Chapter 540

The speaker meant nothing by it, but the listener took it to heart. Yunikina's parting joke plunged Luo Quan into deep thought, and she kept thinking about it on the flight back.

Following the company's current development trajectory, making a fortune is a certainty. Once she earns more money, she will definitely have to expand the scale, and then let the profits roll and roll.

To put it colloquially, she is already on the path to becoming capital, and her steps are fast and steady.

"The Queen Who Wears Chanel" is the third theatrical film produced by Springwater Entertainment. Added to "Resident Evil" and "Rurouni Kenshin," these three films have already created nearly one billion dollars in wealth for her.

No matter where this asset is placed, it is an astronomical figure. Many enterprises qualified to be called "big capital" might not even reach this amount in annual turnover.

Luo Quan used to hate capitalists the most, but now she is truly walking down such a path, which is a point she is quite conflicted about.

Although she knows that capital can be divided into good and bad, in the eyes of most people, there isn't a single good person among capitalists, and they should all be hanged from streetlamps.

She doesn't want to become one of those people whom netizens say should be hanged from streetlamps in the future. The only thing she can do now is to do more charity...

"If it's ten thousand zhong, one accepts it without questioning propriety or righteousness; what does ten thousand zhong add to me?"

The titles of trending videos on Bilibili are always very high-level.

However, this was actually a video posted by GQT, and the title was also chosen by GQT.

The cause of the matter was Bilibili UP-master Zhao Zhao Xilin posting a video, bitterly accusing the big director Niu Feng Jie of once coercing and luring him.

In the video, Zhao Zhao Xilin, along with several other male actors who had similar experiences, exposed Niu Feng Jie's ugly behavior, including unspoken rules, sexual harassment, and workplace bullying.

With videos, chat records, and recordings, it was basically a direct hammer blow that didn't give Niu Feng Jie any chance to turn things around.

Today's Zhao Zhao Xilin is already a well-known actor with over five million followers on multiple platforms. The hit of "The Queen Who Wears Chanel" also gave him unusual attention, so as soon as this video came out, the trending searches on major platforms exploded immediately.

Faced with so much solid evidence, Niu Feng Jie himself didn't even bother with the formality of issuing a lawyer's letter as a warning; he directly deleted all his Weibo posts and played dead.

For Niu Feng Jie, he definitely can't mix in the domestic entertainment industry anymore. Although unspoken rules are not illegal, in China's general environment, having a stain on one's moral character means there is no room for negotiation regarding being forced out of the industry.

After two years, Zhao Zhao Xilin finally vented his anger for himself and other actors. In the eyes of everyone, this script of a protagonist in a satisfying novel, this drama of swift revenge, really makes people unable to help but applaud.

The matter should have ended here, but who knew that Niu Feng Jie's downfall was just a fuse.

Less than an hour after Niu Feng Jie deleted his Weibo and played dead, many people immediately posted on Weibo to expose more outrageous big news, involving many stars and some executives of listed companies.

To summarize, it was about the same as the affair between Huayi Company and the Huang family back then—nothing more than a three-way transaction of wealth, sex, and film/television resources.

It's just that this time, a considerable number of people were involved, including big-name stars and well-known entrepreneurs. Taking any one of them out would be a big shot capable of paralyzing Weibo.

However, among this pile of revelations, it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

The more netizens watched, the more excited they became. They just assumed these revelations were all true and then started discussing and evaluating them unscrupulously.

Not long after, the official GQT account also released a text video with the title: "If it's ten thousand zhong, one accepts it without questioning propriety or righteousness; what does ten thousand zhong add to me?"

This sentence expounds on a very simple set of values: money and fame must be obtained through proper means. If one uses unscrupulous means and is shameless, one will sooner or later face ruin.

With the official backing, public opinion was thoroughly stirred up. Netizens began to fiercely attack all the stars involved.

However, before solid evidence came out, these stars, without exception, all chose to be stubborn to the end while issuing lawyer's letters as warnings.

Just kidding, under this kind of rhythm, whoever admits defeat will face social death directly. No one wants to end up like Niu Feng Jie. Even if they really did it, they wouldn't admit it if no evidence could be presented.

As for those entrepreneurs, they don't care about the netizens' ridicule and sarcasm, but the capital market is quite sensitive to public opinion. All the companies belonging to the mentioned entrepreneurs saw their stock prices plummet without exception.

Looking at these constantly falling numbers, it is estimated that these entrepreneurs are also feeling very uncomfortable.

And what pushed this public opinion to a climax was a revelation about Luo Quan. The content was much the same as before, attacking her for having a dissolute private life and the like.

While netizens were still watching or simply didn't believe it, the "female boxers" (radical feminists) stepped forward and began to curse Luo Quan as a "hypocritical bitch."

Then, driven by the female boxers, a group of brainless guys also joined in the spraying. Passersby and fans couldn't take it and immediately started spraying back.

This online war of words was quite large in scale, with the main battlefield on Weibo having over 300,000 related comments. For a time, demons were dancing wildly, and even the members of Girls' Generation, including Wen Xia, joined in to curse. It shows how big the rhythm brought up this time is.

And at this moment, Luo Quan had just gotten off the plane.

Opening her phone, she found private messages, emails, and missed calls popping up one after another, and the phone almost crashed.

"Damn, what's the situation?!" Although Luo Quan didn't know what had happened, she knew that her reputation must be about to be harmed again.

She was already used to this kind of thing. It seems that whenever she takes a plane, there is always a probability of encountering such troublesome things.

As usual, go to Weibo first to see what's going on.

The reason she doesn't go to Bilibili is that all of China knows Weibo is currently the most complex and foul-smelling platform, and the vast majority of bad things are strung out from there.

Sure enough, after watching Weibo for five minutes, she had already figured out the situation.

At this time, Zhao Zhao Xilin called again.

"Hello?" Luo Quan pressed the answer button.

"Thank God it finally got through. I thought you were angry and wouldn't answer my call, Director Luo." Zhao Zhao Xilin let out a long sigh of relief.

"No, I was just on the plane and only just left the airport," Luo Quan explained with a smile. She knew what Zhao Zhao Xilin was worried about.

According to the previous agreement, the exposure of Niu Feng Jie should have waited until after the film was taken off the screen, but now it was advanced a bit. Although she didn't care much, Zhao Zhao Xilin did indeed need to explain.

"I originally planned to post the video half a month later, but this morning I learned that a witness had been bought off by Niu Feng Jie and was preparing to turn against me. I was afraid that if I dragged it out, an accident would happen, so I had to expose it in advance," Zhao Zhao Xilin said, his voice becoming self-reproachful. "But I didn't expect it to involve so many things and drag you in too, Director Luo. It's all my fault..."

"This isn't your fault. If you want to blame someone, blame those rumor-mongers," Luo Quan laughed indifferently. "Besides, what does this little battle count for? I was a superstar who was blacklisted by the entire internet in China, Japan, and South Korea back then. This can only be called a drizzle."

"Then... then I was overthinking it," Zhao Zhao Xilin finally relaxed. "Then I'll hang up first. I've caused you trouble."

"It's fine." Luo Quan hung up the phone, a smile still on her face.

The rhythm in front of her is indeed a small matter.

The only point that needs attention is who is controlling so many internet water armies to smear her.

It was expected that many people would be involved after Niu Feng Jie's downfall. There are few clean places in the entire entertainment industry. She has seen the plot of "pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud" many times.

Some of the revelations that appeared after Zhao Zhao Xilin might be true, but most of them are just cheating for traffic.

And among these scammers, there is another group of people fishing in troubled waters, with ulterior motives.

The female boxers are one of them. This group has long been unhappy with her and has often made up stories to smear her.

However, Luo Quan has never paid attention to them. As a result, this time they found a reason to make a fuss.

Originally, they didn't interfere with each other, but she didn't expect these people to take the initiative to come up and let her hammer them. Since that's the case, she will also act on behalf of heaven once and perform a surgery on the Chinese internet environment.

The female boxers are undoubtedly a tumor-like existence. They must be cut out at any time; it won't work if they aren't cut out!

Just as she was preparing to go home and show off her newly acquired hacking skills, Yunikina sent an email:

"Idol, I have already dug out all the information on those water army leaders who are smearing you. Should I expose them immediately?!"

"Don't you dare do that!" Although Luo Quan was quite satisfied with Yunikina's rapid work efficiency, she still immediately stopped her behavior. "Human flesh searching and cyberbullying are illegal acts. We are the victims; there is absolutely no need to do this. Leave it to me to handle."

"Okay, you must deal with these bastards severely!" Yunikina sent a furious avatar; it could be seen that she was quite angry about Luo Quan being smeared.

"This girl." Luo Quan shook her head and smiled, then looked at the six leaders who smeared her sent by Yunikina.

Two water army leaders, who are not very famous on the internet.

And the other four female boxers are active figures on Weibo, each with millions of followers and countless supporters. Now that the gender conflict on the Chinese internet is so great, these people cannot be said to be the culprits, but they also act as the vanguard.

Interestingly, the idols of these female boxers are all men, and they are all the "national male" images they describe on the internet. It's really ironic when you think about it.

After leaving the airport, Luo Quan went straight to the Shanghai Public Security Bureau to report the crime on the grounds of being slandered and having her reputation rights damaged.

It's better to be a star with great influence. After reporting the crime, the attention received was quite high, and the internet police at the police station immediately filed a case for investigation.

Speaking of which, this isn't her first time at the police station. From donating the National Seal to fighting with the Huang family's thugs, this is already the third time she has come to the police station, and she also saw a few "acquaintances" inside.

After filing the case, identity confirmation was naturally carried out. Luo Quan had ready-made suspect information here. The internet police checked it, and they were mainly in the coastal areas, all of whom were unemployed.

After confirming their identities, the internet police immediately contacted the local police stations of the suspects to make arrests, while Luo Quan went home to wait for news.

Half an hour later, Luo Quan received good news from the police station: all six suspects had been caught.

There were also some photos taken at the suspects' residences. Luo Quan took a look, and it was simply full of a sense of technology.

A room was filled with mobile phones, at least four or five hundred of them, all running some software programs automatically.

That's how internet water armies come about.

Taking advantage of the interrogation, Luo Quan blurred the specific information and photos of these people and then posted them on Weibo:

"The six main suspects who spread rumors about me have now been brought to justice and are being interrogated. Others can continue to spread rumors and see if you are the next one to be taken. (Eating melon)"

This was Luo Quan's first response after the rhythm appeared, two hours later than expected.

If it were another response, such as a lawyer's letter warning, the comment section would probably still be a battlefield for water armies and fans to curse each other.

But now that it has become a few blurred photos of suspects and a case filing investigation document, the power is completely different.

"How strange, why is there not a single hater to be seen? Come out and keep barking."

"Who can still take it when the 'King Bomb' is out?"

"What is called 'achieving the goal in one battle'?"

"You are still the fierce one, directly silencing all the haters."

"This is the correct way for a star to be smeared. What's the use of sending that B-grade lawyer's letter? Directly report it to the police and file a case. I don't believe you are still so arrogant in reality as you are on the internet!"

"Only those with a clear conscience dare to report to the police. Some people would rather settle things than make a big deal out of it, but I won't say who."

"This implies quite a few people all at once."

"Don't bring rhythm to Luo Quan anymore. Other stars are rotten if they are rotten; it doesn't matter. Let's just be fans of Luo Quan."

"No, I want those in Girls' Generation too. They are all my harem!"

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"People nowadays, they start dreaming again while chatting."

Once the King Bomb is out, who dares to be presumptuous?

On Weibo's trending searches, the black material about her was deleted cleanly in a very short time. Those big Vs who were still bringing the rhythm before are now all praying that Luo Quan will not let the iron fist fall on them.

However, Luo Quan is not interested in dealing with these small shrimps now. The police station just sent a message that they found a big fish during the interrogation.

Besides being internet water armies, these people have another identity.

If spreading rumors is at most detention and paying money, then the things these people did with another identity will lead to jail time.

And after hearing the whole story, Luo Quan herself was stunned. She never expected that today's melon would be so tortuous and bizarre.