The True Heiress Is The Real Bigshot-Chapter 698 - 578 Incident Explodes! Backed by the Lorentz Family [Two more Chapters]
Chapter 698: 578 Incident Explodes! Backed by the Lorentz Family [Two more Chapters]
Moreover, what puzzled Helena the most was the fact that Yun Heyue being a girl, many high-level executives at Chuguang Media were unaware of it.
Not to mention other employees and artists.
But with such tight security on keeping it a secret, when it does come out, the backlash will be even greater.
Youth 303 had already held its second performance, and the contestants had spent a month in the training camp.
Helena had come to deeply understand just how crazy the fan circles in Hua Country’s entertainment industry could be.
At first, she had a crush on Yun Heyue, because Yun Heyue indeed was very attractive.
But then, in the blink of an eye, it turned out Yun Heyue was a girl.
Even Helena herself couldn’t accept it, let alone other fans.
Success by fans, downfall by fans.
Yun Heyue was done for.
**
O continent.
The headquarters of Era Media.
The secretary put down the phone, "President, Yun Heyue actually being a girl is really unexpected."
Era Media, backed by the Pazzi family, one of The Four Great Financial Groups of the O continent, had not been flourishing in recent years.
They supported Skywalk Entertainment with all their might and suppressed Chuguang Media, only to end up losing both their wife and their troops in the end.
Especially in this year’s Golden Image Award competition, Chuguang Media had submitted a film starring Shang Yaozhi.
The film had deep meanings, and there was an eighty percent chance of winning Best Film and Best Actor.
What mattered most was that Era Media had also submitted a movie.
How could Era Media just watch Chuguang Media grow into the next Universal Film Company?
The secretary laughed again, "President, with this blow Chuguang Media won’t be able to make any progress for at least five years. They definitely won’t be able to catch up."
"Wishful thinking. I just want to control the entertainment industry of Hua Country," Claire laughed dismissively upon hearing this. "Universal Film Company is an industry of the Lorentz family, not to be messed with. But what does Chuguang Media have?"
"Don’t tell me it’s the Venus Group? Don’t make me laugh."
So what if it’s the leading company in Hua Country’s entertainment industry?
In the grand scheme of international business, they were nothing.
Hua Country didn’t have even a single film in the top thirty of the global box office, and they think they can compete with Era Media?
Claire then asked, "How is the movie we sent to the judges doing?"
"A nomination is certain," the secretary said. "But whether we can win the Golden Image Award is still uncertain."
Claire responded indifferently, "With the incident at Chuguang Media, the jury will definitely give it a thorough consideration."
Yun Heyue had a cameo in this movie as a street singer.
With a sudden gender switch and deceptive behavior, the judges couldn’t possibly not reconsider carefully.
**
A few days later, on March 1st.
Several entertainment bloggers in the circles posted the same Weibo message. freeweɓnøvel.com
[@InsiderBaeV: #ShockingExpose# At 5 PM, a scandal about a top influencer with twenty million followers will be released. Be on time, and if it’s false, I’ll live stream myself eating shit.]
Spectators quickly gathered, and fans were constantly on guard against trolls and keyboard warriors.
The comment section became a battlefield between fans and haters.
[Get real, ’top influencer’ again? Seems like anyone can be called a top influencer nowadays.]
[Last time they said it was about a top influencer, and it turned out to be a second-tier star whose house collapsed with no casualties.]
The entertainment blogger quickly replied in the comments.
[A real top influencer, a huge scandal that can blow up Hua Country’s entire entertainment industry, guaranteed genuine.]
Curious netizens soon listed the stars on Weibo with over twenty million followers.
There were thirty-two in total, both Huayin and Yun Heyue included, with the majority being male stars.
Shang Yaozhi had become famous early on with eighty million fans, although he was included in the count, no one really thought it was him.
[Damn, a top influencer, huh? I’ll bet on Yun Heyue, nobody compares to him when it comes to being a top influencer, right?]
[Our Brother Yun is solely focused on his career, what kind of scandal could possibly blow up the entire entertainment industry? Get lost.]
[I bet on Huayin, he came from Skywalk Entertainment, and although he switched companies, his private life is a mess, wouldn’t be surprised if he had a child.]
[Take Brother Yun away, refuse to be falsely associated.]
There wasn’t a whisper online, and most netizens took it as a joke and moved on.
However, no one expected that in the afternoon, there really was explosive news that rocked the entertainment industry.
It was also on this day that Ying Zijin concluded her Closed-door Cultivation.
After a month of Cultivation, her Ancient Martial Cultivation had returned to the level it was ninety-nine years ago.
Although she hadn’t broken through to become an Ancient Martial Grandmaster, she was almost there.
She was preparing to participate in a life-and-death battle to thoroughly break through to Ancient Martial Grandmaster status.
The Martial Arts Alliance had life-and-death battles every day, and as long as you signed up, you could participate and be matched with an opponent of similar strength.
In the month that Ying Zijin spent in closed-door cultivation, she fully focused on her training and cut off all contact with the outside world.
She had just gotten her cell phone.
There were dozens of missed calls, all from her female secretary.
The female secretary usually reported to her via WeChat unless it was an urgent matter.
Ying Zijin immediately returned the call, "What’s the matter?"
"Boss, you finally answered the phone, there’s been an incident!" the female secretary said with extreme anxiety, "This time, it’s really serious!"
Ying Zijin put on her clothes, and while walking out, she comforted her, "I’m here, don’t panic, tell me slowly."
The female secretary took a deep breath, "The whole entertainment industry already knows that Yun Heyue is a girl! What should we do? Should we activate the backup plan directly?"
"But the backlash from fans is much bigger than expected, I’m afraid that won’t work."
Indeed, not many people from Chuguang Media knew that Yun Heyue was a girl.
Only the female secretary and Shang Yaozhi knew, the others didn’t.
More people means more gossip, and Yun Heyue’s mental state was also a problem.
She knew she was a girl, but due to being treated violently by her family from a young age and raised as a boy by her mother, it was hard for her to change her mindset.
Most importantly, Yu Xuesheng, the second-ranked hypnotist on the NOK scale, was familiar with Fu Yunshen and could also change faces.
Face changing is not just altering one’s appearance, even the Adam’s apple can be changed through face-changing techniques.
It would be very difficult for ordinary people to discover Yun Heyue’s true gender.
Even if Yun Heyue retired from the circle, it’s possible that no one would find out.
Of course, Ying Zijin had also prepared a follow-up plan in case Yun Heyue’s gender was exposed.
But this time, the incident exploded too suddenly, and it happened during her closed-door cultivation.
Chuguang Media had planned for Yun Heyue to focus on making music and choreography, to not participate in variety shows, not take on television dramas, and simply develop her career.
By interacting with fewer people, her gender would not be exposed.
This time, because of Chuguang Media’s investment in Youth 303, and because it was aimed internationally, it was a new starting point for her career, which is why Yun Heyue participated.
Ying Zijin opened Weibo.
However, by that time, Weibo had already crashed and was inaccessible.
Blowing up the Hua Country entertainment industry was truly not a joke.
The female secretary sent her images that looked like screengrabs of the hot search list from twenty minutes earlier, showing that the hot search list had been completely blown to bits.
The first few entries were all occupied by Yun Heyue and Chuguang Media, each followed by the word "explosive."
No1: Yun Heyue, a girl
No2: Chuguang Media’s Fraud
No3: The astonishing scoop of the 20 million top influencer
These were the pieces of evidence gathered by Helena and Era Media.
Once people knew Yun Heyue was a girl, combined with the vast influence of Era Media, many clues could be quickly found.
The list of photographs and text was long and seemed very real.
The fans below went crazy, and the netizens were stunned.
Ying Zijin’s eyes paused briefly, "Has Yun Heyue been disconnected from the internet?"
"She doesn’t go online much," the secretary said. "She should still be in the recording studio recording songs for the Golden Statue Awards movie for which she sang the theme song."
Yun Heyue entered the entertainment circle for her dream, focusing only on music and dance, without trying to please fans or drag down other celebrities.
"That’s good," Ying Zijin said calmly. "I will handle this matter, we’ll prepare to issue a statement later, but it’s indeed necessary to contact her and prepare for a press conference."
What was coming would inevitably come.
Listening to the girl’s composed voice, the female secretary felt an inexplicable sense of relief and security, "Yes, boss."
Weibo was down for a full forty minutes before the programmers finally fixed it.
Upon clicking into the top trending item, the pinned Weibo post had been changed.
It was a disbanding statement from Yun Heyue’s number one fan.
[@DanceatGravesites: I genuinely participated in a talent show, but I never expected something like this to happen.
I ask the fans here, can you trust an idol whose gender isn’t even real?
In one night, the idol became a girl, and we’ve been deceived for a year, Yun Heyue, did you take us for fools?!
Oh, that’s right, I almost forgot, others might not know, but CEO Ying certainly must have known, after all, you even called yourself poor and were once Yun Heyue’s assistant.
You knew Yun Heyue was a girl, yet you let her join the male group’s talent competition and did not stop it halfway through, no matter what, this is deceiving the fans, deceiving the entire entertainment industry!
So should I assume that in the future, you might also behave improperly in academia?!]
