Shadow of Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 200 Those who are clean will clean themselves up

With Hu Xiaobei's current abilities, dealing with someone like Song Wude who openly stirs up trouble and causes chaos is not difficult.

But those people and events hidden in the fog are not so easy to solve.

Even though Hu Xiaobei proposed the real-name system for the internet and brought forward the process to 2005.

However, due to technological limitations, it is not difficult for someone to create a fake identity and account if they intend to post rumors.

Hu Xiaobei didn't expect that the initial version of the real-name system on the Internet would be able to nip these rumors in the bud.

It's just that we want to keep these kinds of rumors below a certain level and reduce the harm they cause to An Xiaoqian and those who like and appreciate her.

In fact, since An Xiaoqian debuted, there have been no shortage of all kinds of unfounded rumors.

Similar rumors about age falsification were confirmed by reporters who went to Jiangcheng in late April this year, verifying An Xiaoqian's real age.

The rumor of fake overseas degrees only gained further evidence to refute it twenty years later when classmates posted group photos of their classes.

An Xiaoqian didn't take these ridiculous rumors to heart, nor did she want to pay attention to such slander.

Because she knew very well that if she responded to one of them, she would soon fall into one self-justification trap after another.

How can you prove that someone is spreading rumors?

How can you prove you are a woman?

How can you prove that you are you?

Even twenty years later, many people are still using these methods of spreading rumors and forcing people to prove themselves.

In the original timeline, An Xiaoqian posted several Weibo posts, the contents of which are as follows:

"If I'm misunderstood, I'll never explain. It's pointless. People will only believe what they want to believe. I've gotten used to it all along. Old wounds are covered with new ones. It's okay, it'll heal soon. Just enjoy the game."

"Don't argue, don't punish yourself with other people's logic and ideas, stop being violent towards yourself, don't be an unconscious recipient, be a friend of facts. At this time, the harm is not harm, but a projection of another individual's mind. If you feel good, project goodness; if you feel worldly, project worldlyness. And all of this has nothing to do with me. It's so easy. I've found myself again. Give myself a hug."

Many people may wonder why she doesn't come forward to clarify everything.

In fact, she and her family had tried to clarify the situation.

He even gave a special interview to the "Today's Talk" program and did a segment called "Rumors Fly Easily" to clarify the situation.

However, it is of no use.

The rumors only intensified, to the point that An Xiaoqian could only remain silent and try to console herself.

Therefore, An Xiaoqian had long given up arguing and only held onto one belief: the innocent will remain innocent, and rumors will stop with the wise.

Many people might think that this is because An Xiaoqian didn't try hard enough to clarify the rumors.

In fact, she and her family have made every effort behind the scenes to clarify the situation.

The network of connections and resources required during this process are unimaginable for ordinary people.

For example, they established a special company called Hongxingwu and recruited Liu Yonghui as their agent, which utilized Cheng Jinfei's abilities and network of connections.

For example, CCTV's "Today's Talk" program dedicated an episode to "Rumors Fly Easily".

This was achieved by leveraging An Xiaoqian's family connections. Many people may not know that the host of the program "Today's Talk: Rumors Fly Easily" is none other than Xiao Sa.

(PS: Xiao Sa's family moved to Jiangcheng during the Republic of China era to seek refuge. During that period, many members of the family died or disappeared. In the end, only his grandfather's family remained in Jiangcheng with the surname Sa.)
The above are nothing compared to what's more hidden and unknown, which is the key point.

In August of the same year, the State Council held a national video and telephone conference on rectifying and standardizing the order of the cultural market, emphasizing the need to vigorously rectify and standardize the order of the cultural market, purify social atmosphere, and create a good social environment for reform, opening up, and modernization.

The cost of pushing things to this level in such a short time is considerable!

Ultimately, it all comes down to connections with the older generation. However, looking at the development of the younger generations of the An and Liu families, they have actually fallen to a lower level and are unable to carry on the legacy.

This is already the limit. Although Hu Xiaobei was able to use calligraphy to indirectly promote and accelerate the implementation of real-name registration on the internet, this was only possible because real-name registration is inevitable.

After all, he was an orphan with no powerful connections or resources. In official matters, this was already the limit he could achieve.

What we are about to face is almost inevitable and will definitely happen.

In the original timeline, rumors first surfaced out of nowhere before May, claiming that An Xiaoqian had falsified her age and education.

These are just some of the more well-known rumors; there are countless other obscene rumors that are not even worthy of being discussed in public.

Even when An Xiaoqian was still filming The Condor Heroes, rumors were already rampant. (PS: For details, please see the video of her dining comments on Peach Blossom Island)
Then, in June, numerous accounts on Tianya Forum began spreading rumors.

It started when a user with the username "Female Bachelor" posted a rumor. The user information showed that the user was female and from Beijing.

The earliest news of her transgender status came from a user named "What's the big deal?" whose registration information indicated she was female and from Jiangsu Province.

Of course, this is just registration information. Whether these two users are male or female, or whether they are from Jiangsu Province and Beijing, is still a question.

Because neither of these two users used a home computer when they posted; instead, they chose an internet cafe.

Internet cafes in this era have a large flow of people, so it is obviously unlikely that it will be possible to find out the mastermind behind the scenes based solely on false registration information.

Even if Hu Xiaobei knew the registration information of these two users in advance, there was nothing he could do.

Even if the accounts "female bachelor" and "what's the big deal?" are banned, won't malicious rumor-mongers continue to stir up trouble using pseudonyms like "male bachelor" and "what's the little deal?"
It was under these circumstances and atmosphere that An Xiaoqian finally decided to sign with Sony's Little Days headquarters and go to Little Days for a six-month music study program.

She also made the decision to fully enter the music scene, temporarily retire from acting, and no longer take on television dramas.

Even so, the rumors about her on the internet have not stopped at all, and there are countless rumors.

Some newspapers and websites have frequently published sensational reports about An Xiaoqian, which have even gradually evolved into baseless defamation and personal attacks.

On July 8, 2005, rumors broke that An Xiaoqian had secretly had an abortion.

Just six days later, on July 14, rumors circulated that An Xiaoqian had undergone sex reassignment surgery.

The whistleblower, who was initially an unidentified netizen, has been fabricated to be "An Xiaoqian's elementary school classmate".

Even with An Xiaoqian's side issuing a statement and the original post being deleted, the rumors continue to spread and are difficult to stop.

At the time, at least thirty newspapers and websites reprinted these rumors.

Interestingly, the two newspapers that first reported on the rumors of An Xiaoqian's transgender status and abortion were both from Chongqing.

When reporters from "Today's Talk" interviewed the relevant personnel of the two newspapers by phone, they did not make excuses or evade responsibility.

This means that the content was not their original work, but rather information that had already been widely circulated online.

Even more shameless, one of the people in charge confidently said, "I think this is a good thing. It can not only increase An Xiaoqian's popularity, but also help her to distinguish the facts and understand the truth. We have done her a favor."

That's utterly shameless!
An Xiaoqian's agent at the time, Liu Yonghui, received a constant stream of phone calls from the media, who would often ask him to clarify the rumors.

But how can these things be clarified?

How can we clarify each one individually?

Is the clarification complete?
Spreading rumors only requires opening your mouth, but debunking them requires running around like crazy.

If someone raises unfounded doubts or even malicious rumors, you will fall into an endless trap of self-proof. Do you have enough time and energy to deal with it?

Even if you prove your innocence, won't they raise new questions and rumors based on the information you provide?
Rumors stop with the wise; you can never make a hater believe that there is truly light in this world.

There's no need to argue, nor is it necessary to punish yourself with other people's logic and ideas.

The clear is self-cleaning, and the turbid is self-turbid.

(End of this chapter)