Officer Zheng looked at the girl in front of him with a complicated expression. Finally, he sighed and said earnestly, "Ms. Li, I'm very sorry, we're late."
Li Hanyue remained silent, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with Officer Zheng's words.
The group left the consultation room in silence, and Li Hanyue was taken to the inpatient department.
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Outside the ward, through the door, Xiao He looked at Li Hanyue, who was receiving an IV drip. After a moment's thought, he turned to Officer Zheng and asked, "Officer Zheng, you didn't come to Qin City just to see Li Hanyue, did you?"
Officer Zheng nodded helplessly: "Yes, we noticed that she was defending her rights online and exposing some of the dark secrets of Rongding Media, so we want to talk to her as soon as possible."
This was both for the evidence in Li Hanyue's possession and to protect Li Hanyue's personal safety.
Unfortunately, they were too late.
If it weren't for Xiao He, the situation would probably be even more complicated.
Officer Zheng sighed deeply as he considered the current situation.
In fact, a special investigation team had already been established to investigate Rongding Media, and Officer Zheng had only recently joined the team, relying on the case that was brought up by the car thief last time.
After a period of close investigation, they discovered that Rongding Media indeed had many problems.
Pimping is already a basic problem for these companies. Other issues include a black market medical aesthetics industry and an online sex livestreaming industry. Both of these industries involve a great deal of stuff and require careful investigation.
In the medical aesthetics sector, there are countless victims like Li Hanyue. Over the years, Rongding Media has harmed countless people. They discovered that a large portion of these victims were initially deceived into undergoing procedures. The medical aesthetics institutions that Rongding Media introduced to them were mostly "black-hearted workshops" with little to no professionalism. Almost anyone who knew how to give injections could become a regular medical aesthetics doctor and perform surgery. They were unlicensed, full of bacteria, and would immediately run away if anything went wrong. It was simply outrageous.
In addition, many of Rongding Media's artists are "salespeople," responsible for introducing and even implying their fans to get plastic surgery with them. The reason they do this is, of course, because they can get a cut from the profits and then use that cut to get plastic surgery and fixes to make themselves more perfect.
To be honest, this whole process is pretty much the same as a certain sales method.
The other live-streaming app line is even more outrageous, having even formed an entire industry chain with the medical aesthetics industry.
They first persuade people to get plastic surgery, squeezing them out of money, or even using the heinous loan scheme of "beauty loans." Then they force people to take orders, and once they have no value left and their faces are completely ruined, they remove them from the company and introduce them to live-streaming apps, forcing these desperate people to continue selling their bodies online, living a muddled life to pay off their debts until their last breath.
These are just the tip of the iceberg; much more needs to be investigated, especially the medical aesthetic clinic that always manages to escape and easily reinvent itself, and the foreign live-streaming apps that keep popping up and never seem to be shut down. These alone are enough to make one ponder the forces behind them.
Rongding Media is truly a cancer in the industry!
How many victims like Li Hanyue are there?
What was their final fate?
Officer Zheng clenched his fist and said in a low voice, "It's my fault. We should have been faster. I should have reminded Ms. Li to be careful at the time."
Alternatively, contact your colleagues in Qinhuangdao to reach Li Hanyue first and calm her down.
"Brother Zheng, what you're doing..."
Officer Jin was reluctant, but Officer Zheng stopped him, saying, "Protecting victims from further harm is our duty."
The police do bear some responsibility for causing such serious consequences.
Xiao He looked at them with a deep gaze and murmured softly, "I also bear some responsibility."
He had clearly noticed the anomaly over there, but for the sake of the smooth broadcast of "Public Enemy Number One" and even its future profits, he chose to remain silent for the time being.
But behind this, many innocent people may be affected.
If the matter had been exposed earlier and those people had received their due punishment sooner, perhaps none of this would have happened.
Li Hanyue wouldn't have suffered an emotional breakdown after being cyberbullied, nor would she have sought help from Xiong Qi, and almost...
However, Xiao He quickly composed himself.
There are still many things waiting for him.
He cannot stand here and remain stagnant.
He will not let those who deserve punishment go unpunished, but he cannot let these people interfere with what he should be doing now.
Liu Rulan and Wang Changwei also came over.
"The awards ceremony has already begun, we should go back now."
Liu Rulan said.
Wang Changwei also said, "Teacher Xiao, this happened suddenly, and we have already changed the order of the awards ceremony. We need you to go back and make an appearance for this award."
His words essentially confirm that Xiao He won the award.
However, given what happened today, even if Xiao He didn't win the award, he should still be considered for this award.
Xiao He should have taken it too!
Wang Changwei now hopes that Xiao He can return to the scene and make an appearance, preferably while accepting the award, and also clarify what just happened to help the organizers recover their reputation.
After all, the discussion is still heated online, with all sorts of rumors flying around. Rather than clarifying things online afterward, it would be better if Xiao He could go on stage and explain the situation directly.
Xiao He naturally understood Wang Changwei's meaning and nodded directly: "Don't worry, Chairman Wang, I know what I'm doing."
So the group didn't dare to linger any longer and quickly got into their car to rush back to the Baiming Awards ceremony.
At this moment, the award ceremony for the Baiming Awards has completed the initial announcement of secondary and special awards, and is now moving on to the announcement of the core awards, which is now drawing to a close.
When the host opened the card in his hand, he deliberately drew out his words and looked at the crowd.
"The winner of this year's Best Director award is—"
"The Great Instrument of the Nation: Yang Power!"
"Let's congratulate Director Yang Li!"
Thunderous ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) applause erupted immediately.
Ning Jiaqi, who missed out on the Best Director award, was not surprised at all. He clapped with a smile, but there was still a hint of worry in his eyes. He asked the person next to him in a low voice, "How much longer will Xiao He and the others be?"
This year's core awards ceremony deliberately placed Best Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Director at the very beginning, while Best Actor was placed at the very end. The main purpose of this is obvious.
But now that the Best Director award has been announced, the Best Actor award will be revealed next.
"Will Xiao He and the others make it in time?"
The person next to him shook his head: "Given the situation on site, I'm afraid he won't be able to make it back in time."
Ning Jiaqi sighed helplessly.
"This kid can't exactly make me go up there and accept the award for him, can he?"
