[Holy shit, this trashy gossip account actually broke a real story! Could it really be an industry insider, playing the fool all the time and waiting for the right chance to drop a massive melon?]
[He Cheng is so disgusting. Not only did he cheat and two-time people of both sexes, he even sold his ass to old men for resources.]
[Can the remaining Cheng fans still stan their ass-selling idol? Before, they bragged that their idol cheated because he was so charming, and everyone else threw themselves at him. Does selling his ass to old men mean he's charming too?]
[Has anyone called the police? This counts as gathering for □□ and taking drugs, right?]
[This is seriously explicit. I've already saved it to my cloud drive. If the video gets taken down, you can ask me for a copy!]
There weren't many internet police on duty late at night, but there were still some. A little over half an hour after the video was posted, it was censored across the internet.
But the resourceful melon-eating netizens had long since downloaded it and saved it to their cloud drives. Through various forums and group chats, word spread among netizens, and in just one night, it reached more than half the internet.
With Huo Yun supervising her, Ye Jin had been forced to go to bed early and get up early these past few days.
She really couldn't understand why Huo Yun still insisted on managing her beauty regimen when she was already about to leave the industry.
But whatever complaints she had inwardly, the moment she saw Huo Yun glaring at her, she still chickened out. She obediently put her phone by the bed and chose to turn in early, only to be woken at seven the next morning by her phone ringing.
For someone accustomed to going to bed late and waking up late, going to bed early once wouldn't make them wake up early.
Ye Jin was just such a person. Utterly bewildered and full of morning grumpiness, she answered her phone. She was just about to let loose a few curses when Huo Yun's news shocked her awake.
What the hell? He Cheng's □□ video had been exposed?
Ye Jin's mind cleared in an instant, and she quickly opened her phone to check online.
Damn it! The one time she finally went to bed early, she missed such a huge melon. Now that the internet police were at work, getting a copy would be hard, okay!
But He Cheng really went all out. He could even stomach an old man like that. One look at the video made it clear that the people involved had filmed it themselves, only for someone to accidentally expose it.
It wasn't until more than six months later that Ye Jin learned from Huo Yun that Grandma Yan had actually filmed the video to threaten He Cheng and had even sent it to his phone.
He Cheng's actions during that period had probably chilled Meng Xiaoya's heart completely. While He Cheng was off guard, Meng Xiaoya copied the video, then contacted a gossip account to expose it.
Afterward, she returned to her hometown, studied for the civil service exams, and began living an ordinary person's life.
Of course, that all came later. Ye Jin spent the entire morning enthusiastically eating melons, while the authorities dealt with He Cheng faster and more decisively than she had imagined.
They directly arrested He Cheng and the other two people in the video on charges of gathering for □□ and taking drugs. After the police issued their announcement, the internet police wiped out He Cheng's related accounts, super topics, forums, and other such spaces, took down his works, and even made his name a banned term.
He was well and truly finished!
Even Ye Jin was rather shocked by how the authorities had struck like thunder before anyone could cover their ears.
In the end, she summed it up inwardly: A celebrity still had to obey the law. Popular or not, as long as the green hills remained, there would be no shortage of firewood. Once the authorities banned you completely, it was all over!
At the same time, He Cheng's scandal left some in the industry hearing enemy soldiers in every gust of wind and crane's cry. For a while, the celebrities all tucked their tails between their legs.
There was no telling how long it would keep everyone in check, but it did improve the atmosphere in the entertainment industry for a time.
Ye Jin didn't feel much about it, though. She stood straight and sat upright, so why would she fear the authorities?
He Cheng was officially blacklisted, and naturally, the dispute over the male lead ceased to exist. Filming for "Kunlun Duel" soon resumed.
Ye Jin still took this, her final drama, very seriously.
Although her limited talent meant her acting couldn't compare to genuinely gifted actors, it was still fairly good for an idol drama.
Combined with her looks and the rose-tinted filter audiences would have after she left the industry, the drama actually became a modest hit when it finally aired, turning into something of a classic. Uploaders on a certain letter-named video site even frequently held her up as their white moonlight to put down later newcomers.
When Ye Jin happened to discover these videos back then, her toes couldn't help curling with embarrassment. She silently grumbled that, sure enough, everyone thought what they couldn't have was best, while also sighing inwardly that each new generation was worse than the last.
Of course, that all came later. Ye Jin, who was currently filming, knew none of this. She only wanted to play this role as well as she could and bring her final curtain down on a reasonably satisfying note.
More importantly, of course, she had invested in it! She might not care about her reputation, but she couldn't not care about money!
What surprised her most, however, was that Yang Manhui had actually volunteered to return for a cameo as her previous character. This place held painful memories for Yang Manhui; she shouldn't have set foot here again.
[Could Yang Manhui be trying to stomp on He Cheng one more time, proving that this drama would be an even bigger hit without him?]
Nearby, Yang Manhui, who had finished reshooting her scenes, wrapped up, and was about to leave, felt the corner of her mouth twitch. I'm not that bored!
If she hadn't wanted to thank her and give her a hand, why would she have come back to play this tiny cameo role? She was one of today's top actresses, with countless engagements. She had barely managed to squeeze out the time to come here.
But forget it. Ye Jin was her benefactor, after all. She wouldn't hold it against her!
After taking a few deep breaths to settle herself, Yang Manhui stepped over to Ye Jin and said with a smile, "Miss Ye, I heard you're moving behind the scenes to become an investor? If you have any good projects in the future, do think of me."
Ye Jin hadn't deliberately publicized her plans to leave the industry and establish a film and television investment company, but she hadn't specifically hidden them either. It wasn't strange that Yang Manhui knew. It was also perfectly normal for ordinary actors to take the initiative to cultivate goodwill with investors, producers, and the like.
But a top actress like Yang Manhui had absolutely no need to curry favor with a novice producer who had switched careers halfway through. After all, countless top-tier projects landed in Yang Manhui's hands; it was almost always the producers who curried favor with top stars like them.