When I Woke Up, I Had Three Romantic Partners - Chapter 55

“She doesn’t want to talk to me right now.”

Si Jiamo rubbed the bridge of her nose, “I can’t do anything about it.”

Ye Jin rolled her eyes, “So you’re just going to watch her be deceived?”

Si Jiamo, “Of course not.”

It’s just that Chi Jinqing doesn’t want to talk to her right now, so she can’t tell Chi Jinqing about it. Moreover, when she mentioned it before, Chi Jinqing didn’t seem to react much, which made her feel very awkward.

Perhaps she was still interfering too much and overthinking things.

“She’s not someone who doesn’t understand anything. On the contrary, she’s smarter than we think and won’t be easily fooled.”

Si Jiamo’s words sounded more like she was trying to comfort herself, which made Ye Jin want to laugh.

Ye Jin, “But their usual tactics are carried out behind the scenes. With Chi Jinqing’s personality, she can’t guard against these back-stabbing schemes, can she?”

“You sound like you’re joking, Si Jiamo. You weren’t like this before. Even when you were targeted or treated coldly, you weren’t this listless and indecisive.”

Ye Jin finished handling her business, spun around in her chair, crossed her legs, and looked at Si Jiamo suspiciously, “You haven’t lost your fighting spirit, have you? Is there only a shell left of you now?”

“Also, even though Uncle and Auntie divorced, the Si family has two sisters supporting it. Even if things got to the point of being targeted, you wouldn’t be left with nothing. But you’re preparing for this possible bankruptcy so early now, are you really planning on a sudden bankruptcy?”

Si Jiamo’s expression stiffened, “What are you talking about? I’m not that kind of person.”

Ye Jin nodded, “Good thing you’re not. If you intentionally bankrupted your family just to pursue someone, I would genuinely look down on you.”

Si Jiamo perfunctorily nodded, “It’s up to you now. Starting up the company abroad will be a bit difficult. I’ll ask my sister to find more trustworthy people for you. No matter what, get the company up and running first.”

Ye Jin, “Are you going to directly compete with them?”

She pushed her glasses up, disapprovingly, “It’s not that I’m trying to discourage you, but even if we had that many people, they’ve been around for so many years and are definitely deeply rooted and complexly connected. If you recklessly confront them, you’ll be left with nothing.”

“Of course, I won’t fight them now. No matter how confident I am, I’m not that confident.”

Si Jiamo smiled bitterly, “I just want to prepare in advance. Although they won’t pay attention to a small company, it’s like a fly trying to shake a big tree. As long as we persevere, we can eventually uproot them.”

Ye Jin felt a bad premonition when she heard this, “Are you planning mutual destruction?”

“Let me warn you, don’t mess around, or I won’t help you.”

“You know my old man. If he finds out that our final effort was aimed at a complete failure, he’ll take a stick and break my leg.”

Her old man always pursued profit. If he knew that she was aiming for mutual destruction from the start, he might directly call people over to take her away for a brain check.

Si Jiamo immediately laughed and cried, “I know.”

“It won’t be that bad, but maybe one day in the future, we’ll need it to save our lives.”

Ye Jin, “Then I’ll get people ready in the next couple of days. Since it’s under my name, I’ll give you half the shares, and I’ll handle the public matters.”

She yawned languidly, “Well, let’s create some trouble. I’ll find a reason to leave.”

Si Jiamo, “Let’s use the excuse that we don’t get along.”

Ye Jin casually nodded, “You know that Su Yunhui came looking for me before, right? I think she might cause trouble again.”

Si Jiamo’s eyes darkened, “She won’t be jumping around for much longer.”

Su Yunhui was a very perceptive manager, but not a good subordinate. The halo she’d enjoyed these years had made her lose sight of herself. Since that was the case, there was no reason to keep her.

“I will have someone sever her network connections.”

Almost everyone who is active in the industry for a long time eventually has some dirt on them, and someone like Su Yunhui would be no exception.

Ye Jin grabbed her bag, swung it over her shoulder, and leisurely stood up to leave, “The rest is up to you. I’m leaving.”

The Scandal Erupts

Soon, the news of Ye Jin’s departure was spread.

“Who is Ye Jin?” The news spread online.

Since Ye Jin’s background was overseas and well-hidden, all the information that came out online was just about her entering the industry, only saying she was an old employee of Si Yi Media.

I heard, ah, this Ye Jin left because she had a relationship with the certain big movie queen who has been bullying employees.

Got some gossip? Elaborate?

Wow, exciting!

I’m an internal employee, I know about this. I can testify that the two of them never see each other on weekdays, and even if they meet, they don’t greet each other. That movie queen is so arrogant and cold, the whole company revolves around her. And, ah, you definitely wouldn’t know, another actress in the same company actually has better prospects and more value, but because the certain movie queen has a powerful background and loves to use connections, all resources were forcibly tilted towards the certain movie queen. To push the certain movie queen onto a pedestal, they deliberately suppressed her peers and juniors, not giving them any good resources to surpass the certain movie queen, which is why they haven’t been able to rise. It’s truly a pity for that actress and the other actresses in the company.

This incident happened at Si Yi Media. As everyone knows, there is only one certain cold movie queen in Si Yi Media—that is, Si Jiamo.

As for her peer, who was also talented and should have risen, everyone was guessing who it was. Based on the recent trending searches, everyone leaned towards Chi Jinqing.

After investigation and speculation, it was finally confirmed to be Chi Jinqing.

Oh my god, that’s terrible. This industry is small, but the viciousness is not.

My heart aches for my Qingqing. So, she hasn’t been popular because someone was deliberately suppressing her. Sob sob sob, my Qingqing!

This trash company makes me so angry!

Chi Jinqing is really a shame. She has looks and acting skills, never fights or competes, and never uses any shady means to snatch what doesn’t belong to her. Protect the best Chi Jinqing!

Regardless of whether the rumor was true or false, some people who disliked Chi Jinqing and Si Jiamo behind the scenes immediately paid for trending searches, pushing Chi Jinqing and Si Jiamo into the spotlight. They specifically sent trolls to stir up trouble and make the two appear to be on opposing sides, causing the fans of both parties to start bickering.

This matter quickly escalated. Various unknown media outlets began to write small essays, making the relationship between the two even tenser. Especially since Si Jiamo hadn’t been working much recently, but Chi Jinqing’s work activity was higher than anyone else’s, it really looked like she was seizing the opportunity, desperately trying to escape without looking back.

Subsequently, another person claiming to be an internal staff member’s revelation pushed this farce to the peak.

Since a big shot started, I’ll also share a scoop. I’m an internal employee, I can’t reveal my identity, so I’ll briefly talk about the follow-up to this incident.

First: The person being targeted is indeed the one everyone guessed. She is truly miserable. Even though she works hard, she hasn’t been nurtured because she’s in the same company as a certain movie queen. Many times she wanted to secure a role, even when she had it in hand, but because someone else brought in capital, and her company wouldn’t let her fight for it, she lost it.

Second: In fact, the two of them have a very tense private relationship. But due to certain reasons, the actress can’t offend the certain movie queen and can only endure it. The outburst during the variety show was also because the certain movie queen thought the actress had no scandals and was suitable for a binding CP, wanting to create a CP with her. But the certain actress was unwilling, which is why it turned out that way.

Third: Everyone is curious about why the actress doesn’t fight back. It’s because the actress’s family owes a lot of debt, which the company helped pay off. So the actress has been repaying the debt all these years and can’t protest against the backer.

Based on these three points, the target undeniably pointed to Chi Jinqing.

After all, in the entertainment industry, the one who has been perpetually suppressed and not popular, the one who has been constantly repaying debt, and the one who has never had a scandal, not even a bit of post-sale CP hype, is only Chi Jinqing, who is like clear water—rising a bit and then being suppressed again.

The hashtag “Heartaches for Chi Jinqing” instantly jumped from fifth place to first. Under this hashtag, there was sincerity, pretense, comfort, and insults.

All kinds of words made people dizzy. Some people took the opportunity to throw mud at Chi Jinqing, and others threw mud at Si Jiamo. Half-true and half-false news was mixed in, arousing great curiosity.

When Xiao He noticed, the hashtag was already number one. She rubbed her eyes, still wondering what was going on with this hashtag. She thought it was about behind-the-scenes footage of Chi Jinqing acting, but when she clicked in, she found out it was this kind of revelation.

Xiao He’s eyes widened, “Who is this? Releasing this kind of rumor at this time. They have bad intentions.”

Anyone with eyes could see that this was deliberately trying to provoke conflict between the two. Moreover, the rumors were half-true and half-false. Although many things were true, such as the company favoring Si Jiamo and deliberately suppressing Chi Jinqing, preventing her from becoming popular, those parts were true.

But the part about Si Jiamo not allowing other people in the company to succeed was false. While Si Yi Media indeed gave Si Jiamo many top-tier resources, the resources for the other actresses in the company were also considerable, and they were not deliberately suppressed.

Xiao He scrolled through the comments below and frowned. These were from three days ago. Why hadn’t the Si Yi Media public relations department come out to explain and take down the top headline?

“Strange, what’s wrong with the company recently?”

Si Jiamo is one of the bosses, after all. She is being targeted like this, and the public relations department isn’t even managing it, just letting it continue?

This is not like the style of the public relations department.

Normally, whenever there was any news detrimental to Si Jiamo, the public relations department would immediately come out to refute the rumors. What’s going on today?

It’s been three days, why is there still no movement?

Chi Jinqing has been practicing dancing diligently recently, constantly following Zhuge Wei to learn the required dance and songs. Her foundation is poor, but fortunately, her innate conditions are good. She just needs diligent practice, plus specialized coaching, to quickly get started.

Considering Chi Jinqing is a beginner, Zhuge Wei chose a simpler dance, omitting the difficult moves to prevent Chi Jinqing from getting injured due to inadequate practice.

Chi Jinqing is very hardworking, and her talent is not bad, so although it was a bit difficult to teach her in the early stages because Chi Jinqing couldn’t grasp the essentials, Zhuge Wei felt she could handle it alone and didn’t ask other teachers to come over.

Chi Jinqing has been suffering from backaches and weak legs recently. Every time she finishes practicing, she doesn’t even want to take a shower, afraid she might fall in the bathroom.

She leaned on the door and slowly shuffled out, calling out to Xiao He, who was frowning and lost in thought, “Xiao He, what are you doing? Come and help me, quick, I can’t walk.”