Chapter 111
Although this news was not fully disclosed, it was said at the bedside and was not a secret. At least it spread quickly within the Shen family.
Zhu Lan knew it that day.
Although she was a little surprised, it was not unexpected. The old man intended to hand over more things on hand to Shen Mingzheng, which sounded like a succession of power.
She had already made up her mind and quickly went home. When she opened the door, she heard Shen Anlin scolding at home: "You are a bunch of useless things!"
The prominent grandchildren in the family were all standing there, with their heads down. They only looked up at Zhu Lan when they saw her coming back. They paused for a moment, but not for too long.
Afterwards, Shen Anlin started to curse some people for using that kind of tricks to win people's hearts, but she pretended not to hear it and let it go in one ear and out the other.
Although no name was mentioned, she knew who was being scolded.
Zhu Lan just thought it was funny. It was useless to say these things at this time. If you are not as skilled as others, you might as well bow your head. Nowadays, idols, actors, and singers in the circle really like to go there. Who can blame them for having better resources? If you are angry now, you might as well think about how to get along with Shen Mingzheng and Su Ning in the future.
Those two are easy to talk to. They have the personality of "I won't offend anyone unless they offend me". If everyone is obedient, we can still live a normal life.
Zhu Lan's main characteristic is that she can bend and stretch, and working under these two people can't be considered "bending", but she also knows that it is better not to say such words directly at the moment, otherwise Shen Anlin will be even angrier.
After she greeted these people politely, she turned around and went to her room to pack her things.
"What are you doing?"
Her husband followed her into the room, asking questions as he went.
He had a weak temper and always listened to his father. After getting married, he generally listened to her and never dared to think that he could be the heir. However, there were few people like him in the Shen family who were law-abiding.
"I'm doing some serious work. I finally made it back to the capital, so I just packed some things and sent them to Haicheng," Zhu Lan said. "I'm going to live there for a long time, so you should be prepared."
When her husband heard this, he took a deep breath and then asked cautiously, "Is the old man really dying?"
As for the situation at the hospital, it's not to the point where I'm going to die at any time, but there is definitely something wrong with my body. Even if I recover this time, I'm afraid I won't have to go to the hospital often in the future, as I won't be able to recover to my previous condition.
But Zhu Lan didn't say it directly here.
"How should I know? I'm not a doctor," she said. "No matter what, the Shen family will have a patriarch. There's no need to rush."
Although she was the adopted daughter and confidant of the old man, there was no family affection between them and she was frighteningly cold at this moment.
Shen Anlin also knew what Zhu Lan said.
His face looked even more gloomy and terrifying, especially when he saw her walking away from behind, and he cursed again: "You are eating your own food and stealing other people's food!"
Zhu Lan heard it, but didn't react and continued walking forward. However, her husband heard this, frowned and said, "Dad, don't say that to her."
He often listened to Zhu Lan, who told him that as long as he behaved himself, nothing would happen. He had indeed been very honest over the years, and now he didn't want to get into any trouble.
Shen Anlin snorted and said nothing more, but several thoughts had already crossed his mind.
He absolutely couldn't just sit there and wait for death. He had worked like a slave for Shen Antang all his life, and if he ended up with such a result, he would not be willing to accept it. Moreover, he was old and didn't have much time left to live, so he had to plan for his family.
How could the Shen family let go of their enormous wealth so easily?
But the original owner was not very happy to hear about the heir.
Shen Mingzheng and Su Ning had no time to talk after they came out of the hospital. The old man seemed to have been prepared. As soon as he came out, someone showed him a lot of documents and did not avoid Su Ning.
The Shen family has a lot of investments, and many of them are not visible. They are not even limited to the entertainment industry. The Shen family is involved in many industries related to culture and entertainment, and these industries are quite complicated.
Being busy is nothing, I'm used to it. Shen Mingzheng has his own people under him, and he just needs to gradually place his own people in the team. There are many things that he doesn't need to do himself.
But after looking at it over, he still had reservations about this matter.
After those people left, he put the documents aside and hugged Su Ning on the sofa. Su Ning saw his mood, reached out and touched his hair, and then said: "What's wrong? Aren't you happy to suddenly become the heir?"
"No," Shen Mingzheng shook his head and leaned his head on Su Ning's shoulder, "I always feel that this matter is not that simple."
He didn't really want to get involved in the Shen family's mess now, but Shen Antang obviously didn't give him any choice. It was an established fact that he would become a thorn in the eyes of other heirs.
Even if he didn't answer, given Haicheng's situation, others would only think that he was retreating to advance and that he couldn't escape.
Most importantly, he felt that Shen Antang was not of such a character. He would never give away all the power in his hands easily just because he was sick and thought that he didn't have much time left.
And after reading it, he realized that although the investments given to him were a lot, they could not be considered the foundation of the Shen family, and the real things were still in the hands of the old man.
Su Ning had the same idea as him.
The two men did not become complacent about this incident, but became more vigilant after the discussion.
"It's okay," Su Ning said, "I'll always be here."
After hearing his words, Shen Mingzheng finally calmed down today.
As long as he had Su Ning, he was not afraid of anything. Now was not the time for the two of them to be passive.
The hospital announced that although it was an emergency measure, it was not formal, and such a handover required many formal procedures, so it was impossible for anyone to take over completely in a short period of time.
Therefore, during this period of time, it was obvious that Shen Anlin and Shen Mingzheng were not getting along. The previous competition was all in secret, but now it has almost come to the surface.
Because of this kind of "succession", people over there are obviously going crazy.
Things in the entertainment industry can easily cause a big stir, and they were not polite either, starting with attacking the top artists in Haicheng.
First, he found a group of navy soldiers and brought up the matter of Li Chu's family debt.
This matter is known to everyone. It was no longer a secret when they debuted, and they had already paid off the debt a long time ago. However, combined with what happened between Zhou Chunqing and Jiang Chenfeng at the time, they were vaguely accused of having no bottom line in order to repay the debt.
With Li Chu's popularity, there will be criticism when there are reds. It is extremely vicious to deliberately use such things to provoke conflict and expose people's scars.
This incident forced Zhou Chunqing to come out and explain. She was originally a victim and had already retired from the entertainment industry, but she still felt hurt when she mentioned this incident, which made Li Chu very angry. He quickly stood up and issued a statement and a lawyer's letter.
Even his fans realized that this wave of criticism seemed premeditated and quickly stood up to defend him.
The snow pile was the same and was the first to be attacked. Although it was scolded back by Lu Fei, it still continued.
She is a famous female star with beauty. No one knows where the Shen family found those low-class scammers to deliberately post some weird and ugly pictures.
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She even found it a little funny. It was really boring to bring up those dirty photos and the so-called scandal.
Ji Mowei, Lin Zhi, Ye Qiuxin and even the old actors who signed contracts and have no intention of gaining popularity have all been attacked to varying degrees. Fortunately, behind-the-scenes personnel like Yan Lu have been spared for the time being.
In this incident, even Bai Qinghe, who had just appeared on the stage, could not escape. He had a lot of messy and ugly pictures, which were probably bought from the band. They were all old pictures.
But Bai Qinghe's character actually shows his ability to regulate himself. After being tricked by Li Chu into going there to sing a song, he mustered up the courage to go there a second time, and thus really gained some fans.
After appearing so many times, fans know what he looks like and what he was like before, so many fans sent him private messages to comfort him. He is the kind of person who can persevere as long as he is encouraged a little, and at this time he still has the mind to explain to Li Chu.
Because of this public opinion, not only did the company not waver, but it actually brought everyone closer together, with a kind of Ah Q mentality of "if you are criticized, I will be criticized too."
Of course, it was not just Light and Shadow Entertainment that suffered from this attack. Shen Mingzheng's side was affected as well, and even some people who came to Haicheng seeking cooperation were implicated.
Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng quickly suppressed the pressure.
With their current connections and capabilities, they could naturally retaliate in the same way. It is not difficult to spread rumors like this, but neither of them wants to do that.
There is no need to go to this extent just for the sake of power struggle. No normal person would do such a thing.
There were many people with insight in this matter who spoke up for these artists in the Haicheng circle, but what surprised Su Ning was that Zhu Lan was particularly firm in her stance on this matter.
She has always stood on Haicheng's side and helped a lot in this matter. It may be that the artists in Jianfeng also have her subordinates. For example, Shu Miao was also scolded, but she also helped the artists on Su Ning's side.
In order to show her attitude, she even brought her husband over, and directly refused to go along with Shen Anlin. She has changed a little since she came to Haicheng, but her ability to judge the situation has not changed.
Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng would not passively defend. After accepting such an attack, they had their own means of counterattack.
The Shen family has always been a place where one must move forward or else one will fall behind. As for the position of heir, there is no way forward.
Shen Anlin has a lot of film and television projects, and they have been launching them recently, especially after the movie lost money, they had to rely on new projects to make up for the losses. Soon they found that it was not so easy to launch projects, and Haicheng began to blatantly grab them.
There is a newly launched ancient fantasy project, a big IP, with a huge investment of nearly 200 million yuan. It also invites popular stars, so it is a big project that attracts a lot of attention from the audience.
But just before filming started, the actress originally scheduled to play the second female lead suddenly resigned. It was said that the company had discussed a better project, so they chose that one after weighing the pros and cons.
"That place" of course refers to Haicheng.
Of course, a second female lead is nothing. The protagonist is their own and cannot be moved. They can just find someone else for the supporting role. But this one's departure is not enough. After that, more actors resigned one after another, so they had to postpone the start of filming and find another person.
There were constant troubles after that, and soon the screenwriter of the show also left.
This screenwriter is a very capable writer, having written several popular dramas, but there were complaints about him before.
Because the male and female protagonists each brought a screenwriter to the crew, and they had proposed several revisions before, all wanting to add their own highlights, and even changing important original story lines. There were many such things in the past, but there have been changes in the industry recently, and such things will never happen in Haicheng.
Who wants to make money on their knees when you can make money standing up?
The screenwriter ran away, but it wasn't a big deal. After all, the script had already been released before filming started and the money had already been paid. He was just no longer responsible for some of the subsequent revisions.
It doesn’t matter, they can change it themselves.
But after finally getting to the start of filming, even the director left.
This time he made his reason for leaving known, saying directly that he was poached from Haicheng, where not only was he paid more money, but he was also provided with plans for his future career.
Then, the chief director generously paid the penalty and ran away. Not long after, he appeared in the crew of Su'ning.
The project in Haicheng is short of people.
When the two sides quarreled like this, Su Ning was not good at using those despicable means, but he was very skilled in cutting off the source of the trouble.