DBSNTM - 48. Someone Wants To Make Trouble For Yuehua (yizhan ff)

“Grandfather.”

Zhan went downstairs and sat down opposite Qiren.

Seeing that it was Zhan, Qiren smiled and said, “This was an impromptu visit. I was worried that there would be no one in the home.”

Zhan also smiled, but he’s a little embarrassed and didn’t know what to say.

Qiren asked, “Where’s Yibo?”

Ciao brought Zhan a cup of tea. Zhan held the cup and said, “He went to work.”

Only then did Qiren reveal an expression of dawning comprehension, “I’m old and can’t think things straight. I actually thought that you guys were as idle as me. I’m a stupid old man….”

“Grandpa, you’re old but hale. You’re not stupid,” Zhan smiled. He still didn’t know the real reason why Qiren came to him.

“I retired early back then. Yibo’s father is now in his early fifties, and he isn’t as energetic as before. It’s said that Yibo started a company with others. You know that, right?”

Hearing this, Zhan knew the purpose of his visit.

Yibo founded the Yuehua Media Company and had been working there. He didn’t spend time managing the family business of the Wang family.

Qiren said that Yibo’s father wasn’t as energetic as before. His intention was obvious. He wanted Yibo to take over the Wang Group.

Since Qiren didn’t declare his intention, Zhan vaguely said, “I just know a little.”

Qiren smiled and said meaningfully, “Sooner or later, Yibo will take over the Wang Group. It’s time for him to give up his small business, right?”

The Yuehua Media Company was the leader of the entertainment industry in the country, but Qiren thought it was just a small business? However, it wasn’t an exaggeration.

After all, the Wang family was a wealthy family and had accumulated wealth and resources for generations. Therefore, Yibo’s company was indeed no match.

“I’m not clear about Yibo’s work,” Zhan looked down and said humbly.

The reason why Qiren came here today was probably that he wanted Zhan to persuade Yibo to take over the Wang Group.

However, why did he want me to do that?

Since he came to see me, it meant that Yibo himself did not want to return to the Wang Group.

Naturally, I wouldn’t admit anything in front of Grandfather.

Hearing this, the smile on Qiren’s face faded a little. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhan, revealing his dignity as the head of the Wang family.

Feeling the pressure coming from Qiren, Zhan’s body tautened.

But he didn’t give in.

They confronted each other for a while.

Suddenly, Qiren laughed loudly, “Yibo really has a good boyfriend!”

Zhan unclenched his fists and his palms were wet. He was not as calm as he seemed. Actually, he was fearful.

This was probably the specialty of the Wangs.

They had wealth and status that others were envious of, so they were naturally more confident and august than ordinary people.

They were born with such characteristics, and no one else could learn it.

“To be frankly, I want Yibo to take over the Wang Group. Last time, I talked to him about this in the old house, but he refused. Please help me persuade him. I’m begging you.”

Qiren’s tone was so piteous and sincere that Zhan couldn’t bear to refuse.

“I’ll talk about it with Yibo. But since he didn’t even listen to you, I’m afraid……”

Qiren smiled with satisfaction and interrupted him, “Don’t worry. He will listen to you.”

After knowing that Zhan would talk about this with Yibo, Qiren left with satisfaction.

He came and left in a hurry. It could tell that he was a man of action when he was young. Yibo probably got that from him.hh

After Qiren left, Zhan received Yibo’s phone call.

As soon as the phone was connected, Yibo asked, “Have you had breakfast?”

“I’m eating now.”

Yibo asked, “Did grandpa leave?”

“You knew he would come?” Zhan put down his chopsticks and asked.

Yibo sneered, “Otherwise, what else can he do?”

His tone was very arrogant.

Zhan had no appetite, so he casually ate something and put down his chopsticks. He intended to eat lunch then.

However, Yibo, who was supposed to be at the company, actually returned home at noon.

“Aren’t you at work?”

Yibo curled his lips and looked at Zhan meaningfully, “You’re more important than work. I still remember what you said in the morning!”

Zhan didn’t want to talk to him.

He walked to the dining room. Ciao seemed to have known that Yibo would come back for lunch and prepared many dishes.

“Because of Mr. Qiren’s sudden visit, I forgot to tell you that when Mr. Wang left this morning, he said that he would come back for lunch,” Ciao explained when she saw Zhan’s puzzled expression.

Zhan turned around and looked at Yibo.

Yibo sat down opposite him and said, “I’m not going to the company this afternoon. I finished my work in the morning.”

“Cheng has no problem with you leaving early?”

Speaking of Cheng, Zhan suddenly thought of those screenshots Ziyi had shown him yesterday.

Yibo said with a straight face, “So what if he is unhappy about that?”

Indeed, Cheng was afraid of Yibo. He didn’t dare to say anything even if he didn’t want Yibo to leave early.

Zhan pursed his lips and pondered for a moment,

“Cheng … likes women, right?”

“What?” Yibo raised his eyebrows and asked.

Zhan only said, “It’s rumored online that he and Haoxuan….” he stopped and let Yibo imagine what he was going to say next.

Unfortunately, Yibo didn’t understand what Zhan meant.

“What happened to him and Haoxuan?”

Zhan choked and took out his phone, attempting to show Yibo the most popular comment online.

However, when he opened Weibo, Zhan discovered that the topic “Haoxuan’ mysterious boyfriend” was trending again.

Yibo was putting food on Zhan’s bowl. Seeing that his expression changed, he asked, “What happened?”

“Haoxuan and I became a trending topic again,” Zhan frowned and handed his phone to Yibo.

Yibo took it over and found that someone had posted photos of Zhan and Haoxuan showing up at the airport together. And it made Haoxuan and Zhan a trending topic.

Yibo looked through other postings, the content of which were all Zhan and Haoxuan’ photos. It was obvious that those people were paid posters.

Since Haoxuan’ scandal involved Zhan, Yibo had asked the staff of the public relations department to suppress it. He had also asked the platform to ban such topics. To this end, he had signed a long-term agreement with the platform and spent a lot of money.

Yesterday, Yuehua Media Company had just made a statement about it. But today, this became a trending topic again. It was obvious that someone was manipulating it.

Yibo put down Zhan’s phone with a cold face and stood up to call Cheng.

Zhan took his phone back and checked the comments on the statement posted by Yuehua. He found that those comments saying that he was in love with Haoxuan had disappeared.

The new comments were mostly condemning Yuehua.

“Haoxuan has earned so much money for Yuehua, but they treat him like this? He just wants to make his relationship public….”

“What a disgusting company!”

“That person is clearly Haoxuan’ boyfriend. You’re worried that his career will be affected if he goes public with his romance. That’s why you made such a statement, right?”

“Aren’t you guilty?”

“I support Haoxuan in going public with his romance.”

“…”

As Zhan read those comments, he felt more and more ridiculous. How could these people tell that Haoxuan was going to go public with his relationship?

He could vaguely tell that these people were mostly paid posters.

What he didn’t understand was why those people caused him to get mixed up with Haoxuan. He checked Haoxuan’ Weibo and found that those popular comments were all supporting him in going public with his relationship.

Zhan was a little troubled.

It was a simple matter, but why did it became so complicated now?

Suddenly, Yijun sent a video chatting invitation.

After Zhan agreed, Yijun asked, “Zhan, I saw those photos online. What’s going on?”

Zhan asked, “Where is Haoxuan?”

“He has gone to another city. It seems to be a remote place where has no signal. He seems to go there for charity work.”

The next second, he sighed, “Should my brother take the initiative to explain this?”

“I’m going to the company,” Yibo walked in and said.

He picked up his coat and was about to leave.

Zhan hurriedly cut the call and stood up and said, “Have lunch first.”

Yibo was angry when he saw that Zhan and Haoxuan became a trending topic. He couldn’t wait to solve this.

Seeing that he didn’t stop, Zhan hurriedly said, “Have some. I’ll go to the company with you later.”

Only then did Yibo nod, “OK.”

***

They went to Yuehua after dinner.

After hanging up the phone, Cheng went to the public relations department and watched those people solving this problem.

The first time Haoxuan and Zhan’s photos were trend Yuehua Media Company quickly suppressed them and made a statement. But this time, it wasn’t easy to solve.

Sometimes, the power of public opinion was very strong.

Yuehua Media Company was the leader of the entertainment industry. Usually, it was easy for them to solve such things completely. This was the first time they had failed to suppress such news.

Cheng had been busy handling the handover work with Yibo these days. So when he knew that Haoxuan’ romance became a trending topic again, he was very furious.

“Back then, this was handled well. Why is it trending again? If you can’t come up with a good solution, all of you have to stay in the company until this problem is solved!”

Cheng randomly combed his hair, took a deep breath, and sat down on a chair beside him.

Haoxuan had a lot of loyal fans. He had no scandal before this.

Haoxuan’ romance had become a trending topic for two times. To the public, it was already very abnormal. And since it was something that was related to stars, it naturally attracted more and more attention.

If this was not handled properly, it would have a bad influence on Yuehua.

The secretary came in and said, “Boss is coming.”

Only then did Cheng get up and go to Yibo’s office.

“Damn it! I think that someone is trying to cause trouble this time. It has no impact on Haoxuan. The person behind it just wanted to cause trouble for our company….”

Cheng was so angry that he cursed the moment he walked in.

But he was stuck halfway through his words when he found that Zhan was also in the office, so he swallowed the rest of his words.

He laughed embarrassedly, “Zhan is also here.”

“I’m free today, so I came with Yibo,” Zhan smiled at Cheng and continued to flip through the magazine in his hand.

Yibo remembered that Zhan had been asking about Cheng for the past two days, so Zhan’s smile made him uncomfortable. He gave a cold glance at Cheng.

Cheng didn’t know what was going on at all. He had been super busy recently. It was fine that he couldn’t be Ziyi’s manager. But he still had to face Yibo’s inexplicable hostility now?

Yibo got down to the real business, “How is the thing going?”

“The public relations department is dealing with it.” Cheng slumped on the sofa, looking listlessly.

Suddenly, he jumped up and said, “Could it be that your grandpa wanted you to return to the Wang Group, so he deliberately used this trick to warn you?”

Hearing this, Zhan looked over..

Yibo sneered and said in a mocking tone, “Do you think my grandpa is as stupid as you?”

Cheng choked and expressionlessly said, “Do you believe that I will immediately jump down from here?”

Zhan was dumbfounded. Cheng wanted to jump off the building?

Yibo pulled Zhan and had him sit down, “Don’t worry. He doesn’t dare to jump.”

Cheng: “…” If he didn’t jump, he would really lose face!

Yibo pondered for a moment and said, “Grandpa only wants me to return to the Wang Group. He won’t act so impatiently to make trouble for our company for the time being. Even if he wants to make a move, he will make tougher actions.”

“Then will you return to the Wang Group?” Zhan asked curiously.

Yibo turned around and suddenly smiled, “Of course I’ll go back. Grandpa asked you to persuade me, so how could I not come back?”

“What do you mean?”

Cheng explained for Yibo, “It means that Yibo doesn’t listen to Mr Qiren. He only listens to you.”

Hearing this, Zhan turned to look at Yibo.

He looked at Yibo for a while before saying slowly, “You’ve been planned to return to the Wang Group for a long time, haven’t you? You just never said yes to Grandpa, and deliberately let him have me persuade you, didn’t you?”

Before Yibo replied, Zhan continued, “In this case, Grandpa… will appreciate me for it.”

Zhan paused for a moment before saying the last few words.

Yibo looked at Zhan with interest, “Go on. Is there anything else?”

“How did you know that Grandpa would ask me to persuade you?”

When Zhan and Yibo returned to the Wang’s, although Qiren didn’t dislike him, but he wasn’t enthusiastic towards Zhan either.

After all, Qiren had a brilliant life. He had met all kinds of people. Zhan was just a young boy. If not for the title of Yibo’s wife, Qiren wouldn’t have paid any attention to him.

Yibo’s words confirmed Zhan’s thoughts.

“If he didn’t come to you, who else could he ask? His son?” Yibo narrowed his eyes. His tone was so calm that it didn’t seem like he was referring to his father, but an irrelevant person.

It seemed that this was indeed the case.

Yibo had a bad relationship with Yizhou. Qiren knew about it. Compared to Yizhou, Zhan was closer to Yibo.

Qiren had no choice but to ask him for help.

Thinking of this, Zhan had mixed feelings.

Zhan sighed and said, “I see.”

Yibo laughed and reached out to stroke Zhan’s hair, “Actually, I was not willing to return to the Wang Group, but Grandpa was so sincere that he even asked help from you, so I had no choice but to agree.”

In fact, returning to the Wang Group at this juncture was both appropriate and inappropriate for Yibo.

He had just found some clues about what he was investigating. If he returned to the Wang Group, he would have to spend some effort and be more cautious when he investigated.

On the other hand, the Wang Group was a family business. Almost all the Wangs worked for the Wang Group.

If what had happened to his mother’s was related to the Wangs, his return to the Wang family would be an opportunity for him to investigate the Wangs more conveniently.

Zhan would not have thought of these complicated factors for the time being.

Although he was willing to help Yibo, he actually didn’t know much about these things.

As Yibo spoke, he put his arm on the back of the sofa behind Zhan.

They sat very close. Without any more intimate movements, the atmosphere between them was so harmonious as if no one could disturb them.

Being single, Cheng felt jealous. “Enough. Don’t be so affectionate. I’m annoyed! Let’s go on and talk about the trending topic.”

Ever since Ziyi said those words, Cheng has barely even met her.

Occasionally, when he saw Ziyi in the company, she acted as if she didn’t know him and left in a hurry.

Cheng wanted to be domineering like Yibo and just carry Ziyi home. However, the situations of him and Yibo were different.

Ziyi’s tone of that day was too decisive. Cheng knew her too well. He was afraid, because he knew her. The more afraid he was, the more cautious he became. He didn’t have the guts to act recklessly.

Cheng shook his head and stop thinking around, “I think it could be one of our competitors. I suspect that it might be Ziyi’s former company. They tried to poach Haoxuan from us.”

This was their wishful thinking. Besides Haoxuan’ relationship with Yibo, any entertainer who cared about their future would choose Yuehua.

Although Ziyi’s former company was one of the largest companies in the show business, it was still a bit inferior to Yuehua.

After Cheng finished speaking, he noticed that Yibo kept silent, so he raised his chin and asked him, “Yibo, what do you think?”

Yibo pondered for a moment with an indiscernible expression and said, “We can follow this direction to investigate.”

After saying that, Yibo recalled something, “Haven’t you contacted with Haoxuan yet?”

“No. That place is undeveloped. We didn’t allow him to go there, but he insisted. His phone has no signal reception here, so we can’t contact with him. He won’t come back for the time being.”

Cheng felt a little angry when he said this, “Haoxuan is easy-going most of the time. However, when he insists on what he is eager to do, he is so stubborn that no one can change his mind.”

Yibo frowned and did not say anything.

After a while, he said, “It doesn’t matter if we can’t get in touch with him. Leave it to the Public Relations Department. It’s best to settle it within 12 hours.”

“It would be better if he could clarify in person.” Although Cheng also felt that Yibo was correct, things would be easier if Haoxuan could clarify it in person.

“It’s useless.” Yibo was in a bad mood. “The public opinion on the Internet is not targeting Haoxuan. Instead, it is targeting Yuehua. If Haoxuan clarified it, they would feel that Yuehua forced Haoxuan.”

Zhan frowned when he heard this. No matter what they did, they could not clarify those rumors.

Cheng couldn’t help but curse, “Damn it! What else can we do?”

“It has been three hours since the incident happened. The netizens are sharing it. I believe that netizens will start to exploit skeletons in the closet of Yuehua in a few hours. Whether those scandals are true or false, they will not care. The one who will lose is Yuehua.”

Yibo analyzed the situation calmly. He was calm without the slightest bit of panic.

Cheng had been stressful lately. Hearing Yibo’s words, he collapsed again. “This kind of thing has happened many times. However, this time, Haoxuan and Zhan are involved, so it’s a bit troublesome.”

“Ask the Public Relations Department to deal with it. I have to go,” Yibo said.

Then he held Zhan’s hand and he was about to leave.

Cheng wailed behind Yibo, “Holy shit! Yibo, you can’t leave it to me! I can’t do it alone!”

Zhan felt that Cheng’s voice was too miserable.

Zhan couldn’t help but shiver. he whispered, “Don’t you deal with it?”

Yibo didn’t stop walking. “We’ll talk about it when we get back.”

Hearing this, Zhan understood that Yibo would deal with this matter.

***

As expected, as soon as they returned home, Yibo went straight to the study.

Zhan returned to the bedroom and planned to write the scripts with his laptop. However, when he wrote, he couldn’t help but browse if there was any scandal related to Yuehua on Weibo.

At the beginning, the topics were about Haoxuan and Zhan, and there weren’t many comments and posts scolding Yuehua.

However, there was a faint sign that netizens were going to exploit the scandals of Yuehua.

Zhan had browsed the information of Yuehua before.

There were some small scandals. They were too small that most of them were harmless. Compared to other companies, Yuehua was better.

Zhan was anxious, so he carried his laptop to the study to look for Yibo.

Standing at the door of the study, he gave a symbolic knock at the door. Then he pushed the door open gently and looked inside, “Would I bother you if I come in?”

He held the laptop in one hand and supported the door by other hand. He bent his body and popped his head in through the half open door. He looked very polite and careful, which made Yibo laugh out loud.

Yibo smiled and said, “Perhaps you would bother me.”

Zhan couldn’t help but stare at him.

When Zhan saw him enter the study as soon as he returned, he thought that Yibo was actually very anxious about this matter and was really afraid of disturbing him. To Zhan’s surprise, Yibo still had energy to tease him.

Zhan closed the door and walked around the desk with his laptop in his arms. He looked at Yibo’s laptop screen.

Yibo was also browsing Weibo and other websites. The titles of the websites were “Successful Public Relations Cases”, “Yuehua Media Company’s Unknown…”, and “Shocking! A Big Shot in Show Business…” etc.

Zhan asked him curiously, “What are you doing?”

“I’m doing, what do you think I’m doing?” Yibo closed the web pages that he had browsed and pulled Zhan into his embrace.

Zhan was surprised.

He was so naive.

Only he felt that such a trivial thing could make Yibo anxious.

Yibo lowered his head and kissed him.

Zhan pushed him and asked, “This thing is very easy to solve. You could admit your relationship with Haoxuan, or Haoxuan and I could make a clarification. There’s no need to be so troublesome.”

If the relationship between Haoxuan and Yibo was exposed, those who made a fuss about “Yuehua Media Company’s harsh treatment of Haoxuan” could shut up.

“It won’t work.” Yibo shook his head, “When the time comes, they will target Haoxuan or you. Perhaps according to what you said, this matter can be easily resolved, but there will be endless troubles in the future.”

Zhan kept silent.

At the bottom of his heart, Zhan didn’t care about these rumors.

Haoxuan was an actor. He was a public figure, and he lives in the public eye. Because he had public influence, it was normal for him to bear the results.

As for Zhan, he was an ordinary person. He was not a celebrity or a member in show business. Even if those people were curious about him, it was temporary.

Obviously, it was a simpler way, but Yibo chose a more complicated way to solve this matter.

Yibo just didn’t want Haoxuan and Zhan to be affected.

Zhan could see this clearly now.

Since Haoxuan had no scandals these past few years, it was enough to show how well Yibo had protected him.

Normally, Yibo was a cold fish. Even when he did something nice for someone, he would do it silently, so his kindness was easy to be ignored by others.

How could Zhan not be tempted by such a Wang Yibo?

Zhan raised his head and kissed him on the lips, “It’s your reward.”

After kissing, Zhan felt a little regretful.

As he sat on Yibo’s lap, Zhan could sense the reaction of Yibo’s body.

“You….”

However, Yibo did not do anything to him. Instead, he said hoarsely, “I have to do my serious business now. I can’t return the favor now. Wait for tonight.”

After saying that, he poked him deliberately.

Zhan’s face turned red as he stood up from his leg and kicked him angrily. “Shameless.”