Rise and Slay: From Scandal Queen to Academic Genius-Chapter 56: Zhao Ren Is Only the Beginning

[Laughing my ass off, the fastest slap in the face in the entertainment industry!]

[Your Brother Zhao is already inside, yet you’re still being stubborn!]

The livestream chat was in an uproar.

Many law students on Weibo had already compiled specific evidence of infringement and violations, all from just one little livestream. A whole list of issues could be drawn from it.

Many people listed them out and posted them under Ji Xizhi’s Weibo.

Ji Xizhi leisurely poured herself a cup of tea and started explaining to the fans in the comment section, slowly and methodically.

If some parts were inadequately written, Ji Xizhi added supplements to them.

If some evidence chains weren’t clear enough, Ji Xizhi gave them demonstrations on how to reorganize and clarify the logic.

By the time she finished her cup of tea, Ji Xizhi had concluded her lesson, and the evidence of infringement and violations from the entire livestream had been fully collected.

Perfect!

She casually drafted a complaint, submitted the evidence info to the court, and officially sued the live course-selling platform.

Many students who bought the courses saw the detailed explanations in Ji Xizhi’s Weibo comments and stormed into the livestream demanding refunds.

[Give us our money back, hurry up! What you’re selling is completely illegal!!!]

[If you don’t refund, I’ll sue you!]

Many began to wield the weapon of law to protect their legitimate rights.

Qian Ying and the host both gaped at the uncontrollably fast-scrolling comments on the live chat.

Especially Qian Ying, who had just pledged support for Zhao Ren on the street, only to see him arrested right after she spoke up.

She was so bombarded with criticism that she couldn’t even maintain the pretense, and hurriedly ended her broadcast.

The course-selling host, seeing the increasing refund requests and lawsuit notifications, couldn’t handle it alone and had to shut down the stream.

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After filing the lawsuit, Ji Xizhi saw the freshly released police report on Weibo, her expression calm.

She’s always preferred the most direct method to clarify everything.

A police report is far more convincing than any clarification she could post on Weibo.

The direction on Weibo quickly reversed due to that report.

Spectators and Hangxing Entertainment’s keyboard warriors were all stunned.

[Holy shit, it’s really true!!!]

[What the hell, Zhao Ren was also involved in threatening rape??? Has he lost his mind!]

[I want to punch Zhao Ren to death, he said in the morning that they were always partners? Is this how he treats partners!]

[I’m so angry, I’m trembling all over! I can’t even imagine what he did to our dear Zhi Zhi!]

[Don’t worry, Zhi Zhi must be fine, she’s so capable, but Zhao Ren must rot in jail!]

[I apologize for my previous attitude of eating popcorn, I’ll bulldoze Hangxing Entertainment tomorrow!!!]

[Eating popcorn over this hits home, my dear little star is also with Hangxing, I’m really scared, could they have been threatened by Hangxing Entertainment too!]

One official report immediately put an end to all previous speculation and discussion.

Many onlookers even found the drama close to home, especially seeing Zhao Ren’s charges involving threats of sexual assault, which angered nearly all the fans.

Even those who weren’t Ji Xizhi’s fans were outraged; if no one spoke out for Ji Xizhi now, more events like this would happen!

The massive fan community directly charged to Hangxing Entertainment’s official Weibo, fiercely questioning them.

[Are your company’s managers all like this? Blackmailing artists with threats of sexual assault for resources?]

[Isn’t this criminal behavior condoned by your company?]

[Do Zhao Ren’s actions have anything to do with other managers at the company?]

[A female artist had previously claimed she wanted to break her contract with you, but you refused, and nothing came of it. Did you threaten her with illegal means as well?]

A series of questions nearly turned Hangxing Entertainment’s official Weibo upside down.

The higher-ups at Hangxing Entertainment were so angry they practically blew steam from their heads.

In the morning, Zhao Ren had confidently promised they could handle Ji Xizhi, and yet he ended up handling himself right into jail!!!

The executives held an emergency meeting overnight and then quickly posted a statement on Weibo to distance themselves.

Hangxing Entertainment: We solemnly declare we were unaware of the events relating to our manager Zhao Ren. Although Zhao Ren is an employee of our company, his personal actions are not under our company’s control. We will fully cooperate with the police investigation into the contents of the police report. If illegal acts are indeed found, we will not shield him. We are committed to ensuring the personal safety of our contracted artists.

After posting the statement, they also spent lavishly to buy a bunch of marketing accounts to speak favorably for the company, attempting to shift the focus back to Ji Xizhi and Zhao Ren.

But they failed to divert attention for even a minute before the fans attacked again.

Compared to the police report, this official statement without even a stamp was useless, and no one bought it.

[Laughing, you sure distanced yourselves quickly, anyway you’re claiming ignorance!]

[When Ji Xizhi was being slandered, why didn’t you come out to steadfastly stand up for her? Now that something’s happened, you jump out, how entertaining!]

[I watched the location in one of the videos; Ji Xizhi’s incident happened at your company. Zhao Ren broke the law, you can’t escape responsibility either!]

[The video leaked from your company, and you have no responsibility? Is your legal department doing nothing?]

[Laughable, I don’t think there’s anyone abiding by the law at Hangxing Entertainment. I have reasons to suspect issues with oppressive contracts, and I carefully reviewed Ji Xizhi’s Weibo from a few days ago and found the contract terms quite tricky!]

Hangxing Entertainment’s official Weibo was on the brink of being overwhelmed.

Ji Xizhi looked on as the comments from various sides on Weibo became increasingly organized, some even citing legal statutes, feeling a sense of gratification.

She glanced down at the distancing remarks from Hangxing Entertainment’s official Weibo, tapping her fingers rhythmically on the table.

Zhao Ren was just the beginning.

Ji Xizhi pulled out the criminal law book from her table and flipped it open.

The next in line should be Hangxing Entertainment!

As soon as the official police report was released on Weibo, Ji Xizhi’s phone buzzed with several messages.

Director Wang, Qi Zheng, He Qing among others had sent messages over.

Interestingly enough, the usual chatter in the Dark Shark King Director Alliance group had fallen silent.

They had met Ji Xizhi while participating in a variety show; prior to this, most of them had only seen some scandal topics about her online.

After joining the show and meeting Ji Xizhi, everyone had heard her talk about wanting to leave the industry. At the time, they all thought she was joking; no one expected there was such a story behind it.

Seeing the report now, even the most talkative Zhu Xiu’an in the group was at a loss for words.

They, being part of the entertainment industry, had heard these kinds of things more or less, yet when it happened so close to them and to a newly made friend, they found it hard to bear.

Ji Xizhi’s desire to leave the industry was genuine because she truly had endured too much, no wonder she was adamant about studying law.

In the Dark Shark King Director Alliance, none of them dared to speak rashly.

They didn’t dare to ask or persuade, fearing they might mention something that would make Ji Xizhi feel worse.

As the group sat in silence into the night, Zhu Xiu’an suddenly posted a message on Weibo.

Zhu Xiu’an V: Isn’t it just studying? I’ll fight to the end!

Attached was a picture of a pending order for all sorts of study materials and exercises on Taobao.

All of them were the ones Ji Xizhi previously recommended in the group.

After posting on Weibo, he proudly forwarded it to the group.

Protect me with wisdom: @All members Isn’t it just studying! I’m totally OK!!!

Ji Xizhi had just completed her study plan for the day and opened her phone to see Zhu Xiu’an’s new order of books and exercises.

Ji Xizhi: ? He’s enlightened too?

She casually gave Zhu Xiu’an a like, then kindly shared more books and resources in his comment section.

Ji Xizhi V replied to Zhu Xiu’an V: After you’re done with these, you can read these next few books; they are for deep analysis, it’s important to dig deep into the issues.

Zhu Xiu’an: ?

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