Ch 369: Surveillance Footage

Chaoyang stopped, her expression sharp as she turned to look at the Man in Down Jacket who had spoken.

The Man in Down Jacket’s eyes were cast down, he looked guilty, and he wouldn’t dare meet Chaoyang’s gaze.

Chaoyang smiled wryly, about to say something, when she saw a Staff Member leading a Middle-aged Man to the edge of the stage.

The Middle-aged Man’s face was red from the cold wind, his lips were purple, clearly he was very cold.

He held up a USB drive, panting and shouting, “I have evidence… to prove… to prove that this Big Internet Celebrity is not what the internet says, what the internet says!”

This sudden arrival caused the Reporters and Self-Media personalities, who had been deflated by Chaoyang’s scolding, to instantly raise their heads.

“What evidence? Who are you?”

“I’ll pay one thousand yuan, give me the USB drive!”

“Give it to me, give it to me, I’ll pay two thousand!”

A group of people immediately surrounded him, their path blocked by a burly man, while Zhao Qingming and Su Qun lifted the Middle-aged Man onto the stage.

Ignoring them, the Middle-aged Man ran to Chaoyang and shouted, “I am Jia Jianjun, Chaoyang’s Uncle’s colleague at his workplace! This video proves Jia Jianjun faked his suffering to scam money.”

Chaoyang was a little surprised and asked, “So, this is?”

“Surveillance footage!” The Middle-aged Man handed the USB drive to the Staff Member, then said to Chaoyang, “My wife is sick, I asked Jia Jianjun for money several times but he never repaid, he always paid cash, out of trust and because of his frequent displays of embarrassment, I didn’t dare to ask him for an IOU.”

“Over the years, he borrowed four thousand from me, and six thousand from two other colleagues. I was desperate, so I managed to get the surveillance footage from the Security Room.”

The Middle-aged Man originally didn’t know the relationship between Chaoyang and Jia Jianjun, but after Jia Jianjun saw the reports about Chaoyang and the Rong Family, he boasted about it at the company, making it public knowledge.

The Middle-aged Man’s intention was also to ask Chaoyang to help him get his money back.

You’re such a big Internet Celebrity, you wouldn’t want to be burdened with this bad reputation, would you? Tens of thousands of yuan is nothing, so he’d been paying attention to Chaoyang’s information.

In recent days, Chaoyang’s online reputation had plummeted, and it seemed his plan was about to fail. Before dawn, he opened his phone to see Jia Jianjun’s family’s accusations against Chaoyang everywhere.

It was the same old story: how miserable they were, how miserable their child was, how miserable his wife was!

Jia Jianjun has worked with his colleague for so many years, how could he not know the truth of this matter? The news online is all fabricated, the real fraudster is Jia Jianjun and his family!

As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and so the Middle-aged Man had the idea of finding Chaoyang.

“Are you responsible for what you’re saying?” A Self-Media personality asked from the audience.

The Middle-aged Man glared, “Of course! My wife almost has no money for medical treatment, why would I lie here!”

“Good!” The Self-Media personality nodded vigorously, opening his phone’s video editing software and starting to edit.

“Shocked! The truth is actually like this! Family, do you remember what we said in the last video? Unscrupulous Internet Celebrity defrauds her uncle of nine hundred thousand yuan to marry the Richest Person… But is that really the case?”

“Oh my! No wonder I didn’t get the first-hand information, it turned out my phone was lagging! To get a new phone, you definitely need a lot of money, but sometimes funds are tight and you can’t get it, so at this time we need to…”

“Bought a new phone, what about the old phone…”

“With a new phone, the speed is indeed much faster, and I, the streamer, finally learned the truth of the Chaoyang incident…”

Seeing a Self-Media person furiously typing away, those around him became impatient, fearing that they would miss out on the first-hand traffic.

In an instant, the audience fell silent, all buried in their work.

At this time, the USB drive was just inserted into the computer, and the Staff Member had just clicked the play button.

The large screen, which had been playing advertisements, went dark, the picture switched, and the small Security Room appeared on the screen.

A thin Middle-aged Man was napping at the desk, it was Chaoyang’s Uncle Jia Jianjun.

A door opening sound, and a man’s voice appeared.

“Lao Xu’s wife is hospitalized, you know?”

“Mmm…” Jia Jianjun was clearly very sleepy, he gave a perfunctory response.

“When are you going to repay his money?”

“Oh… no money, no money…” Jia Jianjun impatiently waved his hand and turned his head.

“His family isn’t poor, why is he always like this!” The man’s voice rose, slightly angry.

Jia Jianjun in the video suddenly stood up, “Be careful! That money is in fixed deposit at the bank, it’s not due yet!”

“You… are really something, borrowing other people’s money to earn interest.”

“Hey, that’s because my wife is smart!” Jia Jianjun seemed unaware that the man was mocking him.

“Heh…” The man sneered, “I advise you to repay the money quickly, otherwise…”

“Oh, alright, alright, I’ll talk about it after the fixed deposit matures.”

The video ended, went black for a few seconds, then another video popped up.

Jia Jianjun was still lounging at the desk, suddenly excitedly stood up, “It’s really Chaoyang!”

“You really know her?”

“Of course, she’s my niece! My niece!”

“Hehe, congratulations, you’re going to get rich.”

“That’s right, when she made money, she gave me 900,000 yuan!”

“It was the nine hundred thousand yuan she gave you? That’s not right… I remember you said before that your wife had mid-stage cancer and needed a large sum of money for chemotherapy, and that you borrowed nine hundred thousand yuan from others, how come it’s now a gift?”

“Oh, you, what’s the difference between a gift and a loan from my niece, it’s all mine anyway?”

“Heh… you’re really something.”

The video ended, and there was still a lot more footage, but Chaoyang felt there was no need to watch it anymore.

The truth was clear to everyone.

She said, “Is it all live-streamed?”

The Staff Member standing in the audience made a gesture, “Rest assured, Miss Chaoyang, it’s all been broadcast.”

“We also made a copy of the video and put it on the Rong Family company’s short video account.”

Zhao Qing was scrolling through his phone, and suddenly raised his hand, “Give me a copy too!”

Chaoyang’s livestream account had no videos, all the promotional videos were sent from Zhao Qing’s account.

Now with such strong evidence, Zhao Qing had to edit it and fight back.

He wanted to see what those netizens who were fickle and dared to spread rumors without knowing anything would say now!

The other Reporters and Self-Media personalities in the audience were still editing their content, almost ignoring the discussion on stage and the surveillance footage being played.

The person who first published the short video, after editing it, clicked upload, and then excitedly looked up and asked.

“Can the surveillance video be played again? I didn’t pay attention! Or give me a copy!”

As a Self-Media person, he understood best, a short event could be divided into three parts: beginning, middle, and end, slowly unfolding the story. The truth known from the beginning shouldn’t be exposed directly, suspense is needed to attract viewers.

Just like the incident between Chaoyang and her uncle, the truth isn’t important, what’s important is the benefits, how many fans can be attracted, how many advertisements can be received…