Chapter 389: 383 All of Hong Kong is Watching the Drama! Fang Anxin is Cold from Head to Toe!

"The person behind this is too brazen!"

"Too arrogant!"

As the recording of Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu was broadcast, the citizens of Hong Kong watching the news turned from shock to fury, cursing loudly.

"The tax department is a law enforcement agency, yet they are breaking the law themselves!"

"Simply lawless!"

Soon,

citizens began calling their friends and family one after another.

"Come quickly, big news!"

"Yes, yes, ATV, turn it on immediately... Mr. Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan has appeared and brought out evidence directly..."

"The tax audit is actually retaliation against Mr. Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan..."

More and more citizens joined the ranks of the spectators.

ATV's ratings kept climbing.

On the television, the recording continued to play,

and more and more "true details" were exposed.

"Actually, 'Operation Mirror'... the goal was to deal with this Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu. The many companies audited before this were just to pave the way..."

At this moment,

those 7 audited companies: "????"

They were so angry their lungs were about to explode!

Damn you, Fang Anxin!

So it was all a deliberate setup to mess with me!

And what was even more heartbreaking was that they were just cannon fodder, caught in the crossfire!

The recording continued to play...

"... Audit the taxes, coordinate with the TVB report... tsk tsk, even if the Five Star Group doesn't die, they'll be skinned alive..."

"... By then, even if Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu jumps into the Yellow River, he won't be able to wash himself clean..."

"... The leader is a Deputy Secretary after all; he can destroy whoever he wants..."

"Power... is the ability to control, dominate, and influence the behavior of others!"

More and more citizens received calls and turned on their televisions,

and the more they heard, the more shocking it became!

What a massive conspiracy!

What immense official arrogance!

What immense power!

The final sentence pointed it out nakedly: Power is everything!

This made all citizens, including wealthy businessmen, feel extremely disgusted and repulsed.

And over at the Finance Office, Fang Anxin was already cold from head to toe.

It collapsed!

The plan to deal with Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu had completely collapsed!

Now she had gotten herself into big trouble.

Because this recording fit her plan perfectly, she didn't even think about the possibility that Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu had forged it.

She hated the two people in the recording to the core.

"Don't let me find out who you are, or you're dead!"

Ring ring ring~~~~

At this moment, her phone rang.

It was her husband calling.

She answered, and her husband immediately lashed out: "What is going on with the stuff on TV?"

Fang Anxin snapped: "You don't need to worry about it!"

Then she hung up the phone.

She looked at the television.

Her mind was in complete chaos.

Meanwhile, at the villa of Tycoon Shao, Concubine Fang was also watching ATV, her face turning pale.

Clatter~~~

The cup in her hand slipped and shattered on the floor.

"What's wrong?"

Tycoon Shao heard the commotion and walked out.

"Nothing..."

Concubine Fang covered up her inner panic, because Tycoon Shao didn't yet know what she had done; if he found out, she wouldn't know how to explain it.

And just as all of Hong Kong was in an uproar, with public opinion surging like a tidal wave,

in the ATV interview studio,

the host, Wen Wen Huixin, made a new move.

She turned slightly to face the camera, her voice steady and powerful as she said:

"Dear viewers, next, we have a special guest, a reporter from TVB, who will reveal even more shocking inside information to us."

There's more?

The citizens of Hong Kong craned their necks even further.

The big revelations just kept coming!

They felt both angry and the joy of watching the drama unfold.

Soon, a male reporter walked onto the stage on TV, looking a bit nervous.

Wen Wen Huixin: "This is Chen Qi, a reporter who has served at TVB for 9 years..."

"I presume everyone remembers that the day before the tax audit, a TVB reporter interviewed Mr. Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan in Causeway Bay about his views on paying taxes according to the law."

"And later, TVB used that interview to attack Mr. Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan."

"Just now, that interview was also mentioned in the recording."

Wen Wen Huixin looked at the TVB reporter:

"Mr. Chen Qi, please introduce yourself to the citizens first..."

"Hello everyone, I... I am TVB reporter Chen Qi."

"I confess, the previous interview with Mr. Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu was actually arranged specifically by my superiors. The instructions I received were to deliberately guide public opinion during the interview, to create trouble for Mr. Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu and the Five Star Group, and to make everyone suspicious of them..."

"I... I am very sorry. I was helpless at the time, just following orders!"

"Oh, and afterward, I even received a 1,000-dollar bonus, and there are transfer records that can be checked."

Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu watched the reporter, appearing angry on the surface, but wanting to laugh inside.

The recording was fake, but what this reporter said was true.

With truth and lies mixed together, the lies became truth; the citizens couldn't tell the difference, and presumably, Fang Anxin couldn't either.

The male reporter's words were like pouring a bucket of oil onto a raging fire, making the citizens of Hong Kong even more furious.

The citizens' anger +1000+1000+1000...

"TVB was actually involved in this too, how despicable!"

"They'll stop at nothing to achieve their goals; do they have no bottom line?"

"It's TVB again!"

"They already did wrong during the kneeling incident last time, and they're doing it again this time."

"This report on the Five Star Group was also taken out of context."

At the villa of Tycoon Shao,

Concubine Fang, sitting in front of the TV, heard these words, her face turning as pale as paper, her body swaying as she nearly collapsed to the ground.

"Unreasonable!"

"This reporter actually betrayed the station!"

She was shocked, angry, and afraid...

She never imagined that things would develop to this point, with all the backroom dealings being exposed one by one...

Tycoon Shao's expression was not good.

He just wanted to live a quiet life and hadn't paid much attention to TVB; he didn't expect Concubine Fang to cause such a huge mess.

"You... you are foolish!"

Tycoon Shao was old now, over 80, with children and grandchildren everywhere and no lack of money. Now, all he wanted was to leave behind a good name and make his mark on this era.

And Concubine Fang was ruining his reputation!

"Tomorrow, I will call and invite Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu to dinner; you must apologize to him!"

Concubine Fang was dejected, unwilling, but had no choice but to compromise:

"Yes, Master~~"

At this moment,

On ATV, Man Wai-sum asked the reporter a few more questions before finally dismissing them.

Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu and Man Wai-sum were face-to-face once again.

Man Wai-sum: "Mr. Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan, what are your thoughts on what that reporter just said?"

"Anger, and heartbreak!"

"As an individual, TVB has used unscrupulous means to distort the facts regarding me and the Five Star Group, using out-of-context interviews to attack and mislead the public, causing massive negative impact on me and the Five Star Group."

"As a Legislative Councilor, I criticize this behavior by TVB. The prosperity and stability Hong Kong enjoys today is rooted in the spirit of the rule of law, and the fair supervision of the media has played an indispensable role. Yet today, you at TVB are openly trampling on this cornerstone, treating freedom of the press as a tool for personal gain, acting recklessly."

He went straight for the jugular!

If Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu were still an ordinary citizen without a public office, he wouldn't be able to say such things.

But he is a Legislative Councilor, placing him at the very top of Hong Kong's power structure.

His words carry the weight of public authority.

"TVB has seriously violated the principles of fairness, accuracy, and balance in the Television Ordinance!"

Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu: "From this moment on, I will formally, in my capacity as a Legislative Councilor, lodge a stern protest with the Broadcasting Authority, demanding a thorough investigation into your irregular operations in this incident and an audit of your internal management loopholes."

The Broadcasting Authority is the department that regulates the media, with responsibilities including the supervision of film, television, and entertainment affairs, as well as providing policy guidance to government-run radio stations.

The Broadcasting Authority,

The foreign leader was worrying about how to rake in money.

"Ring, ring, ring~~~"

The secretary called.

"Sir, the money is coming!"

"What money?"

"Quick, watch the ATV news, Legislative Councilor Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu is attacking..."

The secretary explained the situation.

The foreign leader's eyes lit up.

"Good! Very good!"

He was just wondering how to make money, and the opportunity arrived!

"Very good!"

On television,

Man Wai-sum and Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu shifted from the perspective of TVB back to the perspective of the Inland Revenue Department.

After chatting for another 20 minutes,

the exclusive interview reached its conclusion.

Man Wai-sum: "Mr. Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan, do you have anything to say about the performance of the tax department in this incident?"

Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu:

"First, I can guarantee with my status as a Legislative Councilor and with my own reputation that the Five Star Group does not evade taxes, nor would it ever stoop to evading taxes."

"Although according to data released by the Inland Revenue Department, tax evasion by enterprises is as high as 90%, making it a norm, the Five Star Group is absolutely an exception!"

"I am extremely disappointed in the actions of the tax department... For their own selfish desires, they have unscrupulously manipulated public power, attempting to turn black into white, throwing the fair and orderly business environment that we in Hong Kong have always been proud of into chaos!"

Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu's voice was resonant and deafening,

"If everyone in the Inland Revenue Department can be this unscrupulous, abusing the power of tax audits whenever they find an enterprise they don't like, and colluding with the media to maliciously slander them... especially if it's a listed company, the consequences would be unimaginable: stock market volatility and employee unemployment!"

"This is a shameless abuse of public power! It is a brutal trampling on the dignity of the law and a great insult to the 'spirit of the rule of law' that we in Hong Kong have always championed!"

"As an ordinary citizen, I hereby sternly question the professionalism and professional ethics of the Financial Secretary's Office! Are you still worthy of the uniforms you wear, or have you degenerated into tools for selfish struggles?"

"At the same time, in my capacity as a Legislative Councilor, I request the Legislative Council to formally launch a hearing into the Deputy Financial Secretary, Fang Anxin, to have her answer our questions at the Legislative Council meeting, restore the truth, and provide an explanation to the citizens!"

"I also strongly demand, in my capacity as a Legislative Councilor, that the Independent Commission Against Corruption immediately launch an in-depth investigation into the Inland Revenue Department! We must not allow these ugly acts of abusing public power, threatening enterprises, and seeking personal gain to continue with impunity. We must bring these black sheep to justice and defend the clean land of the rule of law in our Hong Kong!"

Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu's speech stood on the moral high ground,

righteous and awe-inspiring!

A magnificent momentum!

It rolled right over them, crushing the Inland Revenue Department until they had no temper left!

The exclusive interview finally ended,

and the entire Hong Kong was boiling over this interview; the direction of public opinion shifted sharply like a weather vane.

The original questioning of Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu instantly turned into sympathy for him.

The harsher the questioning, the greater the sympathy for Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu.

The public's anger was ignited, and they demanded a thorough investigation into the truth.

The complaint hotlines for the ICAC, the Inland Revenue Department, and the government were blown up by angry citizens.

Fang Anxin, who was at the eye of the storm, sat in her office at the Financial Secretary's Office, her face as pale as paper, her hands trembling uncontrollably as the sound of Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu's angry rebuke from the television played in her mind.

She knew that the situation she had meticulously planned was a total failure!

"Where exactly did things go wrong?"

"Right!"

"It's those two moles in the Inland Revenue Department!"

"And that TVB reporter!"

"If it weren't for these three people, how could my plan have lost?"

In her frustration, she began to find excuses to comfort herself, claiming it wasn't her fault.

"No!"

"I haven't lost yet!"

Suddenly she realized,

"I still have one last chance to turn the tables. As long as I find evidence that the Five Star Group is evading taxes, I can win!"

She quickly called the head of the audit team, her voice stern:

"I don't care what method you use, you must find me evidence of the Five Star Group evading taxes!"

The head of the tax audit team: "............"

He had just watched Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu's interview and realized that the Five Star Group really wasn't evading taxes.

Thinking about it, it made sense; with his team's professional capabilities, if there really were tax evasion, how could they have found nothing after three full days?

"Is he sick? Why wouldn't he evade taxes?!"

After the interview ended,

the cameras were removed.

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Man Wai-sum let out a long sigh of relief, but her spirit was extremely excited.

She was under immense pressure for such a big news story, but fortunately, she had succeeded.

At this moment, Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu had already stood up: "Tell the TV department to continue broadcasting *The File of Justice* later; we can't let the children have no TV to watch!"

Righteous and stern!

I'm dying, Brother Zu is really too gentle!

Man Wai-sum: "Okay, Boss, goodbye!"

Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu nodded: "During this period, put more effort into public opinion."

Man Wai-sum was excited: "There definitely won't be any mistakes!"

Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu left the studio and went outside, where that little vixen Le Le Huizhen ran straight over; if there hadn't been so many people, she probably would have pounced on him.

"Brother Zu!"

Surrounding colleagues: "............"

Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu knew her little thoughts; she was just trying to secure her status as a concubine.

"Ring, ring, ring~~"

Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu's phone rang at this moment.

"Hello, Mr. Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan, I am Shao..."

"Mr. Shao, hello, hello..."

Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu was quite respectful toward Mr. Shao; he was from Zhenhai, Ningbo, Zhejiang, and was born in Shanghai. Although he had leaned toward Taiwan in the past, that was a choice dictated by the era, because Taiwan was Hong Kong's largest market at the time.

However, as he grew older and with Hong Kong's impending return, he began investing in building schools on the mainland; it is estimated that the most commonly named school buildings in the country are the Shao Buildings.

Mr. Shao's children were all in Singapore and had no intention of returning to inherit TVB, so it could be said that Mr. Shao had nothing to worry about, yet he still donated so much money, which Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu admired greatly.

Moreover, Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu's elementary school in his previous life was the Run Run Shaw Building, and for this reason alone, Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu had to show him respect.

"Mr. Shao, I wonder what the matter is?"

"Mr. Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan, are you free to have morning tea together tomorrow morning?"

Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu knew Mr. Shao was calling about the matter regarding Concubine Fang.

If it were anyone else, he wouldn't give them the slightest bit of face, but Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu would still give face to Mr. Shao.

"Since Mr. Shao is inviting me, I definitely have time."

"Many thanks for giving me face, Mr. Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan..."

Having agreed to meet at the Peninsula Hotel at 10:00 AM, the two hung up the phone.

……

……

A new day.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Zhilian ate the breakfast his wife had made, went downstairs, and bought two newspapers as he passed a newsstand.

One was the Five Star Daily: "Five Star Group Tax Scandal, A Complete Breakdown of Events."

One was the Ming Pao: "Deputy Secretary Fang Anxin Seeks Revenge, Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu Denounces Power Hegemony."

As for the Oriental Daily, that newspaper had the lowest integrity, so he generally didn't buy it.

"Officer Lu, aren't you from the ICAC? Please investigate that Fang Anxin!"

"That's right, it's too detestable!"