53: Influence

Jiang Yan's classmates followed her to the third floor, to Jiang Yan's bedroom.

The bedrooms of Jiang Li and her three siblings were all on the third floor, while Father Jiang and Mother Jiang's bedroom was on the second floor.

Third floor, second bedroom.

Jiang Yan, along with Liu Ningning and Liu Bing, went inside.

Liu Ningning's family wasn't well-off, and although Liu Bing's family had some money, they lived in a large flat, and had never seen a villa like this before.

Liu Bing looked at Jiang Yan's bedroom, her eyes full of envy.

"Yan Yan, your bedroom is wonderful. Did your mother decorate it?"

"No, my older sister hired someone to design it. Oh right, please have a seat. I'll get you some water... Wait, do you want soda?"

Liu Bing said, "Water is fine for me."

Liu Ningning said, "Me too."

So Jiang Yan went to the mini-bar fridge and found two bottles of water.

They were glass bottles.

Liu Ningning didn't recognize it and opened it right away to drink, but Liu Bing recognized it. It was an Australian brand, BLVD Mineral Water, priced at twenty US dollars.

Jiang Yan took out her tablet and handed it to the two of them. "This is the itinerary I made. Take a look. Where should we go?"

"Okay."

Liu Bing and Liu Ningning took it to look, discovering that there were domestic destinations as well as international ones.

Liu Ningning saw it and, although she really wanted to go, knew her parents probably wouldn't allow it.

Jiang Yan asked, "Should we go to Chongqing or Luoyang? And Xi'an. I think these places are pretty good."

When Liu Ningning heard this, she immediately joined the conversation, as did Liu Bing... After Jiang Li went downstairs, finished breakfast, and changed clothes, she planned to head out.

Today, she was going to check on the Xinying Hotel, since it was the closest one.

Xinying Hotel.

After Jiang Li got out of the car, the security guard at the entrance drove the car away into the underground garage.

After she entered, Manager Song Guang was already waiting at the entrance.

"Chairman, the hotel has recently been receiving unexplained complaints, and this person is behind some of them."

Jiang Li walked ahead, took Song Guang's tablet, entered the elevator, and looked at the person displayed on the screen.

The person looked somewhat familiar, but she couldn't place them.

"Who is this person?"

Song Guang replied, "Chairman, this is Rainbow, a very popular Internet Celebrity recently. Her original name is Tang Changcai, and she became famous a few months ago. Her current number of followers has reached one hundred million."

When Jiang Li heard Tang Changcai, she remembered this was the person she hadn't signed last year.

"First, tell me about the recent incidents."

"Yes, Chairman. We don't know what happened with this Internet Celebrity. She stayed here for a period recently, but in the past two days, she inexplicably started slandering us. Although we still have many old customers, this prevents us from gaining new ones."

Jiang Li said, "I understand. I will handle this matter. Also, make sure to receive a researcher well recently."

"Yes, Chairman."

After Jiang Li left, she went straight to Shengshi Entertainment.

Shengshi Entertainment.

Huo Qin and Qu Huayu were discussing the recent negative impacts.

Jiang Li opened the conference room door and walked in.

The two of them saw her and greeted, "Chairman Jiang."

"Mhm. Is Tang Changcai using her followers to attack our company recently?"

"Yes, Chairman Jiang. Manager Qu and I are discussing countermeasures. The impact of this matter is not very significant."

Huo Qin replied after hearing Jiang Li's words.

"This matter isn't that complicated. Just state the cause and effect directly, and let Lin Mo handle the rest."

Qu Huayu thought of what he had seen earlier. "Chairman Jiang, I previously saw Tang Changcai getting into the car of the boss of Shangyu Entertainment. It's likely his doing behind this."

Jiang Li thought about the two top stars under her, both of whom had come from Shangyu Entertainment.

She figured he must be furious by now.

Jiang Li's guess was spot on.

Shangyu Entertainment.

Shang Gui looked at the trending searches on his phone, which were all about the return of Music Genius Lu Yizhe, and the Top Female Star Luo Yiqing, and the Top Male Star Jiang Yijin.

Furthermore, two of them had left his company.

When Shang Gui thought about it, he got very angry; all that money was gone.

The Internet Celebrity he was currently promoting, Tang Changcai, was about to enter the entertainment industry.

He refused to believe that he couldn't cultivate a top star himself.

Just then, the door to Shang Gui's office was knocked. It was Shang Gui's secretary, Han You. "Chairman, Jinlin Law Firm mailed some documents. Would you like to look at them?"

Han You knew the Chairman was very angry about the recent matters involving Shengshi Entertainment.

When Shang Gui heard this, he was reminded of how formidable Jinlin Law Firm was.

His mind cleared up a bit at that moment. "I understand. Oh right, go remind Tang Changcai not to do anything excessive recently, and to keep a low profile."

Han You replied, "Yes, Chairman."

Shengshi Entertainment, top floor office.

Jiang Li sat on the sofa looking at the messages on her phone, knowing that Lin Mo had already finished the task.

Jiang Li recalled that Tang Changcai had recently announced she would be starring in the TV series, *dream returns on the road away*.

This drama happened to be Luo Yiqing's major female lead role.

So she called Luo Yiqing, but the call didn't connect.

She figured she was probably filming.

The set of *dream returns on the road away*'s launch ceremony.

Originally, Luo Yiqing was standing next to the director, but someone came and pushed her away, insisting on standing there.

This person was Tang Changcai, who had invested money to join the production.

Tang Changcai felt that since she had spent so much money, she should at least be the female lead, but she was only the third female lead—the kind who gets written off after a few episodes.

Thinking of this, she decided she absolutely had to grab the director's attention while standing next to him, so she could get more scenes added later.

Luo Yiqing didn't bother arguing about this. Just then, Zhao Yan came over. "Sister Luo, Chairman Jiang is calling."

Hearing this, Luo Yiqing immediately stepped aside to make the call.

"Chairman Jiang, I'm sorry, we were just starting filming, so I didn't hear your call."

After Luo Yiqing finished speaking, Jiang Li's voice came through the phone on the other end. "It's fine. I remember there's someone named Tang Changcai on your set, right?"

"Yes." The person who had just pushed her aside seemed to be Tang Changcai, who supposedly invested money to join the cast.

Jiang Li heard her and said, "Tang Changcai has been spreading rumors about the company online recently. If you get a chance, start a live broadcast, aimed at Tang Changcai,..."

She said the rest quietly.

Luo Yiqing heard her and said, "Understood, Chairman. Please don't worry."

She had been filming in isolation before, and as soon as that shoot ended, she rushed to this crew.

She wasn't very clear about the online situation.

So she opened her phone to check and found that Shengshi Entertainment and Xinying Hotel, both under Chairman Jiang, had been affected, but not significantly.

How could her own company be bullied?

Just then, a dispute broke out near Tang Changcai, so she asked Zhao Yan to start a live broadcast.

Luo Yiqing also had Zhao Yan send the live stream link to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li was in her office, reviewing the company's recent income and expenditure reports, as well as newly signed artists.

Her phone rang. She tapped it open and found it was a live stream sent by Luo Yiqing.

Curious, Jiang Li opened it to watch.

She found it was the launch ceremony set of *dream returns on the road away*, and the director was scolding an actress.

Jiang Li looked at the actress, thinking she looked very familiar. Wasn't that Tang Changcai!