Chapter 589 The Self-cultivation of the Paparazzi
Ge Dong is thirty-two years old this year. He graduated from a second-rate university with a major in mechanical engineering. He has worked in sales and insurance. He has a girlfriend who he fell in love with in college and followed him. After many years, the two got married four years ago and then divorced three years ago.
The reason for the divorce is very simple, it is the reality of losing to Chi Guoguo.
Especially for them, a couple working in a big city, the reality is really cruel. They have no house or car, and they can’t even afford to have children when they are thirty years old. Divorce has become inevitable. .
Many women nowadays cannot stand grievances, especially material grievances.
Of course, as a man, if you don’t have much money, you are not qualified to get married, let alone have children. Otherwise, it will harm others and yourself.
If you cannot provide a woman with material security in life and give her a sufficient sense of security, it will be impossible to have a happy marriage.
After Ge Dong got divorced, he deeply realized the pain of having no money, so he focused on making money.
From an honest entertainment reporter, he turned into a black-hearted paparazzi who specializes in digging up dirt on young stars and then extorting them.
After two years of continuous hard work, he finally bought a house in the big city of Xiuzhou.
But this is obviously not enough. He also needs more money, enough to repay the mortgage and enough to support him to start a small business.
It’s not that he never thought that there would be risks in doing so, but if he wanted to make a lot of money, how could he not take some risks?
Precisely because he knew there were risks, he thought that he could make enough money faster and more, then stop, and then quit his job to start a serious small business.
But this time he chose to attack Lin Yujiao, but he didn't think there would be much risk.
The reason is very simple. As he told Jin Xinyan on the phone, Lin Yujiao's popularity is on the rise and her commercial value is also rising. At this time, the most fearful thing is negative news, which will affect her. A fatal blow to its popularity and commercial value.
And he asked for a manuscript buyout fee of 400,000 yuan. Although it was a bit exaggerated, in his opinion, Lin Yujiao could afford it.
Not only because he knows that Lin Yujiao owns two very profitable clothing stores, but also because Lin Yujiao's commercial acting is also very profitable now.
Based on his several years of experience in the industry, Lin Yujiao’s current appearance fee should be 50,000 to 60,000 yuan per song.
The fact is that she can easily earn back 400,000 yuan as long as she accepts a few commercial performances, which is really not much for her.
As long as she is popular and has no negative news, she can take advantage of this wave to make a lot of money.
At that time, not only will she be able to recoup the millions she spent on promoting the single, but she will also be able to earn back a lot more.
So, he felt that it was impossible for Lin Yujiao to go to the police or something for this little money, and it was not worth it.
Besides calling the police and arresting him, what good would it do to her if the article was published anyway?
Ge Dong felt that the other party should take action, spend money to eliminate the disaster, and deal with the matter in a low-key manner instead of making the matter a big deal in a high-profile manner.
In addition, Ge Dong had actually been preparing for the worst, that is, the person he selected would call the police.
He felt that his request for a favor fee in this way should not be considered extortion. The two parties were completely fair transactions. The money paid by the other party was to buy the manuscript and was also hush money, so it should not be considered extortion.
So, even if he is caught and prosecuted for extortion, he can still find a good lawyer to defend himself and exonerate himself.
Besides, even if he is convicted and has to spend a few years in prison, it is still a good deal after he has made so much money before.
Ge Dong sat at the desk in the study room of his newly bought house. After smoking two cigarettes, he stood up, picked up his interview bag, and prepared to go out.
As an entertainment reporter, and a veteran reporter who has been in the industry for several years, he controls most of his daily work. As long as he can submit a few high-quality manuscripts every month, and No need to clock in at the company from 9 to 5.
He planned to go to the airport to guard a traffic niche this time. He received the exact news yesterday that the traffic niche was coming to Xiuzhou to attend a business event on a one o'clock flight this afternoon.
This popular actor starred in a small online drama this year. It was a bad drama, but as the second male lead, he unexpectedly became popular. He signed a contract with a small agency, and Ge Dong was completely offended. Affordable.
And the popularity of this traffic niche is much greater than that of Lin Yujiao. A commercial performance starts with 200,000 yuan. If we can dig out his real dirt, it will cost more than 1 million yuan at a time. Not difficult.
It’s just that the difficulty and expense are not small. You may have to follow the other party by plane out of the province. This is normal for celebrities and their entertainment reporters. Flying across the country is frequent. things.
But before he could dig up dirty information about the other party, he had to pay all the travel expenses himself.
Of course, if you can dig out some cool stuff in the end, it will all be worth it. I'm afraid that if we can't dig it out, all these expenses will be wasted.
Open the door and go downstairs. This is a new house in Linjiang New District. The property security is relatively good, but the property fee is relatively expensive.
Driving the second-hand Toyota car I bought in the underground parking lot, I quickly left the community.
Almost an hour later, Ge Dong drove to the airport and started to stay.
At this time, it was almost half an hour before one o'clock in the afternoon, which was enough for him to wait.
He sat patiently in the terminal, scrolling through his cell phone, and peeked at the screen among a frequent paparazzi group.
In this group, many of his peers exchange information with each other or trade privately.
He is usually diving, and occasionally chats with his friends.
Time passed unknowingly, and when it was almost one o'clock, he put away his mobile phone, took out a pair of headphones from his interview bag and put them on.
In fact, his pair of headphones are disguised pinhole cameras. There is a small clip that can be clipped on clothes, and there is a hidden camera in the clip.
Candid photography tools like this are a must-have "interview instrument" for their entertainment reporters.
Ten minutes after one o'clock in the afternoon, Ge Dong easily discovered the traffic niche. The reason is simple. Some of his fans actually came to pick him up. As soon as he showed up, a dozen female fans screamed excitedly.
From Ge Dong’s professional perspective, those dozen female fans should not have been hired with money. Otherwise, their acting skills would be too good and they should have been selected from his support group. , planned by fan organizations and controlled and supervised by the company where the idol works.
As long as these traffic boys are handsome enough, they can attract waves of crazy female fans, especially little girls.
Ge Dong just pretended to be a curious passerby and walked a little closer to watch.
The traffic niche guy was not surprised by the fans who showed up. He had obviously known about it beforehand.
I saw him with a calm and calm look on his face, a slender height of 1.8 meters, fair skin, handsome face, and big sunglasses. He is indeed very handsome. No wonder a large number of little girls like him. .
This traffic niche, named Zhao Bo, is only 22 years old this year. According to official information, he just graduated from a 211 University last year and is somewhat of a top student.
He has already checked this. He is indeed a graduate of that university, but he is not an undergraduate student of this school, but an undergraduate student of the School of Foreign Cooperation under the name of that university. There are still some obvious differences. The qualifications of the 211 school and the foreign cooperative college are quite different.
The former is state-run and the latter is privately run.
In other words, although he has a bachelor's degree, he is actually only a bachelor's degree from a private university. The agency he signed with deliberately misled the public on this point, making people subconsciously think that he was an undergraduate at the 211 University.
If he really has such a serious 211 bachelor's degree, he can be said to be inferior to most other artists in the domestic entertainment industry.
The actual academic qualifications of those well-known domestic artists are basically not high. Even those who graduated from the top art schools, their cultural and academic qualifications are still unable to compare with those of 211 universities, let alone 985 universities.
Because everyone knows that art students' scores in cultural courses are generally very poor. Many art colleges are admitted with scores of 200 or 300 points in cultural courses. Those who can pass 500 points are very rare. Compared with other candidates, it can be said that they are all poor students.
Zhao Bo is a similar kind of art student. He applied for the aviation service major in that private college, which is a very unpopular major. Ge Dong has found that his score in cultural courses in the college entrance examination is only 359. Among art student candidates, this score is It’s not too low, just above the admission threshold for undergraduates.
If this is announced, it will undoubtedly have a certain impact on Zhao Bo's reputation. It will not work if he wants to have a concave academic hegemon character in the future.
Ge Dong watched Zhao Bo wave to his fan club members gracefully, and even stopped to take photos and sign autographs for them, as if he was taking good care of his fans.
In the end, several airport security guards came and separated him from his fans, and he walked out of the airport surrounded by his two assistants.
Ge Dong followed quickly, immediately went to the parking lot and drove his car, and then easily caught up with the eye-catching black nanny car at the exit.
Zhao Bo and his agency have always been very high-profile and very particular about their comings and goings. This Honda Odyssey was specially rented by them.
Gedong had found out through his own channels the day before, including Zhao Bo's specific itinerary.
Zhao Bo went to participate in a well-known clothing brand's entry event this time. The location was a large shopping mall in downtown Xiuzhou.
This brand of clothing is somewhat famous in China, but it is not very big, otherwise it would not hire a newly popular traffic niche like Zhao Bo.
However, after such an event, Zhao Bo could easily get 500,000. For ordinary people, this is still very profitable.
In this regard, it is normal for Ge Dong, as an entertainment reporter, to be envious and jealous. It is only natural to make money from stars like them.
Zhao Bo went directly to the shopping mall in the nanny car. Ge Dong did not follow closely and arrived a few minutes late.
Then, he stayed in the mall for almost two hours in the afternoon, and he did not leave until Zhao Bo finished his business activities.
After Zhao Bo finished his business activities in the mall, he went to a nearby five-star hotel to rest.
Ge Dong gritted his teeth and opened a room in this hotel. It was on the lower floor of the hotel room where Zhao Bo was staying. It cost more than 3,000 yuan a night, which can only be described as expensive.
Ge Dong quickly spent a thousand yuan to bribe a cleaning lady and asked her to help keep an eye on Zhao Bo upstairs. If a strange woman came in and out, remember to remind him, and he would give her a thousand yuan.
The cleaning lady increased the price by two thousand, and Ge Dong made a deal with her.
But he didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, the cleaning lady went upstairs to inform Zhao Bo and his party, and received a red envelope reward of 5,000 yuan, selling him out completely.
More than half an hour later, the landline phone in the room where Ge Dong was sitting rang. Ge Dong subconsciously thought it was the cleaning lady, so he immediately went to answer it.
Unexpectedly, the other party turned out to be a pleasant young female voice, asking him if he needed massage and health care services.
How could Ge Dong not understand when he heard this? If it was in those fast hotels and small hotels, or if he hadn't been divorced yet, he probably wouldn't dare. But since he got divorced and had some money on hand, he has been going to massage parlors and bathing centers in the past two or three years.
After hesitating for a moment, he inquired about the price in detail, and finally ordered a full-body massage service.
Not long after, the doorbell rang, and Ge Dong hurriedly opened the door.
As soon as the door opened, he saw two sturdy men, who pushed him into the room and then closed the door neatly.
"What are you doing?" Ge Dong was scared in his heart, but on the surface he pretended to be tough, "This is a five-star hotel with surveillance."
The answer was a big slap in his ear, which made stars appear in his eyes and one cheek immediately became swollen.
"Who asked you to come here?"
"I..."
Ge Dong just wanted to open his mouth, but another big slap hit him, causing blood to flow from the corner of his mouth. He was completely blindsided.
Then the two big men said no more. They pressed him on the carpet and beat him severely. After a while, his nose and face were bruised and swollen.
"Who are you? Why are you beating me?"
Ge Dong was angry and confused at the same time. He vaguely guessed that it might be Zhao Bo upstairs, but then he thought that Zhao Bo was not from Xiuzhou. He hadn't been with these two big men before, so it probably wasn't him.
He was answered with another scratch, and one of the bald heads said sternly: "I'm asking you. Now I ask a question and you answer it. If you don't answer or the answer doesn't satisfy me, I'll give you a Slap."
Before Ge Dong could say anything, the other party asked: "Who sent you?"
"No one sent me..."
"Pa!"
"It's "Entertainment Weekly", I'm a reporter for "Entertainment Weekly"." In order to avoid getting slapped, Ge Dong answered truthfully and sincerely.
"It's really a paparazzi. Don't you know Xiaobo's background? How dare you follow him and take pictures of him?" the bald head asked sternly.
Ge Dong was a little confused. He had done a background check on Zhao Yibo before. His parents were ordinary working-class people.
“Tell you, boy.” The bald head reached out and patted his face twice, gently, and then said word by word, “Xiao Bo’s uncle’s name is Chen Tianzhao, have you heard of it? ?”
Ge Dong was stunned at first, and then he couldn't help but feel excited. He had actually heard of Chen Tianzhao. This man was considered a legend in Xiuzhou. He started driving a taxi in the 1980s and later became a well-known figure in Donghai Province and even the whole country. is a real estate tycoon who specializes in the development of hotels and shopping malls. The five-star hotel he is currently staying in is a property owned by the Chen Tianzhao Group.
What the hell, Ge Dong never dreamed that Zhao Bo would have such an awesome uncle.
And if his uncle is so awesome, why should he become a traffic star?
(End of this chapter)