Chapter 269: Everyone Gives It a Shove
Tang Yitong gave a wry smile. "Sigh, it's not that bad. As long as I have a third of your money, I wouldn't have to film in the snow in the middle of the night, right?"
Su Yan changed the topic. "Have you seen the things I sent you?"
Tang Yitong replied, "Yes, I've seen them. That's why I called you. Are you going to deal with Li Miao? You actually dug up so much dirt on her?"
Su Yan smiled. "As the saying goes, when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove. Don't you want to be a part of it?"
Tang Yitong was confused. "Everyone gives it a shove? Did something happen to Li Miao? I heard that she seems to be filming in the south. It's a big IP production. She's so smug about it."
She paused, then snorted disdainfully. "I really wonder which director she's sleeping with. With her pitiful acting skills, it's simply unbelievable she was able to receive the chance to act in such a good production. The key is that she stole our company's Little Feng Jiu's resources. If it weren't for her, Little Feng Jiu would definitely be popular this year."
Tang Yitong's words were harsh, but it was the truth. If she wanted to steal other people's resources, she had to either bring investment or bang the director, or the producers. With Li Miao's capabilities, it was impossible to bring investment into the group, and she wanted to make money from this show, so it could only be the latter.
Su Yan frowned slightly. "Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"
Tang Yitong said helplessly, "What's the point of telling you? She's already sleeping with the director. Are we going to let Little Feng Jiu sleep with the director as well?"
Little Feng Jiu was a new actress recruited by Dragon Emperor Entertainment late last year. To be precise, she was discovered by Dragon Emperor Entertainment's talent scout. Su Yan had never seen this person before. She only heard that she had been undergoing training.
Su Yan smiled. "It's okay, what goes around comes around. Soon, she will be punished, and we can avenge Little Feng Jiu."
On the other end of the phone, after hearing Su Yan's words, Tang Yitong couldn't help but tremble. She could hear the callousness in Su Yan's voice, and she knew that Su Yan was really angry.
"Are you really going to make a move?" Tang Yitong asked.
"Have you heard of Jiang Xingchen and Jiang Ming? About five years ago, they jointly started a company called Maoyuan. They have been operating at a loss for the past two years. They have already asked me to talk about the acquisition," Su Yan said nonchalantly.
"Acquisition? What does it have to do with Li Miao?" Tang Yitong was confused.
"Of course it has to do with her. Because their company is already in debt of 500 million, if they don't make a move now, it might become one billion or two billion. So they are very anxious, and the only one who has the ability to buy Maoyuan is me. But I also told them that Li Miao offended Miss Summer. If they want to reach a partnership..." Su Yan didn't say anything. Anyone who wasn't stupid would understand.
"F * ck! Yan Yan, you're so impressive! That's awesome!" Tang Yitong's excited voice sounded. "With what you did, Jiang Xingchen will kick Li Miao out. That way, she won't have any backers in the industry, and she won't be able to be arrogant anymore. I have to say, your move is really good."
Su Yan smiled. "There's nothing wrong with what you said. I am indeed smart and excellent."
Seeing that she accepted the praise without hesitation, Tang Yitong said gloomily, "Why do I feel like you're mocking my low IQ?"
Su Yan said seriously, "You can be more confident and remove the word 'feeling'."
Tang Yitong was at a loss for words, so she changed the topic. "If that's the case, then when I see Li Miao again, can I pee on her at will?"
Hearing this, Su Yan was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Logically speaking, there shouldn't be a problem, but we're different because I'm a cultured and civilized person. I won't do such a vulgar thing like peeing on others."
Tang Yitong was once again exasperated. "I also have an undergraduate degree, okay? And I'm just using a metaphor."
Su Yan replied, "Yeah, this metaphor is a little too intense."
Tang Yitong was speechless.
For some reason, she suddenly had the thought of severing ties with Su Yan. It was one thing for her to be suppressed by her in terms of intelligence, but Su Yan was too sharp-tongued. It was really too outrageous. After thinking about it, she decided to forget about it for the sake of money.
Dragon Emperor Entertainment had been established for six years. Tang Yitong had always been in charge of the day-to-day operations of the company. Su Yan was used to being a hands-off manager, so she practically never had to worry about anything. It was only after the divorce last year that the employees of Dragon Emperor Entertainment found out that she was the real boss.
Chapter 270: Snowball Effect
The holiday had just ended, but Tang Yitong had already been dragged to set. She was too busy with the Dragon Emperor Entertainment's matters. Even if she knew that Li Miao had fallen, she didn't have the mood to step on her anymore.
After thinking about it, Su Yan decided to send the information to the people in the public relations department of the Dragon Emperor Entertainment. She asked them to give the information to the influential marketing numbers in the industry for free. The rest of the matter would be left for nature to run its course.
After studying Li Miao's information, the person in charge of the public relations department called her and made a plan for this matter. He said that he would first find a small group of acquaintances on the Internet to release the scandalous information about Li Miao. After Li Miao started to fight back, he would release the second and third wave of scandalous information about her one after another to achieve the goal of completely exposing her true colors. Since Li Miao had no backing, he could do whatever he wanted to her now.
If this was in the past, it wouldn't be realistic. Before they could continue to release the dirt, they would receive a letter from the Legal Department of Glory Entertainment. If it didn't work out, Glory Entertainment would spend some money, or Jiang Xingchen would personally show up, and everything would be settled.
Sure enough, under the leadership of the public relations department, there was movement on the Internet. Although it was only a small amount of dirt, it was quickly hyped, and Li Miao naturally noticed it.
At first, Li Miao didn't care too much. She felt that it was some small-time actor who was messing with her behind her back. She thought that she could find some people in the industry and spend some money to solve it. However, what made her break down was that, not only was this small and insignificant matter not solved, but there was more dirt posted on the Internet.
In just one day, it topped the trending searches. She began to clarify it on the internet and spent a lot of money to start public relations. However, what made her and her team despair was that the person who exposed her dirt didn't lack money at all. No matter how much money she spent, it was useless.
After a few days of continuous torment, Li Miao started to be condemned by everyone on the internet. All kinds of dark histories were exposed to everyone, and the scenes she was filming were also cut. The investors and the director were using the contract to demand a penalty from her. Her originally full schedule was all canceled.
In just a short week, Li Miao had lost ten kilograms, and she looked like a skeleton. She hadn't been able to eat or sleep well for the past week. She had been sleepless the entire night, and her hair was falling out one after another, but even until now, she couldn't even tell who was messing with her behind her back.
Of course, she had also suspected Tang Yitong, but Tang Yitong had been filming on set. She had heard that in order to catch up on her schedule, Tang Yitong could only sleep for three hours a day, so she was excluded. It was because of this that she was even more confused. Because she had offended too many people in the past, how would she know who was behind it?
On the eighth day, when two more dark histories about her were exposed on the Internet, she was finally afraid. Compared to the dark histories that had been exposed before, this dark history was the deadliest. In the blink of an eye, her "great feats" shook the entire entertainment industry. She had never thought that she would go viral in such a way.
Her pristine and chaste persona collapsed. The fan club announced that it was disbanded. Countless fans began to turn into anti-fans. There were also many young actors who had been bullied by her in the past denouncing her on the internet. When she saw the scolding on the internet, Li Miao knew that she was thoroughly done for.
Li Miao wanted to cry. Su Yan, on the other hand, was laughing hysterically. It wasn't that she liked to gloat over others'misfortune, but she was amused by the various teasing comments from the netizens.
"Li Miao is so impressive. As if she doesn't need to be punished if she puts her ticket on someone else's car?"
"It's a good thing that she wasn't the Stray Animal Protection Ambassador last year. She killed two stray dogs in a row without even stopping her car to take a look."
"Despite her squeaky clean image, no one can beat her when it comes to cussing."
Su Yan felt that fans nowadays were different from how they were from the past. The fans were much more impressive now. They didn't even use foul words when scolding people. Not only did they scold Li Miao, but they also didn't even let her team off.
The matter was still escalating, and it was getting bigger and bigger. Li Miao's dark history had a lot to do with human nature and moral conscience. Eight days had passed, but the scandals suddenly stopped being released on the Internet. Li Miao and her team were also relieved. They thought the matter was finally over.
Chapter 271: Look, It's Su Yan!
However, just as they decided that she would take a break from the entertainment industry, a surveillance video was posted on the internet with a caption: "Shocking! Female Star Li Miao kills and escapes..."
Once the video was released, the entire short video platform went down. About three minutes worth of video had been viewed a billion times. The video showed that two summers ago, when Li Miao was driving on the road, her car was driving too fast, so she ran over a father and daughter. In the video, the father and daughter didn't have any reaction after they were hit, but Li Miao, who was driving, staggered out of the driver's seat. She gave the assistant in the passenger seat a bank card on the spot, then left the crime scene alone in a taxi.
Drunk driving, hit-and-run, and paying someone to take the blame. From just this video alone, Li Miao committed at least three crimes. In fact, it was also posted online two years ago, but in less than ten minutes, it was taken down by Jiang Xingchen with a lot of money, so very few people knew, and they couldn't determine whether it was true or not, so there was no follow-up.
Less than two hours after the surveillance video was released, Li Miao, together with her team, was taken away by the police for investigation. This incident caused a sensation on the internet. The police also had to re-investigate.
When Tang Yitong learned the news, she was still memorizing the lines for the next scene on set. She called during mealtime Su Yan. "F * ck! Yan Yan, you're really something. I haven't looked at my phone for a few days, but Li Miao's goddess persona has already collapsed?"
Su Yan sneered. "Goddess? Please don't insult this word. I asked the company's public relations department to do it."
Tang Yitong said in admiration, "You're simply too amazing. If a person like you were to travel back in time to ancient times, you would definitely be the final winner of royal battles. No one would be your match."
The corners of Su Yan's mouth twitched. "Are you scolding me for being scheming?"
Tang Yitong hurriedly said, "No, I'm praising you. To be able to defame a popular actress into getting sent the police station, you're praiseworthy!"
Su Yan didn't know how to react. "Alright, I'll take it as you're praising me. Actually, I originally planned to let you handle it personally, but I was afraid that with your IQ, you would mess things up, so I had to do it personally."
Hearing these words, Tang Yitong was instantly unhappy again. She felt that she had been insulted, but thinking about it carefully, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with what she said.
"Hmph, if it wasn't for the fact that I didn't have time since I had to film, I would definitely run to Li Miao and watch her walk into the police station with a very sympathetic and pitying gaze. She usually acts so cocky towards now, but now, she got retribution." Tang Yitong said indignantly.
"If it were up to me, when you come back from filming, you can personally visit her in prison. Wouldn't that be even more satisfying?" Su Yan lightly clicked her tongue.
Tang Yitong was suddenly enlightened by her reminder. "Oh right, that scene would definitely be more fun. I can't think about it. Otherwise, I wouldn't even be in the mood to film."
Su Yan smiled and said, "Alright, hurry up and eat your meal and continue with your work. I've also found a place to solve the problem."
Tang Yitong pinched her throat and pretended to be a eunuch. "Take care, my queen. I'll be leaving now."
After turning off the phone, Su Yan couldn't help but smile. Li Miao had received the punishment she deserved. No one would dare to bully Tang Yitong in the future. As expected, whereever she was, everything would go smoothly.
Well, if she hadn't met Wei Zhou during the meal, Su Yan's mood would have continued to be good. Unfortunately, she ran into him.
..
Shangye Tavern.
This was a sashimi and yakitori restaurant recommended by Wang Xiaoxue. It was said that the owner was a native of R Nation. They thought that they would be able to taste the authentic exotic flavor, but Wei Zhou and Lan Jian walked in after they ordered.
Although Su Yan lowered her head and pretended not to see him, Wei Zhou saw her at a glance. Without any hesitation, he was about to greet her. However, Lan Jian pretended to be pleasantly surprised and shouted, "F * ck! Ah Zhou, look, that's Su Yan. Aren't we fated to meet?"
After Lan Jian's ruckus, the atmosphere became a little awkward. Wei Zhou glanced at Lan Jian coldly. He saw the mischievous look in this guy's eyes.
Wei Zhou retracted his gaze. He had already made the decision to never come out to eat with Lan Jian again!
Chapter 272: You Want to Experience It too?
"Hi, I really didn't expect to see you here. I feel that you're getting more and more beautiful." Lan Jian ignored Wei Zhou's gaze and sat down in front of Su Yan with a cheeky smile.
Su Yan didn't move. She sat there and drank the appetizer soup. "The same goes for the eldest young master of the Lan family."
She smirked the entire time and looked at Lan Jian indifferently. Although she didn't say anything, Lan Jian knew that she was insinuating that he was thick-skinned.
Wei Zhou sat down and stared at Su Yan. "I feel like you've been very busy recently."
Su Yan didn't even look at the man. Her voice was a little stiff as she replied, "No matter how busy I am, I'm not as busy as President Wei."
Wei Zhou and Lan Jian looked at each other and saw the awkwardness in each other's eyes. As long as one wasn't blind, one could tell that Su Yan was impatient with them. However, the two of them had no intention of leaving. Wei Zhou didn't want to leave, and Lan Jian wanted to watch the show. In short, both of them were thick-skinned.
Seeing their expressions, Su Yan was speechless. She wouldn't be able to eat with the two of them here.
Wei Zhou and Lan Jian ordered the dishes one after another. They looked like they wouldn't leave until they were full. Su Yan knew that she would have to eat with them for this meal.
Suddenly, Wei Zhou handed over the menu in his hand and asked, "Su Yan, what do you want to order?"
The man's fair and slender fingers glowed like jade under the light. The outline of his fingers was clear and the alignment of each finger bone was even more perfect. Anyone who saw his fingers would have a pleasant feeling. it was also hard to believe that these were the hands of a man.
Seeing that she was a little dazed, Wei Zhou simply looked at the head chef and said, "Give me the same thing she orders."
Seeing this scene, Lan Jian pecked his lips and said, "I feel like my teeth are really sore today..."
In order not to provoke Wei Zhou's anger, he deliberately ordered something different. Lan Jian secretly glanced at Su Yan and saw that she was still sitting there calmly, as if she didn't hear his flirtatious words. There was no expression on her face.
Lan Jian gasped, but Su Yan didn't react at all. Instead, it made him feel awkward, as if he was talking to himself like an idiot.
Su Yan raised her eyebrows and said, "Young Master Lan, you keep peeping at me. Are you interested in me?"
Before she finished speaking, Lan Jian felt another pair of eyes looking at him. He turned his head and saw that Wei Zhou was staring at him with a menacing look in his eyes. This gaze suddenly reminded him of the scene where he was beaten up in the boxing gym. He suddenly felt apprehensive.
In order to prevent himself from being beaten up again, Lan Jian quickly said, "Hehe, how can I be worthy of a gorgeous person like you? I'm just curious, what method did you use to make Jiang Xingchen overwhelmed with anger without daring to do anything to you?"
He had also heard about the incident this time. After asking around, he found out the ins and outs of the matter. Jiang Xingchen was arrogant and opinionated. There weren't many people who could be taken seriously by him, but he didn't expect Su Yan to be able to handle him this time. Therefore, he and Wei Zhou were very curious about what methods Su Yan used.
Hearing his question, Su Yan gave him a meaningful smile. "Why don't I let you experience it too?"
Looking at her gaze, Lan Jian immediately shrank his neck and avoided her gaze. He didn't dare to look at Su Yan at all. He felt very baffled. This woman's gaze was extremely charming, but why did it make him feel afraid?
Lan Jian glanced at Wei Zhou discreetly. He felt that he was really blind in the past. Su Yan was clearly so outstanding, so why did he think that Su Yan wasn't worthy of his buddy? Could it be that he was possessed?
Su Yan was gentle, seductive, and unparalleled in beauty, Wei Zhou was cold, domineering, and had a dignified appearance. This "couple" was simply a perfect match!
Looking at the two of them sitting together, Lan Jian started to imagine what their future children would look like. Since their parents had such blessed genes, what would their children look like? Even he, who was a "spectator", started to look forward to it.
Of course, watching the drama was secondary. The main reason was to let his buddy, Wei Zhou, be happy. After all, they were best friends. Yes, that was the reason!
Lan Jian quickly admitted defeat. "No, no, please show mercy. I was just watching the drama."