ATAMMDO 30

Chapter 30- A Picture

 

A small video, if there is no behind-the-scenes driving force, is impossible to quickly hit the trending search an hour after its release.

 

Many netizens did not know that under the guidance of some marketing accounts, they quickly condemned the people in the video.

 

It’s impossible for a small video to hit the top of the charts an hour after it’s released without someone pulling the strings behind the scenes.

 

[I heard that this is a small artist from the 18th tier, but he is already playing roles with and for big names now?]

 

[In the old days, everyone knew that every grain of food is hard work. But nowadays, celebrities are really getting worse and worse.]

 

[Cai Ze is right, if you don’t like it, don’t eat it. He even threw it away. If the person doesn’t even know how to cherish food, his moral character is probably no better.]

 

[This man is not only unethical, but he also has no compassion. He would rather throw food in the garbage than give it to a dog on the side of the road.]

 

[Am I the only one who recognizes this young artist from the 18th tier? I think his name is Jiang Liu Cheng. He was in the news with Emperor Qin a while ago. Suddenly, I have no reasonable doubt that this young artist paid a lot of cash to get that news to spread around.]

 

[How can someone like that steal a role from Mo Yi, the prince of Mo’s family? Especially if he is supposed to be a minor artist? He must have great connections from his background.]

 

[I can’t believe our Little Yi was robbed of his role by such a person, it’s so annoying.]

 

……

 

Public opinion became more and more unfavorable to Jiang Liu Cheng. The marketing accounts led the passerby to express their opinions, resulting in being able to whitewash Mo Yi at most.

 

While Li Qiu habitually opened Weibo, intending to check the latest news on the Internet. But when he saw the hot search on Weibo, he almost spits out the food he was chewing and choked several times.

 

“What’s wrong?” Jiang Liu Cheng suddenly became very alarmed when he saw him looking at his phone.

 

After coughing, Li Qiu hurriedly said, “You are on the hot search. Let me see what happened first.”

 

He entered from the hot search point and first saw marketing accounts accusing Jiang Liu Cheng of wasting food, disrespecting labor, disrespecting the working people, immoral behavior, and then implying that he got Xie Fei’s role through connection.

 

Then he saw the video clipped with it. Without watching it, Li Qiu had already vomited blood from these nonsense marketing accounts.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng also saw the hot search. He didn’t read what the marketing account said but just clicked on the video.

 

In the video, the conversation between him and Cai Ze was first recorded. The other party was not far apart when recording, so Cai Ze could be vaguely heard.

 

After Cai Ze left, the video continued. In the picture, he threw the fried chicken that Cai Ze invited everyone to eat into the trash.

 

In the video, a dog on the side of the road was also captured while looking at the fried chicken in his hand. Its tongue was sticking out and drooling as it started at him.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng remembered that he also saw the dog at the time, but the dog could not eat things with too much hormone content. Otherwise l, he would give the dog fried chicken at that time.

 

“This Cai Ze is too insidious. He must have photographed it on purpose. He also asked people to put it on the Internet.”

 

Li Qiu also watched the video and cursed in anger. In his opinion, fried chicken is such greasy food. Some people don’t like it after a few bites. And you can’t actually give others your food leftovers.

 

If it wasn’t for Cai Ze looking after the marketing accounts to deliberately guide public opinion, this kind of thing would not have happened at all.

 

Many people at home, if they ended up not liking their food, would eventually throw it away.

 

“These people are simply speculating and being utterly ridiculous. They don’t throw anything away for dogs to eat either. Besides, haven’t they thought that you might have not been able to see the dog?!”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: “I’ve seen the dog.”

 

Li Qiu: “…That’s also true. It’s okay. No one stipulates that what you don’t eat should be given to the dog.”

 

That’s some double standard over there.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng said calmly: “There is a reason why I didn’t give it to the dog. That fried  chicken has excessive hormones, so it is not suitable for dogs to eat in the first place.”

 

Li Qiu: “It turned out that the hormone exceeded the standard… No, how did you know?”

 

They had known each other for a year, but Li Qiu didn’t know Jiang Liu Cheng’s physique.

 

After Jiang Liu Cheng told him the cause and effect of his stomachaches, Li Qiu was speechless for two seconds: “Your physique is really special.”

 

After speaking, he remembered one more thing, “You have eaten a lot of fatty food in your commercial today. Why didn’t I see something happened to you?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng just looked at him as if judging him for being too foolish.

 

Li Qiu reacted with hindsight, “Aha! I see… It means that the quality of Fatty Foods has passed the test.”

 

After all, he was an agent, and he quickly thought that this was a good opportunity to stardom.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng saw what he was thinking and reminded him: “Don’t over-hype it.”

 

Li Qiu waved his hand, “I know. Since we want to counterattack, we must have a comprehensive plan, and we ought to hit every shot.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng nodded. The reason why he let Li Qiu continue to be his manager was because he trusted his character, and Li Qiu was also a smart person who knew what was enough.

 

Because of the hot search, Jiang Liu Cheng quickly received greetings from relatives and friends.

 

It’s night time, and most people have already left work, or are on their way to get off work.

 

In their Four Musketeers group, 99+ news was swiped in less than ten minutes.

 

As insiders, Guo Qifan and the others all knew the reason why Jiang Liu Cheng threw away the fried chicken.

 

It looks like the villain has stabbed a knife in the back, and the other party is prepared. Otherwise, who would deliberately shoot this kind of video. 

 

Guo Qifan: [This must be that Cai Ze’s doing. He even hired marketing accounts to spread it like wildfire. Else, how can this be on the hot search? Ugh. This pisses me off!]

 

Zheng Kailin: [@Jiang Liu Cheng, do you need help?]

 

Qiao Mei: [If they can hire marketing accounts then so can we. Although, I do not think that this is a permanent solution.]

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: [Don’t worry, it’s a small matter.]

 

When the three of them saw this sentence, they immediately put down one hundred and twenty hearts. Every time he said this, there would be basically no problems.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng left the conversation interface and found that Zhou Beiwang had also sent him a message, also because he saw the hot search.

 

A rich second-generation like Zhou Beiwang usually don’t pay attention to celebrity news online, but because he is interested in Jiang Liu Cheng, he has paid more attention in the past two days and happened to see this hot search.

 

Zhou Beiwang asked with concern if he needed help.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng replied no, saying that he could solve it by himself.

 

Zhou Beiwang: [That’s good.]

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: [But what’s in the video is true, I did throw the fried chicken away and wouldn’t give it to the dog.]

 

Zhou Beiwang: [It is normal for some people not to like fried chicken. No one stipulates that they must be eaten by dogs either.]

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: [You’re right.]

 

On the other hand, with the help of the mastermind behind the scenes, the influence of hot searches continued to ferment on the Internet, and some people went to Jiang Liu Cheng’s Weibo to swear ugly words and hate comments towards him.

 

[Without love, waste of food, and immorality, people like you should not be popular. ]

 

[You have the nerve to snatch Mo Yi’s role. You are a sinister villain who only plots behind someone’s back.]

 

After parting with Li Qiu, Jiang Liu Cheng returned to the community. And as soon as he entered the door, Guo Qifan ran over to him as if he was a little worried about him.

 

“People on the Internet are too much. They even go to your Weibo to scold you. It’s really ugly. Don’t read it, or you can close the comment area.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng changed into a  pair of slippers. ” I’ve read it. It doesn’t matter. Those comments don’t affect me at all.”

 

Guo Qifan saw that his expression didn’t seem to be lying. Jiang Liu Cheng’s heart was indeed very strong. While thinking of this, he asked again: “Have you figured out a way to solve this out?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng nodded: “It has been arranged.”

 

When he separated from Li Qiu, he called Li Lei, who was in the crew and asked him to do one thing for him.

 

 At the same time, the crew also discovered the video on the hot search.

 

Things didn’t develop as Cai Ze imagined. As soon as he walked into the crew, he found that everyone looked at him strangely. In fact, some even avoided him directly as if they didn’t want to have any contact with him.

 

Cai Ze didn’t stay in the crew all the time. He doesn’t know that Jiang Liu Cheng is very popular with the crew. And this kind of video is deliberately shot by someone, so no one needs to guess who is responsible for this.     

 

Besides Cai Ze, the most profitable person after the hot search video is Mo Yi. Apart from the latter, almost no one wants to be a fool for such a bright move.

 

Cai Ze dared to do so and had considered the consequences. Some people must have guessed that he did it, but at this point, he did not care.

 

Because of the video, his Weibo followers have risen by 200000 in just two hours, which is different from the zombie fans the company bought for him.

 

After tasting the sweetness, he naturally doesn’t care about other people’s eyes.

 

In the director’s lounge, Cheng Qinghua and Qin Lu are discussing the next scene.

 

Qin Lu is the male lead, and because of that, he has a lot of scenes to take every day. That is why he only asked for one day off and flew back to the show in the middle of the night last night.

 

He has been filming with the crew all day.

 

Because the next play is more important, neither Cheng Qinghua nor Qin Lu has time to check their mobile cellphones.

 

At this time, a knock on their door was given to life.

 

“Come in.”

 

When Liu Yangxi pushed open the door and walked in, he felt it was still necessary to tell the director about what was currently happening.

 

“Director, Jiang Liu Cheng, went on a hot search  with the crew.”

 

Cheng Qinghua frowned, “Why did he get to the hot search?”

 

Qin Lu also stopped flipping through the script to look at Liu Yangxi.

 

Liu Yangxi said: “When Cai Ze invited everyone to eat fried chicken before, someone took a video of Cai Ze and Jiang Liu Cheng talking and then posted it on the Internet. Now it is everywhere.”

 

After speaking, he immediately showed the video, clicked it, and placed it on the table in front of them.

 

The video is not long. It was just over half a minute.

 

Cheng Qinghua’s face turned gloomy immediately, and he could see at a glance that someone was framing Jiang Liu Cheng. He hated people playing this kind of trick, especially someone in his crew.”Call Cai Ze for me.”

 

Liu Yangxi was really angry when he showed the director the video. He also hated a sinister villain like Cai Ze, and immediately went out to call him.

 

In the lounge, Cheng Qinghua glanced at Qin Lu’s indifferent expression and was a little puzzled.

 

“Why don’t you react at all? Aren’t you very protective of him?”

 

Qin Lu crossed his legs, “It’s useless to be angry at this time. I prefer to directly solve the root cause.”

 

Cheng Qinghua: “So, should I not call Cai Ze over?”

 

Qin Lu shook his head, “We can confront the person who posted the video at any time. The problem now is to reverse Jiang Liu Cheng’s image from the netizens that would see the video. This is the most important thing.”

 

Cheng Qinghua frowned and said, “You’re right. Based on what I’ve heard, he asked for a leave to shoot a food advertisement. Now that the negative news about his food waste is so big, the endorsement of the advertisement may be rejected, and the food company may ask him to compensate for the loss. It’s easy to get a food advertisement, but because of this, he might face a claim even before the advertisement comes out. His luck is too bad, he may be psychologically shadowed.”

 

Qin Lu thought of the young man’s always calm expression and smiled. He didn’t think that that was the case. He didn’t feel that Jiang Liu Cheng would be mopping around. In fact, Qin Lu thinks that it is safe to assume that Jiang Liu Cheng has already started fighting the rumors back.

 

Cheng Qinghua: “How can you still laugh?”

 

Qin Lu said, “Do you know why he rejected you?”

 

Cheng Qinghua: “Are you looking for a fight?”

 

Knowing that Cheng Qinghua was still heartbroken about this situation, and yet he brought it up again.

 

Qin Lu: “It is because you don’t know him well enough. He won’t be knocked down because of such a trivial matter and will fight back soon.”

 

Cheng Qinghua was even more unhappy as if Qin Lu was implying that he knew Jiang Liu Cheng better than he did.

 

The two were talking when Liu Yangxi brought Cai Ze.

 

Hearing that the director was looking for him suddenly, Cai Ze walked in a little nervously. He had tried his best to keep the marketing accounts in control and not involve the crew, just for fear of causing the director’s dissatisfaction. Unexpectedly, the director suddenly asked Liu Yangxi to come to him.

 

“Director Cheng, Senior Qin.” Cai Ze showed a pleasing smile to the two of them as soon as they came in, “I don’t know why you are looking for me?”

 

Cheng Qinghua pointed at the video on the phone unceremoniously: “It is about this video. Did you let someone post it?”

 

Cai Ze pretended to be surprised and denied it for the first time: “It’s not me. I didn’t let people post a video, and I have never made such a video. Maybe someone wants to use my name to deal with Jiang Liu Cheng..”

 

Cheng Qinghua said with a cold face: “Don’t take me for a fool. Do you really think I can’t see your little tricks? If you don’t  want to make a good film, get out of the crew for me!”

 

Upon hearing this, Cai Ze’s expression changed. To think that his scenes were almost over.

 

“You can’t do this. You don’t have any proof that I did it, so you can’t just drive me away. I won’t accept it!”

 

Cheng Qinghua was even more impatient, “In my crew…”

 

“It won’t be easy for you if he wants proof. It’s such a big deal that you’d have to check for the marketing accounts one by one. Don’t worry, though. I can check it out and find out for myself.”

 

Qin Lu interrupted his words before he could finish speaking.

 

Although Cheng Qinghua made a popular movie, he was still only a rookie director after all, and his roots in the entertainment industry were not that deep. Meanwhile, Cai Ze had a company as his backer, so he was not very worried.

 

But Qin Lu is different. He has been deeply involved in the entertainment industry for ten years and knows prominent directors and superstars- almost all over the entertainment industry. His words have a much more significant influence than Cheng Qinghua’s.

 

Upon hearing that Qin Lu meant to support Jiang Liu Cheng, Cai Ze’s face turned pale.

 

Before posting this video on the Internet, his assistant persuaded him to remove the part of the conversation between him and Jiang Liu Cheng, but he felt that it would be more beneficial for him to add this content. Now it seems that although there are benefits obtained, he also shot himself in the foot. He finally regretted his action a little.

 

“Our company has also invested in this movie.” Cai Ze tried to struggle to keep his position.

 

Qin Lu turned his head to Cheng Qinghua and said, “How much money did their company invest? Refund it to them, and I will make up for it.”

 

Cheng Qinghua would like to have one less investor to tell him what to do. “I will find someone to talk to his company.”

 

Cai Ze immediately realized it was over.

 

Not only did he screw up his role, but he screwed up the project the company had invested in.

 

Anyone must know that films with Qin Lu’s participation will automatically be at the box office in the end. It can be said that if there are his films, there will be a box office guarantee.

 

So many companies scramble to invest in Cheng Qinghua’s new films, but not all companies have this opportunity.

 

……….

 

Jiang Liu Cheng asked for a leave of absence from the crew for a few days, and Li Lei was not idle because of it. He would occasionally help others to do something and ran around the crew daily.

 

After the last scene was filmed, he was about to leave work. But when he was walking back to the hotel, Zhang Ning suddenly stopped him from leading him all the way to Qin Lu.

 

“Did Jiang Liu Cheng call you today?” Qin Lu asked.

 

Li Lei was very surprised and nodded: “He called me at about seven o’clock tonight.”

 

Qin Lu nodded and let him go after asking.

 

The next day, Cai Ze disappeared from the crew.

 

At first, everyone didn’t take it to heart until someone made a gossip that Cai Ze’s role was going to be played by someone else.

 

Cai Ze’s role did not have a particularly important role, so finding someone again is not a big problem.

 

Everyone is really surprised that Cai Ze will be replaced since they all know that Cai Ze’s company also invested in this movie.

 

They only now know that the director and Jiang Liu Cheng’s relationship is so good. Knowing that he was the mind behind, they immediately kicked Cai Ze out of the crew. Does this not confirm that the video was done by Cai Ze?

 

The news was quickly leaked to the Internet.

 

The popularity of the video has not been reduced in the first place, but now that this incident has happened, it has become even more popular.

 

A large number of marketing accounts retweeted, condemned The Paradise crew, and said that the capitalists’ tactics are really powerful.

 

It’s okay to not deal with the unethical entertainer, but the artist who persuaded Jiang Liu Cheng not to waste food was kicked out of the crew and was replaced in his role.

 

“Is this Cai Ze sick? He’s constantly looking for the marketing accounts to blackmail you, but it’s not you who asked the crew to fire him!” When he woke up, Guo Qifan thought the heat had dissipated a little, but he didn’t expect it to get a lot higher. The hot search for the video is still high on the list.

 

Before Jiang Liu Cheng looked at his phone, Guo Qifan stood at the door of the toilet and told him.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng finished brushing his teeth and washed his face again: “It doesn’t matter. The bigger the trouble, the better.”

 

At this moment, his cell phone rang. The ringtone was set like a reminder.

 

Guo Qifan went to his room to help him get his cell phone, “It’s a call from someone named Li Qiu, is that your manager?”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng asked him to pick it up and turn on the amplifier key.

 

“Did you read the trending search on Weibo today?”

 

“I already know about Cai Ze.”

 

“Ah, I’m not talking about it. It’s about Fatty Foods, they posted on Weibo.”

 

Last night After the hot search, Li Qiu has been worried that things have become so big that the boss of Fatty Foods may feel that Jiang Liu Cheng’s image is no longer suitable as their spokesperson or ambassador.

 

If the other party pursues it, they are likely to compensate the Fatty Foods Company in return.

 

Li Qiu has been very uneasy in his heart. When he woke up in the morning, he found out that the Fatty Foods Company had actually posted a blog.

 

He thought that when he clicked in, he would see a statement of termination from Fatty Foods.

 

“They actually chose to officially announce that you are their product advertising spokesperson at this time. I sent the link to your WeChat.”

 

Jiang Liu Cheng was also a little surprised. When he opened the link Li Qiu sent him, it was indeed a serious official announcement.

 

Although Fatty Foods is not a very popular food company, many people who have grown up have eaten their products and have an impression of this brand.

 

Fatty Foods rarely gets a product endorser so for the first half an hour, the comment area’s interaction suddenly increased.

 

[What the hell is Fatty Foods? I have never heard of it. And they also invited such an infamous face. Is this a joke?]

 

[Invite someone who wastes food to endorse the food is really good. I have heard of Fatty Foods, an established company, but unfortunately, it is not good to choose someone but choose Jiang Liucheng, not afraid to smash yourself ‘s reputation. ]

 

[It’s really good to invite someone who wastes food to endorse food. I’ve heard of Fatty Foods, an old company, but choosing someone like Jiang Liu Cheng is a pity. I guess they’re not afraid to ruin their reputation too.]

 

[Knowing that Jiang Liu Cheng is now riddled with negative news, they still chose him to be the spokesperson and officially announce it at this time. They’re deliberately going against the netizens, huh?]

 

Fatty Foods Company immediately aroused the rebellious psychology of netizens, and some threatened that they would not buy Fatty Foods Company’s food in the future.

 

The employees of the propaganda department have been paying attention to the new trends on the Internet. After finding that this official announcement had caused disgust among netizens, they panicked and quickly reported the news to their superiors.

 

The leader originally objected and even felt that he should file a claim against the endorsed star, but the boss did not agree.

 

Now that this is the case, he feels that the boss should have no reason to disagree.

 

The leader will tell the boss about it, who knows if the boss still disagrees.

 

“Don’t worry about this,” the boss said.

 

“You have to give me a reason. Otherwise, if it goes on like this, how can the company come back to life? Maybe it will go bankrupt sooner.” The boss can only tell him that this is the meaning of the new major shareholder.

 

In order to prevent the company from going bankrupt, he agreed to the man’s shareholding conditions. Since yesterday, the biggest shareholder of Fatty Foods is no longer him.

 

However, in the contract they signed, he was still the operator and decision maker of the company, which would not change because of the newly added major shareholder, which was also a condition for him to agree to the other party’s shareholding.

 

“Mr. Yan said that if there is any loss, they would be the ones to bear all of it.”

 

Upon hearing this, the subordinate finally felt relieved.

 

No one knows if it was inspired by Fatty Foods’ official announcement. That evening, several small crews that Jiang Liu Cheng and Li Qiu had interviewed yesterday posted blogs one after the other.

 

Before they received the news that they passed the interview, they already knew in advance from the posts on Weibo.

 

Several small crews said that Jiang Liu Cheng went to their audition yesterday. They thought that Jiang Liu Cheng’s image was very suitable and his acting skills were good. The director and producer had already decided to admit him, but they didn’t expect such a thing to happen.

 

The artist misbehaved, but fortunately, it was discovered in time, so they made a decision and decided not to cooperate with Jiang Liucheng.

 

The Weibo has been posted, and several big V has forwarded it. The popularity has risen suddenly, and netizens have liked it.

 

Several little-known small crews have also gained a little popularity because of this.

 

“These people…” Li Qiu laughed angrily when he found out about this. He had never seen such a brazen person before that could do anything to gain popularity.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng was still calm, “Looking at it from another angle. Knowing in advance that they have problems can avoid troubles after cooperation.”

 

Li Qiu said helplessly: “That being said, I just feel that their behavior is very unresponsive. People, public opinion should be almost fermented by now. How is the progress on your side?”

 

As if on cue, Jiang Liu Cheng’s mobile phone just received a message. He opened it and glanced at it before saying, “It’s all over.”

 

He thought it would be at least another day or two, but he didn’t expect Li Lei to move so quickly.

 

He replied to Li Lei.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: [Thanks, I’ll treat you to something to eat when I get back to the crew.]

 

Li Lei: [No. You do not need to. In fact, doing it didn’t bother me at all.]

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: [If f it wasn’t for you, I might have to go back and forth.]

 

Jiang Liu Cheng saved the picture that Li Lei sent, and then opened his Weibo account.

 

It is night now, which is the time when night owls are active. There must be a lot of people online during this time.

 

 “Although the negative news has been going around for the past few days, your Weibo fans have increased faster than when you were on the hot search before.”

 

Li Qiu couldn’t help but see his Weibo fan count for a while, making him a little happy.

 

“I suddenly feel that if you clarify this mess two days later and let the behind-the-scenes accounts help you stay on the hot search for two more days, maybe you can gain hundreds of thousands of followers.”

 

After hanging up on the hot search for a day, his Weibo Bo fans have grown from more than 200,000 to more than 700,000. Although most of them are black fans.

 

Jiang Liu Cheng: “It’s too late.”

 

After the Weibo post was edited, he pressed publish.

 

Netizens who follow him have been waiting for him to speak, and as soon as he posts a blog, a large group of people pours in.

 

They thought they would see an apology on Weibo, but they only had a picture.