Chapter 683 Things are a bit troublesome
"Mr. Lu, I heard that Blue Whale Entertainment is going to ban Cheng Lin, the person you just signed. This is a big loss."
"CEO Seung is really well-informed."
After receiving Sheng Liunian's call and hearing the other party's gloating tone, Lu Chengfeng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
"Mr. Lu, please don't be so polite. I'm here just to continue working with you. Since Blue Whale has made a move, we can take the initiative and let Cheng Lin accuse Blue Whale Entertainment of bullying artists from other companies. We can take advantage of the opportunity to promote Cheng Lin's role in "Guardians of the Earth", a collaboration between our companies, and add fuel to the 500 million yuan project we are working on."
Without letting Lu Chengfeng let his thoughts run wild, Sheng Liunian expressed his own thoughts.
It can not only increase the fame of his company and improve investors' confidence, but also undermine the reputation of its rival Blue Whale Entertainment without their company having to intervene. It is simply killing three birds with one stone.
"Boss Sheng, you think too simply. The other party has video evidence. What you are doing is just exacerbating the conflict. If it gets out of hand, Cheng Lin will be useless to me."
"Haha, this is easy. There is nothing in the world that money can't buy."
"Okay, let's do it."
After hearing Sheng Liunian's plan, Lu Chengfeng, who was angry, immediately agreed.
He had no reason to refuse as it could give his company a break and boost the momentum for a big upcoming project.
If Cheng Lin could gain more popularity through this, it could bring more profits to their company.
Therefore, after discussing some general directions for controlling public opinion, Lu Chengfeng contacted Cheng Lin's agent.
There is no time to lose, we must strike first.
"Have they lost their minds?"
After hearing what Miss Wang said, Zhou Anan was speechless about the IQ of the female artist from Taiwan Province.
They, Blue Whale Entertainment, did not publicly ban the other party, but the other party got angry first.
In this kind of situation, is it useful to take the initiative?
Everything depends on evidence. Did they forget that there was a camera at the scene?
Those videos are not just for show.
Oh, and they probably don’t know that he is the largest shareholder of Mingliu Weike.
"I guess so. I'll ask the production team to post a status update and upload the video to various video websites."
Shrugging her shoulders, Wang Xiaoxiao, without being too panicked, quickly thought of a way to deal with the situation, picked up the phone and instructed her assistant.
"Then send the prepared video recording to the program team's WeChat account."
After listening to Miss Wang’s response, Zhou Anan added something.
“Can Weike accounts post videos?”
Wang Xiaoxiao, who had been using Wechat, heard this and asked in confusion.
"I'll say hello to Mingliu Weibo and temporarily open a video channel. It shouldn't be a problem. Also, let the company's official account post a message and push it to the entire network to ban Cheng Lin."
Tapping the table with his fingers, Zhou Anan stated his plan.
He didn't want to follow the routine of those entertainment articles he had seen in his previous life, waiting for a while for things to ferment, allowing all those who had ill intentions towards Blue Whale Entertainment to jump out, and then releasing the video to slap them in the face one by one.
At the very beginning, we must nip the opponent in the bud, launch a thundering strike, and deter all those with ill intentions.
Otherwise, when things ferment to a certain stage, netizens have lost their rationality and no one cares what the original truth was.
As for competitors who have ill intentions in secret, as long as Blue Whale Entertainment maintains a strong posture, it will not be afraid of any competition.
"OK."
After hearing what the younger brother said, Wang Xiaoxiao raised the corner of her mouth, continued to talk to the assistant for a few more words, then hung up the phone and concentrated on the food in front of the other person.
"Brother Chen, how come you have time to come here?"
In the tool room converted from a hotel room by the Running Man production crew, an elderly middle-aged photographer walked in and another staff member in the room greeted him with a smile.
"I came over to take a look and prepare for tomorrow's filming. With what the higher-ups are doing, we'll be busy for the next few days."
After checking his camera, the middle-aged photographer quickly found the discarded master tapes in a box nearby, which contained today's footage.
It seems that the higher-ups have not taken away the archived footage from today, which is good news.
"Brother Chen, I'm going to have dinner first. Have you eaten yet?"
"I've eaten. You go first. I'll take a look here."
"Okay, I'll let you lock the door."
"I know. Go ahead."
The middle-aged photographer, who was delighted, did not notice the doubt that flashed in the eyes of the staff member who walked out the door.
After the staff member left, the middle-aged photographer quickly walked to the door and listened. After carefully locking it, he quickly put today's master tape into his bag, then went to the computer desk and deleted today's video archive.
Afterwards, the middle-aged photographer squatted down and deftly unplugged the memory sticks of two desktop computers that had half of their body shells open for heat dissipation. He then picked up a basin of water from the bathroom and poured it on the steaming computers.
With a crackling sound, two desktop computers died instantly.
The whole process takes no more than two minutes.
Afterwards, the middle-aged photographer put on his hat, opened the door, and quickly walked out of the hotel.
"So fast?"
Before Zhou Anan and the others finished their meal, new news came in, which made him stunned for a moment.
Neither Blue Whale Entertainment nor the program team has released any updates yet, but the situation developed at such a rapid pace in just half an hour that it was simply jaw-dropping.
Less than five minutes after Cheng Lin posted the update, the official Weibo of Chengfeng Entertainment, which his mainland agency contract belongs to, published a new update, in which, from Cheng Lin's perspective, righteously condemned the Running Man production team for discriminating against artists other than Blue Whale Entertainment.
Almost at the same time, Liunian Entertainment expressed deep regret over the fact that a female lead of the company's 500 million yuan production "Protecting the Earth" was discriminated against by a certain program crew, and called on domestic entertainment companies to treat female artists from other companies equally.
Although Liunian Entertainment’s official Weibo did not mention the Running Man production team and Blue Whale Entertainment, at this juncture, it is clear who it is referring to.
Soon after, the leading actor of the 500 million blockbuster "Protect the Earth", a first-line male star from Taiwan, also stood up and satirized the pettiness of the Running Man production team in a newly opened Weibo account, calling on artists from all over Taiwan to unite and jointly boycott all kinds of film and television dramas and variety shows under Blue Whale Entertainment.
A top male star from Taiwan has a wide network of contacts. Once his Weibo updates are published, they are immediately forwarded by many friends in the same circle.
In just half an hour, hundreds of thousands of comments appeared on Weike, and Blue Whale Entertainment and the Running Man production team directly ranked first and second on the hot search list.
Countless netizens who are unaware of the truth have begun to condemn the production team of Running Man and Blue Whale Entertainment, and have been insulting the two companies on Weibo. Some fans are even planning to organize netizens to boycott all TV series and variety shows under Blue Whale Entertainment.
"Send someone to check if the previous video is still there?"
After a few seconds of daze, Zhou Anan frowned and thought of a key point.
"You mean"
After hearing what my younger brother said, Wang Xiaoxiao also thought of this and quickly took out her cell phone and called her assistant.
Two minutes later, Wang Xiaoxiao received a reply from the assistant. She couldn't help shrinking her eyes and said to her younger brother, "You are right. The master tapes of several videos have been taken away, and the computer hard drive where they were saved has also been destroyed. That person is a photographer from the program team, and he can't be reached by phone now."
"So, all the videos are gone?"
Frowning, Zhou Anan realized that the other party was really well prepared.
There is no time to track down the photographer now. If all the videos are destroyed, there will be no explanation.
Even if there were many artists and staff present at the scene, they would not be able to convince netizens if they came out to testify. After all, those staff were from the program team and were employees of Blue Whale Entertainment.
As for the other two guests in the program team, Zhou Anan didn't think they would stand up to testify for the Running Man program team at this time, especially the male artist from Taiwan Province who was already biased.
Things are a bit troublesome.
(End of this chapter)
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