Chapter 3 Hot Search
The sky was covered with thick clouds, and the lead-gray sky hung low over the city. The air was filled with the dull and damp feeling of impending rain.
Shi Qing wore a mask and pulled the brim of her black baseball cap even lower. She walked quickly out of the revolving door of the Yunyue Hotel and passed by a large number of entertainment reporters.
In fact, with Gao Panpan's status and background, things wouldn't have turned out like this.
But the entertainment reporters all got wind of it, and a big shot said: Don't worry and dig boldly, he will cover everything behind the scenes, and there will definitely be something to uncover.
There will always be brave men when there is a big reward.
Shi Qing was quite satisfied with the commotion she had made and stopped only after walking a little further away.
His eyes passed through the crowd and fell on Gao Lihui, Gao Panpan's father and the hypocritical CEO of Qingning Video, who was rushing over.
Shi Qing also decided to add fuel to the fire and sold the information she collected to a marketing account she knew.
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Qingning Video Public Relations Department.
"I really don't know what's wrong with this young lady! What kind of important figure is Zheng Zhiyong worthy of her risking her life for him?"
"We don't understand the excitement of the rich, and the unlucky ones are us who have to clean up the mess!"
"Fuck, why can't this trending search be suppressed?"
"Look at the hot searches!" Someone shouted, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
On the screen, shocking entries were refreshing frantically one after another.
A public opinion storm targeting Qingning Video, Danhao Entertainment, and Heying Entertainment swept the entire Internet without warning.
Passersby who don’t know the truth may think that Qingning Video is trying to divert attention from the scandal of its own daughter, but those at the center of the storm know very well that this is not their doing.
The hot search list was completely destroyed, filled with negative information about the three companies.
The first thing to be targeted is the artist's private life:
A popular young actor who has attracted countless fans with his innocent personality was exposed for being two-timing. On the one hand, he was sweet-talking and privately contacting a rich female fan, while on the other hand, he was having a passionate affair with an internet celebrity on a certain platform.
A talented actor who has just become popular again with a new drama and whose fans are excitedly celebrating that "uncle has finally made it", was found to have made insulting remarks on an overseas forum many years ago.
A middle-aged male actor who presents himself as a good husband was exposed to have an affair with a young male idol who came from a talent show. What's even more outrageous is that he has been PUAing his wife for a long time and has put all the blame for the failure of his marriage on her.
The number one star of Danhao Entertainment and Gao Panpan were in a passionate love relationship, but he was cuckolded.
An actor falsified his academic qualifications.
Some celebrities who claimed to be single were exposed to have secretly given birth to children.
Some celebrities smoke in non-smoking areas.
Some celebrities treat their fans as ATMs while insulting them in private.
There are also cases of abusing assistants to the point that they become depressed and resign... Various scandals are emerging one after another.
Danhao Entertainment Public Relations Department.
An employee with huge dark circles under his eyes gushed over his umpteenth cup of black coffee, staring at the negative comments that kept popping up on the screen. He scoffed, "Oh, I knew our company wasn't great, but I didn't expect it to be so shattered already! No wonder the interview was so easy before. They even accepted someone like me. It turns out they have no bottom line!"
Heying Entertainment Public Relations Department.
A female employee rubbed her swollen temples, staring at the romance gossip that was being hammered to death. Her voice was exhausted: "These 208 guys, can't they live without love? They will die if they stay quiet!"
However, the cruelty of this storm lies in the fact that it is not satisfied with destroying the superficial star halo.
The deeper and darker secrets of the company are like rotten roots being uprooted and exposed to the scorching sun.
The story of Danhao Entertainment boss Chen Hao's rise to wealth as a "Phoenix Man" has been brought up again. The details of how he deliberately pursued a rich girl, gradually eroded the girl's family business after marriage, and finally designed to make his wife leave the house were vividly portrayed.
What is even more shocking is that Danhao was exposed to have been engaged in pimping for a long time, giving his young and eager-to-rise artists as gifts to important partners.
Heying Entertainment was exposed for its deeply flawed internal management, characterized by a complex network of executives and mutual protection. One executive was even accused of gambling in Macau, racking up hundreds of millions of yuan in debt and embezzling vast amounts of company funds to cover the losses.
An old case involving Heying Entertainment that had been suppressed was also brought up again. An employee had suffered a mental breakdown due to harsh exploitation and attempted to jump off a building. Instead of reflecting on the situation, the company used its connections to forcibly send the employee to a mental hospital for 'treatment'.
It was revealed that Qingning Video received a list of senior artists from Danhao and Heyingsong.
It was also revealed that he had been maliciously withholding the final payments for many small and medium-sized drama projects for a long time, and had an arrogant attitude, even insulting the parties who were demanding payment and accusing them of being ungrateful.
The platform's operating methods are dirty: it forces the drama producers to pay out of their own pockets to purchase ratings data, and for those who refuse to obey, it uses dirty methods such as lowering the ratings of the dramas and degrading the playback quality.
The most serious allegation is suspected money laundering using complex film and television project investments.
This day was an unprecedented carnival for countless netizens. They forgot their work and became the most excited wild animals in the melon field, jumping frantically between major social platforms and WeChat groups.
Every time new revelations appear, they are accompanied by exclamations of “Holy crap!” The sheer volume of information is overwhelming.
In fact, many of the revelations were not without clues before, but they were all resolved by powerful capital and public relations.
Who could have imagined that these scandals would erupt collectively like a volcano in one day.
Anyone familiar with the entertainment industry knows that the quickest way to make a scandal disappear is to suppress it with another. But with so many scandals breaking out at the same time... who's going to suppress whom? The most likely targets are Danhao Entertainment, Heying Entertainment, and Qingning Video. They've definitely offended the wrong people.
The three companies are in purgatory at the moment.
The office building was filled with the sounds of ringing telephones, typing keyboards, and anxious shouts.
The public relations department frantically contacted the media to retract the article, issued a statement, guided public opinion, and appeased the angry fans.
The artists were urgently recalled, and were overwhelmed by the revelations, racking their brains to think of how to "clarify" or apologize.
However, it was of no use.
Even though they have been deleting posts, someone has already organized everything into a shared file and circulated it on major social software and online storage.
Everyone realized that this storm would not subside in a short period of time.
But it’s far from over.
The three companies received notices from the tax bureau, and the finance department also joined the chaos.
Of course, the Ministry of Legal Affairs has no way of escaping this. They have been incredibly busy. The number of legal advisory letters they send out in one day is staggering. In fact, they also know that they have no credibility [smile].
What made everyone in the company even more panicked was the arrival of several waves of police. Without much talk, they simply showed their credentials and took away several senior managers and individual artists involved in serious charges.
Every time the police showed up, it caused more panic.
The employees hid behind their workstations, looking at each other in fear, not knowing who would be taken away next.
The brief downpour has subsided, but for Danhao Entertainment, Heying Entertainment, and Qingning Video, this is just the beginning...
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