This director is vindictive.

Chapter 569 Shocking! Chen Mo Suspected of Instigating Crime?
If Tang's previous visit was chilling and terrifying, then this one was utterly frustrating.

Or perhaps some are angry at their lack of ambition and saddened by their misfortune!
Chen Mo didn't seem to have much of a reaction to this, but Zhang Yuqi was quite indignant.

The main reason is that Zhang Yuqi is someone who dares to slap her ex in the street. Looking at the entire entertainment industry, she is one of a kind. No, even looking at the whole country, there are very few women as fierce as her.

That's why, while she grieved for their misfortune, she was also somewhat angry at their lack of ambition.

Because Li was a victim from beginning to end, unlike Tang, who had resisted. It's just that the devil is always one step ahead of the saint.

In fact, Li's husband was not as intelligent or discreet as Tang's husband. He was very simple and violent; he liked to drink and would beat people when he got drunk.

Each time, Li was beaten until he was covered in bruises.

"Don't compare yourself to everyone else. Besides, what you said on the spot wasn't good either," Chen Mo said helplessly.

Chen Mo sighed and reached out to press the messy head of this troublesome child onto his shoulder. Oh well, he had to spoil the tigress he found, even if he had to kneel down.

“That’s not right, Chen Mo. Why doesn’t she seek help from the media? Her man can control everything in this small county, but I don’t believe he can be so arrogant on the internet.” Zhang Yuqi broke free and said with a suspicious look.

Chen Mo looked at Zhang Yuqi as if she were an idiot.

"You don't actually think it's easy for ordinary people to get on the news and trending topics, do you? Do you know how much it costs to buy a trending topic these days?" Chen Mo was speechless.

“But didn’t that woman who was abused 16 times before trend on social media? The whole internet was supporting her!” Zhang Yuqi retorted, unconvinced.

"What happened? He was beaten so badly he almost died and now he's living with a urinary catheter!"

Chen Mo explained, counting on his fingers: "First, those extreme cases are sensational enough; second, they happen to coincide with a period of heightened public discussion about domestic violence; and third, there's a professional team behind them promoting them. Do you think just any domestic violence case can go viral?"

Seeing that Zhang Yuqi still wanted to argue, Chen Mo continued, "Let me put it this way, the current platform algorithms are all about traffic. Unless you can meet three conditions: either the matter is sensational enough, or the person involved is in a terrible situation, or there is someone pulling the strings behind the scenes, you might post a hundred requests for help and not even make a ripple."

"Didn't Li also seek help online?" Zhang Yuqi pressed.

"Yes, and what was the result?"

Chen Mo sneered: "Her post on Tieba was deleted within half a day, her Weibo plea for help got less than two hundred views, and her short video was directly throttled because of 'sensitive content.' Do you know how many similar pieces of content the platform filters every day?"

Chen Mo took out his phone and swiped the screen: "Besides, the story of a 'brain in a small county town' sounds scary, but it's neither bloody and exciting enough, nor bizarre and sensational enough for netizens. Without a professional team to package it, who would pay attention to a domestic violence case in a small county town?"

"Okay," Zhang Yuqi opened her mouth.

"Stop it!"

Chen Mo interrupted her: "Do you remember what Li said? She tried posting videos on Douyin, and the next day someone came to her door saying she was 'breaking up family harmony.' If you ask me, who among those who can become 'Brahmins' in this area doesn't have a few relatives or friends working at internet companies?"

Zhang Yuqi finally fell silent, slumping dejectedly in her seat, her fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of her clothes. Outside the car window, the neon lights of the county town flashed by, casting dappled shadows on the glass.

Actually, Li was lucky, because Chen Mo found Li's case through Hongjing Law Firm and took notice of him.

With Chen Mo's attention, Li was undoubtedly lucky. Not to mention Chen Mo, even Zhang Yuqi would not have allowed this to continue.

But what about others?

Zhang Yuqi suddenly spoke up: "Chen Mo, you said that after we retire from the entertainment industry, we'll be idle anyway, so why don't we set up a related charity foundation to help these people?"

Chen Mo looked at Zhang Yuqi with newfound respect, a rare occurrence for him.

"Sure! But this kind of thing isn't easy, and you'll have to deal with a lot of the darker side of society. You need to control your temper." Chen Mo didn't seem to care, but he still reminded him.

Zhang Yuqi only listened to the first half of Chen Mo's speech, automatically ignoring the rest.

Instead, she suddenly had a brilliant idea and said, "Since everyone knows you're going to make a movie about domestic violence, how about we, your girlfriends who have retired from the entertainment industry, organize an online charity auction together?"

Chen Mo looked at her in surprise.

"Don't you want to listen to what you're saying? An online charity auction? What is the nature of an auction? It's about bringing together a large number of people with strong purchasing power to bid, while a charity auction is more for charity. The online base is large, but doing an auction is not so easy," Chen Mo said speechlessly.

"Is it not okay?" Zhang Yuqi asked, somewhat disappointed.

Chen Mo didn't want to discourage her, so after thinking for a moment, he suddenly said, "It's not impossible, but the focus is different, and it might cause some controversy."

"How so?" Zhang Yuqi asked curiously.

“You guys have that kind of fame, and with the added buzz of the first online charity auction, you’re sure to attract a lot of people. But the problem is, who’s the target audience? Ordinary netizens? Definitely not. They might be willing to donate a little something, but they can’t actually do it. So, the target audience has to be other people.”

“If you’re doing a live-stream auction, the viewership will definitely be high, which means there’s a lot of advertising value. So, if it’s run well, you won’t have to worry about finding buyers. But this will also lead to some controversy, as it’s too commercial,” Chen Mo said.

"What's there to be afraid of? I've done nothing wrong!" Zhang Yuqi said dismissively. "Besides, I'm retiring from the entertainment industry, so what's there to be afraid of in terms of public opinion?" she added.

"Alright, you can go back and discuss it with everyone." Chen Mo reached out and ruffled her hair.

In fact, Chen Mo quite liked her carefree personality. She wasn't calculating or scheming. Although she was a bit impulsive, she was kind and could stand her ground when it came to matters of principle.

With a daughter like this, what more could a husband ask for?

Sure enough, after Zhang Yuqi returned, she gathered a group of her friends and began to share with them the process of "gathering information" and "visiting victims" with Chen Mo.

As women themselves, they naturally shared a common sense of indignation, especially towards the first person, Tang, whom they all found astonishing.

With their unanimous agreement, the online charity auction project was officially launched.

Of course, it's impossible to put it into action immediately.

However, they have recently started to wrap up their careers, so they are actually quite free. They are eager to do something meaningful.

There is strength in numbers, not to mention that they are all well-off. So the amount of money raised is not the key point. The key point is to draw more attention to the increasingly serious social problem of "domestic violence" through this event.

Even Chen Mo was persuaded to contribute an item to the auction.

This is a rather memorable item: the original manuscript of the script for Chen Mo's first film, "Love is Not Blind"!

However, things took a turn for the worse than Chen Mo had anticipated.

Zhang Yuqi was sitting cross-legged on the living room carpet, applying nail polish, when the bright red nail polish brush suddenly drew a slanted line on her toenail—because the doorbell rang abruptly.

She shuffled to the entrance in her slippers. She saw two men in police uniforms on the screen, heads bowed, checking identification, their body cameras flashing red.

"Holy crap?" She slammed her nail polish bottle to the floor and screamed as she turned toward the study, "The police are here!"

Chen Mo was stunned when he heard Zhang Yuqi's voice. When did this fierce woman become obsessed with Hong Kong dramas?

And what? The police came knocking?
He frowned as he looked at the surveillance footage; it really was a police officer!

But Chen Mo was genuinely puzzled as to why the police had come knocking on his door.
After the door opened, the two men in hats showed their identification and explained their purpose.

"You two visited Ms. Li Lili before, right?" Uncle Hat asked.

Chen Mo and Zhang Yuqi both nodded: "What's wrong? What happened?"

Chen Mo's expression was somewhat serious.

It was only through the two "hat uncles" that Chen Mo realized the seriousness of the matter.

It turned out that after he and Zhang Yuqi visited Li, they entrusted the legal matters to Hongjing Law Firm.

Unexpectedly, after learning about this, Zhao committed domestic violence against Li again that night when he got home. However, perhaps because of what Zhang Yuqi said during the day, Li did not choose to silently endure it, but chose to fight back, and the way she fought back was very violent.

She stabbed Zhao several times with a knife.

Chen Mo fell silent.

A glint of excitement flashed in Zhang Yuqi's eyes. If Chen Mo hadn't pinched her hard, who knows what this tiger-woman would have said.

Given what happened, it's quite normal for the police to ask Chen Mo and Zhang Yuqi to cooperate with the investigation.

Of course, Chen Mo didn't care too much, but it was indeed a troublesome matter. It can only be said that trouble comes from careless words!
After all, as a public figure, being visited by the police would probably have caused a huge uproar in the outside world by now, right?

The police were probably worried that things would get out of hand, which is why they came directly to the door. If it were anyone else, they would probably have been taken to the police station for questioning long ago.

The same is true.

Chen Mo, Zhang Yuqi, and his group of women were already the focus of media attention, let alone such explosive news.

Soon, resourceful reporters uncovered some juicy scoops, and these kinds of things can't be kept secret. Of course, Chen Mo never intended to hide anything from the public.

The outside media quickly used the most eye-catching headlines, causing a public outcry!
Shocking! Chen Mo and Zhang Yuqi suspected of instigating crime! Police investigate.

This can be described as a single stone stirring up a thousand waves!

It instantly overshadowed all other entertainment news and soared to the top of the trending topics list!
(End of this chapter)