Don't call me a singing god, I just want to go back to doing scientific research.

Sure enough, the show had barely ended when Weibo's trending topics exploded.

The first three trending topics all featured the names Ling Luo and Gu Yang, followed by a bright red "hot" tag.

#Guyang, may you return still a youth#

#The curtain falls, the genius in Zhuo Gewang's words#

#Guyang, the Second Performance#

The sensational news of a top celebrity's secret marriage and divorce, which was originally at the top of the trending searches, was pushed down to fourth place by these three other trending searches, leaving no trace.

LeRan Entertainment, CEO's Office.

Hou Yonghua stared at his phone screen with a livid face, veins bulging on the back of his hand. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he smashed the phone against the wall opposite him.

"Bang!"

The expensive, brand-new mobile phone instantly shattered into pieces.

"Investigate! Find out exactly who the hell chose that lousy song for Xu Yuxuan!"

The air in the office seemed to freeze, and the assistant stood to the side, not daring to breathe.

The company spent a lot of money and used countless connections to finally get Xu Yuxuan into this show, hoping he would become an overnight sensation. But what happened?

Two rounds straight!

The tens of millions invested in the early stages went down the drain without a trace.

"Mr. Hou..." the assistant stammered, "It's...it's Manager Qiao from the Artists Department, Qiao Ruhai."

"Qiao Ruhai?" Hou Yonghua laughed angrily, his teeth grinding together. "Is his brain filled with shit? Huh? You asked him to choose a good song for Xu Yuxuan, and what did he choose? Reason! I want a reason!"

The assistant shuddered in fright and quickly said, "Last time... Manager Qiao wanted Xu Yuxuan to audition for the third male lead in Director Wang's film, so Manager Qiao arranged a drinking party... but Xu Yuxuan just walked away. Manager Qiao felt that Xu Yuxuan had embarrassed him, so..."

"Face? Damn it!" Hou Yonghua kicked the metal trash can next to him, sending it crashing to the corner. "His damn manager's face is worth tens of millions? Huh? A promising talent, ruined just like that!"

He pointed at his assistant, spitting as he spoke: "What are you still standing here for? If Qiao Ruhai can't be a manager, then get the hell out of here! Do I have to teach you how to handle this little thing?!"

"Yes, yes, I'll get right on it!" The assistant scrambled out of the office.

But no one expected that before the dismissal process was even finished, another huge problem would arise.

Just minutes after the assistant left, a new trending topic surged up from the bottom of the list with unstoppable momentum.

#The Behind-the-Scenes of the Journey Talent Show#

Clicking in revealed shocking content. The whistleblower detailed how the music talent show "Zhengtu" manipulated votes and maliciously edited the footage last year. They even accused Xu of buying his way into a higher ranking, squeezing out the more talented Gu Yang and allowing him to debut.

The account that leaked the information belonged to Qiao Ruhai.

He was sitting in his office, waiting for Xu Yuxuan to come back crying and beg him, but he waited and waited and waited, and didn't even get a phone call.

In a fit of anger, he decided to go all the way and expose what happened back then, hoping to completely ruin Xu Yuxuan's reputation.

His actions have stirred up a hornet's nest.

  

The three parties were instantly thrown into chaos.

The production team of "Zhengtu" was dumbfounded. The show had ended almost a year ago, so how could such an old grave be dug up and desecrated?

Xu Yuxuan looked at the trending topics and trembled with anger. He never expected that the company would not only fail to protect him, but would also treat him as a pawn and throw out his old scandals as a sacrifice.

But he wasn't involved at all back then. The entire "Journey" program was closed off. Damn it, he didn't even contact the company. Now they're putting all the blame on him.

The most furious were the board of directors of LeRan Entertainment.

This series of bizarre actions caused the company's stock price to plummet, wiping out hundreds of millions in market value within minutes.

The general manager's phone was bombarded with calls from the board of directors, who sternly ordered him to come over immediately to face questioning.

In the office, Qiao Ruhai was still smugly convinced that he had everything under control.

Until his wife called.

The phone rang sharply, and Qiao Ruhai answered it without even looking at it.

"Qiao Ruhai, you're really something! You managed to make my family's company's stock plummet!" The woman's voice on the other end of the phone was sharp and sarcastic, showing no affection whatsoever for her husband.

Qiao Ruhai's mind went blank. "Wife, what do you mean?"

"What do you mean? You mean divorce! Right now, immediately, pack your trash and get out of the Hou family!"

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

The phone was abruptly hung up, the busy tone sounding like a death knell.

Qiao Ruhai's heart skipped a beat, and his fingers trembled as he opened the stock trading software.

That glaring green line plummeted, crashing directly to the daily limit down.

It’s over.

His hand went limp, and the phone slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground.

It's all over.

He just wanted to teach a disobedient young artist a lesson, how... how did he manage to cause such a huge uproar?

……

The atmosphere in the private room of the restaurant was just right.

Zhuo Tongyu arrived late because he had some things to take care of. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted that he would punish himself by drinking three cups.

"Hey, what are you guys talking about? It's so lively!"

"Let's talk about how an idiot ruined his own life." Ni Yuelan cracked sunflower seeds, her tone full of leisurely anticipation of watching a good show.

She recounted the whole mess at LeRan Entertainment in vivid detail.

"This Qiao Ruhai is a son-in-law from a collateral branch of the Hou family. He only got the position of manager of the artist department because of his wife's family connections."

Gu Yang raised an eyebrow. "A live-in son-in-law?"

These three words contain a lot of information; there's big news involved.

"Exactly," Ni Yuelan said, pursing her lips. "She probably suffers at home and likes to act like a tyrant at the company. This time, she had a personal grudge against Xu Yuxuan and lost her temper, taking revenge on him."

Gu Yang asked, puzzled, "Since you're the manager of the artist department, if you want to get revenge on an artist, why not just freeze their career? Why resort to such a foolish move that hurts the enemy a hundred times while damaging yourself a thousand times?"

"You've hit the nail on the head." Ni Yuelan gave Gu Yang an approving look.

"You don't know, LeRan Entertainment has already invested money in Xu Yuxuan, hoping he'll gain fame by appearing on this show. Does Qiao Ruhai, a mere manager, dare to go against the company's decisions? He doesn't dare. So he can only resort to these underhanded tactics to make Xu Yuxuan unable to stay and to get out."

Ni Yuelan shrugged and said disdainfully, "Petty and stupid, this kind of person won't last long in the industry."

She also heard some rumors that Xu Yuxuan didn't just walk away from that drinking party; he also beat up Director Wang, who was trying to sexually harass her.

Qiao Ruhai was furious when his sales target slipped away.

However, it's best not to expose these children to the dirty secrets of this circle.

Ni Yuelan's gaze fell on Ling Luo, who was silently drinking tea, and then she looked at Gu Yang beside her.

With such a friend around, Gu Yang's personality must be straightforward.

If I were to encounter something like that, I'd probably be the type to throw a punch first and then talk.

Just then, Ni Yuelan's phone vibrated. She looked down at it and suddenly laughed.

"There's new gossip again."