King of Capital

Chapter 76 Your circle is so chaotic
"The video of your conversation with President Su is on the Internet, and everyone has seen it!"

The little fat man's crying voice made the lecture end hastily in a bizarre way. Without having time to greet the leaders of Zhejiang University who were responsible for organizing the event, Xie Jingxing was surrounded by security guards and got into the car and quickly left the school.

At the beginning of last month, he and Su He were on a business trip to San Francisco and were transiting through Seoul on their way back. They happened to be on the same flight with a Korean boy band. The two were chatting casually and were captured by a fan of the boy band lurking on the plane with a video camera:

"What is the filming process of the last week of the variety show? Can you give us some inside information?"

"Outing, the last subject."

"Outing?"

"You can ask your little lover, Concubine Pei, she is a star observer."

With just a few simple words, a fan of the boy band posted on Weibo saying that she didn't know Xie Jingxing at first, and when she saw this footage while editing a documentary for her idol, she thought it was an ordinary person joking.

It was not until yesterday when Didi Chuxing's hype-related topics dominated the hot searches that she learned that he was a super rich second-generation. She quickly dug out the footage and watched it carefully many times. The more she watched, the more she felt that it was not a joke. So after careful consideration, she decided to release the video and ask netizens to identify it.

"I'm sorry, I didn't see the camera at that time." On the way back to the Magic City, Su He's face turned pale and his voice was weak to break the silence.

This video has been on the top of Weibo’s hot search list for less than an hour since it was released. The black and red word “爆” suffix at the end of the entry is terrifying.

Super rich second generation, celebrity, lover.

A second-generation rich financial capitalist who shouts about the great rejuvenation dream but actually kneels down to give money to the Americans and then turns around to steal the jobs of domestic taxi drivers. He has kept a young actress born after 85, whose fame and popularity are second only to the two Ice and Whites and the four Dans, and who has always been known for her cold, sophisticated and indifferent personality.

The combination of various elements perfectly hits the explosive point of public opinion about entertainment to death, especially when Xie Jingxing and Prince Wang were cursing at each other, the latter once revealed that the former's support for Concubine Pei was well known in the circle.

The general public often jokes about how chaotic your social circle is, but most of them are just rumors with no evidence. The occasional flashes of explosive news from your social circle always satisfy people's curiosity - how corrupt and chaotic is the other real society that is not open to ordinary people.

"It doesn't matter. As long as Concubine Pei isn't married and I'm not married, the country can't interfere." Xie Jingxing didn't care at all.

He didn't want to bear the negative reputation, but he will be criticized if something happens. From a certain perspective, if you work in finance or even in business and reach a certain level, your reputation will sooner or later be bad. You can count on your fingers that there are so many of them, even some famous national entrepreneurs.

Even if it reaches a certain level within the system, a sex scandal is just a piece of newspaper covering the body after death, not a weapon of murder.

Besides, he is only 22 years old. Not to mention his private chats being exposed, even if he was exposed learning photography while playing golf with Concubine Pei, what would the big deal be?

Su He thought he was just trying to comfort her out of kindness, and reminded her worriedly, "Ms. Zhou and Miss Yu... I can explain to them that we were just joking..."

"Zhou Fenglan only cares about Yu Tong."

Xie Jingxing silently added the second half of the sentence in his mind, it is embarrassing to be cheated on between people, but there is no such thing between people and objects.

The phone kept buzzing and vibrating. Pei Fei, Yan Wenhua, Liu Qiming, countless people called to inquire about the situation. Xiao Ma Ge even sent a WeChat message asking "Is it true?"

He didn't have time to pay attention to Su He's complicated mental state, so he first replied to Brother Xiao Ma and asked the Tencent media to give him some face and try not to scold Concubine Pei if they could scold him.

Then he looked for Yan Wenhua. The Southern Media Group’s headquarters was in Lingnan, so he had some face as a good brother.

Liu Qiming has a good relationship with the leaders of Fudan University and can have a say in the local media in Shanghai.

Apart from that, Xie Jingxing did not use any connections to suppress the popularity. It was unrealistic to completely suppress it, because it was quite meaningless to use connections for such a trivial matter.

After hastily responding, he finally remembered to call Concubine Pei back. On the other end of the line, the collectible was holding the phone and sobbing, just sobbing and not saying a word.

"Jingxing, Feifei's future is ruined, what should we do?"

Her mother couldn't bear it anymore and snatched the phone away, crying and wailing. Her voice was so loud that even Su He, who was scrolling through Weibo, raised her head.

Xie Jing Xing moved the phone away from his ears and said in a soothing tone: "Let Concubine Pei come to the Magic City to find me first."

"No, we are filming in Hengdian, and President Wang asked us to return to Beijing right now. He is very angry." Concubine Pei's mother lowered her tone slightly.

Xie Jingxing's expression turned cold: "You and Concubine Pei come to the Magic City together. If Wang Zhonglei has any questions, let him find me."

"...Well, the paparazzi are following us very closely and have surrounded the crew. We may arrive late." Pei Fei's mother was silent for a few seconds and said unhappily.

"It takes about three hours to drive from Hengdian to Shanghai. If you haven't arrived within four hours, you don't have to come."

Xie Jing Xing paused and warned bluntly: "Don't be so smart, I haven't had enough fun yet."

After saying that, he hung up the phone without waiting for a response. He could guess with his toes that Concubine Pei and her mother wanted to take the opportunity to announce to the public that they were in a normal boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, and they had always had the idea of ​​getting promoted.

He doesn't mind making it public, and before participating in the variety show, he made this alternative plan considering that the show might not be very popular.

But now that he is famous, the benefit of making his relationship with Concubine Pei public is at most to avoid being criticized by the public opinion, which is insignificant. In this ambiguous situation, he would rather remain silent and neither deny nor admit it.

Let the public opinion interpret it as it pleases, and leave a thought for the fans of the fat boy to guess whether your goddess is a collection that I haven’t played with enough for the time being... Maybe when you are watching her dancing in a costume TV series, she happens to be dancing in that costume in real life...

For Xie Jingxing, what was worth collecting about Concubine Pei was never her beauty, but her emotional value. So without the actual value to influence his judgment, how could he ruin his own happiness for Concubine Pei's future? Of course, he would pay for his own happiness and make corresponding compensation.

They returned to the Magic City Lujiazui in silence. As soon as Xie Jingxing and Su He got off the car and walked into the office building where Taihe Capital was located, someone in the lobby shouted "Go ahead", and then a scene like an old lady grabbing eggs was instantly staged.

Reporters swarmed around him and Su He from all directions. The lobby security guard and the front desk receptionist were stunned. They had confirmed again and again that the interview should be conducted in a civilized manner and that they would leave as soon as they got around to it. They quickly came to their senses and rushed over to help maintain order.

"Hello, Mr. Xie. I am a reporter from NetEase. May I ask what is your relationship with Ms. Pei Fei?"

"I'm from Weibo. Prince Wang said that you've been supporting Concubine Pei for many years, but you're only 22 years old this year. So do we have reason to suspect that Concubine Pei slept with a minor?"

"Hello, I am an exclusive reporter from Sohu. Mr. Xie, why did you choose to support Concubine Pei? Don't Yang Mi and Tang Yan meet your aesthetic standards, or are they too expensive?"

"Also, did you know about Pei Fei's rumored boyfriend while you were studying abroad? Between the three of you..."

Caught off guard, Xie Jing Xing leaned back in embarrassment to avoid the microphone that was pointed at his face, and glared at the reporters from Weibo and Sohu: "How do you know that Yang Mi and Tang Yan have prices?"

"Sorry, we are not accepting interviews at the moment. Security, come and help!"

Su He was afraid that he would quarrel with the reporters on the spot, so he held his head down and half protected it in his arms and hurried away to the elevator. The security guards formed a human wall to block the elevator entrance.

The elevator door closed and the noise finally disappeared.

Xie Jingxing unbuttoned his two collars and breathed a sigh of relief, gritting his teeth and cursing: "Zhang Chaoyang is really weird."

Alibaba just acquired a stake in Weibo a few months ago, so it’s hard to understand why they jumped out to disgust him at this juncture.

But Zhang Chaoyang is considered a veteran in the domestic Internet industry, but he has a bad relationship with his peers. All his friends are in the entertainment industry. His entire portal website is as tasteless and unscrupulous as a Hong Kong tabloid. He even served as a paparazzi and secretly photographed other people's weddings. He is truly an Internet genius...

"Don't be impulsive. I have some acquaintances at Sohu. Try to get them to control themselves."

A few strands of Su He's hair stuck to her face as she straightened her wrinkled clothes and comforted him.

Xie Jing Xing turned around and cursed again, "Where is Liu Qiming doing? There are more than a dozen people in Taihe and Xiyou who were in the office and didn't know they were blocked at the door?"

"I'll complain to the property manager later."

Su He quickly took over the conversation. The news had just broken out and the attention was temporarily focused on the Internet. Everyone was busy at work and no one had time to slack off and read gossip news. There was no reason to scold the grassroots employees.

Seeing Xie Jingxing's dizzy and angry appearance, she felt that the reporter's question might have real harm, so she blurted out, "Were you over 18 years old when you had sex with Concubine Pei... Well, this kind of thing has a very bad impact, and it is different from normal situations..."

“I only met her in my junior year!”

Xie Jingxing walked out of the elevator with his eyes wide open: "Find a way to get all the reporters away so as not to affect normal work, and ask Tang Man to come over for a meeting."

The reason why his defense was breached was not that complicated. He had been shot, had car accidents, and been threatened since he was a child, but he had never experienced such low-class questioning and harassment from gangsters and hooligans.

It must be said that he had underestimated the influence of first-line stars before, especially in this era when self-media is on the rise.

"Call Cheng Wei and ask them to evaluate the feasibility of asking Concubine Pei to be the spokesperson."

After returning to the office and sitting down, Xie Jingxing began to assign tasks. Black and red are also red, but he does not understand marketing. Whether he can take advantage of this wave of popularity will be decided by Cheng Wei.

"Well, Ms. Pei Fei may not be willing to do so." Tang Mangang, who had just figured out the situation, asked tentatively with a confused look on his face.

Xie Jing Xing glanced at her unhappily: "I'll talk to her in person."

"So actually, if it's made public, the two of you endorsing together might actually turn a bad thing into a good thing."

Su He couldn't bear to let Concubine Pei bear the consequences for her mistake.

Xie Jing Xing was silent for a moment: "...If we make it public, those reporters outside will voluntarily leave. Will it not affect our normal work?"

"There will still be interviews, but they won't be as exaggerated as they are now." Su He said stiffly.

There must be paparazzi waiting at the gate of Xie Jingxing's neighborhood at this moment. The cold female star's long-term concealed relationship was exposed, and it just sounded better to be kept. After all, Concubine Pei had a rumored boyfriend in the circle before, and the real boyfriend was a super rich second-generation.

Public opinion will always spread and ferment, and will only be diverted when the next hot spot appears.

"What are you doing? Get out now, I'm calling the police!"

There was shouting outside the office. Tang Man stood up, opened the door, and leaned out to take a look. It was a reporter from Toutiao who sneaked into the company disguised as a cleaner.

Xie Jingxing remained calm and resisted the urge to curse. Taihe had already reached an agreement with Zhang Yiming on ByteDance's next round of financing, and he would wait until the formal investment agreement was signed before cursing.

(End of this chapter)