Chapter 255: “one Whale Falls”?
Young President Liu does indeed have reason to be angry.
Because first of all, they didn’t provoke anyone in this matter.
Secondly, Qu Qingqing has cooperated with them before, and has always been classified as a Yue Na System artist in the outside world, but… in reality, she also has a good relationship with the Beijing Circle. At Qu Qingqing’s star power level, she is no longer limited to any single entertainment company, and plays more in circles.
So, Jiang Mou’s “retaliation” this time, attributing everything to Yue Na, is absolutely infuriating.
Perhaps… the reason Jiang Mou chose this isn’t purely because of Qu Qingqing, but more because of his previous “background,” which means he only seems “real” when exposing Yue Na material.
Only then does he have the qualification to “bargain” with others and seek a higher price.
Yes, looking at Jiang Mou’s current desperate appearance, it’s clear he has no intention of appearing online again in the future.
He’s purely trying to make a pension sum before dying.
“Investigate, investigate thoroughly. If it’s really Chi Ye who did it… then take him down!”
Young President Liu made his decision.
……
With “outside the city” stirred into chaos, the Golden Eagle Festival, which was originally a major internal entertainment industry gathering, was naturally affected.
Five o’clock.
The red carpet segment was proceeding on track. Generally in this segment, all sorts of “tricks” always appear, such as Ji Zhua Zhang once selling chicken feet, Rise collective reunion edging, internet celebrities deliberately riding on popularity for shots, etc…
But today, the Golden Eagle Festival red carpet’s popularity had completely vanished—all attention had shifted outside the venue.
Of course, you can’t say Rise didn’t make a move this time.
Because the protagonists outside were also “them.”
—Including Chi Ye.
Um… Chi Ye and Peng Chen are also Rise “members.” Although both have now stopped talking about their past glory, it doesn’t matter. Rise’s imprint will follow them for life, until the day they grow old. Everyone will remember that in the internal entertainment industry, there was once such a “divine group.”
They could do anything, they had endless tricks, they always delivered little Rise shocks when everyone was off guard.
This time’s shock had already begun.
“I told you! I told you!!”
Sister Shang, who had already taken Ji Zhua Zhang walking four or five laps around the venue outside the red carpet, hadn’t “found” Chi Ye at all. She was already racking her brains for new “stalling tactics,” wondering how Ji Zhua Zhang would make a scene at the Golden Eagle Festival right under her nose.
The result…
She didn’t wait for Ji Zhua Zhang’s rise, but instead welcomed Jiang Mou’s heavy punch.
—And experts! Rise boy group still has experts!
“This wouldn’t be part of Xiao Chi’s scheme, would it?”
Sister Shang now understood Chi Ye very well and knew he was a guy who could be terrifyingly ruthless to enemies.
To close ones, equally… hateful!
So, would this external commotion be something Chi Ye stirred up?
She looked at Ji Zhua Zhang.
Ji Zhua Zhang’s face was also full of shock. His previous dissatisfaction with being walked like a dog by Sister Shang instantly vanished—he was dumbfounded now. What was up with Jiang Mou?
This desperate?
To steal his popularity, going to such extremes?!
“I don’t know… Captain isn’t that kind of person, right.”
Facing Sister Shang’s “questioning,” Ji Zhua Zhang said Chi Ye wasn’t like that.
Sister Shang eyed him suspiciously, imitating the Shi Jinwei from her memory, “sneering”: “Not that kind of person?”
“Uh…”
Ji Zhua Zhang felt guilty.
“By the way, you and Jiang Mou were teammates before. He knows it, so you should too. Tell me in detail quickly—what else do you know? What hasn’t he exposed?”
Ji Zhua Zhang: “…”
He glanced around: “That… if there’s nothing else, I’ll head out first, Sister Shang. I’ll go find Captain myself, no need for you to lead me.”
“No, you can’t leave. Tell me everything first, then go.”
“Otherwise, I’ll make sure Xiao Chi never sees you again.”
Ji Zhua Zhang: “?!”
Hearing this, he immediately stopped, looking at Sister Shang’s confident, determined appearance, even more convinced of his earlier thought—this relationship between the two was definitely not simple.
Listen to Shang Youshu’s tone. If they weren’t intimate to a certain degree, could she say such a threatening line so assuredly?
Damn, Chi Ye, Chi Ye, your luck with women is really something!
At this thought, Ji Zhua Zhang even forgot his “respect” for the captain.
Mainly because Shang Youshu was a goddess in the hearts of a generation.
This wasn’t the joking kind. Although Sister Shang always showed her “ugly side” in front of Chi Ye, in fact, both in the industry and outside, she had an indescribable filter halo.
Childhood goddess, white moonlight, fairy sister… let’s just say, many new top streamers and male artists in the industry took pride in cooperating with Shang Youshu—not just for star power and business reasons, but because it fulfilled a childhood dream.
Ji Zhua Zhang was younger than Chi Ye and was one of them, both then and now.
Now, his heart’s suspicion was confirmed: the untouchable goddess in his heart had “something going on” with Chi Ye. He felt his heart shatter.
“Sister Shang, you… you… sigh!”
Ji Zhua Zhang suddenly lost interest, turned dejectedly, and headed to Chi Ye’s lounge: “Now that I have the secret, Captain should see me, right.”
Sister Shang: “?”
She looked at Ji Zhua Zhang’s desolate back, puzzled: “Why is this guy muttering mysteriously… what secret? Wait… secret?!”
Her eyes lit up.
Could there be some secret she didn’t know?
Um…
Shang Youshu thought about it. Ji Zhua Zhang seemed like a fool, but even a fool, after four or five laps, should sense he was being played… need to discuss, discuss again.
Need a more “vicious” little trick.
Or, have Xiao Chi ask him directly? He should tell Xiao Chi then, right?
Thinking this, Sister Shang pulled out her mobile phone, preparing to forward Jiang Mou’s Weibo to Chi Ye first to pave the way. Otherwise, given Xiao Chi’s attitude toward her, he’d definitely be cold…
“Hm…? Posted a new Weibo?”
At that moment, Sister Shang’s finger paused. She had instinctively scrolled down to refresh Weibo, and unexpectedly, Jiang Mou had posted another new Weibo.
And this Weibo’s content was—
【Fans of a certain two-character unrivaled top streamer young actor are still cursing me? Did I mention your master’s past tax evasion? Back at Yue Na, we all evaded taxes. I paid mine back long ago—has he? And other dirty deeds, don’t worry, I’ll tell you one by one.】
Once this Weibo was posted, Jiang Mou, who had already completely exploded the entire internal entertainment industry with his suicidal self-exposure, instantly saw his popularity peak again.
Sister Shang who saw this Weibo, as well as other people in and out of the industry and gossip masses, were all dumbfounded.
Because this Weibo, which seemed directionless, had in fact almost named the person.
If Jiang Mou mentioned a certain two-character unrivaled top streamer, it might be Yu Yan.
But adding “back at Yue Na, we evaded taxes,” even a fool could see who this unrivaled top streamer was.
What’s more, could Yu Yan now still be called “unrivaled”?
—The only publicly acknowledged unrivaled top streamer in and out of the industry now was Chi Ye!
Unrivaled, past, Yue Na, we…
So many directional keywords, combined with Jiang Mou’s former identity, all pointed to one person—Chi Ye.
“???”
“What’s the situation… what’s going on? Wasn’t this his doing?”
Yue Na was the first to be dumbfounded.
“……This is bad, big trouble this time.”
Sister Qianzi, who had been slightly depressed at this year’s Golden Eagle Festival and hadn’t met much with Chi Ye, learned of this news. Her treasure-blue eyes showed slight panic.
“Sister Shi, do you want to call Professor Chi?”
“…”
Shi Jinwei was silent for two seconds before saying: “He has someone with him… I’ll… I’ll send a WeChat to ask.”
The assistant was surprised: “No need for me to help… no need for me to ask this time?”
Shi Jinwei also paused, then said: “You ask with my phone.”
“……Oh.”
The assistant nodded weakly. I won’t dare say it, won’t dare ask again.
Just do it.
……
Red carpet venue, Sheng Ning in full formal attire frowned and put down her mobile phone. After thinking, she uncertainly muttered to herself: “Doing this trick again? Blacking himself?”
“But where’s the whitewashing angle…”
Meanwhile.
In many other places, many people, after Jiang Mou’s Weibo came out, almost instantly triggered an unimaginable “butterfly effect” for everyone.
In two years, Chi Ye was no longer the wannabe of before. Now he affected many people’s interests and had taken too many people’s “rice bowls.” Outside, he was a first-tier hot top streamer with disparate fan popularity.
The three major platforms, music companies, and even film circle people wanting to cooperate with him were countless.
Little Flowers, Green Robes, even Big Flowers wanting to act with him couldn’t be counted on one hand.
People wanting him dead were even more uncountable.
In this situation, a “big gossip” about him, true “solid evidence” since his rise to fame, even enough to cause persona collapse, would of course trigger chain reactions no one anticipated beforehand.
And the first to react wasn’t these people, but Ji Zhua Zhang—
In the red carpet venue, after parting with Sister Shang, Ji Zhua Zhang was almost at Chi Ye’s lounge when he heard various discussions around him. He immediately stopped in shock and doubt—
Because what Jiang Mou said was true.
In fact… the industry didn’t see this as strange. Not to mention a few years ago, even in recent years with such strict checks, many people still tried small moves secretly.
Much less the internal entertainment industry a few years ago, where taxation was rampant. Such things, hyped up outside, were as common as eating and drinking in the industry.
Still that phrase: no one is dumb enough to suicidally expose tacit understandings.
But…
Now a fool appeared.
What he had to consider now was… Jiang Mou had broken the jar, wanting to become a second Shen Qing Yu, not even thinking of going online again. But he was different.
He was still mixing in the entertainment industry… and now he’d “upgraded” to a short drama TOP first-tier male artist… short dramas are dramas too!
Short drama artists are artists too.
Then his past owed taxes… deeds… wouldn’t all be spilled by Jiang Mou?
Um… from now, Jiang Mou was crazy, even biting Chi Ye, let alone him, once the biggest “competitor.”
“Go, leave first. Can’t stay here… head back first.”
Ji Zhua Zhang felt uneasy inside and decisively gave up finding Chi Ye.
Other stars’ tax evasion would cause persona collapse, but if Chi Ye got this label… it wouldn’t be just collapse. He was an unrivaled top streamer!
He was the “model,” the “example.” A stain on others was just a stain, but on Chi Ye, with his current halo and popularity, it would amplify ten or a hundred times.
“Hope Captain can weather this… slipping away.”
Ji Zhua Zhang very realistically turned and slipped away.
The three major platforms’ persons in charge and behind-the-scenes capital who originally wanted to talk new projects with Chi Ye and finally unwilling to give up on Ghost also halted.
“Confirmed it’s real?”
“Outside is in uproar, really collapsing.”
“……Quick to marketing department.”
“Ah?”
“Our platform’s other young actors we’re pushing—this is an opportunity! Bigger than Ji Hemming’s collapse. If Chi Ye falls, how much market opens up, how much meat left?!”
“Oh oh… right right.”
Penguin Video and Ku Ying reacted quickly, especially Penguin Video. They had wanted to get close to Chi Ye this time.
But with this incident…
—Jiang Mou’s previous exposures on Chu Luan Yu and two other first-tier artists were all true!
The exposed parties and teams still didn’t dare speak, only a few issued rumor refutations, immediately slapped down.
No more getting close… Penguin Video even instantly thought of their currently pushed new top streamer—Xiao Zhan.
This was an opportunity. Back when Ji Hemming was taken down by Chi Ye, internal entertainment young actors entered a “hard to make fortune” phase. That wave lasted over a year.
Now with peak-er-than-Ji-Hemming Chi Ye “collapsing,” how long would it last?
And how many new top streamers would it cultivate?
They felt Xiao Zhan was definitely one, one of the young actors most advantageous to take Chi Ye’s traffic!
In Ku Ying’s team, the middle-aged man on good private terms with Chi Ye watched this, frowned: “We don’t need to rush, right? Watch more. Chi Ye has connections up top too…”
“Connections won’t help. This big a stir—who do you think can protect him? He’ll be fine personally, but definitely badly hurt.”
The person in charge sighed: “Not us being opportunistic. That’s how entertainment industry is. Tax solid-evidence collapse… even if he passes this, what about his other Yue Na material?”
“You think he really has only this one solid black mark?”
The middle-aged man was silent.
“None are clean. Let’s go.”
The person in charge tugged him and hurried away.
……
The other side.
Golden Eagle red carpet waiting area.
Chi Ye sat in the RV, head down having just replied to Sister Qianzi’s message, when Empress Dowager opened the door, climbed in, stared at him for a bit, then asked: “Teacher Chi, you did this yourself again?”
Chi Ye was silent two seconds: “Yes, I did it myself.”
“I fucked Jiang Mou’s mom.”
