Fortunately, Xiao Zhou discovered it in time and notified Liu Rulan.
Liu Rulan immediately began making arrangements to swiftly and thoroughly eliminate all the rumors.
However, she did not let her guard down and had the operations department staff take turns on duty to monitor the matter 24 hours a day.
Sure enough, just before the official list of nominees for Mulan was announced, Xiao He's negative news quickly climbed to the top of the trending topics list late at night, taking the number one spot.
Liu Rulan, who had prepared in advance, did not hesitate at all and immediately asked the operations department to contact the platform to handle the trending topic.
This time, Liu Rulan wasn't going to let them stand out.
The last time there was a trending topic, she clearly knew who her rival was and what the details and content of the leaks were, so Liu Rulan could launch a counterattack indirectly.
However, the situation was unclear this time, and Liu Rulan did not know if they had any backup plans, so she suppressed the trending topics exceptionally quickly, spending a lot of money to deal with it.
However, the sudden appearance of this enemy left Liu Rulan completely baffled.
In addition, Liu Rulan also noticed that Xiao He's work invitations have indeed decreased recently.
Although Xiao He usually doesn't have many gigs, especially during the time he's filming on set, his studio has received quite a few invitations for business engagements.
Especially after "Law of the Jungle," Xiao He's reputation and popularity have basically taken shape, and he has already gained considerable fame and influence.
As a result, the studio is receiving more work invitations on a regular basis.
From small advertisements and magazines to big film and television variety show invitations, everything Xiao He can officially take on now is the best that Liu Rulan has carefully selected.
However, since last week, these job offers have decreased. Although the decrease is not obvious, Liu Rulan has received several apology calls from production teams in the past few days and has taken back the scripts they handed her.
This is not right.
Liu Rulan immediately guessed that some big boss was planning to blacklist Xiao He.
Since the capital behind these reneged job offers basically originated from Beijing, Liu Rulan asked He Wenming to go to Beijing to inquire and test the waters.
Having been involved in Beijing's social circles for so many years, He Wenming was naturally more informed than Liu Rulan. Sure enough, as soon as he received the news, he immediately informed Liu Rulan.
But this Starry Night Pictures is no ordinary company—
Liu Rulan rubbed her forehead, feeling a bit of a headache.
Starry Night Pictures is a company whose core business is film and television production, focusing on investment, planning, shooting, post-production and other aspects of movies, TV series and web series.
They can guide the investment and production of film crews, and even the direction of the plot. In the later stages, they can also promote the produced works to the corresponding platforms and theaters. Their main purpose is to produce film and television works and provide a "one-stop" service.
As a result, they have close ties with other related upstream and downstream industries and wield significant influence within the industry. Furthermore, because StarShine Pictures is backed by a well-known technology giant and possesses substantial capital, its status within the industry is extremely high.
Their words may not be heeded by everyone, but they are enough to make most other forces back down.
After all, everyone is in the entertainment industry to make money, so who would really offend another major corporation for the sake of their money-making tool?
In recent years, Star Smile Pictures has had a very strong presence, and its subsidiary Star Smile Entertainment has also developed rapidly by taking advantage of its momentum. The artists of this company can basically participate in Star Smile Pictures' own production teams and get excellent S+ productions.
Among them, Qin Lezhang is the top star of Xingchen, and his film and television resources are among the best of his peers.
I just don't know who Xiao He offended this time...
As Liu Rulan pondered, Xiao He called.
"Hello?"
"Sister Liu, I just finished filming here."
While eating, Xiao He said, "I've already looked into the matter of the White Magnolia Award. How have things been going on your end lately?"
Liu Rulan then told Xiao He in detail about the current situation in the country.
Xiao He paused in his munching on the ribs.
When did this happen?
“Last night—to be precise, around noon on your end, before the official announcement of the nominees for Mulan.”
Xiao He took a deep breath: "Thanks."
At that time, he was still filming and it was indeed impossible for him to pay attention to the situation in China.
"That's a minor matter," Liu Rulan said, her tone slightly grave. "It's just that you're now being targeted by Xingchen Pictures, and they're a big problem for you. Do you know what's going on?"
"I really don't know that—"
Upon hearing Liu Rulan's question, Xiao He fell into deep thought for a long time.
His life lately has been very regular. He's filming from the moment he opens his eyes. As a script that is entirely centered around Shu Yuxiu, other supporting roles can be changed back and forth, but he basically has to "fight" until the very end, so Xiao He can be said to be very busy.
He couldn't remember, nor could he understand, when he had offended Starshine Pictures.
Have you been doing anything online lately?
Liu Rulan tried to help Xiao He analyze the situation.
The only thing Liu Rulan could think of that could offend people in China across two oceans in one go was the internet.
"No," Xiao He said, puzzled. "I've been so busy lately that I haven't even had time to catch up on the gossip in China. How could I possibly have the time to offend people on the internet?"
"That's strange. Have you done anything else strange lately?"
Xiao He recalled carefully: "If I really have to say, it can only be the racing competition a while ago."
But here's the problem: although he participated in a racing competition recently, he didn't offend anyone! Even though he helped the team win prize money and sponsorships, no one else bothered him. Even the young master that Xiao He thought would bully others didn't bother him.
The young master, who was supposedly the son of a car company, was originally full of confidence, thinking that he could sweep the track after recruiting two ace racers. However, Xiao He's appearance shattered his dream. So he decisively abandoned his ace racers and wanted to invite Xiao He to participate in the next race to fulfill his dream.
He thought Xiao He was a newcomer signed by the team and was prepared to pay a high price to "buy" Xiao He from the team.
When the young master learned that Xiao He's main job was acting and that he wouldn't consider working for him, his heart was broken.
However, he didn't say anything harsh. He just made a promise with Xiao He that he would definitely join his team next time he came to Europe for a competition, and then left dejectedly.
Xiao He didn't think that these old-money European nobles would use China's power to retaliate against him.
If he wanted revenge, he wouldn't even make it to Milan... No, wait.
If we're talking about encountering any suspicious targets during the competition recently—it would definitely be Qin Lezhang!
After all, among all the Chinese people he met abroad, especially actors, he was the only one.
Xiao He immediately gave Liu Rulan a brief account of the matter.
“Qin Lezhang?!” Liu Rulan took a deep breath. °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° “Then the case is solved. He is the top star of Xingchen Entertainment, and Xingchen Entertainment is the agency under Xingchen Pictures.”
"If you offend him, it's very possible that Starshine Pictures will target us like this..."
"But that's not right! I didn't interact with him at all! I didn't speak to him, and I didn't even make eye contact with him!"
This time, Xiao He was truly dumbfounded.
He didn't do anything!
How did I offend them?
