Xia's father buttoned the table and signaled Su Ye to explain the matter clearly.
"It was Shen Zizhuo who framed him," Su Ye said.
Xia's father's face darkened: "I know it's him, but why did Jingze admit it? You said it was Acheng's intention, what on earth did he plan?"
"A Cheng only said four words." Su Ye imitated Ye Lancheng's tone and said four words: "If you don't break, you won't establish!"
"If you don't destroy it, you won't establish it?" Xia's father thought about it for a while. After a while, he vaguely understood what Ye Lancheng meant, and then frowned: "Is the risk of doing this too high?"
Xia's father has been in a high position for a long time and has many ties behind him. He is not as courageous as when he was young. Now he prefers to act steadily and think twice before doing anything. If the predicted result is not ideal, he will generally not take risks.
"Dad, we have to believe in Ah Cheng." Su Ye grew up with Ye Lancheng and has never questioned any of Ye Lancheng's decisions. Although he still doesn't know Ye Lancheng's detailed plan, he will still support him unconditionally.
Xia's father pondered for a while, and finally asked uneasy: "Do you know his specific plan?"
Su Ye shook his head. He didn't need to know at all. He just had to cooperate with Ye Lan at the right time, just like Xia Jingze did last night.
"He is still like this." Xia's father sighed and suddenly gave a bitter smile: "Aye, sometimes I think Acheng is more suitable to be a politician than a businessman."
Su Ye smiled and said nothing. A very smart person would succeed no matter what he did.
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The incident of Xia Jingze being detained for taking drugs made a big fuss, and the consequences followed. All the endorsers he represented terminated their contracts, all advertisements were removed from the shelves, and all cooperation contracts that had been signed were also broken, and these breaches of contract were all caused by Xia Jingze
Xia Jingze must bear all the losses caused unilaterally. The astronomical figures were placed in front of him, making Lu Kai jump up and down anxiously.
At the same time, movies that were currently being released were also forcibly removed from the shelves, and the relevant departments even received a report that Xia Jingze's studio had lied about its box office and relied on the studio to launder money. The relevant departments have begun an investigation.
All the money in Xia Jingze's personal account was used to compensate for breach of contract. This was not enough. Su Ye took out several astronomical sums to make up for the shortfall. The amount of compensation had already exceeded the estimate, and the gap was getting bigger and bigger.
Xia's father was also under investigation. The Discipline Inspection Commission filed multiple charges against him. Some people even proposed that he be placed under double supervision and isolated for investigation, but this was temporarily dismissed.
Song Jiaren didn't tell Xia Jingze these things when she went to see him. She brought him his usual toiletries and a change of clothes, as well as a new quilt from home, and some food, for fear that he would be there.
I feel a little wronged inside.
Xia Jingze was in a good mood and kept making her happy. After Song Jiaren came out of the detention center, looking at the blue sky and white clouds above her head, she suddenly felt that things were not that bad, because at least they were all alive and well, as long as they were still alive.
An insurmountable hurdle.
Driving back to the law firm, Song Jiaren's assistant came in as soon as she entered the office: "Lawyer Song, someone is looking for you. They have been waiting for a long time."
"Who?" Song Jiaren didn't remember that she had an appointment with a client today.
"He said his name was Zhang Yuanwei." The assistant didn't recognize him either, so he just invited the person into the reception room to wait.
Song Jiaren was startled: "Zhang Yuanwei?"
"Yes." The assistant asked cautiously: "See you? How about I send him away?"
The assistant knew that Song Jiaren was in a bad mood and something happened to Xia Jingze, so she probably wasn't in the mood to meet guests.
"Forget it, let him come in." Song Jiaren said, rubbing her brows.
The assistant snorted and ran out to bring Zhang Yuanwei in.
This was the first time Song Jiaren saw Zhang Yuanwei face-to-face after many years. Last time he was wearing a hat and his head lowered on the street, so she didn't see his full appearance. At this moment, he looked like he had just escaped from the refugee area.
Likewise, his beard hadn't been shaved for who knows how many days, his clothes were rumpled, and his arms were still in plaster. He looked as embarrassed as he could.
"You look more like a street singer." Song Jiaren had long been relieved of the harm he had caused, and she had no inner fluctuations when they met, and teased her calmly.
Zhang Yuanwei felt a little embarrassed, sat down opposite her, and said, "I was kidnapped."
"Oh." Song Jiaren pointed to the phone on the table: "I can lend you your phone to call the police."
Zhang Yuanwei shook his head: "That's not what I meant, beautiful lady. The people who kidnapped me wanted me to harm you, but I didn't agree to them."
Song Jiaren was stunned for a moment.
Zhang Yuanwei continued: "I don't know who they are. After they took me away, they said that as long as I did what they wanted, they would give me a large sum of money. I have hurt you once, and what happened that time made me sad."
I feel guilty to this day, and I don’t want to make the same mistake again. I didn’t agree with them, so they locked me up.
I was just released today, and as soon as I came out, I saw something happened to Xia Jingze. I suspect that Xia Jingze was coerced by them before admitting that he took drugs. I can help you testify and prove that Xia Jingze is innocent."
Song Jiaren was stunned again: "You...what did you say? Jingze was under coercion! What did he threaten Jingze with?"
"You." Zhang Yuanwei said.
"Me?" Song Jiaren's pupils shrank: "How could it be me?"
Song Jiaren really couldn't imagine that she had any leverage in Shen Zizhuo's hands, so that Xia Jingze had to admit that he was taking drugs just for that leverage.
"It should be yours..." Zhang Yuanwei said the next words euphemistically: "Some bad photos."
"What bad photos? What bad photos do I have?" Song Jiaren didn't understand what Zhang Yuanwei meant at all.
Zhang Yuanwei simply told Song Jiaren what Lian Jun said about the cooperation.
After Lian Jun invited him away that day, he asked him if he had any nude photos of Song Jiaren, and he said no. Lian Jun also said that he could create them. After all, he was Song Jiaren's ex-boyfriend, and his ex-boyfriend had nude photos of his ex-girlfriend.
This is human nature.
Zhang Yuanwei smiled bitterly. When he and Song Jiaren were in love, apart from holding hands and kissing on the cheek, they never kissed each other. There were no nude photos. Song Jiaren was very conservative at that time. He did not dare to seek quick success and instant gain, and never crossed the line.
He didn't want to create any fake nude photos to tarnish Song Jiaren's reputation. After rejecting Lian Jun, Lian Jun didn't do anything to him. He just knocked him out and locked him up. He didn't let him go until today.
Seeing that there were overwhelming news outside about Xia Jingze's drug abuse, he vaguely felt that this matter was related to what Lian Jun said, so he hurriedly came to find Song Jiaren, hoping that he could do something small.