Chapter 58

She kept staring at Su Ning's expression, wondering if he would be shocked or hesitant, but unexpectedly, Su Ning looked very calm. He shook his head and said, "You don't understand Ming Zheng."

"He's not what you think he is. Don't say that about him."

Ji Xue said nothing.

But it looked like she didn't believe it.

Seeing her like this, Su Ning knew that his verbal explanation was useless, so he just asked a final question: "It's over now, do you want to go back to the company with me? Guangying Entertainment still welcomes you back, and my promise still stands."

"I don't know," Ji Xue said, "Let me think about it. I still have some things to deal with."

Su Ning nodded and said, "Okay."

He stood up and prepared to leave, and finally said, "Come to think of it, the company has never apologized to you. I'm sorry. We should have protected you at that time, but we didn't do that. It's the company's fault."

Ji Xue was startled, and then she said to herself, "Who would have known at that time?"

Su Ning: "If you need anything, please contact me anytime."

Then he left.

Not long after Su Ning left the cafe, he saw a car coming to pick up Ji Xue. He recognized it as Lu Fei's car. The man next to the car was Lu's housekeeper, who had come to pick up the drunk Lu Fei last time. Standing next to the car, he lowered his head slightly and talked to Ji Xue, inviting her to get in.

After Ji Xue went up, the car drove away quickly.

Maybe this is what she hasn't finished dealing with.

The Lu family has not yet announced to the public that they want to cancel the engagement.

Most of the public's attention in this incident is on Liao Yuansi. Ji Xue has been an unknown figure in the entertainment industry from beginning to end. Even if someone remembered her name and mentioned it, the streaming media guidance arranged by Su Ning and others would move the girls' names past it so that they would not be mentioned. The impact on her has been minimized as much as possible.

Su Ning thought about this on the way back in the car with a frown on his face. After arriving home, he looked at the empty house and sighed slightly.

Shen Mingzheng is not here.

He didn't tell Ji Xue that Shen Mingzheng had already taken a flight to the Shen family in the capital last night because of this matter.

Because this matter was so ugly and involved people around him, the old man got very angry.

Allen has already gone back. He is at his wit's end in this matter and has to drag Shen Mingzheng into it.

On the surface, this matter was dug up by Glory fans, but secretly, it was planned by Ji Xue. With the means used by the Shen family, it is impossible to not find out about her at all.

But first of all, Ji Xue is still the engaged daughter-in-law of the Lu family. The Shen family and the Lu family are in different circles, so they can't do anything to Ji Xue now. Even if she really leaves the Lu family completely, Su Ning will protect her.

So Shen Mingzheng had to go back this time.

At this time, Su Ning could not go with him. During the peak period of turmoil, many people in the Haicheng entertainment circle were still watching how the situation would develop. Both Guangying Entertainment and Shen's Pictures needed people to stay in place.

Glory's new album is still in the promotion period, the popular group has to continue to develop, and Su Ning still has a lot of things to do.

He trusted Shen Mingzheng very much, but he couldn't help but worry.

When Shen Mingzheng returned to the Shen family's mansion in the capital alone, he was thinking of Su Ning.

He touched the wedding ring on his finger, which calmed him down a little and allowed him to continue walking.

The gate opened, and going forward was a replica of a Soviet-style garden. After passing the two-person-high rockery, Shen Mingzheng heard the sound of teacups being smashed inside.

"How dare you...!"

"What a bunch of bastards, how audacious!"

After Shen Mingzheng entered, he saw Allen sliding down from the chair and almost kneeling on the ground.

There were many people around him, most of them were relatives of the Shen family. Some were begging for mercy. When they saw Shen Mingzheng coming in, there was silence for a moment, and then someone screamed, "It was him! It was him. He ordered others to do this in order to fight for power at home!"

Shen Mingzheng walked in and stood still, ignoring them. He bowed his head and simply saluted the old man. Chen Tao found a chair for him to sit down, and then he said, "It's a little late for you to throw dirty water on me at this time."

"Shen Mingzheng, how dare you say it wasn't your people who did it!"

"No," Shen Mingzheng said calmly, "and Su Ning reminded you twice before that you shouldn't show that movie. Did you listen? Ji Xue was next to Su Hongda at the premiere, and all you could think about was Su Hongda's negative reviews. It seemed like we were targeting you. In fact, Liao Yuansi himself didn't dare to say it. Lu Fei's fiancée must hate him."

Allen stared at Shen Mingzheng fiercely and said, "Such a big thing happened in that family. You can influence those media, but you don't help me and let those people take the lead in scolding!"

"Stupid, do I have to help you on the surface to be considered as helping the Shen family?" Shen Mingzheng said, "Your marketing rhetoric is totally useless in this matter. How can this matter be tolerated if we don't let the public vent their anger?"

He cleared the matter up with just a few words, but Allen knew that this matter was related to Ji Xue, so he kept cursing her and lost his gentlemanly demeanor.

Shen Mingzheng didn't want to listen to his insults any further, so he interrupted him and said, "Do you think Ji Xue was wrong in this matter? No, you are the ones who are wrong."

"The biggest mistake you made was that you offended someone and thought that she was just an ordinary person who could be dealt with. You didn't expect that she would become the future daughter-in-law of the Lu family and come back to catch you off guard. If you lose, you have to admit it."

"Ji Xue and Su Ning have already met today. Originally they just wanted to take revenge on Liao Yuansi, but now they have stopped. Ji Xue still has the Lu family behind her. We want to have a good talk. It would be best if we could make peace. This would be good for both sides and would also ease the relationship. Do you really want to make a fuss until both sides can't resolve it?"

The person on the other side fell silent for a moment, and then someone said unwillingly: "Then, for the losses of our family, she will..."

"It's just Liao Yuansi. If he's gone, then he's gone. There are so many people in the entertainment industry. Just find someone else to support him. There have been projects that lost money in the past, but we can make the money back," Shen Mingzheng said. "But you ran away as soon as something went wrong. The rotten stalls in Haicheng were all cleaned up by Su Ning and me. Now that I'm back, you actually blame me."

"The special effects company that worked with us on "Wushuangtu" has top technology in China, and they have people behind them. Because your movie couldn't be shown, they lost a lot of money and were furious. But you turned around and came to the capital. It was Su Ning who took the initiative to visit them and said that we could make up for it through business cooperation in the future. That's why they didn't make a scene."

"And the manager of the cinema chain who had negotiated the film schedule and spent all the publicity money, but the film was suddenly withdrawn, do you know how difficult it was for him? Did he use his connections to help you without spending any money or effort? It was Su Ning who took the initiative to contact him and even asked for compensation. He paid for all this out of his own pocket!"

"I want to ask, who harmed the Shen family in this matter? Who couldn't handle it after the incident and almost ruined the reputation of the entire family?"

Allen is the type of person who runs away when he encounters trouble.

Many people in the Shen family are like this, they were raised in a world of wealth and were born with power, status and capital. It is too easy for such people to make money, after all, their foundation is there.

But if he really encountered something unpleasant, he might not deal with it. The first thing he did after being asked by Jiang Chenfeng was to go abroad. He only reacted after hearing these words.

It is not easy to get the connections and resources with the top special effects companies and managers of movie theaters in the country. He has asked people at Jianfeng to appease them, but now the company's executives are in chaos, how can they compete with Su Ning.

They are not helping to clean up the mess at all; they are actually stealing the ready-made resources from Jianfeng...!

Allen was so breathless that he struggled to stand up and refute, but there was no way he could defeat Shen Mingzheng who was well prepared and now had the upper hand.

"You insist on using someone like Liao Yuansi, and you can't control him. This is because you are incompetent. You can't handle the consequences well, which is even more incompetent," Shen Mingzheng said, "Not to mention that you secretly colluded with people around the old man. What are you planning in your mind? Do you think no one knows?"

He knew what made the person in charge of the Shen family most angry about this matter.

——Allen had someone secretly bribe the people around the old man, but Shen Antang didn’t know about it. Moreover, this matter had been going on for some time, but he had never noticed it.

Allen wanted to refute, and said, "Shen Mingzheng is talking nonsense, he is, he is trying to rob during the chaos..."

"Are you trying to say that Mingzheng is stealing your resources?" Shen Antang said calmly, "But before he did these things, he knew to tell me in advance, and he only did it after I agreed."

"How dare you do this in secret?"

Allen is ambitious and has gained a lot of benefits by relying on his family's resources. If it were an ordinary matter, Shen Antang would not care, but since he has reached out to him, no one can tolerate it.

That's why he was furious.

Shen Antang didn't care about public condemnation, her tears, the movie losing money, and even the complete failure of Jianfeng. What he cared about most was that his authority at home was challenged.

There were still some people who hadn't thought it through. After hearing what the old man said, they were already in despair and spoke hastily, "Don't listen to this foreign bastard trying to sow discord here. Our child has been with you for many years and has never had any other intentions. He..."

When Shen Antang heard this, he threw another teacup next to him. Instead of throwing it on the ground, he hit Allen's left cheek, which seemed to have hit his eye. Blood gushed out and he screamed again and again.

"Who is the bastard?!"

Shen Antang said with a gloomy face, "Why, he has been cursing me like this behind my back since he came back, right? Why, my only bloodline, which I finally found, is a bastard in your eyes, right? You even dare to say that in front of me!"

He didn't feel sorry for his grandson.

Shen Antang sensed the crisis, so he wanted to teach all those who disobeyed a lesson. He knew that these people had also called him bastard in the past, but now the word "bastard" sounded so harsh.

Shen Mingzheng sat there without moving.

The longer he stayed in the Shen family, the more he understood why his mother would try so hard to escape from such a family. Even if she had to hide in a small town for her entire life and faced the most difficult situation, she didn't want to go back.

It wasn't just because of love. She couldn't stay with such a person. No one wanted to stay with a real dictator.

When he walked into the room, even Chen Tao couldn't help but feel nervous, as if he was walking on the edge of a knife.

But Shen Mingzheng knew what he was doing.

These people can hide for a while, but not forever. If they find someone to take the blame, there will naturally be consequences waiting for them.

There's no escape.

What the evil dragons have done must now be solved in their own evil way.

Allen injured his eye and was deliberately delayed in taking him to the hospital today. The old man was determined to teach him a lesson. His eye might not be saved. Everyone in that lineage came to plead for mercy, but Shen Antang was unmoved.

The more people came, the more Shen Mingzheng, who was standing there alone, seemed to him to be more pleasing.

No one said anything for Shen Mingzheng.

Shen Antang had never had many children in his life. It's not that he hadn't tried, but in the end he didn't have any children. He only had a daughter who ran away, leaving Shen Mingzheng behind.

Shen Antang himself didn't believe that Shen Mingzheng was completely innocent and didn't take advantage of Allen's misfortune.

But no matter what, the only person this child can rely on at home is himself. Other branches of the Shen family have their own young people to cultivate, and Shen Mingzheng has nothing to do with them.

He also married Su Ning. Even though the light and shadow entertainment industry is booming nowadays, that person has no foundation or background. The little inheritance she got is just a small amount of money in Shen Antang's eyes. No matter how hard they try, what can these two people achieve?

Even if you want to seize the position of the Shen family, the best choice is to rely on yourself.

In the past, Shen Antang was able to control the entire family, and these younger generations were not much different in his eyes. Now, because of this incident, he suddenly felt that he was getting old and was no longer in his prime.

Once the comparison is made, Shen Mingzheng's advantages become apparent.

Capable, thoughtful, and to his liking.

During the time that Shen Mingzheng stayed in the Shen residence, he saw that his old man's temper gradually calmed down, Liao Yuansi's affairs came to an end in public opinion, and the Shen family also made many adjustments internally. Many people also became much more honest and did not dare to say anything to Shen Mingzheng anymore.

Allen was later sent to the hospital, but is now being kept in the hospital under the pretext of receiving treatment for his injuries.

He made a fuss for a while and wanted to leave and go abroad. Shen Antang put him in a mental hospital for two days, and he stopped making fuss when he came back.

He was used by the old man to establish his authority and would not be released easily. Shen Mingzheng took the trouble to go and see him last time. There was only an empty light in his non-blind eye and he did not react when he saw Shen Mingzheng. However, Shen Mingzheng was kind enough. The hospital provided better meals on the day he went there and gave him a full meal.

As for the person who had been with the old man before, the one Liao Yuansi had flattered, he was exiled and, under the influence of Shen Mingzheng, was sent to the Shen branch in Hong Kong Island.

The Shen branch in Hong Kong Island is the most independent one in the entire family. It usually doesn't listen to the orders of the main family. After all, it is so far away, and the entertainment circle there also has its own regional characteristics.

The most important thing is that the person in charge there and the man next to the old man had been enemies before. It was said that he was almost killed by him when he was young. As a result, his relationship with Shen Antang was not good enough and they had not been in contact for several years.

The master sent this person over there in order to seize power and rebuild relations with Hong Kong Island.

Shen Mingzheng’s suggestion was indispensable in this.

That person was sent there as a "gift" for peace. He will be tortured terribly over there. It will be his life.

Every evildoer will receive his due punishment.

Sharp Peak Brokerage was impacted, but it did not collapse. After all, it is such a big company and it is not so easy to disappear. It just suffered some impact. The old man intends to hand that side over to Shen Mingzheng.

But Shen Mingzheng knew that this matter was not that simple.

Shen Antang's suspicion is a double-edged sword that can be used against others as well as him.

"I'm old, and there are so many things going on at home. I can't take care of so many things. Haicheng is far away," he said, "I'll find someone to help you."

When he said this, he was playing chess with Shen Mingzheng. He held the black pieces and Shen Mingzheng held the white flag. Then he placed another black piece and said, "Zhu Lan is a very good helper."

He said she was a helper, but in fact, she was his eye in the Haicheng circle. Zhu Lan, who was about the same age as Chen Tao, about 40 years old, had been the old man's secretary for a period of time. Now she is a very famous producer, who has been involved in the production of many successful movies and TV series. She has a high status in the circle and is also Shen Antang's confidant.

Haicheng is such a big market, we must have someone to keep an eye on it to prevent such things from happening again.

"I have no objection. I welcome Zhu Lan to Haicheng very much," Shen Mingzheng said, "but speaking of business, I'm afraid I'll have to say goodbye to you soon. Now that I've dealt with all the things at home, it's time for me to go back."

Shen Mingzheng learned Go in his previous life. He studied for a long time in order to figure out a "Go-obsessed" character, and now he is quite good at it.

The old man glanced at the chessboard. The situation was tense and he couldn't tell who would win or lose. He didn't make a move for a while and asked, "Are you in such a hurry?"

"There's a lot of work to do at the company," Shen Mingzheng said, "and I can't stay away from home for too long."

Mr. Shen glanced at him and said, "Besides the official business, you are still thinking about Su Ning, right?"

Shen Mingzheng's heart tightened, and he didn't say anything, but Mr. Shen on the other side continued: "I know you are here to call him. You are newly married, so it's natural for you to go back to see him early."

Shen Mingzheng and Su Ning were avoiding phone calls and video calls, but nothing in this house can hide from Shen Antang.

"Go back," he said. "Don't be nervous. It's a good thing that you are worried."

Afterwards, Shen Antang looked at the chessboard, called someone in to put it away, and said with a smile, "Then keep this chessboard for now. We'll continue playing next time you come."