☆, Chapter 102 Public Relations Plan
"She clearly doesn't agree, doesn't she?" Wen Mianyu said. "We agreed to calm down and wait. I wasn't anxious. When did you become so impatient?"
Lu Congxu moved his lips but didn't say anything.
"Because of me?" Wen Mianyu could easily guess his thoughts. "Don't worry, I will pay attention. Something like today will not happen again."
"I know." Lu Congxu said.
"Then don't be angry, Sister Hong. Why don't you call him back and apologize?" Wen Mianyu pushed the phone to him.
Lu Congxu didn't agree, nor did he pick up the phone.
"What's wrong?" Wen Mianyu looked at him, "You still don't believe me?"
"No." Lu Congxu shook his head.
He believed in Wen Mianyu, who had been working alone in the circle for ten years and had earned all her fame and status through her own efforts. Wen Mianyu was impeccable in everything he did and had high emotional intelligence and IQ.
But Lu Congxu doesn't trust others.
Wen Mianyu's car accident has not been fully investigated yet, and it has always been a taboo in his heart. Fortunately, apart from him, no one else knows Wen Mianyu's identity after rebirth.
But Yao Xin's fans are now targeting Wen Mianyu. I wonder if there are any radical people who will do dangerous things. Once some accidents happen, there is a 100% chance that the person involved will be in trouble.
So Lu Congxu didn't want to wait anymore.
When he couldn't find Wen Mianyu in the room earlier, he regretted very much that he didn't resolve the matter earlier.
This sense of crisis will not disappear just because he finds Wen Mianyu. Instead, it is like a reminder, constantly reminding him how difficult it is to have Wen Mianyu again.
"Don't worry about the movie. Even if Chen Yaoqing gets angry because of Yao Xin, Fang Hua won't be affected." Lu Congxu said after thinking for a while, "Your future movies won't be affected either."
"I'm not worried about that." Wen Mianyu frowned, a little angry, "You know I'm worried about you!"
Lu Congxu naturally doesn't have to be afraid of Chen Yaoqing, and he is fully capable of competing with the capital, but that requires using the Lu family's connections.
Although it was just a few words, if this favor were really converted into money, it would be much more expensive than the investment in a movie.
Lu Congxu has never used her family's connections in all these years since her debut. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for her to go to Mr. Lu for such a small matter?
"I..." Wen Mianyu wanted to say a few more words when the phone on the table suddenly rang.
Lu Congxu picked it up and saw that it was not Xu Hong on the screen. After hesitating, he answered the phone.
"Brother Lu, why didn't you reply to my WeChat message?" the young man asked excitedly and anxiously.
"I was chatting and didn't notice. Is there something wrong?" Lu Congxu asked.
"You asked me to check on Yao Xin. I just found some big news. I sent it to you, but you didn't reply." The young man said, "Hurry, go and check out what I found."
"Okay." Hearing that it was related to Yao Xin, Lu Congxu was also very concerned and hung up the phone directly.
"Whose call is it? Did you ask someone else to help you check Yao Xin?" Wen Mianyu asked.
Lu Congxu opened WeChat and answered her, "It's Wu Bang, a cousin of mine. He secretly worked as a hacker online without telling his family. Later, he was sent to work at the investigation office. It's very convenient to ask him to help investigate some secret matters."
This "investigation agency" sounds even more high-end than the private detective agency hired by Wen Mianyu.
Wen Mianyu leaned over to watch with Lu Congxu, "Your cousin is quite impressive."
"Yeah." Lu Congxu responded and silently moved closer to her. The two of them put their heads against each other, looking very intimate.
The information Wu Bang found about Yao Xin was indeed big news, but it was also related to Chen Yaoqing.
Yao Xin is pregnant.
According to the pregnancy test report, it has been three months.
Yao Xin discovered the pregnancy when she was one and a half months pregnant. It can be seen that she is very cautious. The first check-up was at a private maternity hospital, and the news was kept secret during every prenatal check-up thereafter.
Normally, pregnancy is not easy to be discovered. Xu Hong has been investigating for such a long time but has not heard a single word about it. This shows how vigilant Yao Xin is.
Unfortunately, there is no impenetrable wall in the world.
The obstetrician and his assistant who performed pregnancy checkups for Yao Xin were husband and wife. They were getting divorced for many reasons. The female assistant discovered that the male doctor was cheating on her, and in order to control the man, she secretly filmed a video of Yao Xin doing the pregnancy checkup.
The female assistant backed up the video and used it to threaten the male doctor to give her all his property after the divorce. The man naturally disagreed, and the two of them argued for several days.
The woman gradually lost her patience and wanted to sell the information about Yao Xin's pregnancy for a high price. Wu Bang happened to know about it, so the two contacted each other and hit it off immediately.
"She still has the video. She wants 10 million for this information and has asked the media outlets that bought it not to reveal her identity. She wants to divert public opinion towards the male doctor."
"Women these days are so cruel! She's trying to ruin the cheating man's reputation! I've already agreed with her to give me a day to think about it. She won't release any information to the media before tomorrow night. If we don't buy it, she'll contact other media outlets."
"In addition to the video, she also has high-definition photos and checklist receipts, which she will also hand over to us. This information is exclusive! Although it's a bit expensive, if you want to get Yao Xin, Brother Lu, I guess there's nothing more exciting than this."
"Oh, by the way, she also told me that Yao Xin paid the male obstetrician a large sum of hush money and signed a confidentiality agreement, apparently intending to give birth to the child in secret. I suspect if we look into this in detail, there might be some other ulterior motive. What do you think? Do you want to buy this information?"
Wu Bang sent four long voice messages in a row.
Lu Congxu listened to them one by one and replied with a voice message.
"Send me the card number and I'll ask the finance department to transfer the money."
Wu Bang: "Brother Lu is indeed rich and powerful, he is so straightforward. Wait a moment!"
A few seconds later, Wu Bang sent a card number.
Lu Congxu forwarded it to Xu Hong and asked her to transfer 10 million from her own account to this card. Afterwards, he forwarded all the information and pictures sent by Wu Bang to Xu Hong.
Xu Hong had just hung up the phone and was still waiting for Lu Congxu to call back, but he replied very quickly.
Xu Hong: What's going on? Yao Xin is pregnant before marriage? Where did you get this information? Is it reliable?
Lu: Gaopu, you transfer the money first. After receiving the information, let the public relations department work overtime to find the most suitable clarification plan.
The most appropriate option, of course, is one that allows Wen Mianyu to receive the least criticism and Yao Xin to bear the most public opinion.
Xu Hong replied: Okay, just stay calm and wait for me to see the information.
Lu Congxu put down his phone and saw Wen Mianyu staring at the teacup on the table thoughtfully, lost in thought.
"What's wrong?" Lu Congxu stretched out his hand in front of her and shook it mischievously.
After finding some revelations to counterattack, his mood improved and he even wanted to joke with Wen Mianyu.
Wen Mianyu came back to her senses, slapped his hand away, and said, "I'm thinking of something."
"What?" Lu Congxu asked.
"That female assistant said Yao Xin is very cautious." Wen Mianyu touched his chin. "Yao Xin is obviously afraid of being discovered because of her pregnancy, but I think this is somewhat inconsistent with her personality. You said that since she is pregnant with Chen Yaoqing's child, she shouldn't force the emperor to abdicate in a high-profile manner? She finally has the opportunity to take the position."
"Chen Yaoqing won't want the baby in her belly." Lu Congxu said firmly, "I think she's being so cautious because she wants to give birth to the baby secretly."
"What do you mean?" Wen Mianyu asked curiously.
Lu Congxu said, "Chen Yaoqing already has three children, all born to his wife. His wife and he were married through a family alliance, and her family's status is no less than Chen Yaoqing's. His wife didn't bother to intervene when Chen Yaoqing was having affairs, but if he were to have an illegitimate child, the other family would not approve."
"No wonder." Wen Mianyu nodded in understanding. "That pervert hasn't been able to have a child in all these years. I originally thought he wasn't good at that."
“…” Lu Congxu.
"So, Yao Xin kept the news so secret because she wanted to give Chen Yaoqing a surprise?" Wen Mianyu said with a smile, "That's right. Now that he knows she's pregnant, Chen Yaoqing might force her to have an abortion. If the baby is born, he can't strangle it to death, so Chen Yaoqing will just have to accept it."
"By then, even if she's not allowed to become the mistress, Chen Yaoqing will definitely give her a large sum of money to keep her quiet. Even if they separate, Chen Yaoqing won't be too harsh on Yao Xin because of the child. She can still use some of Chen Yaoqing's connections when the time comes."
"I have to say that Yao Xin's calculations are quite clever and the plan is quite perfect." Wen Mianyu snapped his fingers.
While replying to the message on his phone, Lu Congxu took the time to answer her, "If Chen Yaoqing knew about the pregnancy, he would definitely force Yao Xin to have an abortion. This is not just Chen Yaoqing's problem. His wife's family would not allow such a thing to happen."
"Then if we release this information, we don't have to worry about Chen Yaoqing suspecting us. He will be angry enough just knowing that Yao Xin acted on her own, and he will probably ban Yao Xin." Wen Mianyu rested her chin on her hand, leaning on the soft pillow, and could almost foresee Yao Xin's future situation.
The power of capital is too great. The big figures in the entertainment industry with extensive connections can ban people in the circle with just one word.
This kind of ban is often invisible, and many times even the person involved is unaware of it. They will just run into obstacles everywhere, and no crew dares to use it.
There was once an actress who agreed to be supported by a wealthy sponsor, but later regretted it and was banned from the circle by the sponsor.
The actress herself is unaware of this and is still working hard step by step, playing minor roles in various crews, trying to get a role.
Later one day, on a new crew, the actress met a kind director who told her the truth.
The actress realized that all her efforts were controlled by others, so she burst into tears and broke down, and then retired from the entertainment industry.
Wen Mianyu heard this story from Director Lin and felt very sorry for the actress.
But this world is so cruel.
Just like Yao Xin, Wen Mianyu obviously did not offend her, but just because she couldn't stand Wen Mianyu being the leading actress, Yao Xin took the initiative to provoke a war and wished to put Wen Mianyu to death.
If Wen Mianyu is really just a newcomer with no power and influence, and can't find a chance to fight back, because public opinion affects the release of the movie, and the first movie has such a result, who would dare to use her in the future?
So Wen Mianyu never intended to be lenient.
She has always been vengeful, and being kind to her enemies is being cruel to herself.
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The staff at Lu Congxu's studio were very efficient. An hour later, Xu Hong sent two different public relations plans to Lu Congxu's mobile phone.
"This is the plan we've sorted out. Each one has a different focus. You can see which one is more suitable and we'll select the final plan. We'll start releasing the materials in the early morning." Xu Hong's voice message came along with it.
Lu Congxu and Wen Mianyu were tired of sitting in front of the window and moved to the bed. Lu Congxu leaned against the head of the bed and kept communicating with various parties on WeChat.
Wen Mianyu was waiting leisurely, lying there playing with his mobile phone. After hearing Xu Hong's voice, he turned over and sat up, and went to Lu Congxu to look at the plan with him.
Lu Congxu's public relations team is worthy of being called the top in the industry. The two plans have different focuses, but both are very focused.
The first plan was proposed by Xu Hong. She suggested releasing the information to the media first, letting the media break the news, then buying internet trolls and trending searches to expand the impact, and then finding a big V to pretend to break the news, speculating on the biological father of Yao Xin's child, and mentioning several male stars who had had scandals with Yao Xin, and then mentioning Chen Yaoqing whenever possible.
This will trigger netizens' enthusiasm for gossip and further escalate the situation. In order to avoid being blamed, the male stars involved will issue statements denying their relationship with Yao Xin. At this point, Chen Yaoqing should have paid attention to public opinion.
Like Lu Congxu, Xu Hong also believed that Chen Yaoqing did not know that Yao Xin was pregnant.
Yao Xin was so cautious because she wanted to give birth to the child without Chen Yaoqing's knowledge.
Since this is the case, Xu Hong will do the opposite and make the matter known to the world. How can Chen Yaoqing not be angry when he finds out that his lover is pregnant from someone else?
Chen Yaoqing doesn't want children and doesn't want his true identity to be exposed. In order to reduce the impact of the situation, he is determined to ban Yao Xin.
Maybe someone will be pushed out to take the blame, first acknowledge the child, then put Yao Xin under house arrest so that she cannot speak to the media, and then induce abortion after the situation calms down.
With this series of events, there would be no need to clarify Wen Mianyu's matter, and no one would pay attention to it anymore.
Xu Hong didn't want to make any clarifications, and tried her best to prevent Chen Yaoqing from suspecting the crew members, and only targeted Yao Xin.
The second plan was completely the opposite. It was planned by the public relations team to clarify first and then release the information.
The team's proposal was for Wen Mianyu to work with the crew to first issue a statement on Weibo, explaining the ins and outs of the slapping incident and creating a character for Wen Mianyu that was aggrieved but strong.
At first, no one would buy it, so they had to spread some real and fake information about Yao Xin, such as her disrespect for extras on set, her poor attitude towards her assistants, and her suppression of her female co-stars...
In fact, there are a lot of similar information about Yao Xin, but no one dares to reveal it because she used to have Chen Yaoqing as her backer.
But it’s different now. We can find a few extras who have worked with Yao Xin to be interviewed and add some exaggeration to the story.
As the incident developed, doubts began to emerge on the Internet, and the negative news about Yao Xin's pregnancy became more effective.
There is solid evidence to prove that Yao Xin was pregnant before marriage. Once this is proven, the information released before will also be regarded as true.
When Yao Xin's character collapses, Wen Mianyu will attract sympathy and take the opportunity to gain some fans and promote the movie.
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