After binding the entertainment system, she made countless top stars

Friday.

The gossip about Shen Jiao disappeared from the hot searches after being shared by everyone for a few days.

No one was surprised, because this matter was really too big a deal and the Artist Associations of the two Southeastern Continents would investigate the truth.

As long as these are confirmed to be facts, bad artists like Shen Jiao will no longer appear on hot search lists or hot topics.

To be honest, Lu Wantang was not used to this.

She has been in the parallel world for decades, where there is a sense of "entertainment to death". Artists like Shen Jiao have not committed any unforgivable crimes, let alone being accused of spreading rumors. As long as it is managed properly, there may be no problem at all.

In contrast, some of the rules on Blue Star are quite strict.

No wonder Tangxing has been able to develop so fast and hasn’t had many troubles.

Seeing that all topics related to Shen Jiao had disappeared on Weibo and forums, Lu Wantang was filled with emotion.

At this moment, she was eating hotpot with He Zhi and Fang Shuyao.

The hot pot restaurant is newly opened and there are quite a lot of people in the store.

The three of them arrived early and sat in a private room, so the noise outside had nothing to do with them.

The beef bone soup base is very light, with a little oil floating on it, and some wolfberries and unknown medicinal herbs.

When Lu Wantang was lamenting about Shen Jiao, they were busy ordering.

He Zhi called her several times before she came back to her senses.

"I've already ordered." Lu Wantang handed the menu with a check mark on it to the waiter.

When they were the only three left in the box, the surroundings instantly became quiet.

Today's "dinner" was originally organized by Lu Wantang to invite Fang Shuyao out on the pretext of the new store opening and trying new things, so that she could relax and not stay in the recording studio practicing songs all day.

As someone who knew her purpose, He Zhi had to start a conversation even though he would never speak at this time:

"Were you just daydreaming?"

Lu Wantang hummed, "I'm thinking about Shen Jiao."

After that, he said as he had just said in his heart:

"The Artist Association is quite efficient, and the rules in this regard seem to be very strict."

He Zhi looked at her strangely and said, "It's always been like this."

Without comparison, there would be no such emotion as hers.

So Lu Wantang just smiled and didn't explain.

Just when she wanted to change the subject, she suddenly heard He Zhi speak:

"But Zhongzhou is different."

"Hmm?" Lu Wantang raised her eyes, "Zhongzhou? Isn't Zhongzhou's Artist Association like this?"

Fang Shuyao, who was sitting next to her, became interested. Although the smile on her face was no longer there, her eyes were sparkling and she obviously wanted to hear more from He Zhi.

Being stared at by the two, He Zhi had no choice but to continue:

"Yes, the association in Central China will not be so efficient."

"How do you know?" Lu Wantang asked curiously.

"My family and I went to live in Zhongzhou for a while."

Hearing this, the two people who wanted to watch the show remembered that He Zhi was actually a rich second-generation.

Lu Wantang tapped the table with his fingers: "Can you tell me more about it?"

He Zhi hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded in agreement.

It's just that he doesn't like to talk much, and he will never say a word more than necessary if things can be brief.

Even so, Lu Wantang understood what he meant.

Zhongzhou has been the center of Blue Star since ancient times, both in terms of economy and entertainment. It is larger in area and has a larger population than other continents.

This also means that families whose ancestors were nobles and who have now become chaebols are all developing in Zhongzhou.

Against this background, it seems only natural that the Artist Association is controlled by chaebol capital.

Fang Shuyao couldn't help but ask:

"Don't promotion to S-rank need to be approved by the Central Continent Music Association? If the Music Association is also manipulated, won't the rank become a mere decoration?"

"It was like this before." He Zhi recalled and said, "That's why there is S-level."

"What do you mean?" Fang Shuyao didn't react.

"What this means is that the highest level used to be A, but because those people promoted people indiscriminately, there might be too many A-level people and no authority at all, so they added a new level."

After Lu Wantang finished speaking, he looked at He Zhi and said, "So, even for singers from Zhongzhou, it's not easy to advance to S-level?"

He Zhi nodded: "If they are direct members of those families, it's a different matter."

Lu Wantang raised an eyebrow, thinking that rich people like that would not debut as artists.

"actually--"

He Zhi wanted to say something but stopped.

Seeing Lu Wantang's urging eyes, he continued:

"I have checked Tang Xing's information before. There were rumors about the company before, saying that it was a branch of a company in Zhongzhou."

"I thought at the time that you, Mr. Lu, were from the Zhongzhou Lu family, and Tangxing was an entertainment company under the Jiuzhou Group."

"Jiuzhou Group?" Lu Wantang thought for a moment, "I haven't heard of it."

He Zhi had been watching her reaction, and seeing that she looked normal, she definitely wasn't hiding anything, which meant she really hadn't heard of it.

"But you thought so at that time, why don't you think so now?" Lu Wantang asked.

"Tang Xing's situation at that time——"

Tangxing is about to go bankrupt, and the boss hasn't contacted Zhongzhou, which shows that there is no connection between the two.

So He Zhi quickly ruled out his own guess.

Lu Wantang smiled suddenly, "That's right, the company was about to go bankrupt at that time."

As a boss, she can talk about the "bankruptcy" without any hesitation.

"But the Jiuzhou Group you mentioned is the Lu family's company?"

"Yes." He Zhi nodded, "They are involved in many industries."

He Zhi didn’t know much. He was only curious about the Kyushu Group logo that was everywhere when he was in Zhongzhou, so he looked up some more information.

To put it bluntly, the Lu family is extraordinary even in a place like Central Plains where there are many wealthy families.

But this has nothing to do with Lu Wantang.

She and Fang Shuyao just listened and forgot about it.

Just at this moment, the waiter came in pushing the food cart.

The soup pot in the middle is already bubbling, it's time to add the meat.

When eating this kind of beef hotpot, the most important thing to pay attention to is the cooking time.

Since the new store had just opened, Lu Wantang was not sure whether the waiter could get the timing right, so he did not dare to ask them to help him cook the meat and had to do it himself.

Fang Shuyao used a stopwatch to time the time directly.

He Zhi was responsible for adding the meat.

Lu Wantang turned the meat with long chopsticks.

"On the edge! Those pieces of meat on the edge weren't turned evenly!"

"How about Tangtang, let me do it?"

Fang Shuyao became more and more anxious as she looked at him, and her attitude became unusually strong.

In the end, the two of them switched tasks, and their efficiency was finally much higher.

In the box, wisps of steam rose up, and from time to time you would be greeted by hot air with the aroma of beef.

The three of them enjoyed the meal very much.

Fang Shuyao was visibly happy.

During the trip, they took a few photos and posted them on their Moments, which made Ji Fengyi, who was ordered to keep in shape and eat grass every day, feel resentful.

By the time we walked out of the store, it was already past dinner time.

Once the shop door behind me was closed, the noise was blocked out.

Lu Wantang and the other person stood at the door, waiting for He Zhi to drive over.

After the surroundings quieted down, Fang Shuyao said softly:

"Thank you, Tangtang."