113: My goddess was forced into it.

The Cai Yinong defamation case had far-reaching consequences; the main members were brought to Tianjin from all over the country to stand trial together.

The case was tried in public. The newspapers involved were immediately shut down for rectification, and the newspaper owners were summoned to Tianjin.

Because the chain of evidence provided by Qiu Wanjun was already very complete, everything was handled quickly and strictly.

Although the verdict had not yet been delivered, the outcome was already sealed.

Cai Yinong received the maximum penalty and was sentenced to three years as a sewing machine operator.

The leader of the internet troll army, having added a charge of illegal business operations, was sentenced to five years as a sewing machine operator.

The newspapers that were heavily involved were shut down, and the contributing reporters were sentenced to three years as sewing machine operators.

Other media outlets that reposted the content were dealt with on a case-by-case basis, either shut down for rectification or given warnings and fines.

"Impossible, impossible." When Cai Yinong learned of her result, she could not believe it.

"This is impossible; it wasn't handled like this before."

"We are a cultural industry; I want to see Director Ma."

"Director Ma has gone fishing at Beitang Reservoir; you can visit him when you get out." The uniformed officer detaining her kindly told Cai Yinong this good news.

"Why? This makes no sense; it wasn't like this before." She still couldn't believe it. Wasn't it just defaming a celebrity? It wasn't like she hadn't done it before.

During the trial, a company was also investigated.

Its registered office and the office address in Beijing were both searched. Many people were taken away for investigation, tax and fire departments intervened, and all business was suspended.

Li Guoli felt a chill; even though it was midsummer, he broke out in a cold sweat.

He was fine because he had indeed not participated, and he had even repeatedly advised Cai Yinong not to break the law.

The problem now was, what should a company do?

a company had some connections, and Cai Yinong also had some cultural connections, but now these connections had all lost their effectiveness.

Li Guoli searched through all his previous connections but received no news; the relevant departments were simply upholding legal justice as normal.

There was no favoritism or corruption, nor was there any possibility for anyone to engage in such practices.

It was precisely this lack of issues that was the biggest problem, because you didn't know where the problem actually lay.

He wanted to cut ties with a company and be done with it, but he had invested so much into this company.

While these matters regarding Cai Yinong were being handled, some sensitive media outlets sensed something unusual.

Some chose to wait and see, while others decisively changed their stance.

At the same time, Wang Jinsong contacted many actors in the mainland circle to publicly take a stand and support Li Xiuwu.

Veteran actors like Li Xuejian, Chen Daoming, Chen Peisi, and Liu Xiao Ling Tong stood up and accepted interviews.

"Any normal person, as long as they have eyes, can distinguish who is right and who is wrong," Chen Daoming said to the media.

"In the past three years, conflicts between Hong Kong Circle Stunt Performers and mainland staff have increased year by year, and it is basically always the mainland staff who get injured and suffer losses."

"During filming in the mainland, Hong Kong Circle Stunt Performers are not only overbearing on set but also cause trouble in the vicinity of the crew."

Many people revealed the overbearing behavior of the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

The problems were concentrated on the Hong Kong Stunt Performers, and there was a reason for this.

In the past in Hong Kong, one out of every three people had gang affiliations. Later, the gangs disappeared; where did these core members go?

At this time, it happened to coincide with the Hong Kong entertainment industry moving north, and suddenly there weren't enough Stunt Performers.

The Hong Kong entertainment industry was deeply tied to gangs, so these gang members were naturally absorbed by Hong Kong Stunt Performers and headed north to enter mainland film crews.

Such statements were reported by a small number of media outlets, but they did not attract much attention; the veteran actors didn't have much of a fanbase to speak of.

Young artists and mainland film and television companies made no comment; they still wanted to cooperate with the Hong Kong Circle.

Dwarf Zeng said, "If you hit someone, you should apologize. I want to act as a mediator to reconcile things. Everyone should sit down and talk; I hope the relevant departments will pay attention as well."

Seeing that they held the advantage in public opinion, the Hong Kong Circle began to push for negotiations.

They hadn't expected the police to be involved, but now that the police were involved, the situation was unfavorable to them, so they wanted to end it quickly.

In particular, they wanted to use the relevant departments to classify it as a misunderstanding, so that after Li Xiuwu apologized, the criminal charges of gang possession of weapons would be dropped; otherwise, Nicholas Tse might really end up inside.

Albert Yeung called Wang Cheng again. His tone was relaxed; he believed Wang Cheng must have learned his lesson and that Li Xiuwu was being crushed by public opinion to the point of suffocation.

"General Manager Wang, are you interested in having a chat?"

"I'll chat with your mother." Wang Cheng directly cursed him out.

"If I'm not having a good time, you dog, don't even think about getting away. Let's go to hell together."

He felt he was finished this time; even if the matter was resolved, Li Xiuwu would fire him.

If one could say that Qiu Wanjun was an outsider to the industry, what about himself? He was a person in the entertainment industry; even without Qiu Wanjun, he should have handled this matter well.

With a record like this, he probably couldn't find a good job in the country and would have to go abroad to make a living again, so he had no scruples and cursed directly in his face.

Albert Yeung was so angry his face turned green and then red.

But immediately, he couldn't understand; he had only attacked an artist from Golden Culture. Even if Wang Cheng was angry, was there any need to be this crazy?

There were only four people in the Golden Culture company conference room, and they had many documents in front of them.

"This is the material we bought from Hong Kong paparazzi. It contains evidence recording the reasons why those famous Hong Kong female artists suddenly went to film adult movies in the past."

Qiu Wanjun held the documents in his hand. After reading them, he was quite shocked, yet he also felt it was very reasonable.

The previous Hong Kong entertainment industry all had gang backgrounds. When female artists became famous, if they wanted a raise, didn't want to sleep with people, or didn't listen, they were forced to film adult movies.

"In addition, there are some photos and videos of hunks, involving situations where male artists were coerced by wealthy businessmen..."

After finishing, Qiu Wanjun glanced at Wang Cheng. Rumors always had prototypes; there really were male wealthy businessmen who used violence, intimidation, threats, and sexual favors to control male artists.

Wang Cheng glared fiercely at Qiu Wanjun and took out a USB drive: "This is a recording of a conversation between two Hong Kong big shots that Xu Chu obtained from a female artist."

"Mine is a bit inferior," Chi Yufeng said.

"Employees at Dream Time used technology to copy some self-recorded video materials from a photographer surnamed Chen's computer, which involves many currently popular Hong Kong female artists."

In front of them, there were some other materials, but these were the only ones that could ignite public opinion.

The few of them looked at these documents; even though they understood that the waters of the entertainment industry were deep, they were still somewhat shocked by how deep it was.

"One by one," Lin Qian said. "Don't let them know how much material we actually have in our hands."

At noon that day, during the lunch break, news first spread on the internet: "Revealing the Truth About the Past Hong Kong Entertainment Industry."

Some photos, as well as video materials of famous female artists being forced to film adult movies on set.

Salacious news, especially regarding sexual privacy, was too easy to attract attention, and the news spread instantly.

There was no need for Golden Culture to push it; netizens automatically shared and spread it.

"Holy crap, they actually used knives on set to force them to film? Is this real?"

"My goddess, I knew it; my goddess was forced."