Even After My Death-Chapter 597 - 501: Jiang Ning’s Reputation Suddenly Changes

Chapter 597: Chapter 501: Jiang Ning’s Reputation Suddenly Changes

Shen Zha made this request without the slightest embarrassment, he was really brazen.

Even the naive System, upon hearing it, only had one thought: How dare this human!

It wasn’t hard to guess Shen Zha’s thoughts, as a director, his mind was filled with the gains and losses of the variety show.

Just now, after Shen Zha learned from his assistant that Jiang Ning had hit the trending search again, he immediately took out his phone to find out more.

Then, Shen Zha was delighted.

Not only had Jiang Ning hit the trending search, but it was also the first time she had made it onto the negative trending search in the past two months since her reputation was cleaned up.

Topics with controversy often have much higher heat than those with a single focus.

In Shen Zha’s eyes, this was like a downpour of wealth!

And it didn’t cost a penny in marketing; it came knocking on his door!

How many chances in life does one get to encounter such good fortune?

Shen Zha himself was in the entertainment industry and knew various marketing strategies well. He knew not to take things at face value and naturally wouldn’t easily believe the words of the whistleblower on TikTok.

Considering Jiang Ning’s recent style of conduct, Shen Zha couldn’t believe that Jiang Ning would ruin her future.

Of course, he believed even more that the Capital City police wouldn’t arrest the wrong person.

If he let this incident slide and Jiang Ning waited a few days to respond, letting the heat continue to ferment, wouldn’t that be like a mouse falling into a rice jar for the production team?

This downpour of wealth, a good portion of it could be funneled to the variety show!

"How about it, Teacher Jiang Ning, is it okay?" Shen Zha asked expectantly, even adding the honorific title ’Teacher’.

Jiang Ning also thought that Shen Zha, an ordinary-looking man, had rather grand aspirations.

"No."

She declined flatly.

Then she opened TikTok to see exactly what was going on.

Shen Zha had considered that Jiang Ning might refuse, but he didn’t expect her to refuse so decisively, seemingly without a second thought.

This was free traffic; did Jiang Ning really have no thoughts of monetizing it?

It was just a matter of responding later, not refusing to respond.

Moreover, the higher the heat of the incident, the more advantageous it would be for Jiang Ning. When she clarified and responded, she would definitely attract millions of new fans – it was killing two birds with one stone.

Jiang Ning was usually such a smart person, but when it came to something like this, why did she suddenly become foolish?

Did she not know what it meant to maximize benefits?

Shen Zha continuously grumbled about this in his heart.

He felt that Jiang Ning really was an outsider and didn’t understand the ways of those in the circle.

He wanted to struggle a bit more: "Think about it, don’t rush to respond so quickly..."

He hadn’t finished speaking when a light laugh from Jiang Ning suddenly came from the phone.

Jiang Ning’s gaze was fixed on her phone screen as she bluntly said: "Director Shen, I will cooperate with all other publicity activities that are necessary for the show and do my part. But as for responding to this matter, forget it."

Shen Zha sighed, feeling helpless, as this was Jiang Ning’s personal popularity after all.

He hung up the phone with regret.

Turning around, Shen Zha went to complain to the producer Chen Yan: Jiang Ning is such a blockhead, she just doesn’t get it!

Jiang Ning didn’t care about Shen Zha’s thoughts; she was curiously staring at her phone.

On the screen was a video that had been out for only 32 minutes, but the likes had already exceeded 100,000+, and the number of comments was even more impressive at over 130,000+.

The person who posted the video was holding a phone to record; a plump woman who seemed to be around fifty years old was sitting on the ground weeping loudly.

On the screen, red subtitles were added in post-production:

"Jiang Ning, are you even human! You severely injured my father, leaving him beyond medical help!

The doctor says my father can never be a man again for the rest of his life!

My father had no grievances with you, yet you dragged him out of the car without any explanation and beat him mercilessly! You caused my father to lose his ability to walk, and in the end, medical staff had to carry him away on a stretcher.

Yet you didn’t go to the station, but my father got locked up!

Where is the justice in this world!

Having heard this news, my mother has been crying for three hours, and I, as her daughter, feel the pain as if it’s in my heart."

"Jiang Ning, we need an explanation and an apology from you!"

The bright red characters, paired with the image of the middle-aged woman crying in sorrow, seemed to cry blood with every word.

Not to mention, when the video progress bar hit the one-third mark, the camera switched to a medical report issued by Capital City People’s Hospital.

In the medical report, one could clearly see Liu Chusheng’s time of visit, the location, and the results of his injuries.

Following the medical report was a detention certificate from Capital City Public Security for Liu Chusheng.

The end of the video showed a cozy family portrait of three.

The background music was a soulful, sorrowful trending song from Douyin that instantly set an emo tone.

But the netizens weren’t all emo; they were definitely shocked!

[Oh my God! What happened here! Jiang Ning?!]

[No wonder I haven’t seen Jiang Ning trending these past two days; turns out she was preparing a big one for us.]

[Burst his jj??? Jiang Ning, true to form...]

[Seeing that medical report, as a fellow man, I couldn’t help but feel a chill down there.]

[Haha, me too, I involuntarily glanced at my buddy down there to make sure he’s still intact.]

[This looks like trouble, could it be that Jiang Ning might end up in jail?]

[Impossible, Jiang Ning would never beat someone up for no reason. He must have provoked Jiang Ning first, or, he did something else and Jiang Ning felt he deserved a beating!]

[That’s right! Believe in Jiang Ning! Everyone stay rational in the comments and wait for Jiang Ning and Capital City Public Security’s response.]

[If a jj is damaged, does it count as a minor injury or a serious injury in the injury assessment?]

[I’ve always said, a woman that violent is bound to get into trouble, look now, she’s caused a disaster.]

...

It wasn’t for nothing that Jiang Ning had been trending on social media these past two months; each incident had deepened netizens’ impressions of her.

Everyone had a lot of faith in Jiang Ning.

Apart from a small portion of comments attacking Jiang Ning, most of the netizens had wisened up and were wisely waiting for the main characters and the authorities to make their move.

However, Jiang Ning didn’t know about the incident that had happened online half an hour ago, so there was no reply from her.

Neither did Capital City Public Security seem to know what was going on, as there was no response from them either.

Instead, the uploader who made the accusatory video against Jiang Ning, just minutes later, posted a new piece.

As soon as the netizens saw the content of the video, they exploded.

It was a surveillance video from a parking lot that clearly showed Jiang Ning taking the initiative to rudely drag Liu Chusheng out of the car, throwing him on the ground, and maliciously disabling his body!

Female netizens might not have thought much of this video at first, but some male friends were definitely not calm!

We all have similar brothers.

Put yourself in their shoes for a moment, imagining if your own brother were treated so rudely.

This is unbearable by anyone!

Thousands of accusations rained down on Jiang Ning in an instant.

[Jiang Ning must hate men, damn it!]

[If she isn’t a feminazi, I will chop off my head and kick it around as a ball! Other girls at most just rant on the internet, but she goes ahead and cripples someone’s brother without uttering a word! The old saying is right, silent dogs bite the hardest!]

[Damn it, what Jiang Ning did is just disgusting! Is there no law anymore!]

[?????, I can’t even bear to watch the video a second time, it’s too tragic. But just one watch and I can tell that Jiang Ning’s actions were deliberate! Why isn’t Capital City Public Security arresting Jiang Ning! She clearly has committed assault with intent!]

[+1, she obviously broke the law, and even crippled someone. No matter her online status, she should be brought to justice!]

[I’m willing to crowdfund for the victim’s family, we must sue Jiang Ning! We must reclaim the justice and dignity due to us men!]

[...]

In just a short time, the comments section swelled with netizens’ righteous indignation, filled with denunciations of Jiang Ning.

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ps: When I was writing the Liu Yaoyao storyline, Little Bear said it might get censored, and indeed, Editor-in-Chief poked holes in it... I’ve amended some previous Chapters, changing it to Liu Chusheng having only raped Liu Yaoyao.

As for whether other plots need to be changed, I’m still not sure.