Chapter 158: Openly and aboveboard, digging out the corners

Chapter 158: Openly and aboveboard, digging out the corners

It is said that when the police arrived, the top executives of Xingyao Entertainment were still living a life of luxury in a private club, and did not care at all about the negative news on Weibo.

They confidently thought that if they suppressed the trending searches, everything would be fine.

After all, this is what they did before, and the hostile company not only did not gain anything, but was suppressed and destroyed by them.

This time it was clearly a deliberate targeting by Cheng Ye's company. The top executives simply arranged for their subordinates to deal with it and continued to live a life of debauchery.

Unexpectedly, the police came to their door and took them away.

Didn't even react.

For a while, all the employees under Xingyao Entertainment were in chaos.

Negative hot searches climbed up the hot search list one after another.

Scanning the Weibo hot search list, all of them are negative news related to Xingyao Entertainment.

The responsible personnel were extremely busy. Just as they suppressed a few pieces of negative news, new negative news popped up. It was simply impossible to guard against them.

In addition, the senior management was suddenly taken away, and the responsible personnel were not only busy and overwhelmed, but they also spent a lot of money to suppress the hot searches, but they needed to spend further money to suppress new hot searches.

A lot of money was wasted, but nothing useful was achieved.

In the end, the responsible personnel could no longer control the overwhelming public opinion and had no choice but to give up suppressing the trending searches.

At the same time, Cheng Ye Company, as a participant in this incident, attracted heated discussions from countless netizens.

This has led to a rapid increase in the number of fans of Cheng Ye and Cheng Ye’s company’s Weibo accounts.

He Wen, president of Xingyao Entertainment, sat in his office, staring at the computer screen in front of his desk. He saw that Cheng Ye used this public opinion to win a lot of favor from netizens. While bringing Xingyao Entertainment into the water, he also boosted the popularity of Cheng Ye's company.

He was furious and his teeth were itching with anger.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Ye actually found strong evidence of their tax evasion! !

"Boss, something terrible has happened!" The assistant rushed in in a hurry, forgetting even to knock on the door.

He Wen's forehead was throbbing. He held his aching head and couldn't help but stare at it with anger. His tone was very annoyed, "How can you be so flustered! Xingyao Entertainment hasn't even finished breathing yet! It's like it's going to go bankrupt!!"

The assistant was trembling with fear. He was sweating profusely, and his voice was trembling with an obvious tremor. "Mr. He, our company's stock price has been falling again and again, and the market value has evaporated by 50 billion!!"

"What? Are you kidding me?!" He Wen's face suddenly turned black as coal! !

"These crappy trending searches actually caused my company to lose 50 billion?!"

He Wen slammed the table. He was so angry that his chest heaved violently.

Good, good, Cheng Ye, you are doing very well!!

The assistant felt a chill on the back of his neck. He stammered, "Boss He, we have spent 300 million yuan on suppressing trending searches. But there are too many new negative trending searches, and we have not been able to suppress them."

He Wen gnashed his teeth, he was furious, pointed at his assistant's nose and cursed, "Three hundred million?! It's just to suppress the trending searches, how dare you spend three hundred million on me?! And it hasn't had any effect?!"

As he said that, He Wen stood up and kicked his assistant in frustration.

The assistant was kicked to the ground by him, but he didn't dare to breathe. He stood up respectfully again and looked at He Wen nervously.

His pale lips trembled, "He, Mr. He, didn't you say that as long as there are negative hot searches, we should suppress them all at all costs, so we..."

"Idiot!! If I had known there would be so many negative trends, would you do it at all costs?! Has everything you learned about cost management been eaten by dogs?!"

“When you realize it’s not going to work, it’s time to cut your losses early!!”

He Wen was so angry that he kicked his assistant twice and then slapped him hard.

The assistant was angry but dared not speak. Blood oozed from the corners of his mouth. He spoke cautiously, "Mr. He, what should we do now? The company's top executives have been arrested for questioning. It won't be long before it's your turn."

He Wen's eyelids kept twitching.

He quickly checked the company's stock price changes, and before long, the stock price hit a new low! !

The most important thing right now is to issue a formal statement on the company’s official Weibo and try to stabilize the stock price.

"You should quickly release a statement, using words to trivialize the main issues and clear the company of all the charges." He Wen said calmly.

The assistant quickly responded, "Okay."

Then he immediately left the office.

He Wen slumped in his chair with an anxious look on his face. He frowned tightly, slid the mouse, and clicked on Cheng Ye's Weibo interface again.

Looking at Cheng Ye's dazzling 1 million fans, He Wen almost smashed his computer to pieces! !

Cheng Ye already has various halos and titles, and after this explosive incident, his number of fans has skyrocketed.

What does 1 million fans mean? !

The number of followers of Xingyao Entertainment’s official Weibo account is only about 1000 million.

The most popular first-line artist under the company has only about 80 million followers on his Weibo account.

But Cheng Ye already has 100 million fans. He has not entered the entertainment industry, but he has 100 million fans. His status is equivalent to that of a top-tier star in the entertainment industry!!

With so many fans, not only can it drive the company's vigorous development, but it can also accelerate the accumulation of original capital and invest in several emerging fields without any problems!

He Wen could foresee that before long, when Cheng Ye Entertainment Company had grown successfully, Cheng Ye would start work on listing the entertainment company.

He Wen is so annoying!

In all his years as CEO, he had only been rejected so miserably by Cheng Ye! !

The assistant rushed in again, unable to speak clearly, "Boss He, we issued an official statement, but netizens don't believe it at all. The comments are full of doubts and criticisms. There are also fans of celebrities who died suddenly from staying up late to work overtime, accusing us of having no moral bottom line and maliciously exploiting the value of our employees."

He Wen's heart skipped a beat. He quickly checked the company's stock price, but without even looking closely, the downward trend chart made him panic.

"Still falling?!" He Wen gritted his teeth, his face turned blue, "Cheng Ye, wait for today's hatred, I will take revenge!"

The assistant received the message and said cautiously: "Mr. He, the market value has evaporated by 70 billion!!"

He Wen glared at his assistant. "No need for you to remind me! When will the police come?"

The assistant arranged someone in advance, and he quickly called that person, "Mr. He, it will probably be within half an hour."

He Wen's teeth were about to break. "Okay, let's go to the police station first."

You have to go early or late, so it’s better to go earlier.

Anyway, he was fully prepared.

He Wen felt very painful when he thought about having to pay additional taxes and various fines.

-

Cheng family villa.

Cheng Fenghao was lying sickly in bed and saw various trending searches on Weibo.

Under his watch, Cheng Ye's number of fans increased from tens of millions to over 100 million.

The first place on Weibo's hot search list is——

Cheng Ye’s fans exceed 100 million, and live broadcast benefits are launched

Cheng Fenghao was so angry when he saw this.

He clicked on the hot search term and found that Cheng Ye had already opened a live broadcast room on the Shark platform.

As usual, I answer netizens’ questions about difficult academic problems.

Nothing special.

However, the number of people watching the live broadcast online reached a crazy number of one million.

Cheng Ye just sat in front of the computer screen, quietly answering questions and resolving doubts for netizens.

There is no need to act like a clown to attract attention, nor does it require you to work hard to provide emotional value to netizens like other anchors, nor does it require you to humbly beg for gifts from netizens.

Cheng Fenghao's eyes turned red with jealousy. Cheng Ye only had to explain the subject questions without spending any effort, and those netizens, as if they were under mental control, kept giving Cheng Ye all kinds of large gifts.

"Ahhhhh! I'm so pissed!!" Cheng Fenghao suddenly remembered his own entertainment company. He shouted, "Butler! How is my company progressing? Did the scouts recruit any artistes who meet the requirements?!"

The housekeeper hurried into the room and replied to Cheng Fenghao with gritted teeth, "Master Fenghao, we haven't recruited a scout with work experience yet."

"Ah?! So slow?!" Cheng Fenghao's face was grim. "You are so inefficient, believe it or not, I will fire you!"

That being said, the housekeeper has worked in the Cheng family for so many years, and if one wants to fire the housekeeper, one needs the consent of both Cheng's father and mother.

Cheng Fenghao was just verbally threatening the housekeeper.

The housekeeper was speechless, but facing Cheng Fenghao, he still tried his best to be polite and courteous, "Master Fenghao, you just asked me to recruit scouts today. The recruitment advertisement was sent out not long ago."

"Even for an interview, it still has to go through one and two interviews, which takes at least two days. Alas, it's not that fast."

The housekeeper had a deeper reason that he didn't reveal directly, which was that Cheng Fenghao's reputation on the Internet was terrible.

Not only did he have a feud with internet celebrity Cheng Ye, he himself had been to jail several times.

Entertainment companies are engaged in the entertainment industry, and the most taboo things are bad reputation and violation of laws and regulations.

Investors and advertisers are not fools. They attach great importance to a good reputation.

Without a good reputation, which investor would be willing to invest? And which advertiser would be willing to take the huge risk of finding an artist under Cheng Fenghao's company to endorse their products? !

The butler did not tell these reasons.

Cheng Fenghao was already angry, so there was no need for him to say it out loud, which would only make himself upset and unhappy.

"Master Fenghao, I will speed up the recruitment process." The butler asked, "Do you have any other instructions?"

Cheng Fenghao was in a bad mood, "Hurry up, don't be too slow! I'm still hoping to start a company and surpass Cheng Ye!"

I can't compare with you in studying, I can't compare with you in sports, and I can't compare with you in looks and height.

But Cheng Fenghao has full confidence in starting a company!

The Cheng family is wealthy and powerful, enough to support him to develop and expand the entertainment company, and then surpass and crush Cheng Ye!

Surpass Cheng Ye?

The housekeeper couldn't help but question in his heart that the eldest young master has 1 million fans, and based on this point, it is destined that young master Fenghao will never be able to surpass the eldest young master.

Many top-tier celebrities don’t have as many fans as the young master.

More fans means more traffic, and more traffic means stronger monetization.

Adding to that the eldest young master's high IQ, Young Master Feng Hao still wants to crush the eldest young master? !

Idiot's dream!

I'm afraid that I will be severely crushed by the young master, right?

Young Master Feng Hao has no idea of ​​his own abilities and level.

Too blindly confident.

However, as a steward working for the Cheng family, he didn't need to give a friendly reminder.

Setting up a money-burning entertainment company will not only ruin your family, but also make you look foolish.

If he reminded Cheng Fenghao like this, he would probably be beaten and scolded by Cheng Fenghao.

It’s better not to say anything. Anyway, the cruel reality will teach Master Feng Hao to recognize the gap.

The housekeeper quietly left the bedroom.

Cheng Fenghao shifted his gaze back to the electronic screen and looked at the number of fans who numbered 100 million. However, because he violated laws and regulations, even his Weibo and Shark accounts were banned.

If he opens a new account now and netizens find out it’s him, they will definitely report him.

Facing his own situation, the result is still that his account is banned.

He can't even own a personal self-media account, let alone make money by operating it.

Cheng Fenghao clenched his fists and decided to invest in other industries after he had opened his entertainment company.

He firmly believed that with the financial resources of the Cheng family, he could handle not only the entertainment company but any other industry with ease! !

By then, he will be the pride of everyone in the Cheng family!

The Chu family will also look at him with new eyes, and Chu Xiyan will also change her prejudice against him! !

Cheng Fenghao was having a sweet dream and fell asleep peacefully after lying down.

-

At nine o'clock in the evening, Cheng Ye ended the live broadcast.

Taking advantage of the popularity, the live broadcast room was opened and netizens were particularly enthusiastic in giving gifts.

He live-streamed for several hours, and after deducting the platform's share, he still made a net profit of 90 million.

Chi Mu and his staff were stunned when they saw the gift data.

In such a short time, the boss not only earned back the money he spent on buying the trending search, but also earned tens of millions!!

Chi Mu didn’t understand before, but now he finally understands what it means to take advantage of Xingyao Entertainment.

Everyone looked at Cheng Ye with awe.

Cheng Ye stood up, closed his computer, and walked out of the live studio.

Assistant Chi Mu hurriedly followed.

The employees were whispering to each other.

“I have never seen so much money in my life!!”

"I hope the company will continue to operate and make me rich one day! I hope I can achieve financial freedom!"

"Come on, you want to achieve financial freedom? We are all workers. How long do we have to work to achieve financial freedom?"

"Not to mention one lifetime, it's impossible for several lifetimes! Unless you start a business like the boss! Of course, you can achieve financial freedom by becoming a first-line star or internet celebrity, but if you sign a contract with a company, you'll just be a high-level worker."

in the office.

Cheng Ye sat back in his seat and said to his assistant Chi Mu, "Strike while the iron is hot. Post a recruitment advertisement on the company's official Weibo that is willing to accept artists from Xingyao Entertainment. As long as they meet the requirements, we will pay their penalty for free and help them leave Xingyao Entertainment smoothly."

"But the only condition is that you become a signed artist under my company."

Assistant Chi Mu was stunned, his jaw dropped, "Boss, isn't it a bit inappropriate for us to do this? There's no need to be so aboveboard when poaching employees, right? Will it have a negative impact on the reputation of our company?"

"Also, Xingyao Entertainment's breach of contract fee is not a small amount. It will have a huge impact on the company's cash flow..."

Before he finished speaking, Cheng Ye calmly interrupted him, "We now have the advantage in public opinion. If we can help the oppressed celebrities escape from the misery of Xingyao Entertainment, netizens will definitely support us."

"What's wrong with poaching talents openly? Do we have to notify those celebrities one by one in secret? Wouldn't it be more time-saving and labor-saving to just send them a Weibo post to let them see the recruitment notice?"

"The penalty has been paid, and recruiting them is equivalent to saving the cost of training. They have their own fame and fans. The reason why they don't leave Xingyao Entertainment is that on the one hand, the penalty is too much, and on the other hand, Xingyao Entertainment is the leading enterprise in the industry. If they go to other entertainment companies, their development will be restricted."

Cheng Ye spoke slowly, "The president of Xingyao Entertainment will not give up easily. Of course I have to strike while the iron is hot and not give him a chance to retaliate. I will destroy Xingyao Entertainment."