Chapter 58
She kept staring at Su Ning's expression, to see 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 seemed that she didn't believe it.
Seeing her like this, Su Ning knew that his verbal explanation was useless, so he just asked a question at the end: "It's over, 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. We failed to do so. It was the company's fault."
Ji Xue was startled, then she said to herself, "At that time, who knows?"
Su Ning: "If you need anything, please contact me anytime."
Then he left.
Not long after Su Ning walked out of the coffee shop, 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. He stood next to the car, lowered his head slightly and talked to Ji Xue, inviting her to get in.
After Ji Xue got on, 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 matter was on Liao Yuansi. Ji Xue was an unknown figure in the entertainment industry from beginning to end. Even if someone remembered her name and mentioned it, the impact on her had been minimized as much as possible because of the streaming media guidance arranged by Su Ning and others, which would take the girls' names away and prevent them from being mentioned.
Su Ning thought about this matter 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 desperate in this matter and has to drag Shen Mingzheng into it.
On the surface, this matter was dug up by Glory fans, secretly, it was planned by Ji Xue. With the methods used by the Shen family, it is impossible to not find out about her at all.
But first of all, Ji Xue is now the engaged daughter-in-law of the Lu family. The Shen family and the Lu family are from different circles, so they can't do anything to Ji Xue now. Even if she really leaves the Lu family completely, Su Ning will still protect her.
So Shen Mingzheng had to go back this time.
At this time, Su Ning could not go with him. There was chaos at Jianfeng, and 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 take charge.
Glory's new album is still in the promotion period, the popular group needs 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 to calm himself a little and continued walking.
The gate opened, and looking forward was a replica of a Su-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 come 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 and profit 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 bit late for you to throw dirty water on me now."
"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 the movie should not be shown. Did you listen? Ji Xue was right next to Su Hongda at the premiere, and all you can think about is Su Hongda's negative reviews, as if we were targeting you. In fact, Liao Yuansi himself didn't dare to say it, but Lu Fei's fiancée must hate him very much."
Allen stared at Shen Mingzheng fiercely, and said, "Such a big thing happened at home. You can influence those media, but you don't help me and let those people take the lead in scolding me!"
"Idiot, 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 kind of thing. If you don't let the public vent their anger, how can this matter be acceptable?"
He cleared the matter up with just a few words, but Allen knew that this matter was related to Ji Xue, so he cursed her in a dirty way and didn't act like a gentleman at all.
Shen Mingzheng didn't want to listen to his insults, so he interrupted him and said, "Do you think Ji Xue was wrong in this matter? No, you are wrong."
"The biggest mistake you made was that you offended someone in the first place, and you thought that this was just an ordinary person that could be dealt with. You didn't expect that now she has become the future daughter-in-law of the Lu family, and she brought you back to catch you off guard. If you lose, you have to admit it."
"I have already met Ji Xue and Su Ning today. She originally just wanted to take revenge on Liao Yuansi, but now she has stopped. Ji Xue still has the Lu family behind her. We want to have a good talk. It would be best if we could turn hostility into friendship. This would be good for both sides and would also ease the relationship. Do you really want to make things so bad that both sides can't resolve it before you stop?"
The other party was silent for a moment, and then someone said unwillingly: "Then, for our family's loss, 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 were also projects that lost money in the past, and we can make it back," Shen Mingzheng said. "But you ran away as soon as something went wrong. The mess in Haicheng was cleaned up by me and Su Ning, and now that I'm back, you actually blame me."
"The special effects company that collaborated with us on "Wushuangtu" has top technology in China, and they have people behind them. Because your movie couldn't be released, you didn't know how much you lost, and you were furious. But you turned around and ran to the capital. It was Su Ning who took the initiative to visit and said that there would be business cooperation in the future to make up for it, so we didn't fall apart."
"And the manager of the theater chain who had agreed on the film schedule and spent money on publicity, now has the film suddenly withdrawn. Do you know how difficult it is for him? Didn't they use their connections to help you without spending any money or effort? It was Su Ning who reacted and contacted them, and he even offered 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 stand 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 pile of wealth and jade, and were born with power, status and capital. It is too easy for such people to make money because the foundation is there, after all.
But if he really encountered something unpleasant, he might not deal with it. The first thing Jiang Chenfeng asked him to do before was to go abroad. He only reacted after hearing this.
It is not easy to get access to the top special effects companies in the country and the managers of movie theaters. He has asked people at Jianfeng to appease them, but now the company's executives are in chaos, so how can they compete with Su Ning?
They are not helping to clean up the mess at all, they are actually snatching the ready-made resources from Jianfeng...!
Allen was so exhausted that he struggled to stand up and retort, but there was no way he could defeat Shen Mingzheng who was well prepared and now had the upper hand.
"You insisted on using someone like Liao Yuansi, and you couldn't control him. This is because you are incompetent. You couldn't handle the things that happened later, which is even more incompetent," Shen Mingzheng said, "Not to mention that you secretly colluded with people around the old man. What exactly are you planning in your mind? Do you think no one knows?"
He knew what made the person in power in the Shen family most angry about this matter.
——Allen asked someone to bribe the people around the old man in private, but Shen Antang didn’t know about it. Moreover, this matter has been going on for some time, but he didn’t even notice 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 Ming Zheng stole your resources?" Shen Antang said calmly, "But before he did these things, he knew to tell me in advance, and he only did it when I agreed."
"How dare you do it in secret?"
Allen is ambitious and has gained a lot of benefits by relying on the resources of his family. If it were ordinary matters, Shen Antang would not care, but since the hand has been extended to him, no one can tolerate it.
This is why he was furious.
Public condemnation, her tears and blood, the movie losing money, even the entire Peak was ruined, but Shen Antang didn't care about any of it. What he cared about most was that his authority at home was challenged.
There were still some people who hadn't thought clearly. 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 at hand, but he didn't throw it on the ground. Instead, he hit Allen's left cheek, as if it had hit his eye. Blood gushed out and he screamed again and again.
"Who is the bastard?!"
Chen Antang said with a gloomy face, "Why, he has been scolding 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 dare to say that in front of me!"
He didn't feel sorry for his grandson.
Shen Antang felt the crisis, so he wanted to teach all the disobedient people a lesson. These people had also called him names behind his back before, and he knew it, 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 face the most difficult situation, she didn't want to go back.
It's not just because of love. She can't stay with such a person. No one wants to stay with a real dictator.
When he walked into the hall, 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 dealt with in their own evil way.
Allen injured his eye and was deliberately delayed from being sent to the doctor today. The old man was determined to teach him a lesson. He was afraid that his eye could not be saved. People from that lineage came to plead for mercy, but Shen Antang was unmoved.
The more people came, the more Shen Mingzheng, standing there alone, seemed to him.
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 alone.
To say that Shen Mingzheng was completely innocent in this matter and did not take advantage of Allen's misfortune, Shen Antang himself did not believe it.
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 train, and Shen Mingzheng has no connection with any of them.
He also found Su Ning for his marriage. Even though Guangying Entertainment is prosperous now, that guy has no foundation or background. The little inheritance he got is just a small amount of money in Shen Antang's eyes. No matter how hard they try, what can these two people do?
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 the old man's temper gradually subsided, the Liao Yuansi incident also came to an end in public opinion, and the Shen family also made many adjustments within the family. 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 has now been locked up in the hospital under the pretext of treating his injuries.
He made a fuss for a while, wanting to leave and go abroad, but was put in a mental hospital by Shen Antang for two days, and he stopped making a 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 had no reaction when he saw Shen Mingzheng. However, Shen Mingzheng was kind enough. The meal provided by the hospital on the day he went there was relatively good, so he could have a full meal.
As for the person who was with the old man before, the one Liao Yuansi 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 orders from 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 over 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, and they had not been in contact for several years.
The old man sent this person over there in order to consolidate power and restore relations with Hong Kong Island.
Shen Mingzheng’s proposal was indispensable in this.
That person was sent there as a "gift" for peace. He will be tortured terribly over there. That's his fate.
Every evildoer will receive his due punishment.
Sharp Peak Agency was hit, but did not collapse. After all, it is such a big company, it would not be so easy to disappear. It just suffered some impact. The old man intends to hand over that side to Shen Mingzheng.
But Shen Mingzheng knew that this matter was not that simple.
Shen Antang's suspicion is a double-edged sword, which can be used against others as well as him.
"I'm old, and there are so many things going on at home that I can't take care of so many things. Haicheng is also far away," he said, "I'll find someone to help you."
When he said this, he was playing chess with Shen Mingzheng. He played the black chess piece and Shen Mingzheng played the white chess piece. Then he played another black chess piece and said, "Zhu Lan is a very good helper."
He said he was a helper, but in fact he was his eyes 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 he was a very famous producer, who had been involved in the production of many successful movies and TV series. He had a high status in the circle and was 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 these things at home have been dealt with, it's time for me to prepare to go back."
Shen Mingzheng learned Go in his previous life. He studied it for a long time in order to figure out the role of a "go player", and now he is quite good at it.
The old man glanced at the chessboard. The situation was tense and it was unclear who would win. He did not make a move for a while and asked, "So urgent?"
"There are a lot of things 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 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 have just been married for a short time, so it is natural for you to go back to see him early."
Shen Mingzheng and Su Ning were avoiding the video call, but nothing in this house could hide from Shen Antang.
"Go back," he said, "Don't be nervous. It's a good thing that you are worried."
Then Shen Antang looked at the chessboard, called someone in to put it away, and said with a smile: "Then keep this chessboard for now, and we will continue playing when you come next time."
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