179: We've made some progress, haven't we?

Early morning.

Liu Yue and Ding Qiao hadn't slept a wink at the hotel all night!

It wasn't because they were in the mood to be wild in this situation.

Rather, they thought it was inconvenient to go home, so they got a hotel room to discuss their countermeasures.

The first thing they did was call the people they had slept around with in the past to hold them accountable!

However, to their breakdown, the voices on the other end of the phone remained giggly and nonchalant in the face of their accusations.

They could even hear that extremely familiar slapping sound!

"Hey, didn't you guys enjoy it when you were doing it?"

"Selling videos is a pretty profitable business. Why don't you guys just join us!"

"I can give you a cut!"

Hearing the suggestion from the Black guy on the other side, Ding Qiao was furious!

"Don't treat us like prostitutes, okay?"

"We aren't selling ourselves!"

"But your legs are easier to open than those who are selling..."

Before the other party could finish, Ding Qiao hung up the phone in a fit of rage!

"What kind of people are they!"

Liu Yue was so angry her chest hurt!

Being told they were worse than prostitutes felt like the ultimate insult to her character!

"Let's report those videos first!"

"I've already reported one and got it taken down!"

Ding Qiao reminded Liu Yue while looking down at her phone.

The latter snapped out of it and began reporting them one by one!

Under their real-name reports, the foreign platforms processed them very quickly!

In a few hours, most of the videos where their faces were visible had been taken down!

Just as they were about to breathe a sigh of relief, they were stunned again after seeing the push notifications from a short video app!

The videos on foreign sites were gone!

But the domestic discussion was gradually picking up!

Especially when Liu Yue saw marketing accounts finding her account on A certain book and starting facial comparisons, she was scared out of her wits!

"How did these people dig this up so fast?"

In a moment of panic, Liu Yue posted a warning directly on her account.

[The internet is not a lawless place. Some people shouldn't be too arrogant, or else wait to receive a lawyer's letter!]

Liu Yue thought this would scare off some of the busybodies.

She didn't expect that this 'guilty conscience' warning would directly confirm her identity as the female lead in the videos!

Her private messages were instantly swamped!

Countless insults came crashing down like a tidal wave.

Liu Yue was almost cursed into a daze!

Only then did she realize and delete the warning.

But it was already too late!

The marketing accounts had already updated their videos, and her identity was thoroughly confirmed!

Watching the heat intensify, Liu Yue and Ding Qiao completely panicked!

"My family won't see this, will they..."

"Feng Ye should still be sleeping... What should I do? He'll definitely see it when he wakes up..."

Whatever you fear most will happen!

Just as the thought crossed Liu Yue's mind, Feng Ye sent over a series of video screenshots.

"Tell me, what is this?"

"I spent millions to support your studies abroad, and you're out there acting like a public bus available to everyone?"

Liu Yue hurriedly typed a reply.

"Feng Ye, let me explain!"

"These are all fake!"

After sending the message, Liu Yue directly placed a voice call to Feng Ye.

"Yueyue, don't panic. Feng Ye is as obedient as a dog in front of you! As long as you're a bit firm, he won't dare say anything!"

Ding Qiao offered advice from the side.

Liu Yue nodded; she thought so too!

However, before the voice call could connect, Feng Ye hung up directly.

Liu Yue panicked a little.

In all these years, this was the first time Feng Ye had hung up on her!

"Pick up the phone."

Right after the message was sent, Feng Ye replied immediately.

"No need to call. I'm heading to your parents' house now to call off the engagement!"

"You should go marry your many 'husbands' instead!"

Liu Yue's vision went dark, and her expression was finally filled with terror!

"What do I do? Feng Ye seems to be serious!"

"No, I have to go there too..."

Just as Liu Yue was about to get up, she was pulled back by Ding Qiao.

"What are you going for?"

"To be cursed at by your parents!"

"To be mocked to your face by your relatives and neighbors?"

Liu Yue imagined that scene and felt it would be more painful than death.

"Then what do we do?"

She murmured, looking miserable.

Ding Qiao was silent for a moment, then suddenly gritted her teeth and said,

"Things have come to this, let's just run away!"

"Run away. Across the ocean, no one will care about this mess of ours!"

...Chen Qiu was eating breakfast while clicking into the trending searches; the comments were all full of schadenfreude!

"Reporting in, I've checked 9-something, Apricot-something, and X-something, but I didn't find the relevant videos!"

"Nothing on Black Material either!"

"Maybe it's on Corner-something?!"

"I feel for this guy. He was steady all year, only for a massive bombshell to drop right before the Spring Festival!"

"Our Tao Tao is also a victim, okay! My heart aches for Tao Tao, encountering such disgusting fans!"

"Heart aches for Tao Tao plus one!"

"Where is Dongmeng Media? Your artists are trending because of rumors, what are you doing? Taking money and doing no work?!"

"Go bankrupt! Dongmeng Media, hurry up and go bankrupt!"

Chen Qiu, who was happily reading the comments, was slightly stunned when he saw this last message.

Dongmeng Media... it seemed it was his company now. The rewards from the blind date with Ding Qiao last night were quite generous.

Just in cash alone, it was 56.66 million!

Plus real estate and an aston martin, the value was in the tens of millions!

The business plan for a trendy brand—the system's products were always absolute masterpieces!

Chen Qiu took a look and planned to find someone to start it after the New Year.

In the clothing business, the two most profitable directions were luxury goods and trendy brands!

Luxury goods required over a decade or even decades of brand accumulation, storytelling, and heritage to build up emotional value and prestige before you could make that kind of money!

But trendy brands? They were just straight-up expensive!

A brand that popped out of nowhere—as long as you got some celebrities to wear it and slapped on the 'trendy' label, it would instantly sell for thousands or tens of thousands!

The way they snatched money was even more simple and crude than luxury goods!

With such a high-profit plan in hand, Chen Qiu naturally wouldn't miss out!

Besides that, there was the system's valuation of Dongmeng Media.

Although this company operated with both entertainment stars and the influencer economy, making it a top-tier company in Gannan...

On a national scale, it was just barely okay!

A 70% stake was worth about 200 million.

It was just that Chen Qiu already had Jijing Media and Qingmang Era!

No matter which leg Dongmeng Media stood on, it was completely crushed by these two companies!

So for Chen Qiu, the value of Dongmeng Media was merely better than nothing.

Chen Qiu casually looked through various records of Dongmeng Media in the system. When he saw the ownership of the remaining 30% of shares, he suddenly let out a soft exclamation of surprise.

Hong Shan owned 3%!

Hong Quan owned 27%!

"This Hong Quan must be Hong Shan's father!"

"One of the founders of Dongmeng Media, he has deep feelings for Dongmeng, a career he once fought for..."

After seeing the system's evaluation of him, a sharp light suddenly flashed in Chen Qiu's eyes.

"I know how to handle this now..."

After making a simple plan in his mind, Chen Qiu prepared to head out.