In Huang Qi’s imagination, this advocate for justice should be someone slightly idealistic who couldn’t stand injustice and then spoke out for the suffering—perhaps the image of a tech geek of sorts.
How could someone like that be acquainted with a CCTV producer like him?
Huang Qi was astonished.
"I am Liu Lan, we met recently at a CCTV banquet," the recognizable female voice on the phone explained.
For a moment, Huang Qi couldn’t recall who she was, so he vaguely replied, "Oh, Miss Liu."
Liu Lan didn’t mind his vagueness and was more interested in the meaning behind the Douyin account, ’Justice Advocate.’
The person calling wasn’t a scammer, then what did ’Justice Advocate’ mean, and why had they called her phone?
Huang Qi hurriedly explained over the phone.
A video creator who exposed a financial company on Douyin?
Because this account had previously interacted frequently with hers, so he guessed it might be a relative or friend of hers?
What kind of reasoning was this?
Liu Lan frowned, the more she listened, the more confused she became.
Since when did she have friends who were video creators, let alone one with such a silly name as ’Justice Advocate’?
Liu Lan’s heart skipped a beat, "What’s the name of the financial company he exposed?"
Wasn’t that the name of the company investing in Wang Ren’s series?
And with this slightly ’chuunibyo’ name...could it be him...?
Liu Lan’s expression turned somewhat astonished.
But she still wasn’t quite sure, "Send me the video to have a look."
She quickly received the video link from Huang Qi.
After watching the video for a while, she was certain.
The frequent interactions with her account, the ’chuunibyo’ name, the conflict with Li Hu, and the addition of a new song in the video that she had never heard before.
If it wasn’t him, then who else?
"He really is a jack of all trades, now even video production is in his skill set."
It was one thing to know how to make videos, but casually creating a viral hit with tens of millions of views, so much so that CCTV went out of their way to contact him.
Liu Lan’s face was cold, and deep inside she felt a complex annoyance that was hard to articulate.
If it weren’t for the fact that the caller was from CCTV and they might collaborate in the future, she would have probably hung up the call immediately.
Even so, she had no mood to talk about that person.
After glancing at Su Meng nearby, who looked somewhat puzzled, she tossed her phone towards her, aloofly saying, "It’s your good friend they’re looking for, you talk to them."
Su Meng’s whole demeanor stiffened slightly in surprise, taking the phone with a hesitant hand.
On the other end, Huang Qi was undoubtedly even more puzzled, not understanding why the person on the call had suddenly become angry.
Fortunately, the person who took over the phone seemed to know ’Justice Advocate’ as well, and after hearing their introduction, agreed to help get in touch with ’Justice Advocate’ himself.
Finally getting to contact the main subject, Huang Qi felt good and asked, "By the way, what’s the name of the ’Justice Advocate’ teacher, how should we address him?"
Su Meng glanced at the WeChat page that had an instant reply from her good friend and softly said, "Wu Mu."
"The surname Wu? That’s rare, and it also happens to share the name of a celebrity in the industry, haha..."
After laughing twice, Huang’s laughter stopped abruptly.
He was silent for two seconds, "Wu Mu?"
Soon, with Su Meng’s help, Huang Qi met with Wu Mu himself at Wu Mu’s home.
Seeing the face before him, excessively handsome, Huang Qi undoubtedly felt a bit of strangeness in his heart.
He now understood why that person had been unhappy over the phone earlier.
Liu Lan, wasn’t she the female lead from the widely publicized housing collapse incident?
He could never have dreamed that the so-called "partner of justice" would turn out to be Wu Mu, the former top influencer from the housing collapse incident.
No matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t associate the image of Wu Mu, an idol and star, with that of a video creator.
An idealist stepping in to help the underdog, right, some idealist!
This guy was purely seeking vengeance!
After learning Wu Mu’s name, Huang Qi immediately contacted someone to investigate, and he quickly learned about the discord between Wu Mu and Li Hu. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ nοvelfire.net
Wu Mu’s video was clearly an act of retaliation against Li Hu.
However, he really couldn’t fathom the thought process behind it, how could someone come up with the idea to create a video to expose and take revenge?
And what’s crucial is, he actually managed to do it.
Not only did it garner nearly twenty million views, but it even attracted the attention of their program team.
If Wu Mu’s video really made it onto their show... there’s no doubt about it, Li Hu’s company would be finished.
But that didn’t concern him anymore; his primary objective was to better complete the task handed down from above.
He didn’t beat around the bush and straightforwardly stated his purpose for the visit, not even hiding the matter with Bee Finance.
There was no need to hide it anyway, with such a big move, Bee Finance couldn’t possibly be unaware of the rumors; the battle was already in the open.
Listening to Huang Qi’s introduction, Wu Mu couldn’t help but gasp in surprise.
Atong is going to extremes, aren’t they?
Just for deleting one video, they want someone’s business dead?
Merely making it onto the Deep Insight show was one thing, it wasn’t necessarily the end of the road, and with the right connections, some sort of rectification might even be possible.
But to be featured on the show as a pawn for a behemoth like Bee Finance, that was definitely going to be the end.
Li Hu’s platform would naturally be associated with Bee Finance to some extent and then targeted by the authorities as an example.
Following the show’s broadcast, whether it was to set an example or to clear the air, the authorities would certainly start by cracking down on Li Hu’s platform.
Even Wu Mu guessed that the producer, Huang Qi, might have harbored thoughts of creating a target for the authorities.
Wu Mu certainly hadn’t expected the situation to escalate to this extent.
He merely used a Performance Card worth ten million, and it had unexpectedly implicated a behemoth platform with a market value in the trillions.
Wu Mu naturally didn’t object to his video being used as a lead-in for the program.
However, when it came to Huang Qi wanting him to appear on camera for an interview segment on the show, Wu Mu flatly refused.
Although this could be an opportunity to reappear on CCTV and he would certainly earn some points,
the potential return was insignificant compared to the risks.
He didn’t want to get involved in the struggles of a trillion-dollar behemoth platform—God knows how many stakeholders were behind it.
Going on the show personally would certainly lead to resentment from numerous people.
If it were trouble he had caused himself, he wouldn’t care much, but being unjustly resented for something not of his making just seemed too unfair.
Huang Qi undoubtedly regretted his refusal but understood the risks and did not press further.
After gathering the story behind the creation of Wu Mu’s video and exchanging contact information, Huang Qi didn’t linger; he rushed back to prepare for the new episode of the show.
ps: The first Chapter yesterday, the second Chapter and the two Chapters today were written in the afternoon.