Becoming a great entertainer started with being cyberbullied.
Chapter 129 Powerless
The number of views for the second video increased exponentially.
Meanwhile, the first video spread like wildfire online.
Many online celebrities deleted their previous comments about Geng Bin immediately.
No one expected that something that seemed certain would actually...
Before the public could even process this sudden turn of events, a flood of confident comments appeared online, claiming that the video was fabricated, fake, and released by Lighthouse Entertainment to clear Geng Bin's name.
The employees of Lighthouse Entertainment noticed the situation and immediately looked at Fang Ruoxi.
To prevent the "Big Three" from bribing the staff of Lighthouse, the overall public relations plan was kept secret from everyone except those in the senior management group.
But Fang Ruoxi's composure was so good that no one could see anything amiss on her face.
A plain-looking employee from Group Three raised his hand and said, "Boss, I need to use the restroom."
Everyone was so busy they were practically octopuses. The group leader slung his tie over his shoulder, didn't even turn his head, and impatiently gestured for his men to get lost.
After leaving the office lobby, the man looked around and then walked to the company reception desk. "Hey, Zhang, do I have an urgent package?"
The pretty receptionist was busy promoting the company on her blog on her phone. Upon hearing this, she didn't even look up, just pointed and said, "Oh, right, over there. I had the delivery guy put it in the locker."
A public relations staff member casually remarked to the receptionist, "Hey... really, they said it's some urgent document and they want me to come out and sign for it. Uh, I can't call you, everyone in the department handed in their phones this morning."
The receptionist was engrossed in an online debate and had no interest in acknowledging this man.
Soon, the person grabbed the package and quickly slipped into the bathroom, finding a stall and locking it.
He quickly tore open the package, revealing a mobile phone inside.
The man breathed a sigh of relief, threw away the delivery box, and immediately turned on his phone.
The man had only one number in his phone's contacts. He quickly dialed the number, his voice extremely low, "Hello, it's me. Has the money arrived?"
"I fucking know this is a critical moment! If you don't send me the money now, who knows if you'll still honor your debt after this period of time!"
"Stop talking nonsense! I don't want much. Send me the transfer record, or else, hehe." After saying this, the man hung up the phone.
Shortly after, the black phone received a message, a screenshot of a transaction record.
The payment account belongs to his wife.
The man clicked his tongue when he saw the 200 million yuan transfer record.
The money came easily, but when he thought about the money that the man surnamed Tian in the video had taken, his face contorted in disgust.
The industry can't produce another Geng Bin. It's his turn to sell it off, and then his whole family immigrates and flies far away.
Reassured, the man dialed the number again, then carefully locked his phone, hid it in his suit jacket pocket, straightened his collar, and went out the door.
In just over ten minutes, the group member from Team Three quietly returned to his workstation. In the lobby, everyone in the public relations department was practically typing away, their keyboards practically sparking.
The group leader had a laptop propped up on his lap, typing rapidly with more than a dozen group chat windows open simultaneously on the computer screen.
The group leader seemed to notice the man's gaze, looked up, and frowned slightly. "Why did you take so long?"
The man smiled sheepishly, "Hey, um, oh, big one, team leader, what do we do now?"
The group leader smiled mysteriously, "Now, let them jump as high as they want, and wait to be slapped in the face later."
"What's going on? The organization is trying to make a quick buck, so I don't fall behind."
The colleague next to me shrugged. "Hey, I don't know either. Just now, Boss Wang called over a few team leaders. Our current job is to be competent 'troublemakers,' so we have to use our imaginations and do our best to refute those 'conspiracy theory' netizens."
The man's eyes widened at the last word. "What the hell?"
Colleague: "You heard me right, it's about refuting those netizens who started questioning the truth from eleven years ago. Hey, stop talking and get to work."
At that moment, Fang Ruoxi's phone vibrated.
Almost everyone around who noticed the commotion looked at Fang Ruoxi.
Fang Ruoxi swiped her finger across the screen to answer the call. "Hello, it's me, Fang."
Fang Ruoxi spoke in a low voice in English as she walked quickly toward the nearest small office.
"Wow, Ms. Fang's English is so fluent. Is she from country A? Our CEO Fang has really wide connections. She managed to find someone to catch this key figure from 11 years ago who fled to country A."
"That's right. Nobody thought highly of Teacher Fang back then, but he went to Country A all by himself, and what happened in the end? He became the first Asian to win the number one spot in the European and American rankings. Sigh, so many people were slapped in the face."
While they were talking, the online debate reached its peak.
The employee monitoring the big data raised his hand, "Boss, we've reached the predicted peak."
Meanwhile, a lawyer from the Ministry of Justice also raised his hand, saying, "Zhao Guangcheng posted the lawyer's letter online."
Here it comes, the classic tactic of the Chinese entertainment industry: a 'lawyer's letter warning'.
Wang Xi rubbed his hands excitedly, "Hey! This is what I've been waiting for today!! Quick, quick, take a screenshot!"
The legal department of Lighthouse did nothing but copy lists and screenshot those inappropriate remarks all morning. After today's matter is settled, well...
Make them all pay up!!
The brain of that group member in Group Three completely shut down.
What the hell is this?
No, there must be something wrong when things are abnormal!
"Wait, who is this Zhao Guangcheng? What kind of guy is he who jumps up and kicks our knees?" someone asked, raising their hand in confusion.
"Hey, this is the boss of Geng Bin's company back then. Not long after Geng Bin got into trouble, his company also went bankrupt. At the time, everyone felt sorry for him, saying that he had misjudged people and was dragged down by scum."
The speaker was a woman in her forties, a junior manager in the administration department, who spoke fluently about what happened back then.
"Ha! Judging from this, this person might not be 'clean' either."
"This incident is a mirror that reveals true nature. Now, just look at who he stands with to know what kind of monsters and demons he is."
"Everyone, pull together your connections and see who has the resources to dig up dirt on this Boss Zhao! Then post it online and let netizens see for themselves!" Wang Xi said indignantly.
In the legal department, the "old cadre" who was blowing on his thermos paused, then slowly took out his phone. "Zhao Guangcheng, I have a friend who mentioned him to me."
Previously, many young people in the company had secretly talked about this "parachuted" consultant from the legal department.
I've heard that their annual salary is so high that it would make them envious, and they don't even have to come to the company to clock in. At their age, I really don't know what they can do for the company.
Back then, many people spoke ill of Zou Rong behind his back, saying that the rich second generation really didn't know how to run a company, spending money extravagantly and putting all sorts of people into the company.
After making the call, the "veteran cadre" didn't get up from his seat; he simply sat there unhurriedly.
"Old buddy, it's me, haha."
"Yeah, I'm fine. How about you?"
"Hey, I have something to ask you about, Zhao Guangcheng."
"Yes, that's right. Can you tell me what he did after that?"
"oh oh……"
Everyone's heart was in their throat, and the clattering of keyboards became much quieter.
"Okay, thanks. Let's get together sometime, um, how about a fishing trip?" With that, the big shot hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, the boss's first action was to pick up his thermos again.
The crowd, waiting for the big shot to say something: "..."
"This Zhao Guangcheng is now one of Tianyin's shareholders, as publicly available on the website."
With just that one sentence, the big shot fell silent, continued drinking his tea, and calmly sat in his seat.
Meanwhile, the quick-thinking employees of Lighthouse have already started digging up Tianyin's publicly disclosed shareholder list.
Tianyin's business was too large, so the Zhang family split Tianyin shares into A and B shares.
Those who hold A-shares are generally members of the Zhang family, because country A has decision-making power.
Tianyin's B shares can only participate in dividends, not in business decision-making.
There are a lot of holders of Tianyin B shares. The majority are divided among a few large institutions, but the remaining shares are very dispersed. Even so, it would be easy to find hundreds of holders on the list.
Among so many names, Zhao Guangcheng was hidden. The webpage folded the list, making him invisible.
However, the employees of Lighthouse were quick-witted and sharp-handed. Within five minutes of the boss's speech, Tianyin's shareholder list was screenshotted, with 'Zhao Guangcheng' highlighted in red.
Then, the heads of the public relations departments, without taking any action, simply forwarded the screenshots to various groups on their own computers.
Goodness, that's a royal flush!
Within 10 minutes, netizens watching the drama online were getting a fresh dose of juicy gossip.
HOT Zhao Guangcheng is a shareholder of Tianyin.
HOT 11 years ago, countless people were worried about Boss Zhao. In these 11 years, he has not slept under bridges, has not accumulated debts, and is living a much better life than you.
When the Lighthouse employees saw the headline at the end of the trending topic, they burst out laughing.
"Hahaha! Who's so talented? That little mouth of yours is poisoned!"
"I'm dying of laughter. A bunch of people are worried that the capitalists will starve to death, but not only have they not gone bankrupt or starved to death, they've also easily doubled their assets!"
"Back then, in that company, only Geng Bin was popular. Sigh, how much could he earn? Look at him, tsk tsk, 6% of Tianyin B shares. Hey, does anyone in the accounting department know how much that's worth? Go to the comments section and explain it to the netizens."
"So that old viewers from 11 years ago don't miss out on the latest gossip and think our CEO Zhao is making pancakes under a bridge to pay off his debts."
"Hahahahaha!"
The hall erupted in laughter again.
These sounds were all 'rebroadcast' verbatim through a hidden cell phone.
Just then, Wang Liping dropped a bombshell in the executives' group chat.
[AAA Wang Liping: A friend told me, "We have a mole here!!!"]
[AAA Wang Liping: I'm so pissed off! That bastard is 'live-streaming' Tianyin is on our end!!!]
After reading it, Fang Ruoxi calmly raised her head and looked around at everyone working in the hall.
The smiles on many people's faces had not yet faded.
"Everyone!! Look, this is hilarious! Mr. Zhao deleted the blog post about the lawyer's letter!"
"Guys! This is the first time I've ever seen poop that can be sat back down on."
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