Originally, these were all just speculations from netizens without any concrete evidence. However, Su Lian directly revealed that the protagonist of the story she mentioned, the older sister, was Su Qianqian.
It says that Su Lian is not Su Qianqian's half-sister, nor is she an illegitimate child. There is a hidden story: Su Lian was adopted. Su Lian was brainwashed and controlled by her father, Su Qianqian, until the second semester of her senior year of high school. She worked part-time while studying, and after entering university, she liked singing and dancing, so she entered the entertainment industry. She is a strong, persevering, and innocent girl who changed her fate.
Su Lian suddenly gained a lot of online trolls to whitewash her image, and the situation changed from a nationwide uproar to a nationwide apology.
However, the term "illegitimate child" still garnered considerable attention and discussion.
Moreover, Su Lian gained a huge amount of traffic and loyal fans as a result. Those who had previously criticized her harshly apologized to Su Lian and became her loyal fans.
Even so, the term "illegitimate child" still garnered considerable attention and discussion.
Su Lian had just calmed down when another topic suddenly popped up.
Some marketing accounts have claimed that, according to reliable insiders, a certain bigwig in the industry is an illegitimate child.
It seems that Su Lian's groundwork has been laid and the goal has been achieved. Now everyone is very sensitive to the term "illegitimate child," and netizens have begun to dig deep into the past to find out who the so-called illegitimate child of the bigwig in the industry really is.
Jiang Cuo had long anticipated that things would unfold this way.
After being discharged from the hospital, Jiang Cuo scrolled through the constantly emerging entertainment news in his office. A smile played on his lips, and a dangerous glint appeared in his eyes, as if he were waiting for things to reach a certain point before suddenly striking.
Hao Duoyu thought his plan was perfect, but little did he know that the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
She could sacrifice a little to achieve the complete annihilation of her army.
...
Another week has passed.
Su Qianqian has been feeling rather troubled lately, and for some reason, she seems to be deliberately waiting for something to happen.
If it were Jiang Cuo's usual personality, she would have already promised to treat him to a meal, and Jiang Cuo would have immediately clung to her, mentioning it every day, afraid that she wouldn't keep her promise.
But this week was uneventful again, and Jiang Cuo was quiet. She even wondered if something had happened to him.
There was a knock on the office door.
Lu Rong looked anxious. "President Jiang, our company's trainee, Zhao Yuxin, just posted something online."
Seeing Lu Rong's anxious expression, Su Qianqian knew it was definitely not good news.
Su Qianqian: "It's okay, take your time."
Lu Rong took out the document and placed it in front of Su Qianqian. "The statement released by Zhao Yuxin is roughly that she was sexually harassed by the supervisor who manages the trainees. It also contains a lot of chat logs, which she claims are evidence."
Su Qianqian frowned as she turned the pages of the printed materials about deer antlers one by one.
The chat content didn't seem unusual, and it did seem like the manager was deliberately trying to sexually harass her, but Su Qianqian felt that things weren't that simple.
Zhao Yuxin is very scheming and doesn't seem like a simple person. If that manager had already made such a move, Zhao Yuxin would definitely have used this as an excuse to ask the company for some appeasement. However, Zhao Yuxin acted as usual and waited until she participated in the idol seven-member group variety show, until the second episode was so popular, before revealing it. Something seems wrong.
Su Qianqian instructed, "Zhao Yuxin is currently practicing singing and dancing with the production team and can't come out right now, so it's very difficult to get in touch with her. Investigate who Zhao Yuxin has been contacting recently. Also, I think this chat log is unusual, as if something has been deliberately hidden and it doesn't seem complete. Call that supervisor over to me, and I'll ask her in person."
Lu Rong nodded. "President Su, what about the online discussions? Everyone is very averse to unspoken rules, and there's a lot of negative news about our company, as if someone is manipulating things behind the scenes."
Su Qianqian stood up and said to the media, "Our company will hold a press conference in about three days. At that time, we will investigate the ins and outs of this matter and present it to the public."
Lu Rong also thought about it and concluded that this was indeed the best solution to the current situation.
Su Qianqian almost forgot a point she had overlooked. The original book was set in a world obsessed with love, where everyone pursued mutual affection, free love, and being crazy for love, but they extremely hated the idea of unspoken rules. In the original book, the female lead, Jiu Cuo, was so outstanding that she was once targeted by a manager when she was not very popular. After Jiu Cuo tearfully revealed the truth, the manager was fired.
As a result, Jiu Cuo has gained an additional layer of innocent, protected persona, and has even jumped ship to a large company.
Su Qianqian suddenly remembered that the company that Jiu Cuo signed with at the end of the original book seemed to be the current Yun Kong Film and Television.
However, the original book didn't focus much on Yun Kong Film and Television. After the correction, Yun Kong Film and Television became a highly promoted star, and she won the Best Actress award within a few years.
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At the Hao family villa.
Cui Shu's secretary knocked on Hao Duoyu's study door with the latest information. "Mr. Hao, the matter has been settled. Zhao Yuxin has already started to take action. However, Mr. Hao, Zhao Yuxin's conditions are too high. Yun Kong Film and Television already has one artist under its wing. Would it be too much of a burden to accept her conditions as well?"
Hao Duoyu turned around, his feignedly gentle face now filled with smugness. "It doesn't matter. He's just a pawn. A pawn only has value when it's being used. Once it's no longer needed, it can be discarded. How's the buzz surrounding the illegitimate child?"
The secretary replied, "Everything is normal with Su Lian. She is very obedient and is doing things according to President Hao's instructions."
Hao Duoyu suddenly sneered, "Listen to her? This Su Lian isn't like she seems on the surface. Keep a close eye on her. If there's a problem with the toasting, it might be because of her."
"Okay, Mr. Hao. There have been quite a few people revealing information about Su Qianqian during her high school years. Su Qianqian and Jiang Cuo went to the same high school, and a lot happened to them during their senior year, which made them very famous locally."
Hao Duoyu looked at the bright sunshine outside the window and felt great. "Great. I heard that Weicuo Entertainment is going to hold a press conference in three days. When that time comes, find some online trolls and media to ask them all these questions and see how Su Qianqian answers them."
He wanted to eliminate both Su Qianqian and Jiang Cuo.
The secretary asked with some concern, "What if Su Qianqian finds out the truth within three days and explains it to the media? Although netizens hate the unspoken rules in the entertainment industry, Su Qianqian's company issued a strict rule on the day it was established: dating is not allowed within Weicuo Entertainment. You can poach employees from other companies. If Su Qianqian uses this rule to clear her name and fires that manager, it can greatly quell public opinion."
Hao Duoyu, however, didn't care at all. "Su Qianqian is just a newly established small company that hasn't gained a foothold in the industry yet. Those big media outlets will definitely stop at nothing to squeeze money out of Weicuo Entertainment. So what if Su Qianqian is rich? There are so many bloodsuckers sucking her blood that she can't possibly extricate herself from them. Besides, Jiang Cuo is so concerned about Su Qianqian. All I want is for Jiang Cuo to reappear in the public eye. As long as Jiang Cuo appears, we can turn the focus to him. No matter what, I won't lose out."
Looking at Hao Duoyu's somewhat ferocious face, the secretary suddenly felt that she couldn't understand what Hao Duoyu was saying.
Isn't President Hao's goal to revive YunKong Films? Isn't it to make other companies lose their competitiveness? Why does he want to put Su Qianqian and Jiang Cuo to death?
At that moment, the secretary suddenly felt that the man she had always admired was somewhat unfamiliar.
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Weicuo Entertainment.
The supervisor is still fast asleep in a hotel not far from the recording site of the idol group's variety show, obviously having had a wonderful experience last night.
It is still unknown what kind of public opinion has erupted online.
When the manager received the first call from Department Head Lu, he was still sleepy and clearly flattered.
I quickly got dressed and drove back to the company.
Although the supervisor was also a little suspicious, wondering if her affair with Zhao Yuxin had been exposed, she was wrong. Zhao Yuxin had deliberately seduced her, and she had not established a romantic relationship with Zhao Yuxin, so it did not violate company rules and the company had no right to fire her.
Moreover, Zhao Yuxin is quite cunning. She previously tried to ride on the coattails of Jiang Cuo, the president of Buwangchuxin Entertainment, but obviously failed. She always wants to become an overnight sensation and a superstar. Zhao Yuxin is just going with the flow and taking some benefits along the way. Zhao Yuxin is willing to sleep with her, so she just gives Zhao Yuxin some resources. This is not surprising. It's just an unspoken rule in the entertainment industry.
However, when the middle-aged manager, with a greasy face, arrived at the company, he noticed that as soon as she entered, a security guard closed the door behind her, and only then did he realize that something was wrong.
However, Lu Rong had already stared at the manager with her sharp wolf eyes. The manager felt inexplicably guilty and could only follow Lu Rong into the elevator, which reached the top floor, in front of the president's office.
Su Qianqian sat in the CEO's chair in the office, staring at the middle-aged manager who entered with a strong presence.
The manager, with his greasy face, put on a fawning smile. "President Su, I didn't neglect my duties. It's just that those artists need some care, so I moved to a place closer to the idol seven-member variety show crew. Why did you call me here so urgently? Is there something you need?"
Su Qianqian curled her lips into a cold smile, said nothing, but simply slammed the documents on the table in front of the middle-aged, greasy manager with a thud, "Take a good look at them yourself."
The supervisor could only bend over and respectfully pick up the documents, then open them page by page, looking at them carefully. The more he looked, the wider his eyes widened, the more flustered he became, and his lips trembled. For a moment, he didn't know what to say first.
"President Su, that's not the case. Please let me explain."
Lu Rong then took out a thick stack of survey data.
The greasy middle-aged manager panicked instantly, "It was all Zhao Yuxin who seduced me. I didn't try to take advantage of her. She came to me on her own initiative."
After listening, Lu Rong said coldly, "So you admit that you had an unfair deal with Zhao Yuxin, which led to an uneven distribution of resources among our company's five artists?"
The manager didn't expect things to turn out this way. "No, no, Zhao Yuxin's image is more prominent than the other four artists. If we promote Zhao Yuxin, the company will get more profits. This can't be considered an uneven distribution of resources."
Su Qianqian's cold smile grew even more dangerous as she looked down at the middle-aged manager. "Zhao Yuxin has already posted all the information online. How do you plan to explain this? The chat logs posted by Zhao Yuxin clearly show that you forced her. It's an unspoken rule, and unspoken rules are the most shameful behavior in the industry. Do you know how much damage your actions have caused the company?"
The manager frantically pulled out his phone. "No, Mr. Su, the messages on the chat page are incomplete. Zhao Yuxin deleted a lot of what I said, and also deleted what she said. You can see for yourself..."
The middle-aged manager hurriedly opened her phone, only to find the chat history page completely blank. It turned out that Zhao Yuxin had secretly deleted their chat history from her phone the night before while she was drunk.
The middle-aged, greasy manager was furious, gritting his teeth, never expecting to be outmaneuvered.
"President Su, this Zhao Yuxin is not simple. She wants to use me as a stepping stone to destroy the company."
Su Qianqian's expression remained unchanged, as if she wasn't impressed by the middle-aged, greasy manager's explanation.
Su Qianqian, dressed in a bespoke suit, had a normally kind and chubby face, but now exuded an aura that made people afraid to look directly at her. "What you're saying is useless. The media has already exploded. How many marketing accounts are writing about our company's dirty secrets? How are you going to compensate the company for its losses?"
The middle-aged, greasy manager gritted her teeth, feeling extremely resentful. Zhao Yuxin had used her and dragged her down with her, so she wouldn't let her get away with it either.
In his panic, the middle-aged, greasy manager seemed to suddenly have an idea, as if he had grasped a lifeline, and felt that he could get rid of this matter.
"President Su, you've misunderstood. It's not the unspoken rules circulating online. Zhao Yuxin and I are actually mutually in love and have established a romantic relationship. I admit that I like her, which has caused an imbalance in the allocation of artist resources. But what's wrong with liking someone? Nowadays, everyone advocates pursuing love passionately and diligently. I love her, I like her, so what's wrong with doing something for her?"
Lu Rong took out a voice recorder and placed it on Su Qianqian's desk. He then said to the middle-aged, greasy manager, "I have recorded everything you said on behalf of the company and am now informing you so that you can retain your right to know. You may be crazy for love and do whatever you want for love, but you have violated company rules. At Weicuo Entertainment, President Su has stipulated that employees are prohibited from dating."
The middle-aged, greasy manager froze for a moment, his body involuntarily taking two steps back. Then, coming to his senses, he collapsed to the ground with a thud. How could she have forgotten this one thing? She was clearly thinking about it when she drove over.
The middle-aged, greasy manager was unwilling to give up. She had been blacklisted by several entertainment companies for her penchant for underhanded tactics. She had finally managed to switch jobs to Weicuo Entertainment, where the salary and benefits were excellent, and she couldn't give it up so easily.
The middle-aged, greasy manager, seemingly extremely unwilling, crawled toward Su Qianqian's desk.
"I'm sorry, President Su, I was wrong. I will never violate company rules again. Please forgive me. I will definitely calm down the online controversy this time."
However, she had already taken an envelope from the table and thrown it on the ground. "I recruited you into the company because you are a veteran in the entertainment industry and have managed many artists. But you actually think that my Su Qianqian's Weicuo Entertainment is a small company that can tolerate your troublemaking."
"Then you're wrong. Because you violated company rules, you won't receive any compensation. If you dare to spread rumors online, everything you've done will be exposed to the public. Think it over. Secretary Yu has packed your things; you can leave now."
The middle-aged, greasy manager clearly wanted to say something more, but he had already been pulled out by security.
Yan Qinghuan entered the president's office at this moment. "President Su, the investigation is complete. The group of online trolls who were defending Zhao Yuxin were all hired by Yun Kong Film and Television. Every time Yun Kong Film and Television has a public opinion issue, it's because of that group of trolls. However, to find out who Zhao Yuxin was in contact with during the second training session of Idol Seven, we need to retrieve the surveillance footage from the Idol Seven variety show production team. But we need President Jiang of Never Forget the Original Intention Entertainment's approval. Besides, a month has passed, which is too long. It will be difficult to retrieve the surveillance footage in just three days. President Su, should I contact President Jiang's secretary, Wang Sisi?"
Su Qianqian thought for a moment, "Forget it, since it's Yun Kong Film and Television, they won't just do something like this. Cui Shu is a veteran in the entertainment industry. Yun Kong Film and Television has gone from the top to the bottom, but it has always stood firm in the entertainment industry. They must have some tricks up their sleeves. They won't give up until they achieve their goal. Let's not alarm them for now and stay true to our original intention of entertainment."
Su Qianqian knew that Jiang Cuo had recently been hospitalized due to a stomach ulcer and was not in good health. Moreover, Buwang Chuxin Entertainment was already dealing with a lot of things because of the idol group variety show, so Jiang Cuo must be overwhelmed right now.
No matter how close or connected Jiang Cuo was to her, he was still just an ex, and had no obligation or need to help her.
Lu Rong sat to the side, having finished typing all the prepared arrangements into his laptop. "President Su, the press conference will be held at 10:00 AM in three days. I will edit the recording. I have investigated Zhao Yuxin's background and identity. I will try to prepare a simple document and hand it over to President Su at 8:00 AM that day. From today until three days later, our company plans to conduct five rounds of media suppression, raising four topics respectively. President Su, what do you think of this script?"
Su Qianqian looked at the document, nodded, and was very satisfied.
In the original book, Lu Rong was a capable assistant to Jiang Cuo. Perhaps the reason why Jiang Cuo is so busy now and not as relaxed as before is because Lu Rong was poached by their company.
Su Qianqian: "I'll do as you say."
Lu Rong and Yan Qinghuan both left, and at that moment Yu Siyu knocked on the door.
Yu Siyu: "President Su just received an email from Song Yaxing. Song Yaxing said that you can contact her anytime if you need anything."
Su Qianqian tapped her index and middle fingers repeatedly on the table, while resting her chin on her other hand, lost in thought.
Song Yaxing's personality is indeed rare in the entertainment industry, but her ultimate goal is to recruit Song Yaxing to her company.
In today's entertainment industry, since Jiang Cuo returned to China and established Never Forget the Original Intention Entertainment, it has become one of the four major giants.
Currently, Kexin Media has relatively few roles in the production.
Never Forget the Original Intention Entertainment is now focusing on idol trainees.