Chapter 812: A lifetime of fame, but a loss of integrity in later life
Aida Jing was so happy that she didn't wake up from her big bed in the hotel until noon.
The woman on the bed had long disappeared.
Aida Jing felt refreshed and didn't care about too many things. She hummed a little tune, washed up, changed her clothes, checked out, had a nice lunch outside, and then went home.
I turned on the computer skillfully and logged into my blog naturally. Ada Jing, who had written so much last night, suddenly felt enlightened. Now I was full of ideas and felt that I should write something.
"Damn it, I've finally made it. Blogs are really great. I can just post a few articles, stir up emotions, create topics, and then I can collect traffic and make a lot of money. It's better than being a columnist."
Muttering to himself, Aida Jing was just about to start writing when he accidentally discovered that his name was listed on several popular blogs on the homepage.
He initially thought that it was because of the discussion post triggered by the Lu Yiyan incident. After all, it was not uncommon for Lu Yiyan to be on the front page in the past few days.
He clicked on it out of curiosity, but suddenly he felt a black screen in front of his eyes and his scalp went numb.
The content of this post is not about discussing Lu Yiyan at all. The content of the post is clearly just a few photos, all of which are of him hugging and kissing the girl and having physical contact in the hotel.
Although it is obvious that the photo was not taken normally, Aida Jing can be recognized at a glance.
Especially the girl’s big eyes, as if they were given a close-up shot.
There is no doubt that the shooting technique of this set of photos is quite professional! They didn't shoot directly at her face, so people couldn't sue for invasion of privacy and portrait rights, but the angles were just right for people to recognize Aida Jing.
It's magical.
"Damn, isn't this Ada Jing? Oh my god, this is what happened last night?"
"Why are this girl's eyes so big? Squinty eyes are work, and big-eyed cute girls are life, right?"
"Didn't he say that squinty eyes are the international aesthetic? Why did you choose a girl with a pair of big eyes like Carmen's when you were drinking wine?"
"Haha, I'm dying of laughter. Sure enough, they get paid for their work. I told you, who in their right mind would think squinty eyes are pretty?"
Then, someone posted the information of other people in the photo in the reply. Fang Xingdong and Li Dongtian, who were beside him, were also exposed by netizens. One was the father of blogging, and the other was Lu Yiyan's agent and photographer.
The truth was revealed at once. It was all a trap set by Fang Xingdong, Li Dongtian and Aida Jing.
The matter quickly escalated into a big deal. Although this kind of joint scheme to treat all netizens as idiots is commonplace eighteen years later, to the point where all those marketing accounts and behind-the-scenes promoters were dragged into the eighteenth level of hell and it would be overcrowded, but at that time in 2005, this kind of thing was still very explosive.
Afterwards, an "insider" broke the news, telling the story of how Fang Xingdong mobilized overseas forces to gain traffic, used Lu Yiyan to drive away Hu Jiake, got the Dior endorsement, and teamed up with Li Dongtian and Aida Jing to hype Lu Yiyan. The details, including the financial and sexual transactions involved, were described in great detail, revealing everyone's underwear.
Of course, all this information was revealed by Li Qiu.
At one time, all the ancestors of the three people were cursed. The people who were deceived by the three people before now suddenly realized their mistake and hated them even more than those who were against them in the first place. They reflected on themselves three times a day: Did I curse Aida Jing? Did I curse Fang Xingdong? Did I curse Li Dongtian?
At this time, Li Quanwang and his navy came in handy.
Soon after, all the portal websites and media newspapers under Lu Yiming's control also launched intensive coverage of this incident.
The matter went viral again.
The only difference between this time and the last time is that last time, at least because of Aida Jing and Li Dongtian, there were still people supporting Lu Yiyan, but this time, not only did no one support Lu Yiyan, but blogs, Aida Jing, Li Dongtian, and Fang Xingdong were all criticized.
The reputation of bloggers and Dior has collapsed to a terrible state, and the Internet is full of criticism of these two companies.
Aida Jing has lived in a walled compound since he was a child. From the status of his family, it can be seen that it is impossible for him to come into contact with the world of ordinary people. He has never faced such overwhelming abuse. He even feels wronged for it.
After all, although squinting eyes is a job, he is serious about keeping up with the international standards.
His seriousness is not only reflected in his efforts to connect with Europe and America, but he also did not let go of Southeast Asia and the South Asian subcontinent.
The main theme is that all beings are equal.
He called Fang Xingdong and said in a gloomy tone: "My reputation is not good right now. Many people scold me. My positive image has been greatly damaged. What do you think we should do?"
Fang Xingdong was now being called a traitor because he teamed up with Western shareholders to grab domestic business. Moreover, the reputation of his blog was damaged, and he even heard rumors that the relevant departments were preparing to launch an investigation into the blog. He was now overwhelmed and had no time to take care of himself, but when facing Aida Jing, he had no choice but to comfort Aida Jing and said, "You delete the post first, and I will help you monitor and suppress related topics in the background. Don't worry, I will take care of everything."
Soon, the blogger started deleting posts and comments, and even created a few keywords that would be blocked when searched, in order to prevent its influence from continuing to expand.
As a result, the blog became quieter, but the daily active users plummeted. In just a few days, the daily active users fell to less than one-tenth of the peak period.
Zhang Chaoyang was shocked by the drop - he knew how big the incident was, but as long as it could bring traffic to his blog, he didn't care at all. Now that the data has plummeted, of course he can't sit still.
He called Fang Xingdong and asked, "What's going on? Why did the data drop so much?"
Fang Xingdong was secretly complaining in his heart: Why did the data drop? Don’t you have any idea?
However, Fang Xingdong certainly didn't dare to say this to his big boss. He rolled his eyes and said immediately, "Boss Zhang, there's nothing we can do. The campus network is just too mean. Aren't we deleting posts? But the campus network put up a banner saying they would never delete posts and were user-friendly, and also recommended various posts on the homepage and pinned them to the top of the topic. I think this was obviously caused by Lu Yiming. This is retaliation."
Zhang Chaoyang was speechless about this explanation and snorted, "Do you think the shareholders will listen to this explanation? Do you know how much Sohu's stock price has fallen in recent days? I need you to solve the problem for me right now!"
Although what Fang Xingdong said seemed to make sense, and Lu Yiming was actually blatant in snatching users, this is business competition. It would be abnormal if your competitors didn't come to steal your business when they saw you were in trouble!
Therefore, even if Zhang Chaoyang agrees with Fang Xingdong's argument, it is impossible to convince those shareholders.
Fang Xingdong was even more speechless towards Zhang Chaoyang, and couldn't help cursing in his heart: "It was you who wanted to build the campus network in the first place, but now you're being retaliated by the richest man Lu and you're blaming me? Damn!"
But since Zhang Chaoyang is the financial backer, no matter how unhappy Fang Xingdong is, he can only lower his head and take the blame.
At the same time, Li Dongtian also received a call.
However, the call was neither from his sponsor nor from a blogger, but from his biological mother who was far away in his hometown.
Hearing his mother's voice coming from the phone, Li Dongtian was very surprised and asked quickly: "Mom, why are you calling?"
An exasperated voice came from the other end of the phone: "Li Dongtian, how dare you say that! You have disgraced our Li family! You actually went out to play with women, you have no shame! Now in the village they point fingers at me when I go out. I have lived a pure life, how could I give birth to a waste like you? You have lost your integrity in your later years, you have lost your integrity in your later years..."
It turned out that those photos of Li Dongtian had somehow been passed to his hometown. When the elders and villagers in those villages learned that Li Dongtian had actually gone out to look for women, all kinds of rumors immediately arose.
Li Dongtian apologized quickly: "Mom, don't believe everything you hear. I was just entertaining people for business. I really didn't do anything wrong. I swear to God!"
After much persuasion, Li Dongtian finally convinced his mother. Just as he was about to hang up, his mother asked worriedly, "With so many people talking about this outside, will it affect your work?"
Li Dongtian comforted her by saying, "I am also a victim in this matter. The other party is not targeting me. I am just an innocent victim. Don't worry, it has no impact on my work."
"That's good."
The old mother immediately felt relieved, and then she began to defend Li Dongtian: "Who on earth would use such a despicable method? Do they have to discredit you?"
Li Dongtian thought for a moment and said, "It should be that Lu Yiming, the richest man Lu you mentioned."
The old mother was shocked and asked quickly, "Did you offend Mr. Lu?"
Li Dongtian sighed and said, "Alas, once you are in the arena, you have no choice."
Li Dongtian didn't want to continue the conversation, so he said, "Okay, okay, don't worry, Mom. I don't have anything to do here. I haven't finished my work today, so I'll go to work first. I'll go back to accompany you after I finish this trip in a few days."
"Okay."
Hearing that her son was coming back, the old mother immediately smiled and hung up the phone in a hurry, fearing that she would delay her son's work.
After hanging up the phone, Li Dongtian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
This incident at most adds a label of "romantic" to him. In the entertainment industry, is this considered a big deal?
As long as it wasn't caught in a crackdown on pornography, it might become a good story if it got out, so Li Dongtian was not panicked at all.
However, just as Li Dongtian was thinking about how to improve his reputation, his cell phone rang again.
"Hello? Who is this?"
"It's me, Lu Yiyan."
The call was from Lu Yiyan, and her tone was very urgent.
"The crew of 'The Veil' informed me that my role has been cancelled. What on earth is going on?!"
She is so anxious now. The romantic film "The Veil" produced by Xia Mei is really too important to her career. Although the identity of an international supermodel is glorious, she dreams of entering the entertainment industry.
How much money does a model make from performing for money?
It’s different when making movies, especially big productions like this one produced by Xia and the United States. If she wins some international awards, her career will take off immediately.
Li Dongtian didn't know about this. After hearing what Lu Yiyan said, he was immediately shocked and said quickly: "Don't worry, I'll ask Director John Callan what's going on."
After comforting Lu Yiyan, Li Dongtian paid out of his own pocket for several thousand dollars worth of gifts and ran to find John Callan who was filming in Xia Country.
"John, long time no see."
In the crew office, Li Dongtian presented a gift and tried to get close to John Callan with a smile.
After a few pleasantries, Li Dongtian got down to business: "I heard that Lv Yiyan's role was cancelled. Can I ask what happened?"
John Karan was very single and said, "I have no problem with Lv Yiyan, but the investor wants to replace her. What can I do?"
As a director, John Curlan's fame and status are limited. He is not a truck driver and cannot hold hostage the wallets of his sponsors, so he can only obey the requests of his sponsors.
In fact, John Curran was very opposed to choosing a squinty-eyed actress like Lü Yiyan as a supporting actress. He was serious about film art, so he didn't want to politicize artistic issues, and he didn't want his work to have flaws, so he actually agreed to replace Lü Yiyan.
However, he still knew a little about the ways of the world and did not reveal his thoughts.
When Li Dongtian heard that it was the sponsor's idea, he lost his temper. This movie was a big production, and the investor was a big Western consortium, which he could not afford to offend.
Li Dongtian asked, "Well, that's a pity. Mr. John, can I ask who will play the role of Lu Yiyan? Is there any candidate?"
After passing the blame to the investors, John Callan now looked as if he had nothing to do with the matter and said bluntly: "It was an actress named Lin Yuzhen."
"Lin Yuzhen?"
Li Dongtian felt that this name seemed a little familiar, but he was sure that he had never come across it before. With deep doubts, he stood up and said goodbye.
"Okay, thank you Mr. John for clearing up my confusion. I'll go back first."
After returning home, Li Dongtian couldn't wait to turn on the computer and start looking for Lin Yuzhen's information.
It would not matter if he did not check, but once he checked, Li Dongtian was immediately shocked by Lin Yuzhen's identity.
It’s OK that her father is a billionaire, but Lin Yuzhen is also Mr. Lu’s high school classmate! ?
Grass!
Case solved!
This matter is indeed related to Mr. Lu, the richest man!
