Chapter 57: Rage for Beauty
It is late autumn and the weather is getting cooler.
Compared to Meng Qingyan who was still wearing a formal shirt and trousers, Bai You had already changed into a thin flannel sweatshirt.
He had gained a little weight, and his temperament was not as cold as before. His smiling eyes were like an autumn spring reflecting the moon, clear and clean, so beautiful that it seemed to be able to captivate souls.
Meng Qingyan's gaze sank into those eyes and he didn't speak for a long time.
Bai You pursed his lips, looked away calmly, and got the topic back on track.
"What are you going to do about it?" he asked.
"Just fight back." Meng Qingyan said calmly.
It was almost dawn. Meng Shizhao had just returned home from a social event and saw Shen Yueting had not slept yet. She was leaning on the bed and swiping her phone.
Shen Yueting's health has not been very good, especially she is afraid of cold. She is more active in summer, but once autumn and winter come, she stays at home and rarely stays up late.
"Come here." Shen Yueting waved at him and showed him a picture.
Meng Shizhao took it and first saw Bai You holding a cat on the screen.
"Oh, my granddaughter." Meng Shizhao said.
Ever since Xiaoliang came into the family, Meng Qingyan became a father, and Meng Shizhao naturally became a grandfather.
"Who told you to look at Xiaoliang?" Shen Yueting was speechless, "Look at people."
"I recognized it." said Meng Shizhao.
He didn't pay much attention to news in the entertainment industry, so he was a little confused for a moment: "What's going on? Meng Qingyan is making progress? Did he get the girl?"
He also criticized, "How can you be so tactless and let Xiaobai hold the cat?"
A few days ago, Meng Qingyan came back and brought Xiaoliang with him. Meng Shizhao held him in his arms, and you have to say, he felt really heavy in his hands.
"These are photos from a long time ago." Shen Yueting took back his phone and told Meng Shizhao what happened on the Internet today.
"I thought it was going to be officially announced, but it turned out to be a candid photo." Hearing this, Meng Shizhao frowned, "Which media outlet is it? I'll ask the secretariat to say hello."
This is also the main reason why he doesn't want Meng Qingyan to enter the entertainment industry.
The business world is also shady, but what everyone competes on is courage, boldness and skill. It is nothing like the entertainment industry, where rumors, trouble and dirty tricks are spread without any bottom line.
The business world can train a person's courage and resilience, but the entertainment industry will only make people frivolous.
Meng Shizhao is a big shot in the business world. Hasn't he seen movie kings, movie queens, singing kings and singing queens drinking and appearing on stage?
Occasionally, we hear about this person evading taxes, that person taking drugs, or someone committing adultery, or someone else selling their body for resources...
Very deformed.
"By the time you said hello, the flowers were already cold." Shen Yueting took back his phone, a little angry, "These people are just looking down on others. They took a picture of a car or a watch and said that Xiao Bai had a rich sponsor. They are so shallow-minded."
"Don't be angry," Meng Shizhao took her phone back and turned off the screen, "Your son will take his anger away for him later."
Shen Yueting then relaxed and shrank back into the quilt.
No one knows a son better than his father. At nine o'clock the next morning, Tianying Entertainment took action.
An announcement was issued regarding the infringements of more than a dozen media outlets and nearly a hundred marketing accounts, and complaints and doubts were raised about their past false news, malicious slander, rumor-mongering, and manipulation of public opinion.
Among them, the most notorious marketing account with millions of fans, "Xiongxiong Chat Entertainment", and the entertainment branch industry "Asahi Entertainment" under the regular media "Asahi Media" are the leaders.
Xiongxiong Chat Entertainment has always had no bottom line, and taking money to publish negative articles has become the norm.
Moreover, he is very cunning. Not only does he judge people by their appearance, but he also often uses vague words.
Either they don’t mention the artist’s name, but only use their characteristics, or, like Bai You’s post yesterday, they use pictures to speak for themselves, use ambiguous words, and have unclear meanings, and rely on guiding and stimulating the imagination of netizens to cause public opinion storms...
Their common feature is that it is difficult to successfully sue them.
Therefore, when most artists encounter this situation, the first choice they make is to prove themselves.
Firstly, litigation is time-consuming, labor-intensive, costly and not easy to succeed. Secondly, some artists worry that if they really offend the other party, they will be stuck to them like a dog-skin plaster and be exposed to solid black material.
As a result, the "Xiong Xiong Chat Entertainment" groups can grow bigger and bigger in the circle and become more and more unscrupulous.
Compared to Xiongxiong Liao Entertainment, Chaori Entertainment is able to enjoy the shade from a big tree.
Although most reports are relatively objective and fair, most people will not refuse anything that can make money and generate traffic.
But what makes Asahi Entertainment even smarter is that it knows how to give a sweet reward after giving a good blow.
Because of Asahi Media's status and influence in the industry, many artists originally held the mentality of not offending them if possible, and there was also a sweet treat after the big stick, so Asahi Entertainment has always been able to operate with ease in this regard.
It’s a pity that this time, these two tough guys met someone tougher and more ruthless than them.
Tianying was clearly well prepared and extremely efficient. In just one night, all the slander, rumors, and public opinion manipulation of the two media over the past three years were exposed...
Collect the complete information and make it public.
With Tianying's support, those artists who had suffered greatly before but had to swallow their anger and keep quiet for various reasons finally became tough. Coupled with the fans of each media, a wave of condemnation against the unscrupulous media exploded out of nowhere and burned vigorously.
That's not enough.
When the uproar was at its peak on the Internet, private information of the "Xiong Xiong Chat Entertainment" team members, the decadent life they led with dirty money, and the mistresses behind the editor-in-chief of Asahi Entertainment, all appeared on the desktops or screens of Tianying's public relations department members in the form of text, photos and videos.
The blow came without warning and caught people off guard.
As soon as Tianying’s statement came out, Xiongxiong Liao Entertainment and Chaori Entertainment were both stunned.
The reason why they have been able to thrive in the circle over the years is naturally because of their own secret: never offend those who they cannot afford to offend.
Therefore, they would only forward news about Meng Qingyan.
Never discover it on your own initiative, let alone disclose it on your own initiative.
As for this year, they have promoted Meng Qingyan's Building No. 8 many times, and from beginning to end, they have not published any negative articles related to it.
Just when they were wondering if Tianying had made a mistake, Meng Qingyan took the initiative to give them the answer.
He posted a Weibo.
The content of the Weibo post is a short video. In the video, the first thing that appears is the man's slender hand with distinct joints, and the eye-catching watch on his wrist bone, which had been torn into pieces last night.
Afterwards, the hand held a cat and picked it up. Although the man was not on camera, his tone was very gentle: "Come, daddy will hold you."
In his hands, the raccoon, who was almost as fat as a ball, raised his face in his arms and said to the camera: "Meow."
The post on Weibo reads: Sorry, I never thought of becoming a sponsor.
Depend on! They are really unlucky to have offended this devil.
The heads of the two media outlets suffocated instantly.
Damn, the photographer is the one who caused me trouble. Why didn’t they take a more comprehensive picture?
"Contact Tianying..." Asahi Entertainment reacted incredibly quickly. They had no time and no courage to be curious about the true relationship between Meng Qingyan and Bai You. However, before they could finish their words, they received many private photos in their mailbox.
Xiongxiong Chat Entertainment has made more preparations.
Contacting Tianying is one thing, and then all the connections in the circle should be taken care of and utilized as needed in order to keep things peaceful.
It’s a pity that they are so used to exposing other people’s negative information, but at this moment, their mailboxes are filled with their own negative information.
Within a few minutes, two media outlets, including "Xiong Xiong Chat Entertainment" and "Asahi Entertainment", revealed the source of the photo and the "bribe" they received for such a black press release.
But Tianying did not let them go.
In addition to not making their private information public, the anger and suppression from the outside world, the formal legal procedures and strong pressure from the inside...
Through a multi-pronged approach, several marketing accounts including "Xiong Xiong Chat Entertainment" and all of its accounts on multiple platforms were banned and permanently silenced.
Asahi Media also officially issued a notice, publicly apologizing to the public for the previous mistake of "lax review" by its subsidiary "Asahi Entertainment", and stated that Asahi Entertainment would temporarily close the site for rectification and remove a series of relevant positions including the editor-in-chief and deputy editor.
The storm came too suddenly, and before everyone could see how Tianying attacked, his opponent had already sheathed his sword.
At this moment, in the office, Meng Qingyan was casually looking at the list of five or six people he had just received on the screen.
In fact, he didn't need these media to provide any information, as he had already found out who was behind it.
The reason for going through this process is just to make a warning and let everyone see what can be done and what cannot be done.
"The legal department is already going through the process, and everyone in the industry has already been notified," Sun Tong came in. "No one will dare to help them anymore. They have no chance of making a comeback."
"Yeah." Meng Qingyan responded indifferently.
"As for these people..." Sun Tong frowned.
This incident is closely related to He Dajin and Wei Enquan, but at the same time, it is also closely related to several other rising young actors in the circle.
Meng Qingyan has always been aware of the power in his hands, but he has always hated people using their power to bully others.
Therefore, since he entered the industry, every role, every endorsement, and every job, including Tianying, were all obtained through hard work and dedication by him and his team.
But today, he suddenly wanted to take advantage of his power and bully others.
"I have other plans for Wei Enquan and He Dajin," he said calmly, "As for these few people, I don't want to see them in this circle anymore."
"Yes." Sun Tong said, and slowly backed out.
If she had seen Meng Qingyan's feelings for Bai You before on the set of Building No. 8, she had already seen it.
But it was at this moment that she truly realized that Bai You treated Meng Qingyan absolutely differently.
Sun Tong closed the office door quietly and walked quickly to the elevator, so busy that he hardly touched the ground.
Even busier than her are the netizens who are completely confused today.
[Ahhhhhhh, what the hell is going on? My brain is too slow and I can’t keep up with the pace of how things are developing! 】
[Oh my god, "Xiong Xiong Chats about Gossip" has been blocked, and several big internet celebrities and marketing accounts I follow have also been blocked. Is it that awesome? 】
[Ahhhhhhhh, please advise, is there any new technology that can turn people into cats? I want to be hugged by Meng Qingyan, I want to call him daddy, meow (dad) woof (dad)~]
[I can't stand it anymore. On the one hand, I am ruthless to the unscrupulous media, and on the other hand, I am gentle as water to the cat. Ahhhhhh, the happiest kitten in the world has appeared. 】
[Damn, Meng Qingyan, such a noble species, actually raised a local cat. It subverted my cognition. 】
[Chinese native cat, the cat of our own country, Qingyan really has feelings for it. 】
[Damn, Meng Qingyan is really awesome. Over the years, so many people have suffered from these unscrupulous media, and some people still endured it and gave them money in the hope that it would ward off evil. Now, in just half an hour, he eliminated them. It seems that he is really angry. 】
Doesn’t anyone find it strange? It’s not like Meng Qingyan hasn’t been attacked by people before, but he always does his own thing and doesn’t care at all. And this time it’s obviously directed at Bai You, right? After all, he wasn't really in the shot. 】
[I will carry the blue and white banner: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, he must be furious for his beloved, oh, my beloved, my Yanyan is so cool, my Youyou is so beautiful, I got the sweetest candy today, ahhhhhhhhhh, ecstatic]
[You are everywhere, we are just friends.] 】
[Although I sometimes do not quite understand the train of thought of CP fans, but this time I cannot help but agree with the comments above. Meng Qingyan acted so ruthlessly this time, and it was obvious that it was not just for himself. Just wait and see. Unless there is solid evidence, no one will dare to casually judge Black or White again. 】
[There is an immediate feeling of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys. I always feel that this matter is not over yet, and someone else will probably suffer. 】
[Agree, +1]
[Is there anyone like me who first went to Tianying to read this morning's statement, then went to the Weibo of each vocal artist to eat melons, then went to Meng Qingyan's Weibo to imagine ten thousand times that I was the cat in his arms and called him daddy ten thousand times, and then went to various unscrupulous media to see if there were any real bans? Oh my God, I never thought that I would have such a busy day. The problem is, I still haven't eaten all the melons. 】
[I'm so busy that I can't keep up with the development of things. It's all because "Dad"'s knife is too sharp. 】
【……】
At ten o'clock in the morning, Bai You sat by the window and looked at the chaotic comment section.
The sun was shining brightly, making him a little dazed. He seemed to hear Meng Qingyan's calm words again, "Just fight back."
However, he never thought that it would be so “calm and easy” and “just fight back.”
In comparison, Meng Qingyan's previous "tit-for-tat" attitude towards him suddenly turned into extreme gentleness.
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