diskusbooks Chapter 881 The Entertainment Industry, The Original Female Lead Killed by the Transmigrator (47)
Chapter 881 The Entertainment Industry, The Original Female Lead Killed by the Transmigrator (47)
Xiao Yun transmitted her voice to say that Xiao Lin had come out of seclusion and that it was watching over Jing Yan. Jing Rui had been brought out by her and had already been put to sleep.
"Brother Zhai, could you tell me more about what happened with Jiang Peixing?" Xiao Yun asked.
Zhai sighed and said, "He was exposed for domestic violence against his wife. It seems he was seriously injured and had to be rushed to the hospital. The internet is in an uproar. His wife has more fans than him and they want to boycott his work. So the company held a meeting overnight to prepare to replace his scenes."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yun's eyes flickered. This scene was definitely not in the original owner's memories. Could it be that his intervention had caused a butterfly effect?
She pondered for a moment and said, "Replacing the scenes is also troublesome. Jiang Peixing doesn't seem like the type to commit domestic violence. He's so thin, probably less than 100 pounds at 1.65 meters tall. His wife is 1.76 meters tall and weighs nearly 200 pounds, which is twice his weight. It's more believable that he was a victim of domestic violence."
Brother Zhai sighed and said, "Boss, we don't believe it either. The problem is that a video of him hitting his wife was posted online. I watched it too. Although the video wasn't very clear, we could still tell it was him."
With his wife also uploading hospital diagnostic reports and photos of his injuries, online opinion is now overwhelmingly against him, with everyone believing he is a domestic abuser. He's not only losing many fans, but some are even turning against him.
Xiao Yu frowned as well, "What should we do now? If the movie's release is delayed because of this, it will definitely affect the box office and awards, and the losses will be considerable."
Xiao Yun told him that her original self won the Grand Slam with this movie, and if it were changed, she didn't know if it would affect her mission completion rate.
Xiao Yun, however, sensed something was amiss. She had a lot of faith in her physiognomy skills, so she said, "Brother Zhai, go talk to Director Wang and tell him not to rush into reshooting or reposting. I'll have someone investigate his situation and see if there's anything fishy going on. Maybe someone is deliberately framing him. If things turn out differently, that'll be free traffic."
Upon hearing Xiao Yun's words, Brother Zhai's eyes lit up. "Boss, you have a wide network of connections, so I'll have to trouble you with this. I'll call Director Wang right away so he won't lose sleep tonight. I'll head back now; it's too late to disturb you two."
Xiao Yun and Xiao Yu nodded at the same time. It was indeed quite late, already past one o'clock. It was only because the house was well soundproofed that their parents would have been woken up.
After seeing Zhai Ge and the other man off, Xiao Yun returned to his room. He used his personal computer to check and found that the videos and pictures were real and there were no signs of Photoshop manipulation. However, the videos were a bit too short and it was very likely that someone had cut off the beginning and end of them.
Xiao Yun directly controlled the computer and hacked into the video publisher's computer. He found the complete video in the other party's computer recycle bin, but only a short part of the beginning, in which Jiang Peixing's wife hit him, was cut out.
Even if you post this online, it won't make a difference. At most, it'll just be called a fight between two people. But in this situation, the man is naturally in the wrong. Everyone thinks that it's nothing for a woman to hit a man a couple of times. How much pain could it cause? So he should be more lenient.
It is wrong for a man to hit a woman, and even passively fighting back is unacceptable; that constitutes domestic violence.
To clear Jiang Peixing's name, more compelling evidence was needed. After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yun hacked into the security cameras near Jiang's house and found the source of the video based on the shooting angle.
It's at the entrance of a flower shop. The security camera was probably installed by the shop itself, pointing directly at the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Jiang family's living room.
The Jiang family lives on the third floor, but their house is several meters lower than the house opposite, so the security camera on the first floor opposite is pointing directly at their house.
Xiao Yun accessed the camera's backend storage space and retrieved the complete video.
The original post was indeed cut off, with a long paragraph at the beginning describing Jiang Peixing's wife beating her mother-in-law, Jiang's mother.
Jiang's mother was beaten to the ground unconscious. The woman didn't stop and even tried to kick her. Jiang Peixing, who had just returned from outside, saw this and rushed over to push his wife away.
His wife was standing on one leg when she was pushed to the ground and hit the coffee table. It looked like she was hit pretty hard, and it took her more than twenty seconds to get up. I guess that's where the injuries came from.
Jiang Peixing squatted down and called for his mother. When there was no response, he took out his phone to make a call, probably to call for an ambulance. At this moment, his wife pounced on him and started hitting him.
He bent down to protect his mother, who was still lying on the ground, and didn't fight back for fear of hurting her. It wasn't until his wife tried to kick his mother again that he grabbed her raised leg and pushed her down once more.
This time she didn't fall onto the coffee table, so she got up quickly and charged at him like a madwoman. This time, Jiang Peixing didn't hold back and started fighting back, which led to the scene that went viral online.
No matter how thin a man is, if it really comes down to a fight, a woman might not be his match, unless she's trained. Perhaps because he was injured before, his wife was quickly knocked to the ground. Then Jiang Peixing received a phone call; it must have been an ambulance. He carried his mother out the door.
After that, his wife sat up and made a phone call. Then a man came over and helped her out the door.
Out of curiosity, Xiao Yun looked up the man and found out that he was Jiang Peixing's wife's agent and also her older brother.
Xiao Yun hacked into the brother and sister's phones and recovered the deleted call logs and messages. There were conversations between the two siblings as well as ambiguous messages between her and a man named Xiao Xiang, who was probably her affair partner.
All of this was probably orchestrated for him, except that it was the brother and sister who did it. Their goal was to ruin Jiang Peixing's reputation, make him look like the one at fault, and then force him to divorce and leave with nothing.
Xiao Yun frowned. Forgive her for being a bit of a looks-obsessed person, but she found it hard to imagine that someone would be vying for the affections of such a character actress, and that someone would even become a third party for her. Putting aside the question of morality, what was the point?
After seeing the woman's account balance, Xiao Yun understood. People die for money, birds die for food; the other party was probably after the money that would save her thirty years of hard work.
Out of curiosity, Xiao Yun deliberately left his body and went to the hospital to perform a soul search on the woman, thus learning the true story.
This woman named Zhou Yuling has always been very domineering in the marriage, and she has also controlled Jiang Peixing's income. If they go through the normal divorce process, since she is not at fault, then the couple's joint property should be divided equally.
Although her income is not small, it is not as much as Jiang Peixing's. Moreover, as she gets older, she can get fewer and fewer roles. If she is called a character actress, she is just a comedic character. When she gets older, she will not be as popular as she was when she was young, and she may even arouse the audience's disgust.
She can only take on villainous roles with ugly appearances now. Not only is the pay low, but these roles aren't always available, and there are age requirements.
It's different for men; when they get older, they can play fathers or grandfathers. Jiang Peixing's appearance is very versatile and memorable.
It's a very upright appearance; though thin, it makes one appear even more dignified. This suits him well for roles ranging from scholars and officials in period dramas to heads of families and elders. In modern dramas, he can also play significant supporting roles, such as village chiefs, incorruptible officials, or retired teachers.
She also knew from Zhou Yuling's memory that she originally did not intend to divorce. Although the two of them rarely saw each other, Jiang Peixing was still very loyal to the marriage. He was the kind of upright, old-fashioned man, but also relatively boring.
For a woman, sometimes a few sweet words are more effective than silent, selfless devotion.
Zhou Yuling was captivated by a few sweet words, her already restless heart was like an old house on fire, she thought she had found true love and wanted to divorce her husband and be with that little elephant.
She couldn't do this alone, so she told her brother. Her brother had always relied on her for a living, so of course he was on her side and gave her this idea.
The video footage from this camera was all staged by them. Of course, beating the mother-in-law was premeditated. The two women had a long-standing feud, and beating the mother-in-law was to force Jiang Peixing to take action, and also to vent their anger.
Anyway, even if this part is recorded, it will definitely be cut and not broadcast.
After they finished, they deleted the content from the camera. Even if Granny Jiang later said that she hit her, there was no evidence, so who would believe it?
They probably never imagined that a super hacker would find the camera and recover the entire video.
Xiao Yun had seen plenty of cases involving framing and transferring assets by any means necessary; it was just a matter of gender. Men did this even more often, so she felt neither liking nor disliking Zhou Yuling's actions and made no comment.
However, she made a move against a major supporting actor in her own movie, which delayed the movie's release. Her current mentality is typical of a capitalist: it doesn't matter what kind of person you are, as long as your interests are affected, you can suffer the consequences.
Xiao Yun didn't take action himself; he simply sent the video to Zhao Yaqi and told them to handle it.
They are all seasoned veterans at handling these matters. Even if Jiang Peixing is not an artist under their company, they will still work together with the other company to handle the situation properly and maximize their profits.
With this, things will completely turn around, and we won't need to do much at all. And the bigger the fuss, the better. As she said before, the bigger the fuss, the higher the profile, and no matter how, it will provide free publicity for the movie.
They were also instructed to keep an eye on Zhou Yuling's side, as netizens love to see plot twists and turns, and they couldn't let anything else go wrong there.
As soon as Xiao Yun finished making arrangements, Zhao Yaqi acted swiftly. The next morning, she contacted Jiang Peixing's company and, after confirming that they were also trying to verify the situation and had no intention of giving up on him, she informed them of the video and the whole story.
After discussing it, both sides decided to first release the video anonymously online under the name of a righteous bystander, while simultaneously arranging for their public relations teams to prepare follow-up strategies.
Doing this kind of thing in someone else's name is more effective; doing it yourself will only attract the attention of certain people who will try to manipulate the narrative, claiming it's just sophistry or whitewashing.
Because of the recent news about two women dying from domestic violence, the internet is already particularly sensitive to news about domestic violence, so the matter has become increasingly heated after a day and a night of fermentation.
The full video was released the following day at noon, instantly causing a huge uproar online.
After Jiang Peixing reported the incident to the police, his company released the police investigation results. Netizens immediately turned their criticism towards Zhou Yuling and her brother, condemning their heinous behavior, and the public opinion completely reversed.
Jiang Peixing has also transformed from the one being blamed into the victim. His image was originally positive in the public eye, and now not only have his fans spoken out for him, but many passersby have also joined in, calling on relevant departments to severely punish Zhou Yuling and to kick her out of the entertainment industry. Such a public figure with bad character has a very bad influence on society.
Zhou Yuling had been following the developments of this incident closely. She had been quite smug, thinking she had it all figured out. She never expected such a rapid turn of events, especially since the video had been deleted—how did the bedding end up back?
Seeing the overwhelming consensus online about her situation, she panicked, and the relevant authorities quickly came to her door, taking her and her brother back and detaining them.
What should have been a simple divorce turned into a criminal case between the two of them, involving assaulting an elderly person, causing minor injuries, defamation, and attempting to transfer or seize marital property.
The two tried to argue their case, but faced with irrefutable evidence, their words seemed so weak and powerless.
Xiao Yun watched all this with satisfaction. As Jiang Peixing's reputation turned around, many netizens who had previously criticized him felt sorry and even went to watch his previous dramas. Consequently, his recent movie appearances were also dug up, and his popularity continued to rise because of this.
Of course, this exposure was orchestrated by two companies behind the scenes, so this can be considered a win-win situation for both sides.
Of course, that's a story for another time. After sending the video to Zhao Yaqi, Xiao Yun returned to her space. Her daughter was still there, as was Xiao Lin. She was very curious about what the treasure that had attracted it was.
Xiao Yun asked Xiao Yu to watch over the chubby son, and then she went back into her space. She found that the pile she had picked out was gone; Xiao Lin must have put them all into his space.
Right now, it's sitting by the treasure mountain with Jingyan in its arms, continuing to open "blind boxes." Next to it are Xiao Erhei, Fox Nini from Fox Lao San's family, Liu Xi from Liu Qing's family, Huang Jingui, the grandson of Lao Huang's family, and the four troublesome turtles from A Yuan's family: Da Mao, Er Mao, San Mao, and Si Mao...
The little brats were all watching Xiao Lin and Xiao Lin open their spatial storage. When they saw something good, they cheered together. When they didn't get anything good, they said it was a pity and comforted each other. Goodness! A bunch of little brats chattering away, it was quite a lively scene.
Jingyan usually likes to play with them when she comes in, especially Xiao Erhei and Hu Nini. The three furry creatures jump around together, with Xiao Erhei always leading the way. Although he is already a half-grown boy in human form, he is still a cub in beast form and is the leader among the cubs.