Chapter 315: Chapter 315: The Top Trendsetter of That Year _1

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“That’s fantastic, if all this could be followed up on simultaneously, even if Heishui Corporation releases our company’s negative information, they won’t be able to truly harm the foundation of our company!” Ye Xiaoning couldn’t help but admire Xu Yixue after hearing her deployment.

Although she was quite adept at the stock market, when it came to the core operations of the company, it was Xu Yixue who could accomplish them.

Even though Heishui Corporation had started investigating Xinghai Media’s financial fraud a long time ago, Xu Yixue had not been idle either; she had conducted a special investigation into the company’s previously poor financial management and gathered enough critical evidence.

While Heishui Corporation’s investigative methods were formidable, even if they were incredibly powerful, the core information they possessed wouldn’t exceed that held by Xu Yixue. Therefore, in this game, as long as it’s played well, the storm over Xinghai Media’s financial fraud would directly shift to the former managers suspected of embezzling company assets, and it wouldn’t cause too much damage to Xinghai Media.

Had Xu Yixue not made such preparations beforehand, it would have been impossible to gather sufficient evidence in such a short time.

But, Xu Yixue had actually been prepared for the company’s previous hidden dangers, which is why she was able to leverage this evidence to seal the deal at this critical juncture.

Before, Xu Yixue was somewhat hesitant, only wanting to resolve the issue internally, but now the company had reached a do-or-die moment, and she could not afford to hesitate any longer.

“Yixue, we’ve got the financial fraud sorted, but what about the second issue with the artist jumping ship? Actually, I had some thoughts about it too. If they could poach our core marketing team, they could definitely take our artists as well. I thought they hadn’t been successful before, but it looks like now they’ve been saving this time bomb to deliver the fatal blow,” Ye Xiaoning arranged for the legal and PR departments to start working with Xu Yixue on countering Heishui Corporation’s second wave of attacks.

“Our company’s most popular artists are just second-tier, and even Xu Xinxin, who has the best foundation of the classical beauty types, still needs more time. I had wanted to promote her, but now it’s up to her choice,” Xu Yixue sighed softly.

Xu Xinxin could be considered the most visually appealing artist signed with Xinghai Media, and the only one who had a chance to break into the top tier.

Actually, Xu Yixue had been ready to devise a plan to thrust forward through a popular court drama currently airing, striving to promote Xu Xinxin to a leading tier artist. However, after hearing the intelligence about Heishui Corporation, Xu Yixue became very worried about Xu Xinxin’s possible departure.

If Heishui Corporation were to attack Xinghai Media through artist defection, then Xu Xinxin was definitely the biggest target.

Xu Yixue now did not know whether Xu Xinxin had secretly accepted another company’s contract.

However, although Xu Xinxin had good fundamentals and truly possessed the quality of a top-tier artist, she was very green in the entertainment industry. The greatest fear was that she might be swayed by small, short-term benefits and grand promises.

Many companies actually do not lack artists like Xu Xinxin who have the potential to be top-tier, but the resources of a company are limited. Only by fully fostering the most crucial artists can there be a chance to develop a popular top-tier artist, and the resources and costs invested are certainly enormous.

Within Xinghai Media, a second-rate media company, Xu Xinxin could still be considered a top sister, but once coaxed into a more powerful media company, she would discover that the resources previously promised to her were just empty words.

If you are compliant, maybe you’ll get a spoonful of soup, but if you are not, you are facing the fate of being shelved.

When has the entertainment industry ever lacked beautiful women? The reality is countless beauties are fighting over a single opportunity.

If Xu Xinxin leaves Xinghai Media, Xu Yixue can foresee that her career would nearly be ruined.

But what’s more urgent right now is how to mitigate the impact of the artist jumping ship. Xu Yixue thought about it and decided the first thing needed was an alternative to stabilize the situation. As for Xu Xinxin, Xu Yixue planned to have another talk with her. If she could be salvaged, she would try to save her once more, after all, she was the most promising person at Xinghai Media. Xu Yixue had custom-made a historical drama for her; if not for the current company’s crisis, they would likely be starting to assemble the crew by now.

“Yixue, do you need me to call Xinxin over for you? She’s young and inexperienced, we can still try to persuade her,” Ye Xiaoning offered to help with pleading to Xu Yixue.

“Hmm, let me make a phone call first. If it’s successful, we’ll be in a better position when talking to her,” Xu Yixue said calmly.

After speaking, Xu Yixue picked up the phone and dialed another international long-distance call.

After all, Xu Yixue had spent the past few years abroad, so there were more foreign numbers than domestic ones in her mobile phone contacts.

Before long, the call connected, and a somewhat gentle female voice came through on the other end.

“Hello, is this Shi Yu?” Xu Yixue began slowly.

“Yixue? It’s me, Shi Yu,” the gentle voice on the other end of the line responded.

Her voice, even after being refracted through the phone several times, still carried a very soothing and healing quality, like a warm spring breeze blowing across the heart.

The person Xu Yixue was calling was named Chen Shiyu, someone she knew from America.

Speaking of Chen Shiyu, in Yan Country, from 80-year-old seniors to 10-year-old children, there was almost no one who didn’t know her. Five years ago, Chen Shiyu was the hottest star in Yan Country, spanning film, television, and music, and she could be considered an entertainment industry top influencer of that time.

Her voice sounded as if kissed by angels. She only released one album when she debuted and it sold over ten million copies worldwide, making countless people fall crazily in love with this girl who looked like an angel descended from heaven and sang with the voice of an angel. Almost overnight, Chen Shiyu became the hottest idol in every street and alley.

Afterward, Chen Shiyu released several albums, each one being a sales champion at that time. Then she entered the acting industry, acted in only one TV series and one movie, and both times she worked with the top male actors of the time. She was then crowned as the new generation’s fairy of purity, with a fan base stronger than the current young idols.

However, five years ago, at the peak of her career, news came out that she had quietly retired. Nobody knew where she had gone. Countless fans frantically searched for her, even forming numerous search teams spontaneously, but they still couldn’t find a trace of her.