Chapter 15: Ruin Lin Fan’s Reputation Completely!

After dinner, Lin Fan returned to the Jade Lake Villa in the center of the Tianhu District, feeling refreshed and in high spirits.

As soon as he stepped inside, Gu Qingcheng rushed over with a look of reproach on her face.

“Why are you back so late? Were you on a date with that Xin girl?” She was well aware of Lin Fan starting his own company and compensating Qiao Xinxin for breach of contract.

“What’s this? Are you jealous?” Lin Fan pinched her delicate, oval face and smiled dismissively.

“How would I dare be jealous? Everything I have now is thanks to you. If you want to party and flirt outside, I can’t stop you. I just don’t want you to neglect me…” As she spoke, Gu Qingcheng leaned against him with a look of plaintive resentment.

Though she, like many women, cared about wealth, she was self-aware enough to know that if Lin Fan lost interest in her, he could take away everything she now possessed. The only thing she could do was find every means possible to secure her place in Lin Fan’s heart.

“Don’t get the wrong idea. Nothing has happened between Xin and me. Signing her was simply to get back at her old company,” Lin Fan replied earnestly.

Gu Qingcheng rolled her enchanting eyes at him, thinking to herself, Men only spend money on women for that one thing, don’t they? But she didn’t dare say it out loud. Her eyes flickered with a sudden idea. “I want to be a streamer too. My current job is so dull, and I want to stay by your side!”

Her plan was simple: as a streamer, she could earn far more than as a real estate agent, and as the boss’s woman, she could keep an eye on the other female streamers in the company, preventing them from seducing Lin Fan.

“Of course! With your looks, you’re sure to be a sensation,” Lin Fan agreed immediately, without giving it much thought. He trusted his system’s judgment—any woman with a beauty score above nine was a perfect fit for streaming.

Over the next several days, Lin Fan continued preparing for his company’s launch. He posted widespread job advertisements online, not only recruiting streamers but also requiring all other staff to be women as well. Positions such as network administrators, accountants, and operations managers all had to be female.

Soon, Genesis Entertainment’s recruitment posts caused quite a stir online. The company was especially notable for flying the banner of “creating more job opportunities for women,” which generated even more exposure.

What’s more, Lin Fan specified in the postings that priority would be given to female streamers leaving Huan Shi Entertainment, drawing the attention of Wang Dezhi.

Within a month, Genesis Media was running smoothly. Over a dozen female streamers had already signed on—all exceptionally talented and stunningly beautiful, each more dazzling than obscure, lower-tier celebrities. When signing these streamers, Lin Fan offered them benefits on par with those given to Qiao Xinxin. Every successful signee received a house and a car, though not quite as lavish as those provided to his star protégé. Even the newly hired staff enjoyed generous compensation—the company was nothing if not lavish.

Lin Fan’s wealth quickly grew from seven-point-eight million to twenty-three million.

One evening, Lin Fan was having dinner in his office when Gu Qingcheng swept in, her fragrance preceding her.

“Honey, let me show you a video…”

With that, she pulled up a short video on Doujin.

In the footage, a woman was tearfully complaining about how her ex-boyfriend had deceived and abused her.

“Sisters! My life is so bitter. My parents are both sick from overwork, and I have a younger brother to support. Our family relies entirely on me… That scumbag kept saying he’d marry me. All I asked for was a three hundred thousand dowry, just the down payment for a house. But he dumped me instead. When I went to find him, he and his mistress ganged up on me—how did I end up with such a wretch…”

The woman in the video was none other than Chen Yanzi.

Lin Fan’s face darkened instantly. He hadn’t expected Chen Yanzi to post this matter online, and worse, to distort the truth and throw false accusations his way. She was clearly trying to ruin his reputation.

“This woman is shameless—she brings this on herself, and now she turns around to bite back!” Gu Qingcheng cursed under her breath, then turned to him. “Should we warn her?”

“Absolutely not! I know that woman too well—the more you warn her, the more outrageous she’ll become. And now that the video is gaining views and comments, it’s already too late to intervene,” Lin Fan replied, scanning some of the comments. Most were from idle viewers expressing outrage and insults.

“Scumbags deserve to die! The kind of man who goes back on his word and cheats women is the worst!”

“Sis, just publish his name—we’ll take him down online and get justice for you!”

“I think this woman is acting—her tears look so fake. There’s probably more to the story. Everyone, be careful not to jump to conclusions. There might be a twist ahead…”

“True. Nowadays, women can just act a little online and get tons of attention and traffic. Who knows if this is all scripted!”

Among the crowd, there were still some rational voices, mostly from male users, but they were quickly drowned out by the chorus of female accusations and attacks.

Lin Fan knew all too well that Chen Yanzi was a petty, unreasonable, and spiteful woman. Clearly, her purpose in posting the video was revenge. If he tried to warn her now, she would only use it against him, bringing about his complete ruin.

The best response was to ignore her.

Seeing his attitude, Gu Qingcheng said nothing more.

…

That day, the Chen family received a visitor.

He introduced himself as Chen He, the talent director of Superstar Media, and expressed his interest in signing Chen Yanzi with a generous offer: a base salary of a hundred thousand per month, with a fifty-fifty split on streaming donations and sales during live broadcasts.

However, there was a condition—Chen Yanzi needed to release more details about how her ex-boyfriend had deceived her. In other words, they wanted to package her as a tragic figure, gaining the sympathy and attention of female viewers by exposing the villainy and immorality of her ex.

After listening to Chen He’s proposal, Chen Yanzi hesitated.

Noticing her reluctance, Chen He thought his offer might not be good enough. “The salary can be negotiated. But in this age of traffic and attention, if you keep hesitating, the hype will die down. Once public interest fades, it’ll be much harder to regain attention, and your value will drop with it.”

At this, Chen’s mother could no longer sit still. “Chen Yanzi! What are you hesitating for? Sign the contract now! That’s a hundred thousand salary! Our whole family doesn’t make even twenty thousand together! This is like manna from heaven—what are you waiting for?”

“Even that useless good-for-nothing never made this much. Sign it now! If you won’t sign, I will!”

But Chen Yanzi’s face was full of worry. “Mom, what if this makes Lin Fan really angry? What if he comes after us? I lied in the first video—I even exaggerated things that never happened…”