Early in the morning, Li Ye drove to work, mulling over how to deal with Baolier Apparel as he drove.
When Ning Pingping had said she wanted to switch allegiances, Li Ye had anticipated that problems might arise on all sides. But now, it seemed the impact of this matter was far greater than he had expected.
After all, decades later, it was perfectly normal for a celebrity to change endorsements. Today she would say Brand A worked especially well, then turn around and claim she had used Brand B for over ten years, without needing to consider whether she had actually used Brand A or Brand B in those earlier years.
In any case, no one fully believed what they said.
But in the 1980s, an era when one gala performance and one song could make a star famous, an actress like Ning Pingping, whom "everyone in the country knew," possessed truly enormous influence.
So enormous that if she casually said something, ordinary people would take it as gospel truth.
How could that be the same as those people who changed endorsements every other day?
Likewise, the "clients" who had made Ning Pingping famous could not accept her behavior of elevating Baolier Apparel by trampling Fenghua Apparel either.
You changed sides and ran toward freedom. That was merely "forgetting kindness," and out of respect for Li Ye, they could pretend they had been blind before.
But she had actually dared to belittle Fenghua Apparel. That was already "betraying righteousness."
If she refused to speak of honor, then she could not blame them for refusing to show mercy.
Thus, Hao Jian had called Li Ye several times over the past few days to communicate with him. Though Li Ye had said he would handle the matter appropriately, Hao Jian had