Chapter 715 She wouldn't allow anyone to take advantage of Ali
"One thousand? Ha!" Sister Kuan was so angry at the other party's offer that she laughed: "Are you serious?"
“How can you joke about something like this?” The other party offered, “Sister Kuan, how about this? I’m not exaggerating. I’ll send you a clip from this interview video so you can see for yourself whether it’s worth the price.”
Sister Kuan gripped the phone tightly; if the other party dared to say that, it meant the interview video was genuine.
"Wait for my reply."
"No problem, but I can only wait until 7 p.m. at the latest. If I don't see your company's sincerity by then, I'll have no choice but to release the video and expose it. After all, we have to have one of the money and the traffic, right, Sister Kuan?"
Kuan Jie felt disgusted by his smug and arrogant attitude and hung up the phone without responding.
"Sister Kuan, what's wrong?" Seeing that she looked unwell, Brother Bo took the initiative to ask, "Whose call was that?"
"The entertainment editor-in-chief of 'Fengyao Media'," Sister Kuan explained with a gloomy expression. "They interviewed those two people and fabricated the interview content to blackmail us into doing their bidding."
As she spoke, she looked at Brother Bo and asked, "Do you know anyone in their company?"
Bo used to frequently attend various drinking parties within the industry, and he knew a wide variety of people.
But this time, Brother Bo shook his head: "I'm not very familiar with it. I have heard of this company though. It uses the name of a media company, but it actually does paparazzi business. Moreover, it produces and sells its own news. Its own paparazzi take news and then use its own marketing accounts to publish it. I heard that their company operates hundreds of marketing accounts across the internet, and their online troll business is also very mature."
Sister Kuan frowned: "So that means they can use their own online army to sway public opinion after releasing the information they have?"
Bo Ge nodded with a livid face: "That should be the procedure. Their system is very mature."
"Then we're in a very passive position."
How many do they want?
"one thousand!"
"Take away the young master?!" Brother Bo exclaimed in surprise, "They really dare to ask for that!"
Sister Kuan sneered: "They know exactly how much we value Shen Li, and they definitely don't want her career to be interfered with in any way."
Moreover, when Ms. Shen signed Ah Li to their "Jin Xiao" production team, she also said that she only wanted Ah Li to focus on acting and not to be overexposed in other news.
Now that Ali has become popular and her online traffic has surged, it's clear that keeping this matter private is no longer controllable. They have to handle the aftermath properly, otherwise they won't be able to explain it to Miss Shen.
Therefore, this interview video must absolutely not be leaked.
"I'll go find President Lu."
Without further hesitation, Sister Kuan went straight to Lu Jinzhao's office.
In his office, Lu Jinzhao was also keeping a close eye on all the keywords and news related to Shen Li that day.
"President Lu." Sister Kuan knocked on the door and went straight to the sofa in the office to sit down.
Lu Jinzhao got up from behind his desk, still scrolling through his phone: "I see that the related hype has clearly subsided. The public relations department did a great job this time."
Looking up, Lu Jinzhao saw that Sister Kuan had a cold expression and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Although this matter has some impact on Ali, it is still within a controllable range."
"It's going to get out of control soon, Mr. Lu." Sister Kuan sighed and recounted the contents of the phone call she had just received.
Lu Jinzhao's eyes widened in disbelief: "A thousand yuan? Have these damn paparazzi gone mad? Haven't they ever seen money before?"
"Mr. Lu, there's no use talking about this now. The company will pay for it."
Lu Jinzhao stood in front of the French windows with his hands on his hips, biting his lip in anger. He understood the same principle that Sister Kuan understood. If things got out of control, he wouldn't be able to explain it to Miss Shen.
After a long pause, he nodded: "It's not a small amount, but it's the only option we have right now."
Upon receiving Mr. Lu's signal, Sister Kuan didn't say anything more. She stood up and said, "Mr. Lu, please explain this matter to Miss Shen in person."
Lu Jinzhao was taken aback upon hearing this: "Explain to Miss Shen? Forget it. If she finds out that we were threatened by paparazzi regarding Shen Li, she'll probably be angry that we didn't handle things well. She's terrifying when she gets angry!"
"But this is not our fault. Miss Shen is indeed terrifying when she is angry, but she is actually a very rational and reasonable person. The company is willing to spend 1,000 yuan to help Ali deal with this current crisis, and I think we should let Miss Shen know what we have done for Ali."
Lu Jinzhao was still shaken, because every time Miss Shen got angry, it was because of Ali. He was truly afraid.
But what Sister Kuan said seemed to make some sense. If a thousand dollars were to be taken out and quietly go down the drain, it would be too extravagant.
He had to hear at least one sound!
Finally, Lu Jinzhao nodded: "I'll give Miss Shen a call."
At this moment, Shen Ci was at home. She had recently decided to do nothing but stay at home and spend time with her younger sister.
The phone rang, and she glanced at it and saw that it was Lu Jinzhao calling. She knew it was related to Ali's matter, so she got up and went outside to answer it.
"Mr. Lu."
"Miss Chen, are you busy?"
Shen Ci turned to look at her younger sister sitting on the sofa and said, "Stay home with Ali. Is something the matter?"
"Well, there's something I think Miss Shen should know." Lu Jinzhao quickly and concisely recounted the whole matter.
After listening, Shen Ci asked coldly, "Isn't this illegal?"
Isn't this considered extortion?
Lu Jinzhao said helplessly, "It's hard to define, and these kinds of things happen all the time in the entertainment industry. If we really fight to the death with the other party, things will become even more complicated."
Reporting to the police or filing a lawsuit will only prolong the whole matter indefinitely, and the other party will definitely leak the news.
If everything becomes related to Shen Li, she will become the focus of media gossip, which is definitely not what Shen Ci wants to see.
“Miss Shen, please don’t be angry. Although a thousand yuan is a lot of money, our ‘Golden Xiao’ will use this money to help Ali suppress this matter.”
"My anger isn't about the money," Shen Ci said sternly. "Things that can be settled with money aren't a problem for me, but they're using Ali as a bargaining chip to threaten you..."
She wouldn't allow anyone to take advantage of Ali.
Lu Jinzhao sensed the chill in Shen Ci's words and felt a shiver run down his spine: "Then, Miss Shen, about this matter..."
Shen Ci sneered: "Give me a list of information about this company, including the person in charge, the legal representative, the person who called you asking for money, and the people who interviewed and filmed. I need detailed information, and please send it to me along with the company address."
"Okay, I'll have someone take care of it right now, but the deadline they gave us is 7 p.m.
"Then have Sister Kuan reply to the other party that someone will come to their company before six o'clock to handle this matter in person. At that time, the money will be exchanged for the video."
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