[Potato Corn Potato]: This is so magical. As far as I know, the Bo Group is the financial backer of Strive! Actor!. Did the sugar daddy just kill his own show? And gave…

[Banana Strawberry and Pineapple]: No, but can someone tell me, is this group really that powerful?

[Cheese Grape Plenty of Meat]: …That is the Bo Group. It cannot be spoken of, it cannot be spoken of. But you can find that President Bo in the top ten of the global rich list. You understand…

[Top of the Food Chain is the Wutong Tree]: Ah, I just want to ask, is it that President Bo from the previous reports?

[Cream Cutie]: That’s right, it’s him… the domineering CEO who punched the illegitimate son, kicked the mistress, and walked right into reality…

[Please Call Me Gu Qichi’s Woman]: Holy shit…

@Supreme Entertainment:

Solemn Statement! Recently, our company discovered that certain internet users have been spreading false remarks degrading and slandering Mr. Gu Qichi’s image on multiple platforms such as X-Lang, X-Ban, and X-Hu. According to the investigation by our legal personnel, these false messages were maliciously published by our company’s artist, Lou Shao. Such malicious messages spread a series of untrue statements about Mr. Gu Qichi “suppressing colleagues” and “workplace bullying,” and were widely reposted and diffused, thereby seriously damaging Mr. Gu Qichi’s right of reputation and causing an extremely vile social impact.

Based on the above situation, our company has filed a lawsuit against the relevant personnel involved. At the same time, we have preserved evidence regarding the malicious infringing behavior of Weibo users and will defend our rights reasonably through legal means and pursue legal responsibility.

Not long after the Bo Group issued their official statement, Supreme Entertainment followed closely with one of their own, directly bringing the words “Lou Shao framed Gu Qichi” out into the open.

Tags like #LouShaoFramed#, #LouShaoPlayingBigShot#, #GuQichiProtective#, and #GuQichiPoorThing# once again refreshed the Big Eyed Boy (Weibo) hot search list.

Everyone was caught off guard by this statement, jumping up and down like panicked badgers in a melon field.

Only Lou Shao’s fans were still relentless, struggling to whitewash their “brother” in the hashtags.

[Gu Qichi Get Out of the Entertainment Circle]: @Supreme Entertainment, what kind of dog company is this? So just for a resource-backed celebrity, you’re going to ruin Lou Shao’s future? It was truly a blessing cultivated over several lifetimes for my brother to meet you. [Vomit]

[Those Who Force Others to Drink are Idiots]: Release the evidence if you have the ability. What did my brother do wrong to be slandered like this? Hurry up and terminate the contract, dog company.

[I’m Really Going to Puke]: Are you even human? Slapping such a big hat (accusation) on him. Rumor-mongering is illegal. What about my brother’s future? Are you just ignoring it???

[Always Believe in Lou Shao]: @Supreme Entertainment You know in your heart whether Lou Shao actually did it or not. You have no evidence, yet you want to protect Gu Qichi. Is Gu Qichi your dad that you protect him like this?

[Lou Shao is Innocent]: @Supreme Entertainment Dog company, be a human. Where is the evidence? You don’t dare to release it, right? Because the one who is truly wrong is that D-list plastic surgery star. Do you have a guilty conscience? [Heart] [Heart]

[When Will Gu Qichi Die]: Where is the evidence? I only want evidence. Either you release the evidence, or I won’t let you off for the rest of my life. Let’s see who has more free time. [Smile]

[Please Supreme Entertainment Apologize to Lou Shao]: Please Supreme Entertainment Apologize to Lou Shao! Please Supreme Entertainment Apologize to Lou Shao!

[Push Me to the Edge]: Is Gu Qichi’s backing really that big? Making a garbage company like yours come out to take a bullet for him?

Lou Shao’s fans didn’t get to hop around for long. About half an hour after the incident fermented, the Bo Group’s official account released a video, effectively shutting all the fans up.

The video contained the unedited version of the argument between Gu Qichi and Lou Shao. They thoughtfully added the Bo Group watermark and specifically noted that it was the raw footage.

In short, there were no traces of editing, so Lou Shao’s fans could safely shut their mouths.

The video perfectly recreated the scene at that time. Lou Shao played the big shot and was three days late. Wen Che was angry and scolded him, but was instead counter-accused by Lou Shao. Lou Shao lectured him with the attitude of a “senior.”

Lou Shao’s sentence, “Wen Che, you’re a newcomer who hasn’t even debuted yet. Is it appropriate to speak to a senior like this?” was recorded clearly. The audio was boosted, making it exceptionally distinct.

Only after this sentence did the scene of Gu Qichi speaking up for Wen Che appear. Unlike the previous video that was taken out of context, Gu Qichi bluntly said to Lou Shao, “Lou Shao, then as a junior in the company, is it appropriate for you to speak to me like this?”

The original words were specially subtitled and displayed boldly in the video.

This was the only part of the video that had been processed.

Supreme Entertainment not only obsequiously reposted this video from the Bo Group official account but also posted new evidence—

It was the chat history between Lou Shao and Ada. It included the chat content between Ada and various major marketing accounts. This not only contained content of Ada instructing marketing accounts to go smear Gu Qichi but also encompassed Ada’s methods of framing and slandering artists from other companies in the past.

Spreading rumors about unmarried pregnancy, hiring paparazzi to secretly photograph the homes of popular idols, exposing so-called romances, and slandering a certain competitor for tax evasion…

It is worth mentioning that at the beginning of this year, Lou Shao gained a small amount of fame, but he truly broke out because he was stalked home by sasaeng fans (obsessive stalker fans). He was followed by cars, peeped on, and even harassed to the point where they broke into his home, resulting in him breaking an arm.

After this incident was reported, the behavior of the sasaeng fans caused public outrage. Lou Shao gained the sympathy of the public and also gained a large number of passerby fans who pitied him.

But according to Ada’s chat records, this farce was completely directed and acted out by her and Lou Shao. Selling the artist’s information to sasaeng fans was done by Ada; opening the curtains to be photographed was Lou Shao intentionally revealing a flaw. Even the broken arm caused by the fan was fake. Lou Shao just went to the hospital to get a fake cast to confuse passersby; he wasn’t injured at all.

Lou Shao’s fans had been clamoring for so-called evidence earlier. Now that the evidence was released, it was ironclad, and it even implicated quite a few other artists.

Wait, domestic entertainment came alive. Fans from a hundred different fandoms entered the arena, and the public square was so lively it nearly blew the roof off.

[Wasted]: Where are Lou Shao’s fans? The evidence is here, come quickly and kneel.

[Every Night]: I was wondering where my brother’s fake romance rumor came from. Marketing accounts insisted on pinning it on my brother, and no one believed the clarification. Turns out it was you bastards playing tricks. [Bye] [Bye] Go to hell forever. [Smile]

[The Phoenix Comes to Rest on the Wutong]: @PleaseSupremeEntertainmentApologizeToLouShao @LouShaoInnocent Those few who were shouting the loudest just now, wake up your brains. Who exactly should apologize to whom? Do you have any idea in your hearts?

[Badger in the Melon Field]: I fck… I only have one sentence: I fck… In the chat logs, did anyone count? How many people did he smear? Truly, live long enough and you see everything in domestic entertainment.

[I Can’t Feel the Sense of Home]: Did anyone notice? In the chat records between Lou Shao and his manager, they mentioned Gu Qichi’s plastic surgery and sugar daddy issues, and both of them said there were none. So the previous news was all fake. [Shrug] [Shrug]

[Lost in Gu Qichi’s Prosperous Beauty]: Sorry, taking away our Little Chi. A pure natural handsome guy, suffering an undeserved catastrophe for no reason. If you have time, why not check out the beautiful Youth magazine? It goes on sale at twelve o’clock, buying in is not a loss! [Heart] [Heart]

[The Clown is Actually Me]: Have to say, the handsome guy is quite miserable this time. Being counter-accused and scolded for so long. Lou Shao is speechless-inducing enough.

Ten minutes after the storm of the incident passed, a certain prominent fan site administrator (station sister) for Lou Shao suddenly issued a statement quitting the fandom, causing another sensation.

This station sister had been following Lou Shao since his debut. It could be said that she was the person who had accompanied Lou Shao the longest.

Her “quitting essay” was extremely long, making people inevitably sigh. The person she had liked for six years was actually a thorough piece of trash; it was heartbreaking.

At the end of the station sister’s essay, she mentioned a small incident.

@RoseInTheTower:

…

Actually, I knew very early on that you had forgotten your original intention. After becoming popular, you refused to accept handwritten letters from fans, or you would just throw them into the trash can to get it over with. But you accepted the luxury gifts from fans without any qualms. In weather of minus fifteen degrees, we waited for you all night in front of the hotel, but you pretended not to know, sleeping peacefully alone in the hotel.

You only went to the recording of Strive! Actor! for three days. You spent the rest of the time accompanying your sister-in-law (girlfriend), which is why you had a conflict with Gu Qichi, right?

It’s ridiculous to say, but for the first time in two years, the handwritten letters we wrote were actually delivered to you thanks to Gu Qichi, whom you slandered. I really sigh at this. During the three days you were out of contact in Dongcheng, the cold wind was biting. Every fan present received hot milk tea and heat packs sent by Gu Qichi. During those three days, were you thinking about the sweet time spent with your girlfriend, or were you thinking about us waiting perseveringly in the cold wind?

Finally, there is nothing more to say. I can only treat it as if my six years of youth were fed to a dog. Also, Gu Qichi, thank you for your milk tea.

…

When he saw the station sister’s essay, Gu Qichi sat silently on the bed, somewhat at a loss.

He didn’t know how to comfort the station sister’s wounded heart, but he also felt it was a pity that she liked such a person.

Actually, it shouldn’t be like this.

Being liked by others, being steadfastly chased by others, is inherently an extremely rare and precious thing.

Fans are not strangers, but family members who truly accompany you, giving you the strength to go on, accompanying you through thousands of difficulties and dangers.

Gu Qichi didn’t dare to be certain about what the future held.

He didn’t know how long he could stay in the entertainment industry. After all, as someone hated by everyone in domestic entertainment, having roles to film now was already a gift from heaven.

But what Gu Qichi could be certain of was that no matter how the world changed, whether he became explosively popular or quit the industry, he would never hurt his fans.

Because they were the only flickering light during his lowest period.

Very suddenly, Gu Qichi posted on Weibo.

The content was very simple, only four words: “Thank you all.”

At this current point in time, Gu Qichi was undoubtedly standing at the cusp of the storm. Posting anything was not a wise choice.

If he said too much, he would be considered pretending to be a “White Lotus” or “Green Tea” (feigning innocence). If he said too little, he would be accused of not valuing the fans’ sentiments. And if the tone was slightly wrong, it would be interpreted as deliberately selling misery, leeching off the heat, or fishing for traffic.

So silence was the best option right now.

It could both protect himself and arouse the distress of passersby and fans.

Wen Xi also emphasized that he shouldn’t post anything, but Gu Qichi didn’t listen. Instead, he started replying to fans under this post.

After seeing this Weibo post, Wen Xi was actually the least surprised one.

She was currently extremely busy, discussing the solution to this accident with the company’s upper management, as well as the punishment for Ada and Lou Shao.

After the results came down, Wen Xi returned to the office to make a cup of coffee and saw Ada with red eyes in the pantry.

Both Ada and Lou Shao were going to have their contracts terminated by the company and would face the consequences of huge compensation payments.

For a moment, Wen Xi felt a sense of melancholy. she looked at Ada with a complicated expression and silently handed over a tissue.

Ada didn’t take it.

The two were actually about the same height, both tall and slender beauties. It was just that Ada wasn’t wearing high heels today, and for no reason, her momentum was a cut below Wen Xi’s.

Yet she still refused to admit defeat, speaking hoarsely: “Wen Xi, do you think you won? You were just lucky.”

Her eyes were crimson, veins popping on her thin arms as she stared dead at Wen Xi: “If it weren’t for the corruption of the director of Strive! Actor! leading to a thorough investigation by the Bo Group, there is absolutely no chance you and Gu Qichi could have turned things around. I just lost to luck.”

Wen Xi glanced at her. The other party’s makeup was still exquisite; her outfit was a new CHANEL piece for this year, and her shoes were limited edition lambskin. She looked like an arrogant queen, but in reality, she was just a defeated peacock.

Wen Xi found her pathetic. She wasn’t angered by the other party’s words. She just shook her head plainly and stated a simple fact to her:

“You didn’t lose to luck; you lost to character.”

“Do you know why Gu Qichi could have fans after Xing Tianqing? Because he is worth it.”

“When he was blackened by the entire internet in the past two years, he never defended himself, and didn’t even complain to me in private. At that time, his fans could be counted on one hand. Gu Qichi asked me to privately contact those few fans and begged them not to like him anymore, because he didn’t want his fans to be insulted along with him. He wanted to protect them as much as possible.”

“He just posted a Weibo with only four words: Thank you all. Yet it is the first Weibo post he has published himself since being cyberbullied for three years. Not for himself; he simply wanted to thank the fans.”

“I think, as a fan, one would also feel that a person like Gu Qichi is someone truly worth liking.”

Wen Xi put down the coffee cup in her hand and smiled very lightly.

The midday sun was warm and bright, passing through the thick clouds. The golden light penetrated the transparent glass, forming beams that fell on Wen Xi. She was wearing a red sweater, and the light formed a fuzzy halo around her, making her look bright and warm.

“Ada, you never lost to me. You lost to yourself.”

Actually, if one were to really talk about it, there was no deep hatred between Ada and Wen Xi. It was just that they entered the company at the same time, were promoted at the same time, and managed artists of the same age group. It was inevitable to be compared within the company.

Ada also didn’t know when she started uncontrollably comparing herself to Wen Xi.

Probably when Gu Qichi entered the company.

whether it was face or figure, Gu Qichi was God’s favorite. It was hard to find any flaw in him; he was so perfect he looked like a mannequin.

It seemed that from that day on, Ada uncontrollably began to slander Gu Qichi. Adjectives like plastic surgery, silicone, and fake person regarding Gu Qichi were all originally splashed out by the marketing accounts she found.

Ada initially felt guilty, especially when she saw him being cyberbullied on a large scale. But when she discovered that there were other people fueling the flames behind the scenes, her psychological burden was justifiably reduced a lot.

But she forgot that from the very beginning, the seed of the flower of evil had been planted. The evil spread, eventually becoming uncontrollable, dragging her into the bottomless hell as well.

When Wen Xi left, Ada looked up. The other’s back was thin but straight and upright, never fearing rumors and gossip.

People who stay together tend to become somewhat similar. For some reason, Ada seemed to see Gu Qichi’s shadow in Wen Xi.

Resilient, unyielding, and forever full of vitality.

Gu Qichi will definitely become famous, right?

Ada thought.

…

The storm regarding Gu Qichi on the internet had been mostly resolved. The Bo Group’s legal team was methodically carrying out the process of sending lawyer’s letters and filing lawsuits. They would absolutely not let off any media outlet that slandered Gu Qichi.

Bai Heng sat at his workstation, his shirt soaked with cold sweat on his back. Seeing that public opinion was stable and the boss’s wife’s mood hadn’t been affected, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

But this didn’t mean his mistake this time could be glossed over safely. Bo Yu had always liked a system of rewards and punishments.

Thinking of this, Bai Heng took another breath. His fingertips rubbed his fountain pen as he constantly brainstormed how to make amends for his faults so he could reduce his punishment.

Suddenly, he remembered the Song family grandfather and grandson that Little Wang had mentioned before leaving—

Song Feng and Song Zhian were still waiting in front of the Bo Group building. After so many days, there wasn’t a bit of slack.

The current time was not far off from when Bo Yu planned to deal with the Song family. It just needed someone to remind the busy President Bo to handle this matter.

After all, Bo Yu was still in a fit of anger right now. Finding someone to vent his anger on was also a good idea.

Bai Heng stopped rubbing the pen, glanced at Bo Yu’s CEO office, straightened his tie, did some mental preparation for a long time, and then pushed the door open to enter.

Bo Yu’s expression was much better than it was at twelve o’clock, but it was still somewhat terrifying.

Bai Heng: “President Bo, Song Feng has been waiting at Bo Group requesting to see you for a long time. Recently, he also brought Song Zhian along.”

“Song Zhian’s scenes in the Xing Tianqing crew have completely ended, so it won’t affect the Madam’s subsequent filming progress.”

As he spoke, he quietly observed Bo Yu’s reaction.

The other party was currently fighting in the Youth magazine’s official website, completely ignoring Gu Qichi’s dissuasion, spending money like water inside, having a great time playing.

Hearing Bai Heng’s words, Bo Yu slowly straightened up. Like a beast that drinks blood, there was a terrifying light in his eyes.

Bai Heng heard a light chuckle spill from Bo Yu’s throat, making it hard to discern the emotion within.

“Let them come up.”

Bo Yu said.