Chapter 1372: 1373: Birds of a Feather Flock Together, Things Are Grouped Together by Type
Chapter 1372: Chapter 1373: Birds of a Feather Flock Together, Things Are Grouped Together by Type
Rong Yan skimmed through the material she gathered for herself and, as expected, despite its volume, there wasn’t much of practical use.
You could say there was almost none.
She put down what she was holding and asked Estelle, “Do you know who he’s tight with in the industry?”
“?”
Rong Yan, “Birds of a feather flock together, after all!”
Estelle got her drift and immediately put down the teacup she was cradling. With a sharp look in her eyes, she headed back to her computer and said to Rong Yan, “Wait a sec, I’ll check it out right away.”
After making some online inquiries and feeling unsatisfied, she called a paparazzo she had a good relationship with. Approximately ten minutes later, she put down her phone and reported several names to Rong Yan, “He gets along well with Chen Anchen from his own company, and Jiang Zixuan from Triumph International. The three of them often hang out at bars together and have even traveled abroad. They interact a lot on Instagram and are recognized in their small circle as good buddies.”
Rong Yan hadn’t heard of any of these names before, so she only had one question for Estelle, “Are Chen Anchen and Jiang Zixuan straight?”
A smirk formed at the corner of Estelle’s mouth as she replied casually to Rong Yan, “Both these guys are straight as an arrow. I’ve looked into it—they both love hitting the bars and picking up curvy internet celebs in the high-end bars of Capital City. With their decent looks and celebrity status, they’ve slept with quite a few girls for free. I’ve heard that the girls in the influencer circle have seen through them and often complain behind their backs about how stingy and inadequate they are.”
“…” Pff. Stingy is one thing, but inadequate too? No wonder they get bad-mouthed!
“If Gu Zekai can hang out with these two and maintain a close relationship, it means he’s not gay. True gays in the industry usually hang out only with other men of the same orientation, or they’re closer with female artists. I’ve never heard of a gay guy who’s good friends with two straight guys like these.”
Rong Yan was right, ‘like attracts like,’ and with something as private as sexual orientation, people of the same kind are more likely to find common ground.
Clearly, Gu Zekai didn’t fit this bill.
Estelle, “Now we just have to see if he really went all the way that night. There are many setups in the entertainment industry, some of which are just bluffs to scare people, which can be exposed with a little probing. Then there are the ruthless ones who, to be absolutely sure, will go through with the whole act. It’s unclear which type he is.”
Scrolling through information on her phone, Rong Yan looked up with an easygoing expression and said, “I think he’s the former.”
“Oh? Why?”
“He’s an artist under HuanYu, and it’s been almost a year and a half since he signed with them. From what I know, HuanYu has a higher-up who loves to collect handsome guys. Any male artist willing to follow him gets heavily promoted—Gu Zekai is exactly his type. If Gu Zekai was really willing to go all the way, he wouldn’t have done just a single web series in the past year and a half. He would have had better resources~” She blinked and curled the corner of her mouth, “There’s definitely something fishy about the photos of Gu Zekai and the Lemon boss that night! He doesn’t really have a video; it’s just a scare tactic he made up to intimidate Lemon.”
Estelle shook her head in disagreement, “What if he does have it? Rong Yan, don’t be so absolute about everything. He dared to threaten Lemon Entertainment; if he doesn’t have the real deal, isn’t he afraid that Lemon Entertainment will come after him later?”
Rong Yan leaned back on the sofa, habitually imitating the gestures Li Shengxiao often made while pondering, her fingers tapping the sofa cushion irregularly as she spoke with utmost confidence.