Chapter 168: Chapter 152: The Truth Is That It Was Ji Xizhi’s Legal Expertise That Was Valued…

Director Wang sent just one message.

Director Wang: Ahem, here’s some good news! Starting next season, your appearance fee will be increased by 30%! Are you surprised?!

Ji Xizhi glanced at WeChat and replied: Why?

Director Wang: Why what! I’m giving you a raise and you’re not even happy? Shouldn’t you be cheering and at least praising me for being better than Director Xu?!

Ji Xizhi: Beware of WeChat scams, stay vigilant.

Director Wang: …

His expression gradually grew grim.

He knew Ji Xizhi wasn’t easy to deal with! Annoyed!!!

He had just thought of using this raise to play the emotional card with Ji Xizhi, to remind her to think of her old teammates while participating in Director Xu’s show.

Thinking of this now, Director Wang simply gave up.

If he’s not doing well, Director Xu won’t be doing well either!

Who does Ji Xizhi turn to?

Director Wang immediately responded with a voice message.

“The increase is set by the investors, Ji Tingzhou, probably because of the incident at the Feng Family banquet when you saved him.”

Failing to touch on emotions, Director Wang decided not to beat around the bush and stated the matter directly.

It’s no secret that Ji Tingzhou is an investor for “Life Experience,” and raising Ji Xizhi’s appearance fee was indeed Ji Tingzhou’s idea, as a gesture of gratitude.

Previously, at the Feng Family banquet, Ji Xizhi had personally declined Mr. Feng, Feng Qin’s, gesture of thanks. This wasn’t known online, but that gesture was well known in the elite circles, and most there thought Ji Xizhi was foolish.

Ji Xizhi didn’t care about that, but she didn’t reject the raise either, especially since it’s part of the appearance fee, fully taxed and paid out, worry-free!

After finishing the conversation with Director Wang, Ji Xizhi was about to put down her phone.

Suddenly, Director Wang shared a Weibo link.

Director Wang: [Share link: Ji Tingzhou announced his resignation as the president of Ji Group!]

Ji Xizhi: ?

Director Wang: The message has been withdrawn.

Director Wang: No, shared it to the wrong person!

Director Wang was frantic on the other side, explaining everything.

Just after talking to Ji Xizhi, he turned around and saw the news of Ji Tingzhou resigning as president of Ji Group. He got too excited and shared it with the wrong person.

Director Wang: The appearance fee is indeed raised, not a scam! Our show still has funds!!!

This time, Director Wang was genuinely worried that Ji Xizhi would think he was scamming her.

Could it not seem that way?

First, he talks about a raise, then the company’s investors have issues, next thing would be asking you to invest a bit, when the company revives, there’s definitely benefits for you, the old pie-in-the-sky promoter is back!

Director Wang: It’s really just a coincidence!

Although, it truly went to the extreme!

Ji Xizhi didn’t consider it a scam, but her expression paused upon seeing the Weibo.

She clicked and looked at the Weibo page for once.

The news wasn’t rumors, but an official announcement from Ji Group, and the content revealed even more.

Ji Tingzhou resigned not only as president but also fully withdrew from Ji Group.

Ji Family’s biological son Ji Fengyuan officially took over as the group’s president.

An ongoing struggle for family dominance ended before it began.

Online users were dumbfounded.

Previously, news of Ji Tingzhou being Ji Family’s adopted son shocked many, and several attempted to investigate Ji Tingzhou’s past, but most findings were speculative at best.

Subsequently, those individuals mostly received related legal notices, so the matter didn’t escalate substantially.

Now, Ji Tingzhou surfaced again, but this time retreating from Ji Group.

Everybody was cheering happily.

[It’s a relief! The impostor finally rolled out of the Ji Family!]

[Congrats, brother, for reclaiming his rightful inheritance! Let’s celebrate~]

[Brother is amazing, those who intend to seize Ji Family assets will ultimately be driven out!]

Primarily Ji Fengyuan’s fans were constantly belittling Ji Tingzhou.

But before they could belittle much more, someone publicly clarified the rumors about Ji Tingzhou online.

The person who clarified isn’t anyone else but Ji Fengyuan’s stepmother, also the person who adopted Ji Tingzhou at the beginning.

I am Ruan Ying: When I adopted Xiao Zhou, I truly regarded him as my own child. Regarding these recent online rumors, Xiao Zhou won’t explain, so I’ll do it. I brought him home from the welfare institution, he wishes to repay me, and I understand, but over these years, he has long repaid this kindness. He is my child, so I respect Xiao Zhou’s choice, leaving Ji Group. I won’t elaborate on his past, but he did nothing wrong; those at fault are the criminals.

Once Ji Group Chairman’s wife’s Weibo was posted.

Most previous messages online were immediately suppressed.

[Honestly, weren’t the ones talking about Ji Tingzhou just making things up, there’s no evidence!]

[I recall someone getting sued, right!]

[Speechless, a stepmother is still a stepmother, ultimately not better than a biological mother, our brother is just a helpless, unloved wanderer, wandered outside for so long, back home and got backstabbed by the stepmother, too tragic!]

[Ah, this, this entire page doesn’t mention Ji Fengyuan? Did Ji Fengyuan’s fans come to the wrong place?]

[OMG, someone over there uncovered that Ji Tingzhou’s dad’s imprisonment was due to domestic violence and intentional murder, holy moly, it’s confirmed!]

Ji Fengyuan’s fans didn’t even get a chance to retaliate before getting diverted by this comment.

Somebody mentioned the initial trial of Ji Tingzhou’s father, and another found a witness from back then.

[This… what’s the meaning?! I’m bewildered, Ji Tingzhou is too pitiful!]

[The Anti-Domestic Violence Law! All of y’all need to check it out! @Ji Xizhi please provide legal knowledge!]

[For some reason, I feel Ji Xizhi might have explained this law before? But it’s not coming to mind!]

[Emm… now you mention it, it’s coming back to me too, wasn’t it during the first episode of “Life Experience”? When Ji Xizhi was livestreaming, there was a medicine buyer saying domestic violence, couldn’t divorce because of children! Was this the segment?]

[Not sure if it’s appropriate to say, but I seem to notice something, Ji Xizhi and Ji Tingzhou, wasn’t it rumored before that Ji Tingzhou invested in “Life Experience” because of Ji Xizhi? I used to think it was just speculation, but now I feel it might be true!]

[Turns out y’all watch the show with high-powered scopes, damn!]

Initially, when someone in the comments brought up legal matters, they instinctively thought to ask Ji Xizhi to explain, many fans and spectators instinctively reacted.

Having Ji Xizhi lead the law discussion, the zeal for learning soared!

But as the discussion progressed, old fans of “Life Experience” noticed something unusual.

The first episode of “Life Experience” was indeed very popular, but Ji Group didn’t really have any entertainment industry-related operations. Saying it attracted Ji Group’s investment, well, the show was too niche, only popular for one episode, not very probable.

Yet, oddly enough, after the first episode of “Life Experience,” Ji Group made a significant investment, official co-branding, then the show was revamped.

Previously, nobody noticed anything off.

Now, with Ji Tingzhou’s situation exposed, fans turned into Sherlock Holmes, deducing the connections.

#The truth about the relationship between Ji Tingzhou and Ji Xizhi# suddenly appeared.

The intellectual community was late to the party, generally considering Ji Family matters tagged to their figurehead as no good, everyone consciously steered clear of Ji Family topics.

Yet now, it involved Ji Xizhi’s name! This couldn’t do!

Intellectuals geared up for battle.

Preparing knowledge, grabbing keyboards, they began to refute the unfounded gossip.

And just upon entering, they spotted the trending topic beneath.

Snack Consumer Xiao Hu: #The truth about the relationship between Ji Tingzhou and Ji Xizhi# The truth is captivated by Ji Xizhi’s legal expertise?

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