Chapter 328

Chenxi Entertainment was forced into a state of emergency public relations again.

The previous "rumor about obstructing Seeing Jin Li's college entrance exam" had finally subsided, but now that this "Huayun" matter exploded, Sui Sui Lingfang and Zou Da had to be speechless again.

"Ding-a-ling—"

The office phone rang frantically. The operator took a few sips of water to moisten their throat, prepared themselves mentally, and then picked it up.

This was another complaint call from a fan.

"Has Chenxi Entertainment really planned a career path for Seeing Jin Li? How come even announcements for big magazines like 'Huayun' are pushed away? Did she run off to take the small announcements you recommended just because they pay more?"

The operator looked at the paper placed on the side, which listed more than a dozen questions and answers.

Almost every complaint call from a fan asked questions that could be seen on the paper, and the answers were all pre-written standard responses. They only needed to read them out according to the script.

"No, the situation is like this: announcements for 'Huayun' and another magazine arrived at the same time, and Seeing Jin Li accepted both.

Later, 'Huayun' suddenly called and said that their magazine shoot had an exclusivity condition: after participating in their magazine shoot, she couldn't shoot for a second magazine that month.

At the same time, the shooting time was also much earlier than the original plan. Seeing Jin Li's team made a comprehensive consideration and consulted Seeing Jin Li's opinion, which is why they pushed away 'Huayun'."

The fan asked relentlessly: "What kind of magazine is so important that you are willing to push away 'Huayun' and are unwilling to ruin that magazine's person?"

Fans had already called to ask these questions many times. The operator went from being calm at the beginning to feeling a bit irritable later on.

The operator explained: "It's that 'Huayun' didn't explain clearly on their end and also advanced the shooting time, which conflicted with Seeing Jin Li's schedule. Seeing Jin Li just followed what was agreed in the contract."

Fan: "But that is 'Huayun'! Don't you know the power of 'Huayun'? How could you refuse 'Huayun'? She could have let Seeing Jin Li enter the fashion circle!"

These words were said so naturally and righteously that even the operator was a bit confused.

Since when did doing things properly according to the contract become the side at fault?

Wasn't the meaning they expressed clear enough? This matter was clearly that "Huayun" didn't communicate well with Seeing Jin Li's team and also breached the contract by advancing the shooting.

Whoever breaches the contract first, Seeing Jin Li abandons them.

Whether legally or morally, Seeing Jin Li did nothing wrong.

It is a pity to miss such a good opportunity as "Huayun," but missed is missed. Just because there is no "Huayun" this time doesn't mean Seeing Jin Li won't be able to take other magazine shoots from the four major magazines in the future.

"Huayun" wanted Seeing Jin Li to bow down, carrying high-and-mighty arrogance, always thinking that celebrities would choose them first.

Unexpectedly, they hit a Waterloo with Seeing Jin Li.

Operator: "For specific details, please wait for the announcement to be released later. We cannot reveal more for now."

The fan still wanted to say something, but the operator had already hung up the phone.

Not 10 seconds after hanging up, the phone rang again.

The operator took a few deep breaths, drank some water, then picked it up again and repeated the above process.

Not only were the few public phones of Chenxi Entertainment in a busy state, but Sui Sui Lingfang, as Seeing Jin Li's manager, and Zou Da, the head of Chenxi Entertainment's public relations group, were also constantly making calls to explain to people.

Sui Sui Lingfang: "No, no, it's already been negotiated with 'Huayun.' There is absolutely no trouble."

Sui Sui Lingfang: "Ah? The attitude on 'Huayun's' side? We don't know either. The matter was already negotiated a few days ago, and we will also communicate with 'Huayun.'

Don't worry, Seeing Jin Li's business won't have any problems, and her relationship with Fang Fei is also very good. Not shooting for 'Huayun' won't affect her status in Fang Fei's heart..."

She finally persuaded an important client, and just after hanging up the phone, she wanted to take a break when Zou Da pushed the door open in a hurry, his expression serious:

"I can't get through to 'Huayun's' phone. How about you?"

Sui Sui Lingfang frowned and took out her phone to dial the mobile number previously called by the person in charge of "Huayun."

Before long, a busy signal came from the phone; it couldn't be connected.

Sui Sui Lingfang threw the phone back onto the desk with anger, reached out to touch her forehead, her expression solemn: "'Huayun' isn't answering the phone and refuses to communicate with us."

At this moment, "Huayun's" attitude, coupled with the implicit revelations from several big public accounts in the morning, all pointed fingers at Seeing Jin Li for not knowing what's good for her, and Chenxi Entertainment for disregarding the artist's career planning and disregarding the artist's life...

Sui Sui Lingfang couldn't help but sneer: "At first, I thought this kind of revelation was because Seeing Jin Li's rival received some news and specifically sold it to the public accounts, wanting to step on Seeing Jin Li.

But looking at 'Huayun's' attitude now, I'm afraid they also have a hand in these revelations, intentionally letting the situation develop to force us to apologize to them!"

Zou Da was very speechless; he knew why Seeing Jin Li would refuse "Huayun."

The affiliated magazine founded by Fang Fei, although it has no status in the fashion circle, is only sold to Fang Fei's members and has not done any external circle-expanding publicity.

But Seeing Jin Li giving up the external market and wanting to deepen her relationship with Fang Fei, there's nothing wrong with that either.

After all, everyone's choice is different, and not everyone has the ambition to make their career map bloom everywhere.

Zou Da's brows were so wrinkled that they could almost crush a fly: "What I don't understand the most is that those public accounts went to step on the affiliated magazine founded by Fang Fei in order to promote 'Huayun.' Are they really not worried about angering Fang Fei at all?

Several public accounts even posted promotional materials related to Fang Fei a few days ago. Aren't they afraid of having their cooperation revoked?

And there's 'Huayun's' attitude. Although Fang Fei's fashion magazine isn't well-founded, they are still a luxury brand in the fashion circle, and the brand and magazine complement each other. 'Huayun' belittles Fang Fei like this, aren't they afraid that Fang Fei will be dissatisfied?"

Sui Sui Lingfang sneered: "Whether it's with 'Huayun' or Fang Fei, there were confidentiality clauses when the intention agreement was signed, and since the photos weren't even taken, whether the announcement can be reached is still an unknown.

So when the company refused 'Huayun,' it didn't reveal what the other fashion magazine Seeing Jin Li accepted was. If 'Huayun' knew about this, I'm afraid they wouldn't have secretly let the public accounts post small essays."

Zou Da raised his eyebrows, his eyes lit up, and he immediately thought of a good idea.

Since they can't contact "Huayun" to clarify the rumors, they can only contact Fang Fei. Seeing Jin Li is Fang Fei's spokesperson in the China region after all; they wouldn't want to see her lose her reputation in the fashion circle, right?

Zou Da expressed his idea, and Sui Sui Lingfang only thought for a few seconds before agreeing: "I'll call the person in charge related to Fang Fei now."

Her expression quickly calmed down, and she said with extreme indifference: "I didn't want to make things so awkward with 'Huayun' at first, but since they were shameless first, we don't need to give them face."

"Huayun" didn't know about the public relations crisis that was about to strike.

The fashion circle's sense of smell is very keen, and "Huayun's" employees also follow many public accounts related to the fashion circle.

Some public accounts are quite substantial; they will analyze the skin and bone structure of celebrities from time to time, and also analyze their recent outfits.

Although this type of public account generally recommends fans to do some beauty and plastic surgery projects in the end, which can achieve effects similar to celebrities, it all returns to bringing goods in the end.

But at least in terms of analysis, especially the trends and changes in audience aesthetic trends, they are all written quite correctly.

"Huayun's" internal vote on which celebrity to participate in the most important cover of the season will all find inspiration from these public accounts. Employees don't necessarily believe the analysis completely, but it can serve as a reference.

So soon, those few reports from fashion public accounts secretly dissing Seeing Jin Li for not knowing what's good for her immediately spread throughout the company.

The announcement of "not hiring Seeing Jin Li for three years" was only issued to the middle and upper management; many middle and lower-level employees didn't know about it.

As soon as this report came out, all company employees knew that Seeing Jin Li had refused "Huayun."

As employees of the company, they have a strong sense of company honor and belonging, and they all feel that Seeing Jin Li's refusal is outrageous.

How could she refuse? How dare she refuse? How could she refuse?!

When eating lunch in the internal cafeteria, 6 out of 10 employees were discussing this matter about Seeing Jin Li.

"I think some celebrities think they are popular, so they get carried away. They don't even look down on the four major domestic magazines. Refusing 'Huayun' for a nameless, crappy fashion magazine, she will definitely regret it!"

Some employees analyzed rationally, but their voices were a bit weak: "Perhaps the other fashion magazine Seeing Jin Li accepted is a first-tier one in the industry. First-tier resources are hard to come by. We requested to shoot in advance here and didn't explain the conditions clearly to people, so..."

With a "clatter," a tray slammed heavily onto the table.

The person who spoke first said with dissatisfaction: "Did you read the article? It said it's a third-tier small magazine! One is a top-tier first-tier in the industry, and the other is a third-tier. Even a fool knows how to choose, right?

I think it's clear that her mind has drifted, and she doesn't even look at 'Huayun,' refusing whenever she wants."

The fashion circle is a place very close to the entertainment circle, and there are also many employees in the Huayun company who are Seeing Jin Li's fans.

So as soon as they saw this news, their first reaction was that it was impossible, their second reaction was that Seeing Jin Li's team had lost their minds, and their third reaction was to calm down and think whether there might be some misunderstanding.

"If it's really for career development, breaching the contract with another one to participate in 'Huayun's' shoot is the most correct thing, but perhaps Seeing Jin Li's team just has a lot of contractual spirit."

"So what exactly is that third-tier magazine? Hasn't anyone dug it out yet?"

Some employees whispered quietly in their hearts that if they really refused Huayun according to the spirit of the contract, it would also be very appropriate... It was Huayun that breached the contract first. If a celebrity has such contractual spirit, those advertisers would be very happy if it spread out, right?

It's just that those people didn't dare to say it out loud.

Even more so, some believe that this matter is a conspiracy from beginning to end.

Some fans broke the news on the internet, called Chenxi Entertainment, and were told that this matter had been properly communicated and resolved with Huayun before, but now the internet suddenly broke the news...

Whose path did Seeing Jin Li block?

Or does their company want to give Seeing Jin Li a taste of their power?

In the office of the president of "Huayun," Jiang Xiangxue heard about this from the secretary and didn't care.

Since she dared to issue the announcement of "not hiring Seeing Jin Li for three years," she didn't care about what the fashion circle's reaction was.

Anyway, she definitely wouldn't feel that Huayun did anything excessive.

She was also deliberately not answering Sui Sui Lingfang's phone calls. A brokerage company that relies on artists to get rich is not worth her painstaking efforts to manage!

After the secretary finished reporting, she specifically said: "President, some people suspect that this matter was done by Huayun. But Huayun is a fashion magazine. If we don't like an artist, we can just issue an announcement saying we won't cooperate; we don't need to be so circuitous. Do we need to clarify?"

Jiang Xiangxue said very calmly: "Many celebrities have planted spies in our company. The announcement I issued has been out for a few days, and those well-informed artists already know.

Since last year, Seeing Jin Li's resources have been exploding, blooming in both fashion and film. There must be many first-tier artists who don't like her. This is definitely something made by peers to mess with her.

We don't need to clarify this matter; it's not our fault, but—"

It's September, during the 'Golden September and Silver October' period, and all stars want to get on the four major publications.

Competition between artists, our magazine won't take the blame. We only need to state the facts."

The secretary nodded and left quickly.

She thought to herself, actually Huayun could completely avoid issuing a clarification statement. The president finally decided to issue it, which is somewhat for Seeing Jin Li's sake.

In the entertainment circle, there are still very few first-tier artists, and artists as popular as Seeing Jin Li are even fewer; you can count them on your fingers.

Huayun won't cooperate with Seeing Jin Li for three years, but that doesn't mean they want to completely tear apart with Seeing Jin Li.

Issuing a clarification statement to maintain face is enough.

On the other side, here at Li Li Xunfang's.

Li Li Xunfang was scrolling through the articles posted by fashion big Vs, smiling very happily, feeling that the sunlight outside the window was even brighter.

This time, for Seeing Jin Li, it definitely counts as a public relations crisis, although netizens vented a lot of anger on Chenxi Entertainment.

But this is just right; she also hates Chenxi Entertainment very much.

Compared to her smiling face, Zhao Rui sat beside her, her eyes drifting, her feet moving lightly from time to time, a bit restless.

Clearly, they only used 1/3 of the funds to do this, so how could it still cause such a widespread impact?

Her original intention was not to offend Seeing Jin Li!

It is very difficult to have secrets in the circle; as long as it has been done, traces will be left. Zhao Rui doesn't think Chenxi Entertainment can't find out which celebrity is the pusher.

Since the beginning of this year, Li Li Xunfang's resources have been downgraded.

At this time, she shouldn't be making enemies, but rather making more friends, striving to maintain her resources, and making her reputation in the circle better.

Zhao Rui pondered for a while and said with some worry: "Li Xunfang, let's still have the public accounts delete those articles!"

Li Li Xunfang looked over with sharp eyes, her voice very light and slow: "Are you afraid of Chenxi Entertainment?"

Zhao Rui's heart tightened, and she immediately shook her head: "No, that's not my thought, I'm worried..." A flash of inspiration crossed her mind, and she blurted out: "Worried about Huayun's side."

She pretended to be calm and said: "I'm afraid Huayun will investigate in return. After all, they have already communicated well, and everything on the internet is false rumors. If it gets to the point where Chenxi Entertainment sends a lawyer's letter, Huayun will probably cooperate.

Huayun gave us this opportunity to be on the October issue because our reputation was relatively good. We should still be a bit more cautious."

Li Li Xunfang frowned, not very willing.

Zhao Rui continued to persuade: "Caution is the parent of safety, Li Xunfang. Anyway, netizens already know that Seeing Jin Li and her team are very stupid."

Li Li Xunfang said unwillingly: "Fine."

Zhao Rui immediately took out her phone to contact the person in charge to delete the articles.