Chapter 1410: 1411: Let's See Who Begs Whom
Chapter 1410: Chapter 1411: Let’s See Who Begs Whom
“Can Mr. Rong give me a copy?”
She had already come this far in asking – ordinarily, anyone would have given in by now, since all those videos were entirely of Gu Zekai’s own doing.
Yet, Rong Yan refused, “I and a friend have reviewed all the videos, and there truly is none of Mr. Ai Wen in them.”
This meant a clear no.
Wang Ying was a smart person and understood her silent refusal. Even though she looked a bit displeased, they had already signed the contract and would need to rely on Rong Yan to handle this mess moving forward, so she couldn’t afford to completely fall out with Rong Yan over this. One could feel her unhappiness at being rejected but after exchanging a few more pleasantries with Rong Yan and Estelle, she made an excuse and left first…
After she had gone, Estelle then asked her, “Why didn’t you give her the video? She seemed quite eager to have it. We’ll be working together for a while, and there’s no need to offend her over something like this.”
Rong Yan closed her laptop and leaned back on the sofa, her eyes clear and bright as she explained, “She probably wants to use these videos to threaten Gu Zekai, or to take them to her boss and let him decide whether to make them public or not. Gu Zekai is scum, he deserves no sympathy! But the girls in these videos are innocent. I noticed several of the girls seem to be his fans, completely unaware that he would shamelessly keep videos like these. If these videos were released, it would be a fatal strike to those girls! They would be sensational, and unscrupulous media and some netizens would surely try to dox the girls in the videos. Gu Zekai is trash, but those girls did nothing wrong except misjudging a person; they should not have to suffer from slander along with him. It could even ruin their lives.”
Estelle fell silent, pinching the bridge of her nose, feeling somewhat regretful for her haste, “…From this perspective, it’s good you didn’t hand the video over to her. I was short-sighted and didn’t consider these aspects. Indeed, those girls are not to blame, they just fancied the wrong person. I would feel terrible if they got dragged into this mess.”
“Right, Mr. Rong, now that our collaboration is agreed upon, I’ll contact Nick Studio. After Wang Ying goes back and declines Gu Zekai’s requests, he will probably release a batch of photos to threaten Lemon Entertainment, and it will be the perfect time for us to counter-attack!”
Rong Yan felt a mix of amusement and awkwardness being called ‘Mr. Rong’ and gently touched her own nose, responding with composure, “I’m not good at PR, Estelle. You handle it. I trust that you’ll be able to manage it~”
Estelle, having been an artist coordinator and previously Rong Yan’s agent, was adept at crisis PR, especially since she had a complete set of tools at her disposal thanks to her history of dealing with scandals.
She didn’t beat around the bush with Rong Yan in her area of expertise, promptly agreeing and going off to contact Nick Studio herself; meanwhile, she would mobilize others within the company to be well-prepared each with their own tasks for the upcoming battle!
…
Gu Zekai had never anticipated that Lemon Entertainment, after half a month of considering, would outright reject the conditions he put forward.
Without leaving him any room to maneuver, they mocked him from head to toe.
Furious, his face turned the color of iron, and after violently smashing a few items at home, he discussed with his agent, K.
“What do we do, K? The people at Lemon must have their heads caught in a door, actually refusing to cooperate.”
His agent, with the look of a tough character, his hair slicked back and a grim expression, said, “If they dare to refuse us, we’ll show them some color. Let’s wait for them to come begging to me!”