei: "Dad, you have to take care of this matter. Look how ugly the rumors they spread are. Not only did they discredit Sister Zhizhi, they also said that our company was a pimp company. It's so infuriating!"
Generally, all matters concerning artists under a company are handled by the artist team, and the upper management rarely asks about them. Lu Leilei believes that artists are, in plain words, commodities used by the company to make money, no matter how valuable the commodity is, it is still a commodity. Such commodities are cheap, updated quickly, and are not irreplaceable. For the company, if one fails, it can be replaced by another. In short, the company is guaranteed to make a profit.
Lu Leilei didn't want to get involved in Qin Zhihua's matter today. Compared with the matter of Tan Xinzhi's three-time love affair, Lu Leilei felt that the exposure of Qin Zhihua's love affair was not a big deal at all. If Xu Shuo didn't respond, the worst result would be that he would be said to have had an affair with a rich boy, and the public opinion would die down after a while.
What's more, Qin Zhihua has her own management team, and they are all very capable people assigned by the company. If all else fails, they can contact the company's public relations department. Lu Leilei thinks that if they can't even handle such a small matter, then the company has to consider whether it is necessary to continue to spend money to support them.
However, a word from his youngest son reminded Lu Leilei.
Seeing that her husband and son ignored her, Mrs. Lu moved over and sat on the other side of Lu Leilei. She leaned over to look at her phone and saw a comment that her youngest son had just swiped past, which seemed to be praising the speed of Yunxi Entertainment's public relations.
"Wait a minute." Mrs. Lu reached out and swiped the comment back.
The younger son also saw it clearly and immediately became anxious: "Dad, look, this is not a battle between teams, this is a battle between the company and the team! Tan Xin must have the company's help behind the scenes, so they can crush Sister Zhizhi! Dad, you have to let the company take action and beat them!"
Lu Leilei narrowed his eyes. He felt that his son's statement was a bit childish, but it was undeniable that he was once again irritated by Yunxi Entertainment.
He has always remembered the grudge of the drama "Moon Over Spring Stream"! When the drama was still in Liushi's hands, there were many problems during the filming. Liushi Entertainment's new popular flower He Yan played the female lead, and Wanshu Entertainment's popular idol You Yuting played the male lead. The two families almost drove director Yuan Daji crazy because they frequently added scenes and changed the plot without considering the quality of the drama.
Not long after, You Yuting was backlashed by his cult-like fans, which led to the collapse of his reputation and he was banned. Wanshu Entertainment and other small companies or investors withdrew their investments one after another. Director Yuan Daji also resigned with his team, and the project was forced to terminate.
Later, people from Yunxi Entertainment came to the door and expressed interest in purchasing the copyright of the drama.
After Lu Leilei sold the copyright to Yunxi Entertainment, he felt like a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders for a long time, and he felt extremely relieved.
Until last month, he attended a dinner party at the invitation of a friend.
At the dinner, I don't know who started the conversation first, but they started talking about the "You Yuting incident" that caused a sensation in the middle of the year, and then brought up the news of the drama "Moon Rising from Spring Stream".
"I seem to have heard that it's almost finished filming, right?" Lu Leilei didn't pay much attention to it after selling the copyright. He only heard occasionally that Yunxi Entertainment started the project as soon as it bought the copyright, and then the casting and filming started non-stop.
Lu Leilei looked like he didn't know much about the nonsense of the young generation, and he gloated over the behavior of this kind of active victim. His tone was half proud and half contemptuous, and he said: "This Du Yunxiang is still too young and doesn't believe in evil. You don't know, when the crew got into trouble, I went to the temple to ask for a fortune. Guess what? A bad fortune! But before I could tell anyone about this, she sent someone to buy it. I thought it was not a lot of money, so I gave the young generation a chance to buy a lesson. I didn't expect that she would really shoot it after buying it. Alas, I don't know if it can be broadcast smoothly-"
After hearing what he said, the friend who invited him over felt a little regretful.
Everyone present was a smart person, and they would not show their thoughts on their faces. They said a few polite words and then let it go. There were also a few people who knew Du Yunxiang's family background - even if they didn't know her family background, they never looked down on her - and they avoided Lu Leilei intentionally or unintentionally during the toasts.
After three rounds of drinks, someone brought the topic back to "The Moon Rises over Spring Stream". Lu Leilei then realized that the person he thought was being taken advantage of was actually himself!
"Have you heard? The relevant departments should work with the national TV station to support excellent film and television works, especially those related to our country's traditional culture and intangible cultural heritage."
"Rumors are not guaranteed to be true. I heard that this policy seems to be related to the movie "The Jade Carver". Director Meng is worthy of being Director Meng. The grand occasion when this movie was released can really leave a mark in the history of our country's film industry."
"I think I've heard that. Anyway, isn't our country advocating the inheritance, promotion and development of excellent traditional culture and skills? If we want to develop, we must inject new vitality and vigor into traditions so that more young people will be interested in learning and inheriting them."
"So I'm saying, as a person, you can't look down on her just because she's a junior and a woman. Look at her sensitivity and ability to act. We old guys can't compare to her, hahaha..."
"Hey, I've also heard that although this policy has not been announced to the public, the internal documents have already been issued. It is said that the works currently participating in the selection are all internally designated works. It seems that our external works have to wait until the policy is announced after the Spring Festival before they can be submitted for selection."
"Hey, your news is a little out of date. External works can be submitted now, but once they are selected, the broadcast schedule may be postponed."
"Doesn't this mean that we need to compete not only with hard power but also with soft power?"
"If you can compete, then compete. If you do, the best of the same period will monopolize the prime time slot of the national TV station."
"Wow, this Du Yunxiang is really amazing..."
As Lu Leilei listened, his face turned the color of liver. He didn't know if it was because of the alcohol or his emotions. He just felt a buzzing in his head, as if someone grabbed his collar and slapped him several times in the face. In the end, he didn't even realize how he got home. When he came to his senses, he found himself sitting on the sofa in the living room, and Mrs. Lu was persuading him to drink sobering tea.
From that day on, Lu Leilei hated Du Yunxiang and Yunxi Entertainment. Sometimes he even suspected that the bad fortune he had drawn in the temple was arranged by Du Yunxiang. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that Du Yunxiang's people came to his door not long after he drew the fortune? Lu Leilei completely forgot why the project "Moon Over Spring Stream" was aborted in his hands, and also forgot how he couldn't wait to get rid of this thing that he thought was unlucky.
At this moment, on the first day of the new year, in the villa in Qiongzhou, he looked at the four words "Yunxi Entertainment" on his mobile phone and felt it was extremely glaring.
Lu Leilei thought to himself, Du Yunxiang is really good at scheming. He snatched such a promising drama away from him, and now he is slandering and suppressing the pillar of their company. This is intolerable!
He patted his youngest son on the back and consoled him, "Don't worry, Dad will definitely take care of this matter. You've been playing all night, go upstairs and go to sleep quickly, the growth of the child is more important."
The younger son refused, and Mrs. Lu felt distressed. She stuffed the phone into his hand and pulled him upstairs: "Don't worry, your dad will definitely take care of it. This can't be solved in a short time. Be obedient and go upstairs to sleep first. When you wake up, I guarantee that everything will be as you wish."
Lu Leilei was still sitting on the sofa in the living room downstairs, holding his mobile phone and calling the public relations department. Let's settle all the old and new grudges together, and start with the drama "Moon Over Spring Stream". He didn't know whether Du Yunxiang had submitted it, or what stage of review and selection it had reached after submission. He absolutely couldn't let this drama be broadcast smoothly!
After receiving the order, the public relations department began to collect information to prevent a completed drama from being broadcast. The most direct way is to ruin the reputation of the leading actor or the main actress.
Before the filming of "Moon Over Spring Stream" began, the crew also registered an official Weibo account, and the casting list, screenwriter, and director were all announced on it.
Because of the previous "You Yuting incident", many people did not have a very good impression of this drama, and even You Yuting's die-hard fans left messages attacking him.
After the casting list was announced, people found out that Ni Jia, who played the female lead, was actually a complete newcomer, and there was almost no information about her on the Internet. As for the male lead, he had not been chosen until the opening ceremony.
Therefore, apart from the fans in Liu Wangxue's original live broadcast room, the public's expectations for this drama are not high, even though it is produced by Yunxi Entertainment and directed by Jing Yujun.
The official Weibo account of this production crew is also interesting. Since the release of the video of the opening ceremony, there has been no further movement, as if it had accomplished its mission.
Oh no, there is. After the male lead was chosen, the official Weibo account released a message to announce the news and expressed welcome. However, since there were too few people following this account, it did not cause any splash.
It wasn't until the male lead, Lou Rui, the singing and dancing idol of Yunxi Entertainment and the traffic king in the circle, reposted this WB and expressed his gratitude and efforts, that a huge wave of discussion was set off online.
The crew's official Weibo account received a surge in attention - most of them were Lou Rui's fans, and then it fell silent again. It was like a salted fish basking in the sun, not even bothering to turn over, letting everyone leave messages crying and shouting for materials, but not saying a word.
The latest update is the news that the crew finished filming on the morning of December 22nd.
The public relations department of Liushi Entertainment first checked Ni Jia. However, she was a complete newcomer with no works. Apart from her alma mater and personal basic information, there was no useful information on the Internet. She didn't even have a personal WB account registered.
Since Ni Jia's approach doesn't work, he can only start with Lou Rui.
But Lou Rui is even more difficult to deal with!
Generally speaking, it is not easy to dig up some negative information about this kind of singing and dancing idol, but it is not easy in the case of Yunxi Entertainment.
Yunxi protects its own artists very well, including background checks before signing, training before debut, and paving the way after debut. Artists are not required to attend many unnecessary dinners and cocktail parties in the circle. The resources have been placed in front of the company, and whether they can seize them depends on their own strength. Don't even think about taking crooked paths. Therefore, as long as the artist sticks to the bottom line and has morals, no matter how dirty this big dye vat is, it will not touch them at all.
Lou Rui debuted as a singing and dancing idol, and he has been attacked before. The most unexpected disaster was when his album won the annual sales championship, and the team held a celebration party in the club. He went to the bathroom and passed by an artist's private room on his way back, and was photographed by paparazzi.
Afterwards, the artist was exposed to be taking drugs in a private room of the club. In order to attract traffic, the paparazzi posted the photos taken with a borrowed angle, and spread rumors that Lou Rui was also one of the drug addicts. The angle of the photo was very tricky, and it looked like Lou Rui was not just passing by, but was about to push the door to go in.
There was an uproar on the internet immediately, and coupled with the fact that someone didn’t know who had taken the photo of Lou Rui entering the police station, the internet was full of rumors, especially some marketing accounts that were trying to get traffic, which started to attribute all kinds of stigmas to him.
During this period, Lou Rui's team only posted a message on Weibo saying "Don't believe in rumors, don't spread rumors" to calm fans down, and then there was no further news. It was not until the police issued a notice that not only confirmed that Lou Rui did not take drugs, but also praised him for his meritorious reporting that the truth came to light.
The official Weibo account of Yunxi Entertainment, which had been inactive, reposted the police notice, saying that this was the obligation of citizens. Then it changed its tone and said that it had collected evidence and notarized it, and asked those marketing accounts and personal accounts that had slandered and spread rumors to wait to receive the court summons.
Usually, after the truth comes out, this kind of thing will be over. It seems to have become an unwritten rule in the circle that the real perpetrators will not be held accountable, or it is considered to be magnanimous. Everyone thinks that Yunxi Entertainment is just trying to scare people.
No one expected that Yunxi Entertainment would not just scare them, but actually file a lawsuit. The people in their legal department were not pushovers at all. After the lawsuit, the paparazzi who took the photo almost lost everything, and the marketing account that jumped the highest and the most happily and several personal accounts also lost a lot of money.
From then on, everyone knew that if you want to discredit Yunxi's artists, you can't spread rumors or slander them, otherwise you probably can't bear the consequences. If you want to discredit them, you have to prove it with real evidence.
How could the public relations department of Liushi Entertainment not know about this? So they gave up on the rumor-mongering attack from the beginning and made all the phone calls, but they didn't dig out any solid evidence against Lou Rui.
The head of the public relations department was so anxious that he was pulling his hair. The boss had ordered him to do it, and he also made it clear that if he couldn't do it, he would immediately replace him! This was not going to work. He had worked so hard to get to this position.
The minister was so anxious that he was spinning around in circles. Suddenly, his subordinate cautiously made a suggestion: "Minister, did the boss say that we must start with these two leading actors? If not, can we start with other people related to this drama?"
The minister looked at the young man whose name he couldn't remember and said, "Tell me about it."
The subordinate handed the phone to the minister and said, "Look at this."
On the phone was a live broadcast of Li Zigao describing the beating he had undergone.
The subordinate's girlfriend often watched Li Zigao's live broadcast, and he occasionally followed her to watch. During the New Year's Day holiday, his girlfriend went home to spend time with her parents, and the company needed someone to be on duty, so in order to earn two more hours, he took the initiative to sign up to stay and work overtime.
After getting home from get off work, I was alone on New Year's Eve. I felt bored so I started a live broadcast to make it more lively. Then I witnessed the whole process of Li Zigao's secret filming, as well as the remarks of turning the tables after I started the live broadcast again.
The minister's eyes immediately turned unhappy: "You are making fun of me, right?"
"No, no," I made a mistake. I shouldn't have watched this video first. The subordinate quickly pulled up two other videos for the minister to watch. "Look, do you know this woman?"
Due to the nature of his job, this subordinate wanted to have a good future, so he paid attention to all the news, gossip, and rumors in the circle. Therefore, when Li Zigao was caught secretly taking photos and Xu Qingsong turned around, of course, he didn't know Xu Qingsong, he just saw the face of the woman with Xu Qingsong and recognized her as Liu Wangxue.
He also saw the video of Liu Wangxue and Mu Jingsheng breaking up in a coffee shop at the end of February on the Internet, and saved it, thinking that it might be useful in the future.
During the filming of "Moon Over Spring Stream", someone posted Reuters videos and photos online. The same person often stood next to the female lead and later the male lead. Lou Rui also told the fans who visited the set that it was the screenwriter. His fans also gave Liu Wangxue a small gift, asking her to take good care of their brother.
Liu Wangxue was also involved in Shenghai Entertainment's "Tang Songhe Incident"...
After listening to his subordinates' explanations, the minister connected the information together in an instant, and even a rough plan was formed.
The minister pondered and said, "But if something happens to the screenwriter, it usually won't affect the broadcast of the show."
The subordinate was smart and got a glimpse of what Lu Leilei said from the minister's retelling. He put away his phone, leaned close to the minister and whispered, "Minister, think about it, the boss gave this order because he was upset. The reason he was upset was not whether the show could be broadcast, but which platform it would be broadcast on."
At this point, the minister's thoughts changed and he took out his cell phone to call Lu Leilei.
After a while, he came back with a smile on his face and directed everyone to start working. He also praised the subordinate who made the suggestion: "You are very good. Follow me in the future."
The subordinate was overjoyed and hurriedly sent the contents stored in his mobile phone to his colleagues around him.
There must be a reason for the incident to happen, and that reason is "Internet celebrity Li Zigao was beaten during a live broadcast on New Year's Eve."
A generous and kind-hearted internet celebrity called on everyone to protect themselves by staying away from emotionally unstable people when going out. The public saw it and felt empathy for it, so it became a hot topic. It has nothing to do with Liushi Entertainment.
In the Internet information age, everything is left behind. Even if there is only a photo, people may have their entire family history exposed. Therefore, although some identities of the people in the videos of the young internet celebrities have been exposed, it has nothing to do with Liushi Entertainment.
In addition, the wind direction on the Internet changes rapidly, and the series of chain reactions caused by this incident have nothing to do with their Liushi Entertainment.
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