Chapter 599: The News
The discussions about Yu Linna and Ye Zhiyun online had not stopped. Everyone was discussing whether the two of them were on bad terms. After all, the onlookers were watching a lively scene. Coincidentally, these two were both public figures. Everyone was also pulling at this matter, but it was impossible for the officials to specially come out and say what had happened between the two of them. Everything had to be imagined by the onlookers.
The imagination of the onlookers could be said to be world-class. The versions they had imagined could be said to be even more exciting than a movie. But as for the truth of the matter, it was impossible for them to know. Everything could only be integrated into one story after another from the various information that was circulating among the people.
Everyone was not yet clear about the matters in the circle. But recently, everyone was discussing the matter of Chenghe being investigated. In the hearts of many people, Chenghe had always been the representative of a conscientious film company. All along, it had delivered many commercial films to the market, and had also delivered many super stars to the entertainment industry. Besides the fact that the female stars’ contracts with Chenghe never exceeded three years, Chenghe had no other special shortcomings.
If you had to say, then it was the lawsuit storm that had been caused by Chenghe’s delay in paying Nangong Ying’s salary two years ago. Chenghe had even lost the case. And after that, Nangong Ying had disappeared for nearly a year and had been discussed by countless people. The onlookers wanted to know why Nangong Ying had been blacklisted, but no one had given the truth.
After Nangong Ying had finished her own affairs, she had also contacted a few friends in the circle, and had also found the female stars who had once been bullied by Chenghe during their newcomer period, and had formed a small group together, preparing to take revenge on Chenghe.
However, the matter had not been so smooth.
Chenghe had used its own power to successfully control the public opinion, and had also covered up its tracks through its connections, with a completely clean and upright demeanor.
When Nangong Ying had still wanted to continue to expose the dirt through the channel of the police, Chenghe had used its own water army to expose the dirt, saying that Nangong Ying had once pushed her own friend into a fiery pit to become famous, and had given her to her superior to be defiled, and then she had gotten a role in exchange. This one piece of news, if you looked at it carefully, was full of loopholes, and the article was not lacking in a tone of flaming for the sake of flaming. The writing style was also biased towards being personal. This one piece of news, logically speaking, would also not have attracted much attention, and was also without logic.
But just as fate would have it, the onlookers had seen it, and had also forwarded it everywhere. Plus, with the efforts of the water army, this news had been spread. All at once, Nangong Ying had received a huge blow. Although it would not affect her career, it would at once push her into public opinion, giving her a “dark history,” and at the same time, taking this opportunity to successfully let everyone shift their focus to Nangong Ying.
“Dammit! To actually pull this kind of move.”
Nangong Ying discovered that the Chenghe power she had to deal with was really too great, and was not easy to chew on at all. Such a behemoth as Chenghe, to want to target it was really not that easy. It was really too difficult.
From the moment Nangong Ying had wanted to fight against Chenghe, this had not been an easy matter. Especially now that Chenghe had also used its own water army, and the online society was also a society that led the rhythm. Who would care about the truth of the matter? As long as it could arouse the interest of the onlookers, even if it was fake, it could become real.
What’s more, this was originally true.
Nangong Ying was stuck here, and Chenghe was also actively looking for a way to deal with Nangong Ying. They had started a tug-of-war.
As for Yu Linna, the matter had nothing to do with her. She also didn’t know that this had happened. She was busy with her work. While she was working hard, Catherine had bought a plane ticket to China. But Yu Linna had no idea, nor had she contacted her.
Catherine’s trip to China naturally had her own plans. Before, Yu Linna had not been willing to tell her the truth, and there were still many things that her subordinates could not find out. Catherine thought for a moment and decided to come over secretly by herself, and also to contact Yu Linna’s friend, Fang Jiangning. Fang Jiangning had originally had work, but later, hearing that Catherine had made an appointment to meet with her, she was surprised and at the same time had guessed that the other party had a purpose for coming. And so she had arranged a time to meet.
Fang Jiangning was one of the earliest friends that Yu Linna had known. Although she had become much busier now, she still kept in touch with Yu Linna. Catherine had also found her, hoping to get some useful information from her. The place where they had an appointment to meet was a private room in a coffee shop. Fang Jiangning had come out during her vacation. It was her first time seeing the legendary Hollywood queen, and she was quite excited.
“Hello, madam. You’re as beautiful as in the movies. I’ve seen your movies before!”
“Thank you. Um, Little Jiangning, my daughter has been taken care of by you all along. Thank you.”
“No, no, no. To be ashamed, it’s always her who has helped me more.”
The two of them had exchanged a few pleasantries. Catherine had also ordered coffee and had also said that she could order any cake she wanted. Fang Jiangning had not been polite either. While waiting for the coffee and cake, she had taken out her phone to take a selfie, and had also asked Catherine for a photo together.
Catherine had been smiling from beginning to end. Her first impression of this little girl was not bad. Slowly, the coffee had arrived. After chatting for about ten minutes, Catherine had wanted to get to the main topic.
“Jiangning, I’m here today to ask you something. I hope you can help me.”
“…Mmm, I guessed it. You’re here for Linna’s matter, right? Is there anything I can help you with?”
“Actually, it’s like this. Nana has been hiding something from me all along. I wanted to ask you…”
In a secret private room, a place with only the two of them, Catherine had silently talked about her own affairs, and had also asked what she wanted to ask. From beginning to end, Fang Jiangning had been clutching her own cup tightly.
From Catherine’s tone, you could hear her sadness, you could hear her guilt, and also her anger. These were all real. Although her relationship with Yu Linna as a mother and daughter was not very close, after all, they had only recognized each other not long ago, but she did indeed want to think for her child.
Fang Jiangning put down her cup.
“Auntie, Linna is a stubborn person. She would rather bear it herself than to give her negative energy to others. Don’t look at her as if she is very well-behaved. Actually, she is more stubborn than a donkey. It is precisely because she is always holding it in, and does not say anything when she is sad, that I feel it is not worth it for you.”
Fang Jiangning drank her coffee.
Then she put down her cup and showed a wry smile.
“She feels it’s fine, but I don’t think so. I guessed that she didn’t say anything to you, but I can’t pretend that I don’t know anything. Auntie, I’ll tell you everything I know, and also the unfair treatment she has suffered. I don’t want any reward. I just simply hope that Linna can be treated fairly.”
Fang Jiangning’s mouth had revealed many things about Yu Linna. Even the part that Catherine had not been able to investigate, she had also said it one by one. Among them, there were many unknown stories, all of which she had told her. Fang Jiangning was the earliest person to know Yu Linna. The words she had said were definitely reliable. It was just that for the person involved to hear it, it was indeed a bit creepy.
After all, the things involved in this were really too shocking. It sounded like she was telling a story, but in reality, it was even more ridiculous than a story.
“This… is it true?”
After Catherine had finished listening, cold sweat had broken out. The coffee on the side had already gone cold, but she had no mood to drink it. Catherine’s face was a little pale. It was clearly a hot day, but she felt very cold.
“Everything I said is true. I’m not lying. Linna told me herself. Perhaps she felt that this matter was too absurd, and also too shocking to say, so she had not mentioned it much to us. It was only once when I had asked her that she had told me. To be honest, if she hadn’t said it, I wouldn’t have thought that such a thing would happen to her. It’s really too much.”
Yes, for this matter to have happened to Yu Linna, it sounded so incredible.
To have experienced the lowest point in her life, to have almost jumped off a train track to commit suicide, to have almost been subjected to the casting couch, and to have even been in a huge, unscrupulous debt, no matter which one, it sounded quite scary.
Catherine suddenly felt that her ten years of life had been quite happy, but her daughter had been living in dire straits. After all, it was her own daughter who had been lost for more than ten years. Who would be willing to let her suffer? Especially since such a thing had happened to her. The things that had been said in the previous investigation had also been confirmed.
She had never thought that it would be like this.
“Jiangning, then Nana, how did she get out of there?”
“As for her, she was relatively lucky. Someone had helped her, had helped her pay off her debt. That person is called Ye Zhiyun. I also know her. She is also quite famous in the circle. There is a Wikipedia article about her online. I’ll show you.”
Fang Jiangning took out her phone and pulled up Ye Zhiyun’s Wikipedia article. As soon as Catherine had seen it, hey, wasn’t this the girl she had seen before? What a coincidence.
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After talking with Fang Jiangning, Catherine had also gotten the first-hand information, and then she had sorted out this information and had called her husband. Yu Jiayang had listened to the whole thing, his face ashen, so angry that she had directly kicked over the iron gate, to the point where his assistant on the side was trembling with fear.
No one could stand this kind of thing!
“Jiayang, are you alright? Don’t be so angry.”
“…Honey, you can rest assured. I will get justice for her. I know what I should do. This debt, I’m going to collect it now. How outrageous! I won’t just let it go like this.”
“It’s better to be a little more careful. That’s no ordinary power. You still have to be careful when you’re done.”
“I have a sense of propriety. I’ll be fine.”
Yu Jiayang hung up the phone, his eyes quite gloomy. Before, he was clearly not a person who was so easily angered. But ever since Nana had come back, he had become more and more easily angered. Of course, a large part of it was because of the grievances his own daughter had suffered.
At the thought of these people’s despicable faces, he could not suppress his own anger. For him to just let it go like this was absolutely impossible.
Yu Linna was certainly kind and would not hold a grudge, but that did not mean that her parents would not.
Yu Linna did not know about this matter from beginning to end, because during this period, she was just working, and her distance with Ye Zhiyun was getting closer and closer. She had not paid any attention to the outside world at all.
And Chenghe, the originally smug Chenghe, had suddenly been under pressure again. After the last public relations intervention, this time a special investigation team had come in, saying that they wanted to thoroughly investigate, which had made Chenghe so busy that they had to move the evidence that could reveal their flaws. And the matter was not over. Chenghe’s financing projects in business had been attacked. A few of the joint venture partners had withdrawn their investment, and the originally discussed contracts had been directly breached. The originally planned schedule had also been delayed.
Chenghe felt very strange. How had they suddenly been targeted overnight?
