Chapter 239

Deep Water Bay, Li family villa.

Mr. Li looked at the row of newspapers, his expression not looking good.

These newspapers—he had clearly already given them a heads-up. Why were most of them leaning towards Director Guan Zu, calling him a great philanthropist, and then cursing the Li family?

"Why is this?"

"I clearly already gave them a heads-up."

With his reputation as the richest man, who would dare not give Mr. Li face?

Everything had always gone smoothly!

Yet today, why was the media not giving him face?

But soon he figured it out: Director Guan Zu must have used means—either money or force.

"Only Mr. Cha didn't give that Director Guan Zu face..."

After Mr. Li sighed, he soon frowned again.

"This is trouble!"

"Today's public opinion will definitely be unfavorable to my Li family. How should I break this deadlock?"

For people like them doing business, reputation is very important. It doesn't matter if they are scoundrels, they must maintain a good image on the surface.

This is corporate credibility, it's very important.

But the problem is, this time the Li family really did something improper, and wanting to turn black into white is too difficult.

"Since there's no way to turn black into white,"

Mr. Li soon thought of a method,

"Then I will create a bigger piece of news to suppress this one!"

And just at this moment,

"*Ring ring ring~~~~*"

A phone call came in.

"Boss, it's bad. Downstairs at the company, many reporters have arrived."

Subsequently, phone calls kept coming in.

Downstairs at the office buildings of various Li companies, there were reporters stationed.

With phone call after phone call, Mr. Li started to get a headache.

"No need to rush, I already have a way!"

He comforted them one by one.

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And at this time,

Le Huizhen, who was reprimanded and suspended by her supervisor yesterday, returned to work today.

She had a flash of inspiration and thought of an idea: she conducted street interviews and street surveys to collect citizens' views on Director Guan Zu and the Li family.

After a busy day, the results were out.

64% of citizens expressed that Director Guan Zu was innocent and the Li family was too abominable!

This survey result showed whether the citizens of Hong Kong supported the Li family or Director Guan Zu!

After Le Huizhen filmed the interviews with citizens one by one, she returned to the television station and gave the content to the acting news director.

After the news director watched it, he looked at Le Huizhen a few times and finally stated he would ask his superiors.

Not long after, it was sent to Madam Fang.

"No!"

"These cannot be reported!"

Madam Fang refused with some annoyance because Sir Run Run Shaw was very old, and most of the time Madam Fang would help manage things, and her management style was just like this, with many subordinates being quite dissatisfied.

It is worth mentioning that after Sir Run Run Shaw passed away, he left behind a huge inheritance, but his four children issued a cold statement through their lawyers, stating they were unwilling to inherit the estate.

The reason for this...

When Le Huizhen received this feedback, she was very dissatisfied.

So she handed all the materials she had worked so hard to interview to Director Guan Zu.

"You want to take these to ATV to broadcast?"

"That's right!"

"But you will be dismissed; after all, this counts as aiding the enemy."

"This stuff is good for you, so what if I'm dismissed?"

Le Huizhen waved her fists like an angry little lion.

However, in the end, Director Guan Zu did not adopt this. He could suggest ATV do such an interview; there was no need for Le Huizhen to lose the job she liked.

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And at this time,

at the office buildings of the Li family's companies, especially the company where Mr. Li usually worked, quite a few reporters had already gathered outside the building.

They all wanted to interview Mr. Li and the eldest young master.

However, Mr. Li didn't go to work at all today, so they could only interview other employees.

The presence of these reporters caused many employees entering and leaving to be driven to distraction.

Many employees felt very embarrassed.

……

In the afternoon,

Deep Water Bay, on the side of the Li family villa,

the outside was also surrounded by many newspaper reporters. If it weren't for Mr. Li's network, it's estimated that TVB and ATV's television interview vans would have driven straight here.

However, this also made Mr. Li and the eldest young master inside the villa very passive.

The eldest young master lowered his head: "Dad, I'm sorry, I'm the one who caused trouble."

The second young master was on the side, looking angry on the surface, but inside he was laughing his head off.

Inside, he was punching the air: Awesome!!

He had always been very dissatisfied with his father's favoritism. He had long seen that his father valued the eldest brother and wanted to hand over the nearly 100 billion Li family business to the eldest brother to inherit, while for himself? He estimated he would only get to drink the soup.

Now seeing his eldest brother poke such a big hole, he was happy to death.

This Director Guan Zu is powerful!

Oh yeah!

*Hehehe~~~*

Mr. Li, however, was unhurried because he had already arranged everything and was now just waiting for news.

*Ring ring ring~~~~*

"Hello!"

"Uncle Li, I've already prepared the matter," said Mr. Lau.

"Good, I've troubled you with this matter; I will remember this favor," said Mr. Li.

"Being able to do things for Uncle Li is my honor," the Mr. Lau on the other side laughed.

He was nicknamed the "Female Star Harvester." Doing this had no negative impact on him at all; instead, he could gain Mr. Li's friendship, and his future development would inevitably be smooth sailing.

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In the evening,

ATV continued to broadcast Director Guan Zu's news. There was some new content, and some content was rehashing old news, but it couldn't stop the citizens of Hong Kong from liking this news; the ratings soared to 80%.

It beat TVB until it had no power to fight back.

And just at this moment,

an incident occurred.

A female star was suddenly sent out from one of Mr. Lau's villas, lifted onto an ambulance, and headed to Sacred Heart Hospital.

Subsequently, after emergency rescue, two golf balls were removed from her body.

The hospital and nurses were dumbfounded.

Subsequently, a reporter from who knows where suddenly secretly filmed this scene.

That night, the news that should have been an exclusive scoop spread through all major and minor media in Hong Kong in a strange way.

These media outlets exploded directly, excitedly abandoning the Director Guan Zu vs. Li family news headline, and instead put this news on the front page headline.

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The next day,

early morning, the vitality of Hong Kong began to recover.

Director Guan Zu and Sister Ruan Mei went downstairs, preparing to go eat meatball and fish slice porridge.

"Extra! Extra! Explosive news! Explosive news!!"

"Famous 'Jade Girl' female star came out of Mr. Lau's house last night, sent to the hospital, 2 golf balls removed from her body!!"

By the side of the street, the newspaper stall owner shouted,

and soon attracted the attention of a large group of lecherous men.

"What?"

"Golf balls?"

"My god, how could they fit?"

"Mr. Lau really knows how to play. Is this the happiness of the rich?" "My god, she's a 'Jade Girl,' how could she play so wildly?"

"Is the news true or false?"

After Director Guan Zu saw the news, he was stunned.

His first reaction was that incident. Isn't this too much of a coincidence?

Sister Ruan Mei on the side looked curious: "Golf balls are so big, how did she swallow them? How could her throat be that big?"

Director Guan Zu: "…………"

"Maybe this female star's throat structure is a bit different."

He hurriedly grabbed her hand and dragged her away.

Not long after, Director Guan Zu looked back and saw that the newspaper stall had already been surrounded by a group of lecherous neighbors.

"Give me a copy!"

"Give me a copy!"

!.

Sure enough, gossip, female stars, tycoons, sex, and curiosity—all elements added together, the news is invincible.

Director Guan Zu wasn't sure if this was exactly the same as in his previous life, or if this was Mr. Li's method.

Even if it was Mr. Li's method, Director Guan Zu wasn't surprised.

Suppressing news—there were plenty of tactics used in later generations.

Many times, stars are just pulled out as targets to suppress news.

When Director Guan Zu and Sister Ruan Mei were eating breakfast, they heard the surrounding neighbors and diners all discussing the female star and Mr. Lau. Even ATV and TVB's morning news were reporting this, while the grievances between Director Guan Zu and Mr. Li were basically no longer being paid attention to.

Their brains had all gone to the head down there.

Then, dozens of newspapers in Hong Kong all used the female star as the front-page headline.

And all Hong Kong citizens, while eating breakfast, going to work, or on the road, were either watching television news or reading newspapers, and the focus of their gossip was all on the female star and Mr. Lau.

Returning to the Five-Star Company, Director Guan Zu found that the employees were all huddled in groups of three or five, excitedly discussing something.

"Wow, golf, so big... (gestured with hand)"

"Two golf balls, this Mr. Lau really has many tricks."

Seeing this, Director Guan Zu basically understood that the news about himself and Mr. Li was basically going to be suppressed.

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The trending search for Director Guan Zu vs. Mr. Li came fast and went fast.

Today's trending news in Hong Kong was the fancy games of the female star and Mr. Lau.

All Hong Kong citizens, in offices, restaurants, buses... were discussing it. This heat was ten times hotter than Director Guan Zu's news; it was simply exploding with heat!

Song Zihao was currently driving Mao Xiang Yang to the headquarters of the *Hua Xin News* in Happy Valley.

"Dear listeners... good afternoon, everyone..."

The car radio was broadcasting news,

"Last night, a famous female star was at Mr. Lau's villa..."

"The female star comes from a family of performers; her father and mother are both famous actors in the entertainment industry..."

"In one movie after another, she won the audience's love with her outstanding appearance and acting skills, and was called a 'Jade Girl'..."

"Didn't expect that last night she..."

Mao Xiang Yang in the passenger seat frowned tightly. This was the third time he had heard this news, and he couldn't help but indignantly say: "This capitalist lifestyle is really too extravagant and lewd, simply throwing morality and shame to the back of their minds; it's hard to agree with."

Song Zihao chuckled: "I actually think this incident came out a bit too coincidentally."

Mao Xiang Yang was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Song Zihao: "Look, yesterday Azu and the Li family were at the center of public opinion. Today I ran around all day and passed by the downstairs of the Li family's company building twice; many reporters were blocking it there. With conclusive evidence, shouldn't the Li family come out to apologize to the public?"

"And once this incident came out, wasn't all the attention of Hong Kong citizens placed on this female star? No one is discussing Azu and the Li family's affairs anymore?"

Mao Xiang Yang frowned.

Put that way, it really does look like it!

It came too coincidentally!

"You mean, this was specially created by the Li family?"

"I can't guarantee it, but there is this possibility... Think about it, this kind of thing is definitely a huge blow to a female star. This female star is known as a 'Jade Girl.' Once this happens, she definitely won't be able to play a 'Jade Girl' image in movies in the future; the loss will be huge. And for her personal reputation, it's simply a devastating blow," Song Zihao analyzed.

He had experienced too much and saw things with more layers than others.

The more Mao Xiang Yang listened, the more he felt Song Zihao's words made sense.

Soon,

the car arrived in Happy Valley.

Mao Xiang Yang arrived at the *Hua Xin News* headquarters, first sent out a letter, and then called his leadership to report Director Guan Zu's plan to acquire the ATV shares held by Gambling King Ho.

Then he reported the golf incident.

"Leadership, I suspect this incident was deliberately created by the Li family to divert the audience's attention."

The leadership thought for a moment and nodded: "What you said makes sense. There are many new things in Hong Kong that we need to learn. And this guess of yours this time is very good, showing that you haven't wasted your time in Hong Kong for so long..."

Mao Xiang Yang, praised by the leadership, blushed.

The leadership added: "As for the ATV shares, I need to deliberate... but this also reminds us that the public opinion front is very important in Hong Kong..."

"In addition, you continue to pay attention to this news and verify whether it was intentional or a coincidence..."

"Yes, leadership."

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In the following days,

Mao Xiang Yang kept paying attention to the news of the golf incident.

The second day, the female star appeared and denied the rumors.

The third day, Mr. Lau appeared and said the incident was true.

The fourth day, the female star appeared and said this incident was not initiated by her, she was not wrong.

The fifth day, Mr. Lau said everything was just about money.

It was like squeezing toothpaste, with a new explosive point every day, making all the media in Hong Kong high, occupying the trending searches every day, and all Hong Kong citizens had all their attention attracted by this incident.

Seeing this, Mao Xiang Yang basically had a judgment.

If it were the first time, it could be called a coincidence, but then the second, third, fourth time... it was always so coincidental.

Then it was too "coincidental."

In the evening,

Cooked Food Stall,

Mao Xiang Yang, Director Guan Zu, and Song Zihao were eating a late-night snack together again.

"Looking back now, this news was indeed premeditated and designed by the Li family."

"Yeah."

Director Guan Zu had to admire that this time Mr. Li used a "Female Star Harvester" tycoon + a female star to get his Li family out of trouble.

And the tycoon didn't lose anything at all; it's estimated that the female star also got the benefits she deserved.

Mao Xiang Yang: "Then what are you planning to do?"

Director Guan Zu shrugged: "No way."

Song Zihao on the side was surprised: "Just let it pass like this?"

Director Guan Zu nodded: "Only this can be done. Even if I continue to launch a public opinion sniper attack on the Li family, the effect will be greatly reduced, far less than a few days ago."

Gossip enthusiasm will dissipate, and trending searches will shift.

Director Guan Zu: "Besides, the 'Knowledge Cup' starts the day after tomorrow. I hope all Hong Kong citizens will focus their attention on the 'Knowledge Cup'."

Mao Xiang Yang was moved upon hearing this and raised his glass: "A toast to you!"

Director Guan Zu smiled.

Cheers.

Inside, he sneered. That's what he said, but how could Director Guan Zu really let Mr. Li go?

I, Director Guan Zu, cannot stand such grievances!

Now that he had finally grabbed a chance to intensify the conflict, Director Guan Zu naturally wouldn't let it go.

Click on the system.

"Causeway Bay support rate: 83%!"

"Note: This support rate is already very high. Causeway Bay citizens have become your supporters. Even if you propose an unreasonable suggestion, you can get their strong support."

Last time when it reached 70%, there was this prompt.

Director Guan Zu had always wanted to test it, but there was no suitable opportunity.

And this time, Director Guan Zu just happened to want to try it!

Target————Causeway Bay · ParknShop Supermarket!

This is the largest supermarket in Mr. Li's ParknShop chain, with an extremely huge scale and super high quarterly operating profit.

It just happens to be in Director Guan Zu's base camp!

Causeway Bay, Wan Chai neighbors: Brother Zu has been wronged, how can we not help him take revenge?!

(End of chapter)