Chapter 510

"Fourth point, very important..."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu said solemnly,

"First, use the radio stations to spread the news of my detention to stir up gossip among all Hong Kong citizens and guide them to watch ATV news tonight."

You can doubt the citizens' hatred for Swire's evil, but don't doubt the citizens' curiosity for gossip and their support for Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu.

They will definitely lock onto ATV news tonight because of this gossip.

"Then for the evening news, give me at least 40 minutes of the entire court debate... let the citizens hear Swire's evil deeds..."

Citizens: Oh no... knowledge is entering my brain in a despicable way!

Upon hearing this, Fang Ting's eyes lit up.

That makes sense!

"Will this trigger an injunction?"

"How would it trigger one? Broadcasting the content of such a public hearing is perfectly fine."

"Alright, I'll go give the instructions later."

"Give the radio stations some money."

"No problem."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu: "Also, I won't be going out tonight; I'll stay here."

What is this called for Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu?

Fan abuse!

The more they are abused, the more the fans love him!

Fang Ting looked at the environment and said with a heartache: "I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep here."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu smiled: "This environment is quite good. There's a quilt, fruit, milk tea, a TV... and a dance king here to chat with me. It's only for one night. I'm not some delicate person."

"Besides, revolution doesn't happen without bloodshed and sacrifice."

"I want all of Hong Kong to know Swire's true face and see the hypocrisy of the court."

"For all this, what does sitting in a detention room for a day matter?"

Hearing this, Fang Ting stopped trying to persuade him: "I'll leave a mobile phone with you, otherwise if Sister Mei wants to call you later, she won't be able to get through and will worry about you."

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu smiled: "She must have already arrived."

Sure enough,

In less than 2 minutes, Ruan Mei, led by Situ Jie, walked into the detention room.

"Husband~~~" Seeing Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu like this, although Ruan Mei knew he would be fine, her eyes couldn't help but turn red, turning her into a tearful beauty.

Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu comforted her a few times,

Then Le Huizhen ran over, along with Tan Meili, Gao Jin, and a few others...

An hour later,

The group finally left.

Not long after,

Huang Bingyao also came, revealing a hehehe~~ expression: "Brother Zu, I saw a TV series a while ago where, in order to ensure prisoners in jail didn't end their family line, they had to send a woman over. Do you want one too? Local, Filipino, white-haired, black-skinned..."

Black lines dropped down Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's forehead.

"Get out!!"

Huang Bingyao: "Alrighty~~~"

Zha Ge, in the neighboring cell, saw a Senior Assistant Commissioner with a Bauhinia flower and one star on his shoulder running over to suck up, and his understanding of Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's power deepened even further.

At this moment, the detention room officer pointed at Zha Ge: "Xian Weicha, your snoring was very loud last night... no snoring allowed tonight, you're disturbing Mr. Guan's sleep, understand?!"

Zha Ge was on the verge of tears: "No, I snore, I can't control it!"

And at this time,

148 Electric Road, North Point, Hong Kong.

Pepsi office.

"What?"

"Your Five-Star Supermarket wants to refuse Coca-Cola entry into Five-Star Supermarket?"

Pepsi President Dai Gao looked at Tan Meili in surprise.

Tan Meili: "That's right... you've also seen the competition between our Five-Star Group and the Swire Group. I wonder if Mr. Dai Gao would be willing to join Five-Star Supermarket in a super-large promotional campaign?"

There's such a good thing?

Pepsi President Dai Gao made the decision immediately: "Of course I'm willing!"

This is worth doing even if it loses money!

Ever since Pepsi was born and challenged Coca-Cola, all kinds of competitive methods have been used, including but not limited to normal competition (price wars, product type wars, etc.), as well as abnormal competition (advertising to belittle opponents, hiring President Nixon as a brand ambassador).

There was also 1985, when a Coca-Cola employee was fired for dating a Pepsi employee.

Laughing and crying~~~

And here in Hong Kong,

Coca-Cola, relying on its first-mover advantage, occupies most of the cola market share in Hong Kong.

Pepsi dreams of surpassing Coca-Cola.

And now,

Five-Star Supermarket says it wants to hit Coca-Cola together!

The Pepsi president naturally agreed with both hands!

After all, Five-Star Supermarket has the largest customer traffic in Hong Kong, with over 150,000 daily customers.

If Coca-Cola could be excluded from Five-Star Supermarket's shelves and Pepsi placed there alone, that would definitely be a fantastic promotion credit.

Promotion!

Everyone wants one!

Tan Meili: "Then happy cooperation~~"

Dai Gao: "Happy cooperation~~"

Both sides began discussing the details of the cooperation.

And at this time,

The fastest news came from the radio stations.

"Latest news... the highly anticipated injunction hearing has ended."

"Famous Legislative Councilor and ATV boss Mr. Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu has been sentenced to 15 days of detention by the judge for contempt of court... it is estimated that he will be transferred to Stanley Prison tomorrow..."

"The specific process is..."

"If you want to see the recorded version, please lock onto ATV News at 19:00..."

Soon,

Thousands of taxis across Hong Kong and radios everywhere received this news.

"Damn, Mr. Guan was detained?"

"Is it true?"

"Mr. Guan is such a good person, and they're sending him to Stanley Prison?"

"Is the judge a moron! They dare to send Brother Zu to prison?"

"My temper is flaring, what's the judge's name? Where does he live? I'll send him a gift!"

The news spread like the wind throughout Hong Kong.

Big event!

The respected Mr. Guan, who speaks for the people, was actually sentenced to prison?!

Citizens all over Hong Kong began discussing it.

There were too many citizens who respected Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu, over 2 million.

They all became angry.

There were also quite a few citizens who felt Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was a menace, and upon hearing the news, they began to gloat.

However, everyone couldn't help but be very curious about what happened inside the court.

Must watch the evening news!

Soon,

Ah Wah received a call from Song Zihao.

"Hey, Brother Hao... Brother Zu is fine, he's currently in the police detention room. Actually, there's no need to go to Stanley at all; bail has already been processed and he can come out, but Brother Zu wants to make a big deal out of it..."

"As long as he's fine. But then again, it's good enough that Ah Zu doesn't menace others."

ATV.

18:30,

In the news department office, the atmosphere was tense and busy.

Reporters and editors were coming and going, and telephone bells were ringing one after another.

The big screen showed the outline of the news to be broadcast, and the time was ticking closer to 19:00.

Wen Huixin stood in front of her desk, holding a news script her subordinate had just written. She browsed through it quickly, looked up, and said to the editor standing by: "You can't write it like this."

The editor hurried: "Sister Xin, what's wrong? I'll change it immediately!"

Wen Huixin tapped the script with her finger and said to her subordinate: "Brother Zu specifically instructed that this news must be factual and measured. The boss was sentenced to 15 days of detention for contempt of court due to his extreme words and actions in court. From a legal procedure perspective, this verdict itself is not problematic."

"In court, everyone must abide by order, and contempt of court authority should be punished accordingly; we cannot mislead the audience on this point."

"This is also the reason why our boss is complying with the detention."

"And what you wrote is: The judge judged randomly, causing our boss to be detained."

The editor said hurriedly: "I understand."

Wen Huixin: "As for the content that follows, we must focus on: presenting the truth of the event to the audience and guiding everyone to think about whether judicial justice is being swayed by interests. Rewrite it, highlight the key points, and let the audience see the trickery behind this."

The editor hurried: "Okay, I'll go change it immediately!"

Time kept flying by...

!

5 minutes until 19:00,

The lights in the live broadcast room were already on, and the cameras were aimed at the news anchor's position.

Wen Huixin sat in the anchor's seat and adjusted the microphone to ensure the sound was clear.

"5 minutes left, each group start checking..."

Soon,

19:00,

The camera switched to the live broadcast room,

Wen Huixin: "Dear viewers, welcome to tonight's ATV News."

"Today, a highly anticipated hearing was held at the High Court, sparking widespread concern from all walks of life."

At this very moment,

If there were real-time ratings, ATV's ratings would definitely reach over 80%.

And as for the coverage, almost every household was attracted by this news. Except for citizens who really didn't have time to watch TV, almost all other citizens who were free turned on their TVs.

Lock onto ATV News!

"The core of the event lies in the media's deep digging into the history of the Swire Group recently triggered by Cathay Pacific. Subsequently, the Swire Group submitted an injunction application to the court against ATV, 'Five-Star Daily', 'Wen Wei Po', 'Ta Kung Pao', and 'New Evening Post'."

The camera switched to inside the court, where representatives from both sides were clashing fiercely.

"At the hearing, the Swire Group first stated that these five media outlets have been using various channels such as TV programs and newspaper layouts to spread false information about the Swire Group..."

In the hearing, both ATV and TVB recorded the entire process exactly as it was.

And now, it was the edited version.

The important parts were broadcast.

The screen shifted, focusing on the five media outlets that were being applied against.

"Facing the Swire Group's accusations, the respondents presented a large amount of detailed evidence: detailed literature records, rich interview records, and a large amount of data, confirming that..."

"In the cross-examination, the Swire Group's lawyers refuted this ironclad evidence with only pale reasons such as 'taking things out of context', 'distorted interpretation', and 'too long ago to prove relevance'..."

The news broadcast was relatively detailed,

Cutting out the essence of the entire debate process.

After broadcasting for 40 minutes,

The first reaction of all Hong Kong citizens was: the information provided by ATV and the 4 newspapers was very detailed, while the Swire Group's debate seemed simple and weak.

Moreover, this news also revealed a problem: many citizens actually didn't know much about Swire's crimes, or weren't very enthusiastic.

Because that was hatred from over a hundred years ago, far less important than today's daily necessities.

As a result, this time, because of the gossip about why Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was arrested, they listened to 40 minutes of Swire Group's crimes.

Patriotic education entered the citizens' minds in such a cunning way.

Dislike for Swire Group +1+1+1+1...

Finally,

It reached the part citizens cared about most.

Wen Huixin: "After a long debate and evidence presentation, the judge finally sentenced: the respondents spread false information, and the court agreed to the injunction application submitted by the Swire Group."

At this moment,

In thousands of households across Hong Kong,

Although many people had already heard it through the radio, they were still a bit angry watching it now.

"This damn judge is clearly favoring the Swire Group!"

"Damn bastard!"

Wen Huixin: "Upon hearing this verdict, Mr. Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was very angry. He expressed his dissent on the spot."

Immediately following this, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's long string of cursing was broadcast.

Words like bastard, damn it, trash, idiot...

Extremely high profanity content.

Citizens listened and watched, and for some reason, felt particularly satisfied.

Brother Zu/Mr. Guan cursed well!

Finally, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's sentence: "50,000? I'll pay this money! One last thing to say to you—f*** you—!"

Made many citizens laugh directly.

Just like the previous Legislative Council meetings, Brother Zu is still as domineering!

Wen Huixin: "In the end, the judge determined that Mr. Guan was in contempt of court and sentenced him to 15 days of detention."

The camera returned to the live broadcast room,

Wen Huixin concluded solemnly:

"Dear viewers, looking at today's court process, the evidence presented by the five media outlets is irrefutable, yet the judge still made a verdict agreeing to the injunction. This result is truly hard to understand."

"We can't help but ponder, behind this seemingly simple injunction, is there any interest exchange between the judge and the injunction applicant, the Swire Group?"

"We at ATV will continue to pay attention to the follow-up of this event, and we also look forward to judicial justice being truly manifested..."

Crazy hints.

At this moment, citizens all over Hong Kong had the same feeling.

To be honest, this verdict was too unreasonable.

It violated their logic.

Many citizens were very dissatisfied,

"This is too unreasonable! We clearly saw that evidence, how could they still agree to the injunction?"

"The judge definitely took Swire's money? This is too obvious!"

"I didn't expect this court to be so dark."

"Rule of law spirit? My foot!"

In a tenement building in Wan Chai, a family of three was sitting around a small table eating and watching TV.

The father suddenly put down his chopsticks heavily, his face full of anger: "What the hell is this judge doing! Ah Zu brought out so much evidence, but he sided with Swire, he must have taken benefits!"

The mother was also very angry: "Ah Zu is a good person, he has helped us so much, he even paid and put in effort for the community renovation before! We can't sit idly by while Ah Zu is being bullied!"

The father shouted angrily: "I'm not going to work tomorrow, I'm going to the court to protest and support Ah Zu!"

In North Point, in a household,

A young man couldn't believe it: "They don't even look at the obvious evidence, how did this judge get his position!"

An old man was angry: "The Five-Star Group has done so much for our community, but now they are being wronged like this, we have to do something."

"Ah Zu is being bullied, I'll call a few friends tomorrow to protest at the court entrance, we must get justice for Ah Zu."

In thousands of households across Hong Kong, the same thing was happening everywhere.

A new day,

In the morning,

Many citizens began to gather at the entrance of the High Court.

Some citizens held homemade signs,

On which were written words like "Justice for Ah Zu", "Severely punish the black-hearted judge", "Truth cannot be buried", etc.

As time passed, more and more citizens arrived from all directions.

They surrounded the court entrance tightly, and a spontaneous protest activity officially kicked off.

(End of chapter)