Huayu Chunqiu, starting from being adopted by a fairy mother

Chapter 453 Pandora’s Box

If Zhao Xiaodao could think there was a problem with the recording, many people could too.

The initial doubts were quickly dispelled by others, suggesting that the recording could not have been made recently.

Liu Jing and Zhang Min are indeed in China, but Liu Yifei has been filming abroad. They don't get a holiday on October 1st there.

From the time Xiaoxue exposed the incident to the time Weibo crashed, it was common knowledge that Liu Yifei did not return to China, and Liu Jing and Zhang Min did not go abroad.

After Sisi released the recording, the online trolls arranged by Sister Li immediately followed suit. Liu Jing's reputation hadn't collapsed yet, but it had already begun to reverse.

After so many days of commotion and hype, the buzz has directly translated into box office success for "The Message".

On October 4th, the box office reached 4217 million.

On October 5th, the box office reached 3378 million.

On October 6, the box office revenue exceeded 10 million again.

Old Han was secretly delighted. Liu Jing was not only the director of "The Message," but also a major actor in "The Founding of a Republic." "The Message" reaped the rewards, while "The Founding of a Republic" quietly enjoyed the spoils, surpassing 400 million yuan at the box office before "The Message."

The film "The Founding of a Republic" was extended from its theatrical run, and its box office surpassed that of "Painted Skin" at 430 million yuan. At that time, "The Message" had a box office of less than 400 million yuan.

Old Han breathed a sigh of relief. Even if he were surpassed by "The Message" next, he would have no regrets.

"You, Liu Jing, will use any means necessary to promote 'The Message'."

That's what Lao Han thinks, and that's what many people in the industry think too.

In their view, this was not a setup by someone for Liu Jing, but rather a setup by Liu Jing himself to promote "The Message".

Some people are happy, and naturally some people are unhappy.

Taro was very upset because his eldest and second eldest brothers got into a fight and killed the third brother.

To create a sensation before the release of "Nanjing", a lot of data was artificially inflated.

He also prepared a lot of negative topics for "The Message," but some idiot exposed Zhang Min's child, which only created more trouble. Everyone is focused on that issue; nobody is paying attention to what he prepared.

He also understood that the other party was sending this message at this time because they wanted to cause "The Message" to fail miserably.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend; he looked forward to the day when the other side would expose Liu Jing. He decided to use his resources wisely, ordering his online army to hold off for now and wait for the opportunity to strike while the enemy was down.

He had been waiting for his chance, but before he could even celebrate for a night, a recording from Liu Yifei turned the tide.

The entire internet was praising Liu Jing, and any negative comments were quickly drowned out.

"Liu Jing, that guy's really lucky." Taro was frustrated, then felt a pang of heartache; he had lost too much this time.

When the film "Nanjing" ran out of funding in its later stages, he mortgaged his house, and Qin Lan poured in all her savings to finish the movie. Even the publicity and distribution costs were borrowed from his father.

Now things are really complicated. He can't explain it to the investors, he can't explain it to Qin Lan, and he can't explain it to the bank. He feels like he has to explain himself.

Sisi was in a good mood, having enjoyed being a director and also achieving other goals.

That's right, she hired some people to stir up trouble and once again portray Liu Jing as a saint.

As a result, Liu Rijing gradually acquired a new title, with some jokingly calling him "Sage Liu".

Because of the popularity of "iPartment", he became known as "Liu Xiaoxian".

Fans who came to watch the show because of "The Message" disliked it for being a copy of someone else's work and changed the name to "Liu Banxian".

Finally, when it reached the mouths of the immortals, it changed its flavor once again, and was elegantly called "Liu the Half-Immortal".

The onlookers were having so much fun making nicknames for each other that they almost forgot about the story itself.

After sending the recording, Sisi left it aside and ignored it. To her, this was an explanation—an explanation to everyone, an explanation to Zhang Min, and an explanation to those little bitches.

She knew that those little bitches had all disappeared without a trace, and she understood their thoughts; they wanted to see what she would do.

She gave them a glimmer of hope, lest they become desperate and resort to any means necessary.

In Sisi's opinion, I can properly solve Xiaoxue's problem, and I can also solve your problem.

From then on, Liu Jing became Xiaoxue's "fake" father. As for whether people would discover the truth as Xiaoxue grew up, it didn't matter.

At that time, Zhang Min didn't care about what others said; she cared even less back then, but now she cares a lot.

Of all Liu Jing's women, Zhang Min is both the most threatening and the least threatening to her. With Xiaoxue's problem properly resolved, Qianqian also had a weight lifted from her shoulders.

Secondly, there was Jing Tian, ​​so she and Jing Tian became best friends.

Despite Yang Mi's single-minded focus on dribbling the ball into the goal, in Xixi's eyes, she wasn't even in the top three threats.

Third is Liu Shishi. Sometimes she has to admit that she is indeed more suitable to be a daughter-in-law than she is.

Besides, barking dogs don't bite; the silent ones are the most dangerous.

Sisi has indeed achieved her goal, and she has personally opened Pandora's box.

Even if you knew, you wouldn't care. You can't defeat me now, and you certainly can't in the future.

Compared to all of the above, Sina is secretly delighted; it's the biggest winner.

One month after the closed beta ended, even with blog conversions, the number of registered users on Weibo is still not ideal, remaining below one million.

Liu Yifei's Weibo post attracted millions of users, and the number of new users registered every day thereafter continued to rise.

Mr. Cao was both excited and scared. He was excited because the data was increasing rapidly.

What's frightening is that if competitors also open Weibo accounts, one Liu Yifei won't be enough; there are also Fan Bingbing, Gao Yuanyuan, Zhou Xun, Zeng Li, and Zhang Min who can summon those former goddesses.

Whichever side Sister Li helps, that side will quickly develop a siphon effect.

Before Weibo achieved a significant lead and established a competitive advantage, he had no choice but to agree to Sister Li's various terms.

Even before its release, "My Love from the Star" has achieved the effect that Weibo wanted.

October 5th was Gao Yuanyuan's 10th birthday.

Today, one Weibo post from Xixi resolved all the troubles, and Gao Yuanyuan is in a great mood.

She left work early with a cake in her hand, bought some health supplements, and planned to have a family reunion dinner at home.

What we eat isn't important; what matters is who we eat with. Having Mom and Dad, my brother and sister-in-law, the whole family gathered together—that's the happiest thing.

Because of giving birth to her, her mother developed a chronic illness, which is a knot in Gao Yuanyuan's heart forever.

She understood the meaning of the saying that a child's birthday is a mother's day of suffering.

Riding high on the spring breeze, even traffic jams seem beautiful to Gao Yuanyuan.

"Yuanyuan, it's your birthday, why did you buy yourself a cake? Your sister-in-law bought one." Gao Yuanyuan's mother started complaining as soon as she entered the door. "We have so many health supplements at home, your father and I could eat them all. And you buy these again, you have money to burn." "Mom, the birthday cake was a gift from Sister Min, and these health supplements were given to me by a colleague." Gao Yuanyuan told a white lie. The birthday cake was a gift from Bai Bing, and she bought the health supplements herself.

She put the things on the ground, hugged her mother, and said, "Mom, I'm your daughter. Buying you any gift is only right. Your good health is more important than anything else."

Mrs. Gao couldn't contain her joy, "Your little mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter. Your dad just fried some fried meatballs, they're so delicious. Take some with you tomorrow so Mr. Min can try them."

"Mom, he's such a big shot, why would he care about my dad's lousy fried meatballs?" Gao Yuanyuan's brother mocked.

"They have plenty of food and clothing, what they lack is affection. A straight man like you doesn't understand anything. If it weren't for Yuanyuan's help, you wouldn't even be able to find a wife," Gao's mother scolded.

"Brother, where's sister-in-law?" Gao Yuanyuan looked around and realized that one person was missing.

"Their company is working overtime, so they'll be back late today."

"Weibo crashed twice, you're the one who should be working overtime," Gao Yuanyuan pouted, her older brother was practically becoming a stay-at-home dad.

"My sister's birthday is a big deal, but this is even bigger than this."

"You siblings chat, I'll go help in the kitchen." Mrs. Gao smiled with satisfaction. Virtuous children and a harmonious family are more important than money.

After Mrs. Gao left, the older brother, holding a glass of water, said with a fawning expression, "Sister, have some tea..."

"Speak if you have something to say, otherwise leave." Gao Yuanyuan understood her brother's routine.

"President Li came to our company today, and we chatted for a bit. Is there something wrong with the recording Liu Yifei released? Zhang Min's child is definitely Liu Jing's." Brother Gao asserted immediately, because of his sister's experience, he had long suspected the relationship between Liu Jing and Zhang Min.

"What nonsense are you talking about? That child was conceived through IVF by Sister Min. She didn't ask who the biological father is, nor does she want to know." Gao Yuanyuan categorically denied it. Her brother is very close to her, but there are some secrets that even her mother can't tell.

"Really?" the older brother asked, half-believing.

"Really." Gao Yuanyuan's eyes were full of sincerity.

She had wanted to talk to her brother about something today, but had to give up and will wait until she gets pregnant.

Zhao Xiaodao is thinking about the child; she's been thinking about it these past few days.

Zhang Minsheng's child has the surname Zhang, but she wants her own child to have the surname Gao, and claims to the outside world that the child is her brother's.

“Yuanyuan, I overheard President Li chatting today. She intends to invite Lei Jun to come out of retirement and create his own mobile phone brand.”

This was something Sister Li intentionally told President Cao, to increase her side's leverage.

“Yes! Samsung is good, but it's still their brand. We're in a honeymoon period now, who knows when they might turn on us. Sister Li is very interested in smartphones and has been thinking about it for a while. After leaving Kingsoft, CEO Lei has been investing for the past two years. He's been restless and has his own ideas about smartphones. He recently discussed it with Sister Li, and we think the time is right to enter the market,” Gao Yuanyuan explained.

"I have two college classmates who work in this field. Could you introduce them to the new company?"

“Okay, as long as they’re not complete idiots, it’ll be easy to talk to Sister Li.” Gao Yuanyuan didn’t dare to agree immediately.

"Don't worry, they're both very skilled, better than me." The brother sighed. "It's easy to talk to Sister Li with you, but it's hard to say anything about us."

"This time, Xiaoxue exposed it, and it was one of Minjie's nannies who revealed it. I estimate that once the storm passes, the company will definitely take action against those relatives." After all, he was her own brother, Gao Yuanyuan took the opportunity to reveal this.

"Tsk tsk, you guys did a really good job keeping this a secret. Girls are so outgoing, and I'm your own brother, not someone you want to mess with, yet you haven't revealed a single thing to us." The brother was full of admiration; his sister truly deserved to be called an actress, her acting skills were impeccable.

"Also, don't introduce any random people into the company in the future," Gao Yuanyuan warned.

"You don't need to tell me. Few of us in the STEM field practice nepotism." The older brother said dismissively, then changed the subject, "By the way, isn't President Li practicing nepotism too? She has a ready-made R&D team; she could just hire a manager. Why bother inviting Lei Jun out of retirement?"

“Boss Lei is a genius. Sister Li said that some of Boss Lei’s qualities are something that others can’t learn. If you were to do it alone, the chance of success would be less than 30%. But if Boss Lei were to take charge, the chance of success would reach 70%.”

"It's so scary..."
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While the brother and sister were chatting, Liu Shishi was also busy.

She has finished filming her scenes in "My Love from the Star" and is currently undergoing training in sugar figurine making. Filming for "The Weaver Girl" will begin soon.

As the game "Chinese Paladin 3" gained popularity over the past three months, Liu Shishi's character, Longkui, attracted countless fans.

Liu Jing's data panel shows that Xiao Shizi's popularity score has exceeded 80 points. If a selection of the "Four Little Actresses" were held at this time, she should have no problem entering the top ten.

"Shishi, it's time to eat." Old Cai walked into the training room, where the little lion was practicing hard.

"Sister K, you eat first, I'll practice a little longer," Little Lion replied.

Old Cai was just saying it casually; his real purpose was to gossip. "Shishi, Liu Yifei just denied it. Do you want to hear it?"

"Fine," the little lion muttered. This wasn't debunking a rumor; it was spreading one. The child belonged to his senior brother. He wanted to see how Liu Yifei could turn black into white.

When the recording finished playing, the little lion sat on the ground in a split, looking very surprised.

After Xiaoxue exposed him, she never contacted her senior again, not because she had any issues with him. She already knew how scummy he was, so it wasn't surprising that he exposed two more children.

She wanted to see how Liu Yifei would handle it. "You, Liu Yifei, are so concerned about your image, aren't you? Now that the child has been exposed, it's Zhang Min who will slap you in the face."

She didn't believe that such a piece of information could bring down her senior brother. The mastermind behind it all overestimated the value of this secret and underestimated her senior brother's abilities.

However, Little Lion also speculated that perhaps that person wasn't primarily trying to sabotage the box office of "The Message," but rather to annoy his senior. "The Message" was just a side effect, a way to kill two birds with one stone.

"Shishi, could this recording have been written and directed by Liu Jing himself?" Old Cai looked at the little lion's expression and knew what was going on.

"No." Liu Shishi denied it without hesitation. This was all fabricated by Liu Yifei. Her senior brother wouldn't do something so pointless.

Seeing how decisive the little lion was, Old Cai became less confident. "Isn't that child Liu Jing's?"

"Sister K, my senior brother is a jerk, but not as much as you think." Little Lion said calmly, "What I'm saying is true. You can't imagine how much of a jerk he is. So much so that he has more than a dozen women, and so outrageous that he plays the 'six sixes' card game."

“That’s true. If the child really is Liu Jing’s, he wouldn’t allow the child to have the surname Zhang.” Old Cai believed it.

"Sister K, I'll practice a little longer." The little lion dismissed her, saying, "My child will definitely have the surname Liu. Whether it's Liu Jing's Liu or Liu Shishi's Liu, there won't be another surname."

Old Cai sighed deeply, his expression full of exhaustion.

Zhang Min, Zhang Min, you deserve to have your baby exposed. What kind of person did that? I can't even control those people at Tangren. And you, you just gave Liu Shishi shares directly.

Old Cai wanted to disagree, but he couldn't fight city hall. Now, the problem has arisen: the voices about resource imbalance have been silenced, but the voices about employee stock ownership have risen.

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that Liu Shishi spoke to her with much more assertiveness than before.

When asked about another project the company was preparing, "The Vigilantes in Masks," Liu Shishi immediately said, "I want Yan San Niang."

His tone was unquestionable, and he had just given the order to leave, something unthinkable before.

Yuan Hongli's intention to leave is now completely undisguised.

That's nothing. Let her go. I never really expected anything from Yuan Hong anyway.

But Hu Ge's thoughts were hard for her to fathom. It was alright for now, but if this continued, she was afraid that this shallow water would not be able to support a dragon!

"Having a man backing you up makes all the difference. People's hearts are fickle, and their minds are prone to change..."

(End of this chapter)