Chapter 70: Chapter 70: A Few More Cans of Formula as Tribute

Zou Ying’s persona in various variety shows is that of a “Gambling King” who likes to bet with people, sometimes winning, sometimes losing, always making for good entertainment.

Upon hearing Xu Ying’s challenge to a bet, he immediately responded righteously, “Alright then, if my buddy’s got a problem, I’ll donate a million to the Desert Rescue Station, and I’ll kneel down and apologize to you guys, even kowtow to your dogs and foxes, calling them ’Dad’. How about that!”

The ear foxes, hearing this man who was heavy with hostility and aggression, shook their heads like rattles, pouting disdainfully: [No, no, we don’t want someone like this as a son. We’re still babies.]

Fox Boss snorted: [But we could let him provide a few more cans of milk powder for us.]

Xu Ying soothingly patted their little heads.

A few cans of milk powder? A few hundred cans would be fine!

Opposite, Zou Ying was clearly brimming with confidence: “Qiao Yuxi, when you tried to smear my brother, I already had the lawyer gathering evidence and preparing to sue you for defamation.”

“Now you want to bet with me, so if I successfully sue you for defamation, you guys have to kneel and apologize to me and my good buddy, kowtow to my turtle, calling it ’Dad’, and compensate us three million for reputational damage.”

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yuxi squinted her eyes, “We’re asking you to donate one million, and you want us to pay three million. Doesn’t seem quite right, does it?”

“Why is it not right?” Zou Ying retorted confidently, “The reputational damage to me and my brother, the trouble you’ve caused us, all of this requires compensation.”

Xu Ying had already figured out their temperament. Her dark almond eyes sparkled with cunning, “Then why don’t you mention that as a victim in this disappearance case, Yuxi is now being mobbed online by tens of thousands of netizens as a scheming girl, exploited by you so-called righteous people for hype, and the emotional damage she’s suffered?”

She shook her head, full of disdain, “I saw you probably don’t even have a million, that’s why I suggested a million. Since you’re making such a huge demand, why not change it to donating three million to our rescue station instead.”

Xu Ying gently nudged Qiao Yuxi with her shoulder.

Qiao Yuxi caught on quickly, immediately putting on an arrogant face, “He probably doesn’t have three million, huh. So he’s trying to milk us, a gold digger!”

“Always saying, pure feelings are more important than money, but in reality, no one wants money more than you.”

Qiao Yuxi, having majored in directing and screenwriting at the Film Academy, occasionally played the role of a malicious supporting actress or a villain when unable to find crew members or actors for assignments, was adept at provoking others when agitated.

Many netizens in the live broadcast room couldn’t stand it and started speaking up for Zou Ying.

[Who are you calling a gold digger? Our Zou Ying is so talented; even one song’s copyright fee is in the hundreds of thousands, alright?]

[Three million, fine, three million. Anyway, this money will surely come from you. After all, the police have been investigating for so long and found no evidence of Shi Wenxuan’s guilt, doesn’t that already say something?]

[That’s right, Shi Wenxuan has never said a bad word about you, Qiao Yuxi, from beginning to end. The netizens can see clearly who’s really up to no good.]

The netizens were furious, not to mention the hot-tempered Zou Ying.

Fueled by emotion, Zou Ying directly showed his mobile banking balance, seven figures, over five million.

“Open your dog eyes and see clearly, I’ve got plenty of money.”

“The producers still haven’t paid me the balance for two variety shows yet.”

Xu Ying put on a surprised look, “Oh wow, that’s quite a bit.”

The entertainment business really is about making money! It’s heard that recording a variety show can earn a fee of several hundred thousand per episode, which she truly envied. But having to rely on personas like Zou Ying’s to stir drama and chase traffic wouldn’t be worth it. Being with the fluffy ones was much more enjoyable.

“Surely it must make more than an animal rescuer like you who relies on animals for hype!”

Zou Ying noticed the envy on Xu Ying’s face and felt rather smug.

“You people just look down on others. All this money was earned with my own talent.”

“Who are you looking down on? I’ve come this far in the rap circle, with variety show directors respectfully calling me ’brother’, buying cars with eyes closed.”

[Worthy of being a rapper, even dissing others comes with rhymes, so cool bro.]

[Hahaha, this animal rescuer must be jealous seeing Brother Ying’s bank balance, huh?]

[Surely envious, heard she’s from the coast, traveled far to the desert, probably because she couldn’t find a job, no boss wanted her, so she had to work in remote areas. Our Brother Ying’s monthly tax is worth her annual salary.]

Due to the high attention and discussion, Xu Ying’s live broadcast room had already topped the platform’s trending list, with online viewers exceeding 200,000.

Qiao Yanli’s assistant Jiang Yun was also monitoring Xu Ying’s live stream.

After finishing the meeting, Qiao Yanli walked out of the conference room. Seeing Jiang Yun at the door with his phone, gritting his teeth, he casually asked, “What are you watching?”

Jiang Yun, startled by his home president, thought this could count as keeping tabs on the young lady’s movements, it wasn’t entirely slacking off!

Jiang Yun replied sheepishly, “The young lady is tearing apart a scumbag in Little Xu Station Chief’s live stream, but the scumbag’s buddies, so-called rap artist fans, are mocking Little Xu Station Chief’s work, even saying their brother’s monthly tax is more than Little Xu Station Chief’s salary.”

Jiang Yun got increasingly indignant on Xu Ying’s behalf, “Little Xu Station Chief even made outstanding contributions with the rat extermination team last week! Why should they talk like this?”

“If you can’t stand it, then check this celebrity’s studio’s taxes.”

Qiao Yanli glanced at him, the lenses of his gold-rimmed glasses reflecting cold light, “After all, you are Comet Technology’s secretary-general. Just going to sit here gaping?”

With that, he stepped out of the conference room with long strides, leaving Jiang Yun standing there.

Realizing what he meant, Jiang Yun immediately headed to the technical department. To verify if a celebrity is evading taxes, one approach is to utilize big data analysis, comparing bank transaction data with declared income to check for anomalies.

Or to use big data to identify potential tax evasion activities.

Comet Technology’s big data analysis capabilities were world-class.

But such checks had to be ordered by the president. Who indeed couldn’t stand seeing Little Xu Station Chief getting mocked?

Jiang Yun shook his head and took the elevator to the technical department’s floor.

*

Xu Ying’s live broadcast room.

Just as Zou Ying was all fired up, showcasing his superiority as a big celebrity, Qiao Yuxi’s phone vibrated with a notification.

Checking it, she found a message from the private investigator, who had uncovered evidence of Shi Wenxuan’s fraudulent activities.

Tuantuan had told Xu Ying that there was a Nurse Yang at Xinghai Pet Hospital who was very kind and had secretly taken an x-ray to see if it had any bone injuries. However, this Nurse Yang had recently left her job.

With this clue from Tuantuan, the private investigator was highly efficient and quickly got in touch with Nurse Yang.

Nurse Yang sent the evidence she had secretly collected to Qiao Yuxi.

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