Because of the shocking big melon involving Yan Sheng and Shen Yu was exposed, the seventh day of the broadcasting of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”, which was the fourteenth episode where Tao Mu finally made an appearance, passed in a state of non-attention, with ratings hitting 11% in a very low-key manner, directly breaking the domestic viewing record of the same period in 2009.

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At this time, the Yan family also happened to suppress all reports related to Yan Sheng. The domestic entertainment media finally broke free from this melon-eating feast and had the energy to pay attention to other gossip in the entertainment circle.

Only to be stunned to find that “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” broke the annual viewing record without any one even noticing, essentially seeming to be another dark horse in ratings.

It was a pity that the national channel had been busy recently broadcasting programs related to the 60th National Day Celebration Ceremony, and even specially set up a program crew to track and report the related matters of the veterans after coming to Beijing. There were too many things to be busy with, and simply didn’t have the energy to celebrate a TV drama. And as the producer, FlyNews.com did not publicize this matter, but was busy with…..emmm, gathering and recording comments from netizens who slandered Tao Mu on the Internet, and continuing to launch a new round of lawsuits.

However, this time, FlyNews.com’s increasingly powerful lawyers were not only targeting those netizens who thought they could spread nonsense without taking responsibility due to Internet anonymity, but also prescribe the right medicine to treat the main cause. After the seven-day National Day holiday week, with the accusation of “guiding public opinion to deliberately smear Tao Mu, thus causing damage to the reputation of Tao Mu and FlyNews.com”, they directly sent a lawyer’s letter to Shen Yu.

However, the lawyer’s letter carefully drafted by Lawyer Zhou did not get the respect and attention it deserved after it was sent out. Because the other party, Mr. Shen Yu, had managed to entangle himself into another extremely hot scandal, and had no time to take notice of the lawyer’s letter lying quietly in Yan Film’s mail room.

And Tao Mu was also shocked by the identities of the other two parties involved in this “extremely explosive scandal”.

“What, Luo Yang’s leg was broken again? The person who broke Luo Yang’s leg is Lin Rong’an from the Lin family in Hong Kong? And then Luo Yang actually kicked Lin Rong’an’s third leg during the fight?” What’s more, the reason why Luo Yang and Lin Rong’an, two playboys who didn’t know each other, got into a fight in a certain entertainment club was because they were fighting over Shen Yu?

“Right? My dad was so angry he had a heart attack. Fortunately, I discovered it early and sent him to the hospital in time. The doctor said that if it was even five minutes later, maybe my dad would have…..” When Luo Xi mentioned this matter, she felt a surge of anger again.

After old Mr. Luo knew that his precious son was not suitable to inherit the company, he made up his mind to give up on Luo Yang, and put all his energy and hard work on Luo Xi instead, and as a result, the relationship between father and daughter had warmed up quite a bit. Although Luo Xi was an ambitious career woman, she was young after all. She studied hard and worked hard since she was a child, just to win her father’s approval. Now that this wish had been fulfilled, she basically turned into a 24-hour filial daughter, who both hero worshipped and was filial towards old Mr. Luo. Incredibly caring and considerate.

This time, when Mr. Luo was angered into having a heart attack by Luo Yang, it was Luo Xi who sent him to the hospital in time. The operation was performed by Yun Xingjian, the director of the First People’s Hospital of Beijing City, and was fortunately successfully rescued.

“The ratings of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” broke the ratings record. It was originally agreed that there would be a celebration party for “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”. But with my father in the state he is in, I can’t get away for too long. So I am unable to attend the celebration party.” On the other end of the line, Luo Xi stood in the hospital corridor with her mobile phone, and said apologetically, “I have to trouble CEO Tao to oversee the overall situation again.”

“That’s natural.” Tao Mu said with a smile: “How is your father now?”

“He’s already out of danger.” Luo Xi sighed: “My dad is a veteran, and he has always been loud and temperamental all his life, and also cares a lot about appearances. But my brother did not live up to his expectations. And now he even got involved in this shameful matter and got his leg broken. And all for someone who is not even worth it. Embarrassing himself and the family in front of the whole capital. My dad can’t stand the shame and is even now still punching the bed. Yelling about throwing him into the army to be re-taught how to be a person. But my brother’s leg is broken and can’t even get out of bed.”

When Luo Xi said this, she felt distress for both her father and her brother, so she could only curse bitterly: “That person surnamed Shen is really a bearer of bad luck. Whoever gets involved with him will meet with misfortune! My stupid brother, how many times have I told him, don’t pay attention to Shen Yu, don’t pay attention to Shen Yu, but why did they get involved again? Doesn’t he see that whoever even walks close to Shen Yu always ends up being cursed by him? Yan Sheng’s matter hasn’t even passed. You say, just why won’t that stupid brother of mine learn his lesson…..”

Tao Mu listened to Luo Xi’s complaints on the phone, and chuckled: “Fall into the pit, gaim some wit, let’s hope Luo Yang can grow up after going through this incident. Besides, as the old saying goes, if you don’t die, there will definitely be good fortune in the future. Since your father has passed this obstacle, he will definitely live a long life in the future.”

Tao Mu had already lived through this, and of course he knew that old Mr. Luo was destined to have this disaster. It was just that he thought that after he had schemed Luo Yang into breaking a leg once before, old Mr. Luo could avoid this disaster. Unexpectedly, at this critical time point, old Mr. Luo still did not avoid suffering a heart attack. But fortunately, with Luo Xi keeping watch on the side, old Mr. Luo was rescued in time, and finally survived this disaster safely.

As for Luo Yang and Lin Rong’an. Tao Mu really didn’t expect these two people to meet. After all, in the previous life, Luo Yang angered old Mr. Luo to death because of him coming out of the closet. According to the plot setting, Lin Rong’an was turned into an eunuch by Shen Yu’s admirer, the white paper fan of the Liang family, after his failure to date-rape Shen Yu.

But in this life, Liang Shuwen was sent by Li Xiaoheng to eastern Guangdong to take care of express delivery business. While Lin Rong’an inexplicably came to Beijing. Then at the same time node, he tricked Shen Yu into accompanying him to an entertainment club. Yan Sheng, the hero who was supposed to be in the story, went abroad. Shen Yu then encountered Luo Yang, the substitute knight in shining armor. And during the fight, Luo Yang actually broke Lin Rong’an’s third leg.

It seemed that Lin Rong’an was destined to be a eunuch.

“Then I shall accept your blessing.” Luo Xi said with a smile on the other end of the line. She also knew that FlyNews.com sent Shen Yu a lawyer’s letter, and said indignantly: “…..that kind of person should be taught a lesson. Why is it that other people are unlucky every time he causes trouble? From Shen Yan to my idiot brother, they all became his bulletproof vest. Say, why do you think there are so many blind people in this world, what do they see in him?”

She also reminded Tao Mu: “Don’t be soft-hearted. This time, you must give him a good lesson. Lest that surnamed Shen keep pulling you into the water every now and then. It’s like a caterpillar falling on you, it might not bite you but it sure is disgusting.”

Tao Mu said with a smile: “I want to visit your father. Don’t know if your father has the energy, is it convenient?”

Luo Xi smiled and said: “What’s the inconvenience? Our old man likes you. If you can come to visit him, he will be very happy.”

After hanging up the phone, Tao Mu was just thinking about how to prepare for the celebration of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” when he saw Meng Qi happily push the door and enter.

“Xiao Qi Dad, why are you smiling so happily?” Tao Mu greeted with a smile.

“SARFT is dissatisfied with some artists who have no proper film works but prefer to hype popularity, and can only bring negative guidance and negative public opinion to the public. They have ordered various media to block Shen Yu.” Meng Qi smiled with Schadenfreude amusement.

2009 was the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. In order to celebrate this event, the country had arranged many activities during the National Day, such as a military parade, as well as other programs and promotions. Including the essay contest organized by FlyNews.com, in which the winner was also announced on November 11. There was also “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” drama broadcast by National Channel, which was also a very classic Second Sino-Japanese War film.

As a result, despite so many meaningful things, none of them got the attention of netizens. Instead, it was the scandal between Yan Sheng and Shen Yu that caused a stir on the Internet. Unsurprisingly, relevant departments were very dissatisfied. Coupled with the intentional pressure of the Yan family, Shen Yu, a C-list non-mainstream star who was riddled with black material, was naturally banned.

FlyNews.com just received the notification from above, and Meng Qi had the technical department block all related entries of Shen Yu. Only then did he rush to announce the good news to Tao Mu.

——Shen Yu relied on pretending to be weak to gain sympathy, and always dragged Tao Mu into the water on various occasions. The series of indiscriminate actions to smear Tao Mu had already angered Tao Mu’s family and friends. According to Liu Yao and Meng Qi’s thinking, they would have already attacked Shen Yu, the little bastard who bullies the weak and fears the strong. But Tao Mu just had to stop them and did not let them make a move.

Liu Yao and Meng Qi didn’t know that Tao Mu was worried that the two of them would be cannon fodder for the plot and thought that Tao Mu resisted because he didn’t want to offend the Shen family. But everything was good now, without them having to take action, the above directly ordered to ban such scandal ridden artists. FlyNews.com just needed to be obedient and do what the above says.

“It must be said that the Yan family is the most ruthless.” When Meng Qi said this, he smiled and sighed: “The old saying goes that one day a couple, a hundred days grace. That surnamed Yan appears deeply in love on the surface, seeming as if he could do anything for Shen Yu. Yet he could have such a ruthless hand behind the scenes. This is basically cutting off Shen Yu’s retreat route directly from the root. But the most amazing thing is that even though he could cut off his retreat route, he could still keep his halo of a man deeply in love and hide abroad to avoid the limelight. Causing those little fans who don’t know the truth to be moved to tears. As expected of a twice-award winning actor, his acting skills off-screen are even more realistic than his on-screen acting skills.”

With Meng Qi’s scheming and cleverness, coupled with FlyNews.com’s huge information pool and Liu Yao’s ability, as well as Tao Mu’s personal experience in his previous life, how could Yan Sheng and his management team’s actions be concealed from them.

It was just that Tao Mu was happy to sit back and watch the dog bite dog show, and didn’t want to offend the Yan family, so he didn’t bother to expose Yan Sheng’s true face. He could relive his life again, but he didn’t have a deep obsession with getting revenge. Instead of wasting time on Shen Yu and those other nasty people, it was better to live his own life well. Tao Mu always felt that the reason why he met such an end in his last life was because his own value was not as high as Shen Yu’s, so he was abandoned again and again. If Tao Mu must have an obsession, it was to make money and be self-reliant, so that he could do what he wanted to do without relying on others as well as protect those he wanted to protect.

If it wasn’t for Shen Yu’s overbearing actions, wanting to drag him into the water every time, Tao Mu was actually too lazy to even think of this person. This time, having Zhou Shenxing send a lawyer’s letter to Shen Yu was because he wanted Shen Yu to learn a lesson. Lest he always mention him in public in the future.

It was just that Tao Mu really didn’t expect that compared to him, the fated enemy, the lethality of Yan Sheng’s fan-turning-anti would be so great.

This was basically killing off Shen Yu!

Thinking of this, Tao Mu couldn’t help but admire Shen Yu a little. How did you manage to make the true love from the previous life turn against you? Was this a level of brain-dead that even the plot halo couldn’t even save?

Sure enough, the difference between reality and idol dramas was at least 18,000 Shen Yu. Tao Mu sighed with emotion, and called their pitiful and helpless Lawyer Zhou again.

The National Day holiday week had just ended, and FlyNews.com’s legal department actually didn’t have much work. However, Lawyer Zhou still did everything possible to remain at the company and work overtime, just to take advantage of the evening buffet provided by the company for its employees.

It was eight o’clock in the evening when he received Tao Mu’s call. Lawyer Zhou closed the computer and went to the cafeteria. He answered the phone while running. Out of breath, he said, “Mr. Tao, wait for me for a bit. I’ll call you back after I’ve finished picking up my plate at the cafeteria.”

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Tao Mu shook his head helplessly when he heard the beeping sound on the other line.

Their Lawyer Zhou, whose annual salary was almost over 30 million yuan, still kept to this…..diligent and simple style.

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Yan Sheng’s press conference was like a stone that stirred up a thousand waves, and all the media and the melon-eating crowd instantly exploded.

The ones who jumped up and down first were still Shen Yu’s fans. Just because their idol was young, simple, easy to trust others, and accidentally exposed his relationship, he was scolded by the whole Internet, and was also hanged and beaten by Yan Sheng’s fans.

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Don’t even mention that it was just two celebrities announcing their dating status, even if two celebrities have been married and have children and have lived together for several years, there were still times when the fans of both still didn’t like each other. Not to mention that Shen Yu only announced his relationship unilaterally before, and the channel for announcing his relationship was not very formal. So much so that he was ridiculed by the whole Internet for throwing himself at another man, and Yan Sheng’s fans scolded him for deliberately smearing Yan Sheng’s name. He was even deliberately misinterpreted by the media as having bad intentions.

But their little prince was only a nineteen-year-old child, how could he have such manipulative scheming? Shen Yu’s fans felt extremely sorry for their little prince, and they could only post comments over and over again to argue that their Yu Yu was not that kind of person at all, there must be trolls out there who want to harm him. Regrettably, this yielded little success.

But at this time, Yan Sheng held a press conference to take all the responsibility on himself. Shen Yu’s fans, who were anxious like ants on a hot pot, finally found a breakthrough. They hurriedly pushed all the blame onto Yan Sheng, and said with conviction that Yan Sheng, a scheming old man, was really scary indeed, one one hand while seducing their innocent and pure little prince, and on the other hand smearing himself and framing Shen Yu all over the Internet. Moreover, he was also a scumbag who was promiscuous and was not at all worthy of their Yu Yu. After all, Yan Sheng was just an ordinary actor. Even if he won the best actor award twice, he was still an actor. Just like a donkey was still a donkey when led to the capital, and a sparrow would never become a phoenix. An entertainer was always an entertainer. Don’t look at how many wealthy young masters who often kept female stars, but there were definitely very few female stars who could really marry into a wealthy family. And after marrying into a wealthy family, there were even fewer female stars who could be accepted by their in-laws. But their Shen Yu was different. As we all know, Shen Yu was the Shen family’s most beloved…..adopted son.

Therefore, Yan Sheng deliberately did so many things without the knowledge of their family’s Shen Yu, it was all for the sake of being with Shen Yu justifiably. Even if he held a press conference to clarify the facts, and pretended to be affectionate and doting, the purpose was just to make Shen Yu owe him, and then let the Shen family accept him as a son-in-law. In the fantasies of Shen Yu’s fans, even the fact that Shen Yu clearly being aware that the assistant surnamed Cao was not good yet he still complained about Yan Sheng to the assistant, resulting in that assistant taking the recording and selling it to gossip magazines, and later uploading the recording to the Internet, causing the exposure of the two’s love affair had become part of Yan Sheng’s far-sighted scheming and calculations.

Shen Yu’s fans reached the climax on their own, and felt that although Yan Sheng was an old man with no great prospects, and manipulatively clinging to their pure and kind little prince, trying his best to marry into a wealthy family. But seeing that Yan Sheng was an old man who could still be a man and stand up for their little prince, these mother fans reluctantly agreed that Yan Sheng had the qualifications to pursue Shen Yu.

The arrogant attitude of Shen Yu’s fans on the Internet immediately angered Yan Sheng’s fans.

“Our Yan Sheng is an old man? A worthless entertainer? Deliberately smearing himself just to slander Shen Yu and then marry into a wealthy family? How hilarious. Not to mention how many years have passed since the Qing Dynasty had ended, there are still people who put on such a disgusting slave-like ingratiating face, kneeling down and licking the rich and powerful. But even if it was a rich and powerful family. Have a certain person’s fans forgot what your idol is like? Actually saying something like the most beloved adopted son of the Shen family. Actually shamelessly sticking gold on your face, don’t make me laugh. What’s so noble about a fake that had occupied the nest for 19 years? He has already been kicked out of the Shen family yet you have the nerve to praise his noble pedigree? Do you think this is buying a pet and buyers look at pedigree?”

“You keep saying that an entertainer is low-class. Since you think that the profession of an actor is not good, why is your fake little prince rushing to be an actor? No, your fake little prince is not worthy of being called an actor at all. How could he have the professional quality of an actor? His lines speaking ability is lacking, his acting is not good, and he even insists on using stand-ins for wire scenes and water diving scenes. Such unprofessionality, at most he is just a little star who sells his face.”

“Upstairs, you are not completely correct. Shen Yu is not a little star who sells his face. The fact that he could get to where he is today by attracting publicity and being riddled with black material. It’s clearly because of his lack of face!”

“Upstairs put it very nicely. Celebrities become famous by selling their faces, but Shen Yu’s fame relies on being shameless.”

“And Yan Sheng is not a little entertainer with no identity or background. Shen Yu’s fans probably have selective amnesia, forgetting that Yan Sheng is a member of the Yan family in Beijing. Just because the Yan family has always been low-key and works in the military and politics, they think that the Yan family are just ordinary people, right? If you really talk about family status, I’m afraid that a mere businessman like the Shen family can’t even enter the Yan family’s door. It’s funny that Shen Yu, a fake, is actually self-proclaiming himself to be of noble birth in front of Yan Sheng, the real third generation of an affluent family. As expected, the fans of Shen Yu are just like their idol, they simply don’t have any self-awareness in their hearts.”

“Actually, I wanted to say it before. Don’t you think it’s strange for those FlyNews accounts who came out and broke the news in waves that they are Yan Sheng’s real girlfriend? The people in our friend group went to the trouble of clicking in one by one to investigate. We found that some of them are actually side accounts that have just been established, but the IPs of those side accounts are quite similar, they look like water army accounts, and some FlyNews accounts look like main accounts, which seem to have nothing to do with Shen Yu. But after scrolling through the posting history we found that there is a lot of information regarding m Shen Yu…..”

As soon as this comment appeared, it was like a drop of cold water falling into the hot oil pan, and the already very hot and anxious situation suddenly pushed to another climax. Fans of Yan Sheng who were deeply inspired and netizens who eat melons who had nothing to do, immediately followed the truth revealed by the netizen and went to those FlyNews accounts which broke the news. Personally confirming what the netizen said was true.

Since then, some Yan Sheng’s fans or media reporters began to successively send out some snapshot photos, which clearly show some of Yan Sheng’s current situation when he was filming and attending gigs in the past few years. Even more frightening was that according to analysis of these snapshots, one could know that the so-called “I am Yan Sheng’s real boyfriend/girlfriend” or “Yan Sheng cheated while dating other female stars” which only broke the news with words and no pictures were actually untenable. Because according to Yan Sheng’s current situation at the time, there was simply no time to go out and fool around.

One of the most explosive discoveries involved that FlyNews side account, who claimed to be a fan of Yan Sheng and broke the news that Yan Sheng was sleeping with fans, and was finally dug up by a reporter to be a fan of Shen Yu. This time everything came to light. All kinds of signs could be summed up, it turned out that it was really Shen Yu’s fans who were smearing Yan Sheng.

Some netizens who ate melons from the beginning to the end also felt that they have seen the truth: “Didn’t I just say it! I always felt that there was something wrong with Yan Sheng’s statement. How could there be such a stupid person? Besides, Yan Sheng cherishes his reputation so much. A person who pays so much attention to his own image, and had not had any scandals after debuting for so many years, who is even a gentleman who could still be friends after breaking up with his rumored girlfriend, how could he splash dirty water and slander himself for being a promiscuous serial cheater?”

“Rather than say that Yan Sheng poured dirty water on himself to slander himself, it is better to say that a certain someone was worried that Yan Sheng’s reputation was too good. Once the relationship between the two is announced, it would be boycotted by all netizens, and even the Yan family. So, he couldn’t wait to smear Yan Sheng, so that the two of them would be on the same level, and others could only say what kind of pot goes with what kind of lid, and would not easily object to their relationship, right?”

“A second thought incurs profound fear. Now I really am suspicious that Yan Sheng was really bewitched by a certain someone. Otherwise, how could he even agree to such a thing?”

“I feel that Yan Sheng is really a good person. I’m not his fan, I’m just a passer-by with a good impression. I remember when the little star I am a fan of first made his debut and filmed with Yan Sheng. Yan Sheng took special care of him, not only teaching my little star how to move in front of the camera, and when they recorded a variety show together, he especially supported our family’s idol. So I think Yan Sheng is a good person.”

“Then what do you guys think, did Shen Yu discuss it with Yan Sheng before exposing the news of their relationship? Or did Shen Yu make his own decisions and Yan Sheng helped him take the blame?”

“How could it have been discussed in advance? Didn’t you listen to what Yan Sheng said at the press conference? He was completely disdainful of that assistant. After finding someone to investigate the assistant’s history of theft, he asked Shen Yu to resign him. Shen Yu quarreled with Yan Sheng and did not agree, and later complained to the assistant about Yan Sheng. The assistant took the opportunity to record the recording and sold it to the gossip magazine. Later, after being detained, he bribed an inmate who was released from prison to break the news online?”

“Compared to this, I doubt that Yan Sheng is really gay? Yan Sheng had been in a relationship a few times before, and the rumored lovers were all female stars? I never noticed that he swung for the other team as well. So why does he look like he is possessed when it comes to Shen Yu? Looking so devoted and in love with him, to the point of taking the blame for him? Could it be that Shen Yu gave Yan Sheng some kind of love potion or put him under a love spell? Like the kind played on TV?”

“I’m just curious about one thing now. The relationship between Yan Sheng and Shen Yu has been exposed to such a degree that Shen Yu has implicated Yan Sheng so badly, and made Yan Sheng look like he was possessed. Would the Yan family even agree with them being together?”

Of course the Yan family could not agree.

Don’t mention that Shen Yu was just an adopted son of the Shen family of unknown origin, and the status of the two did not match. As far as the family principles of the Yan family was concerned, Yan Sheng was not allowed to date such an artist who was riddled with black material and had corrupt moral qualities.

It was the Yan family’s tolerance limit to allow Yan Sheng to join the entertainment industry back then. Fortunately, Yan Sheng did not disappoint, and won the best actor award with his debut work. After so many years, his reputation in the circle was also very good. So the Yan family turned a blind eye to Yan Sheng’s career.

But now Yan Sheng was actually making such a fuss over a man, and even caused the Yan family to have fingers pointed at them and a topic of after meal gossip. This was simply humiliation for the Yan family, who were full of soldiers and politicians. Not to mention some time before, when Shen Yu’s fans were fighting with Yan Sheng’s fans, they even took out the copper-smelling Shen family to compare with the Yan family.

Old grudges add to new grievances, and the Yan family, who originally did not agree with Yan Sheng being an actor, immediately exploded. Yan Sheng’s parents directly found Yan Sheng’s place in Beijing, and took Yan Sheng back to the old family manor. In less than three days, they sent Yan Sheng to the US——euphemistically put, he was to go abroad for further studies.

Yan Sheng’s father also reasonably claimed that since Yan Sheng liked being an actor, then he should go to the University of Southern California for further study, at least get a master’s degree before coming back. If possible, he could also try to develop his career in Hollywood by the way, and if he could make a name for himself, it could be regarded as winning glory for the country.

One of the parties in the center of the gossip whirlpool was kicked out of the country by the Yan family. The photo of Yan Sheng being escorted directly onto the plane by several bodyguards was taken by gossip reporters who were squatting at the airport waiting for materials. It was not until Yan Sheng got on the plane that Zeng Yiheng, Yan Sheng’s agent, hurriedly stood forward and issued a statement in the name of Yan Sheng’s studio, saying that Yan Sheng was going to study abroad, and he looked forward to dedicating more exciting film works in the future.

And the Qing Dynasty historical drama that was still in the preparatory stage issued a statement that since the drama had no male leading actor it was to be temporarily suspended. Fortunately, the management team of Zeng Yiheng and Yan Sheng were not irresponsible people. Although Yan Sheng could no longer be the male leading actor, Zeng Yiheng told investors and Yan Film that they would definitely help everyone find a new male leading actor. At the same time, he also actively contacted domestic A-list actors who have a free schedule and also graduated from Yan Film.

When these actors received the invitation, their first reaction was to ask the crew to kick Shen Yu out. The lessons from the past were still in front of them, even a top star like Yan Sheng couldn’t remain immune from the bad luck brought by Shen Yu, let alone those who were not as famous as Yan Sheng.

The people in the entertainment industry were somewhat superstitious, and they could not help but feel that there was something wrong with Shen Yu, so it was best to stay away.

On Yan Film’s side, the reason why they were able to accept Shen Yu into Yan Film to study was entirely out of favor to Yan Sheng, and of course the library donated by the Shen family. But Shen Yu had just entered the school for less than two months, and he had already stirred up so much chaos. The impact was really bad. Even the students and teachers in the school began to criticize and express their dissatisfaction. They felt that Shen Yu was a piece of mouse feces that ruined the whole pot of porridge, that such a lacking person ruined the reputation of the whole Yan Film Academy.

As a result, the students and actors who came out of Yan Film were put on the passive, and they often had to endure the ridicule of other actors and film academy students in the circle towards their own alma mater——and this was especially the case with Yan Film’s old opponent, Beijing Film.

Yan Film couldn’t immediately expel Shen Yu because they at least had some shame. But it did carry out a disciplinary action of putting him on school probation. This was the conclusion that the school came to together after the staff meeting. They believed that Shen Yu must be taught a profound lesson, so that he would understand that students should focus on studying instead. Don’t always come up with some nonsense just for hype and popularity. How dare he even negatively affect Yan Film’s precious student.

On the other side, the innocent and negatively affected Yan family also felt their tempers unable to cool. In order to quell the turmoil, the Yan family sent Yan Sheng abroad for further study as quickly as possible. But this did not mean that the Yan family could let go of the culprit, Shen Yu.

But as many netizens have said, Shen Yu was only nineteen years old this year, so he was barely an adult. Even if the Yan family was angry, they wouldn’t quibble with a nineteen-year-old child. Besides, Yan Sheng was sent abroad now, and all the media reporters had turned their attention to Shen Yu. If the Yan family targeted Shen Yu at this time, it would attract the attention of the outside world. Therefore, Shen Yu must not be touched. But this anger must be vented——otherwise they would be suffocated to death holding it in.

Everyone in the Yan family was infuriated, and in the end they could only focus on the Shen Group. There was an old saying in China called “the fault of not raising the child right is on the parent”. The Shen family was able to raise such an adopted son who was greedy, selfish, did not understand the overall situation and did not possess any sense of responsibility. It could be seen that his family education was not very good. The Yan family couldn’t quibble with a child who had no brains, but they could seek justice with his parents.

No matter how well-connected the Shen Group was in Shanghai, it was just a private enterprise. With the background of the Yan family, especially old Mr. Yan’s connections. If he wanted to make things difficult for a private enterprise, he didn’t even have to waste much effort. He didn’t even need to make the request on his own; all he needed to do was urge all localities to strictly control the qualifications of private companies, especially regarding processes such as land bidding for real estate, construction qualifications, and loan review. All of this was enough for the Shen Group to suffer.

So overnight, the Shen family father and son were stunned to find that no matter what the company did, everything began to not go smoothly. Shanghai, their base camp, was fine, but outside Shanghai, especially in the provinces and cities where Beijing and the Yan family have a relatively large voice, no matter which process they were always being reviewed. There were often higher-level departments visiting even the construction site, coming down to check safety operations, etc., as well as fire inspections in shopping malls, sanitation management and food safety in hotels…..All in all, none of the businesses under the Shen Group went smoothly.

The most serious thing was, of course, that the loans from banks could not be approved.

The father and son of the Shen family knew very well that this was because the matter of Shen Yu angered the Yan family. So they must hurry and try to get the Yan family’s forgiveness.

For the first time in their lives, the father and son of the Shen family also felt that Shen Yu was really too unthoughtful. Eating the Shen family’s and using the Shen family’s, yet not thinking about how to repay the Shen family, and using Shen Yan as a gun everywhere, not to mention, now his actions actually affected the business of the Shen family.

As punishment, Shen Chen once again cut off Shen Yu’s living expenses.

Shen Yu didn’t expect things to develop like this at all. And was instantly dumbfounded.

He didn’t know why it became like this. He just accidentally revealed his relationship with Yan Sheng to his assistant. He didn’t know that Cao Miao would go so far as to actually record and expose the news. Should this be blamed on him too? And the smearing and slandering that Yan Sheng encountered were not done by him at all. Why did everyone scold him? So what if his relationship with Yan Sheng was exposed? Could it be that he, Shen Yu, was so shameful that he had to be kept a secret, and even the fact that he was dating must be kept hidden?

Now that Yan Sheng had gone abroad, he didn’t even meet with him before he left. He was also kicked out of the crew by Yan Sheng’s agent, and his school also issued him a major demerit punishment, and his father and brother were also resentful of him. Even cutting off his living expenses. Shen Yu didn’t know why it became like this.

He sobbed as he called Yan Sheng’s phone, but Yan Sheng didn’t answer the phone at all. He called Zeng Yiheng, but Zeng Yiheng, who had been annoyed with him for a long time, of course refused to help him find Yan Sheng. Yan Sheng was kicked out of the country by the Yan family with a forceful attitude, leaving such a mess behind, all of which Zeng Yiheng and the management team had to deal with in the aftermath. Zeng Yiheng now had to contact the media to clean up Yan Sheng’s public relations, and he had to contact Yan Sheng’s fans to think about how to maintain those fans. He was also busy with finding a male leading actor for the crew and making preparations for the start of filming. He was so busy that even sleeping, eating and going to the toilet had become luxuries. Where was there any energy left to deal with the culprit Shen Yu?

Shen Yu couldn’t get through to Zeng Yiheng’s phone, and even his roommates threw stones at him. They were disdainful of how Shen Yu was always crying in the dorm room, and drove Shen Yu out of the dorm room in the middle of the night, forcing him to go outside to cry.

Shen Yu could only cry all the way out of the school, but did not know where to go. There wasn’t even a reporter at the gate.

Shen Yu squatted at the gate of the school full of grievances, buried his head in his arms and cried bitterly. As he was crying, he heard someone chuckling over his head: “Yo, why are you crying like this?”

Shen Yu’s eyes were red and swollen, he raised his head with tears in his eyes, and sniffed in surprise, “Third brother Lin?”

Third young master Lin looked down condescendingly at the pitiful little thing who ran out to the school gates to cry non-stop, and hooked up the corners of his mouth in interest: “No one cares about you?”

Shen Yu complained aggrievedly: “They kicked me out.”

“That’s really cruel of them.” Lin Rong’an tilted his head. It must be said that no matter how bad Shen Yu’s character and moral conduct was, his looks were still really good. Under the moonlight, the crying appearance of the delicate and slender, beautiful young man, made him look as if he was being shrouded in a layer of soft light. Seeing this, Lin Rong’an’s interest was greatly increased, and he invited meaningfully: “Since you have nowhere to go. Why don’t you go out and play with me?”

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Shen Yu took a breath and asked suspiciously, “Go where?”

The corners of Lin Rong’an mouth curved upwards playfully: “Of course it’s…..to the most fun place.”

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Directly using the video of the charity gala, inviting bigwigs from all walks of life to make a cameo appearance in “Fashion Storm” in this way, and as a result, arousing the exclamation of the media and the audience who eat melons. Tao Mu got a taste of the sweetness of this kind of publicity stunt.

Therefore, in the filming of the next part of the script, there was a plot point where the male lead chatted with some Internet entrepreneurs he met online about the ideal career goals. For this scene, Tao Mu directly invited the founders of those Internet companies invested in by Xiaoheng Capital with the hope that they could make cameo appearances on “Fashion Storm”. On the one hand, it was to add publicity to the crew and enhance the audience’s sense of immersion. On the other hand, it could also promote everyone’s company.

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Some of the founders of these companies would become well-known bigwigs in the Internet industry in the next few years, and some of them would be swept away in this increasingly prosperous Internet wave, and eventually make no splash. He believed that after a few years, netizens would have different emotions when they reviewed this drama again and came across this plot scene.

The members of the production team of “Fashion Storm” could also appreciate the amusement in Tao Mu arranging this easter egg. Director Xiong Bao was inspired by this whimsical idea. Originally, he only planned to cover this scene with just a few shots. But now he actually asked the props team to temporarily set up a venue and set up a large-scale netizen meeting for entrepreneurs in the Internet industry. The Internet upstarts who were invited to the cameo originally wanted to film a few shots for the sake of their company’s investor. But they didn’t expect that Director Xiong Bao actually arranged the scene to be like a meeting of online game players. While filming, he generously expressed that everyone should treat this filming as a meeting of the Internet industry, and no matter what they want to say or what they want to do, they didn’t have to be bound by the script and could speak freely.

As for the filming part, the cameraman would find the best shots himself.

In the beginning, everyone was quite reserved and didn’t know how to begin chatting——everyone didn’t forget that there was a camera next to them, and subconsciously wanted to look in the direction of the camera. They didn’t dare to speak, for fear that they would accidentally leave a bad image in front of the camera.

Bai Sensen, who played the male leading role, stood up to take the lead. According to the lines of the script, he first introduced his project which combined fashion magazines with an online shopping platform: “…..Readers can browse fashion magazines on the APP, and we would embed links in the photos of product introductions. If readers are interested, they can directly click on the photo to jump to the online shopping platform to place an order. Cooperating with Litao.com, all products will be authentic, and we will launch new products from the latest season from time to time, even catwalk outfits…..”

The male protagonist even introduced his idea of having models do live broadcasts on FlyNews.com and BulletScreen.com to promote women’s clothing and cosmetics. And said that the amount of goods brought by this kind of promotion was quite considerable.

Ten years later, this kind of publicity mode of promoting and selling goods had already become cliche, and even some big international brands would invite anchors and internet celebs with a large number of fans to do promotion. But in 2009, this model was relatively new. When Tao Mu wrote this plot point, he did not leave it to others. To be precise, regarding all the business battles in the script, Tao Mu himself wrote the plot outline and related planning, including lines. With a large number of cases in his mind, Tao Mu’s script was worth studying from both in terms of authenticity and practicality.

The real life Internet entrepreneurs sitting under the stage listened and forgot that this was actually the shooting of an idol drama. One after another stood up to question or supplement the male protagonist’s company project, and together they began to introduce their own company projects. The atmosphere gradually became lively and professional.

Xiong Bao, who was in front of the monitor the whole time, didn’t interrupt everyone. He instructed some of the cameramen to follow all the people talking, and scan the venue together as well. In the final editing, the most meaningful speeches by the Internet entrepreneurs were selected and edited into the plot. As for the rest of the video material, Tao Mu took them over for keeping.

He was going to keep this Easter egg, and when those Internet companies rise up in a few years, he would post this video on BulletScreen.com. Rub off on the heat of these bigwigs.

And after this episode was broadcast, some fashion magazines were deeply inspired and even took the initiative to approach FlyNews.com and LiTao.com to discuss the creation of a fashion magazine APP and then cooperate with LiTao.com.

That was to say, they wanted to ask the technical department of FlyNews.com to help the fashion magazines create the APP. If readers jump to LiTao.com to order products from the APP of these fashion magazines, LiTao.com would give the fashion magazines a share of the profit. As for why the fashion magazines didn’t cooperate with those brand companies directly——it was mainly because of the lack of technical support.

This was a delightful surprise. After discussing with Meng Qi and the management of the two websites, Tao Mu felt that this was a very good model of cooperation and publicity. As for the specific cooperation share in profit and other terms, it would be slowly negotiated by the teams of both parties.

Time gradually flew by and entered the end of September, and the first episode of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”, which had been promoted for more than a month, finally officially launched on the evening of September 28th. Due to the strong publicity and the classic and compact plotline, the highest ratings of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” on the day it aired exceeded 5%. As soon as this data came out, it caused a shock to the whole industry.

However, the next day, the ratings for the premiere of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” failed to make the headlines in the entertainment section, because everyone was attracted by another breaking news.

At three o’clock in the morning last night, a recording was uploaded on FlyNews.com. This recording was soon linked on to Shen Yu and Yan Sheng’s FlyNews, and then, for fear of not attracting the attention of netizens, it was also linked on to the official FlyNews of “Celebrity Gossip” and several other gossip magazines. One must know that netizens who could pay attention to entertainment magazines and gossip newspapers on the Internet were basically the ones who love eating melons the most.

The recording went unnoticed at first. Until someone clicked the play button out of curiosity, and from there Shen Yu’s personal revelation of his relationship with Yan Sheng immediately had melon-eating netizens smell the scent of an annual big melon. The recording was uploaded online around three in the morning. This was the time when the body’s biological clock stayed asleep, except for some night owls who don’t sleep at night, everyone else was resting. As a result, many people did not respond immediately. Until the next morning, when the working class and the student population got up to wash and prepare to go to work and school, the recording had finally spread on the Internet.

Fans of Yan Sheng and Shen Yu were also tearing each other apart online. Yan Sheng’s fans scolded Shen Yu for being shameless and delusional. A C-list fake actually dared to fantasize that Yan Sheng was his boyfriend. He was like a toad who wanted to eat swan meat. Suffering delusions in broad daylight. So obsessed with fame he had gone crazy, actually rubbing off on their Yan Sheng’s popularity. There was even a die-hard fan of Yan Sheng who coldly and arrogantly threw out the most classic line when fans were fighting: “Who is Shen Yu, we don’t know who this is at all.”

“Third-rate stars, don’t touch our film king. We refuse to make an appointment.”

“Phony Shen, be an upright person already! It’s not enough to hurt Shen Yan, and now you want to hurt our Yan Sheng. Is this fake poisonous? Whoever treats him well will end up suffering bad luck? Are you only happy after pulling everyone down the pit?”

And Shen Yu’s fans were also scolding Yan Sheng, they believed that their little prince was a beautiful and kind white lotus. Thinking that Shen Yu was so innocent and pure, still a nineteen-year-old child, how could he be delusional. It must be that old guy Yan Sheng who seduced their little prince and then abandoned him, only then did their little prince have no choice but to confess his grievances to a friend, and as a result it got recorded and uploaded onto the Internet.

“The scumbag refuses to admit to seducing and then abandoning!”

“An old man in his thirties dating a nineteen-year-old boy who just entered college. But after the relationship was exposed he actually shamelessly slandered the nineteen-year-old boy. A certain someone’s fans sure possess good quality. Sure enough, the fans raje after their idol. Hehe!”

Of course, there were also some CP fans who were throwing a carnival. Happily leaving comments everywhere to celebrate. They kept saying that they had long thought that Yan Sheng and Shen Yu were a heavenly matched pair. Now it seemed that reality superseded fan fiction.

One was a double award winning film king who was praised by the domestic entertainment industry and had enviable box office performance; the other was a new traffic star who was riddled with infamy, collapsed image, and bad passers-by impression. The rumor that these two people actually got together also caused a carnival among the domestic gossip media.

All the entertainment media divided into two groups with the passion of earning year-end awards, and rushed to Yan Film and Yan Sheng’s mansion in Beijing, wanting to interview the two on how they view the rumors on the Internet.

But the result was, neither Shen Yu nor Yan Sheng accepted the interviews. The gossip media didn’t care either. While sending people to guard the gates of Yan Film Academy and the gates of the community where Yan Sheng lived, they also sent people to collect stone evidence according to the clues revealed in the recording by Shen Yu. There were even reporters who found the house that Yan Sheng rented for Shen Yu and went to interview the landlord.

There were also some entertainment reporters who focused on the person who uploaded the recording. Everyone originally thought that the person who uploaded the recording must be Shen Yu or Yan Sheng’s opponent, but it turned out that the person who uploaded the recording was actually Shen Yu’s newly hired assistant. And the assistant had now been detained on charges of theft.

Shen Yu hired a person with a history of theft as an assistant, and then this person uploaded Shen Yu’s recording to the Internet? This operation was really too flashy, and the netizens who ate melons were shocked once again.

Yan Sheng’s fans directly deduced that all this was directed and acted by Shen Yu. It was Shen Yu who deliberately broke the news and deliberately smeared Yan Sheng’s name. As for why Shen Yu did this? Some people analyzed that Shen Yu was trying to rub off on Yan Sheng’s popularity and have his name be tied with Yan Sheng’s, or he was trying to deliberately frame Yan Sheng. Because Yan Sheng’s previous relationship scandals were all female celebrities. It was conceivable that Yan Sheng was not gay at all. Since he was not gay, how could he date Shen Yu? Besides, even if Yan Sheng was gay, he wouldn’t have such bad eyesight as to like someone like Shen Yu, right?

Yan Sheng’s fans disliked Shen Yu’s moral conduct very much. It was not so much that they didn’t want to believe that Yan Sheng was gay, but they couldn’t accept Yan Sheng being in a relationship with someone like Shen Yu at all. Of course, even if the object of the scandal with Yan Sheng was a female star, Yan Sheng’s fans would still tear the other apart.

Some extreme fans immediately rushed to Shen Yu’s FlyNews and left comments cursing him out. While saying that Shen Yu was a shameless slut and maliciously smearing Yan Sheng, at the same time accusing Shen Yu of being riddled with black material and was not worthy of Yan Sheng.

Shen Yu, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn’t bear it anymore, and refuted Yan Sheng’s fans on FlyNews. Crying and saying that he didn’t deliberately discredit Yan Sheng, that they were truly dating.

Some of Yan Film’s students also stood forward, saying that it was through Yan Sheng’s mediation that Shen Yu could enter Yan Film. They also broke the news that Yan Sheng intended to make a TV series to support Shen Yu. It could be regarded as a roundabout confirmation that Yan Sheng and Shen Yu were indeed in a relationship.

As for whether it was dating or playing around, then who knows. But no matter what kind of relationship it was, at present, it seemed that it was not accepted by the fans of the two.

Just at this juncture, a lot of recordings broke out on the Internet. Similar to Shen Yu’s revelations, they all confessed that they were Yan Sheng’s real boyfriend or girlfriend. Saying that Yan Sheng pretended to be a gentleman in front of the media and fans, but he was actually a scumbag. Some people also broke the news in the audio that Yan Sheng was still in a physical relationship with other men and women while dating them. Some people even broke the news that Yan Sheng slept with fans in the name of Yan Sheng’s fans.

Some media reporters followed the clues of these revelations, and were surprised to find that the timeline of those revelations actually matched Yan Sheng’s itinerary. Some media even compared the timelines, and found that the time when some broke the news turned out to be the times when Yan Sheng was dating several other female stars.

It could be considered stone evidence that Yan Sheng was a serial cheater.

This time, the hornet’s nest was truly stabbed, and Yan Sheng’s image of a good man he had worked so hard for many years to maintain immediately crumbled into pieces. Large numbers of fans left, and some fans even turned anti. They never thought that Yan Sheng was actually such a person.

Overnight, Yan Sheng was almost beaten into a street rat. And even till now, Yan Sheng had never come forward to give a proper explanation for the matter.

Many people thought that this was because Yan Sheng had a guilty conscience. Shen Yu’s fans were the most vocal, wandering everywhere on the Internet, dragging passers-by like gossipy old wives and trying to explain that their family’s Shen Yu was wronged. It was the old guy Yan Sheng who bullied their family’s Shen Yu, knowing that their family’s Shen Yu was pure and kind, so he deliberately seduced him. As a result, Yan Sheng was indeed a scumbag who was promiscuous and a serial cheater. Later, Shen Yu’s fans even began to step on Yan Sheng’s deeds. Trying their best to convince netizens that Yan Sheng’s two film king awards were not won fairly. That Yan Sheng’s acting skills were actually not that good at all, and were just blown up by the media.

The first people who couldn’t stand to see this were Yan Sheng’s friends and colleagues in the circle. Especially those old veteran actors in Hong Kong who participated in the filming of “Black and White” together. As well as the actors of the movie “Jianghu”, they all saw with their own eyes how Yan Sheng took care of Shen Yu. And how Shen Yu stuck to Yan Sheng on the set gum.

And from the perspective of the two people’s social behavior, Yan Sheng was humble and liked to help newcomers. He was also a box office guarantee in the eyes of investors and producers, and he was diligent and hardworking when filming, never acting like a diva, and also cooperated very well with the director and other actors. His personal relationships were also well maintained. Even the extras felt that Yan Sheng was a low-key person, and was a rare super star who kept to his words and deeds in front of the camera and outside the camera. Unlike some people, who had one face in front of the media and fans, and another face behind the scenes and don’t even treat the group extras and assistants as human beings.

Shen Yu’s reputation was diametrically opposite. Artists who have worked with him, especially female stars, have a very poor perception of Shen Yu. It wasn’t long before the news that Shen Yu instigated Shen Yan to bully Liang Xiao had been exposed, and all netizens still remembered how Shen Yu bullied others. There were even feminists who have launched various boycotts against Shen Yu, and even the movie “Jianghu” had been implicated.

After a comparison between the two, and recalling the fact that Yan Sheng got embroiled in so many scandals after Shen Yu unilaterally broke the news of their relationship. Anyone with a discerning eye would know that someone must be deliberately smearing Yan Sheng’s reputation. As for whether it was Yan Sheng’s opponent or Shen Yu himself, it was unknown.

However, from the point of view of vested interests, a star who everyone scolded before after breaking the news turned around and became a victim…..

Because of their status, the celebrities who spoke for Yan Sheng did not make irresponsible guesses. They just expressed that the Yan Sheng they know could not be that kind of person at all. Moreover, the so-called revelations on the Internet were just a recording, and the so-called stone evidence were just stories compiled according to Yan Sheng’s itinerary. No pictures, no truth, not even a photoshop photo. Wasn’t this revelation too carelessly made? And as we all know, the itinerary of celebrities was open to the public. The fans know it, their opponents know it, the organizer knows it. The people who don’t know it were actually in the few.

Most ordinary people had a herd mentality. Before, they had been yelling at Yan Sheng along the rhythm being led on the Internet, but now after hearing so many celebrities speak for Yan Sheng, they became much more rational and started to discuss whether someone was deliberately smearing Yan Sheng in this matter.

Yan Sheng’s die-hard fans were suppressed by online entertainment and couldn’t raise their heads for a while. They had watched Yan Sheng’s fans leaving in large numbers, but they couldn’t change anything. At this moment, public opinion was finally a little different. Whether it was the truth or not, these fans immediately aimed their guns at Shen Yu, and with a unified approach, forcibly claimed that these revelations must be true.

Shen Yu had deliberately smeared Yan Sheng.

As for why it was not Yan Sheng being intentionally smeared by his opponents while the waters were murky, mainly because Yan Sheng’s diehard fans know that the gmfans of Yan Sheng’s opponents were many. It was hard to beat the four fists with two fists after all.

Therefore, Shen Yu, who was the easier target, was scolded miserably on the Internet. There were even Yan Sheng’s extreme fans who wanted to rush into the school to give Shen Yu a good lesson. Fortunately, this was stopped in time by Yan Sheng’s management team.

Of course, Shen Yu couldn’t take the blame for something he didn’t do. He tearfully explained that he didn’t deliberately frame Yan Sheng, and he didn’t know where the leaks on the Internet came from. Some netizens and media reporters asked Shen Yu about the fact that Shen Yu’s assistant took the initiative to break the news online.

Facing everyone’s questioning, Shen Yu’s brain was already tied up in knots and tangles, and his mind was completely blank. He could only subconsciously defend: “That Cao Miao and Tao Mu are from the same orphanage…..”

After learning that the assistant Cao Miao uploaded the recording and was detained for theft, the media reporters did not investigate the assistant further. Instead, the focus was on Yan Sheng and Shen Yu. But now, Shen Yu actually broke the news that this assistant and Tao Mu came from an orphanage.

Netizens were thrown into an uproar again. Shen Yu’s fans who were beaten down and powerless to fight back also seemed to have caught a life-saving rope, and immediately rushed to Tao Mu’s FlyNews to denounce Tao Mu’s viciousness.

Some media reporters followed Cao Miao’s line to investigate, and were surprised to find that when the recording was uploaded, Cao Miao had already been detained. In other words, the recording uploaded on FlyNews.com was not actually uploaded by Cao Miao himself. Connecting this to the fact that FlyNews.com was Tao Mu’s website, the imagination of netizens came into play again.

Tao Mu had already asked his Yao Dad to investigate the whole thing as soon as he saw the news on the Internet. FlyNews.com’s PR team was also prepared for what to do if Shen Yu splashed this basin of dirty water on his head.

However, before FlyNews.com’s public relations team came out to make a statement, Yan Sheng, who had been silent, came forward.

Yan Sheng held a press conference. At the press conference, Yan Sheng personally admitted the fact that he was dating Shen Yu. In addition, Yan Sheng even admitted that the recordings and articles that smeared him were made by himself and had nothing to do with others. It had nothing to do with Shen Yu, let alone Tao Mu.

He even declared at the press conference: “Dating is a matter involving just the two of us. I hope that everyone will not spread the issue to others or involve innocent people. In fact, we already know Cao Miao’s background in the beginning. As I am in a relationship with Shen Yu, I couldn’t let a stranger who we don’t know anything about become Shen Yu’s assistant. So when I found out that Cao Miao had a history of theft, I took the initiative to call the police.”

“Cao Miao sold the recording to a gossip magazine at a price of 100,000 yuan. It was dealt with by my management team. After Cao Miao was detained, in order to retaliate against me, he bribed his inmate to log in to his FlyNews during his detention and then uploaded that recording to the Internet. This matter only involves me, Shen Yu and that assistant, the three of us. It has nothing to do with outsiders.”

It had to be said that “Celebrity Gossip”, which was completely silent during the whole process of breaking the news, was indeed a business partner with very professional ethics and business ethics. After receiving the 10 million hush fee, “Celebrity Gossip” really handed over the complete recording to Zeng Yiheng, and even after the recording was exposed again, “Celebrity Gossip” did not throw stones down the well. However, follow-up reports were still made. After all, “Celebrity Gossip” was also an entertainment media, so it was impossible not to follow such an explosive scoop.

Now that Yan Sheng took the initiative to expose this part, instantly some reporters got excited.

“Mr. Yan, you mean that you have investigated Shen Yu’s assistant, so have you told Shen Yu the results of the investigation?”

Yan Sheng replied, “Yes.”

“In other words, when Shen Yu knew that his assistant had a history of theft and his character was unreliable, he still found his assistant to confess his grievances. Then he was recorded by the assistant, who first sold it to magazines, and later posted it online?”

Yan Sheng replied, “Yes.”

The reporters in the audience were even more excited: “That is to say, Shen Yu is subjectively intentional, and wants to reveal the news that you are together?”

Yan Sheng was silent for a moment, then said, “This matter is my fault too. When two people are dating, there is no need to hide it. However, because of my concerns about my image and career development, I have been hiding it from the outside world. I admit, this is very irresponsible of me. My fault is the biggest for letting things develop to this point. Shen Yu is only a nineteen-year-old child and he couldn’t have thought of that much. I can understand all of his thoughts.”

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“Here, I want to apologize to everyone. Because of the two of us, so many netizens have seen so many bad things. It also made my friends, fans, and people who care about me sad and worried about me. It’s me who didn’t consider things through.”

“Here, I would like to thank my friends and fans who have always believed in me. Thank you for your support. In the coming days, if possible, I will continue to dedicate more wonderful film works to repay everyone.”

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Zeng Yiheng went to the bathroom to wash his face, and felt that his response just now was really stupid.

“I clearly could have denied that we have no knowledge of Shen Yu’s remarks, and everything was just Shen Yu’s one-sided remarks! “Celebrity Gossip” has no conclusive evidence at all. Your reputation in the circle has always been very good, and it is very rare that your name is connected in conjunction with other artists. Shen Yu on the other hand, is neck deep in scandals, and even if both sides confront each other, people would not believe what Shen Yu said…..”

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As long as it was people with normal brains they would think these words were Shen Yu wanting to gain popularity through Yan Sheng. So Zeng Yiheng didn’t have to do anything at all. However, Zeng Yiheng agreed to the proposal of the editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” to write an IOU on the phone just now. To give a hush money of 10 million yuan for no reason, it was obvious that he had a guilty conscience.

Zeng Yiheng scratched his hair in annoyance, and his carefully groomed hairstyle turned into a chicken nest: “This was my work mistake. Don’t worry, I will handle this matter well. It will definitely not implicate you.”

Yan Sheng remained silent with a gloomy face.

Because of the IOU, Zeng Yiheng and the editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” agreed to meet in an hour. At this juncture, Zeng Yiheng was too lazy to guess what Yan Sheng was thinking. He quickly called Yan Sheng’s management team and asked everyone to log in to FlyNews for a video conference.

It’s a pity that when the editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” called, Zeng Yiheng forgot to make a recording. At this moment, he could only try to recall the information that he exposed during the communication process, which would put Yan Sheng on the passive in this public relations crisis. At this point, Zeng Yiheng had no choice but to find ways to make various remedies.

Yan Sheng sat on the side, silently watching Zeng Yiheng and the rest of the team busying themselves. Suddenly he said, “Say, what do you guys think Xiao Yu said when he made the revelation?”

“Everything that should be said and shouldn’t be said!” Zeng Yiheng was practically about to explode. On the one hand, he was ashamed of his incompetent behavior in dealing with contingencies when he answered the phone, and on the other hand, he was angry with Shen Yu——if this ancestor hadn’t been blabbing nonsense outside, he wouldn’t be in such a mess.

“Say, just what was he thinking?” Zeng Yiheng couldn’t figure out Shen Yu’s brain circuit: “He is only nineteen years old this year, and he is also taking the idol route. Although he is being scolded in the circle now. But anti-popularity is also popularity. As long as there is traffic and popularity, he will have the opportunity to make a comeback. But if embroiled in a gay scandal, he will not be able to make a comeback in his life.”

Putting aside the domestic circle. Even in Hollywood, which was known for its “open atmosphere” and “non-discrimination”, even if it was a smashing global superstar, if the media revealed that he had a sexual orientation that was different from the major public, his acting career would immediately hit a wall. The producer had to consider the image of the artist, and the investor had to consider the audience’s acceptance, and would no longer easily cast him in the protagonist role with an A-level contract.

Although China passed the “Same-sex Marriage Law” a few years ago, under the subtle influence of thousands of years of social atmosphere, people still felt that same-sex orientation was alien. Although Yan Sheng was an A-list superstar, there were also a few artists with the same status as Yan Sheng in the domestic entertainment industry. And among those slightly inferior to Yan Sheng, there were even a few juniors who were eager to replace him.

Gigs, endorsements, filming, the careers of male stars were relatively longer than that of female stars. A 30-year-old actor could play a 20-year-old tender schoolboy, or he could play a 40-year-old charming uncle. This meant that all those standing on the top of the pyramid, the career needs of male stars often overlapped, and the competition for resources would only become more intense.

That Yan Sheng was able to get to where he was today, in addition to talent, there was also the element of hard work by the entire team. It took everyone working together for seven to eight years to make Yan Sheng gain a firm foothold and a place in the circle. But once Yan Sheng got embroiled in this deadly scandal, all his opponents would swarm over in an instant. Just like a great white shark smelling blood, they would tear Yan Sheng into pieces.

And once Yan Sheng was implicated, Shen Yu’s future interests would not be guaranteed either. Because Zeng Yiheng believed that in this circle, apart from their “love fool” film king Yan, no one would act so heartfelt towards Shen Yu.

So Zeng Yiheng couldn’t figure out at all whether that ancestor was really too idle, so he could only stir up such a big pot of trouble out of boredom.

Yan Sheng looked coldly at his childhood friend’s angry expression, but he was very calm in his heart. He should have been as angry as Zeng Yiheng, but now, Yan Sheng felt that he was very calm. He just wanted to hear how Shen Yu broke the news.

“What time is it now, you still have the heart to pay attention to these details?” Zeng Yiheng couldn’t believe it: “Shouldn’t you be anxious about how to solve this matter?”

“Even if you want to do crisis public relations, you must first understand what Xiao Yu said. At least you must know yourself and the enemy.” Yan Sheng calmly patted his childhood friend’s shoulder. Not only was he not anxious, he even comforted the other: “Don’t worry too much. So what if you got tricked by “Celebrity Gossip”? Xiao Yu and I, he doesn’t have a girlfriend and I am unmarried. Everyone is single and young. Even if we are really together, we didn’t break any law.”

“Are you crazy?” Zeng Yiheng looked at Yan Sheng with red eyes: “Do you know what you’re talking about?”

“I know!” Yan Sheng replied clearly: “It has already happened. If Xiao Yu’s words are really exposed by the media, even if we unilaterally try to refute it, some people would still continue to believe Shen Yu’s words. At that time, some people would go track down our previous whereabouts. After all, the two of us have been together for nearly a year. After being together for so long, it is very likely that some intimate photos would have been taken by netizens. If the paparazzi dug up the iron proof that we were together, then our previous public relations statement would become a joke. At that time, in the eyes of the public, I would also become a scumbag who had no sense of responsibility.”

Of course Zeng Yiheng knew this hidden danger. But the most urgent task at the moment was to was to solve this matter and there was no other way than to refute this: “It’s not like you can admit to it publicly?”

“What’s wrong with admitting to it?” Yan Sheng raised his eyebrows and spoke the jaw-dropping words: “Don’t forget, sometimes, a lie repeated a thousand times can become the truth. A truth repeated a thousand times can also become a lie.”

Zeng Yiheng was stunned for a moment, and vaguely seemed to figure out what Yan Sheng was intending: “You mean…..”

Yan Sheng smiled slightly. When it comes to the career that was the love of his life, even Mr. Film King, who was shrouded in the halo of the plot, managed to recover a bit of brain cell in a rare moment of clarity: “So I need to know what Xiao Yu said?”

Zeng Yiheng thought about it and said, “The editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” said that he has a recording. To show his sincerity, I think he should pass a copy to us.”

Before he finished speaking, Zeng Yiheng already picked up his mobile phone and called the editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip”. A few minutes later, Zeng Yiheng opened the mailbox, only to hear the system prompt sound, and sure enough there was a new email lying quietly inside.

Zeng Yiheng opened the file, and clicked on the audio attachment. Yan Sheng walked to the computer and sat down, pressing the play button himself. He quietly listened to Shen Yu’s complaints. In order to protect his informant’s identity, the editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” only intercepted part of the content of Shen Yu’s revelations.

After Yan Sheng listened to the recording, he personally called Shen Yu. Shen Yu was still giving Yan Sheng the cold shoulder. Feeling that Yan Sheng didn’t trust him, he deliberately didn’t answer the phone. Zeng Yiheng used his mobile phone to call Shen Yu, and after being hung up, he sent a message while cursing. He said simply and crudely: “”Celebrity Gossip” just called and asked Yan Sheng to give them 10 million in hush fees. The reason is that you broke the news and said you were dating Yan Sheng?”

Shen Yu panicked. He hurriedly called back the phone, tearfully defending himself: “Impossible. I just complained to Cao Miao, how could I go to the media on purpose to break the news. How could you wrong me so injustly?”

Only then did Zeng Yiheng know the source of the recording: “It turned out to be that bastard Cao Miao! I knew he was unreliable.”

But compared to Cao Miao, the fact that Shen Yu could reveal such private matters to the other even though he knew that Cao Miao’s character was flawed…..Zeng Yiheng had to wonder whether Shen Yu really didn’t expect Cao Miao to betray him, or had ulterior motives.

But the main point was, even if Shen Yu deliberately exposed his relationship with Yan Sheng, what benefits would he get?

In a flash of realization, Zeng Yiheng thought a lot. But Yan Sheng had already taken his cell phone: “Come back soon. We need to discuss crisis public relations.”

“Big brother Yan——” Before Shen Yu, who was crying on the phone, could continue any further, Yan Sheng had already hung up the phone.

Then, Yan Sheng said to Zeng Yiheng: “Tell the copywriter to sort out the recording and make a few more versions. Combined with my previous itinerary, find a few people to break the news on the Internet, and just accuse me for seducing and then abandoning. Also, in order to promote my previous films, didn’t we also stir up fake scandals with a few actresses? Have the studio contact the media we have good relations with, and also publish some articles.”

Zeng Yiheng was stunned, and hesitantly said: “But…..wouldn’t this affect your image? And would they believe it?”

“Believe it or not. As soon as “Celebrity Gossip” breaks the news, we will cooperate with the media to promote it. The bigger the commotion the better.”

Yan Sheng gave a small smile to his childhood friend, “Don’t forget, in the entertainment industry, the truth is never the most important thing. Those fans and audiences only care what the truth looks like in their eyes.”

“Then on Shen Yu’s matter…..” Zeng Yiheng hesitated for a moment, then said, “How to deal with it?”

“Deal with it as it should be dealt with.” Yan Sheng smiled slightly, his deep eyes as gentle as spring water: “We are dating after all. If Xiao Yu really wants to make this relationship public, of course I will listen to him.”

After receiving Yan Sheng’s call, Shen Yu, who hurried back, happened to hear the last sentence, and immediately jumped into Yan Sheng’s arms: “Big brother Yan, I’m sorry, I caused you trouble again. I shouldn’t believe Cao Miao. I didn’t think he was such a bad person and that he would betray me. Why would he do that?”

“We don’t need to try to figure out what the bad guys think.” Yan Sheng patted Shen Yu’s shoulder, raised Shen Yu’s chin and asked, “What about you? Do you want to announce our relationship?”

Shen Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

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Yan Sheng smiled warmly. Bent his finger, and scraped the tip of Shen Yu’s nose: “I listen to you.”

For some reason, Zeng Yiheng felt a little cold when he saw Yan Sheng comforting Shen Yu in a warm voice.

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Cao Miao searched the Internet for the phone number of paparazzi. In the end, he chose the most notorious entertainment tabloid in the domestic entertainment industry——”Celebrity Gossip”.

This magazine had always been based on reporting celebrity scandals, digging deep into the stories behind celebrities, and making every effort to let readers know the images of celebrities outside the camera as soon as possible. Putting aside these high-sounding words, “Celebrity Gossip” was basically just a gossip tabloid that consumed celebrity privacy and stimulated sales with sensational reports.

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Although many stars in the circle have publicly boycotted “Celebrity Gossip”, and even declared that they would never accept an interview with “Celebrity Gossip”. Unfortunately, “Celebrity Gossip” was very well-known among audiences and fans. And it had always been popular with its motto of being “fast, realistic, effective, and reliable”.

After the establishment of FlyNews.com, the entertainment tabloid “Celebrity Gossip” also established its own official account on FlyNews.com, and it had attracted more than 30 million followers in just one year. Comparable to the most active A-list big name stars.

The main reason why Cao Miao chose this magazine to break the news was that after he had searched online, “Celebrity Gossip” turned out to be the tabloid that gave the most reward to whistleblowers.

Sure enough, when the entertainment reporter of “Celebrity Gossip” heard Cao Miao’s breaking news, he immediately expressed that he was very interested in Cao Miao’s news. If Cao Miao could produce relevant evidence, “Celebrity Gossip” was willing to spend 5,000 yuan to buy the information in Cao Miao’s hands.

In 2009, 5,000 yuan in Beijing was almost the salary of ordinary white-collar workers for two or three months. The entertainment reporter of “Celebrity Gossip” believed that the informant fee given by their newspaper was very generous. Unfortunately, Cao Miao was not satisfied.

Cao Miao revealed that he possessed a recording of Shen Yu personally admitting to his relationship with Yan Sheng, but he felt that the 5,000 yuan fee was too little.

Cao Miao opened his mouth greedily and asked for the biggest amount he could think of: “I want 100,000 yuan.”

The entertainment reporter of “Celebrity Gossip” immediately expressed that this price was too much. He couldn’t make such a decision.

Cao Miao didn’t care: “If you can’t make the decision, you can report this to your boss. Anyway, I want 100,000 yuan, not a penny less. If you don’t agree, I’ll go to another place.”

Cao Miao said: “I found several other entertainment newspapers on the Internet that are quite good. As they say, colleagues are enemies. I imagine those gossip newspapers also want to get more impactful gossip breaking news, so that they can grab the headlines and surpass the sales of “Celebrity Gossip” in one fell swoop, don’t you think so?”

It had to be said that although Cao Miao was not highly educated, his brain definitely worked fast enough. He couldn’t be said to have great wisdom but he could still be considered to possess some minor cleverness. Otherwise, he would not have gained Tao Mu’s trust in the previous life.

Although Cao Miao didn’t know much about things in the entertainment industry, he had actually searched and studied a lot of gossip and breaking news on the Internet in order to get close to Shen Yu. After pondering over it himself, the threat that he could make was indeed reasonable.

On the other end of the line, the “Celebrity Gossip” reporter fell silent for a while, and then said, “I really can’t make the decision on this price. Wait for me for a while, and I’ll report to our editor-in-chief. Don’t contact other magazines yet.”

Oh ho!

Cao Miao’s eyes lit up, and he swallowed both excitedly and nervously. Trying to suppress the heart that almost jumped out of his throat, he said steadily: “I’ll give you half an hour. After half an hour, if you don’t give me your decision, I’ll go to other magazines to break the news.”

The entertainment reporter of “Celebrity Gossip” agreed immediately. Cao Miao anxiously counted the time in the Internet cafe and waited for more than 20 minutes. “Celebrity Gossip” finally dialed back.

The editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” communicated with Cao Miao personally and asked to meet once and listen to Cao Miao’s recording. If the evidence was conclusive, he was willing to spend 100,000 yuan to buy this breaking news. However, “Celebrity Gossip” also required that this revelation must be exclusive.

Cao Miao agreed and the two immediately decided on a time and place to meet which was a coffee shop near the internet cafe. After hanging up the phone, Cao Miao slapped the table excitedly. Before leaving, he suddenly remembered something, sat down again, and uploaded the recording of Shen Yu into his FlyNews account cloud storage. Only then did he get up and leave.

An hour later, the two sides met in a coffee shop. The editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” was a man in his forties with a ponytail and a full beard.

Cao Miao was too lazy to evaluate the other’s taste in style, and asked straight to the point, “Did you bring the money?”

The editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” smiled and handed an envelope to Cao Miao. Cao Miao checked it, and there were indeed ten stacks of cash in it. Each stack appeared to be 10,000 yuan thick. However, Cao Miao was still not assured, and asked the waiter of the coffee shop to borrow a money counter in the shop and began to count it in person.

The editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” had seen many informants, and most of them handed over the evidence only after seeing the money. It was also a normal process to check the money in person. So the editor-in-chief was not at all impatient. He ordered a cup of coffee and slowly waited for Cao Miao to finish counting the money. During this period, he also asked Cao Miao how he got this news.

Cao Miao didn’t hide it, and directly explained how he gained Shen Yu’s trust, became Shen Yu’s personal assistant, was then investigated by the private investigator hired by Yan Sheng, and heard Shen Yu himself admit that he was in a relationship with Yan Sheng.

Cao Miao also felt that he was quite clever and his hand was played quite beautifully. Therefore, when talking about this matter with the editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip”, it was also with a boasting mentality.

The editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” heard from the beginning to the end, and really felt that Cao Miao was indeed a little clever. It was just a pity that his vision was too short-sighted. If it was a different person, holding such a weakness in his hand, of course, he would stay at Shen Yu’s side, in the hopes of getting bigger profits. This was the way to put a long line to catch a big fish. But the result was, this kid couldn’t wait to find an entertainment tabloid to break the news. And just for that mere 100,000 yuan!

The editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” felt contempt, but he complimented Cao Miao with a few words on the surface. Even saying that Cao Miao was a clever person, in fact, he was also very suitable to work as a paparazzi in the entertainment industry. He also asked Cao Miao to find him again if he had any other breaking news in the future.

Cao Miao was in the midst of the ecstasy of earning 100,000 yuan from a single recording. Hearing what the editor-in-chief said, he hurriedly agreed. This time he tasted the sweetness and now also thought that it was no wonder Tao Mu was so eager to become an actor. Sure enough, the money in this industry was easy to make.

Cao Miao did not delay after counting the money. He directly took out his mobile phone and pulled up the recording, handing it to the editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip”. The editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” plugged in his earphones, pressed the play button, and sure enough he heard Shen Yu’s revelation——

Moreover, Shen Yu’s revelations were particularly comprehensive, not only mentioning that he was dating Yan Sheng, but also enumerating all the things he had done with Yan Sheng in the past year. Especially during the filming of “Black and White” with Yan Sheng in Hong Kong, some interactions were also photographed and reported by Hong Kong media. But at that time, no one suspected that Shen Yu had that kind of relationship with Yan Sheng.

The editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” was very satisfied. Immediately, he took out a few thousand dollars from his bag and took Cao Miao’s mobile phone directly. Before leaving, he also asked Cao Miao, “You didn’t make any backups, or break the news with other media?”

Cao Miao shook his head quickly, and said with an honest expression: “Absolutely not. I promised you an exclusive report. How could I break the news with others.”

The editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” chuckled and said meaningfully: “It’s good that you didn’t. If you do one line of work, you must follow the rules of that line of work. Otherwise, you won’t be able to continue in this line of work. Of course, if you just want to do a one-off business deal, then just consider it as if I didn’t say anything.”

Cao Miao’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly said with an ingratiating smile: “I don’t dare, I definitely don’t dare. You are really worrying too much.”

The editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” actually didn’t care if Cao Miao was doing anything tricky behind the scenes. After coming out of the coffee shop, the editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” returned to the car, took out his mobile phone, and made a call.

At Yan Sheng’s house, Zeng Yiheng, who was about to stay up late and work overtime, casually picked up the phone: “Hello?”

“What?” Zeng Yiheng barely choked on his sip of coffee, and asked in disbelief, “What did you just say?”

Who knows what was said on the other end of the phone, but Zeng Yiheng glared at Yan Sheng sinisterly: “Okay! I understand. If you have any conditions, just say it!”

As Zeng Yiheng spoke, he set his mobile phone on speaker. On the other end of the phone, the editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip”, said calmly: “…..I want 10 million in hush money!”

“Ten million?!” Before Yan Sheng could speak, Zeng Yiheng almost had a cerebral hemorrhage, and cursed angrily, “You really dare to ask for it!”

“Don’t think it’s too much!” The editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” said with a chuckle: “You have to think about it from another angle, how much does film king Yan Sheng get paid for each film? How much endorsement signing fee does he get each year? How much is film king Yan’s future worth?”

“I spent a lot of money to intercept this revelation from the informant. To tell you the truth, if Mr. Yan did not have such a good reputation in the circle, and didn’t have any enmity with us from “Celebrity Gossip” before, I wouldn’t have taken the initiative to contact you! If it was someone else, our “Celebrity Gossip” would not even make this phone call, and directly release this material!”

“We in “Celebrity Gossip” respect Mr. Yan, so you can’t let us suffer too much loss, right?”

The editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” put it nicely. However, both he and Zeng Yiheng knew that the most critical reason why “Celebrity Gossip” did not break the news in the first place was because “Celebrity Gossip” was well-informed and was aware of the Yan family’s background. And “Celebrity Gossip” couldn’t afford to offend the Yan family. This was why he was happy to give face to Yan Sheng.

——That’s right, even if “Celebrity Gossip” greedily opened their mouth and asked Yan Sheng for 10 million yuan, if Yan Sheng really gave the money, he would still have to thankfully accept this favor from “Celebrity Gossip”.

Zeng Yiheng took a deep breath and subconsciously retorted: “I think you have misunderstood. Yan Sheng and Shen Yu are not at all——”

“A straightforward person does not resort to insinuations. Everyone here is an expert in the industry, so you don’t need to try and fool me like you would a layman. Whether it’s true or not, as long as it’s exposed it will definitely not be fake. Besides, I have here a recording of Shen Yu personally admitting to it.”

Zeng Yiheng asked with a sinister face: “How did you get this revelation? Did Shen Yu tell you?”

“Well, no. It was a young man who found me and gave me the recording.” As a professional, even if he wanted to show his goodwill to Yan Sheng, he wouldn’t reveal his informant’s identity. Therefore, the editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” did not reveal the existence of Cao Miao. But he also vaguely revealed some inside information. As long as Zeng Yiheng was attentive, he could still find out if he checked gradually.

Zeng Yiheng glared at Yan Sheng viciously: “Ten million is not a small amount. You have to give us time to prepare.”

“That can’t be done.” The editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” directly refused: “You also know that any gossip is time sensitive, and the longer it drags on, the less effective it will be. Agent Zeng is an elite talent agent in the industry. I believe that you will be able to settle the matter before this evening is out. When that time comes, I am afraid that the information in my hands will be useless.”

“Half an hour, I only give you half an hour. Mr. Yan is a superstar in the industry, and he has set up his own studio. How can I believe that you don’t even have 10 million working capital in your account, right?”

“It’s night now. Even if I transfer money from the account, the bank won’t open the door, right?” Zeng Yiheng had to do his best to appease the editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip”.

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The editor-in-chief of “Celebrity Gossip” didn’t want to make it difficult for Yan Sheng too much either, and finally compromised: “Then can you write me an IOU?”

Zeng Yiheng hung up the phone exhausted. Just as he was about to discuss with Yan Sheng how to deal with the follow-up problems, a thought suddenly flashed by in his head: “Not good!”

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“What’s this situation?” When Zeng Yiheng came into the house with takeout, he happened to meet Shen Yu running out with a bitter face, even bumping him in the shoulder. Didn’t even say sorry.

It didn’t fit the character of a little white lotus!

Zeng Yiheng placed the takeaway on the table, pointed back at the door, raised his eyebrows and asked, “How did you provoke this ancestor?”

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Yan Sheng pressed his temples, and shook his head wearily: “Because of that assistant, he argued with me. Accusing me for not trusting him. Not even telling him and just going ahead and investigating the people around him?”

Yan Sheng had been busy preparing for the TV series recently. The new assistant that suddenly appeared by Shen Yu’s side was investigated by a private investigator hired by Zeng Yiheng. Hearing these words, he immediately sneered: “The people around him? He actually has the face to say this. With his IQ, I’m afraid he doesn’t even know whether the people around him are human or ghosts?”

“Besides, the two of them have only known each other for a few days? Not even knowing the other’s background, just chatting a few words, and now they are close friends? He doesn’t even know what’s going on, yet he dares to hire the other as his personal assistant? Does he believe that he is very kind and warm-hearted?”

Zeng Yiheng scoffed at Shen Yu’s thinking: “The way I see it, he really doesn’t know how high the sky is!”

“Isn’t it just listening to someone casually say a couple good things and flattering him a bit, it’s like he swallowed the waters of oblivion, and can’t even tell the difference between east and west, north and south. He thinks that no one can see through to him, does he?” Why did Shen Yu so hastily place an unknown person next to him as an assistant? Wasn’t it just because Cao Miao said a few bad words about Tao Mu in front of Shen Yu and let him find his self-esteem!

“But I didn’t expect that he would quarrel with you because of this matter. Didn’t you tell him what that surnamed Cao had done before?” With this kind of poisonous snake and ungrateful wolf beside him, wasn’t Shen Yu afraid of being bitten by Cao Miao one day?

Yan Sheng wiped his face and shook his head very tiredly: “I told him. But he still thinks I don’t respect him and don’t trust him.” As for Cao Miao’s character, and whether he was appropriate to stay by his side as an assistant, the two haven’t even had time to discuss this!

Zeng Yiheng snorted coldly: “Don’t say I didn’t warn you. The two of you can quarrel all you like, but don’t drag the crew down. Shen Yu broke out a lot of scandals during the release of “Jianghu”, which caused the movie box office to avalanche in the middle of the film release. This matter is not over yet. The lessons from the past are still in front of us, and those investors are very dissatisfied with your decision to insist on inviting Shen Yu into the crew. You are the one who guaranteed that Shen Yu would never cause trouble this time and that he will definitely come back completely anew.”

When Zeng Yiheng said this, he patted Yan Sheng’s shoulder: “The character Fucha Fu Heng is talented in both the literary and martial arts, and has a lot of fighting scenes in the script. You can’t use a stand-in this time. You remember to let Shen Yu accept martial arts instruction in advance. I heard the investors say that if Shen Yu’s performance does not meet their expectations after the filming begins, they will rather replace him temporarily, or delete all of Shen Yu’s scenes during post-production. Lest he drags the whole crew down by just himself.”

“As your agent, I don’t want you to be dragged down by Shen Yu. So, if you don’t plan to give up Shen Yu completely, remember to urge him to prepare.”

Zeng Yiheng took the takeaway boxes out of the bags and opened them one by one. He went to the kitchen to pick up the tableware and said with emotion: “Speaking of which, he is exposed to the script a few months in advance and receives training. If he still can’t perform at the same level as other actors after starting the filming, then he can’t blame other investors for clamoring to replace him, right?”

Yan Sheng was silent.

Zeng Yiheng’s heart moved, and he couldn’t help but ask: “Say, is the reason why that ancestor is quarreling with you because he is still angry that you broke your promise and didn’t make him the male protagonist?”

Yan Sheng reluctantly psyched himself up and helped explain for Shen Yu: “No. Xiao Yu is not that kind of a person. In fact, I am also wrong in this matter. I didn’t communicate with him before investigating Cao Miao. If it were me, I would get angry too.”

The best trait of Yan Sheng was that he was good at empathy. Put nicely, he was a man with self-discipline, grace, and was a gentleman. But if you look at it from another angle, he was indecisive and not resolute.

At least Zeng Yiheng, who grew up with Yan Sheng since childhood, saw through these insincere words at a glance.

“I’m not familiar with Shen Yu. I don’t know what he is like, and I don’t care. But you are with him day and night, you know best whether he has such thoughts or not.” Zeng Yiheng sat down and started peeling shrimp. While peeling, he complained: “I just think that for Shen Yu, regardless of the objections of the investors and the director, you pushed him to be the second male lead, regardless of whether it was from the standpoint of a boyfriend or anything else, you already did your best. Yet in the end, he fought with you because of an outsider. As your good buddy, I don’t think it’s worth it. “

“I used to think that even if he was full of stinky problems, at least he can bring joy to you. For men, isn’t dating just to make oneself happy? No one jumps into dating just to suffer difficulties. How much have you done for him, yet what has he done for you? Things like feelings are also mutual. There can’t be only one party working hard and the other always standing still, or even pulling your back leg, right?”

Zeng Yiheng looked at Yan Sheng’s increasingly gloomy face, and shrugged his shoulders: “Forget it, let’s not talk about this anymore. Don’t make such a dark expression. Come and eat something. We have to work overtime and stay up late tonight.”

“In a few days, we will also have to go to Yan Film to pick people. You, a senior who had graduated for many years, have to go back to the school to show your face and accept the crazy worship of the junior brothers and sisters. Remember to put on a few more facial masks to maintain your face. Don’t let your juniors be disappointed with your face.”

After saying this, Zeng Yiheng still mentioned Shen Yu again: “A few days ago, you asked me to investigate Shen Yu’s assistant, and Uncle and Aunt Yan found out. They asked me about Shen Yu. Curious why I investigated Shen Yu’s assistant out of the blue?”

Yan Sheng’s heart jumped, and he looked at Zeng Yiheng subconsciously.

Zeng Yiheng said: “I didn’t tell them that the two of you are dating. But I think that Uncle and Aunt Yan must be suspicious. You also know the ability of the Yan family in the capital. You have done so many things for Shen Yu and even rented a place for him to live. I’m afraid it won’t be kept secret for long. With Shen Yu’s current reputation and status, guess what Uncle and Aunt Yan would do if they found out?”

The most important thing was that Shen Yu had repeatedly shown his lacking character and disposition. What would the Yan family think of Shen Yu?

Yan Sheng’s heart sank even more.

Zeng Yiheng asked again: “And what about the assistant?”

Yan Sheng was silent for a while, hesitating.

Zeng Yiheng said: “I’m warning you! That person surnamed Cao is not a good person at all. At first glance, I can tell he is a fellow who forgets righteousness at the sight of profit. This kind of person would do anything for money. With him by Shen Yu’s side, and Shen Yu is so close to you, I can’t guarantee that one day, your opponents would not start to check your black materials with Shen Yu as the opening——”

Yan Sheng chuckled and interrupted Zeng Yiheng: “What black material could I have?”

“Yes. You have been upright since your debut, and you didn’t bother to step on others either. You, film king Yan, are righteous and upright. But don’t forget, your relationship with Shen Yu is your biggest black material.”

Homosexuality, if not careful one’s acting career could go up in flames. What was more, sometimes, what the opponents wanted was not necessarily black material but business secrets.

Yan Sheng’s heart jumped. The originally unconvinced mindset changed immediately.

Zeng Yiheng persuaded: “Besides, with Shen Yu’s muddle headed personality, putting such a poisonous snake beside him, can you even be at ease?”

Zeng Yiheng was right. Shen Yu’s personality was too simple, he couldn’t see through the essence of people, and he couldn’t distinguish the good intentions and malicious intentions of others. And possessed no defense against those around him. That Cao Miao was clearly an ungrateful and ruthless profiteer. Even the good brothers who grew up with him refused to give him the time of day. You could imagine how bad this person was. With Shen Yu keeping this kind of person by his side, it was like putting a time bomb right next to them. He himself was barefoot and so was not afraid to wear shoes. But Zeng Yiheng was afraid that he would drag Yan Sheng down!

Yan Sheng pondered for a while, and finally did not dare to bet on his life’s career. Hesitantly, he finally made up his mind: “Then call the police!”

Zeng Yiheng smiled slightly, and said with great relief, “That’s right.” He knew that even if his good brother was blinded temporarily, he was not one to have no principles just for some tail.

Zeng Yiheng and Yan Sheng finalized Cao Miao’s fate in a few words. On the other side, Shen Yu, who ran out of Yan Sheng’s house angrily, also felt that his brain was tied in messy knots.

He did not expect that Cao Miao, who appeared diligent, loyal and honest in front of him, would actually be a thief. This made him look particularly stupid in front of Yan Sheng. And it especially put him on the passive.

Shen Yu was very angry, and immediately took out his phone and called Cao Miao out, ready to question Cao Miao in person.

Cao Miao did not expect that Shen Yu’s movements would be so fast. It seemed that although the Shen family claimed to ignore this son, they still doted on Shen Yu secretly. This proved that he did not place a losing bet.

“I know you must look down on me.” Cao Miao smiled bitterly, his eyes turning red: “But you young masters who were born with golden spoons in your mouths don’t understand at all. An orphan with no parents, no education or background, just how much difficulties do those who have left their hometowns encounter when they go out to work?”

“I was only fourteen years old when I graduated from junior high school. I didn’t even have an ID card. No serious workplace wanted me at all. I could only do some odd jobs here and there. I went to the construction site to move bricks and worked as a manual laborer for others. Many of the people in the same batch who came out to work were willing to become thieves. I could just grit my teeth and hold on. Even if I, Cao Miao, have no ability or prospects in this life, I would never do anything against the law.”

“But you don’t know the people on the construction site at all. Not only do they bully newcomers, they all form gangs. If you want to continue working there and not be bullied you have to recognize a leader. The foreman I followed at the time ganged up with his fellows from hometown to steal the building materials. And forced me to be on the lookout. If I didn’t do it, they would beat me and kick me out of the construction site. What could I do?”

As Cao Miao spoke, he showed Shen Yu his hands covered in old wounds, showed him his skinny body, and told him about the injustice and misfortune he had encountered out in society over these many years. What almost being tricked into pyramid schemes, what couldn’t afford to rent a house and had to sleep under a bridge, what couldn’t afford to eat and digging in trash cans…..With red eyes, he spoke in a choked up tone: “I know I have no ability, I shouldn’t have done that, but is this something I can choose?”

Shen Yu didn’t expect that Cao Miao had encountered so much suffering, and his eyes immediately reddened: “I’m sorry…..”

Shen Yu said hesitantly, “I didn’t expect this. Big brother Yan told me.”

Cao Miao’s ears moved, and he looked at Shen Yu with snot and tears: “What big brother Yan?”

“It’s Yan Sheng.” In a panic, Shen Yu subconsciously defended: “He told me everything about you. But I think big brother Yan was also deceived. I didn’t expect you to have such an unfortunate experience.”

“You hired me as an assistant, why did Yan Sheng ask a private detective to investigate?” Cao Miao immediately realized that something was wrong.

Shen Yu was not prepared, and said subconsciously, “Because Yan Sheng is my boyfriend!”

Cao Miao was shocked. He really didn’t expect such a revelation. At that moment, he was no longer in a hurry to explain his innocence to Shen Yu. Instead, he tried his best to ask Shen Yu about his relationship with Yan Sheng. At the same time, while Shen Yu was not paying attention, he silently turned on his phone to record.

Shen Yu felt inexplicably guilty, and because of their jobs as actors, his relationship with Yan Sheng had always been kept secret. Although Shen Yu had some regrets, he also understood this approach. But he didn’t expect that in front of Cao Miao today, he would accidentally leak such sensitive information.

Although he knew that he should not talk about his affairs with Yan Sheng in front of outsiders. But Shen Yu thought about it, Cao Miao was not an outsider either. This was his assistant! So he explained how he and Yan Sheng got together. While talking, he began to complain, feeling that Yan Sheng was not as concerned about him now as he used to be.

“Say, could it be that he doesn’t like me anymore?”

Cao Miao suppressed his excitement and comforted Shen Yu perfunctorily. After the two separated, Cao Miao immediately went into an Internet cafe and began to search for the phone numbers of major gossip magazines.

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He also realized it. With the relationship between Yan Sheng and Shen Yu, Yan Sheng would definitely not let a bad guy with a junior high school diploma and a history of theft stay beside Shen Yu as an assistant. Shen Yu was also a person without any assertiveness. If Yan Sheng insisted, he was afraid that Shen Yu would eventually fire him.

So Cao Miao simply and directly exposed the hottest gossip to the paparazzi. This way, he would at least make some money!

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