Chapter 401: Doing Evil Will Lead to Self-Destruction
Hu Xiaoxiao skimmed over this information and picked out other news that was still shocking enough to share with the gossip magazines. She specifically targeted magazines with connections to the Yi Hai Gang; with the Yi Hai Gang as their backing, the magazines wouldn't be afraid of Fang Jing and wouldn't dare publish the news.
This was a tense time when the Yi Hai Gang and the Chang Xing Society were fighting for territory, and the Yi Hai Gang would be happy to see Fang Jing get into trouble.
Hu Xiaoxiao handed these matters over to Guo Bin and said, "Let someone who appears to have no connection with Shengshi Entertainment submit the article."
Guo Bin glanced at the information and asked, "Sister Xiao, 'Royal Overlord Flower' has already been released. Do you want to find a way to withdraw this movie from the schedule?"
"Don't worry, let it sell. The more box office sales, the better." Hu Xiaoxiao said, "Isn't Fang Jing trying to make money with this movie? It's a waste not to take the evidence that's been delivered to your door."
Once the box office goes up and the money is laundered, and then the evidence is handed over to the Financial Investigation Department, Fang Jing's face will surely be very interesting.
"Then I will ask the people from the Ministry of Information to keep an eye on Hongguang Film and get more evidence," said Guo Bin.
Hu Xiaoxiao nodded and said, "These materials should be released to the media step by step, not all at once. Also, if Fang Jing comes to investigate, spread the word that it was someone Yan Weikang offended when he was at Huteng Film and Television who did it."
Hu Xiaoxiao was right. The grudge between her and Yan Weikan was the result of their previous relationship when Yan Weikan was at Huteng Film and Television.
Although Guo Bin didn't understand why Hu Xiaoxiao had to do it step by step, he did as he was told. He first gave some information to the most famous and best-selling gossip magazine in Hong Kong.
On the third day, it was time for the weekly gossip magazine issue. This time, the cover featured Yan Weikang, filled with negative yet explosive news, all of which was related to the currently released film "Royal Queen".
At Hongguang Films, Fang Jing was keeping an eye on the box office of "Royal Queen", sending him to promote the film every day, striving to increase its box office sales. At the same time, in order to launder the money, he also falsified the box office figures everywhere...
"Mr. Fang, something terrible has happened." The distribution manager of Hongguang Films rushed over to Fang Jing, holding a gossip magazine. "Look, Yan Weikang has been involved in a scandal. Paparazzi have photos of him hitting a celebrity on set. They also claim that during the filming of 'Royal Overlord', Yan Weikang also beat and scolded celebrities. They have all the facts."
Fang Jing stood up in shock, picked up the gossip magazine and started flipping through it.
The entire page reported photos of Yan Weikang treating the actors badly on the set, and even punching and kicking the actors because they had too many NGs during filming.
These photos were taken when Yan Weikan was working at Huteng Film and Television.
However, the news content did not mention Huteng Film and Television at all, and used a description that could easily mislead readers, making them think that the film was shot at Hongguang Film and Television on the set of "Royal Queen".
The final summary of the news also directly pointed out that the big names did not receive any remuneration when filming "Royal Beauty".
Readers will think that it is a movie made by Hongguang Film and Television, and the actors in "Royal Queen" will be beaten and not get a penny.
Fang Jing himself felt angry when he saw this, let alone the readers, especially since many of these readers are fans of celebrities. How could they not be angry when they saw their idols being humiliated like this?
Fang Jing suppressed his anger and asked, "Did Yan Weikang beat up the artist on the set?"
The subordinate replied: "No such thing happened during the filming of 'Royal Queen'."
The actors of Hongguang Film and Television, especially the famous ones, are the company's treasures. Yan Weikan joined Hongguang not long ago and does not dare to be as arrogant as he was at Huteng.
But does this matter?
It doesn’t matter, as long as the readers believe it.
Fang Jing didn't care what kind of person Yan Weikang was. He only cared about the box office. After such a big scandal, how would "Royal Overlord Flower" sell? Even if this drama was to be used to whitewash, the box office was too outrageous and it wouldn't make much of a profit.
Seeing the Changxing Society being forced to retreat step by step by Huang Yuliang and Luo Cheng, and the people in panic, Fang Jing wanted to launder the dirty money he had made as soon as possible. If the Changxing Society failed, his dirty money would have no chance to escape.
Therefore, he urgently needs "Royal Queen" to have a good box office, or at least to create an illusion of prosperity, so that he can launder more money.
"Immediately find a way to divert attention from this news. Oh, and also break some news, something even more explosive, to suppress the Yan Weikang incident." After Fang Jing gave the order, he called over his confidant, "Go and find out who's trying to take over Hongguang."
If anyone dares to mess with Hongguang, he will make the other party's Xian family rich.
After some investigation, Fang Jing found out that the person who broke the news was someone Yan Weikang had offended when he was at Huteng Film and Television, and the other party wanted to take revenge on Yan Weikang.
Fang Jing was so angry that he felt that it was purely Yan Weikang's own fault and he was the one who was implicated.
The more Fang Jing thought about it, the angrier he became, especially when he learned that the box office had plummeted in recent days. He was extremely annoyed and blamed all the faults on Yan Weikan.
As for whether the box office slump was related to quality, Fang Jing didn't consider the question. As a gangster boss, he respected those who made him money. But if they made him lose money, then it would be Xian Jiafugui.
Talking to a gangster boss about reason? What a joke. Would a reasonable person get involved in gangs?
Fang Jingcai suppressed the negative information about Yan Weikang, but before he could rest assured for a few days, another gossip magazine published another scandal about Yan Weikang. This scandal was even more explosive, directly reporting that Yan Weikang was selling his male beauty and flattering Mamianhu.
The book is accompanied by photos, which are all misplaced, but this is not important. What is important is that readers like to watch it and are willing to believe it.
The content then directly accuses Yan Weikang of being a homosexual, and wonders if the male actors in his films have ever been seduced. The ending implies that the male actor in "Royal Queen" was beaten because he didn't want to be seduced, etc.
Fang Jing immediately sent his men to do public relations and break more explosive news, and then gave red envelopes to the managers of various theaters, asking them to schedule more screenings for "Royal Queen".
In order to boost the box office of "Royal Queen", Fang Jing started to sell his own money. At this time, he did not know that all the money he worked so hard to earn and launder would be confiscated.
Fang Jing still has confidence in the box office and hopes for the future, so he is extremely dissatisfied with Yan Weikang. He thinks Yan Weikang is not irreplaceable, and after so many scandals, he can no longer be used.
Fang Jing sent people to the hospital to beat Yan Weikang, who was useless and a drag on the team, into a vegetative state. If he wasn't afraid that Yan Weikang would die and affect the box office, he would have wanted Yan Weikang to "commit suicide."
Hu Xiaoxiao soon learned the news. She wanted to hand over the evidence to the police officer and have Yan Weikan go to jail, but she didn't expect Fang Jing to be even more ruthless.
Hu Xiaoxiao had originally been unhappy that Baogang didn't have the death penalty. People like Yan Weikang, who committed murder and arson, and committed all sorts of heinous crimes, only received a prison sentence. With a good lawyer and a good demeanor, they could be released without much time and walk away unpunished. Now, Yan Weikang's fate seemed much more just. He believed that evil deeds would eventually lead to their own downfall. If he had joined a more legitimate film company, he wouldn't have ended up like this.
If you harm others all day long, you will eventually be harmed by others.
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