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Chapter 158 A Major Incident_1

Chapter 158: Chapter 158 A Major Incident_1

Zhu Zhiyong encountered trouble when pushing for the project approval of "The Battle Tiger."

There were legal disputes, and the approval couldn’t get through.

He didn’t take it seriously and adopted some measures against Shen Dong’s legal team.

In his opinion, as time passed, Shen Dong definitely wouldn’t be able to hold on.

Shen Dong was just a green young fellow who still thought he could compete with him, which was simply overestimating his own capabilities.

"Thinking that suing can stop ’The Battle Tiger’s’ approval? How naïve!" Zhu Zhiyong sneered to himself.

"Mr. Zhu, it’s bad news, something big has happened!"

Right at that moment, the assistant pushed in the door, looking panicked and flustered.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhiyong frowned, "How many times have I told you, no matter what happens, don’t panic. Are my words just white noise to you? If there’s a next time, you can go to finance to collect your salary."

The assistant turned pale with fear and took a moment to compose herself before saying steadily, "Mr. Zhu, something has happened. Qiming Group has just terminated their endorsement deal with Gu Jun."

Gu Jun was a popular young actor their company was cultivating, who could earn the company quite a bit of money every year.

"Just cancel it then. It’s only an endorsement, no big deal. There are plenty of companies looking for Gu Jun to endorse their products," Zhu Zhiyong said unconcernedly.

"Mr. Zhu, there’s more. Hesheng Company, Chiyang Company, and over thirty other companies have terminated their collaborations with our company’s artists and have issued statements that they will not cooperate with us in the future," the assistant said.

"What!" Zhu Zhiyong’s face changed drastically as he stood up abruptly, "What exactly is happening? How could so many companies cancel their collaborations?"

He could ignore it if it were just one company ending its partnership with one of their artists.

But he couldn’t ignore over thirty companies terminating their contracts and declaring that they would never collaborate with them in the future.

What exactly was happening?

How could these companies make such a decision all at once?

This was definitely not a coincidence but a deliberate action.

If nothing unexpected, it must have been Shen Dong’s doing.

Zhu Zhiyong had lost the calm and composure he displayed just moments ago.

The lecture he had given his assistant had already been thrown to the back of his mind.

It turns out that the notion of remaining calm and collected in the face of anything simply doesn’t hold up in reality.

If one could remain composed, it only meant that the issue they were facing wasn’t significant enough.

If the problem was severe enough, the idea of remaining unfazed even if "Mount Tai collapses before you" was an illusion.

Seeing Zhu Zhiyong’s reaction, the assistant secretly derided him, thinking weren’t you the one who said not to panic no matter what?

So why are you acting like this now?

These were thoughts she could only keep to herself, certainly not daring to say them out loud, she said, "Mr. Zhu, these thirty-plus companies are all under the Ao City Chamber of Commerce."

Zhu Zhiyong furrowed his brows, "Who is Shen Dong, and how could he possibly have the influence to make all the companies under the Ao City Chamber of Commerce do such a thing?"

He was utterly baffled.

You see, the thirty-plus companies under the Ao City Chamber of Commerce represented a formidable force.

Not just anyone could order them around.

How could Shen Dong possibly order them around?

Zhu Zhiyong really couldn’t understand.

He might be puzzled, but there was one thing he did understand: such a result would lead to the company losing at least sixty to seventy million.

The thought of losing sixty to seventy million at once was even enough to make him wince.

"Mr. Zhu, what should we do now?" the assistant asked.

"We need to find out how Shen Dong managed to convince these thirty-plus companies to act this way," Zhu Zhiyong said as he picked up the phone on his desk and dialed a number.

Two minutes later, Zhu Zhiyong hung up the phone.

He figured it out; it turns out Shen Dong is friends with Zhou Chengyu, the son of the Ao City Chamber of Commerce president.

He had some understanding of Zhou Chengyu.

Zhou Chengyu’s reputation in Hai City was so great that it had even reached the eyes of many bigwigs in Jing City.

Zhou Chengyu’s father, Zhou Ding, was a major shareholder of a large gambling group in Ao City and had extensive connections nationwide.

In all sectors, legal and illegal alike.

Zhu Zhiyong thought for a moment, then continued making calls.

But after a few calls, his expression grew increasingly unpleasant.

He was calling to ask some friends in Hai City to intercede with Zhou Chengyu on his behalf, to ask Zhou Chengyu not to help Shen Dong.

But the result was that Zhou Chengyu completely ignored those pleading on his behalf.

"Why would Zhou Chengyu go so far to help Shen Dong? Even if they are good friends, he shouldn’t go to such lengths for Shen Dong," Zhu Zhiyong frowned deeply.

He didn’t find out that Zhou Chengyu was a shareholder of Shuidilao.

If he had known that, he wouldn’t have been puzzled.

The fact that Zhou Chengyu, Li Kaiyao, and Wan Pengfei invested in Shuidilao was known by very few people.

With a cursory search, you really couldn’t find it out.

Because Shuidilao had not yet gone public, many things were not known to the public.

"Mr. Zhu, there’s more bad news," the assistant spoke up again.

"What now?" Zhu Zhiyong’s heart sank.

The news he had just received was bad enough. With more bad news on the way, was something momentous about to happen?

"Mr. Zhu, suddenly a lot of negative news about our company has appeared on Doule," the assistant said weakly.

"What kind of news?" Zhu Zhiyong asked.

Doule was the leading platform for short videos.

In the field of short videos, although Doule started late, it quickly surpassed Mano with its unique advantages, becoming the industry leader.

Now Doule’s daily active users numbered several hundred million.

Negative news appearing on Doule could quickly spread throughout the entire network.

This was very detrimental to Jing City Jiahua Film Industry.

"Mr. Zhu, have a look for yourself," the assistant took out a smartphone, swiped a few times, and laid it on the desk in front of Zhu Zhiyong.

A video was playing on it, which claimed Jing City Jiahua Film Industry lacked any sense of contract spirit, was extremely domineering, oppressive with its power, and the video also showed the preferential investment agreement with Shen Dong.

The video did not feature any real people, only a voice-over narration.

Many top broadcasters were sharing this video, causing everyone on Doule to see it.

The users of Doule condemned Jiahua Film and Television, saying the company was bullying the weak and ugly in its dealings, calling it a cancer of the film and television industry, and so on.

"Bastards, this is outrageous!" Zhu Zhiyong cursed angrily after watching the video.

"Mr. Zhu, there’s another video," Lu Xingzhou said weakly, then swiped the phone a couple of times to show Zhu Zhiyong another video.

Seeing how angry Zhu Zhiyong was now, she could only imagine that after watching this video, he would be furious.

This video was of a vice president of Jiahua Film and Television exploiting a female star of the company.

The video was blurred; otherwise, it couldn’t have been widely disseminated.

The principal male and female characters in the video were clearly recognizable.

The male lead was a vice president at Jiahua Film and Television, whose photo could be seen on the official website of Jiahua Film and Television.

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