"I thought about it and realized something ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ was off. Your crew is the one having a preview screening today, right? I checked the announcements in the industry, and it seems like only your crew has a preview screening to promote today."
Xiao He never expected to receive such news from his roommate!
"So, are some rivals going to target us online sometime?"
"That should be true."
Zhai Zhipeng lowered his voice and reminded them, "I don't know the details of the leaks. We are only responsible for cooperating, not for spreading the information directly. So you need to prepare yourselves in advance."
Xiao He frowned and pondered for a moment, then thanked him, "Okay, I'll handle it. Thanks, brother. I'll find you for dinner later."
"Oh, it's alright. Now that I know about this, I certainly can't keep it from you."
Zhai Zhipeng said casually, "Then you go ahead and get busy. I'll be waiting for you to treat me later!"
"good!"
After hanging up the phone, Xiao He immediately asked Xiao Chen to go find Liu Rulan.
When Liu Rulan arrived, Xiao He immediately told her what had happened.
Liu Rulan was somewhat surprised, but not much.
She's encountered this kind of thing many times before, so it's not surprising.
Liu Rulan hadn't expected that Xiao He's news would arrive even faster than hers.
How did you know?
“I have a classmate there, and I just happened to run into him,” Xiao He explained with a smile. “If I hadn’t entered the industry, I might have ended up working for one of these companies.”
Before the system, Xiao He was just an ordinary computer science student. However, students who graduated from Shanghai University still had basic survival skills. Even if he couldn't become a hacker and dominate the internet, he could still earn money by coding peacefully.
Liu Rulan understood: "I see."
Then her phone rang.
Liu Rulan raised an eyebrow slightly: "Oh, it seems I've received news from my side as well. Wait a moment."
Immediately afterwards, Liu Rulan also went out to answer the phone.
A few minutes later, she came back.
"How so?"
Xiao He asked.
"Yes, it was the work of 'Silent Search'."
Liu Rulan nodded.
As a long-time agent in the industry, she naturally has her own network of contacts. If they're about to pull off a major stunt involving exposing dirt, she's bound to get a head start.
Xiao He: "Can't we just ask the platform to suppress this matter?"
Since the exposure is already happening on the platform, why don't they just block the platform directly?
Liu Rulan shook her head: "They also need to make money. We are in a disadvantageous position and have to spend more money than them. It's not worth it."
“But after waiting for so long, it’s a good thing that they’re finally ready to make their move. I’ll handle this; you don’t need to worry about it. You can get your hair done first,” Liu Rulan said. “You and Xiao Chen can just go there in a bit. I’ll be there later.”
Xiao He originally wanted to start directly from the platform to suppress the negative information, but considering that the situation was too obvious, he swallowed his words about taking the computer and nodded to Liu Rulan: "Okay, I understand."
Let's leave it to Sister Liu to handle.
After arranging Xiao He's follow-up work, Liu Rulan left directly.
After Xiao He finished styling and changing his clothes, he took Xiao Chen out. Xiao Chen looked puzzled and asked, "Isn't Sister Liu coming with us?"
"She'll be back in a bit."
"oh."
Xiao Chen didn't ask any more questions. After dropping Xiao He off at his destination, he became a little nervous. Remembering what Liu Rulan had told him, he encouraged Xiao He, "Brother Xiao, good luck! The preview screening will definitely go smoothly."
Xiao He chuckled: "Alright, alright."
Backstage, Xiao He also encountered He Junhao.
"My godfather is here! Quickly, say hello to my audience."
He Junhao waved excitedly.
Xiao He didn't mind and went straight to He Junhao's side, greeting him with a wave at his camera: "Hello, viewers of Bilibili! I'm actor Xiao He, and this is the preview screening of 'Law of the Jungle'! Welcome everyone to watch 'Law of the Jungle' on April 4th. Thank you for your support!"
He Junhao also took on the role of host, casually asking Xiao He a few questions about "Law of the Jungle," and using the break to record as much promotional content as possible.
Xiao He was very cooperative and did not interrupt the recording at all. It was as if he was just chatting casually with He Junhao. The recording was completed in a few minutes.
"Our teamwork is unmatched!"
He Junhao put down his camera and bumped fists with Xiao He in tacit agreement.
Xiao He asked, "When did you arrive?"
"It's been about forty minutes," He Junhao said. "I also randomly grabbed a few of your fans for interviews, but there were just too many people coming later, so I used the work pass you gave me to get in early."
"I see--"
Xiao He was about to say a few more words to He Junhao, but Liu Zehang came to find him.
"You go ahead and do your thing. I'm going to find my spot up front now," He Junhao said, offering to leave. "Hoping 'Law of the Jungle' will be a huge hit!"
Xiao He chuckled softly, "Alright."
After He Junhao left, Liu Zehang approached and asked, "Brother Xiao, do you know about what happened over there?"
Xiao He immediately picked up on Liu Zehang's unfinished words. His gaze swept over Liu Zehang's back, but he didn't see Liu Zehang's agent: "Yes, I know."
It's likely that Liu Zehang's agent has also received the news and is handling the matter.
"Sister Cheng has already gone to find Director Ren and the others," Liu Zehang said, his anger rising. "And Brother Xiao, you probably don't know this, but their main target this time is the two of us!"
Xiao He: "I had a rough idea, but I didn't expect them to be this shameless."
"Yes! I'm truly impressed!"
Liu Zehang gritted his teeth, "I was planning not to renew my contract with Taidong before, and then things got a bit tense with the company. My manager at the time spread some negative information about me online, trying to control me, but unfortunately, I was replaced by the company in the end."
"But the negative information from back then still left some traces on the internet. I never expected that they would try to use that incident to attack me this time!"
When Liu Zehang heard the news, he was speechless.
Some of those scandalous stories are true, and some are false.
The real dirt on Liu Zehang is that he did indeed swear at his assistant because the assistant secretly sold his schedule to obsessive fans, almost causing Liu Zehang to be mobbed at his home. The fake dirt is that Liu Zehang replaced his assistant with his girlfriend, and the two were secretly dating...
Liu Zehang, who was still single, looked at the negative news and then at his burly assistant who was 1.9 meters tall, and almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
However, the internet is such an absurd place.
The haters have never even met you in real life, yet they can still vividly recount your romantic affair with your "mystery girlfriend," as if they were lying under the bed and watching the whole thing that happened that night.
When they step forward, they attract even more fools, creating a "foolish resonance" phenomenon where people only believe what they believe, rendering your clarifications and explanations pale and powerless.
—Because once they've made up their minds about something, that idea becomes so deeply ingrained that it's impossible for it to change.
