Chapter 53: Newspapers
"Boss Zhou Fujin hinted that the richest woman's daughter seduced him? Wen Yue: I have no interest in human-pig romance!" "
Zhou Jinlong criticized the richest woman's daughter for destroying her family for the sake of shortcuts? Wen Yue: I am worth 2 billion, will I seduce a pig for a mere 20 million?"
"The richest woman's daughter sharply criticized boss Zhou Fujin: He has a 5.5 figure, a waist like a drum, and looks like just an average person!"
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The above are the headlines of the newspapers the next morning.
After reading the newspaper in the morning, Zhou Jinlong flew into a rage at home, slamming the dining table and cursing, "You bastard!"
The woman sitting opposite him frowned, turned her head and said to the half-grown boy sitting next to her, "Go upstairs and pack your schoolbag. Come to the door in ten minutes. I'll ask Uncle Zhao to arrange a car to take you to school."
The boy responded obediently, looked at his father, and got up and walked upstairs.
Zhou Jinlong didn't pay attention to these, and was still angry: "This Wen Yue! She is so shameless!"
"Wen Yue? Wen Rongsheng's daughter?" The woman, Zhou Jinlong's wife Fu Wenfang, asked, while reaching for the newspaper.
Zhou Jinlong handed the newspaper to her and said unhappily: "Who else could it be but her? Two days ago, I went to play golf and saw her stalking me at the golf course. She said that as long as I was willing to renew my contract, she would do anything. If this isn't seduction, what is this?"
Fu Wenfang quickly browsed the headlines, chuckled when she heard this, and looked up at Zhou Jinlong: "Did she really say that?"
"Can I lie to you?" Zhou Jinlong said unhappily.
Fu Wenfang did not respond to this, but only said: "Just like what was written in the newspaper, I really can't think of any reason why Wen Yue seduced you. For money, she is the daughter of the richest man, with a net worth of more than 2 billion. For people, her husband does look better than you." Any
man can't stand such words. Zhou Jinlong raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you mean her husband is indeed better than me?"
He picked up a newspaper, turned to the page with Yi Huai's photo and criticized, "How is he good-looking? Isn't he just a pretty boy? I heard that he is from the mainland, he didn't go to school much, he is semi-illiterate! You women are like this, you only look at the appearance of a man. What is the most important thing about a man? It's his inner beauty."
Fu Wenfang sneered in her heart. After living with Zhou Jinlong for so many years, how could she not know what this man is like?
He looked like a human being on the outside, but he was a filthy wretch on the inside. If she hadn't spent all her youth on this man, and hadn't been willing to watch him get a mansion and a beautiful wife after the divorce, she would have kicked him out long ago.
Although Zhou Jinlong has become more restrained in recent years, he is a man of his time, and Fu Wenfang knew what was going on this time without having to think about it.
But she didn't show it on her face. She just calmly stated the information she had extracted from the newspaper: "Although he didn't receive much education, he attended classes at the University of Hong Kong for four years, so he should be quite knowledgeable. He is also capable. He has made it into the top ten of the rich list at the age of 30. This seems to be better than you. In terms of inner talent, he should also be better than you."
Zhou Jinlong said jealously: "He can make it into the top ten of the rich list because he found a good father-in-law for himself. If I can become the son-in-law of the richest man, I can also make it into the top ten!"
Fu Wenfang said: "Oh, so you have feelings for the richest man's daughter, and the other party may not be interested in you."
Zhou Jinlong also realized that what he said was wrong. After the contradiction, he did not want to admit it, and raised his voice to find fault, saying: "Why didn't she like me? If she didn't like me, why did she seduce me? What's wrong with you? She is obviously my wife, why do you always speak for others?"
Fu Wenfang was not afraid of him, and she also found fault, saying: "Since she seduced you, then go find her! Anyway, I am useless. Daddy is not the richest man, I am not worthy of you! I will pack up and leave now, and make room for you!"
In the years when Zhou Fujin expanded rapidly, Fu Wenfang would occasionally manipulate him like this. At that time, their love story was booming, and he was afraid that she would file for divorce, which would lead to the collapse of her personality and affect the brand, so he could only compromise again and again.
The result of several compromises was that his shares flowed to her little by little.
Not all of the shares went to her. Most of the shares were transferred to their young son. However, before the child came of age, Fu Wenfang held the shares on his behalf, and only a small part of the shares were actually transferred to her.
At the same time, Fu Wenfang also joined the company. At first, she was just a salesperson in the gold shop, and later she was promoted to store manager. Now she has joined the company and held an important position.
Therefore, although Fu Wenfang did not have many actual shares, Zhou Jinlong was no longer as strong as he was a few years before their marriage.
Seeing her outburst, Zhou Jinlong hurriedly hugged her and begged for mercy, swearing that he only loved her and had never thought of marrying anyone else.
Fu Wenfang cried when she heard such words for the first time. She was puzzled as to why Zhou Jinlong cheated on her even though he said he only loved her.
But now she was numb, and she only said with calculation: "Of course I know your feelings, but it's hard to say whether other shareholders know it. After reading today's newspaper, they will definitely think that you are angry and embarrassed because you wanted to get close to Miss Wen but were rejected, so you said those words in the interview. Our brand can develop to this day because of our love story that has lasted for more than 20 years. If the people on the board of directors misunderstood, would they have any opinions about you? Those who want to squeeze you out of the position of chairman, will they make a fuss about this matter?"
Fu Wenfang said, looking at Zhou Jinlong helplessly, "You were indeed impulsive about this matter."
Zhou Jinlong is also very regretful now. He didn't expect Wen Yue to be so strong. Don't most women endure it when they encounter such things? How can she have the nerve to speak out?
But Zhou Jinlong didn't want to admit that he was wrong, and said with a stiff face: "It shouldn't be the case."
Fu Wenfang said: "I hope not. In fact, even if the people on the board of directors have ideas, it doesn't matter as long as public opinion is controlled. As long as the myth of our love is not shattered, you will always be important to the company."
"Yes, yes, you are right," Zhou Jinlong nodded repeatedly, "I will contact the newspaper company now and ask them to publish a report that is favorable to me."
Fu Wenfang smiled and said, "Well, go ahead."
Until she saw Zhou Jinlong walk out of the restaurant, Fu Wenfang put away the smile on her face and thought, go ahead, go and make trouble, and when he really offends the Wen family, her chance will come.
...
After losing Zhou Fujin's contract, many people in the board of directors of Lirong Department Store had opinions about Wen Yue, but before they could make a move, Zhou Jinlong's interview came out.
Not many ordinary citizens believed what Zhou Jinlong said, let alone the old foxes in the board of directors of Lirong Department Store.
Some people felt that it was not Wen Yue's fault that the contract extension with such an idiot failed. But some people wanted to fish in troubled waters and put the dirty water on Wen Yue, so as to get rid of her and help their own people take over.
However, as soon as the newspaper was published the next day, these people's plan was frustrated. Wen Yue's refutation was indeed quite convincing. And according to Wen Yue, if they insisted on continuing to splash dirty water on her, wouldn't it be equivalent to accepting the name of mentally retarded?
But these people were also quick-witted, and changed their words to accuse Wen Yue of having a bad attitude, which was easy to offend partners, and lobbied other shareholders to hold a board meeting to vote to fire Wen Yue.
But this matter... As long as the brain is normal, no one will think that Wen Yue is wrong in this matter, so even those who want to fish in troubled waters don't want to be the first to come forward and propose to convene a board meeting.
So they called one by one, and the person who finally proposed it finally hit a wall, and was scolded by a straightforward major shareholder: "Are you crazy?"
Then the person hung up the phone and contacted Wen Rongsheng to remind him of this matter.
Wen Rongsheng was very speechless after hearing this. He didn't think Wen Yue was wrong in this matter. What Zhou Jinlong said in the interview was not only aimed at Wen Yue, but also trampled on the face of Lirong Department Store and even the Wen family.
If Wen Yue just let it go, he would feel disappointed and then retaliate in his own way.
Now, he just thinks Wen Yue's counterattack is very gratifying.
After finishing the call with the whistleblower shareholder, Wen Rongsheng did not call the shareholders who wanted to make trouble one by one, but only contacted the one with the most shares, and asked in a warm tone: "I heard that you have a lot of opinions about Wen Yue?"
The person on the other end of the phone heard this and suddenly felt a little uneasy: "How could it be? After the second young lady became the vice president, the performance of Lirong Department Store has grown significantly. We have all seen it with our own eyes. How could we have any opinions about her? We just think that the second young lady's temper is too hard, and it's better for her to change it?"
Wen Rongsheng seemed to be interested and asked: "Oh? How to change it? If someone hits her on the left cheek, should she also offer the right cheek?"
This made the other party sweat profusely: "This... I have figured it out now. In fact, the second young lady has a good personality. There is no need to change it. As a young person, it's better to be more passionate."
"Haha, I thought you had been living a good life for too long, and you could only see the benefits, and even lost your backbone. Now that you can think it through
, it's good." Wen Rongsheng seemed to have just remembered to ask, "By the way, is this board meeting still open?" The person on the other end of the phone quickly said, "No, no."
"That's good."
Wen Yue certainly knew about the undercurrents of the directors. She had a cheat. Although she was not worried in her heart, she was still very happy that Wen Rongsheng could come forward to help solve the problem.
Of course, there was no gratitude.
She didn't think that Wen Rongsheng called the shareholders to demand justice for her.
Although Wen Rongsheng held the largest number of shares in Lirong Group, and Lirong Group was the major shareholder of Lirong Department Store, his work focus in recent years has been on real estate and investment companies.
Many of the shareholders of Lirong Department Store are the same people who started the business with him, and many of them are taking advantage of their seniority. In addition, the former president has a delicate relationship with Wen Rongsheng, so his control over Lirong Department Store is not as good as the other two companies.
Now that Chen Jikang has been kicked out, Wen Rongsheng will naturally have to rebuild himself and tighten his control over Lirong Department Store.
This time, it was just a warning to the old shareholders.
Therefore, after listening to the system, Wen Yue did not express her opinion and directly asked it to send the evidence to the newspaper first.
In order not to disperse the heat, Wen Yue chose several newspapers that were published in the morning.
In her plan, let these newspapers stir up some heat in the morning. Photos are not videos, so there is always room for resistance. In the evening, the video of Zhou Jinlong flipping through the window with his bare buttocks was released. Although it was a bit eye-catching, it was irresistible and could arouse people's curiosity, which was more conducive to the popularity.
Discrediting Zhou Jinlong was only one of the purposes. Her main purpose was to gain more melon value.
...
Zhang Wenzhuo is the editor-in-chief of "Entertainment Daily".
He has recently developed a new habit, that is, every morning and afternoon before going to work, he would routinely ask: "Are there any anonymous submissions today?"
Zhang Wenzhuo didn't pay much attention to anonymous submissions before. With his position, he no longer has to scratch his head and think about big news every day. His main job is to grasp the general direction of newspaper development and maintain good relations with important advertisers.
Besides, news doesn't fall from the sky, and anonymous submissions are generally not a big deal.
But that was in the past.
Recently, a group of people appeared in Hong Kong. Oh, or maybe it was a person. Sometimes he/she was Mr. Tong, sometimes he/she did not leave his/her name, or left another surname.
Every time they sent an anonymous letter, it would bring big news, and then bring a lot of sales growth to their newspaper.
Unfortunately, it was not only their newspaper that received anonymous letters, so in most cases, they could only share the heat with other companies.
There was even one time when the letter was not noticed. When the recipient found it and opened it, the news had already been exposed, and they could not even catch up with the hot soup.
In order to prevent this from happening again, Zhang Wenzhuo now pays special attention to the submissions sent to the recipients of the anonymous letters, and asks about it every day before going to work, so as not to let the people below slack off and miss the big news again.
In the inquiry before going to work this afternoon, Zhang Wenzhuo got a negative answer again.
But in less than an hour, the front desk found a special anonymous letter among the latest letters received.
The letter was forwarded to the reporter who received the letter. Zhang Wenzhuo also learned the news and quickly asked someone to bring the letter to his office.
When he opened it, it was indeed big news.
Zhou Jinlong has been very popular these days, and after so many years of deliberate publicity, his image as a model husband has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Now it is revealed that he cheated on his wife and had a mistress, wow!
Not only that, holding the old medical report, Zhang Wenzhuo was so happy that his teeth were exposed.
This is big news!
Although many wealthy people have rumors of impotence, the only one confirmed by the report is the exiled former heir of the Wen family. No, the two are in different situations.
Wen Jiadong just lost his fertility, and the report did not say that he was impotent. Zhou Jinlong's medical report did indeed state that he had premature ejaculation symptoms.
Zhang Wenzhuo saw the report and happily returned it to the recipient, and told him to write a good article to ensure that he would be on the headlines.
Coincidentally, he received a call from Zhou Jinlong the moment he asked someone to take Zhou Jinlong's information back to write an article.
When he saw the number displayed on the phone screen, Zhang Wenzhuo couldn't help but suspect that Zhou Jinlong had received the message, but he soon found out that he hadn't.
In this phone call, Zhou Jinlong first expressed his anger at being slandered and insulted, and then said that Wen Yue had indeed seduced him, and hoped that their newspaper could write an article and publish it on the front page of the next issue of the newspaper to help him clear his name.
If successful, Zhou Fujin will increase his advertising investment in Entertainment Daily in the future. Zhou Fujin
is indeed an advertiser of Entertainment Daily. If it were in the past, Zhang Wenzhuo would be very happy to have a good relationship with him, but now, he thinks that front-page news is more important.
Zhou Fujin's increased advertising investment will certainly bring profits to the company, but according to the recent habits of the anonymous contributor, he/she will not send these evidences to only their newspaper.
By then, other newspapers will have headline news, but his will not, which will affect the perception! Moreover, they don’t have any more explosive news for the time being. If they don’t report Zhou Jinlong’s affairs, tomorrow’s sales will not look good.
And if they publish Zhou Jinlong’s scandals and articles whitewashing Zhou Jinlong at the same time, readers will probably think that their newspaper is sick. And doing so will obviously not please Zhou Jinlong, and may even offend him severely.
Since they will offend people anyway, it is better to refuse from the beginning, so that the reputation of the newspaper will not be affected.
As for advertising revenue, as long as the sales of the newspaper remain stable, there will be no shortage of advertisers. One more Zhou Fujin is not much, and one less Zhou Fujin is not a small amount.
What’s more, Zhou Jinlong has conditions for increasing advertising investment. He is trying to be pretentious and act pretentiously. Zhang Wenzhuo simply doesn’t want to talk to him. He smiled and said that tomorrow’s headline has been decided, and politely rejected the other party’s proposal.
After the call, Zhang Wenzhuo was in a good mood, but Zhou Jinlong on the other end of the phone was so angry that his face changed: "Damn it! A crappy editor dares to look down on me!"
He called his assistant and canceled all advertising investment in "Daily Entertainment".
The assistant looked bitter after hearing this, this is already the eighth company! According to this situation, after Zhou Jinlong made these calls, their company might have to cancel all newspaper promotions.
Complaining, the assistant still smiled and said, "Okay, Mr. Jay."
Things really happened as the assistant expected. After the last call, Zhou Jinlong smashed the phone in anger and angrily scolded the newspaper companies he had cooperated with in the office: "A bunch of bastards! They are polite to me in normal times, but they just give me a perfunctory response when I go to them for work! In the future, you are not allowed to cooperate with any of these newspapers!"
The assistant thought to himself, "Just for the article you asked them to write, I am the editor-in-chief of the newspaper and I have to give you a perfunctory response! Don't you look at how much wealth you have? Anyone with a sound mind would never offend the richest family, the Wen family, for you!
It's simply idiotic!"
He was sweet-mouthed in his heart and respectful on the surface: "Okay, Jay Chou!"
...
When he got off work that day, Zhou Jinlong was still in the mood to curse all the major newspapers. The next morning, when he saw the photos of himself dating several different women published in the newspapers, he... well, cursed even more fiercely.
"A bunch of deadbeats! I was wondering why they wouldn't help me publish the news, but they were waiting for me here! A bunch of losers, I'm going to kill them..."
With yesterday's experience, Fu Wenfang had sent her son upstairs when Zhou Jinlong slammed the table. When she heard him scold her, she calmly asked, "How are you going to kill them?"
Zhou Jinlong said angrily, "I'll get some people to block the door of their newspaper! We'll beat them up if we catch them!"
Fu Wenfang disagreed and asked, "Are you crazy? After these news broke, there are more and more people staring at you, and your door is blocked by reporters. Now you're looking for someone to block them. Aren't you afraid of going to jail?"
"It's not that easy to go to jail. I can hire a lawyer." Zhou Jinlong felt guilty when Fu Wenfang stared at him, and said angrily, "What else can I do? Read these newspapers to expose my scandals? This is not just my business. If they continue to do this, I'm afraid the company will be affected!" "
The company will definitely be affected. The shareholders in the company have been keeping an eye on your position. Now that you are in trouble, they will definitely not sit idly by. If you find someone to block them now, aren't you just giving them a handle? If they really unite, your position as chairman will be in jeopardy!"
Hearing this, Zhou Jinlong was convinced, but thinking of the newspaper editors who had set him up, he couldn't swallow the anger in his heart. He pounded the table and said, "Am I just going to tolerate this?"
"It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. The most urgent thing is not to vent, but to suppress the news."
Zhou Jinlong said unhappily, "How to suppress it? Those losers don't pay any attention to me."
"Even if they don't pay attention to you, you still have to make phone calls one by one, or even visit them in person, to ask them to take down the newspaper. Now we are begging them, and we should be humble."
"Let me be humble to them..." Zhou Jinlong frowned.
He has been humble to this age, but that was more than ten years ago. Since Zhou Fujin became famous, he has never asked anyone for help. Over the years, he has developed a self-centered personality. How can he bear this kind of anger?
It was because he couldn't bear it that Fu Wenfang persuaded him to go.
The uglier the situation gets, the more difficult it will be to resolve. There will be more people in the board of directors who have opinions against him and want him to step down. When these people are united, even if the three of them hold the most shares, he will not be able to continue to hold the position.
In order to calm the anger of the shareholders, Zhou Jinlong will definitely find a way to solve the problem, but he will never give up his rights and let other shareholders take over, so he may push someone around him.
He is an only child and his son is young. There is no one around him who is closer to him and more suitable for taking over than Fu Wenfang.
But Zhou Jinlong is a very suspicious person. Even if she is his bedmate, he is very wary of her. So at this time, she can't be too compliant with him, because he will think about it later and suspect that she is setting a trap for him. She also cannot give too much honest advice, because he will think she is not obedient enough and he is afraid that he will not be able to control her after she gets promoted.
She must have a temper and get angry when she sees his scandals. This is the expression of her love for him. She must also be soft-hearted and be coaxed a few words, like a brainless woman, so that she is easy to control.
She must also have her own opinions and be able to give him ideas, and they must be the right ideas, so that she is wholeheartedly doing good for him. At the same time, these ideas must be easily messed up by him, so that things can develop as she expected. So
getting along with Zhou Jinlong is really tiring! The balance is really hard to grasp.
But she has been living like this for ten years. She has been trying to figure out the man in front of her day and night, and she can easily grasp the balance and be a virtuous wife in his eyes who is wholeheartedly planning for him.
She originally thought that she would have to endure for another ten years, until her son grew up, graduated from college and inherited the family business, but she didn't expect the opportunity to come so early.
Thinking of this, Fu Wenfang put her hand on the back of Zhou Jinlong's hand and said gently: "Jinlong, this is all for the company."
Zhou Jinlong took a deep breath: "Okay, for the company."
...
As Fu Wenfang expected, although Zhou Jinlong was determined to act like a grandson before leaving, he couldn't hold back his temper after making two phone calls on the way and being rejected one after another.
As soon as he got off the car at the company, a group of reporters who had received the news that he had left home and had come to wait in advance swarmed up and surrounded Zhou Jinlong, asking him questions in a flurry:
"Mr. Zhou, have you seen the latest newspaper today? It says that you have been cheating on your wife for many years after marriage, and even kept several mistresses at the same time. Is this true?"
"Mr. Zhou, you have always claimed that you fell in love with your wife at first sight, and you are devoted to her after marriage, and you are the most exemplary husband, but the news that broke out today seems to be inconsistent with your past image. Do you have anything to say about this?"
"Mr. Zhou, is the love story between you and your wife a hype? It is said that you cheated on your wife's sister. Is this true?"
"Mr. Zhou, today several newspapers exposed your medical examination report, saying that you played too much in your early years, which led to impotence and premature ejaculation, so you have to cultivate your character in recent years. Is this true?"
Facing the reporters' previous questions, Zhou Jinlong was able to remain calm and replied "No comment". When he heard the reporter say that he was not able to do so, he broke down and rushed up to grab the reporter's collar: "I warn you not to talk nonsense! I'm in good health!"
It would have been better if he didn't react. When he said this, the reporters present thought he was angry out of shame, and they became more excited and raised their cameras to take pictures.
Someone else held the microphone close to his face and spoke loudly: "Mr. Zhou, are you angry because of humiliation? Does this mean that the inspection report published in the newspaper is true? You are indeed not very..."
"Bang!"
Before the reporter finished speaking, he was hit by a punch from Zhou Jinlong, and screams broke out:
"Ouch!" - The reporter screamed in pain.
"Wow!" - The curious people screamed.
Some people were afraid that the scene was not lively enough, so they shouted: "Zhou Jinlong was angry and beat the reporter!"
That night, the news that roughly meant "Boss Zhou Fujin was suspected of being incompetent, and he was angry and beat the reporter!" made the headlines of major newspapers, and the accompanying pictures were all photos of Zhou Jinlong beating the reporter.
In addition, the entertainment program broadcast every day at 5:30 pm on Baiyu TV even broadcast Zhou Jinlong's naked buttocks video with a censor.
Although Zhou Jinlong's key parts were blurred, the white fat still hurt everyone's eyes, especially the parents who watched TV with their children. They covered their children's eyes and shook their heads and sighed: "The world is going downhill!"