Rise and Slay: From Scandal Queen to Academic Genius-Chapter 51: The Consequences of Citing the Law in the Entertainment Industry
Chapter 51: Chapter 51: The Consequences of Citing the Law in the Entertainment Industry
Zhao Ren’s happy expression was yet to fade when he looked down and saw the big characters on the paper.
Court Summons?!
After a moment’s thought, Zhao Ren understood, "Is it Ji Xizhi???"
President Zheng of the company sneered, "If you can’t control your artists, just quit already!"
Zhao Ren never expected Ji Xizhi to actually go against the company.
He had gone to the airport that day to pick up Ji Xizhi, persuading her for quite a while in the car. He thought Ji Xizhi had listened to him. He had arranged for her to do a livestream endorsement tonight, including several scripts in his hands, intending for Ji Xizhi to earn him at least tens of millions.
But before the money even arrived, he received a court summons.
Zhao Ren was extremely furious, quickly picking up his phone to dial Ji Xizhi’s number.
Ji Xizhi had just finished her eye exercises when she saw the incoming call.
She didn’t answer immediately; she waited until she completed her massage routine, relaxed her eyes, then calmly turned on the recording before answering the call.
Zhao Ren was on the other end about to explode, and was furious when Ji Xizhi answered, sounding like he was about to shoot someone.
"Ji Xizhi, are you looking to die? Daring to send a court summons to the company, I’ll make sure you die without a complete corpse!"
Zhao Ren clenched his teeth tightly, clearly infuriated.
Ji Xizhi listened to Zhao Ren’s reckless threats, her lips slightly curled. She replied lightly, "I remind you, intentional murder is a criminal offense."
Zhao Ren’s face twisted with rage hearing Ji Xizhi’s words, "Don’t try to scare me with the law, do you think I need a knife to kill you?!"
"Is that so?" Ji Xizhi chuckled, it seemed like Zhao Ren planned to knowingly break the law.
"I’ll give you one day, withdraw the lawsuit immediately, or else..." Zhao Ren sneered, "If I release what I have, I assure you’ll have no place to stand in all of Beijing!"
Zhao Ren threatened viciously.
Ji Xizhi however, simply hung up the phone with a snap.
She had already recorded enough evidence; she didn’t need to listen to Zhao Ren’s nonsense anymore.
She ended the call, finished recording, and went back to studying.
On the other side, Zhao Ren was in a fit of rage, and being hung up on by Ji Xizhi made him close to exploding.
He picked up his phone to dial again, but right as he called, he heard a mechanical voice.
"Sorry, the number you dialed is currently busy."
He had been blocked by Ji Xizhi!!!
President Zheng witnessed the entire scene, his face pale as he looked at Zhao Ren, commanding, "You caused this problem, if you can’t handle it and the company’s reputation is damaged, just wait and see!"
Zhao Ren’s expression was gloomy, "She can’t escape my grasp, don’t worry President Zheng, I’ll handle this without involving the company. Besides, if this really goes to court, shouldn’t you be aware of the company’s legal prowess? Who can beat us?!"
"As for online opinions, there’s even less to worry about, the dirt I have on Ji Xizhi isn’t trivial!"
"I’ll make her lose everything!"
Zhao Ren’s gaze was as if looking at an ant.
He coldly called the assistant outside the door, instructing, "Let Qian Ying take the live class endorsement tonight."
"Pause all of Ji Xizhi’s announcements for now, suspend her salary. For the house she’s living in, don’t pay her rent."
"And then, go to the surveillance room and bring up the recordings from my office from a few days ago."
He wanted to show Ji Xizhi the consequences of talking law in the entertainment industry!!!
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Having completely torn face with Zhao Ren, Ji Xizhi wasn’t afraid. She had been living a regular routine at home these past days, besides studying and collecting evidence, occasionally answering questions from fans online.
The small group she had formed with Fang Zhuyue, Qin Yutian, and Zhu Xiu’an had been active these days as well.
The group name had been changed single-handedly by Zhu Xiu’an to the Dark Shark King Director Alliance.
These days, the hot search was filled with news of Director Wang’s plans to revamp a program, hard for anyone to ignore.
Zhu Xiu’an had been filming a guest role for a show these days, and as soon as he finished a scene, he jumped into the group to tease everyone.
Chasing Moon Man: @all members Why is no one chatting? Did you three start a secret group chat? Is it, is it, is it?!
Chasing Moon Man: @Ji Xizhi I heard you connected with Director Wang, if you join the next episode, let me know, I’ll free up my schedule to join too!
Chasing Moon Man: @Ji Xizhi Stop pretending to be dead, come out!
Chasing Moon Man: @Ji Xizhi Or I’ll do a live video call with you!
Ji Xizhi had just completed her study tasks for the day, and when she opened WeChat, she found dozens of messages.
Some were from the group, some were private messages from Zhu Xiu’an.
The latest was a threat about a video call.
Ji Xizhi: ..............
Not blocking this group earlier, was her mistake!
Chasing Moon Man: @Ji Xizhi I know you’re looking!
Ji Xizhi looked at her next study task, considering to silence the phone completely, she hesitated then typed a few words to reply in the group.
Ji Xizhi:... Haven’t decided yet, will see.
As soon as Ji Xizhi replied, Fang Zhuyue and Qin Yutian promptly responded.
Chasing Moon Man: Then once it’s decided, I’ll ask my agent if I can join!
Qin Yutian: Me too!
Chasing Moon Man: Grumpy Are you ignoring me?
Chasing Moon Man: No, I’m busy!
Qin Yutian: It’s my turn, talk later!
Chasing Moon Man: ...
Zhu Xiu’an watched the two vanish in seconds, fuming.
He intended to send a video but hadn’t hit send when a notification popped up above his phone.
Shocking! Ji Xizhi is secretly a violent freak?!
A striking headline from a certain C news department appeared in Zhu Xiu’an’s eyes.
Zhu Xiu’an retracted his frustrated sound and quickly clicked in.
On Weibo, headline searches about Ji Xizhi being a violent freak had soared to the top, the article purportedly from a Hangxing Entertainment surveillance employee who worked part-time.
Worker: Not sure if I could post this, but here’s the video I got while part-timing a few days ago. Honestly, I know everyone in the entertainment industry has a public persona, but I never thought the discrepancy was that big! Just to say, if it didn’t directly concern me I usually wouldn’t speak out, but seeing Ji Xizhi setting herself up as a legal popularizer on Weibo these past days made me uncomfortable. Since I’ve resigned, I decided to share and hope all fans be cautious.
Below the post was a video labeled with the dramatically large characters, "Open Your Eyes".
The video lasted mere seconds but captured Ji Xizhi and Zhao Ren’s faces clearly, showing Ji Xizhi violently confronting Zhao Ren. Though the video lacked sound, its visual impact was strong.
Especially due to Ji Xizhi’s expression, which had been meticulously enlarged, it appeared particularly menacing, sending chills at just a glance.
[Holy crap, this counts as Ji Xizhi breaking the law knowingly, doesn’t it?!]
[Zhao Ren’s head was smashed like this; it counts as attempted murder, doesn’t it?!]
[......Unbelievable, I refuse to believe Zhi Zhi is like this! Without any conversation, using a video isn’t fair, what if the agent was threatening Ji Xizhi?!]
[Threatening? Given Ji Xizhi’s skills, who can threaten her? Had I not seen Ji Xizhi single-handedly handle four burly men beforehand, I might believe you, but who believes that now?]
[Fans stop denying it, "Life Experience" was clearly fake hype, if Ji Xizhi were really that amazing, she wouldn’t be stuck in obscurity. The entertainment industry has no shortage of truly bright stars, plenty just pretend to shine like fake gold~]
Zhu Xiu’an was more puzzled than the fans’ comments on Weibo, after watching the video, he became dumbfounded.
His mind muddled and unable to think.
He moved his thumb to the phone screen, scroll, press, then switched to the Dark Shark King Director Alliance.
After a period of hesitating, he typed a line into the chat box.
Chasing Moon Man: Where did you learn your skills? Recommend a dojo?!!!@Ji Xizhi freēwēbnovel.com
Ji Xizhi was at home preparing lunch, the courier of food brought by Ping’an Village’s villagers had already arrived, filling the fridge brimfully.
Ji Xizhi didn’t need to buy groceries these days; she reheated a bowl of genuine chicken soup and was about to sip it after blowing to cool.
The phone on the table lit up again.
Ji Xizhi swiped it open.
And saw Zhu Xiu’an’s request for recommendations.
Ji Xizhi: ?
Chasing Moon Man: Just like in this video! [Share Video: #Ji Xizhi Breaking Law Knowingly# from Weibo]
Seeing this headline, Ji Xizhi paused with the chicken soup, her lips curled slightly.
Was she breaking the law knowingly?
Huh, it was the first time she’d seen someone use this phrase for her.
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