Mistaking My Sister-In-Law for My Wife After Getting Drunk!-Chapter 558 Trouble Occurred

After hanging up the call, Xu Yang said to Ma Yangrong, "Let’s use the last resort, he’s asking for it."

Since the moment Ma Yangrong learned that Li Guangliang would help Lin Lijian, he delved into a thorough investigation on Li Guangliang, uncovering a lot of unknown information about him.

Initially, if Li Guangliang hadn’t gone too far, there would have been no need to use this information.

Now, there was no choice but to use it.

"Okay," Ma Yangrong immediately got busy.

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Capital city.

Starlight Film and Television Company.

Li Guangliang put down his phone, disdainfully curling his lips, "Threatening me, do you have the qualifications? Today’s events are just the beginning. If you don’t give me the shares from Jiangdilao, I will make you lose everything!"

As a member of the Li Family, he had a strong sense of superiority.

Looking at Xu Yang was like looking at a country bumpkin.

Despite Xu Yang becoming a billionaire within a year.

Despite every investment Xu Yang made yielding astonishing returns.

Despite Xu Yang’s network in the business community reaching the highest levels.

He still didn’t think Xu Yang was comparable to him.

After all, he was a member of the Li Family, and even as a side branch member, he was much more impressive than Xu Yang.

At that moment, the assistant burst through the door and said in a panic, "President Li, something terrible has happened!"

Li Guangliang frowned, "What happened?"

He had never seen his assistant this flustered before.

Clearly, it was a serious matter.

The assistant took a deep breath before saying, "President Li, someone online is claiming that our company’s artists have falsified their popularity!"

Li Guangliang replied with dissatisfaction, "Isn’t it common for people to say our artists forge their popularity? Moreover, it’s an industry norm. Almost every artist has some level of falsification in their popularity. Does that kind of issue really make you so anxious and flustered?"

The assistant explained, "President Lin, that’s only part of it. Now, many media are starting from the issue of artist popularity fraud and discussing the high pay of celebrities, and from the high pay of celebrities, they’re moving on to discuss falsification of box office figures..."

Upon hearing this, Li Guangliang’s face changed, "What, how could this happen?"

He didn’t care about artist popularity fraud or the high pay of celebrities.

But when it came to falsification of box office numbers, that was a matter he couldn’t ignore.

Many young idol actors liked to star in movies; in a movie with a budget of a hundred million, if an idol actor didn’t take more than half of the compensation, they’d be embarrassed to say they were in demand.

However, although each movie starring these idols was pursued by fans, not a single one was well-received by the general movie-going audience.

In other words, only fans would watch those movies; ordinary movie-goers wouldn’t bother.

But how many fans were there?

Movies with such a high investment couldn’t even break even, let alone make a profit.

So why were there still so many movies starring these young idols?

Are the investors idiots? Engaging in unprofitable ventures?

Are those buying the rights idiots too?

Would someone pay a high price for the rights to a movie that no one watches?

Moreover, no matter how badly those movies were made, people would still go see them.

How could this be?

The reason is simple: everything is fake.

The investors’ money, of unknown origin.

The source of this c𝐨ntent is freёnovelkiss.com.

Registering a company randomly to invest in film production, where no one can trace the source of the funds.

The high earnings claimed by these young idols are not entirely theirs.

Even the hottest idols, if they can take 20% of their compensation home, that’s already impressive.

And the 80%? That’s taken by the company.

This 80% thus becomes legal income.

By now, many people should understand.

Using fresh-faced young actors to shoot films without regard to cost is money laundering, and so are those organizations that spend huge sums to buy copyrights.

As for box office receipts, they’re even easier to fabricate—phantom screenings are a very typical method.

Once the box office numbers go up and the taxes are paid, it becomes legal income.

The company managed by Li Guangliang is extremely skilled at money laundering, which is also the primary source of profit for Starlight Film and Television Company.

His company has the most fresh-faced young actors in the entire entertainment industry.

There are many famous ones, and even more unknowns.

Do not assume that only popular young actors can make money for him.

In fact, those lesser-known young actors are no less capable of making money.

Just look at the number of films being shot nationwide, and it’s clear that movies starring famous celebrities are in the minority.

The bulk comes from films featuring unknown actors.

After all, if there’s no real interest in genuine box office returns, you can imagine what the situation is like.

The inside story of these affairs is known to very few.

Ordinary people at most are aware of phantom screenings creating false box office receipts.

But now, if the mainstream media starts discussing this, it would threaten Li Guangliang’s very life.

Li Guangliang immediately issued an order, "Direct all the artists signed with our company to maintain silence; if anyone dares to utter anything detrimental to the company, I’ll make their life a living hell. Also, inform our clients to go on an overseas trip!"

"Yes, sir." The assistant, being Li Guangliang’s confidant, naturally knew what to do and left to carry out the orders.

Seeing the assistant leave, Li Guangliang breathed a sigh of relief.

If the methods of money laundering were exposed, it wouldn’t be too big of a deal.

At most, it would attract attention from the relevant departments.

As long as there is no evidence, no one can do anything to him.

Moreover, he had the support of the Li family.

After a moment of silence, he picked up his phone and dialed a number, "Boss Wu, we can no longer collaborate. You should have seen the news, someone is targeting me..."

He made dozens of calls, all to notify clients of the termination of their collaboration.

These clients all held substantial funds but dared not use them.

Only through Li Guangliang could this money become legitimate income.

Now that Li Guangliang had terminated the collaboration, their source of legitimate income was cut off.

So, upon hearing that someone was targeting Li Guangliang, each one stated they would definitely settle the matter and deal with the person targeting Li Guangliang.

This was the outcome Li Guangliang wanted.

The result was swift.

Half an hour after he made his calls, the news about the related topic discussion in the media disappeared without a trace.

If you hadn’t seen the news yourself, you wouldn’t believe it had ever existed.

Those who had seen the news could mostly guess what was going on.

But guessing only gets you so far; at most you’ll rant about it on your social media account or a forum, to no effect whatsoever.

What’s more, if you rant too much, you might even get banned.

Seeing this, Li Guangliang’s face broke into a smile.

"Xu Yang, with just that bit of skill, you still want to threaten me? Who gave you the courage?"

"You’re about to face the collective pressure from my clients, you’re finished!"

Li Guangliang muttered with a cold laugh.

With his clients suppressing the news, they were certain to take action against Xu Yang.

The power of those people was beyond imagination; to ruin Xu Yang and break his family was no difficult task at all.

At that moment, the assistant burst through the door, looking anxious and flustered, "President Li, something big has happened!"

Li Guangliang furrowed his brow, "What’s happened now?"

How could anything go wrong now that he had taken care of everything?