"What...what apology?" The producer pretended not to understand.
Ji Shiyan said calmly, "Apology to Ji Ning for buying the black hot search."
Ji Ning finally put down the spoon and said, "I came here to ask about this matter. After all, it's unreasonable to spend money without any beneficiary for the topic to become a hot search."
The producer smiled awkwardly and backed off a bit to protect himself: "Did we buy the trending search? It wasn't you who... "
Isn't it because your reputation is already bad and many people criticize you
Ji Shiyan certainly understood that the program crew was targeting the popularity of Ji Ning's black fans. After all, compared to good news, people still prefer topics that can be ridiculed and relieve stress.
But that's no reason for them to use her and manipulate her.
Seeing that Ji Shiyan just kept his eyelids drooping and didn't speak, and his aura didn't blend in at all, the producer turned his gaze to Ji Ning, hoping that she would take the initiative to suggest not to pursue the matter, but Ji Ning looked like a soft girl and didn't compromise on such matters.
The producer sighed, and then began to use a necessary skill in the industry - passing the buck.
He glanced at the people at the table: "Why aren't you talking? Was the trending search really bought?"
A blond boy scratched the back of his head, thinking, "Didn't you pass it yourself and still applaud? Why are you pretending now?"
The producer scolded his staff one by one: "I was just busy with one episode and didn't check it, but it caused such a big mess. What do you want to do? Do you want to piss me off to death?"
There was complete silence; everyone was out here to make a living, so naturally no one dared to disobey the boss.
Seeing that the pretense was almost over, the producer said to Ji Ning and Ji Shiyan in a serious tone, saying "no tolerance" and "Let me investigate further. I will definitely catch the person who made the proposal and ask her to apologize to Ji Ning."
"Um."
Ji Shiyan pulled the chair and stood up.
The producer followed behind: "Then our cooperation matters--"
"We'll talk after you apologize. It depends on whether you are sincere or not." Ji Shiyan, who was not prepared to agree, patted the back of Ji Ning's chair and motioned for her to join him. "Let's go."
The two of them left the table, leaving the producer alone with an embarrassed look on his face. Unfortunately, due to Ji Shiyan's status, he couldn't get angry. He slammed the table and continued to yell at the people below: "I told you not to buy it, but you insisted on taking the risk. Now you've run into trouble!"
I was so angry that I couldn't calm down and vent: "She has been blackmailed for half a year. What's the point of our program buying some black search results? Isn't it just her traffic?!"
A newcomer whispered back, "But it's not right for the production team to use discrediting her to create a hot topic. She came on the show because she trusted us, but she got bitten back..."
"You know you're farting now? Why didn't you tell me when you were going through the proposal?"
The producer slammed his phone in annoyance: "The proposal was given by Fang Xing, right? Tell her to write a thousand-word apology and send it over, then tell her to get out of here immediately!"
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Ji Ning followed Ji Shiyan out of the hotel. He thought that the two of them would get into the car directly after leaving, after all, it was not convenient for artists to stay outdoors.
Who would have thought that he had been walking with her for more than ten minutes without stopping, and it seemed as if he had no intention of getting in the car and just walking around.
She pressed the brim of her hat, took out a mask from her pocket and put it on, then found another one in her other pocket and handed it to him.
Ji Shiyan looked at her for a while: "Nothing to say?"
She didn't quite understand what he meant. She looked over for two seconds, then compressed her eyelashes and spoke softly in the night wind, "Um... Thank you."
"That's not what I meant."
Ji Ning knew that he was talking about what happened just now. He seemed to have many thoughts and feelings in his heart, but the moment before he opened his mouth, he suddenly felt empty, just like before: "I'm used to it."
I am used to taking the blame even though I have done nothing, for the future and popularity of others; I am used to my every word and action being magnified and looked for flaws, and then finding excuses to accuse me of a crime; I am used to my unintentional actions being given meanings and then maliciously guided. I open my mouth, but cannot make a sound.
Part of the money an artist earns is from being scolded. She was well prepared before entering the circle, but she never expected that she would face such massive and unreasonable online violence. It seemed that just because her name was Ji Ning, what she did was wrong, and what she didn't do was also wrong.
Ji Shiyan sat down on a bench on the street.
She felt a little dazed, the sense of disconnection overlapping with reality: "Are you just going to sit here?"
The man who had been expressionless all this time suddenly smiled, "How about I sit on the lamp?"
At this moment, on an extremely ordinary sidewalk, without cameras or flashlights, his image seemed real for the first time, as if every step she took forward was a real approach.
The man raised his head and squinted at the shadows of the trees in the distance without any emotion: "I've experienced this before."
He said, "Controversy, doubt, and endless fabrications. Prejudice is bound to run faster than the truth."
He was only 16 years old at that time. The price of becoming famous overnight was glamorous and cruel. Behind the birth of a phenomenal idol, there would inevitably be more filth.
"There was a time when I just wanted to lock myself away, and I felt like nothing was interesting."
"But then I suddenly realized that I was defeated because I wasn't strong enough, and I was doubted because my abilities weren't impeccable," he said calmly, "So, I should be stronger and work harder."
These ten words could probably solve most of the difficulties in the world, and he thought they would apply to her as well if she needed it.
A smart person would stop at the right time. Ji Shiyan flicked the brim of her hat and stood up.
Ji Ning subconsciously raised his hand to touch the brim of his hat, staring at his back in a daze.
She hadn't expected him to be willing to share his experiences with her, even though she knew all of them.
He is not a talkative person. In the first few years after he entered the circle, he suddenly heard too many voices, so he became even more taciturn. In addition, he likes to frown, so fans half-jokingly and half-heartedly started a topic called #Has Ji Shiyan reconciled with the world today#, and the title song is "You Are Not Really Happy".
Then things got a little better, but after the transformation he was busy filming serious movies and seldom participated in entertainment activities. His fans were looking forward to the day when he could smile from the bottom of his heart.
As they walked, they were already far away from the starting point. Ji Ning saw a familiar convenience store and suddenly said, "They have Oden here."
He likes to eat this store's oden, and was spotted by fans several times in convenience stores. Along with his handsome face, the oden box that he always holds in his hand has also become the focus of attention.
Oden has become the love rival of fans. Some people even changed their ID to "Ji Shiyan's Oden", and shamelessly said "I am Ji Shiyan's darling". When people found out that they were fans who got big benefits or were picked up, they would also say sarcastically "Are you the legendary Oden", meaning the chosen one in the circle.
Since he had seen the oden, there was no reason for Ji Shiyan not to eat it. The man quickly made a decision: "Then let's take a rest here."
It's true love for sure that you're willing to eat it even at the risk of being recognized.
Ji Ning followed him into the convenience store. The aroma of food was tempting. She glanced around the snack cabinet, implying that seeing it was the same as eating it.
After all, wide lenses make you look fatter, and female artists must not have any extra fat to look good on camera. If you can't control your mouth, you're basically out of this industry. Some people who sell themselves as foodies actually eat less than she does in private.
She picked up a bottle of 0-calorie, 0-sugar, 0-carb, 0-fat drink to drink so that she wouldn't be tempted to eat later.
While waiting for Ji Shiyan to buy oden, she opened Weibo and checked it out.
--She became the promotion ambassador of T company, and was confirmed as the female lead of "Star". It was also officially announced that she and Ji Shiyan would be a couple. It was expected that all the marketing accounts would be mobilized to discredit her.
After all, the better her resources are, the more jealous her competitors become. They don't care whether their own artists are destined to be popular or not. They are eager to suppress her in the hope that she will not monopolize all the limelight.
The marketing accounts floating at the front all have the same copywriting: Ji Ning's studio and the fan club cleared their Weibo a while ago, and I thought they were going to quit the circle [thinking], but they soon wished Sheng Xingyu a happy birthday and issued a recruitment notice. Is this after taking advantage of Ji Shiyan and starting to take advantage of Sheng Xingyu? Is she going to take advantage of the traffic as well? As expected, fans follow their idols, and the fans who are the idols are just as disgusting.
A marketing account with the ID Chong Fei was even more active in spreading rumors. Ji Ning knew this person was her professional black fan. He was never late or absent in spreading rumors and insults every day, and his words were very unpleasant to the ear.
You guys know nothing. Our Ningning clearing her Weibo account means we are officially announcing: all the previous things don’t count. We are officially starting our journey of fraud + marketing!
Xingyu is so pitiful. His birthday has become a tool used by [chicken]ning.
She was photographed more than once checking into a hotel room with other men late at night, and was called a little slut. The accompanying picture was a photo of Ji Ning when she was filming a movie, but that scene was not aired in the end, so these people started to spread rumors about it.
Every artist has a nickname, which is mostly derived from the homophones of the name. These black fans often have no bottom line in insulting her, such as adding three drops of water to her name to turn it into "Ningning", which is even more disgusting.
There is nothing much to say about writing a congratulatory message to Sheng Xingyu. Generally, the fan club will post a message to wish happy birthday to friends who have worked with the artist, and the other party's fans will also reciprocate, which is considered social etiquette and superficial courtesy.
But Ji Ning's president had been passive for several months, and the last birthday congratulatory article was posted five months ago. When she saw something was wrong, she checked and found that it was Sheng Xingyu's birthday that night, so she quickly wrote a congratulations. Sheng Xingyu's fans also quickly came to respond in a friendly manner, saying "our friendship will last forever". In short, everything was harmonious.
It was such a long time ago. These marketing accounts are really trying hard to discredit her.
Fans were so angry that they used the comment “Beijing’s bid for the Olympic Games was successful! Tianyi 3G is so fast!” to mock the lag of these marketing accounts.
Besides, Sheng Xingyu is Sheng Qianye’s younger brother. Given her relationship with Sheng Qianye, if she wanted to take advantage of him, she would have rubbed him bald long ago. Why would she have to wait until now
She shook her head and was about to log out of Weibo when she found that she had received a message on WeChat from Ji Shiyan.
Ji Ning subconsciously looked back and found that the man had just sat down next to her. She asked, "Did you send me a message?"
Why are you still sending messages when we are so close
"Well, I've got a business card for you. It's a lawyer who handles defamation cases." He put down the cup. "After you defend your rights, these marketing accounts will be scared and won't spread rumors about you anymore."
He must have seen the contents of her phone.
In fact, Ji Ning had had this idea before, but he had never found a suitable lawyer. In addition, he had no experience in this area, so he planned to observe for a while before taking action.
"I've heard of him, but doesn't he stop accepting private commissions?"
"I've told him," Ji Shiyan said, "Don't worry."
The lawyer acted quickly. After asking Ji Ning for confirmation and evidence, he issued a statement on the firm's Weibo account.
… According to the client’s response and verification by this lawyer, multiple Weibo users named “重菲” and “人间白莲纪宁” on Sina Weibo have posted a large number of insulting and defamatory remarks and pictures against the client, such as “Ji Ning smells bad” and “She’s not a little ear, she’s a little slut”, and maliciously created insulting Weibo topics such as #Ji Ning when will he die suddenly#. The pictures are malicious screenshots and deliberately misleading and vilifying, causing the public who do not know the truth to misunderstand the client and reduce the client’s social evaluation…
We have completed notarization preservation measures against the above-mentioned infringements in accordance with the authorization, and will take further legal measures on this basis to strictly investigate the legal responsibilities of the infringers in accordance with the law and resolutely defend the legal rights and interests of the client in accordance with the law.
…
The statement was two pages long and written very formally. This lawsuit was not just a statement, but an upright use of the law to protect her right to reputation.
Sooner or later, when she wins the case, she will make those who think they can get away with it by hiding behind the Internet hold up their ID cards and apologize to every artist they have ever insulted. The sins they have committed will also be recorded in the files and become a lifelong stain.
She wanted all the black accounts including "Chong Fei" to personally slap their faces, repost the rumors they had spread one by one, and explain the original truth of the matter word by word, to prove to all those who had been deceived -
Ji Ningxing sat upright and did not feel sorry for anyone.
Ji Ning forwarded the statement using the studio's account, and then forwarded his statement using his own account.
After the Weibo post was sent, fans of the management team arrived at the battlefield first, followed by some scattered passers-by and those who sympathized with her. However, there were still some people who mocked her and said that it was meaningless, like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, and the traffic was pitifully small.
But soon, Sheng Qianye and Lin Luosang took the initiative to forward the message "Support Rights Protection", Sheng Qianye's fans rushed to support, and Chengzhou Group under Lin Luosang's husband Pei Hanzhou also spoke out.
Probably influenced by his sister's advice, Sheng Xingyu also arrived ten minutes later. The male idol had a huge amount of traffic, and the number of reposts on Weibo immediately increased.
Gradually, half of the entertainment industry came out to repost her messages, supporting her and also taking the opportunity to express their indignation against online violence. After all, as long as they are artists, no one has not suffered attacks, it's just a matter of how much, and she is a typical victim.
For the first time, the entire network's wind direction turned to her on a large scale -
Some of the insults from the black accounts are so harsh that even a grown man like me finds it scary. How must Ji Ning feel
The Internet is by no means a lawless place. Don't act recklessly just because you are wearing a pseudonym.
The current Internet environment really needs to be rectified.
What she didn't know was that half an hour after the rights protection Weibo post fermented, Ji Shiyan also participated in a live broadcast event for a certain endorsement.
The top stream was so powerful that the comments were so fast that the specific words could hardly be seen. Ji Shiyan was sitting on a chair unpacking the product he was endorsing, and when he looked up he just happened to catch a glimpse of the message.
In fact, there are many questions related to Ji Ning in the barrage, but most of them are "Did you answer the first kiss diary because you were kidnapped?" "You and Ji Ning have nothing to do with each other, right?" Some people even said--
It's obvious that he and Ji Ning are fake, Ji Ning is just paying for him. So many people reposted Ji Ning's Weibo, but he didn't repost it. Don't worry, the two of them definitely have no relationship, don't let the unknown celebrities get traffic.
The words "fake" and "attached" were inexplicably glaring. Ji Shiyan turned his pinky ring unhappily: "I didn't post on Weibo. I forgot the password."
He suddenly answered the questions in the barrage, and everyone was surprised and shocked.
Didn’t you say that you are aloof and hard to control, and basically don’t answer any extra questions
But the man continued calmly, "But the lawyer she used is mine, and I also participated in her rights protection."
"Any questions?"