In Kyoto.
The silver Veneno sped along the avenue. The car that had been transported from Haicheng to Kyoto had already been registered. The license plate was a triple-A plate with the suffix 11, a plate that was as well - known as its owner.
The young master of the Pei family had arrived.
Luxury cars and limousines pulled over to make way voluntarily. Pei Jin didn't move. He honked the horn of the Veneno, indicating for other pedestrians to go first.
So the traffic began to move slowly. Pei Jin held the steering wheel with one hand and followed the flow slowly. With the other hand, he flipped a red enamel brooch on his fingertip.
The intelligent in - car voice assistant was broadcasting the keyword news on his list. “German Redlight announced a deep cooperation with Yaoyang International to jointly conduct scientific research and development in the field of artificial intelligence...”
“The 7th National Summit on Digital - Intelligence Integration Leaders will be held in Modu in two months...”
“Haicheng Jude Wang is deeply involved in an public opinion storm...”
“Shenzhen Global Cultural Tourism announced the hosting of the 3rd Summit on New Species in Cultural Tourism Business...”
“Go back.”
He spoke up.
The intelligent assistant buffered and then went back to the previous piece of news. “Recently, the public opinion situation of Haicheng Jude Wang has been tortuous. Thousands of videos are advising people to avoid Haicheng. Jude Wang is suspected to be involved in a malicious competition storm...”
Pei Jin's fingertip paused slightly, and his eyebrows frowned.
He called his subordinate. “What's the situation in Haicheng?”
The subordinate replied immediately, “I was just about to report to you. Our people in Haicheng sent a message saying that Miss Zhu has completely engaged in a business war with Yaoyang in Haicheng, and the war has escalated. It seems that she also spent 62 billion to snatch the land in the western part of the city today... You know, Miss Zhu is really generous...”
Not to mention in Haicheng, even in Kyoto, not everyone could come up with tens of billions of funds at will.
Moreover, he had heard that Miss Zhu, whom General Manager Pei had specifically asked them to take care of, not only bid four times the price to buy a piece of land, but also waved her hand and spent tens of billions of funds to buy a wasteland!
That wasteland was generally considered to be completely useless.
Miss Zhu actually invested tens of billions in it...
He was too shocked to find the right words.
Pei Jin heard his subordinate's words but didn't really care about the shock in them. He was concerned about something else.
“Send more people to keep an eye on Ma Huairen in Haicheng. If there are any actions unfavorable to Zhu Ning, remind her in time.”
“Understood.”
The subordinate was about to carry out the order and was about to hang up the phone when Pei Jin spoke again, “Also, call Chi Wunian to handle the online news.”
“Okay.”
“No.” Pei Jin suddenly remembered something and said calmly, “Don't call Chi Wunian. Contact Chi Songzhuang directly.”
The subordinate was surprised. Contact his father directly, skipping General Manager Chi?
“Go do it.”
“Y - yes, understood.”
After the call ended, Pei Jin put the brooch in his pocket and drove towards the research laboratory.
In Modu, at the Chi family villa.
“Sure, it's just a small favor. Don't mention it.”
“Thank you for your trouble, General Manager Chi.”
Chi Songzhuang hung up the call with a smile, put down his phone, and after a moment of thought, asked, “Is the young master's next stop of the exhibition tour set in Haicheng?”
The trusted butler beside him replied respectfully, “Yes, sir. It's set in Haicheng.”
“Ask him to change the route.”
Chi Songzhuang's voice was light. “Someone doesn't want him to go there.”
The butler was shocked and casually glanced at the closed phone beside the master.
At first, he had seen the caller ID.
It was from Kyoto.
Chi Songzhuang said, “I haven't disciplined Wunian for a few years, and he has become more and more reckless. Arrange someone to temporarily take over his position at NetSound and ask him to come home. His mother must be missing him.”
The butler lowered his head and agreed.
Chi Songzhuang got up with the help of a sandalwood walking stick. Although he was in his prime, he was plagued by many diseases.
He refused the support of the people around him and quietly ordered, “Handle the online matter.”
He twitched the corner of his mouth meaningfully. “After all, someone called specifically to request it.”
Butler: “Yes, sir.”
At the headquarters of NetSound in Modu.
Chi Wunian arranged for his subordinate, “Clear the slander about Jude Wang. I don't want to see her taking the blame for others.”
The subordinate immediately agreed, while wondering in his heart who this Miss Zhu was.
Not only was their boss concerned about her, but even General Manager Qi of Pengpai was also particularly concerned.
Chi Wunian was flipping through the news about Zhu Ning and arranging detailed work when suddenly there was a knock on the office door. He looked up and saw Uncle Yuan, the trusted butler beside his father, standing at the door with a smile.
Beside Uncle Yuan, there was a young man of a similar age, looking at him with a slightly timid look.
“F - Fourth... General Manager Chi.”
At a glance, Chi Wunian recognized the person.
Uncle Yuan said with a smile, “Young master, the old master asks you to go home to pay homage to the madam.”
Chi Wunian was expressionless. “For him?”
The young man shrank back a little.
Uncle Yuan just smiled without saying a word.
Chi Wunian put down the documents in his hand, and the subordinate immediately left, pretending not to notice anything.
Wunian sat on the chair and said with a smile, “Uncle Yuan, you've watched me grow up. After all these years of friendship, you should at least tell me whose doing this is.”
Uncle Yuan sighed. “I can only tell you that the call was from Kyoto.”
Kyoto.
Chi Wunian's gentle eyes turned cold.
Pei Jin.
In just half an hour, the hot search on NetSound was reversed.
A large number of videos clarifying the situation in Haicheng were pushed to netizens by big data.
The name of Yaoyang was brought from behind the scenes to the front stage.
It was really easy to reverse public opinion.
Ma Huairen received a call from his superior.
“What on earth are you doing? Now the whole world is full of unfavorable public opinions about Yaoyang, and the company's stock price has been affected.”
“General Manager Ni, I was just about to report this to you. Our expansion plan is in full swing. Many potential enterprises in Haicheng have been successfully merged, and the results are remarkable.”
“It's precisely because we've been fully committed to the company's grand plan that those people from Jude Wang took advantage of the situation and maliciously slandered and retaliated against us.”
“Don't worry, the public relations department has stepped in to handle it, and we're also counter - attacking them. They won't be able to be complacent for long!”
Ma Huairen was confident, but the man named General Manager Ni on the other end of the phone was cold and disdainful.
“Are you taking that Jude Wang too seriously? It's just a municipal - level enterprise. You've spent too much effort on it.”
Ma Huairen immediately tensed up and explained, “General Manager Ni, this Jude Wang has been different since the change of leadership. Especially their new boss, Zhu Ning. She acts without any rules, just doing what she likes. She spends tens or even hundreds of billions like water. Not long ago, she even threw out 3 billion to compete with us. We...”
“Stop.” His superior interrupted him impatiently. “I didn't call to listen to you say these things. I'm warning you for the last time. The headquarters is very dissatisfied with you recently. This is your last chance. If you fail again... You know the consequences!”
The call ended, and Ma Huairen broke out in a cold sweat.
He propped his hands on the desktop and called his secretary. “Intensify our efforts! Intensify our efforts! We must take over the whole of Haicheng!”
This time, he had no way back!