Chapter 47: I am Chi Ye, please feed me peanuts!

"...Ah?!"

Keke was stunned for two seconds before reminding Chi Ye: "But, it's already past two in the morning, Brother Chi..."

"Exactly, past two. Time is tight. We must be prepared before the peak traffic hits tomorrow during the day."

Chi Ye sat in front of the computer, turned it on, and said methodically: "I had you contact those marketing firms. They are all small companies in the industry, have a great reputation, and are all at odds with Yuenan."

"Contact them now and throw money at them. Send them the prepared articles and materials. Once I post, you must push this heat up immediately, otherwise, I'm afraid Yuenan will just take down my account."

Chi Ye had been preparing to burn bridges with Yuenan for a while.

He knew very well that his only advantage right now was that Yuenan wouldn't expect him to be this "reckless."

But he also had to guard against Yuenan being prepared; after all, his recent mental state had indeed appeared abnormal.

That Yuenan could move against him so quickly actually exceeded Chi Ye's expectations.

It seems the "behemoth" truly cannot tolerate being defied...

But it doesn't matter. As long as the first wave of heat is pushed up, he won't be afraid of Yuenan suppressing it further.

"Yes... I'll contact them now... but the money..."

"Use it. Money is meant to be used at times like this."

"...Okay!"

"Hmm, go ahead. I'll prepare some materials."

Chi Ye sat in front of the computer, checking the heat surrounding Shen Qingyu's fainting spell...

Hmm, Qingbao is a good person. His biggest worry right now is that Yuenan will use their privileges to suppress him, leaving him with no heat to utilize.

But Qingbao's current heat and trending searches... are all related to him!

It seems tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

Meanwhile.

Inside the psychiatric ward.

Shen Qingyu's team was "battling" through the night, analyzing the public opinion and heat following their boss's fainting spell during the day.

"The effect is great! Everyone is very sensitive to bullying and depression, and with our traffic push, it has a whitewashing effect!"

"Chi Ye doesn't even have a team right now; he's a sitting duck. Douyin is already full of people bashing him."

"Not enough, not enough. He's already finished; we must completely whitewash me before he 'dies'!"

Shen Qingyu lay on the hospital bed like a lord, still full of energy despite it being past two in the morning, leaving the passing nurses bewildered.

Swish.

The manager pulled the curtains shut and smiled: "Don't worry. My uncle said on the phone that the big boss is angry this time. Every account he holds that is related to the company has already been 'reclaimed'."

"Reclaimed? Can Weibo accounts be reclaimed too?!" Shen Qingyu asked in surprise.

Weibo accounts are now personally verified. Even with contract restrictions, it shouldn't be possible to just take them back, right?

"Heh." The manager smiled slightly: "Reclaimed doesn't mean taken back... Of course, he can change the password using his personal verification, but... can he actually post any content?"

Shen Qingyu was stunned, suddenly feeling a hair-raising chill.

"You mean..."

"After we post, he will have no channel to speak out and no chance to fight back."

Shen Qingyu nodded, though he felt an inexplicable sense of "fox mourning the death of the hare" in his heart.

In front of a true behemoth like Yuenan, individual power is indeed too insignificant.

Buddy... don't hate me, I'm doing this for myself too. Don't be so hot-tempered in the future...

"We must use the fastest speed to whitewash before he 'dies'. If we do, this public opinion crisis will be over."

"Yes, yes, yes."

Shen Qingyu nodded repeatedly, his attitude toward the manager subconsciously undergoing a subtle change.

——This might take a while to return to normal.

Shen Qingyu's team continued to work, preparing the public opinion attack for their principal.

Thus, the night passed in the blink of an eye.

The next day.

Regarding Chi Ye's "sudden" disappearance from *See You*, several interested parties had already begun to take notice.

On a certain major production set.

Not long after starting work in the morning, Sheng Ning received the news, and her eyes became subtle.

"Are you sure he disappeared suddenly?"

"Sure. Although *See You* hasn't let anything slip, I heard from an acquaintance at Mango TV that Yuenan directly stopped his appearances!"

The assistant nodded hurriedly.

"I see."

Sheng Ning's beautiful but slightly cold eyes flickered. After a long while, she suddenly said: "Not quite normal... but it's best if something big happens to him!"

"Hmm... the heat for *See You* is quite good. Even a brainless plan like a 24-hour livestream has many viewers. Once the main episode airs, it will likely explode... Since Chi Ye is gone, you should push one of our company's minor celebrities to try and secure that spot."

"Okay..." the assistant hesitated: "But Jin Xia is a regular on that variety show..."

"Her?" Sheng Ning sneered: "I'm just riding her coattails!"

"Chi Ye could ride them, why can't our company's people? Just push a male artist to go."

"Okay, I understand."

At nine in the morning, backstage at a variety show.

Peng Chen sat in the lounge, listening to the news sent by his manager, his gaze flickering.

"It finally happened... Sigh, you, why did you have to go against the company... You even asked me to return the dog, but now I can't even find you, brother."

Sheng Ning didn't know the inside story, but Peng Chen was an artist who had come out of Yuenan, so he naturally knew those rotten details.

It can only be said that he didn't expect this day to come so quickly.

Seeing that bastard Shen Qingyu faint suddenly yesterday and then buy a large number of black articles about Chi Ye's bullying to whitewash himself, he should have guessed it!

"Then what benefits can I get from this..."

He thought for a moment. He didn't care for the regular spot on *See You*, but what if he could take this opportunity to get more resources?

How to get them?

——Help Yuenan?

Just as he was thinking this, his assistant suddenly hurried in and whispered: "Shen Qingyu's side has officially responded on Weibo!"

"Hmm?!"

Peng Chen was stunned.

At nine-thirty in the morning, a time when most people were awake on the weekend.

After his "fainting" ignited the trending searches, Shen Qingyu finally posted for the first time, responding to various rumors about depression, bullying, and mental illness.

@Shen Qingyu: [The last Weibo post before the New Year — To all those who have misunderstandings about depression]

[The last daily post before the New Year, let's talk about the health issue everyone is most concerned about.]

[First of all, I, Shen Qingyu, sincerely apologize here. I didn't expect my personal affairs to occupy so many public resources. But some things must be said. In the past, friends around me always advised me to endure it and it would pass, saying I was the oldest brother, that I should learn to be tolerant and be a good "older brother".]

[But after the "incident" at the Scream Night, I really suffered too much innocent abuse and attacks.]

[In fact, the year before last, I had already experienced depressive moods. That was just after Rise had formed for a short time. The psychology teacher responsible for our health management said, "Don't make a mountain out of a molehill," "Think positively and everything will be fine," "He has a background."]

[I also felt that I was sometimes too sensitive. Shouldn't ordinary people be bullied by those with backgrounds? I endured this matter, and I endured many things.]

[But after the situation fermented yesterday, all kinds of abuse and rumors were overwhelming. They all sided with the bully, they all sided with certain shameless royalty. Theft, owing money, being a 'green tea'... these things, for which there is absolutely no evidence and which I have never done, were all splashed onto me.]

[I experienced severe dizziness and dry heaving during the event, and I was extremely panicked. Countless nights, I would dream of what I went through during that year in Rise. I know that my mental state no longer allows me to continue pretending that nothing happened. I need to do something.]

[Although many friends around me advised me that if I offended him, I wouldn't be able to survive in the industry in the future... but I'm not afraid. I believe that the path of justice in the human world is full of twists and turns, and someone must stand up. If this matter can let everyone understand how much bullying hurts a person, then why can't that person be me?]

[Yes, during my time in Rise, Chi Ye insulted and beat me more than once, and even because of a camera angle issue, he once made me "stand in punishment" outdoors in the middle of winter for eight hours.]

[All my teammates can testify to these things, and the former Rise staff can testify, because they were also more or less bullied by that person.]

["He" has a sky-high background and doesn't care about his reputation in the industry. "He" might quietly retire from the industry tomorrow and go back to living his playboy life, but this time, I will no longer be cowardly, I will no longer retreat. This time, I chose to be brave.]

[Finally, I hope there is no bullying in the world, and I hope all abusers will receive the punishment they deserve!]

A long article of several thousand words was posted fluently.

Combined with the marketing of Shen Qingyu's team and the tacitly approved traffic push from Yuenan, it reached the number one spot on the Weibo trending list almost the moment it was released.

In an instant, it had over 20 million in heat, completely igniting the eve of this New Year!

The netizens and fans who had been eating melons for most of yesterday were blown away.

"My god, is there any law in the entertainment industry? How can someone like Chi Ye survive in the entertainment industry?"

"Cried watching this. I said long ago that my brother isn't that kind of person, but no one believed me. Now it's good, my brother is hospitalized, are you satisfied now?!"

"I was bullied in school when I was young. It was a nightmarish memory I wouldn't want to recall even in my dreams... I didn't like Shen Qingyu before, but this time I stand with him."

"Yeah, what theft and owing money? AI can forge a few chat records. Why assume it was Shen Qingyu who did it?"

"@Chi Ye, please come out and apologize, OK?"

"@Please get out of the entertainment industry, don't harm others anymore."

"No acting skills, no singing skills. Besides bullying teammates, what else can you do?"

"Pure passerby, is it true?! It's been so long, why hasn't Chi Ye responded?! Is he feeling guilty?"

Large-scale paid internet trolls entered the fray to stir up the narrative; the fans were tormented to the point of agony, frantically flooding Chi Ye’s Weibo to curse and attack him, while bystanders had long since been guided into following the trend.

A "bullying" incident that shocked the entertainment industry was fermenting and spreading wildly.

"Qingbao is making a move; this must have cost a lot of money, we can't let it go to waste!"

Inside the bedroom.

Having stayed up all night, Chi Ye looked at this article, yet there was no anger or displeasure between his brows; he was even faintly excited.

This level of heat is good; he needs this kind of explosive heat so he can "take the baton" from Shen Qingyu!

Of course, for him right now, it isn't all "good news."

"Weibo really won't let me post messages; it’s been prompting 'under review' since just a moment ago."

Keke watched from the side, feeling "heart-pounding" anxiety, and subconsciously glanced at Chi Ye: "Brother Chi... did you foresee this point long ago? Is that why you spent the whole night contacting those small companies?"

"Yuenar isn't stupid. If Shen Qingyu’s team dares to spread rumors so brazenly, they definitely aren't afraid of me speaking out... or rather, they assumed I wasn't prepared and couldn't speak out."

Chi Ye checked the current heat and public opinion, feeling it was about time: "Notify those teams to release the video I just filmed. In ten minutes, I want to see myself on the trending search list!"

"Understood!"

Keke nodded, just about to call the team members who had been contacted.

Chi Ye clicked on Shen Qingyu’s Weibo, scrolled down, and suddenly caught a reply that stood out from the surrounding comments, yet had an equally high number of likes: "Don't be so busy being bullied, help me say something! Old Pi Yan took advantage of me, and your fans keep scolding me. Help me, speak up for me!"

Looking at the ID, it was that small internet celebrity who wanted to ride Shen Qingyu’s coattails.

It is said that this small internet celebrity used to be a producer... she was taken advantage of by an old veteran actor in the industry, and yesterday she wanted to get Shen Qingyu to speak up for her on Weibo.

"Still want me to speak up for you? It’s more like you should speak up for me!"

Chi Ye smiled, turned his head to take out his phone, and began searching for his own keywords and scrolling through short videos.

——Speak up for me!

Not long ago, after discovering that Weibo was "under review," he immediately filmed a short video and sent it to the PR team and marketing company he had been in contact with all night.

These types of small company accounts are diverse, but their strength lies in their sheer numbers. Moreover, most importantly, given his current heat, it would be one thing if he couldn't speak out for a short time, but once he "reacted so quickly," the gossip-loving public would never let the heat die down.

Sure enough.

Not long after, Chi Ye scrolled to the "short video" he had just filmed on Douyin.

The latest video posted by a marketing account with millions of followers.

In the video, Chi Ye held his phone like a livestreamer, waving at the camera: "Hello everyone, I am Chi Ye, WeChat transfer 300 yuan... cough cough, wrong channel... debunking rumors, not feeling guilty. The script Shen Qingyu had a ghostwriter write is full of my lines! Also, my Weibo account has been 'forcibly reviewed' by Yuenar and Shen Qingyu’s team, and I can't post any messages."

As he spoke, he flipped the camera and, in front of the lens, operated his Weibo status; the system prompted "This action is abnormal and is currently under review."

Then he flipped it back and continued: "Netizens who want to see me and Shen Qingyu face off and want to eat some melon, please speak up for me! I will personally go to the front lines to create more melon and fun for you all!"

"Finally, to prove this video isn't AI-generated, I will sing a song!"

Then Chi Ye sang a few notes with his "signature" raspy voice, and only then did he hold up his finger at the end: "Remember, I am Chi Ye, please speak up for me!!"