How can you ascend to heaven when you are a star?

Chapter 251 Kneel down
"Brother Fang, these contents are all fake. Someone must be jealous of my fame and resources and wants to frame me and destroy me. You must help me."

Chen Xueqi tightly grasped his agent's arm, his eyes full of grievance and innocence.

He knew very well that with things developing to this point, only his agent and company could save him. Otherwise, relying on his limited connections, he would not be able to suppress the negative news this time. Perhaps those people who used to be close to him would even avoid him. After all, flattering the powerful and bullying the weak is the norm in the entertainment industry.

"Chen Xueqi, do you mean that those chat records and intimate photos exposed online are all fake?" Fang Zhiqian stared at the artist in front of him, with flames of anger in his eyes.

What made him angry was not that the other party checked into a hotel with a fan, but that even at this point, the other party was still lying to him!

In fact, after seeing the negative news about Chen Xueqiu on the Internet, he immediately started to investigate and found that everything was true, even worse than what was exposed on the Internet.
He knew that Chen Xueqiu had met with female fans many times, but he didn't expect that there would be any evidence left, and the evidence fell into the hands of others.

After meeting his agent's intimidating gaze, Chen Xueqi's heart skipped a beat. He then turned his head and looked away, not daring to meet his agent's gaze.

"Why don't you dare look at me? Speak!" Fang Zhiqian asked angrily.

Chen Xueqiu shuddered and explained in a low voice, "Brother Fang, I just made a mistake that all men in the world would make, and it was all consensual. I didn't force anyone, really!"

After hearing this, Fang Zhiqian slapped him again without saying a word.

"Snapped!"

Making a mistake is making a mistake, and are you planning to drag all the men in the world into it?
"Brother Fang, you..." Chen Xueqiu covered his face. He wanted to ask why the other party hit him, but when he thought about the negative news that he needed to suppress, he said pleadingly, "Brother Fang, I swear, I will never do it again. Please help me suppress this matter, please."

Fang Zhiqian sighed and shook his head after hearing this. "It's too late. If it was when the news first broke, maybe we could have suppressed it. But now it's been over ten hours, the news has already topped the trending searches, and many media outlets are vying to report on it. It's too late now."

"Brother Fang, why didn't you suppress these reports when the negative news first came out?" Chen Xueqi asked in confusion.

"Do you think I didn't want to? I called you dozens of times, just to ask you if these reports were true or not. If they were false, I could use them to hype the topic up, but your phone was always turned off, and I couldn't get through!"

"..."

Chen Xueqi was speechless. It was true that hype made him successful and also ruined him. The boomerang he threw at others at that time flew back after going around in the entertainment circle and finally pierced his forehead.

"Bang bang bang!"

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Fang Zhiqian opened the door and saw two of Chen Xueqi's assistants.

"Agent Fang, we couldn't find Brother Qiu."

"No need to look for it." Fang Zhiqian said coldly, then turned around and went back to the office.

The two assistants were puzzled. Why did they suddenly stop looking after last night? Was the company planning to give up on Brother Qiu?

If so, wouldn’t both of them be unemployed?

Although Chen Xueqi is difficult to serve and has a lot of work to do, it is better than being unemployed.

"Manager Fang..."

The two assistants wanted to say something, but when they entered the room and saw Chen Xueqi inside, they were stunned.

"Brother Qiu? When did you come back?"

"Brother Qiu, why didn't you answer our call?"

"..."

Chen Xueqiu ignored the assistant and looked at his agent and continued, "Brother Fang, you've been in the entertainment industry for so many years and know so many media and reporters. You must be able to help me, right?"

Fang Zhiqian came to the window, looked at the city scenery outside, and wondered whether it was necessary to rescue Chen Xueqi.

Judging from the current popularity of this matter, it is definitely impossible to suppress it. Even if you spend money to remove the trending search, it will be a waste. The only way is to expose the negative information of another celebrity to divert the attention of netizens.

The star who is exposed must not only be more famous than Chen Xueqiu, but also have more serious negative information about him, otherwise it will not have any effect.

In fact, this is not a difficult thing. Among the reporters he knows, who doesn’t have some celebrity scandals that can become a hot search?
But if he really did that, he would not only offend the star, but also the company behind the star. Once the other party retaliates, the other artists under his management would be implicated.

Even if everyone's attention is diverted, Chen Xueqiu will not be able to work normally in a short period of time, because once he appears, everyone will remember the incident of Chen Xueqiu sleeping with his fans and greet him with rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves.

Based on past cases, Chen Xueqi has to take a break for at least three or four years before he can reappear, and he has to test the public's reaction before appearing. If everyone is strongly resistant, he may have to endure for a few more years.

The question is, how many years does an artist's golden age last? Even artists who haven't made mistakes, let alone those who have, can't remain popular forever.

He squinted his eyes and glanced at Chen Xueqiu beside him. If the other party was a first-tier star, he would definitely try to protect it. But the other party was only a second-tier star. Moreover, he didn't think about how to study his acting skills and improve his professional ability all day long, but only thought about being clever. Such an artist...

"Ring ring ring!"

The cell phone rings suddenly.

Fang Zhiqian picked up the phone, glanced at the caller ID, answered the call immediately, put it to his ear, and smiled.

"Hello, Mr. Shi... Mr. Shi, this is just a misunderstanding, really... Mr. Shi? Mr. Shi!"

Fang Zhiqian looked at the hung up phone and the smile on his face immediately disappeared.

Another brand has cancelled its cooperation with Chen Xueqiu.

In just one morning, five brands have decided to terminate their cooperation with Chen Xueqiu. Currently, Chen Xueqiu only has one endorsement left.

He was originally considering whether to protect Chen Xueqiu, but the phone call just now completely made him give up this idea.

Chen Xueqi now has no commercial value.

"Chen Xueqi, you must immediately post an apology statement on Weibo. The company will also issue an announcement to suspend all your future activities." Fang Zhiqian said coldly.

Chen Xueqiu just stayed where he was.

Suspending all activities? Doesn't that mean he's quitting the entertainment industry?
His future, his prospects...

"Brother Fang, please don't!" Chen Xueqiu grabbed his agent's hand and begged tearfully, "I'll listen to you in everything from now on. Please don't give up on me. Please help me one more time. I'll give you money, any amount is fine. I know you'll find a way."

"Hmph, you'd better keep that money to compensate the company for its losses." Fang Zhiqian shook off Chen Xueqi's hand, sat back at his desk, and began to prepare the announcement.

"Brother Fang!"

Chen Xueqi fell to his knees with a plop. He couldn't imagine his life after losing his star status, and he didn't want to become an ordinary person again.

Fang Zhiqian glanced at it indifferently and continued writing the announcement.

If kneeling can solve everything, he is willing to kneel, but will the public forgive Chen Xueqiu? What was he thinking when he was sleeping with his fans?

"Hurry up and issue an apology statement to show your remorse. At least prove to the public that you are a person who dares to take responsibility for your actions. Maybe you will have the opportunity to return to the entertainment industry in the future. If you just want to suppress the matter, it may arouse the dissatisfaction of more people and directly put you on the blacklist." Fang Zhiqian said.

"..."

Seeing his agent's cold attitude, Chen Xueqi knew that he had been abandoned. No matter how long he knelt here, it would be useless. So he stood up and left the office angrily.

Since the company wouldn't help him, he decided to handle the matter himself.

Isn't it just a sleeping fan? What's the big deal?
There are so many celebrities in the entertainment industry who sleep with their fans. Why is he leaving the entertainment industry when everyone else is fine? This is unfair.

Chen Xueqiu left the company in a rage, but as soon as he left, he was surrounded by countless people, some taking photos, some recording videos, and even livestreaming. "Chen Xueqiu, what do you want to say about the online evidence of you sleeping with your fans?"

"Are those chat records and hotel check-in records true?"

"Have you ever lured a female fan?"

"..."

Questions were thrown at Chen Xueqi one after another, all of which were about sleeping with fans, and the incident of him trying to scam Bai Lu two days ago seemed to have been forgotten by everyone. No one cared, and no one asked any questions.

Facing the reporters' questions, Chen Xueqi's already gloomy face became even uglier. He knew that it was useless for him to admit or deny it now, and silence was the best answer.

So he kept his mouth shut, said nothing, and lowered his head as he squeezed out of the crowd.

However, there were too many people around him and he couldn't squeeze out after a long time. Moreover, as he moved, the crowd also moved with him, leaving him no chance to leave.

"Chen Xueqiu, don't you have anything to say to your fans?"

"Are your actions worthy of your fans?"

"What do you take your fans for?"

"..."

Chen Xueqiu thought: What do they think fans are? Of course, they think they are leeks!

Just when he was about to curse out of anger, two assistants hurried over and squeezed into the crowd to block the surrounding reporters.

"Everyone give way!"

"The company will issue an announcement later, and everyone will refer to the announcement."

Two assistants protected Chen Xueqiu on the left and right, and Chen Xueqiu took advantage of the crowd to squeeze out and got into the nanny car parked on the side of the road.

The car quickly left the company and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.

Chen Xueqiu breathed a sigh of relief, and the world finally quieted down.

He quickly found a charging cable in the car and charged his phone. The moment he turned it on, the notification tone kept ringing and the stuck phone could not perform any operations.

After a full minute, the phone finally went silent. Instead of answering the call or text message, he dialed a number live.

"Beep...beep...beep..."

"Sorry, the user you dialed is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later..."

Chen Xueqi frowned, hung up the phone and called again.

"Sorry, the user you dialed..."

The cold reminder tone sounded again. This time, Chen Xueqi hung up the phone without listening to the end. He reluctantly logged into WeChat, found reporter Wu's WeChat, and sent a message to the other party.

"Reporter Wu, where are you?"

"Help me suppress this trending search, no matter how much it costs or what method you use."

Chen Xueqi waited for a few minutes, looked at the quiet dialog box, raised his fist and slammed it hard on the back of the passenger seat.

Afterwards, he went into Weibo with trembling hands to check the news online. Although he was mentally prepared, he still felt like he had been slapped in the face after seeing the overwhelming accusations and insults.

"Who is it? Why are you trying to hurt me?"

He roared in a low voice, his eyes were red, veins bulged on his forehead, and his expression was ferocious.

Under normal circumstances, the person who posted the message should contact him in advance, and then the two sides should bargain, and finally resolve the matter into a small one at a price acceptable to everyone.

Nowadays, no one can resist money. Isn’t it to make money that everyone goes out?
But this time, no one contacted him. It was obvious that this person was not coming for his money, but for his person.

This seems like they want to kill him directly!
"Don't let me know who you are!"

After waiting for a long time, Chen Xueqi saw that reporter Wu still had no response, so he had to call another reporter's number.

“Beep…beep…click!”

Soon, the call was connected.

"Excuse me, are you reporter Zheng Yang from Weibo?" Chen Xueqi asked.

"It's me, are you...?"

"I'm Chen Xueqi. We met last month." Chen Xueqi said hurriedly.

"Oh, what's the matter?" The voice in the microphone was very cold, even with a hint of arrogance.

Chen Xueqiu gritted his teeth, thinking of his current situation, and suppressed his dissatisfaction. He continued, "Brother Zheng, I need your help with something. Can you remove the trending search about me? I don't mind any fee."

"This has nothing to do with the cost. The entire internet is watching you right now. If we remove the topic on Weibo, won't we be scolded by users?"

"Brother Zheng, as long as you can help me remove the hot search, you will be my real brother from now on. Do you have time later? I have prepared a seven-digit red envelope for you." Chen Xueqi said.

He has no other choice now but to use money to attack.

Zheng Yang on the other side was moved when he heard this, but only for a moment, because as a media person, he knew very well that Chen Xueqi was definitely finished this time, no matter how much money he spent.

Weibo isn't the only social media platform in China. Even if he were to remove Chen Xueqiu's trending topics, what about other platforms? Could Chen Xueqiu completely remove the topic online?

Certainly not!

So he didn't dare to accept this big red envelope!
What if his superiors asked him about such an obvious thing? He didn't want to go in and operate the sewing machine.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I can't help you. You should find someone else." Zheng Yang said and hung up the phone.

"Dudududu!"

"Hey Hey hey?"

Chen Xueqi looked at the silent phone and punched and kicked the seat in front of him again.

If you don’t even make money, you’re really a sand dollar!

After venting his anger, Chen Xueqi leaned weakly on the chair, his heart filled with resentment and fear.

When money can't solve a problem, then the problem is destined to be unsolvable.

"It's over. It's really over this time..."

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(End of this chapter)