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Chapter 256 All Things Followed the "Fall"

Everyone: "..."

This summer, after glancing at the other members of Ikeno's team in the car and noticing their stiff expressions, she realized that Ikeno hadn't lied to her this time.

He didn't actually do it himself.

—It was definitely not Ikeno who did it.

He is now very puzzled as to whether he really did have sex with Jiang, otherwise, why would this mad dog Jiang suddenly bite him?
Of course, such feelings only flashed through his mind for a moment before he realized that Jiang must have come prepared... or at least, that there were other people behind him who wanted to make a big profit before leaving.

Given his current influence and status in the industry, as well as Jiang's past identity, his "price" is naturally the "highest price on the market."

"Brother Chi... Sister Coco just called and said she's already sent a denial and a lawyer's letter, and asked what you're going to do next..."

Seeing that Jin Xia had sat down next to Chi Ye without saying anything, Xiao Liu continued the previous topic: "Things are escalating too fast. Sister Coco said she feels like there's a team manipulating things behind the scenes."

"In the end, it still came down to a lawyer's letter warning..."

Chi Ye muttered something to himself, then, noticing the puzzled looks from those around him, changed the subject, saying, "Is there any need to guess?"

His expression remained unchanged. From the initial incident to its escalation and peak, the attitude towards the event indeed developed very quickly. Ordinary onlookers might think it was because Jiang and Chi Ye were popular, but that's only one aspect. The bigger reason is probably that some people saw this news and started throwing money at it.

who can that be?

Ikeno thought about it for a while, then suddenly realized he couldn't guess it at all...

Don't get me wrong, it's not that there's no one to choose, it's just that there are too many people, making him unsure who's targeting him, or rather... whether everyone's targeting him together?

Just like Ji Heming back then, he was actually just a driving force. In the later stages, almost all the young actors' teams in the industry had entered the fray, and even a dog could step on Ji's foot.

"Brother Chi, should we take some other measures..."

Chi Ye paused, meeting the gazes of the other team members in the car. Some met his eyes openly, while others subconsciously avoided his gaze.

Ok…

How long has this been brewing? Have even the people around me started having their own agendas?
He thought for a moment before saying, "I'll go back to the studio."

"……it is good."

Just as Chino was about to close his eyes and rest for a while, he noticed that the old lady next to him was still tapping on her phone, quite vigorously.

"what are you doing?"

"My dad asked me if I had any tax problems."

Chino asked curiously, "Then just go back, what's the point of this?"

“I told him I also had tax problems, and that he could come and arrest me!”

Chiye: "..."

He looked at Jin Xia's delicate profile and suddenly lowered his voice: "You trust the 'me' from before that much?"

"Teacher Chi, I don't trust you."

The old lady raised her head and hummed, "But I support you unconditionally, I'll help you make up for it."

……

"This isn't about whether to fix it or not. Go and ask what really happened. This is an image issue. Ikeno's image has always been very good... except for the experience with Yuena. So this matter really should be investigated."

In the capital, the boss, who had a good personal relationship with Chi Ye, frowned as he spoke to the person on the phone: "I don't mean to cover for anyone... What I mean is, this matter has to be resolved sooner or later. Everyone knows about my relationship with Chi Ye, so it's not convenient for me to ask him directly. Could you do it for me?"

"Movies? Science fiction movies are privately funded; what can I say about them?"

"...Okay, sure, call me back right away after you've asked your questions."

The leader hung up the phone, feeling a little uneasy.

As one of the leaders in this field, he knows all too well just how many "lawless outlaws" exist in the entertainment industry.

Therefore, he is currently in a very conflicted state of mind. On the one hand, he admires Ikeno because Ikeno's outstanding performances have given him a significant advantage in the competition within the same system.

But every good thing has its bad side. As a result, he offended many people. Leaders who were familiar with people in the Beijing circle and other circles were very dissatisfied with him.

At the same time, if this matter is indeed proven true, he, who has always supported Ikeno in various ways, may also be labeled as "incompetent".

The leader is distressed; he desperately wishes this hadn't happened... In fact, this matter itself is "not a big deal," but unfortunately, Chu Luanyu's "collapse" came first, and Chu Luanyu's affair has now spread throughout both political and business circles, with a very wide impact.

Several more high-profile artists from Yuena were subsequently exposed and their scandals were confirmed.

The incident involving Chu Luanyu escalated to the political level, attracting considerable attention from higher authorities.

The revelations and concrete evidence surrounding the scandals involving artists from the Yue Na Group have increased the credibility of Jiang's statements and broadened their scope.

The incident started with a single artist and has now spread to multiple artists, and is even showing a tendency to spread to the entire entertainment industry... Ikeno, one of the most outstanding young artists, has already been "hit".

Ikeno, Ikeno... please don't let me down, otherwise... we'll both be really upset.

Just as he was thinking this, not long after, the leader was about to have a trusted confidant call Chi Ye—it wasn't convenient for him to contact Chi Ye on his own initiative right now.

But unexpectedly, before the call could even be made, the "solid evidence" had already arrived.

—After revealing that Chi Ye had previously evaded taxes, Jiang dropped another bombshell, posting a detailed account on Weibo of how the members of the Rise boy band evaded taxes.

It even includes evidence of shell companies operating under real names, their processes, and various fake invoices.

The situation escalated further, and Weibo's servers, which were already on the verge of collapse, completely crashed.

The hashtag #IkenoCollapse# has gone viral across the entire internet and even affected offline events.

That's right, it's not just Weibo, not just online, but also Douyin, Kuaishou, Xiaohongshu, Bilibili, and offline shopping malls have all been "affected".

—Ikeno is too popular, her popularity is too high.

This time, it wasn't an official announcement of a relationship; it was a genuine "collapse." Therefore, the impact and reach it caused were beyond what those behind the scenes had anticipated.

Online, many entertainment industry content creators on Bilibili were the most active. They usually praised Chi Ye as a breath of fresh air in the world of internet celebrities. However, within an hour of the incident, they actually worked overtime to produce various eye-catching headlines such as "[A Review of Chi Ye's Past Scandals]", "I Knew This Kind of Person Would Collapse", and "I Don't Understand How Chi Ye Became Famous".

Its main selling point is its speed in profiting from human suffering.

In this respect, Douyin is more mainstream, and many bloggers are not just trying to ride the wave of popularity.

"There isn't a single good person in the entertainment industry."

"Family members, the wind has shifted again. Are they starting to criticize coconuts again?"

"Honestly, regarding the treatment Ikeno received at Rise, do you think he had any autonomy? Shouldn't we blame Yuena for this?" "The issue isn't whether Yuena is to blame or not; the issue is that he left Yuena a long time ago. Did they compensate him?"

"Laughable. With Coconut's meager 'salary' back then, how could he possibly make up for it?"

"I can understand that Ikeno had no choice in the past, but the filter has indeed shattered a bit. Fans, stop trying to defend him. Your idol may have suffered before, but was he more miserable than a farmer? Or a food delivery driver?"

"Indeed, stop playing the victim. Besides, he may have been poor before, but does he still not have money now?"

"Hilarious! Just an hour ago, Jiang Cheng and other celebrities were posting selfies with Chi Ye, trying to ride the wave of popularity. I just clicked on it again and found that the Weibo post had been deleted. Haha, this is solid proof now, confirmed by someone in the industry."

"..."

six o'clock.

The Golden Eagle Awards red carpet event reached its grand finale.

The Golden Eagle Red Carpet event, which wasn't originally considered "important" today, saw a surge in viewership and popularity in the live stream at this time.

According to the original plan, Ikeno and Jin Xia were supposed to make a joint appearance as the final guest on today's Golden Eagle Red Carpet.

but now…

"...Director, should we call a stop? Have we been notified yet?"

Backstage.

Golden Eagle Awards Organizing Committee.

The director in charge of the gala was chain-smoking when someone walked in and hurriedly asked, "It's almost time."

"...Why aren't you giving me any information?"

If Ikeno is perhaps the one who is "wounded" the most today, then the chief director feels that he is the second one to be injured, in addition to Ikeno.

No way, I was just trying to organize a proper Golden Eagle Awards, and you fucking had Chu Luanyu's scandal collapse, then Yue Na's series of scandals... Now, even their closing guest is about to "disappear from the face of the earth".

It's Rise again, and it's that Jiang guy again!
He had already found out last time that Peng Chen had diarrhea on the spot at the Golden Eagle Awards because he ate some snacks from Jiang. Afterwards, Peng Chen's team conducted a thorough investigation. If Jiang hadn't run away quickly, he would have had to pay some "price".

But as the saying goes, "good things come to those who wait." Last time, Jiang didn't cause too much of a stir, but that's okay. This time, he's brought a huge windfall to the Chinese entertainment industry with his self-destructing truck!

"Holy crap, is this Rise group really some kind of mystical entity? First, there was the transgender plastic surgery scandal, then the guy who drove a self-destructing truck, and now there's this guy who likes to have diarrhea and go crazy... Wait, who the hell put this group together?"

The director was utterly baffled: "Yuenaka deserves to be torn to pieces! Look at the kind of people they've trained!!"

"...Director, now is not the time to think about these things. It's almost time for Chi Ye and Jin Xia to walk the red carpet. What should we do now?"

The person in charge of the red carpet is very anxious.

There's an ironclad rule in the industry that any celebrity with a bad reputation should not appear in front of the camera, but... is Chino considered a celebrity with a bad reputation now?
Despite the current escalation of the situation, it has only been less than two or three hours since Jiang posted his first Weibo post. The reason for the significant impact is that this surge in attention is a continuation of the previous two days' incidents involving Chu Luanyu and Yuena artists, as well as the high popularity of Chi Ye.

Currently, Chi Ye's side has sent a lawyer's letter and a denial statement to Jiang, which are standard procedures in the industry after an incident. There's nothing unusual about it. Putting aside the truth or falsehood, it's not important; just denying it for now is fine.

In this situation, it seems that Ikeno is about to collapse, but... he is here now, and the order of the red carpet at the Golden Eagle Awards is already arranged.

If we don't let Ikeno be the finale, then who should we have?
"Why haven't they given us any information yet? If he's a celebrity with a bad reputation, his schedule should be canceled immediately."

The director didn't understand why the response from above was so slow, but at this point, with the unexpected happening, there was really no one else to rely on but himself.

"...Just to be on the safe side, let's take it and let Jin Xia go alone... Hmm, be polite, I heard about Jin Xia and Chi Ye's relationship..."

Before the director could finish speaking, the person in charge of the red carpet awkwardly said, "Um... I received the news half an hour ago. It seems that Jin Xia said that if Chi Ye doesn't leave, she won't leave either."

Chief Director: "..."

Dog men and women!
He gritted his teeth: "Not going... fine, if they don't want to go, then they don't have to. Who's in front of them?"

"Sheng Ning".

"Okay, then let Sheng Ning go first... She's a big enough star, no problem."

"Row."

The person in charge finally received confirmation and breathed a sigh of relief, then hurriedly went to communicate with Sheng Ning's team.

But five minutes later, he came back covered in sweat: "Director, Sheng Ning isn't leaving either."

"what?"

The director, who was just about to make a call to his superiors, was stunned and exclaimed in surprise: "Sheng Ning isn't leaving? Why? That's impossible."

Sheng Ning is known in the industry for caring about the order of the red carpet. Besides... given her past relationship with Chi Ye, shouldn't she be hoping to end with Chi Ye?

"Um…"

The red carpet coordinator paused before saying uncertainly, "She seemed to say... that she didn't want to change her position, and... she said that since Ikeno was already scheduled to be the finale, would it be too much for us to cancel it because of something that's not even happening yet? Hmm."

He didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear: given Sheng Ning's personality, what followed would likely be sarcastic or sarcastic.

"She really said that? Why do you look like that? Aren't you sure yourself?"

The person in charge said, "What I'm not sure about is whether I'm hallucinating..."

The director paused for two seconds before waving his hand: "This woman is getting too arrogant, lecturing our TV station now?"

"Whether she leaves or not is up to her. Find someone of similar status to fill in for her, and tell them that I owe them a favor this time..."

"Director...no."

"???"

The director was completely exasperated: "What do you mean, 'can't'? What are you talking about? Time's almost up, can you stop dawdling?"

"No, listen to me."

The person in charge of the red carpet is now extremely anxious and completely bewildered by what happened on the way back.

"When I saw that Sheng Ning didn't agree, I went to find Shang Youshu and Shi Jinwei who lived nearby... They both said they wouldn't leave either, and told us to find someone else..."

Chief Director: "..."

This time, he calmed down and remained silent for a full ten seconds before speaking with feeling: "Everyone says that Chi Ye has no popularity or friends... They really should be shown. I don't know about other circles, but in the drama circle... he really has a knack for attracting top actresses."

"Yeah... I think it's ridiculous too. They used to fight tooth and nail for the final spot, but now not a single one of them is willing to take Ikeno's place..."

The person in charge also sighed, but after sighing, he became a little anxious: "What about the directors... they don't want to leave, what should we do? Four-character and Zhu Yaolin are both in the film industry, and they don't have any works nominated this time, so no one can 'fill in' for Chi Ye."

(End of this chapter)