Chapter Eighty-One

  The rumor of rectification has been circulating for a long time, and no one took it seriously. The higher-ups occasionally stir up some trouble, as if they can't show off their power to kill without doing so. Rectification? What's the point of rectifying again? The survival rule in the entertainment industry is to hype up and play by the rules of money games. If you get rid of these things, who will accompany you to play?

  So when several editors were led out of their offices in full view of everyone else, nobody was able to react.

  Is this really going to be... severely cracked down on?

  In an instant, this news rode on the wind and flew into the ears of all major media.

  Reporters and editors used all their skills to gather news, by evening the news was mostly gathered, each household counted up, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

  Heavens, the mastermind behind Ba Xiao Pu has been caught and is now being interrogated in a black jail. It's said that the higher-ups want to make an example out of him and won't let him off with less than three to five years. The editors are still okay, not having any charges pinned on them, but the tea from the relevant department isn't good to drink either - who knows how much sand is mixed in with the tea leaves, making it hard for you to speak out.

  Something's not right here.

  In the crowd, there are always people with keen insight who can see through to the heart of the matter. At this moment, such people cut through the appearances and get to the essence, bluntly pointing out that among these people, there is a hidden agenda.

  Ba Xiao Pu was caught for spreading online rumors, to be fair, he did spread a lot of rumors, but in the past half year, he hasn't spread any rumors, and the revelations about Luo Fei were actually like a needle hidden in an old lady's fingers.

  Those editors were asked to drink tea because they failed to fulfill their media obligations to promote positive energy, and instead focused on negative news such as scandals. However, in all fairness, the media is supposed to report both good and bad news. These few media outlets have recently been focusing on Luo Fei, just like most other media outlets, but with more enthusiasm. So why are they suddenly having problems with their values?

  I see, so everyone summarized the common points of both and suddenly understood.

  The reason lies with Luo Fei.

  Several media outlets reported on Luo Fei, using a tone that was neither more nor less than what they used for other celebrities. However, the way these media outlets reported on Luo Fei was as if they had dug up their own ancestors' graves, going to extremes and seemingly wanting to hang a sign around his neck with the four characters "social trash" and parade him through the streets.

  The media suddenly fell silent for three minutes.

  They suddenly remembered that the CEO of the entertainment company to which Luo Fei belonged, Qin Yige, was said to be a long-time good friend of Li Yiheng. And one of the partners in the entertainment company happened to be Li Yiheng's financial director.

  It turns out that what is called "rectification" and "severe crackdown" are just a high-sounding banner, in reality, Mr. Li is taking action to protect Pu Fei.

  As for Ba Xiao Pu... he's even more deserving of blame. This whole thing started with him, so who else can be blamed if not him?

  Good men don't eat losses in front of their eyes, and the media are all good men plus women. Everyone shifted the focus of their reports to the freshly baked gossip about Ba Xiao Pu being arrested, without mentioning Luo Fei's matter at all. Some websites over-corrected and began to make up for their mistakes by speaking on behalf of Luo Fei, saying that Ba Xiao Pu was a rumormonger and that what he said couldn't be believed 90% of the time. Luo Fei is really pitiful, being shot while lying down.

  All sorts of actions and words were righteous, but I forgot how they racked their brains to make a special feature for Luo Fei at that time.

  That's all the inside information newcomer agent Xiao Pu got from his media friends.

  Xiao Pu followed Li Jin's horse, now his own connections have accumulated a lot. As soon as this matter came out, he secretly went to inquire and immediately reported to Li Jin's office after hearing the news. After he finished speaking in vivid detail, Li Jin just smiled, while Bao Feiming, who was sitting on the sofa next to him, had already laughed into a ball and almost rolled onto the floor.

  "How creative! This group of media is... too creative!" Bai Fu Ming couldn't help but applaud.

  Li Jin smiled with pursed lips, but her heart was filled with lingering fear.

  It's the sixth day of the week, and under the consistent indifference or even intentional reversal of the media, the Luo Fei incident has passed smoothly. The number of daily visits to fan sites has returned to normal, public opinion surveys have become calm, and the audience expectation survey for the upcoming four-in-three match shows that the audience's expectation has reached over 75%. Although the results are still unable to return to their peak, they are satisfactory.

  A person who is accustomed to telling lies will be disbelieved even when he occasionally tells the truth.

  What's more, Ba Xiao Pu is an officially certified fake news factory.

  That shifty, stubbly, handcuffed middle-aged man appearing on screen is more persuasive than any language in telling everyone that he is untrustworthy.

  "Brother Lei, I now understand why you didn't let Ruo Fei acknowledge this matter back then," said Xiao Pu. "Because we don't know what will happen in the future, as long as we don't respond, we'll never be put on the defensive."

  Li Jin smiled and waved his hand, telling him to go out.

  Xiao Pu's investigation still has some one-sided information.

  Ba Xiao Pu, as well as those few media outlets, apart from being the main force of Hei Lu Fei in this incident, also have a common identity.

  They all belong to the He family, either openly or secretly.

  The account of Ba Xiao Pu was bought by a trusted aide who rarely shows his face, and he was arranged to operate it. When the police rushed into his home, the aide had just woken up from sleep, and was eating instant noodles for breakfast in the brightest sunlight at noon, while editing a new Weibo post. The police caught him red-handed and took him away with handcuffs. Poor Ba Xiao Pu, who had been hiding behind the scenes with elegance and poise all these years, was taken out of his home wearing only a single pair of pants, shivering in the cold wind.

  He couldn't expect Shu Mu to go see him anymore, as Shu Mu was best at burning bridges and cutting ties. From this moment on, they had nothing to do with each other.

  Several other media outlets are also ace cards under He's flagship Rongdandang.

  Under He's umbrella, in addition to the two holding satellite TVs, there are also two holding paper media and three participating online media. Among them, except for one professional sports website, the rest are comprehensive media. The satellite TV broadcast platform is not easy to intervene, but the paper media and online media do not have so many taboos. Shu Mu and He Ershao's relationship is out there, and these four media outlets have blackened Luo Fei with all their might. The bird that sticks its head out gets shot, Li Yiheng's people didn't even break a sweat to collect a bunch of evidence against them, and handed it all over to the relevant departments.

  Three days later, half of the He media empire had fallen, and for the first time, it was disciplined. Li seemed to have been waiting for this day, and as soon as He fell behind, they launched a counterattack. Although Li Yi-Heng usually looked like "I'm rich, I'm very rich, so I want to spend money quickly", in fact, he had recruited many elite under his command. The elites made countless plans to attack He, and now one by one was put into action, making He completely unable to defend himself, almost crippling him.

  At the critical moment, He Dajie, who had been absent from the public eye for a long time and had left his legitimate business to his younger brother to practice, appeared in time to save the situation, and after several rounds of fighting, he finally succeeded in saving the scene, preventing He's media from losing too badly.

  But after all, it's already been two weeks since then.

  Saturday night, Chinese star voice generation, four into three game, on time performance.