Chapter 417: No one should be bullied like this

"Hello!" On the television, a beautiful woman was seen holding a microphone, interviewing a pot-bellied middle-aged man.

"Do you prefer to drink Qin Chi or Jiang Xiaobai?"

The man smiled and said, "I only drink Qin Chi, not Jiang Xiaobai."

At this moment, the word "Businessman" appeared on the screen.

Immediately after, the beautiful woman asked a young man, "Hello, do you prefer to drink Qin Chi or Jiang Xiaobai?"

The young man tossed his long hair, thinking himself quite dashing: "I only drink Qin Chi, not Jiang Xiaobai."

On the screen, the word "Student" appeared.

Next, the beautiful woman interviewed more than a dozen people, and their answers were all the same: "I only drink Qin Chi, not Jiang Xiaobai."

These people were of all professions—teachers, businessmen, students, civil servants, workers, and even actors—and they all looked very familiar.

Jiang Xiaobai is currently very popular, so an advertisement like this doesn't have much of an impact on it.

But people are forgetful; once the heat of the news and interviews dies down, the power of such an advertisement will manifest.

Moreover, with such malicious trampling on Jiang Xiaobai to boost Qin Chi, how could Du Chunlai not be angry? Yet, he was completely helpless.

In this era, the law is not yet sound. If this were twenty years later, Qin Chi would be sued successfully every single time they pulled a stunt like this.

But now, even if they won a lawsuit in Liaoning Province, it couldn't be enforced; at most, the advertisement would be taken down, and even that would be limited to the province.

If they were to litigate in Qin Chi's hometown, it would just be a mess of buck-passing, and there wouldn't be a result even by the time Qin Chi collapsed.

"Damn it!" Du Chunlai cursed, turned around, sat down in front of the sofa, grabbed the phone on the small cabinet beside him, and quickly dialed a string of numbers.

Soon, a childish voice came through the receiver: "Hey, who are you looking for?"

Du Chunlai was stunned, then immediately realized it must be Zhou Andong's youngest sister: "Are you Zhou Anning?"

The little girl said, "I am. Who are you?"

Du Chunlai smiled: "My name is Du Chunlai, I'm the deputy factory director of the distillery. Is your big brother there?"

"My big brother isn't here!" the little girl said. "When he comes back, I'll tell him."

Du Chunlai said, "Okay, please don't forget. I have something important to discuss with your big brother."

The little girl patted her small chest and said, "Don't worry, I definitely won't forget."

Du Chunlai hung up the phone and then laughed out loud. After chatting with the little girl for a couple of sentences, his mood had unknowingly improved a lot.

In Jingcheng, at the General Hospital of the Military Region, Yuan Liying walked into the ward carrying the dinner she had bought.

The little girl jumped from the sofa to the floor: "Mom, just now someone named Du Chunlai called looking for big brother."

Yuan Liying was stunned, then immediately remembered who Du Chunlai was: "What did you say?"

The little girl said, "I just said that when big brother comes back, I will tell him."

Yuan Liying smiled: "Correct!"

Zhou Andong was in a good mood; he had drunk quite a bit with Gu Bing and Tang Lin in the evening, and it was already past eight o'clock when he returned to the hospital.

"Big brother!" Seeing Zhou Andong, the little girl rushed over.

Zhou Andong hurriedly hugged her: "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

"I was waiting for you to come." The little girl wrapped her arms around Zhou Andong's neck. "Today someone called looking for you, his name is Du Chunlai."

Yuan Liying came out from inside: "I told her to go to sleep, but she insisted on waiting for you to come back to tell you that someone called you."

Zhou Andong rubbed the little girl's head: "Alright, your mission is accomplished, go to sleep now."

"Goodnight!" The little girl waved her hand, trotted into the inner room, and climbed onto the bed.

Zhou Andong sat down and dialed Du Chunlai's number.

"Old Du, what's wrong?"

Du Chunlai talked about Qin Chi's advertisement: "They are trampling on our heads with all their might. No one should be bullied like this."

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Zhou Andong chuckled: "Zhang Shenghui is Zhang Shenghui. I've only been back at the distillery for a few days, and he's already given me a warning shot. Truly formidable."

Hearing Zhou Andong's chuckle, Du Chunlai's spirits lifted: "Factory Director, do you have a way to deal with this?"

Zhou Andong said, "It's very simple. Do exactly as I say, and I guarantee Zhang Shenghui will end up losing more than he gains."

Du Chunlai hurriedly said, "Tell me quickly!"

Zhou Andong explained, and Du Chunlai was stunned: "Just like that?"

"Yes!" Zhou Andong said, "Just like that!"

Du Chunlai had immense confidence in Zhou Andong; since Zhou Andong said it would work, it would definitely work.

"Good, I'll contact the media tomorrow."

"Then that's that!" Zhou Andong hung up the phone and immediately dialed the number for Gu Qing's home.

"I am Gu Qing, who is this?"

Zhou Andong said, "I am Zhou Andong. I hope I didn't disturb your sleep."

"Factory Director!" Gu Qing hurriedly said, "I haven't slept yet."

Zhou Andong asked, "Has the money been remitted from the Xiangjiang headquarters?"

Gu Qing said, "It has been remitted. Ten million US dollars; converted to RMB, it's just under sixty million."

"What a loss!" Zhou Andong muttered, but there was nothing he could do. "I'll give you an account number, write it down."

Gu Qing is now not only the manager of Yuxi Real Estate but also the deputy general manager of Qiudongfang.

"Wait a moment!" Gu Qing found a pen. "Alright, go ahead."

Zhou Andong recited a string of numbers: "Go to the bank tomorrow and transfer eight hundred thousand to this account."

"Okay!" Gu Qing agreed.

"Then that's that!" Zhou Andong said, "Rest early, don't work too late."

Zhou Andong put down the phone and took out a cigarette to light it. Wu Huilin had already returned to Xiangjiang; the day she left was the day before the British Embassy counselor arrived in Jiangzhou.

"I wonder how the D patent matter is going."

He looked up at the time; calling Lao Meng and Lao Sun at this hour wouldn't be very proper.

After thinking about it, he decided not to call, stood up, and said, "Mom, Dad, I'm leaving."

"Go ahead!" Zhou Xiaoxin's voice came from inside.

The next day, Qin Chi's advertisement caused a great deal of heated discussion.

In Panhe City, at the Honghai Distillery, the Party Secretary, the Factory Director, the Deputy Factory Director, and seven or eight others arrived at the conference room early in the morning.

The sales of Honghai Old White Spirit had never been good, and once Qin Chi hit the market, it was completely finished.

Factory Director Deng Huaxing lit a cigarette: "Everyone saw Qin Chi's advertisement yesterday, right?"

Party Secretary Zhang Ping said, "I saw it. Zhang Shenghui is truly insidious, trampling on Jiang Xiaobai's head with all his might."

Deputy Factory Director Han Quanchang said, "This advertisement, although very unscrupulous, will definitely be effective."

Deng Huaxing took a puff of his cigarette and then sighed: "I thought that with Zhou Andong making the news, giving interviews, and even having the British Royal Family purchase Jiang Xiaobai, he would definitely be able to suppress Qin Chi. Now it seems, who will emerge victorious is really not certain."

Zhang Ping said, "I wonder how Zhou Andong will respond."

Deng Huaxing shook his head: "Difficult!"

At the Jiangzhou Distillery, Du Chunlai never expected that early in the morning, many reporters would arrive, and all because of the Qin Chi advertisement, wanting to interview Zhou Andong.

Du Chunlai wanted to laugh; he had been planning to find the media himself, but he never expected these guys to throw themselves into the net. This saved him a lot of trouble. ===== CHAPTER 418 =====