Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 117 Gossip and Black Material
"Xixi, Shu Chang, why are you here?" Li Boda asked with a smile after seeing the two of them.

Shu Chang and Liu Yifei came to visit Li Boda on the set together this time, which surprised Li Boda a little.

"What? We can't come to visit you at work?" Liu Yifei pouted and spoke in a bad tone.

Li Boda couldn't help but frown when he heard Liu Yifei's words.

"I'm sorry, Xixi has been in a bad mood recently. You have been filming on the set and may not know that a lot of people from the outside world suddenly jumped out to slander Xixi, saying all kinds of things, which were particularly unpleasant. Xixi has also been affected." As Liu Yifei's good sister, Shu Chang hurriedly apologized for Liu Yifei.

"A lot of people are bashing you?" Li Boda looked at Liu Yifei.

In fact, it is normal for celebrities to be criticized. Who doesn’t have a history of being criticized?

Li Boda himself is often criticized. Since he became famous, all kinds of gossip about him have almost never stopped.

However, the gossips that slandered him did not cause much trouble, and Li Boda did not pay much attention to them. The main reason was that they were just small gossips that could not affect Li Boda.

"A lot of people scolded me online, calling me a foreigner, and saying that I had an ambiguous relationship with my godfather. The worst thing was that some people even said I was a mutant!" Liu Yifei was furious, like an angry little frog.

"Huh?" Li Boda had a strange expression.

Li Boda could understand the previous ones, but he couldn't understand the rumors that Liu Yifei was a man and a mutant. How could someone make up such a false rumor?
Shu Chang hugged Liu Yifei's shoulders, not knowing how to comfort her.

"Then you - have you figured out how to solve it?" Li Boda asked.

"I clarified it. I even went on 'Today's Statement' to clarify it, but it seems to be of no use. It seems like no one listens to my explanation." Liu Yifei pouted, looking frustrated and unhappy.

"Today's Statement? Are you going to explain on Today's Statement?" Li Boda was also confused, looking at Liu Yifei in astonishment and confusion.

What is "Today's Statement"? It's a major CCTV program, and you're actually going on it to explain yourself? Are you kidding me?
Li Boda was particularly curious about how Liu Yifei ended up on a show like Today's Statement. It wasn't a variety show, so how could a celebrity even appear on one? At least, only someone with political connections could appear on such a show, right? At least, there had never been such a case before.

A celebrity went on Today's Statement to clarify a false accusation of a scandal. This, this, this - this is too strong.

"Yes, my mother said that I could go on a variety show or something to clarify the rumors, but no one believed it at all. It had no credibility, so I went on Today's Statement." Liu Yifei nodded and explained.

"...You're amazing." Li Boda gave a thumbs-up. "But, is it possible that those who like to watch TV and surf the Internet are all young people, and young people generally don't read Today's Commentary? So, when you clarified it on Today's Commentary, not many people knew about it online?"

"Ah?" Liu Yifei was stunned and looked at Li Boda in surprise.

"At least, I have almost never read Today's Statement." Li Boda nodded.

"Well, I haven't read Today's Statement either." Shu Chang raised his hand quietly and said in a low voice.

"Then all my clarifications were in vain?" Liu Yifei was almost crying.

"...Well, since you have even published your statement today, have you considered calling the police? Or going to court to complain about the person who spread the rumors?" Li Boda suggested again.

"Call the police? Can we call the police during this period? Besides, we are in the entertainment industry, and these are celebrities. There are so many news about celebrities in the entertainment industry. If I call the police, will they answer? Will it break the rules of the entertainment industry?" Liu Yifei asked a little confusedly.

"You've even made it to Today's Statement, and you're still worried about breaking some rules in the entertainment industry?" Li Boda couldn't help but laugh. "Besides, celebrities are people too. Other scandals and gossips are fine, but news like you're a mutant—are you not going to call the police? Who in the entertainment industry has ever been falsely accused like this?"

"Then, let me try it?" Liu Yifei was also a little tempted.

After all, a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old has no idea how many times she has been upset and cried when faced with such scandals and rumors. She has been trying hard to clarify things, but it can almost be said that it has no effect at all. Countless news media are stirring up trouble, as if they are almost trying to make the rumors true.

Faced with such slander, Liu Yifei certainly wanted to fight back, but she had no idea how to fight back before. In the end, her mother even used her father's connections and appeared on Today's Statement, but it had no effect at all.

Now after hearing what Li Boda said, Liu Yifei was moved.

"Let's give it a try. It's already like this now. Even if calling the police can't solve the problem, it won't cause any more losses, right?" Li Boda said with a smile.

"Yeah, that's right. I'm going to call the police and file a complaint in court." Liu Yifei nodded seriously, then pulled Shu Chang out.

"Hey, hey, hey—" Shu Chang was pulled out by the little sister, with a confused look on his face. Wasn't he here to visit Li Boda today? He just arrived on the set, and before he could say a few words, he was leaving like this?
"Well, goodbye." Being pulled by Liu Yifei, Shu Chang could only turn around and confess to Li Boda with an awkward smile.

"Goodbye!" Li Boda smiled and waved goodbye. Li Boda also understood Liu Yifei's behavior. If it were him, he would definitely do something more ruthless than Liu Yifei.

After Liu Yifei left, Li Boda asked his assistant Xiaoyuan for her cell phone and searched the Internet for negative information about Liu Yifei.

After searching on the Internet, Li Boda found that there was a lot of negative information about Liu Yifei on the Internet. It was simply overwhelming, with all kinds of negative information.

Some say that Liu Yifei relied on her godfather to get to the top, some say that she looks well-behaved, but secretly smokes, drinks, perms her hair, and goes clubbing, and some say that Liu Yifei is a mutant, and so on. There are all kinds of nonsense, and almost all the negative information is pinned on Liu Yifei.

Li Boda was a little confused when he saw all this negative information: "Who did Liu Yifei offend? She's being slandered to death."

However, if Liu Yifei chooses to call the police and report the case now, these negative news should disappear soon.

After reading the negative information about Liu Yifei, Li Boda couldn't help but search for some negative information about himself on the Internet. He wanted to see if there was any negative information about him on the Internet just like the negative information about Liu Yifei.

Li Boda searched online and found some negative information about himself, but most of it was gossip. It said that Li Boda had a different relationship with a certain woman, that Li Boda had been in and out of a hotel with a certain woman, that a certain woman had visited Li Boda on set, and that Li Boda had a confusing love history.

The negative information about Li Boda seems to be only related to scandals.

It seems that all the actresses who had worked with Li Boda in TV dramas before were dragged out to form a scandal with Li Boda.

However, these scandals had no impact on Li Boda.

After all, scandals are neither important nor unimportant. As long as Li Boda himself does not admit it, does not say that he is unfaithful or has multiple girlfriends at the same time, it doesn’t matter much.

After reading these rumors, Li Boda was ready to hand the phone to his assistant Xiaoyuan. After all, it was really inconvenient to carry a phone with you while filming.

But just after handing the phone over, Li Boda took it back before Xiaoyuan could catch it.

Then Li Boda made a phone call.

"Brother Da? How come you have time to call me today?" A man's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I have something to ask you." Li Boda didn't hesitate and asked directly.

"Brother Da, just ask me. I will tell you everything I know." The person on the other end of the phone said with a smile.

"Recently, a bunch of rumors slandering Liu Yifei have appeared on the Internet. Do you know what's going on? Did Liu Yifei offend anyone?" Li Boda asked directly.

"Brother Da, are you asking about Liu Yifei?" The person on the other end of the phone seemed a little surprised.

"What? You can't ask? Or you don't know?" Li Boda's expression changed slightly. He vaguely heard something wrong in the other party's words.

"Brother Da, the company that led the charge to smear Liu Yifei was your company, Tangren Films. You really don't know?"

"Tangren Film and Television?" Li Boda was stunned. "No, Tangren Film and Television is slandering Liu Yifei? Liu Yifei has offended Tangren? No, right?"

"It is said, it is said, it is said that Tangren wanted to sign Liu Yifei. After all, Liu Yifei became popular after starring in "Chinese Paladin". Tangren felt that this was her credit, so they wanted to sign Liu Yifei to Tangren. However, Liu Yifei did not agree, so Tangren wanted to teach Liu Yifei a lesson and spread some rumors to give Liu Yifei a headache. Who knew that after Tangren started it, countless people followed suit and made the matter a big deal." The person on the other end of the phone explained.

"...So, it's not just Tangren who's smearing Liu Yifei?"

"Of course not. The main reason is that Liu Yifei is very popular and famous, and she is still so young. She also played the bearded Zhang in The Return of the Condor Heroes. Many people dislike Liu Yifei and feel that she is blocking their way. So these people all started to make trouble, and finally it became like this. Speaking of which, it was you at Tangren who started this thing, and then the others took action without any discussion beforehand. Anyway, you put in some effort, and I added some fuel to the fire, and it has become like this now."

"..." Li Boda didn't know what to say.

You want to say that Tangren is the culprit, but it doesn't seem like that. Tangren just failed to sign Liu Yifei, so they planned to vent their anger by attacking Liu Yifei online, but they didn't plan to do anything to her.

If you say that Tangren is not the main culprit, it is true that it took the lead, and then other actresses who played threatening roles such as Liu Yifei just casually lent a hand, and they didn't even think about how big a commotion they could cause. It's just that at the same time, there were too many people lending a hand, and it ended up like this.

Finally, a man named Song popped up and spread rumors that were outrageous, saying that she was a mutant.

(End of this chapter)