Becoming a great entertainer started with being cyberbullied.

When Fang Ruoxi arrived, everyone quickly pulled her to sit down.

"Teacher Fang, the meeting can be a few minutes later, but I must hear this juicy gossip!"

"Director Zhou, Director Zhou! Is that 'Princess' doomed this time?"

Zhang Xiaomeng casually stuffed some sunflower seeds into Fang Ruoxi's hand and whispered a 'background recap' for her, "You know that Dong Xiaoxiao who jumped off a building a few years ago and sang love songs, right?"

"I heard she's pregnant with the child of the Crown Prince of Tianyin, but the Zhang family of Tianyin has a 'throne,' and the Crown Prince's idea is to keep her as a mistress outside."

When Zhang Xiaomeng talked about the gossip about Tianyin, she felt a sense of satisfaction, as if she had finally gotten her revenge. Her face turned bright red with excitement.

Fang Ruoxi was too busy to go online to check gossip, and just then she heard Zhang Xiaomeng tell her the rest of the story.

"But the young girl didn't know that. She thought she was in a normal romantic relationship with Zhang Junyu. Who knew she was being scammed by a beast who pretended to be a human to cheat on her feelings!"

"Pfft..." Fang Ruoxi had just taken a sip of water.

Zhang Xiaomeng's mouth is truly poisonous.

"And then there's that 'eldest princess' from the Zhang family. Ugh! I can't stand her. What kind of feudal remnant is she? Does she really think her family has a throne? Or is she a pervert? She can't stand seeing her own brother dating. Before her brother even said anything, hey, the 'eldest princess' couldn't wait to step in and drive him to his death."

"Dong Xiaoxiao's family couldn't swallow this insult, but good heavens, that Zhang Hanyu was determined to drive them to their deaths. Dong Xiaoxiao's father was in a car accident and became paralyzed from the neck down. The driver was drunk, a driver of a refrigerated truck. Now his son and wife are studying in country A. Ha!"

"Dong Xiaoxiao's mother went into debt to pay for her husband's medical treatment. She lost her daughter and her husband is now disabled. She's going crazy... Sigh, the old couple is really miserable. Didn't you see her mother kneeling down and kowtowing to the reporters? She didn't want money, she just begged the law to give her family a just trial and asked the public to pay attention to this matter so that the perpetrators wouldn't escape legal punishment again?"

Director Zhou picked up his thermos and sighed, "I'm getting old. My friend sent me that video, but I can't bear to watch it. I can't stand it."

"You tell me, we're all human. Some people you can't even stand to look at, but some people can ruin a family's life with just a few words."

In both her lifetimes in the entertainment industry, a place of fame and fortune, this was the first time Fang Ruoxi had ever witnessed such blatant disregard for the law and trampling on human life.

In Geng's case, it's not surprising that someone would try to suppress him, but to go to such lengths to suppress someone, even involving deaths on multiple occasions...

According to Capital, people will only be willing to risk their lives if their profit reaches 200%.

But can Dong Xiaoxiao's matter bring 200% benefits to the Zhang family?

Obviously not.

The Zhang family is just used to it.

Accustomed to lording it over others and placing themselves above the law, they repeatedly escape legal punishment after committing evil deeds, which only emboldens them to eventually believe they are the 'uncrowned kings' of this world.

As the saying goes, "Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad."

Thinking of this, Fang Ruoxi asked, "The truck driver is a breakthrough point. As long as he can accuse the Zhang family of hiring someone to kill, then..."

Zhang Xiaomeng said with great distress, "Of course the police thought of that too! It's just that the Zhang family is truly despicable!"

“One of their old men jumped out and confessed, saying that he couldn’t stand Dong Xiaoxiao extorting the young master, so he took it upon himself to do it.”

"Who?" Fang Ruoxi frowned.

One dead and one crippled – this is a serious offense that could lead to the death penalty. Can the Zhang family really find someone willing to die in their place?

Zhang Xiaomeng looked at Director Zhou.

They had already mentioned this.

An official investigation team has been set up, and Director Zhou's son may be among them.

These are things the authorities will announce tonight, and Director Zhou felt he could say something, so he said, "It's about the old steward of the Zhang family. He's Zhang Shiwenjun's confidant."

Fang Ruoxi had some impression of the Zhang family's old butler. "If someone from the Zhang family takes the blame, won't they have to escape again?"

Director Zhou's family members have a special profession and know a little about such matters, so they shook their heads.

"It's a difficult matter to explain, but there are ways to deal with it."

“Tianyin is a family business, and most of the Zhang family members work at Tianyin. The things they’ve done vary in severity, and they know what’s going on within their own family,” Director Zhou said meaningfully.

Fang Ruoxi understood.

This is letting them fight like dogs, letting their own people attack each other.

"Alright, let's leave Tianyin's matter here. Now let's talk about our own situation."

Fang Ruoxi recounted her visit to the shipping company yesterday.

Lighthouse Entertainment doesn't belong to her alone. When making major decisions, she definitely needs to consult with senior executives who own shares, especially since the subsequent work plans require everyone to work overtime.

"Money is the key to all problems, but it's also money. Without money, everything gets stuck." Wang Liping said something seemingly pointless, but it was also a subtle reminder to Fang Ruoxi.

Lighthouse Entertainment just plugged a huge hole, and the collaborative project with Dr.B also requires investment. Although Lighthouse Entertainment has weathered the storm, the embarrassing thing is that the supplies for its "small boat" have also run out!

The entertainment industry is indeed a fast way to make money. Take Li Ming, for example, a top male star. Once he holds a concert, he sells tickets first, then performs, and tours the whole country. The more fans he has, the more money he makes.

However, that would only be Li Ming's personal income. The Lighthouse's commission was not small, but compared to what Fang Ruoxi was talking about, it was just a drop in the ocean.

Director Zhou said, "As for the bank, I can actually find someone to put in a good word for us, but the Zou family's situation is just too risky. We can help them, but as for guaranteeing their loan... Xiao Fang, think it through. That's not just a matter of a few hundred million."

“This kind of ocean shipping involves billions, and our ship is too small.” Chen Hong, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up.

She's straightforward, so she just said it directly.

Fang Ruoxi nodded, "Yes, Sister Hong, I didn't intend to vouch for the Zou family either."

"I'd like to borrow Hongsen Capital's expertise for this matter."

"What? That Hongsen?? The Hongsen I know? Ah? No, the kind of project that even banks are afraid of, would those capitalists at Hongsen, whose noses are sharper than dogs, really take it on?"

Fang Ruoxi gave an analogy and explained this very complicated operation to a few people.

"Now let's assume we and the Zou family are two cakes placed together, one delicious and one unpalatable."

“Hongsen definitely wants to eat good food, but good food has its barriers to entry, good food is in high demand, and good food is not available to him.”

Fang Ruoxi was not exaggerating at all.

Country A's film industry is such a lucrative place that it's the envy of many. Countless investors flock there, begging to invest in those film companies, but they don't want 'capital from outside the industry'.

Are the investment companies in country A not interested in this money?

No, it's that they simply can't cross the 'threshold' of the film and television industry.

Fang Ruoxi previously helped Director Liu revise the script, which seemed like a waste of time. However, the film won an award, and Director Liu won his revenge battle after many years. This dramatic reversal, coupled with Director Liu's explicit gratitude in his acknowledgment to Fang Ruoxi for handling the script and making sweeping revisions, led to his award win.

These are all intangible assets, a 'golden ticket'.

Some people with keen senses noticed the 'golden ticket' early on, such as Dr. B., and of course, many more, but they couldn't find a way to 'board' it.

Fang Ruoxi said, "My solution is that Hongsen can become our shareholder and participate in the future profit sharing of each of our projects, but Hongsen will exchange it for Zou's shares."

Zhang Xiaomeng was completely confused.

"Wait, wait, wait, I'm a little confused. Why use Zou's stock to exchange for it?"

Fang Ruoxi patiently explained, "A stock transaction is essentially a matter of exchanging money for shares. We're simply exchanging money for Zou's stock."

Director Zhou: "You trust the Zou family that much?"

Fang Ruoxi analyzed rationally, "I'll say this last thing: when the overall environment is good, the entertainment industry is good; when the overall environment is bad, we should look to the real economy."

"I understand now, Teacher Fang. Our company holds Zou's shares, so when the entertainment industry declines, we'll have the Zou family's dividends to back us up, right?"

Fang Ruoxi smiled slightly, "Why not do something that's perfect for both of us? Let's have a shareholders vote. Zou Rong said he abstained from voting to avoid any appearance of impropriety, so we can be fair and impartial."