Brother Dao Took the Entertainment Industry by Storm, Fans Beg Me Not to Kill Anymore

Chapter 458: Director Ning Got into a Fight?

[Ding Wanyu Livestream]

[Ding Wanyu Sun Yuyang]

[Sun Yuyang Pre-Marital Debt]

[Sun Yuyang Marriage Scam]

[Sun Yuyang Real-Life Version of No Bait]

Ding Wanyuʼs livestream pushed tonightʼs farce to its climax.

As a pile of trending topics came down, new related topics were immediately pushed up. Meanwhile, the Hot Search that the No Bait production team had quietly bought was already clinging to the bottom of the list and had climbed onto the Hot Search rankings.

Amidst this chaotic pile of topics, everyone quickly zeroed in on the keywords.

[Holy crap, so the reason Ding Wanyu rejected Sun Yuyangʼs proposal back then was because Sun Yuyang hid his debt situation, trying to scam Ding Wanyu into marriage so sheʼd help him pay it off?]

[Sun Yuyang is an idol, right? His name recognition has been really high these past few years. He should have made a ton of money, so why would he owe so much? Itʼs really weird.]
[I have a bad feeling about this. I hope Sun Yuyang hasnʼt picked up some bad habit, like gambling.]

[Please donʼt spread rumors about unverified matters.]

[Itʼs not rumor-mongering, okay? Itʼs just raising a reasonable suspicion. Besides, Ding Wanyu listed all the screenshot evidence of her transfers. So much money transferred back and forth over so many years, and after the breakup, she never asked for it back, treating it all as ”hush money” for those years, hoping everyone could part on good terms. And the result? The info about Ding Wanyuʼs child was still leaked by Sun Yuyangʼs agent. Did they not consider Ding Wanyu and her childʼs lives at all?]

[That just proves it was his agentʼs doing! What does that have to do with our Sun Yuyang?]

[Ah yes, yes, it was all his agent, your precious idol knows nothing~]

Ah yes, yes, it was all his agent, your precious idol knows nothing~

[If I hadnʼt heard that No Baitʼs script was written ten years ago, Iʼd really think Director Ning and the others were using this as the prototype when filming, the fit is just too uncanny!]

[Is this whole thing really not some party deliberately targeting Sun Yuyang? Why is the comment section full of No Baitʼs water army? Could it be someone deliberately using Sun Yuyang as a sacrificial lamb?]

[Who? Who are you hinting at here? Say it, say it! Name names, let everyone judge.]

[Hilarious, you say your Sun Yuyang was set up by capital, but we say No Bait was set up by capital! The production team is still at the Cannes premiere, and tonight the female lead gets exposed. I just want to ask, whoʼs having it worse?]

[My hands are shaking from crying, I still canʼt believe Sun Yuyang was in a relationship, the sky has truly fallen—]

[Damn it all, what are you crying for? Our Brother Xiao hasnʼt even cried yet, who can we reason with about that?]

[Stop scolding, stop scolding. If youʼre feeling sad, you can click to pre-order No Bait for the May Day season~]

Ding Wanyuʼs move of breaking before building, relying solely on her livestream, forcefully reversed the situation.

No one knew how she managed to calmly talk about her past two relationships while facing the overwhelming malice in the bullet comments. But after this livestream, no one pressed Ding Wanyu further about her child. Compared to being the villain digging into the privacy of a widow and her orphaned child, everyone was more inclined to dig deep into the top idol Sun Yuyangʼs marriage scam behavior.

After all, the latter involved hiding debt, using marriage as bait, attempting to obtain the Female Sideʼs substantial assets through marriage, possibly involving fraudulent behavior. And the fact that Sun Yuyang, an idol who shouldnʼt lack money, was actually short of money—the reason behind this was truly intriguing.

So very soon, a video allegedly showing a chance encounter with Sun Yuyang near a famous casino in a certain country went viral across the internet.

Sun Yuyangʼs side, which had originally planned to play dead and let Ding Wanyu absorb all the heat, never expected to finally get scorched by this fire.

When Xiao He returned to the event venue, he learned that Director Ning had gotten into a fight with someone.

Huh?

Director Ning got into a fight?

The first time Xiao He heard this news, he was stunned, then he dug at his own ear.

”Who did he fight with?”

It was really hard to imagine that Director Ning, a man of his age, would get into a heated argument with anyone.

”Itʼs all because of the online public opinion—”

A staff member from the production team said vaguely. Just then, Assistant Director Xu Fuxue came running out from inside. Seeing Xiao He, he let out a long sigh of relief: ”Youʼve worked hard. Iʼve seen the situation online. Director Ning is busy right now, heʼll be out in a moment.”

”I heard Director Ning...?”

Xiao He looked inquiringly at Xu Fuxue.

”Ahem, Director Ning just had a little... meeting with an old friend. Itʼs fine, itʼs fine.”

Xu Fuxue said with a laugh.

”Iʼm fine.”

Ning Jiaqi patted his hands, which had some hair from who-knows-where on them, let out a heavy breath, and shook his head with a smile at everyone.

”The premiere of No Bait was a great success. Almost as soon as the film ended, distributors started handing us their business cards non-stop. Several judges also seemed quite fond of your character.”

Ning Jiaqi said to Xiao He as they walked, then paused, letting out a regretful sigh as he apologized to Xiao He: ”Iʼm sorry. Originally, as the lead, you should have been with us, accepting media interviews and photos, letting more people get to know you.”

Instead of not even having time to attend your own filmʼs premiere, rushing off to deal with the public opinion storm on the domestic internet.

Tracing it back, this whole incident was actually caused by him.

This made Ning Jiaqi feel rather embarrassed, finding it quite shameful.

Xiao He, however, didnʼt mind. He directly comforted him: ”Itʼs fine, Director Ning. No Bait is outstanding enough. Even if I didnʼt make an appearance this time, No Bait will take my face, my name, to the whole world, letting more people know me, know I exist.”

The behind-the-scenes might be easily overlooked, but he is the lead! The absolute lead of No Bait.

As long as No Bait can go further, he can go further!

So Xiao He didnʼt share Director Ningʼs regret.

”But Director Ning, why did you go to that screening room? Isnʼt No Baitʼs on the other side?”

Xiao He asked, feigning confusion.

Ning Jiaqi instantly snapped out of his regretful mood, immediately switching to a furious mode: ”It was that bastard Sun Gong! Shameless himself, yet he still wants to deliberately suppress us. Really giving him too much face—”

It turned out Sun Gong and Ning Jiaqi were originally directors who knew each other within the Beijing circle. They had collaborated during their early days when building their careers. Later, they each started their own film and television-related companies, gradually developing a competitive relationship.

However, because on the surface they were both representative directors of the Beijing circle, and from time to time had to compete with the outside Hong Kong circle and later the Shanghai circle to seize the mainland market, their relationship appeared quite good to outsiders.

But in reality, the two of them had always been secretly comparing and suppressing each other.

Back then, it was still popular to go abroad for ”gilding” — meaning to win awards overseas. On one hand, it was an internal task from the authorities above, and on the other hand, it was naturally the directorsʼ yearning for the foreign film scene. So this almost became a fervent pursuit for many directors, and the young and vigorous Ning Jiaqi was naturally no exception.