"She's really a mess with her relationships!" Cheng Yi was somewhat speechless. "Why does she always like to make a scene of her private affairs in such public settings? It's not that I think family secrets should be kept hidden and one must always suffer in silence or anything.
But her way of doing things is like being a guest at someone else's house, and then she suddenly overturns the dining table for her own private matters. Isn't that rather impolite?"
Ye Zhi agreed wholeheartedly, but she didn't understand what Cen Ya was thinking.
Cheng Yi suddenly remembered something. "Oh, right, wasn't she your sister before?"
"That's not true!" Ye Zhi waved her hands repeatedly. "She's a Duke's daughter, she has nothing to do with our Ye family. We can't afford to be associated with her."
Cheng Yi blinked in surprise. "Can't afford it... Wait, the Ye family raised her, and she still looks down on the Ye family?"
Ye Zhi thought to herself, not just looks down on them, the Ye family was on Cen Ya's revenge list. If Cen Ya wasn't so focused on Ou Minghan right now, she would have taken action long ago.
"Our Ye family doesn't mind," Ye Zhi shrugged. "The Duke's family also gave compensation, and she and our Ye family are even. From now on, the Duke's family will worry about her life and death, it has nothing to do with us."
Cheng Yi was even more speechless. It seemed that the so-called Duke of Country K and his family were also quite unreasonable. It was good this way, let them worry about Cen Ya from now on.
At this banquet, Cen Ya, with the 'help' of the police, managed to tie with Ye Zhi. The guests at the banquet felt they had seen enough. They would never dare to invite guests who could cause trouble wherever they went in the future.
Upon receiving the news, Cen Xiucheng, furious, rushed to the police station, bailed out Ye Qinya and Gu Sheng, and gave them a severe scolding.
As for Ou Minghan, Cen Xiucheng naturally wouldn't bother with his fate.
However, not long after they left, Lin Shuangshuang arrived at the police station and bailed out Ou Minghan.
Ou Minghan frowned displeasantly. He said with great disdain, "Why is it you? Do you have some feelings for me? Give up, your family background isn't good enough for me!"
Lin Shuangshuang: ...
She had previously thought Cen Ya's money was easy to get, but now it seemed every penny was her hard-earned money!
"Cen Ya secretly called me and asked me to find a way to get you out," Lin Shuangshuang said with a cold face. She didn't want to waste any more words. "Ou Minghan, I know your goal is Cen Ya, but as long as the Cen family is here, she won't forgive you so easily. However, I can help you..."
"Why are you helping me?" Ou Minghan narrowed his eyes and sized her up.
Seeing Ou Minghan's expression, as if saying, 'You're still saying you don't like me?', Lin Shuangshuang felt like she was going to throw up.
If she and Ou Minghan weren't both on the Cen family's 'blacklist,' and if Gu Sheng wasn't so obedient to Cen Xiucheng and strictly guarded her, preventing her from approaching Cen Ya, would she have come to cooperate with Ou Minghan?
"Don't get any ideas! I'm not interested in you!" Lin Shuangshuang said with disgust. "You have your goals, and I have mine. I'll help you achieve what you want, and you stay out of my business!"
"Oh... I understand," Ou Minghan sneered. "Are you interested in Cen Ya's brother?"
Lin Shuangshuang: ...
Not wanting to explain anything further to him, Lin Shuangshuang impatiently asked, "Are you cooperating or not?"
"Cooperate!" Ou Minghan agreed readily.
Lin Shuangshuang curled her lips triumphantly. She knew very well that no matter what Cen Ya said about not loving Ou Minghan, she was the one who wanted to get back with him the most!
As long as she helped Cen Ya achieve this wish, she could get more money from Cen Ya!
Lin Shuangshuang said, "Cen Ya has been paying attention to the movie that Taoxun filmed. That movie was clearly a flop, yet not many people criticized it. Cen Ya complained to me before, and I think you know how to make Cen Ya happy."
Ou Minghan's eyes lit up. "I understand!"
The next day, the internet was flooded with press releases about Taoxun's first film, "Diamond," being a costly failure.
These press releases were all sarcastic, saying that Taoxun's CEO, Ye Zhi, had become too arrogant. She was good at online shopping, so she thought she could enter any industry? The movie was boring and ugly, and it was normal for it to flop. This was also a lesson for Ye Zhi, to make her recognize reality.
Once these press releases came out, there was an uproar online.
【Taoxun filmed a movie? I didn't know! Taoxun's publicity is not good!】
【"Diamond" was actually filmed by Taoxun? I checked the box office, and it's currently over ten million. It seems like most domestic movies recently have this box office, I don't really understand, is this considered low?】
【This movie isn't bad! Zhiwei has a score of 9. My girlfriend dragged me to see it. It was a fun and darkly humorous movie, worth a second watch!】
【Taoxun production, trustworthy! I don't usually like watching movies, but I might consider watching it this weekend.】
...
This development was unexpected even for Ye Zhi.
The publicity for this movie was handled by Su Corporation. Su Corporation followed conventional publicity channels, and although they tried their best, the effect was only average.
Ye Zhi was very optimistic about the quality of this movie. She had actually considered relying on the power of 'organic advocates' to spread word of mouth online and achieve a box office comeback through this method.
However, not many people went to the cinema during this era, and this movie was indeed a bit niche, so the power of 'organic advocates' was weak, and the movie's reputation failed to spread.
But she really didn't expect someone to help her in the opposite direction.
With that sarcastic tone... Ye Zhi didn't need to investigate to guess who was behind it.
Just as Ye Zhi was sitting in her office, considering how to respond, she received a call from Su Ming.
"Congratulations, Ms. Ye! Your move of 'self-blackening' online is absolutely brilliant! Now, 'Diamond' is getting a lot of attention. The online pre-sale box office has already surpassed yesterday's box office by several times, and the total box office has exceeded twenty million! I'm very optimistic about this movie. Don't worry, subsequent screenings will definitely follow up," Su Ming said happily. "Ms. Ye, your methods are truly impressive!"
Ye Zhi: ...
Thanks to Cen Ya's team for the buzz.
"Is there a possibility that this isn't me 'self-blackening,' but someone is actually targeting me?" Ye Zhi said with a laugh.
"Ah?" Su Ming was taken aback. He seemed to have thought of something and sneered, "Then I can only say, those people are too overconfident!"