Chapter 101: A Wonderful World for Two, Here I Come
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"President Ying, I'll head out first."
The female secretary spoke in a trembling voice.
Ying Xiangwen was in a foul mood right now.
The farther away she got, the better.
Upon hearing this.
Ying Xiangwen glanced at the female secretary. Fortunately, he had vented quite a bit of his anger on her just now. "Get dressed. If your stockings are torn, don't bother wearing them."
The secretary straightened her wrinkled clothes and retreated from the office.
Only Ying Xiangwen remained in the office.
He stood before the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing down at the city below.
"Should I fight back?"
The glow of the cigarette in his hand kept flickering.
He was pondering this question.
By all rights.
Qian Youlai had gone too far. There was no way he could swallow this insult.
Yet he hesitated.
Perhaps.
Qian Youlai was testing him.
What if he still had a bigger bombshell in hand that he hadn't dropped yet...
If Ying Xiangwen endured it and swallowed his pride, there would be far fewer troubles ahead. But if he didn't and decided to go head-to-head with Future Star Path, heaven knows what Qian Youlai might do.
Ying Xiangwen was a man who valued a clean record.
But at this moment.
His expression was haggard, and cigarette butts piled up one after another at his feet. No one knew what he was thinking.
......
The same situation was unfolding elsewhere in the capital.
Huaxia Culture and Entertainment...
Communications Entertainment Media...
UTOPIA Entertainment...
All the companies Qian Youlai had called out by name were facing the same trouble.
By comparison.
Ying Xiangwen had gotten off easy.
After all.
Qian Youlai had only exposed an editor-in-chief of an entertainment weekly. The other companies were dealing with scandals involving senior leadership, which were far more serious than what Entertainment Weekly faced.
Of course.
The one in the biggest trouble was UTOPIA Entertainment.
This whole affair had started with UTOPIA Entertainment. If it hadn't been backing Kang Zikai behind the scenes, Kang Zikai would never have dared to brazenly spread rumors and slander online.
Since UTOPIA Entertainment had left no room for Qian Youlai, Qian Youlai decided to go all the way. Not only did he send legal letters to Kang Zikai and UTOPIA Entertainment, but he also exposed all the dirt he had on the company. What's more, he filed a real-name report accusing UTOPIA Entertainment of tax evasion.
Now.
UTOPIA Entertainment was completely dumbstruck.
All one could say was.
Qian Youlai was operating on the mindset that if he was going down, everyone was going down with him.
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Ying Xiangwen stood at the top of his own building, gazing at the tallest structure in the capital—the headquarters of UTOPIA Entertainment.
For a moment.
Ying Xiangwen felt a sense of schadenfreude.
Taxes were something you couldn't investigate.
Once you did, trouble was guaranteed!
Future Star Path hadn't held any large-scale commercial performances over the years, had no massive capital inflows, and no money-making channels to speak of. Its finances were certainly clean, so there was no fear of an audit.
But UTOPIA Entertainment had far too many artists, including plenty of top-tier stars. It was no exaggeration to say that the daily cash flow through UTOPIA Entertainment's accounts exceeded that of a bank. Could they survive an audit?
"I'll just watch the show for now."
Ying Xiangwen stubbed out his cigarette.
From this moment on.
He would never underestimate Qian Youlai again.
Elsewhere.
Inside UTOPIA Entertainment.
The atmosphere was deathly silent.
Especially in the executive meeting room, where a group of senior leaders sat together. Not a single person spoke, and every face wore an ugly expression.
"A fair number of things have happened recently."
"Cheng Jie failed in the second round of auditions on Star Road."
"The new addition, Kang Zikai, has been useless and has only brought trouble to the company."
"Then there's Cheng Jie again—he ran into problems filming Let's Fall in Love Together and dropped out midway."
"Qian Youlai exposed our company's dirt and filed a real-name report on our tax issues."
The man seated at the head of the table wore a calm expression, as if he were listing trivial, unimportant matters.
At that moment.
The meeting room was completely silent.
Cold sweat broke out on everyone's foreheads.
A moment later.
The man suddenly smiled. "What? All of you gone mute?"
"President Ji, we've already issued a statement immediately, and we've also sent a legal letter to Future Star Path." A man who appeared to be the head of the PR department wiped the sweat from his forehead and spoke with a fawning smile.
With one person taking the lead.
The others began speaking in trembling voices as well.
The man raised an eyebrow. "That's all?"
In an instant.
Everyone who had been speaking fell silent.
Clearly.
President Ji was not satisfied.
Suddenly.
President Ji turned his gaze to a woman in the corner of the meeting room. "Ju Nanchun, Kang Zikai is one of your artists now, isn't he? Tell me, how should we handle this?"
Ju Nanchun, who had been called out, wore a grim expression, but she still stood up. "I think we should terminate Kang Zikai's contract immediately to distance ourselves from him, and at the same time, get in touch with paparazzi to dig up dirt on Future Star Path and Qian Youlai. Once we have their scandals, we'll have some leverage."
Poor Kang Zikai.
He had no idea he'd already been sold out.
President Ji gave a smile that didn't reach his eyes and tapped the table. "Ju Nanchun, I'm rather curious—why did you bring Kang Zikai into this company?"
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Ju Nanchun was a silver-level agent.
As such.
She had the authority to bypass company review and directly sign relatively minor artists.
And not many people in the company knew about Ju Nanchun's decision to sign Kang Zikai.
Upon hearing this.
Ju Nanchun's eyelids twitched a few times. If she didn't answer this question well, she feared the rest of her life would be miserable. "Because Xi Yuanyuan was Kang Zikai's previous agent. I was hoping that through Kang Zikai, I could build a closer relationship with the Xi family."
The Xi family?
Xi Dong?
President Ji pondered for a moment, then smiled and gestured for Ju Nanchun to sit down.
The real reason Ju Nanchun had allowed Kang Zikai to spread rumors and slander Future Star Path online was, in a roundabout way, to force Xi Yuanyuan to leave Future Star Path. That way, it would be easier for her to reach out to Xi Yuanyuan and recruit her into UTOPIA Entertainment.
What she never expected.
Was Qian Youlai pulling off such a massive move.
That particular development.
Had caught Ju Nanchun off guard as well.
"Do what Ju Nanchun suggested. In addition, aside from Kang Zikai, shelve Cheng Jie as well and redistribute his resources to the others. Before midnight tonight, I want to see results." President Ji stood up and was about to walk out of the meeting room when his gaze shifted to Ju Nanchun. "Come to my office."
Ju Nanchun sighed.
Everyone else was filled with dread.
This matter was very troublesome.
In truth.
Everyone knew very well.
The most troublesome issue right now wasn't the scandals online—it was the tax evasion problem.
But during the meeting, President Ji hadn't brought it up at all. Instead, he called Ju Nanchun to his office to discuss it privately.
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Throughout the afternoon.
Chen Fang spent the time recording songs.
Time flew by.
Before he knew it.
It was already seven in the evening.
Chen Fang coughed a few times. No good—he needed to find an opportunity to ask the system for some of that green potion.
Suddenly.
His phone rang.
Chen Fang glanced at it—it was Ji Mei calling.
He answered, and just as he was about to say something sweet and romantic, an excited, boisterous voice came through the receiver. "Chen Fang! I got it! The second female lead in Eternal Love Across Three Lives! Aren't I amazing?!"
Su Murou was overjoyed.
Chen Fang was happy too.
Finally, he could send this third wheel packing.
His alone time with Ji Mei was about to begin.
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