I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

Chapter 149 The rumors are getting more and more outrageous.

"Boss, this can't go on. If there are so many reporters outside the set every day, it will seriously affect the filming schedule."

Liu Meng said.

"Everyone has had a long day, go back and rest. We can talk about it tomorrow."

Cheng Sheng didn't answer, but instead glanced at the people around him and said...

Upon hearing Cheng Sheng's words, the crew members around him gradually dispersed, leaving only Liu Meng, Da Tiantian, Zeng Li, and a few others who were close to Cheng Sheng.

The group returned to their room with Cheng Sheng.

"Okay, I know what you're worried about. Don't worry, I'll be fine. Those false rumors online can't touch me."

Seeing the worried expressions on Liu Meng's and the others' faces, Cheng Sheng smiled and said.

"Cheng Sheng, should I ask my uncle to help find the person who smeared you?" Da Tiantian still intended to help Cheng Sheng, even though the bastard was ungrateful, she just wanted to help him.

"No need, I know who's smearing me," Cheng Sheng said, shaking his head.

"Do you know who it is?" Da Tian Tian asked in surprise.

“I only have a few enemies, and the one I’ve offended the most is Wu Baige.” Cheng Sheng’s eyes flashed with a cold light when he mentioned Wu Baige.

"Wu Baige's methods are too despicable," Liu Meng said angrily.

"This kind of person is actually an internationally renowned director? I think he's just a shameless scoundrel," Zeng Li said coldly.

"That's outrageous! I'm going to have Uncle teach him a lesson!" Da Tiantian said, standing up for Cheng Sheng.

"No, let's not involve President Lu in this matter," Cheng Sheng quickly stopped him.

Da Tiantian certainly has the ability to teach Wu Baige a lesson, and even blacklist him, but if she really takes action, things will definitely escalate significantly.

Cheng Sheng didn't want to cause trouble for the people behind Da Tian Tian because of this.

"You really don't need my help?" Da Tiantian looked regretful.

Cheng Sheng shook his head firmly and said, "No need, I will teach him a lesson myself."

"So what do you want to do?" Da Tiantian asked curiously.

"It's a secret," Cheng Sheng said with a slight smile.

"Tell me quickly!" Da Tiantian grinned at Cheng Sheng, pestering him to tell her how to teach Wu Baige a lesson.

But Cheng Sheng certainly couldn't talk about this.

After making a fuss for five minutes, Cheng Sheng kicked everyone out of the room.

Cheng Sheng took out his phone and dialed a number for a coal mine owner in Xishan.

The call connected in just a few seconds.

“Hey, Mr. Yang,” Cheng Sheng said.

"Director Cheng, what a coincidence! I was just about to call you!"

"You're calling me? Is it because of the comments online? Mr. Yang, you don't believe that, do you?"

This Mr. Yang is the mistress's sugar daddy.

Cheng Sheng called him, not to explain, but because he had something else to discuss with him.

"Of course not, how could I doubt your character, Director Cheng! Actually, I wanted to apologize to you. If I hadn't put that bitch in your crew, I wouldn't have caused you so much trouble," said Boss Yang.

"It seems Mr. Yang is a reasonable man. I was just overthinking it. Your girlfriend wasn't affected, was she?" "Affected my ass! I've already sent that bitch back to the countryside. If it weren't for the fact that she's been with me for several years, I would have kicked her out long ago," Mr. Yang said.

"Actually, it's all a misunderstanding. She didn't even come into my room that night, and she didn't know that bastard took the video. It's clearly an attempt to smear me, but I'm the one who caused her to be implicated," Cheng Sheng said.

"If I find out which bastard did this, I'll skin him alive," Boss Yang said fiercely.

Because of some comments online, he was ridiculed by many people who called him a cuckold.

It's no wonder he's angry when someone talks to a billionaire like that!

But with so many comments online, he didn't know who to vent his anger on.

"I don't know who filmed the video, but I do know what's behind it all," Cheng Sheng said with a cold laugh.

"Who?"

“Wu Baige, this guy is the only one who has been targeting me lately. It’s been reported in the news several times.”

“It’s that bastard, Director Cheng. Should we send someone to teach him a lesson? If it’s inconvenient for you, I can come,” Boss Yang said.

"It is indeed inconvenient for me to take action."

"Then I'll do it."

“It’s one thing to hit someone, but how about this… or that…” Cheng Sheng said.

Upon hearing this, Boss Yang felt a chill in his heart. It seemed that he should never offend intellectuals in the future, as the consequences of offending them were worse than death.

“Alright, leave it to me. I’ll have someone take care of it right away and make sure Wu Baige is utterly disgraced.”

"Thank you very much. If you ever go to Beijing, Mr. Yang, I'll definitely treat you to a big meal," Cheng Sheng said with a slight smile.

After hanging up the phone, Cheng Sheng sat on the sofa, silently looking up at the ceiling, thinking to himself: Wu Baige, don't blame me for being ruthless, you brought this on yourself.

Over the next two days, public opinion surrounding Cheng Sheng continued to escalate. With the deliberate smear campaign by online trolls, the entire internet was filled with criticism of Cheng Sheng.

Many people, when blindly following the crowd and angrily criticizing, are somewhat blindly following, blindly acting, and doing so for the sake of traffic, showing off, venting, or smearing and attacking.

In the information explosion era, the ways to obtain information are becoming more and more convenient and the difficulty of obtaining information is getting lower and lower. However, at the same time, people's tendency to simply take information is also rapidly robbing them of their ability to think critically and discern.

Like a newborn baby, fed one processed piece of junk information after another, suffering from indigestion and constipation; like a mindless walking corpse, having its emotions swayed, its words and actions manipulated, and its cognition destroyed by one piece of false information after another.

Netizens are not fools. The reason they are easily misled is largely because they are too lazy to discern and think when faced with a massive amount of information, and they are used to passively accepting it.

The results show that in the flood of information, one must learn to keep one's eyes open, not blindly follow or easily believe, and use reason and wisdom to protect one's own understanding in order not to lose one's way in the vortex of false information.

Thus, they become accomplices in being manipulated!
However, this kind of understanding is very rare on the internet, and many people believe whatever they hear.

Online trolls are just stirring up trouble; the real phenomenon comes from netizens who blindly follow the crowd.

Cheng Sheng did not come forward to explain the online insults and slanders directed at him, which led many people to mistakenly believe that he was afraid.

Rumors quickly spread, and even more absurd ones emerged, with some claiming to have seen Cheng Sheng, Xu Fan, Chen Hong, Gong Huang, and others checking into a hotel.

This news is absolutely outrageous.

These women are all almost a decade older than Cheng Sheng, and the first two are already married, to Chen Kaige and Feng Dapao respectively.

Saying that they had sex with Cheng Sheng is just trying to create conflict between Cheng Sheng, Feng Dapao, and Chen Kaige!

Gong Li's case is even more outrageous. She doesn't even seem to be in the country, so how could someone have seen her and Cheng Sheng checking into a hotel?

Could it be that Empress Gong has some kind of superpower, allowing her to teleport back from abroad?
(End of this chapter)