Preliminary statistics show that the market value of several listed companies under Huahong Group evaporated by HK$1.23 billion after this incident.

What about reputational damage? Two billion wouldn't be an exaggeration.

Huang Xingyao, accompanied by his lawyer, came out of the police headquarters.

As for the detained technicians, they have not been released yet, and a public prosecution is being prepared. They are not allowed bail during this period.

Huahong Telecom activated its backup machine, copied the evidence taken by the joint investigation team, photographed key sections, and turned more than a dozen important data points into images, which were then published in the newspaper, occupying two official pages.

Release the evidence first to gain the upper hand. The so-called evidence that your joint team colluded with the Hong Kong government is actually just a record of your hackers invading Huahong Telecom and the two sides' confrontation.

As for why it belongs to their company, some of the images were traced back to their IP addresses using technical means.

As for what technology was used to find it, that's confidential.

The case has a significant impact; if it is to go to trial, the investigation team must provide identical evidence.

They will humiliate themselves. There are reports that when the joint investigation team inspected rice processing plants in mainland China, there were attempts to frame them, but they failed.

At the time, none of the experts spoke out in support, and even the Western media did not report on it.

The report also included a lawyer's letter.

They repeated their old tricks in Hong Kong, and the nature of their actions was even worse than in mainland China. If we're talking about responsibility, those foreigners in the Hong Kong government also bear a large part of the blame.

Before the trial even began, a media war had already started. Apart from the official Hong Kong government media, anyone with a conscience was attacking those foreign high-ranking officials in the Hong Kong government.

The investigation team included FBI personnel who knew that several states had experienced a number of deaths related to the computer industry over a certain period of time.

So how did Huahong Telecom know their IP address? The investigation team then intensified its interrogation of Huahong Telecom's technical staff.

The FBI team even used brutal methods.

Although these technicians had participated, they were all doing odd jobs. The real main force consisted of people brought by Xing Baohua, among whom was a director named Xiao Tianna who was in charge.

With things escalating to this point, the joint investigation team finally obtained some useful information, but where is Xiaotian?

They soon learned that Xiao Tianna was in mainland China.

It seems like they can't make the arrest. As for a trial, forget about it. They'll just apologize and leave.

They left in style, but left the Hong Kong government and foreigners with a mess.

The Hong Kong government's top brass even personally spoke with the elder shareholders of Wah Hong Lee, and even invited Xing Baohua over to personally apologize.

The legal team was thrilled, not only because it was a big deal, but also because it was an opportunity to enhance their reputation.

They seized upon numerous irregularities in the Hong Kong government's cooperation with the joint investigation team and launched a lawsuit.

Furthermore, Huahong Telecom's technical staff were physically assaulted while cooperating with the investigation, and after medical examination and other means, their injuries were classified as minor.

Whoever is responsible should bear the consequences.

Officer J, who initially cooperated with the investigation team, could only take the blame by resigning.

Many Hong Kong entrepreneurs have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Hong Kong government through the media and their concerns about the current environment. Following the example of companies like Huahong and Haina, they are preparing to move their businesses overseas and return once the environment stabilizes.

This is putting pressure on the Hong Kong government. Didn't you give in to the pressure and cooperate with the joint investigation team? We're afraid they'll treat us the same way they smeared us.

Xing Baohua received a call from the Hong Kong boss, and only then did he dare not go.

He hung up the phone with a simple "I don't have time," showing absolutely no respect. Only now does he remember the importance of saving face.

When we were cooperating with the joint investigation team, why didn't we think about giving him face?

The people who arrested him didn't give him any face. At this point, trying to save face is pointless.

Hong Kong's top lawyers are very adept at manipulating things; they play those rules like a pro.

They not only accused the Hong Kong government and the joint investigation team, but also filed lawsuits against them locally.

Lawyers calculate their fees based on the amount of compensation awarded. For hundreds of millions of yuan in compensation, the standard fee is between 10% and 20%. Even if they win the case and recover 10%, their legal fees will still be in the tens of millions.

Any lawyer would be envious; they've gone mad for money.

They used every trick in the book, even writing letters to the Queen.

The head of the Hong Kong government was forced to return to report on his duties.

The acting leader, along with relevant powerful legislators, cleaned up the mess left by their leader.

The boss left, but the mess had to be cleaned up. After several rounds of negotiations with Huahong shareholders, Huang Xingyao, and others, a piece of land in the Tsuen Wan area was finally offered as compensation.

The land is small, but it's worth eight or nine hundred million.

Based on the value of the base, Huahong Group discounted the price and paid the lawyers 50 million in legal fees.

Even after losing the lawsuit, during the mediation phase, Huahong charged exorbitant fees, exceeding many of the standard rates.

Hua Hong said he's rich and generous, so he's willing to give them more and support them. But when something really happens, they'll go all out.

As for the accusations made by the investigation team in their home country, that will definitely be difficult. Whether they can win is hard to say.

Even though the lawyer has evidence, official testimony from Hong Kong is still needed. Who wants to go through all that back and forth? Besides, both sides are backing each other, and a few words of ignorance can easily bring the case to a standstill.

Now that we've coordinated with the Hong Kong government, we can put the investigation team on hold for now.

Just make a splash.

Don't let the investigation team's unreliability and arrogance fool you; sometimes their mistakes are just a way to appease pressure from above. The team members who made mistakes in Hong Kong have been withdrawn, and a new group has been brought in to replace them.

In their intelligence gathering on Xiao Tianna, they received a tip from their undercover agents that Xiao Tianna had been attacked.

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