Chapter 717 is not only easy, it's also disgusting.
Hou Liang walked to the desk, opened one of the drawers, and took out the equipment.
"for you."
He carefully handed the device to Duanduan, who took it and examined it closely before asking, "Is the memory card in there too? Do you have any spare backups?"
"No, there's no backup. It's all in there."
Hou Liang looked at the device in Duanduan's hand with great anxiety, because there really was no spare backup. He was afraid that the person in front of him would smash the device at any moment, and then everything would be ruined.
"Brother, we agreed on a one-time transaction... one-time delivery."
Hou Liang persisted, saying that it was no small sum of money and they couldn't just let it go like that.
Duanduan couldn't help but laugh out loud upon hearing this: "You're really obsessed with money! Even in this situation, you're still thinking about asking for money?"
Hou Liang looked dejected, but mustered his courage and replied, "We have to be honest, right? You've already given me the goods. As for the money, if it's really not working out, we can talk about it again..."
"Talk?" Duanduan sneered, "You can't talk to me, but someone else will."
As he spoke, he raised an eyebrow at his brother beside him: "Hui Zi, go and invite Sister Ci in. Tell her we got the stuff."
The other person nodded and quickly left the office.
Before long, Shen Ci stepped into the gate of "Fengyao Media". The scene of the company's office area was quite spectacular.
The company has a total of 100 employees, all of whom are lined up neatly in the aisles and along the walls, with their hands behind their heads and not daring to move.
Dozens of men in black were watching them to prevent anyone from secretly filming or recording with their phones.
As soon as Shen Ci appeared, the stern-looking men in black greeted her in unison, "Sister Ci!"
She simply raised her eyes and said, "Don't hurt anyone."
After saying that, Hui Zi led him to Hou Liang's office.
"Sister Ci, the video is here." Duanduan immediately handed the things in her hand to Shen Ci, and then stepped back behind Shen Ci.
Hou Liang and Hu Ming exchanged a glance. They were completely unfamiliar with the suddenly appearing Shen Ci. They thought that it should be Sister Kuan who came here to make the transaction.
Shen Ci walked directly to the sofa and sat down, looking up at the two of them: "Who did this interview?"
"Him!" Hou Liang pointed at Hu Ming without hesitation, and Hu Ming stared in shock.
Aren't you going to hesitate for a second?
"What's your name?" Shen Ci asked Hu Ming.
Her tone was soft, devoid of emotion, and it was impossible to discern any joy or anger in her voice. Although Hu Ming was frightened, he still obediently replied, "Hu Ming."
"Show me the videos inside."
Hu Ming froze, his fingers nervously clenching in his palms. Hou Liang, who was next to him, nudged him with his elbow, afraid of being implicated: "Go on."
Hu Ming shook his head, looking troubled. How could he dare? The videos inside hadn't been edited yet, and he had recorded the entire interview process for his own convenience, including how he deliberately guided Hu Xiang and his daughter to lie.
He originally thought that he would only need to edit the content in post-production and cut out the parts he wanted to broadcast, but he never expected things to turn out this way.
"Are you deaf?" Duanduan said fiercely, "You can film it but not broadcast it?"
Hu Ming swallowed hard, his hand trembling as he reached out and picked up the machine. After turning it on and pressing a few buttons, the video was brought up.
Shen Ci held the machine and looked at it expressionlessly. The entire company suddenly fell silent, with only the sound of conversation coming from the machine.
"That's not the right thing to say, it's meaningless."
"That happened twenty years ago, who has any evidence?"
"Do as I say, and I can give you more money."
"..."
As the video played, Hu Ming's back was soaked with cold sweat, and Hou Liang didn't dare to breathe.
Forty minutes had passed by the time Shen Ci finished reading. She sneered and said mockingly, "You think you can get a thousand yuan from me with this fabricated stuff? You guys not only earn money easily, but it's also disgusting."
It's often said that the media these days will disregard the truth for the sake of traffic, and it's true; they'll use any despicable method.
“At first I wanted to call the police and resolve this through legal channels. But now it seems that this is the only way to deal with you rats in the gutter.”
Shen Ci raised the machine in her hand, looking at them with a mocking smile: "If I post this video online in its entirety, what do you think the consequences will be?"
In short, both Hou Liang and Hu Ming looked up in terror.
Hu Ming's face turned deathly pale, because he had conducted the interview. The malicious manipulation, fabrication of events, creation of conflict, and incitement of cyberbullying were all enough to ruin his career.
What Hou Liang fears is that if the full version of the video is exposed, all the media accounts operated by the company will lose credibility overnight, and once a media company loses the trust of netizens, all the efforts of the past years will be in vain.
The company's top influencers with millions of followers, tens of millions of followers, and all the marketing accounts that the company has painstakingly operated and nurtured will be implicated, reported, or even permanently banned because of this incident.
Then they're finished, the company is finished!
"You're scared now?" Shen Ci was quite pleased with their expressions. "I hate it when people threaten me, especially when they use the people who are most important to me to threaten me."
"Does being threatened and intimidated feel bad? Well, here's your chance. Now it's my turn to negotiate terms with you."
Shen Ci spoke lightly, but every word he uttered felt like a heavy boulder pressing down on the other person's ears.
"Beautiful lady..." Hou Liang stammered, his eyes brimming with tears, "Now that we've given this video to you, we definitely won't release it, and we absolutely won't follow up on any subsequent trending topics related to Shen Li. Is that alright with you?"
Shen Ci shook her head: "No."
Hou Liang almost cried: "We don't want the money anymore..."
"You're still thinking about money?" Duanduan cursed.
Hou Liang shook his head repeatedly in fright, looking at Shen Ci with a pleading expression and asking, "Then, beautiful lady, what do you want to do?"
Shen Ci blinked, as if she already had a plan in mind: "Although I'm not in the entertainment industry, I've heard of some of the rules and methods. When you want to suppress a hot topic, the best way is to use another hot topic."
"You guys are paparazzi, you must have a lot of unreleased dirt on celebrities, right?"
At this point, a smile appeared on Shen Ci's face: "I'll push out a scapegoat to cool things down regarding Shen Li. I won't sacrifice an innocent person; I'll just find some scum like a domestic abuser, an adulterer, or a drug addict. Do you have any?"
Hou Liang's heart sank when he heard this. He knew that dealing with celebrities' scandals required negotiating prices with them. He hadn't gained a single penny from Shen Li's affair and had even lost twenty yuan. Now, he was going to lose another celebrity with a scandalous background.
This is a huge loss!
(End of this chapter)
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