Chapter 1988

June 8, 1994, the 29th day of the fourth lunar month, Wednesday!

Xiangjiang!

At 8:30 AM, in the medium-sized banquet hall of the Hilton Hotel, more than sixty media reporters from all over the world had already taken their positions and set up their long guns and short cannons.

Recently, Japan's manufacturing industry has experienced a series of scandal events, the financial industry has also exposed serious problems, and even the Ministry of Finance is deeply mired in corruption scandals.

This series of negative news has plunged Japanese society into an unprecedented crisis of trust. At the same time, Japan's stock market has suffered a fierce sniper attack from Wall Street hedge funds, and the Japanese economy is already on the verge of collapse.

Therefore, the eyes of the world have focused on this former Asian economic giant. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as news related to finance appears.

Those media reporters known as the "uncrowned kings," especially financial media, will swarm like sharks smelling blood.

And Qiu Dongfang, this new favorite in the financial world, is not only famous in Xiangjiang, but also very famous throughout East Asia and Southeast Asia.

Every move naturally becomes the focus of everyone's attention; even if they didn't receive a formal press conference invitation, many reporters still moved upon hearing the news and rushed to the scene.

After all, Japan is currently facing a siege of global capital, the Nikkei index is falling continuously, and the market situation is very severe. At this time, Qiu Dongfang suddenly held a press conference, which is clearly closely related to this Japanese financial crisis.

At exactly 9:00 AM, a woman holding a document, with elegant makeup, wearing an exquisite small suit paired with a black hip-hugging skirt, walked onto the stage in high heels.

With her appearance, the originally noisy venue instantly became silent, and everyone's eyes focused on her like spotlights, their eyes fervent, as if they were expecting something.

The woman held the microphone, swept a glance at the stage, and said with a smile.

"Friends in the news and media, good morning. First, let me introduce myself briefly; I am Xiao Yunfang, secretary to the General Manager of Qiu Dongfang.

Today, we invited all media reporter friends to attend this press conference, mainly to elaborate and explain the matter of Sony and Hitachi and other companies suspected of infringing on VCD technology patents..."

As soon as Xiao Yunfang's words were spoken, it immediately caused an uproar. When Wan Yan VCD was first listed, there were rumors that Wan Yan had stolen the technology from giants like Sony and Hitachi.

After the VCDs of brands like Sony and Hitachi were listed, such rumors became even more rampant. Although these giants did not publicly admit it, people all over the world believed that it was Wan Yan who stole the Japanese technology.

After all, Wan Yan was a small, unknown company from China, a country that was a technological desert; how could it have developed such a high-end electronic product as VCD?

For such rumors, the general public believed them deeply, and as for those foreign media, they could create something out of nothing and spare no effort to smear.

They didn't care if it was a rumor, and naturally wouldn't go into it, but instead reported it extensively, attacking China for not protecting other countries' technological achievements, and saying the investment environment was worrying.

"Secretary Xiao!"

A woman of short stature, with a gloomy face, questioned in English with a Tokyo accent.

"What evidence do you have to say that Sony and Hitachi stole VCD technology? You should know that such slanderous behavior will require legal responsibility."

Xiao Yunfang looked at the Japanese woman, and her face also became gloomy: "This reporter friend, please don't interrupt my speech; if it happens again, I will ask you to leave."

The Japanese woman opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but was stopped by a man beside her.

"Don't be anxious; listen to what she says first. If she can't produce evidence, we will never let Qiu Dongfang slander the great Sony company like this."

Xiao Yunfang didn't pay any more attention to this pair of little devils; she directly opened the slides and began to show everyone the various VCD patent technologies.

The entire venue was silent; some people felt shocked, some held a skeptical attitude, especially those two little devils, their expressions were as ugly as if they had just eaten shit.

After the slides were finished, Xiao Yunfang opened another folder, which contained more than a dozen copies of VCD patents neatly arranged, and she had the staff distribute these documents to the reporters in the audience.

"Regarding the authenticity of the patent technology, media friends can investigate and verify it yourself."

Xiao Yunfang's expression was exceptionally serious, her tone firm and powerful, and then, she changed the subject.

"In view of the fact that companies like Sony and Hitachi have seriously infringed on our company's patent technology, causing us huge economic losses. After research and decision by the company's senior management, we will formally file a lawsuit against Sony and Hitachi and demand compensation of 2 billion US dollars for economic losses."

With a roar, the scene immediately exploded; reporters took photos one after another, recording this historic moment.

Xiao Yunfang looked at those two little devils, her eyes full of disdain and mockery.

Then she turned and left the podium, not even leaving a chance for people to ask questions.

At the same time as Qiu Dongfang's press conference ended, consumers all over the world who had purchased Kobayashi Pharmaceutical products, as well as companies that had cooperated with Mitsubishi and Toyo Rubber, all publicly announced that they would file lawsuits and demand huge compensation.

At 9:00 AM, when the Japanese stock market opened, after a violent fluctuation, the stock price showed a slight downward trend. However, before the close, the index began to rise again. No matter how pessimistic the retail investors were, this phenomenon still brought a glimmer of hope to the market.

But just as the noon market closed, shocking news came: Xiangjiang's Qiu Dongfang Financial Company actually sued Sony and Hitachi for VCD technology infringement and demanded compensation as high as 2 billion US dollars.

Coupled with the news that companies like Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, Mitsubishi, and Toyo Rubber were also sued by consumers all over the world and demanded huge compensation, this news was like a bombshell, instantly causing a global uproar.

And these two pieces of news, like a tsunami, swept over, quickly spreading throughout Japan, making Japan's manufacturing industry fall into difficulty again.

The speed of the spread of this negative news was astonishing. It made the already precarious Japanese economy immediately reach the edge of a cliff.

Sony Headquarters!

"Slap!"

"Baka yaro, damn Zhina person, your conscience is greatly bad..."

After the sound of the teacup shattering, angry roars came from Watanabe Yasuto's office.

The staff passing by his office shrank their necks and quickened their pace to leave.