Chapter 85 - A Small Idea

Chapter 85 - A Small Idea

The Spring Festival and winter vacation passed quickly.

Ning Fei had been expecting Tang Huilan to do more, but she started strong but ended up weak, and didn't come up with any "programs" worthy of much attention during the entire winter vacation. Even if we ask Duan Yunhong, Duan Yunhong's statement is that the Ji family made some secret concessions to the Tang family, so Tang Huilan calmed down temporarily. If Duan Yunhong wanted to explain what the Ji family had compromised and how they had compromised, Ning Fei simply refused to listen.

"'Business Storm' is now fully left to you, Mr. Duan." Ning Fei sat in front of the desk and said something quite righteous without even turning his head.

"Are you becoming more and more of a 'hands-off boss'?" Duan Yunhong was originally sitting in the back reading documents. He looked just as comfortable as ever when he returned from the luxurious leather sofa in the large apartment to the second-hand sofa in the old, run-down house. Hearing Ning Fei's reply, he turned his head and looked at Ning Fei: "Do you also want to play the 'I won't pass it on to my subordinates, I'll do it myself until I die' game with me?"

"Who dares to treat you as a subordinate?" Ning Fei continued to write and draw on the lesson plan without looking back, and replied casually, "I'm not just going to sit around and do nothing after handing it over to you. I still have to continue working hard in the 'campus youth' section."

"'Campus Youth', tsk, is this worth your effort? Dare you say that you didn't spend most of this winter vacation relaxing, and only finished your lesson plan when school was about to start?" Duan Yunhong also turned back to continue reading the file, turning the page with a swish, "If you say so, then I will focus on the 'Business Storm' section, and let the 'Family House Fight' be alone."

"Don't." Ning Fei finally turned around, "Mr. Duan, can't you use your subjective initiative? Since you have chosen this position, then give full play to your intelligence and talents, make more use of your environment and conditions, and show your abilities."

Duan Yunhong: "I am a block of wood. I won't move unless I'm kicked."

These were Ning Fei's original words when he complained about him.

Ning Fei was a little amused, but on second thought, he realized that he had indeed been obtaining too much information from him unilaterally recently. It was probably this somewhat disrespectful attitude that pissed off this guy with a strong sense of self-esteem. So Ning Fei stood up and walked to the back of the sofa, leaned over the backrest next to Duan Yunhong, and smiled: "Mr. Duan, do you know the media in Xiangcheng?"

Duan Yunhong originally wanted to leave him alone for a while, but when he heard this question, he couldn't help but ask back: "...What do you want to do?"

"Shenzhen is so close to Xiangcheng. Xiangcheng should have heard of the new 'rich upstarts' in Shencheng, right?" Ning Fei replied, "Don't the paparazzi in Xiangcheng love all kinds of gossip about celebrities and wealthy families? And sometimes they will not easily give up the news for money in order to get headlines. More importantly, they are also vicious and will come up with shocking headlines..."

Duan Yunhong guessed his thoughts: "You want me to find someone to tell the paparazzi in Xiangcheng about Ji Zhenwei?"

"Yes. It shouldn't be difficult for you. I don't believe that you haven't come into contact with people from Xiangcheng since you went to Shencheng." Ning Fei smiled. "If they report the incident of Ji Zhenwei being swept away, the Ji family should be able to be 'lively' again, right?"

Duan Yunhong tilted his head to look at him, and a thought popped up in his mind: What a genius idea.

Ning Fei is so good at using all environmental conditions to find a way to achieve a great result with little effort from corners that others have overlooked.

But Duan Yunhong showed no appreciation, and even asked back: "Although the paparazzi in Xiangcheng like the headlines, they will still like the money more when the money is in place. The Ji family is not short of money, and your idea may turn out to be a dud."

"But, Ji Zhenwei has never seen such a scene, right? Domestic media have not yet adopted the habit of using reports to blackmail, and Ji Zhenwei is used to being a boss. If only an 'unheard of' media came to expose his secrets, would he easily compromise?" Ning Fei propped up his chin and looked at him, "Mr. Duan, this little misunderstanding trap should be easy for you, right?"

Duan Yunhong said: "If he knows that I am the one who is causing the trouble, he will suspect that I want to turn against my brother."

"But you won't let him know, right?" Ning Fei winked at him and smiled, "Besides, even if he thinks you want to quarrel with your brother, what can he do to you? Aren't you invincible in the 'Business Storm' section?"

Duan Yunhong looked at him and said, "Do you think if you praise me a little, I will help you plan how to break the news, implement it, and even help you publicize it to the point where everyone can see the report?"

Ning Fei looked into his eyes, suddenly leaned in, and kissed him gently for a while.

"I'm not flattering you. I'm telling you the truth. Not only is it true that you are capable, but it's also true that you can help me fulfill this wish." Ning Fei's eyebrows curved slightly, "Thank you, Mr. Duan, you are so great."

"..." Duan Yunhong didn't know whether to refuse or accept at the moment. After he was silent for two seconds, Ning Fei, who didn't wait for his reply, took it as his consent, raised his hand, pinched his chin and turned him back to look at the document: "Okay, the 'homework' for the house fight is done, I have to prepare the homework for the middle school students. Mr. Duan also saw that you can make hundreds of millions of dollars in a minute."

After saying that, he stood up and left. Even if Duan Yunhong had reacted by then, he had missed the best time to refuse. Besides, it would make Duan Yunhong seem too pretentious.

However, this reminded Duan Yunhong of the first world in which the two met, when Ning Fei went out of his way to please him in order to obtain resources for Su Cenxi.

Duan Yunhong's eyes fell on the document, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly without him even noticing.

***

When Mr. Duan was happy, he fully exerted his subjective initiative.

The result was that Ning Fei's bad idea exploded in an unexpected way.

——It had not even been a week since the students returned to school and no one had yet fully focused, but Zhu Yueting actually took the initiative to talk to Ji Xingzhe.

Oh, by the way, these two have been in a cold war for a long time, and it has become a state of "never talking to each other first". So Ji Xingzhe's leg was finally healed, and he was able to go to school after the semester started, but they still hadn't spoken to each other until today.

What made Zhu Yueting put aside her grudges and speak up was naturally explosive news.

"Your father...was detained in Shencheng during the New Year? Or was it because of something like that?!"

Zhu Yueting had deliberately lowered her voice when she said this, but the students nearby had become quiet because they were paying attention to their movements, so the students closest to them still heard it.

The students' eyes widened instantly when they heard the explosive news.

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Ji Xingzhe was also shocked, but he quickly reacted, "My father was at home during the Chinese New Year, and a lot of relatives and friends came to my house, and everyone saw him. Don't make up rumors about my family!"

"But Xiangcheng has published this in the newspaper! My friend in Xiangcheng saw the newspaper and called us to tell us!" Zhu Yueting raised her voice involuntarily to prove that she was not lying. "The newspaper has published this, so it can't be false."

"The newspaper could be fake, how can you believe everything?!" Ji Xingzhe's thinking is quite advanced, and he knows a little about journalism. "Hurry up and tell your family not to spread the news!"

"Why are you mad at me? If the newspaper said something wrong, you should go and deal with that newspaper." Zhu Yueting's friendship with Ji Xingzhe has basically disappeared, and she didn't try to suppress her harsh words. "If my family knows, why can't other families? Don't think that only your family went to Shenzhen and knows people there. The news that your father was detained for sweeping H must have spread a long time ago. If I didn't ask you, someone else would have asked you. Even if they didn't ask you, they would laugh at you behind your back. Just wait, hum!"

After saying that, Zhu Yueting turned around and went back to her seat without waiting for his answer.

Ji Xingzhe's eyes subconsciously followed her back for a while. When Zhu Yueting sat down and glared back at him, Ji Xingzhe withdrew his gaze. On the way, I accidentally made eye contact with my deskmate, but he immediately turned away, as if trying to cover up his mistakes and saying, "I didn't hear anything."

Ji Xingzhe always felt that not only his deskmate, but all the students around him were paying attention to him. When they were whispering, Ji Xingzhe felt that they must be talking about Ji Zhenwei's gossip when he couldn't hear clearly. Zhu Yueting laughed twice, and Ji Xingzhe thought that she was definitely telling others about the embarrassing scandal of the Ji family. She must want the whole school to know this explosive news immediately.

Ji Xingzhe felt like sitting on pins and needles. He had clearly made up his mind that no matter what happened this semester, he would study hard and not let Lin Shengjia outdo him. But his thoughts were in a mess and his mind could no longer be at peace. He could not hear anything the teacher said in class.

In English class, Ning Fei asked him to answer a very simple question, but he couldn't answer it. It’s not that he didn’t know the answer, he just didn’t pay attention to what Ning Fei asked.

When Ning Fei asked him to sit down and asked Lin Shengjia to answer, Lin Shengjia blurted out the answer.

At this moment, Ji Xingzhe suddenly thought: Could it be that Lin Shengjia also knows about this? My uncle has a good relationship with Ning Fei, and Ning Fei has a good relationship with Lin Shengjia. Maybe he has known about my dad’s affairs for a long time! Will he spread the word to other students? But that's his biological father, he will definitely regret doing this in the future...

——By the way, if dad knew that Lin Shengjia did this kind of thing in school, he would definitely dislike him!

Lin Shengjia actually knew nothing about what happened to Ji Zhenwei. Ning Fei didn't tell him, and the gossip in the class had not yet reached him.

But he still suddenly felt a chill on his back.

——Hey, who is trying to mess with me behind my back again? Fortunately, my parents still pick me up and drop me off every day! There are only good parents in the world!

***

After school at noon, Ji Xingzhe was also picked up by his family's car, and he asked for leave again in the afternoon.

Ji Xingzhe couldn't stay in school anymore, he felt like countless pairs of eyes were staring at him. At noon when school was over, looking at people coming and going on campus, Ji Xingzhe felt as if the whole school was discussing him and his father.

Ning Fei smiled silently when he received the news that Ji Xingzhe was not sure when to resume classes this time.

——If you continue like this, you will hate school, be tired of studying, and fall from grace... Cuckoo.