Once Mr. Huang left, the room became completely quiet. Yin Chengjue looked at the artist who was huddled in the corner, trembling with his knees drawn up to his chest, and said in a cold tone, "Go get a medical examination first, and get the results of your injury report. I'll arrange a new manager for you and handle this public relations well."
The performer's body was covered with bruises from being struck by blunt objects. Upon hearing Yin Chengjue's words, he slowly raised his head from his knees, his dry and empty eyes staring at Yin Chengjue quietly, as if he had lost all confidence in his future.
From last night to today, the most frequent advice he's heard is to submit to the rules of this industry, because that's the only way for him to continue.
But this was completely contrary to his initial expectations when he entered this place!
When the glamorous life he had always dreamed of turned into a pile of rotten, filthy flesh, into a bubble that could be blown away with a breath, then what was the point of his initial efforts and struggles?
He was lost and confused.
The word "give up" had been lingering in his mind for a long time.
But if he were to leave in such a wretched state, wouldn't all his years of anticipation and all his efforts these past few days have been in vain?
"If you can afford the penalty for breach of contract, you can leave." Yin Chengjue saw through his thoughts at a glance and said bluntly.
The man was taken aback, then lowered his head weakly: "I... I don't have any money. The penalty for breach of contract is too high; I can't afford it."
Yin Chengjue: "Then go get a medical examination first, cooperate with the public relations efforts, and this matter will be easy to resolve. Just insist that you were forced by your manager and that you had no choice but to hit someone. Leave the rest to the public relations team."
"Yes..." After a pause, the male artist said somewhat cautiously, "President Yin, why...why are you helping me?"
Yin Chengjue: "Because I have no reason to turn down money. If the artists in the company become famous, it's all good for me. It's just that your manager is clueless and always tries to turn a win-win cooperative relationship into a hierarchical one."
The male actor thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Liu Ji thinks my appearance is rather ordinary and says I won't become famous, so I'm only suitable to play minor roles under him." In addition, Liu Ji often privately asked his artists to give him extra money, and whoever gave him more money would be given a better role.
Other agents work hard to secure roles for their artists, making them famous so they can benefit as well. But Liu Ji takes a crooked approach, getting his artists to pay him money, while he gives them roles and scripts as a token gesture, like charity.
They certainly protested and complained, but to no avail. Liu Ji was not good at his job and could not find good scripts, but he was very smooth in his dealings with people. He often used the money he received to bribe people at all levels and made other company members turn a blind eye.
These young artists have already spent a lot of money on newcomer training when they join the company. When they are further exploited by their agents, they become even more penniless and can only let their agents arrange roles and work for them.
Having a role is good, but if there are no roles to play, you can only stay at home and get moldy, or stay in the practice room practicing over and over again.
Sometimes, they also have to fill in for popular artists under their manager's management, acting as stand-ins, the kind of people who are available whenever needed.
That's one thing, but if something like what happened last night happens, some people with a softer personality simply can't avoid it and can only let things be arranged for them. Then they'll be caught red-handed and their lives will be controlled by their agents.
The male celebrity didn't dare to ask any more questions and obediently followed instructions to go to the hospital for a medical examination.
Yin Chengjue went directly to the artists under Liu Ji's command. After explaining the situation, he saw that they all had expressions of despair on their faces. They all had something on Liu Ji's hands, and if Liu Ji wanted to take revenge on Huansheng and deliberately targeted them, they would be completely ruined.
“I have a way to solve this,” Yin Chengjue said.
As expected, Liu Ji couldn't hold back. After returning, he immediately contacted some private newspapers and released a large amount of information about Huansheng's artists, seemingly intending to drag Huansheng down with his career.
He was also infuriated by Yin Chengjue's indifferent attitude and was determined to retaliate fiercely, which is why he was so eager to "prove" to Yin Chengjue.
As a result, a whole host of scandals, such as #DongLingxinActingLikeADiva#, #FengYangHumiliatingAssistant#, #ShuLiuBaiBullyingJunior#, #TianYuXuanInsultingFans#, etc., were exposed all at once.
Yin Chengjue could have predicted that Liu Ji would resort to desperate measures, but he didn't expect him to do so so quickly, and so frequently.
"Is he..." Yin Chengjue pointed to his head and asked Assistant Guan.
Assistant Guan's expression was also quite complex, and he nodded in agreement.
Putting everything else aside, if he had access to so much information, he certainly wouldn't release it all at once like this; it's not like he's counting money.
If Liu Ji had just a little patience and released the dirt on Huansheng Entertainment's stars bit by bit, they would have spent more time and energy, and consumed more money.
"He managed to turn a group of artists under his command into someone who's neither famous nor discredited. How capable can he be? I bet he uses all his intelligence to collect dirt on the company's artists, right?" Assistant Guan adjusted his glasses.
Yin Chengjue nodded in deep agreement.
As Liu Ji bribed private entertainment reporters released one exposé after another, the hype hadn't yet taken off, and the number of views was limited.
Yin Chengjue then instructed his pre-prepared public relations team to quickly copy all the Weibo posts verbatim, add the pictures exactly as they were, and then release them collectively.
After posting, they directly bought the corresponding trending topics, getting ahead of the original posts, queuing up to climb the trending topics, and quickly dominating the top headlines, becoming a Weibo post that can be seen as soon as you enter the topic.
Then, quickly take control of the comment section!
If the original posts by entertainment reporters who published these revelations are allowed to dominate the trending topics, then the comment section will be controlled by them. In this way, no matter how much their paid trolls try to manipulate the comments, they will all be deleted.
Therefore, Yin Chengjue initially planned to directly copy those revelations, draw the popularity of the revelations to his side, and make the comment section a controllable territory.
Next, have the agents and assistants quickly contact the fan groups of the celebrities whose stories were exposed, and have the fan leaders organize the fans to cooperate with the public relations efforts. Don't rush to flood the comments section; leave that for the company's PR team to handle first. The fans should only take action when the time is right.
This meticulously planned scheme was arranged long before Yin Chengjue and Liu Jiti were dismissed. The major fans of Huansheng Entertainment's artists all received the same message—there was a traitor within Huansheng Entertainment who wanted to expose their idols' scandals. They were told to be prepared, as their idols' chances of making a big splash by this scandal depended on the success of this operation.
As a result, the fan leaders of each artist were already eager to try their hand at it. As soon as they found someone secretly posting negative information about their own artist, they would quickly contact their artist's agent, who would then be responsible for comforting the fan group and telling them to calm down and wait for the company's public relations efforts.
Suddenly, several negative searches about artists from Huansheng Entertainment lined up on Weibo's trending topics list, and they appeared out of nowhere, clearly bought.
At first, passersby were enjoying the gossip about #DongLingxinActingLikeADiva#, discussing whether Dong Lingxin had gotten too arrogant lately, daring to act like a diva even in Director Wu's drama, truly ungrateful.
Before we could even get a few bites into this drama, the hashtag #FengYangHumiliatesAssistant# appeared again, with pictures showing Feng Yang pointing at his assistant, Xiao Zhou, who had his eyes downcast and head bowed, looking pitiful and aggrieved. It certainly looked like he was scolding someone.
The haters of Feng Yang came attracted by the "fragrance" and immediately began to talk to passersby about how short-tempered Feng Yang was, how he would even argue with his fans when he got angry, and how such a manic person could not be worthy of being an idol!
However, as the haters continued their attacks, they noticed something strange. Where were all the fans who usually rushed to flood the comments section as soon as Feng Yang's name trended? The only ones they saw were fake fans who were trying to flatter the haters. Occasionally, they would encounter a few genuine fans, but the comments were filled with messages from Feng Yang's fans saying things like, "Sister, go home first."
That wasn't all. In less than ten minutes, a series of trending topics appeared, including #ShuLiuBaiBullysJunior#, #TianYuXuanInsultsFans#, #XiXiaoXiaoLipSings#, and #LingYueYuePlasticSurgery#, leaving people overwhelmed and dizzy.
Soon, passersby noticed that these artists all had one thing in common: they were all artists under Huansheng Entertainment!
This is really interesting! What's going on with the artists at Huansheng Entertainment? Why are so many scandals suddenly surfacing?
Public attention quickly shifted from the scandal itself to the commonalities among the individuals involved.
In addition to the negative information released by Liu Ji, Yin Chengjue also deliberately had his public relations team release some false information about Huansheng artists, information that looked like fabrications and couldn't stand up to scrutiny, mixing these true and false revelations together.
At Sally's suggestion, behind-the-scenes photos of the filming of "Blood Mist" were released, and the captions and comments misled people into believing that Rong Yu's acting skills were zero and that her facial expressions consisted only of opening her mouth, staring, and flaring her nostrils.
In short, every artist under Huansheng Entertainment was targeted and attacked. Even artists that Liu Ji hadn't attacked were fabricated by Yin Chengjue and his group to attack, to the point that the general public became visually numb.
Passerby 1: Um... did Huansheng Entertainment offend someone?
Passerby 2: Same feeling. So many negative trending topics all at once, and I can't see any fan comments at all. As soon as I scroll down, all I see are haters cursing me from every angle. I'm getting a bit tired of it.
Passerby 3: Can a fan say something? Aren't the fan empty bottle group members supposed to be working?
Passerby 4: Could it be that all the fans have been blocked by the blogger?
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