EBE Chapter 467 The truth comes out
Chapter 467 The truth comes out
After responding, Lin Mo continued, "We've already given a warning to Yu's Jewelry. Yu Minghai is a smart man; he knows who to target, so Yu's..."
"Don't worry about it, Ali will handle it herself. Just arrange for someone to keep an eye on things."
"Yes."
Lin Mo suddenly said, "By the way, there was another unexpected discovery during the investigation of this matter."
Lin Mo told Han Xi what his men had discovered.
Listening to Lin Mo's words on the phone, Han Xi's expression gradually turned cold. After Lin Mo finished speaking, he said in a deep voice, "Keep an eye on him and see what he's up to."
"Don't worry, we've already sent people to follow them."
After hanging up the phone, Han Xi stood silently on the balcony for a moment before returning to his room.
After returning to his room, he sat on the sofa at the foot of the bed until the cold air gradually warmed him up before going back to bed.
As soon as Han Xi lay down, Xu Fangli seemed to sense it and unconsciously moved closer to him in her sleep, like a small animal seeking a source of warmth.
Han Xi smiled slightly, then pulled her into his arms and kissed her forehead.
"Good night."
As Han Xi and Fang Li fell asleep together, the Half-Mountain Manor officially fell silent in the night.
However, the Sheng family on the other side was not so quiet.
Sheng Qianrui, wearing a silk nightgown, sat on the sofa by the window in her room, holding a glass of red wine, and looking at the latest news that had appeared online.
Just over an hour after it was posted, it had already received over 100,000 views and over 10,000 shares.
"Zhang Dechang was quite capable and quick in his work."
In the afternoon, the public relations department secretly hired a large number of online trolls to spread the news that Xu Fangli had plagiarized someone else's work, leading to the other party's suicide due to depression, throughout the entire internet.
That evening, Sheng Qianrui had Zhang Dechang take advantage of the situation to produce a fake power of attorney, claiming that Zhao Huan, the original author of the book "The Dream Never Ends," had already given Yaoxing the copyright and film and television adaptation rights before his death.
Anyway, Zhao Huan is dead and can't testify. Zhao Zhiqiang is one of their people. As long as Xu Fangli is crushed by public opinion this time, whether this commission is real or fake will be decided by Zhao Zhiqiang's word.
Looking at the comments from fans criticizing Xu Fangli and Xingli Films on the platform, Sheng Qianrui truly felt a rare good mood these days.
She swirled her wine glass, smiled contentedly, and took a sip.
He then closed the webpage, found Zhang Dechang's phone number, and dialed it.
"Tell the PR department to make sure this news is trending on the platform by tomorrow morning. I want to make sure that bitch Xu Fangli loses all chance of turning things around while she's still asleep!"
“…”
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Dechang frowned and let out a long sigh.
He always felt that this matter was not so simple.
That Mr. Xu is not only the general manager of Xingli Film and Television. Since the incident, the person in charge of Han's Group has not said a word.
As the young mistress of the Han family, will the Han family really just let public opinion fester and do nothing about it?
Although Zhang Dechang had his doubts, Sheng Qianrui was right. He had received such a high agency fee from Shengshi Group, and even if he sensed something was wrong, there were things he couldn't avoid in the end.
Following Sheng Qianrui's instructions, Zhang Dechang called the public relations director.
When Fang Li and Han Xi got up in the early morning, the internet was already a raging storm.
There are thousands of people who call Xu Fangli a thief crying "stop thief!" and say she has malicious intentions, while waves of people are speaking out for Zhao Huan and his sister.
Behind these efforts, many people have emerged to defend Yaoxing Media.
Claiming that Yaoxing Media was taking the blame for Xu Fangli and Xingli Films, many people left apology messages on Yaoxing Media's official website.
However, this favorable situation did not last long, as an official announcement from the Beijing North Branch of the Public Security Bureau shattered the current situation.
The police report identified Zhao Zhiqiang and Zhao Huan, proving that Zhao Zhiqiang was an uneducated scoundrel who indulged in drinking, gambling, and prostitution.
It was also stated that Zhao Zhiqiang had a younger sister who committed suicide six months ago due to depression. However, the reason was not that her work was plagiarized, but that she was forced by Zhao Zhiqiang to work in a nightclub and could not bear the humiliation, which led to her suicide.
The police report clearly stated the entire course of events and indicated that Zhao Huan was an accounting student at the School of Finance and Economics, had no experience in literary creation, and no trace of the work "The Great Dream Never Ends" was found among her belongings or personal accounts.
In addition, the police also released Zhao Zhiqiang's statement and clarification certificate.
This indicates that Zhao Zhiqiang actually accepted bribes from someone else, which is why he used his sister's name to implicate Xu. The person who bribed Zhao Zhiqiang was Sheng, the daughter of a large company in Beijing.
Anyone who isn't an idiot knows who this "Sheng Yi" is.
Moreover, no sooner had the police report been released than a video began circulating wildly online.
The footage shows Zhang Dechang, the legal director of Yaoxing Media, entering and leaving the residential area where Zhao Zhiqiang lives late at night. In addition, an audio recording of Zhao Zhiqiang has also gone viral online.
“I really didn’t know things would escalate to this extent. My sister actually committed suicide. The nightclub gave me 200,000 yuan in compensation, which I’ve almost spent in the past six months. I was worried about where to get more money when a man suddenly appeared that night and gave me 300,000 yuan in cash.”
"He only told me to find a way to sabotage that Xu's book signing event, and then find an opportunity to say in front of the media that my sister's death was caused by that Xu plagiarizing her work. In return, I could take the 300,000 yuan. He also said that if anything went wrong, they would protect me from being held accountable."
"That man's surname is Zhang, he's a lawyer. This kind of windfall is too suspicious. That night, I secretly followed him after he left and saw him enter the Yaoxing Media building..."
These recordings, along with the police report, practically cemented Yaoxing Media and Sheng Qianrui's reputation as the masterminds behind the scenes.
At this time, Xingli Films and Xu Fangli's personal account simultaneously released Xu Fangli's creative journey, outline, and drafts for the film "The Unawakened Dream."
Who exactly was the plagiarist and the liar? The truth was revealed in an instant!
Sheng Qianrui was so happy last night that she drank two extra glasses.
When she woke up, she thought she would hear the good news that Xu Fangli and Xingli Film and Television were dead and buried. But she never expected that in the end, the boomerang would fall on her again.
"Chairman Sheng! This time we can't let it go so easily. Last time, because of President Sheng's personal behavior, Shengshi Group suffered an unprecedented blow. We had just recovered a little, and now she's causing trouble again!"
The conference room on the top floor of Shengshi Group's headquarters.
The board members sat at the conference table, their faces ashen.
Sheng Jinghui stood with his back to the window, the beads in his hand spinning incessantly, yet he still couldn't suppress the restlessness and anger in his heart.