"I'm not eyeing the Jiang family business in your hands..." Jiang Zhao hurriedly explained.
Jiang Youli replied, "It's all the same."
Jiang Zhao felt a bitter taste in his heart. She was right; what was the difference between his father eyeing it and him eyeing it?
"Xiaoli, I won't bother you anymore." Jiang Zhao turned and left dejectedly.
After Jiang Zhao left, Jiang Youli didn't wallow in a bad mood. She opened Weibo to check her post. The comment section was already in a fierce uproar, and her follower count was skyrocketing. In less than a day, she had gained over a million followers.
To defend her, Jiang Zhao had posted another Weibo update two hours ago.
[Hurting my sister is hurting me. Please stop your insults and attacks! You have no right to judge my sister!]
This post sparked another wave of heated discussion.
[Hilarious. Jiang Zhao's fans are charging the front lines for him, and he just backstabs them.]
[Jiang Zhao's fans are truly pathetic! I don't even have the heart to call them brain-dead anymore!]
[At the end of the day, it's just Jiang Zhao's fans engaging in wishful thinking. He made such a grand public apology to his sister just to get her forgiveness, right? But his fans went and cursed his sister out!]
[All I can say is, like idol, like fans! A perfect match!]
[Ever since Jiang Zhao's manager, Sister Kitty, took the fall for him, no one is managing him anymore. His public persona right now is just beyond words!]
[Hey, he just got a little famous, probably going to flop soon~]
Some of the fans who felt backstabbed by Jiang Zhao instantly flew into a rage out of humiliation. They not only cursed at Jiang Youli but also turned around to curse at Jiang Zhao before angrily unfollowing him.
After Jiang Youli liked the comment [Hey, he just got a little famous, probably going to flop soon~], she clicked on another trending topic.
#DoubleLongCPIsSoSweet#
It turned out that Yu Linglong had posted a Weibo with just four simple words:
[I believe you.]
Hmm, she was probably forced by Long Yuan to respond to the sex scandal between Long Yuan and Second Master Long from last night.
Yu Linglong's fans came forward one after another:
[Actually, you didn't need to step forward. We would have believed Young Master Long anyway!]
[Exactly! This is clearly a doctored video! What we should care about the most right now is who had such malicious intentions to edit and release such an insulting video! We must find out!]
[Yes, we must find the person who framed Young Master Long behind the scenes!]
Many fans had already tagged the official Weibo of the Jing City Police in Yu Linglong's comment section.
This move almost made Jiang Youli die of laughter. If the police really investigated and found out it was Long Yuan's own dirty trick, that would be incredibly amusing.
However, for something like this, Long Yuan was unlikely to act personally; he surely found a scapegoat.
Just as Jiang Youli had expected, following Yu Linglong's Weibo post, Dafeng Entertainment rode the wave of popularity to lay the groundwork for Yu Linglong's upcoming role as Jiang Yunxian, the female lead in "Ambition of the Blue Clouds."
[Holy crap! Really? Really? Is this news true? Is Sister Linglong really going to play the female lead in "Ambition of the Blue Clouds"? Jiang Yunxian is my absolute favorite female lead!]
[Wow! Jiang Yunxian, the female lead of "Ambition of the Blue Clouds"! Sister Linglong is so perfect for it! This must be a resource Young Master Long specifically secured for her to reciprocate Sister Linglong's love!]
[It must be! A mutual romance is just too sweet to follow!]
Jiang Youli then inappropriately posted an update:
[The female lead of "Ambition of the Blue Clouds" is a newcomer who just signed under my Starlight Entertainment. Please look forward to it~]
The netizens exploded.
[Real or fake? Has the copyright for "Ambition of the Blue Clouds" already been bought by Starlight Entertainment?]
[How is that possible? As long as it's a resource Young Master Long has his eyes on for Linglong, he has never failed!]
[I have reliable news. The copyright for "Ambition of the Blue Clouds" hasn't even been sold yet!]
[Jiang Youli is really too much! Last night she leeched off Young Master Long's popularity, today she finished her hype-binding with Jiang Zhao, and now she's trying to scam our Linglong. Why is she everywhere? So annoying!]
[Taking our Linglong away, we won't touch Jiang Youli's bad luck!]
[She still wants to steal resources from our Linglong? Just wait for Young Master Long to punish her!]
[Didn't the website release news? The great author Liliyuanshang is holding a small meet-and-greet this weekend and invited many entertainment companies. I heard Liliyuanshang will be there in person to handpick the company that gets the copyright for her final work, "Ambition of the Blue Clouds."]
[Oh ho, do you know where it's being held? I'll go join the fun when the time comes.]
[Same, I'll also go see how exactly Jiang Youli plans to snatch it from Dafeng Entertainment.]
[According to reliable sources, it's at that restaurant in Jing City called Mimi's Hometown.]
...
The entire PR department of Starlight Entertainment had a massive headache.
Because this newly arrived President Jiang was too high-profile and had offended many netizens all at once, Starlight Entertainment's official Weibo was being blasted by many extreme fans. The whole department was busy doing damage control in the comments.
The PR manager was also speechless; it was their first time seeing someone manage to offend three different fanbases at the same time!
"I hope this new President Jiang can deliver some beautiful results, otherwise I'll have to jump ship too!"
But the opponent was the Long family, the second most powerful in the capital circle. How could it be that easy to compete?
"Secretary Yang, you should persuade our new manager to stop throwing tantrums. Forgive Jiang Zhao if he should be forgiven, promote him if he should be promoted, pair him up if he should be paired up. And don't go fighting Dafeng Entertainment for the copyright of 'Ambition of the Blue Clouds.' Dafeng Entertainment is backed by the Long family. Does she really think Starlight Entertainment isn't collapsing fast enough?"
Secretary Little Yang felt helpless. "President Jiang looks like she has victory in her grasp, I can't persuade her. Anyway, we'll just wait and see how the new President Jiang handles this crisis. The worst that can happen is we resign. A tree dies if you move it, but a person survives."
The PR manager was furious. "So young and arrogant! I want to see exactly how she plans to clean up this mess!"
Secretary Little Yang sighed. "Not just you, all of us are waiting to see how the new President Jiang plans to buy the copyright for 'Ambition of the Blue Clouds' from the great author Liliyuanshang this weekend."
...
Before getting off work on Friday, Secretary Little Yang packaged and organized the work summaries sent to her by all the employees of Starlight Entertainment, and forwarded them to Jiang Youli.
After work, Jiang Youli called Secretary Little Yang to her office and instructed her, "Little Yang, this weekend you will represent Starlight Entertainment at Liliyuanshang's copyright sales meet-and-greet for 'Ambition of the Blue Clouds'."
Hearing this, Secretary Little Yang froze. "Huh? Me?"
She quickly recovered and explained, "No... President Jiang, for this meet-and-greet, the great author Liliyuanshang's editor made a requirement that a person in charge with decision-making power from the company must attend. I won't do, right?"
Jiang Youli said, "It's fine, you just represent the company and go."
Secretary Little Yang couldn't help but ask in confusion, "For such an important occasion, if you aren't attending personally, President Jiang, is there something even more important that you absolutely have to do? I really can't understand your decision. After all, whether we can get 'Ambition of the Blue Clouds' determines whether Starlight Entertainment can withstand the suppression from Dafeng Entertainment and other entertainment companies."
