After finishing the recording of "All Walks of Life", Shen Yan stayed in the hospital for a day, and then flew abroad for his next job. When Xie Yang called, Chen Yan had just learned about the incident on the Internet and was about to post on Weibo to speak up for Xie Yang.
After Xie Yang knew Shen Yan's plan, he didn't bother to be polite with Shen Yan and said, "Thank you, Brother Shen."
"It's obviously me who should thank you. And I'm sorry for holding you back during the recording of the show. I'm really sorry."
Xie Yang said that everything was fine and also showed concern for Shen Yan's health.
After the two of them exchanged pleasantries, Shen Yan took the initiative to ask, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
“Brother Chen, do you know how the crew got the “All Walks of Life” column?”
"I know. It was the investors who made the connection. What made you suddenly ask this?"
It’s the same as what Qin Cheng found out.
Xie Yang thought about it, and told Bei Cheng that he suspected someone had bribed him to deliberately trick him, and then said, "Maybe I'm suspicious, but it's always right to be careful. I want to make sure if there are more people plotting against me."
Chen Yan's tone became cautious: "You mean, from the time you participated in the show, to the time you were attacked by anti-fans before the show, to the time you drew lots for your career during the show, it was all set up by someone?"
"I just suspect that maybe things are not as complicated as I thought."
"No... that's not right." Chen Yan seemed to have remembered something. "At that time, the investor immediately set the schedule for several of us leading actors after making the arrangements. Later, one of the supporting actors suddenly became unavailable. At that time, the investor took the initiative to suggest that we and the program team invite you to fill the vacancy. I didn't think much about it before, but now that you say this... Jie Yang, who did you offend?"
Sure enough, there was a problem from the beginning.
Xie Yang replied: "I haven't offended anyone. These are just the side effects of finding a rich boyfriend. Brother Chen, can you tell me the name of the investor?"
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"Xu Chen, a shareholder of Chenyao Media, is mainly engaged in advertising operations. He likes to invest in TV and movies. He has a wide network of contacts in the industry, but he is a very low-key person." Qin Cheng's voice came from the phone, with a slight sound of shuffling papers. "Chenyao has many partners. After you reminded me, I paid special attention to it. Chenyao does have in-depth cooperation with a subsidiary of Fenghua Group."
Xie Yang seemed to be thinking about something, and then asked, "Have you contacted Bei Cheng?"
"No, his phone is always turned off. I asked the "Various Industries" team, and they couldn't contact Bei Cheng either. A staff member who is familiar with Bei Cheng said that Bei Cheng is often like this, and usually when he can't be contacted, he is secretly gambling."
"Then let's ignore him for now. Please help me find out why the supporting actor who suddenly didn't have time to participate in "All Walks of Life" suddenly didn't have time."
Qin Cheng agreed and hung up the phone.
More than an hour later, Qin Cheng called back: "I found out that the actor suddenly received an audition invitation for a big-budget movie. The audition schedule conflicted with the recording schedule of "All Walks of Life". In the end, he chose to turn down "All Walks of Life."
"Is Xu Chen one of the investors of that big-budget movie?"
Qin Cheng paused for a moment before replying, "I'll go ask around."
Half an hour later, Qin Cheng called again, his tone sounding like he didn't know what to say: "Yes, Xu Chen is also one of the investors of that movie. Jie Yang, you...if you hadn't checked, I wouldn't have believed that our invitation to "All Walks of Life" was actually planned step by step by someone else. I will be more careful when accepting work in the future."
"You don't have to be so nervous. These are only temporary. Once we catch the person who's watching me, this won't happen anymore."
"Who is watching you? Do you have any idea?"
Xie Yang looked at the diamond ring on his finger and replied, "Yes... but I'm not sure yet." He also couldn't understand why that person went to so much trouble.
There are only a few people who dislike him, and he can tell who is behind it just by process of elimination, but why? This level of design is of no concern to him and cannot cause any substantial harm to him.
Do you just want to see him get into trouble? Or did he really want to anger Qiu Xing by hurting him, and then lead Qiu Xing to speed up the confrontation with the Feng family? Or maybe it's both, he wants to see him make a fool of himself, and he also wants to force Qiu Xing to take action against the Feng family as soon as possible?
The phone suddenly rang, and Xie Yang came back to his senses. Seeing that it was Qiu Xing calling, he immediately answered and asked, "Are you coming back for lunch?"
"Let's go out to eat." Qiu Xing's tone was strangely cold, "I caught that Bei Cheng for you."
Caught?
Xie Yang stood up and asked, "Where are we going to eat?"
Half an hour later, in the private box reserved for the owner of Century Club.
Xie Yang looked at Bei Cheng, who was bruised and swollen in the middle of the hall, and was surprised. He turned his head to look at Qiu Xing: "Did you hit him?"
Qiu Xing took Jie Yang to the sofa and sat down, and replied: "I don't want to get my hands dirty even if I beat him. When my people found him, he was being torn apart by a group of loan sharks and debt collectors." After saying that, he looked at Bei Cheng, frowned and raised his chin, "Speak for yourself."
"What?" Bei Cheng looked confused. "Boss Qiu, thank you very much for saving me, but you suddenly brought me here. I——"
"Shut up." Qiu Xing was impatient and interrupted Bei Cheng, motioning to He Jun who came in later, "Let him wake up."
He Jun walked up to Bei Cheng, smiled at him, took out a document and put it in front of him, saying, "A large sum of money suddenly came into your account five days ago. It was transferred to you by a person named Wang Xiaoyan. You also submitted your resignation to All Trades and Industries and bought a ticket to Country V tomorrow. But unfortunately, you have been listed as a dishonest person by the government this afternoon because of loan problems. Let alone going abroad, you can't even take a train now."
Bei Cheng glared, scanned the words on the document, snatched the document and quickly read it.
Xie Yang raised an eyebrow. This Bei Cheng is actually planning to run away.
Bei Cheng quickly flipped through the documents, looked at Qiu Xing, then at Jie Yang, gritted his teeth, and suddenly lowered his head and said, "You specially invited me here, you must have found out, then I won't lie, yes, I did take the money to embarrass Jie Yang, but I swear, although I took the money, I didn't really plan to do anything to Jie Yang, the other party just asked me to find a way to let Jie Yang choose the job of high-rise exterior wall cleaner, and then let me take more pictures of Jie Yang's collapse due to fear of heights."
"That's all?" Qiu Xing sneered, his expression terrifying. "Do you know that people with severe acrophobia may experience dizziness and shock when standing at high places? Do you want to kill Jie Yang?"
"No, of course not!" Bei Cheng was frightened and quickly denied it, saying, "It's not that serious. Isn't Jie Yang fine? He's not afraid of heights at all... No, I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I know I was wrong, I just, I just needed the money urgently, I won't dare to do it again."
Gamblers really have no dignity at all.
Xie Yang held Qiu Xing's hand soothingly and said, "I want to talk to him alone, is that okay?"
Qiu Xing frowned and looked at Jie Yang.
"I also want to eat squab. Go order one for me. Remember not to put chopped green onions in it."
Qiu Xing held Xie Yang's hand, glanced at Bei Cheng, suppressed his temper, stood up, and said to He Jun and Wu Shui: "You stay here and sit next to Bei Cheng. Don't let him move around." After saying that, he touched Xie Yang's face again and then stepped out.
After the door of the box was closed, Bei Cheng looked at Jie Yang and said, "I really didn't mean to hurt you on purpose. You didn't get hurt, did you? And you're so popular. I guarantee that you'll get a lot of fans after this episode is aired! If you took the job of a delivery man, you might not get such an effect. You don't know that the director arranged several actors to play weird customers in the delivery man line. If you went to that line, you would definitely get bullied. This is a blessing in disguise for us, right?"
When Bei Cheng was talking, Xie Yang just looked at him quietly. When Bei Cheng finally finished talking nonsense, Xie Yang spoke up and asked, "Are you done?"
Faced with Qiu Xing who was obviously angry, Bei Cheng was afraid but still had some idea of how to deal with it. Facing the calm and composed Jie Yang, Bei Cheng's heart began to beat nervously. He moved his mouth but didn't know what to say. In the end, he just nodded.
"Then it's my turn. Who gave you the money?"
Bei Cheng answered quickly: "Feng Dian."
Xie Yang smiled and nodded: "Yes, Feng Dian, it's Feng Dian again. How much did the person who bought you give you to let you say Feng Dian's name to fool me?"
Bei Cheng's expression changed and he shook his head, "I don't know what you are talking about. It's the money Feng Dian gave me. That Wang Xiaoyan is Feng Dian's mistress. I don't believe you can't find out."
"Of course I can find out. Let me guess what you are planning now. Anyway, we are living in a society ruled by law now. Even if Qiu Xing and I have money, we can't do anything to you. You refuse to tell the truth, so we can only let you go. After we let you go, you can go find the person who actually spent the money and ask her to find a way to send you abroad. With such a good handle, I don't know how much you can blackmail."
Bei Cheng's expression was a little dull, and then he shook his head vigorously: "No...why would I think so, there is no such thing——"
"Is it Tao Yi?"
Bei Cheng was startled and accidentally bit his tongue. He covered his mouth and looked at Jie Yang in disbelief.
"It seems that I guessed right." Xie Yang smiled at Bei Cheng again, "Then let me guess again... You are paid to do more than just embarrass me? Since you have chosen to go abroad, there is no need to care about anything in China. You can just expose the secrets as an insider and say that I am bullying others and acting like a big shot in the program group... Or just make up a scandal between me and Shen Yan?"
Bei Cheng was able to keep his composure at first, but when he heard the last sentence he finally lost control, glared quickly, and then became obviously much more uneasy.
"It looks like a scandal." Xie Yang stood up and walked to Bei Cheng, patting his shoulder. "Bei Cheng, have you forgotten one thing? Tao Yi can indeed use the Feng family's connections to send you abroad, but have you ever thought about it? Once you go abroad, will there be no business for your enemies abroad?"
Bei Cheng was stunned, finally realizing the biggest loophole in his escape plan. He looked straight at Jie Yang and suddenly squatted down in collapse: "I just want to start over. I don't want to gamble anymore. I want to start over... Jie Yang, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. Don't retaliate against me. I just want to start over. It was Tao Yi, it was indeed her. It was Xu Chen who helped me to connect with her. I'm sorry, I really know I was wrong."
Xie Yang looked down at Bei Cheng and asked, "Bei Cheng, do you want to start a new life?"
Bei Cheng looked up at Jie Yang, his tears smeared on his bruised face, looking extremely embarrassed.
Xie Yang looked into Bei Cheng's eyes and said, "I'll give you a chance to climb ashore."
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