Chapter 578 Furious Fury in the Still of the Night
After a satisfying meal, everyone returned to their hotels. While the others were fine, Shang Yechu still had plenty to do.
Tonight's gown was a haute couture piece sponsored by Lumière Noire. Shang Yechu had barely appeared on the red carpet when the brand claimed the dress on their official Weibo and Instagram accounts. This added even more work for her fans, nicknamed "Yeya," who had to juggle reporting rumors, arguing with haters, and simultaneously boosting the brand's online presence to praise Yechu. What a busy night!
Although she didn't win an award, her poised and graceful demeanor was still commendable. Shang Yechu immediately delivered a simple and appropriate acceptance speech and shared a few photos from the red carpet, reassuring her worried fans.
The most urgent task was to find out who was targeting Shang Yechu. Shang Yechu immediately contacted Ji Juntao and recounted everything that had happened that night in detail.
Ji Juntao had already lost his temper, and was much calmer when talking to Shang Yechu.
“Turtle eggs,” Ji Juntao murmured as he sipped his goji berry tea, “I thought it was just a case of bribing the wrong people, but I didn’t expect it to be such a complicated scheme.”
If President Ji has switched from coffee to health tea, then he's truly angry. Shang Yechu sighed, "Fortunately, the consequences aren't serious. Don't ruin your health with anger. No matter how young you are, you can't withstand this kind of stress..."
Ji Juntao sneered, "I'm not angry that they schemed against us, I'm angry that they look down on us."
The company spent a fortune on bribing officials for the Xinghan Awards, but other companies also spent a lot, so there's nothing to be angry about. However, their biggest mistake was deliberately biased against Ye Chu.
If the Xinghan Awards took the money and did nothing, and explicitly told Qingping Entertainment that Ye Chu had no chance of winning, it could simply be considered a mutually agreeable arrangement. But the fact that they took the bribe and still dared to use such underhanded tactics against Ye Chu only proves that the Xinghan Awards are completely unconcerned about Qingping Entertainment's retaliation!
Does he think Qingping Entertainment wouldn't dare retaliate? Or does he simply not take Qingping Entertainment's retaliation seriously? Either way, Ji Juntao cannot accept it.
She painstakingly climbed to her current position, thinking she could challenge the three major entertainment giants and make the Chinese entertainment industry change and submit to her; little did she expect that in the eyes of the Brahmins of the Star Han Awards, she was still a lowly, weak peasant!
In Xinghan Awards' eyes, Qingping Entertainment and Ji Juntao should be drooling over them while silently enduring their framing and harm. Once this storm passes, regardless of whether Ye Chu falls from grace, Qingping Entertainment will still be licking Xinghan Awards' boots, waiting for the bigwigs in the arts and culture circle to once again offer them scraps.
Yes, how could Qingping Entertainment dare to retaliate? That's one of the "Stars of Heaven and Earth"! If they turn against them once, all the artists in the company will be forever barred from that crown!
Ji Juntao felt extremely humiliated. To be honest, Shang Yechu wasn't hurt much in this Xinghan Awards incident; her disappointment with the entertainment industry only deepened. But Ji Juntao's pride was deeply wounded.
She thought of herself as a successful businesswoman, a shrewd strategist. Even if she couldn't sit at the head table with people like Mai Zhenye and Xu Guanjun for the time being, she could at least occupy a good position in the banquet. She could wait, outlast those old fogies, kick away those stumbling blocks, and slowly climb to the head table and sit in the main seat.
But today's events clearly tell Ji Juntao: you are not in the head seat, not in the middle, not at the back. You are not even worthy of standing on the side serving these gluttons—you are just a dog scavenging for scraps under the table, and a show dog that will obediently crawl back even after being kicked!
Before Shang Yetu contacted her, Ji Juntao had already locked herself in her office and raged for half an hour. Her current composed demeanor was merely a forced attempt to suppress her anger.
The anger of being fooled and scorned lingered in his heart, but Ji Juntao smiled and said, "You can focus on filming. I was just angry for a little while, but I'm much better now."
Shang Yechu's lips twitched, doubting the veracity of these words: "Hmm... alright then. What are you planning to do about the Xinghan Award?"
"What do you mean, what to do?"
"Are you playing dumb with me?" Shang Yechu snapped her fingers (actually, she didn't, and both of them ignored the slight embarrassment), "'A good start prevents a hundred blows.' The Xinghan Awards used such underhanded tactics this time, and the company is just going to pretend nothing happened? Then everyone can ride roughshod over us from now on."
Originally, missing out on the Xinghan Award would have been disappointing for Shang Yechu, no matter how much she tried to console herself. But the Xinghan Award organizers' actions completely ruined the last vestige of its prestige and artistic merit in Shang Yechu's mind. Now, Shang Yechu felt no sadness at missing the award, only relief and relief.
Ji Juntao was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "Now is not the time. We can't bring up those things that happened offstage. The selection of other awards this time was fairly fair. For such an existence, if one punch can't kill it, then it's best not to throw this punch."
Shang Yechu clicked her tongue, still feeling unwilling: "The Xinghan Award is given out every three years. Are we going to have to wait until the next three years?"
Ji Juntao picked up her teacup, slowly sipped a large mouthful of tea, and chewed the goji berries slowly. The soft goji berries made a crunching sound as she chewed them.
Shang Yechu stared at her: "You see, you're not reconciled either."
Shang Yechu cannot tolerate anyone who tries to sabotage her career. Perhaps she is soft-hearted and indecisive in other matters; but in this matter, she is even more ruthless than Ji Juntao.
"Then what do you suggest we do?" Ji Juntao said coldly. She was always calm and wouldn't easily sway her decisions because of others. Even when Ye Ya cursed her ancestors for eighteen generations, she remained unmoved. But this time, the Xinghan Award had truly touched a raw nerve.
Shang Yechu sneered, "Are you out of your mind, Lao Ji? The Xinghan Award is just an award, something we can't control. Why would we target a lifeless object carved from wood and stone?"
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