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Chapter 94: Chapter 87: Tax Time, Not Nap Time

However, after reading the announcement, Chen Mo was still a little surprised.

Although he had long known Ai Yikun was headed for a career-ending scandal and was aware of his drunk driving and solicitation of prostitutes, he just hadn’t expected the man to be such an overachiever.

Ai Yikun had even committed tax evasion!

’He’d stacked every possible debuff.’

In that case, he totally had it coming.

After all, in the Chinese entertainment industry, the bar for male celebrities was already terrifyingly low.

As long as you paid the taxes you owed and didn’t sleep with people you shouldn’t, you were basically in the clear.

But as for Ai Yikun? He didn’t pay the taxes he was supposed to and slept with everyone he wasn’t.

So it would’ve made no sense for him not to get canceled.

’Looks like the negotiations with that woman fell through.’

It was obvious to Chen Mo that the story had broken so quickly because the hush money negotiations had failed.

After all, Ai Yikun had given him 6.5 million in compensation. That woman would have definitely demanded just as much.

But Ai Yikun might not have had that much cash to spare.

Besides, even if Ai Yikun sold everything he owned to give that woman the same amount of money as Chen Mo, it’s not like he could just rest easy.

’A woman who’s in that line of work... what kind of morals or credibility could she possibly have?’

’She might just come back to Ai Yikun for more money once she’d spent it all.’

’Basically treating Ai Yikun like her personal ATM.’

’Ai Yikun probably figured as much, which is why he wouldn’t give her the money.’

’So, the negotiations fell apart, and the woman just blew the whistle on him?’

Chen Mo imagined the back-and-forth between Ai Yikun and the woman.

Meanwhile, the outside world was completely floored by the announcement.

Wait, what?

Ai Someone?

Which Ai Someone?

People who saw the announcement could hardly believe their eyes.

Although the police announcement didn’t give a full name, just "Ai Someone" was more than enough.

Because after "Ai Someone," there was a parenthetical that listed his two professions: actor and singer.

A male celebrity in the Chinese entertainment industry with the surname Ai, who was both a singer and an actor... there seemed to be only one...

The one and only Ai Yikun, who had just won an award in Modu a few days ago and had been a trending topic on Weibo for days.

However, with this announcement, that trending topic would likely be extended for a few more days.

Actually, what trending topic? Weibo itself had crashed...

Ai Yikun really was a top-tier celebrity. The announcement had been out for less than ten minutes, and it had already crashed the social media platform’s servers.

Fortunately, this sort of thing had happened before, so Weibo quickly resolved the issue by bringing more servers online.

The trending topics list and all other functions were restored to normal.

#AiYikunsDownfall

#AiYikunProstitutionDrunkDrivingTaxEvasion

#HongyinJingtongDeniesAiSomeoneIsAiYikun

#ConfirmedItIsAiYikun

#InsiderRevealsAiYikunPreviously...

#AiYikunReportedlySleptWithFemaleProducersForRoles...

#JailTimeSagaAddsAnotherStar

#...

Chen Mo looked at the trending topics and found that eight of the top ten were related to Ai Yikun.

Truly a top-tier celebrity whose signed photos could sell for 20,000 a piece.

His reputation was well-earned.

This, however, would be his final blaze of glory.

Moreover, he discovered that plenty of people wanted to see Ai Yikun completely destroyed.

They were fishing in troubled waters, dredging up all sorts of unverified stories.

It was probably the work of rival companies.

After all, when a wall is about to fall, everyone gives it a push.

"Getting hit with even one of those would be insane. For Ai Yikun to have all three at once is just beyond belief."

"He seemed so humble and polite on camera. I never thought he was so wild in his private life."

"Isn’t that just how the entertainment industry is? You can never trust what you see on screen."

"I’ve disliked him for a long time. Now that he’s finally crashed and burned, it’s a day of national celebration!"

"I just watched one of his movies yesterday. Now I feel tainted."

"You won’t even be able to watch it tomorrow. It’ll probably get pulled from all platforms."

"Damn, the director and investors must be livid. The movie was just released; they haven’t even recouped their costs yet."

"..."

Everyone was stunned by the news and talking about Ai Yikun.

They were mostly just casual observers, grabbing their popcorn to enjoy the show.

Chen Mo suddenly thought of something and clicked into Ai Yikun’s Super Topic page.

The moment he entered, he was met with a flood of posts.

"Boycott scandal-ridden celebrities! Get out of the entertainment industry!"

"I must’ve been blind to be his fan!"

"My world is ending. I just spent 30,000 on his signed photo yesterday, and now I feel sick just looking at it."

"Fans of Celebrity Zhang here to welcome the refugees! You can switch to our idol, he..."

"Why would he rather pay for it than be with me?"

"?"

"..."

Chen Mo scanned the posts and saw that most people were reacting rationally.

Even if they had been loyal fans, most were quick to cut ties once their idol was involved in something illegal.

Of course, there was no shortage of delusional stans, still wondering why their precious idol would rather pay for sex than be with them.

This kind of thinking was just insane, and many people who saw the comment immediately started flaming her for it.

’What a completely different picture from yesterday.’

Chen Mo couldn’t help but snicker. He remembered how when he’d come here yesterday to sell the signed photos, everyone had been calling Ai Yikun their beloved "idol."

Then, he checked Hongyin Jingtong’s stock price.

As expected, the capital market’s reaction is always the swiftest.

The news of Ai Yikun’s scandal had only been out for ten to twenty minutes.

Hongyin Jingtong’s stock price had plummeted from a healthy green +10% in the morning to a blood-red -10%.

It was a 10% swing either way, but the difference was night and day.

Any institutions and retail investors who bought in at the limit-up price this morning had just experienced a direct drop from limit-up to limit-down—a 20% loss!

Talk about getting wrecked.

Just as Chen Mo had expected, the institutional and retail investors who had increased their positions in Hongyin Jingtong this morning were all completely blindsided by the sudden news.

"Dude, seriously? Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on?!"

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