Even so, her manager still felt uneasy. "Yingyu, we can do it, but Ji Yanzhi has dirt on you too. If we piss him off, won't he..."
Cheng Yingyu laughed dismissively. "You don't understand people like him at all. They grew up with the best education, and their manners and poise are second to none. Even if Ji Yanzhi wanted revenge, he'd consider smearing a woman's reputation beneath him. Otherwise, my secrets would have been all over the internet long ago."
Seeing how confident she was, her manager steeled herself, hung up, and began contacting promotional accounts she had worked with before.
After giving her manager instructions, Cheng Yingyu opened WeChat and made a voice call to someone else.
The person she contacted was Bai Yanxue, a fourth- or fifth-tier actress with whom she would ordinarily have had no personal connection. But somehow, Bai Yanxue had gotten lucky enough to snag the Jiang family's youngest son, and their relationship had progressed to the point where they were nearly ready to marry.
The Jiang family was Ji Yanzhi's maternal grandfather's family. Although Jiang Muyan's death had caused a rift between the two families, the Jiang family still treasured Ji Yanzhi more than anything. Ji Yanzhi was attached to them too. Whenever something went wrong with their business, he would always step in.
Over the past two years, Cheng Yingyu had fed Bai Yanxue acting roles and recommended her for endorsements, coaxing her into treating Cheng Yingyu like her own older sister. She had done all this to have a backup plan when she needed one.
Cheng Yingyu first claimed that her endorsement negotiations with Shili had fallen through and asked whether Bai Yanxue could have her boyfriend put in a word with Ji Yanzhi. But Bai Yanxue hemmed and hawed, saying