Chapter 147: Internal Entertainment Circle’s Top Collapse!
“Something happened.”
“Did you see the Hot Search?”
“The matter has blown up big time.”
Under the stage, many actors whispered to each other. Although they didn’t dare to speak loudly, they couldn’t suppress their gossiping thoughts— the Entertainment Industry is like that; precisely because they are insiders, they are more sensitive to such things.
Chi Ye has had such an incident, the Program Team definitely “cannot escape blame,” but at the same time, what impact has he himself suffered?
Reputation and public favor plummeting, Public Favor plummeting. Although this kind of thing won’t truly make him “collapse of persona,” his endorsements and future resources from all sides will definitely be greatly discounted.
This is exactly the effect Ji Hemming wanted. He has been popular for a few years and experienced too many similar things, and every time, he gains a lot.
This time, he similarly didn’t pay too much attention to the external turmoil, only showing a bit of surprise after receiving the message from his team.
【It seems someone else is also blackening Chi Ye, and the intensity is much stronger than ours!】
Ji Hemming stared at this message, stunned, then chuckled darkly: “Offending too many people is no good.”
When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.
【What’s the specific progress?】
He asked back.
The team didn’t speak, just sent him screenshots and a link.
Ji Hemming clicked in and saw that the Hot Search entry for #Chi Ye Insult# had been successfully detonated, with over 7 million popularity, destined to make him shed a layer of skin over this “small matter.”
The other group of actors on stage was still performing, but everyone’s attention around was always on Chi Ye.
He still showed no movement, as if he didn’t know what was happening outside.
Sheng Ning vaguely felt something was off—if Chi Ye had really been involved with Yue Na before, even acted with Yue Na for so long, with his personality and way of doing things, he shouldn’t appear this indifferent.
Where did the problem arise?
She wondered and “asked” out loud: “Are you thinking of asking Jin Xia for help?”
Chi Ye turned back to look at her: “You care about me that much?”
Sheng Ning: “?”
Chi Ye didn’t reply again, just looked down at the time and the popularity summary Keke had just sent.
Hmm… it should be about enough.
……
About enough.
Time is about up, popularity is about up, the attention from bystanders attracted, and the “smearing” from various Douyin marketing accounts is about up.
A marketing video titled #Ji Hemming Hotel Group Drug Use# suddenly dropped onto major media platforms in a way no one expected.
This was truly sudden to the extreme, because Chi Ye Team this time used a self-media matrix, utilizing N alt accounts + a dozen big accounts with massive fan attention to spread it out. The first wave’s momentum was so fierce, plus at this moment the related popularity of #Ji Hemming Chi Ye# had reached its peak.
In other words, it was still Chi Ye’s favorite trick of borrowing popularity, and this effect was the most explosive and best.
If it doesn’t erupt, fine, but once it erupts, there’s no time to stop it. Not to mention Ji Hemming’s side and Yue Na’s side had no preparation; even if they knew in advance, it would be hard to control this instant eruption.
On Douyin, Weibo, Xiaohongshu, even Bilibili and other major streaming platforms, #Ji Hemming Hotel Group# videos almost instantly dominated the charts.
Because this wasn’t rumor-mongering or slander, but real solid evidence!
The kind backed by video.
In the videos from major media marketing accounts, although censored in N layers, Ji Hemming’s face was still exposed in non-sensitive areas.
At the same time, the video was censored, but Ji Hemming and his friends’ conversation was crystal clear.
“Hey, this batch of food isn’t great.”
“Where’s that fan of yours from earlier? Washed clean? Haha.”
“Under eighteen, don’t tell me, really tender.”
“Hey, you guys are really perverted, you like this stuff?”
“Wait, let me eat something, tonight call a few more over. Ever since that idiot screwed me last time, haven’t had any in a while.”
“…Chi Ye, right? I’ll kill him sooner or later!”
In a conversation that could hardly be called human, the tone was casual, with faint lewd laughter and teasing that instantly shattered people’s three views and upended their worldview.
This is Ji Hemming?
This is one of the Four Great Young Actors, the Internal Entertainment Circle top streamer Ji Hemming?!
Drug use, group activities, or… fans, or… ah?
The gossiping masses and bystanders already drawn by the previous “big incident” were dumbfounded.
「???」
「Fuck, Ji Hemming, are you even human?! You mess with minors too?!」
「I still remember the Selecting Concubines expose last time, I knew it was real!」
「My god, three views shattered, this must be fake!」
「Shocked my whole family, what all have you done? Gambling, drugs, all of it?!」
「Fake, fake!! This video is fake!」
「Call the Police, this is already a Crime, how did a scum like this become popular?」
「…」
After the initial dumbfounded state, all related Weibo posts and the square were flooded.
And the marketing accounts that weren’t from Chi Ye’s camp before, and major streaming platforms also reacted, instantly going crazy.
The popularity of the three words #Ji Hemming# instantly broke through 20 million+, actually causing the Weibo server to nearly crash in a short time.
On other short video platforms like Douyin and Kuaishou, the same video was also spreading wildly.
The incident erupted too suddenly, starting popularity piggybacking on #Ji Hemming Chi Ye# Hot Search too explosive, impossible to suppress.
And during this time, the #Chi Ye Insult# Hot Search was instantly drowned in the various shocking “actions” of #Ji Hemming#.
《Actors Please Take Place》 Live Performance.
The atmosphere shifted in an instant. When Ji Hemming’s first Hot Search topped the Weibo Hot Search list, almost everyone’s team on site got the message.
Those without messages, without teams, the unpopular stars below, could also see the news on their mobile phones.
Then…
Everyone looked at Ji Hemming with shocked gazes—then at Chi Ye, who was still expressionless as before.
Fuck?!
What’s the situation?!
Ji Hemming… Ji Hemming is done?!
Wasn’t it said Chi Ye was “done”?
How come in just a few minutes, it became Ji Hemming done?!
Yes.
All insiders, after seeing that video and this exposed incident, everyone knew Ji Hemming was done.
This wasn’t like the previous “rumor” Selecting Concubines; this time not only was there “solid evidence,” more importantly, what Ji Hemming was exposed for was too heinous!
Minors, drug use—these things all crossed the legal bottom line.
And the legal bottom line cannot be touched, especially for top streamers like Ji Hemming in the industry with massive fan bases.
The industry had a few such examples before: ordinary collapse of persona meant career gone but person still there; more severe, like Shen Qing Yu, burdened with debts, fleeing overseas to go down market.
The most severe was like Ji Hemming.
This wasn’t simple collapse of persona; this was being sent straight in, given an establishment!
Sheng Ning’s phoenix eyes looked incredulously at Chi Ye.
Others might not have reacted yet or were still muttering, but Sheng Ning was different. She had felt Chi Ye’s reaction was off earlier, so now looking at him, she had fully realized.
Was it you?!
Sheng Ning actually understood “Chi Ye.” Though after the Yue Na incident, she felt he had changed, but after “adapting” for a while, she felt she knew him again.
But this time, she was a bit confused.
This wasn’t the Chi Ye in her impression…
Too ruthless, too merciless in actions.
A bit scary.
Sister Shang was already like a quail, head down, scrolling her mobile phone, but this melon wasn’t sweet; she was a popular female top streamer, but more importantly, a woman.
So when she looked up again, her gaze toward Ji Hemming had become extremely cold.
This was extremely rare for the good-tempered Sister Shang.
“Did you do it?”
She turned her head, lowered her voice, and looked at Chi Ye.
Chi Ye winked at her: Still that same words, don’t get close to the Underworld!
“Well done.”
Chi Ye: “?”
“Scum!”
Chi Ye restrained his expression, sent a message to Keke, then casually made no further moves.
What do you mean he did it?
He didn’t do anything.
It was all Ji Hemming’s own evil deeds; he was right here, what could he do?
Just seeing him like this, Jiang Kaige, Teacher Zhang, Teacher Wu and others behind him became even more convinced: Damn, it was you, you’re really shady… Ji Hemming really is something else.
Insiders all like to play, but ones as “rotten” as him are rare.
“This time… Ji is done.”
“Ji Hemming is really done for now.”
“Yo… Xiao Chi, this… sigh.”
Everyone’s reactions varied, and as the person involved, Ji Hemming’s face was already deathly pale. He didn’t pay attention to others’ reactions on site, nor go “rant” at Chi Ye.
Because he was completely panicked now.
Yes, the instant he saw that message, that video, he was struck by lightning, his brain with an inexplicable dizziness.
—Done, done.
Really done this time.
How was that video filmed? Who filmed it?
Fuck, who wants him dead?!
He didn’t care that recording was ongoing, stood up and strode outside, while pulling out his mobile phone to urgently contact his team.
“Drop the popularity, drop it!!”
“This is rumor-mongering, it’s not real! The video is AI-dubbed!”
“Hurry to the cooperative party to explain, immediately issue a refute rumors statement and lawyer’s letter…”
Ji Hemming’s studio team was tottering in the first wave impact, but as a top streamer team, with Yue Na reacting quickly behind, as public opinion exploded, paid commenters flooded in.
Ji Hemming’s Studio Team also immediately issued a refute rumors and “righteous” lawyer’s letter statement.
The full content was too much; summed up, just three sentences.
1. All fake, just rumors.
2. We will severely punish the rumor-mongering marketing accounts.
3. We have called the Police.
These three points out, especially the last one about having called the Police, indeed had “deterrence” and “credibility.”
The wildly fermenting public opinion was immediately somewhat contained.
But at this time, the benefit of Chi Ye previously hiring paid commenters to “insult” himself shone through—popularity too high, impossible to suppress!
Letting you dodge so easily, wouldn’t my scolding have been in vain!
Popularity only paused slightly, then continued to rise.
While Ji Hemming’s massive Black Hot Searches were still on the list, finally, “victims” previously “targeted” contacted by Chi Ye Team came forward.
From his liking Selecting Concubines, you could see this person had no taboos.
In the years he was popular, just the girls he liked were countless, and naturally among them were those who were harmed but for various reasons dared not speak out.
Ji Hemming fine if nothing happened, but once it did, his past “evils” would be the final brick to smash him.
A little internet celebrity came forward with real name, attaching various chat records, photos, audio evidence.
And as the first girl stepped forward, more “sisters-in-law” seized the opportunity, one after another videos hammering Ji Hemming emerged, all with various evidence.
“I used to be Ji Hemming’s fan, but after that incident, I was really scared…”
“Ji Hemming’s assistant stuffed a note in my hand with a WeChat number; I curiously added it…”
“+1, I ‘dated’ him, but before we went, the company didn’t say what it was; I thought it was model selection, but ended up selecting right in the room… afterward the company threatened us not to tell outsiders, or else XXX… now my contract has expired, finally see someone hammering Ji Hemming.”
As the old saying goes, don’t do things too evil usually, and Ji Hemming happened to be the type who did too many rotten things.
“I stood up during the last Selecting Concubines, but his fans were too scary; this time same words, he’s a scum!”
Little fans, little internet celebrities, models, even a few unpopular female actors in the industry—Ji Hemming’s collapse of persona was absolutely the most sensational in Internal Entertainment Circle in recent years, a disparity second-to-none compared to Sister Shen!
Not just because he was popular, but because too many involved, too many “sisters-in-law” hammering him!
Beaten drum draws crowds, Ji Hemming worse than a broken drum, already collapsed to the Underworld without needing hammers.
Netizens everywhere were furious, yet Ji Hemming’s fans and team were still stubborn.
「Unbelievable! Heinous demon!」
「Can’t imagine such a demon existing in this world; more outrageous, he’s a top streamer!」
「@XX Police, arrest Ji Hemming quick.」
「Fans still here defending your brother? Brainless fans too scary.」
「Done playing and threatens life safety, retaliation… heavens, 21st century?」
「Boycott Entertainment Industry gangs!!」
「Hu Ye is right to insult!」
Public opinion raging, popularity fully exploded; official media everywhere @ed every second by bystanders gossiping to fever pitch.
#Ji Hemming Gang#
#Ji Hemming Threat#
#Ji Hemming Evil#
And other related hot words already dominating, Weibo server collapsing again.
And at Yue Na Headquarters.
Seeing this scene, Young President Liu swayed twice, held the table, face ashen, murmuring: “Gone… Ji Hemming is really gone this time.”
