Chapter 57
Su Ning had previously reminded Jian Feng that it would be better not to invest money in this movie, and he almost said it to his face because Liao Yuansi was too risky.
The other party didn't listen, and now things have turned out like this, no one can be blamed.
For a big-budget movie that needs to be put on the big screen with every moment meticulously crafted, it is extremely difficult to change the face of the protagonist. Moreover, if it is involved in such negative public opinion, the audience who already knows everything will boycott it. How can it contribute to the box office?
Jianfeng didn't give up and wanted to save him at first.
First, amid public condemnation, Liao Yuansi's official account quietly deleted the blog post he had previously posted, and then issued a statement.
The statement only admitted that he had committed misconduct in his marriage, but there was absolutely no coercion in any form. He had already obtained his wife's forgiveness and apologized to the public.
His wife, who is a senior executive of Jianfeng, also came out to support him, crying and saying that it was just an emotional matter. She hoped that everyone would think of the young children at home and not put too much pressure on the family.
After all, some things happened too long ago, and many people, like Ji Xue, can only leave ambiguous evidence. Some even leave no evidence at all, which can be easily distorted.
Although cheating that is forgiven by the wife will also be criticized, it is not enough to be banned in the entertainment industry.
The movie probably won't be released in the near future, so you can put it on hold for now. When the limelight isn't so strong, you can find a reason to whitewash Liao Yuansi, and then you can still get by.
Jianfeng is a master at manipulating public opinion and has been trying to minimize the losses. In addition to hiring Internet trolls to brainwash people not to interfere in other people's private family affairs, he also released a collection of Liao Yuansi's classic roles, trying to use role filters to cause public sway.
They also know how to deliberately release some overly bizarre false information and then clarify it to muddy the waters. After a while, the public will have forgotten about it, and the history books will begin to make minor things out of major events.
After all, it's just "cheating". There are too many such negative scandals in the circle, and there are still many celebrities who just continue to muddle along like this after the limelight has passed.
But how could the person who had been planning this for so long let this go so easily?
She even watched her prey struggling in her hands like a cat catching a mouse. When the other party thought he could get away with it, she began to add new information.
It was a step-by-step plan. First, they used Glory's fans to amplify the attention. Now that the attention was in place, they leaked information to some influential KOLs, including some short video bloggers involved in the entertainment industry.
Su Ning saw the latest video that was released.
It should be some girl at the banquet who had the courage to record it. Under the dim light, there seemed to be someone opposite Liao Yuansi, but the face was not very clear, so it was only half captured. He had two girls in his arms, and he pushed one of the girls towards that guy, with a very respectful tone.
“…These people are just playing around.”
"It's not a big deal, don't worry. As long as you are happy, I still have my resources. I hope you will take care of me in the future."
That flattering and disgusting expression cannot be washed away even with a hundred character filters. Looking at this part, how can this be explained by cheating?
He was clearly using this to make a deal.
Jianfeng thought they had covered it up, but it was soon counterattacked. They are frantically deleting the video from all over the Internet, even if they are being scolded. They are obviously in a panic.
Su Ning didn't understand at first, but Shen Mingzheng came over to take a look and told him the reason.
"The one opposite him looks like someone from the Shen family."
When Shen Mingzheng said this, his eyes flashed with obvious disgust. Liao Yuansi was not that simple. He was a flatterer to the powerful. Outside, he was a movie star who could make money. Inside, he was someone who could help him handle relationships in the Shen family and was his right-hand man.
Even though the videos were deleted crazily, many people still saw them. After the incident fermented for a few days, the movie was hastily withdrawn from the shelves, and Liao Yuansi voluntarily turned himself in. As a result, Jian Feng became the center of public opinion and was scolded by the public.
A few days later, when the situation calmed down a little, Su Ning met Ji Xue.
This was Su Ning who was contacted by the other party. He only wanted him to come alone and chose a quiet cafe.
Ji Xue arrived early and sat in a small private room. She didn't wear much makeup and wore only the simplest comfortable clothes. When Su Ning looked at her, the warm winter sun shone on her, as if giving her a layer of golden warm light.
The weather in December had been gloomy and cold for a long time, but today the sun suddenly came out.
Seeing Su Ning coming over, Ji Xue smiled at him in a good mood.
"Boss Su," she said, "Do you like the gift I gave you during this period?"
Su Ning came over and sat opposite her, saying, "In the beginning, it was the endorsement of Cha Yue, the opportunity to sponsor a variety show... and to lead fans into quarrels and give them evidence. Oh, by the way, before this happened, Lu Fei also talked to me about the sponsorship of the tour."
"If you consider this a gift, what else?"
Ji Xue nodded: "Well, that's about it."
"I'm quite curious," Su Ning said, "When did you start preparing for all this?"
Ji Xue put down the coffee cup, thought for a moment, and said, "Not long. Mr. Su, this is what I learned from you."
Su Ning: "Me?"
"Yes, it's you," Ji Xue took a sip of coffee slowly, "The teacher is an insider, she has taught many students and knows a lot of people, she knows everything about Haicheng, how you got promoted in the company and saved Guangying Entertainment, she knows everything, she even talks about it with relish and tells me about it. Including the part where you and Mr. Shen brought down Jiang Chenfeng, I really heard it many times."
"To be honest, when Lu Fei and I were together, I didn't know exactly what to do. At that time, the most I could do was to get rid of Liao Yuansi's endorsement, so that he would earn less money. But what would that mean to him? I could never let him go like this."
Su Ning: “…”
He didn't even know that he and Ji Xue had such a connection.
I have to say that Ji Xue's learning ability is really strong. After knowing about Su Ning's situation, she thought about it and was able to draw inferences from it.
She first began to collect evidence and make a plan, and gradually her mind became clearer.
Compared with Shen Huai and Jiang Chenfeng, Liao Yuansi has a harder time.
Although Jiang Chenfeng is very powerful, looking back, the Jiang family does not have any big backers. They are a typical new money family that has relied on the Internet.
Once something like the last time happens, this ability to influence or even control public opinion is of little use. The Jiang family's trump card is to delete posts, and delete posts crazily. Their ability to control public opinion is not as skilled as that of the Jianfeng Agency. Jiang Chenfeng is still arrogant, while Liao Yuansi is much more cautious and deletes many things very cleanly.
Not to mention, Liao Yuansi has a backer.
To put it in a small way, it is Jian Feng; to put it in a big way, it is the Shen family, the real old money Shen family.
Shen Huai obviously didn't fail in the entertainment industry. A little scandal couldn't ruin him. He failed to Shen Mingzheng and failed on the road to power. It's not easy to replicate this. The Shen family is not so easy to fall, and Liao Yuansi doesn't have such a big ambition to seize the power above.
Moreover, if we randomly find a marketing account to leak the information about Liao Yuansi, not to mention that many marketing companies have cooperated with Jianfeng and are afraid that they will leak the information, and this is not an ordinary scandal, many accounts may not dare to expose it. Even if they really dare, the rhythm of releasing all the information at once can easily be disrupted by Jianfeng.
She cannot completely trust those marketing accounts, nor does she rely entirely on anyone. The whole thing can only proceed according to the predetermined plan, without any mistakes.
So when choosing the initial entry point for this matter, Ji Xue thought about it and chose something that was easier to provoke than the rich second-generation smashing cars - fans who were speaking up for their idol.
Fans are different from passers-by. Passers-by have no motivation to pursue more truth, but fans definitely have motivation. Moreover, the huge fan base of idols can ensure that attention is always online.
If we ask who is the most popular person in the entire entertainment industry right now, I’m afraid everyone, young or old, male or female, will say it is Glory.
Therefore, the endorsement that Lu Fei picked out from the card draw was not luck, but the one she had expected and chosen in her mind.
What's more, she knew that Su Ning would inevitably confront Jian Feng, and endorsements and variety show resources were just catalysts.
So, she first gave some more superficial information to the angry fans, and a lot of the things that were revealed later were found out by the fans themselves when the attention increased.
Then, they used a marketing trick to lure out Jianfeng, and when they thought the matter was over, they released the most serious evidence. They could not take back their previous excuses to make a big deal out of the matter, and all of them became a weapon to slap themselves in the face.
Especially the last video.
Liao Yuansi tried to make excuses at first, but when the video came out and he couldn't delete it no matter how hard he tried, he turned himself in the next day.
The face was not clearly captured in the video. Shen Mingzheng could recognize it, but how could the general public recognize that it was a senior member of the Shen family around the old man? The other party rarely showed up.
"Look, isn't this interesting?"
Ji Xue said this with a faint smile on her face: "Liao Yuansi has always been proud of himself. He thinks he is the golden signboard of Jianfeng and the right-hand man of the big investors of Jianfeng. So if he gets into trouble, the other party will be abandoned and he will be saved."
"But this time, he will also have to taste the feeling of being abandoned by someone higher up, and he has to be willing to do so. Otherwise, what will happen to his surviving parents, wife, and children?"
Compared with this, the fact that a movie with an investment of more than 500 million yuan can never be released is a small matter. Liao Yuansi has indeed been exposed to many things, and he needs to pay the price for it, otherwise the Shen family will not let him go.
She learned how to kill people by borrowing a knife, from Lu Fei to Glory, and then to Su Ning and the Shen family. It was even the Shen family that was the sharpest knife Ji Xue borrowed, and she was hiding behind the scenes from beginning to end.
If it doesn't work this time, she still has a chance to get out of this unscathed, and planning for the next time can be said to be a perfect plan.
Su Ning looked at her, sighed, and asked again: "So, you have already got everything you wanted, why are you looking for me again?"
"I'm here to thank you, Mr. Su, for teaching me this," Ji Xue said, "In fact, you had already guessed what I was going to do, but you didn't expose me, and you even helped me. The teacher was right, you are indeed one of the few good people in this circle."
Su Ning reminded Allen not to act in this movie, not because he sympathized with Liao Yuansi and the Shen family.
In addition to the leading actors, a movie also has a lot of dedicated behind-the-scenes staff. At least the special effects outsourcing company did a really good job, but they couldn't change the ending.
However, it is not entirely true to say that he did nothing at all.
The streaming media that Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng invested in before was useful. They did not use these resources to divert the public's anger, but used them to cover up the victims and guide the public to focus on the perpetrator Liao Yuansi. This is not only a protection for Ji Xue, but also for other victims.
Liao Yuansi is about to be finished, but many people who have been hurt by him have to continue living. However, Su Ning only feels that Ji Xue may have anticipated his actions.
She did all this, but she was always hiding behind the scenes. Many people didn't know her name. Ji Xue also won comprehensively.
"Everyone has to pay the price for what they have done," Su Ning sighed, "Do you... Lü Fei know about this?"
Ji Xue's expression remained unchanged: "He didn't know before, but he should know now. The Lu family is not stupid."
From a certain perspective, Lu Fei was just a knife for her to take revenge.
Some of Ji Xue's information was collected bit by bit by hiring others at her expense. The most damning video was bought by her for seven figures, and the girl did not show her face in the video. After making this deal, she took the money and went abroad. She didn't want to take care of the rest of the things and left everything to Ji Xue.
Where did she get this money?
Obviously, it was obtained from Lu Fei.
For the Lu family, who can decide on endorsements worth tens of millions by drawing cards, spending tens of millions on their fiancée is already considered stingy.
"No matter how much Lü Fei likes you, if he realizes it, your engagement will be affected," Su Ning said, "You were originally part of their family's enormous wealth..."
"I don't care."
"While doing all this, I can bear all the consequences."
Ji Xue looked up at him and said, "So what if the engagement is cancelled? So what if Lu Fei wants to break up with me? Does he really love me? Does he love me, or does he love a perfect girlfriend that I created? When he looks at me, does he know that every moment of my life is painful after what I have gone through?"
"He doesn't understand, because Lu Fei has never had to go through this."
She was dressed simply today, but still beautiful, a dazzling and radiant beauty.
"I want my own justice."
She looked at Su Ning and said, "Lü Fei and I are just taking what we need."
Ji Xue said this with confidence.
The fact that "Cha Yue" replaced the risky spokesperson Liao Yuansi in advance was enough to recover a lot of losses.
You know, it is customary to have the spokesperson printed on the "Cha Yue" bottle. Liao Yuansi's big-budget movie is about to be released. If it were not for Ji Xue's influence, the advertising department would most likely not replace him, but would choose to continue signing him.
Such sudden incidents involving artists would cause many products to have to be temporarily removed, but now the packaging of "Cha Yue" has been completely changed to Glory's packaging, and the products whose endorsement by Liao Yuansi expired have long been cleared out.
Compared with other brands that were in a panic, "Chayue" escaped the crisis perfectly and was not affected at all. It even became a hot topic because of its luck and earned an advertising space for free.
In this matter, it really does not make sense to say that Lu Fei was at a loss financially. Even Glory, which was involved, indirectly obtained endorsements and resources from Ji Xue.
She did take advantage of many people, but she also made amends to the innocent people in this chain in her own way.
In addition to the Lu family who avoided losses, the group obtained endorsements and a series of resources, the fans got the actual result of directly sniping the main character in the quarrel, which can be said to have made them famous overnight, and the marketing accounts also got their KPIs, so everyone made money.
At this point, Ji Xue looked at him and finally asked a question: "Mr. Su, what is your partner like? Do you really understand him?
"Don't forget, Shen Mingzheng is also a member of the Shen family."
With Liao Yuansi's fate, Ji Xue's revenge was avenged, but she knew in her heart that the biggest backer of the whole thing was the Shen family.
It was the Shen family who condoned and protected her, otherwise how could she have suffered for so many years, and how could so many people have been suffering like this.
Liao Yuansi went to take the blame, he admitted everything, and many people from Jianfeng were inevitably involved, but the most direct evidence Ji Xue got was that video, which only captured a blurry side profile.
Shen Mingzheng recognized him because he had seen him before, but with enough people taking the blame and keeping silent, it would be difficult to find the person from the Shen family, and it was very likely that he escaped.
"That's the limit of my ability," Ji Xue said, "but Mr. Su, sooner or later you will have to face the entire Shen family, including your Shen Mingzheng."
"Can you tell whether he is a human or a ghost?"
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