Chapter 62 Chain Effect
The action that night was not limited to the welfare home. Police were also ambushed at the pier, and all the contact personnel on the ferry docked on the shore were arrested.
Also arrested were Xu Changrong and Xu Tianen, the father and son, the vice chairman of Guangming Charity Foundation, and the high-ranking gang members on the list provided by the system.
The arrest operation was not over yet. The next morning, the middle-level managers of Guangming Charity Foundation involved in this case and other gang members were arrested one after another.
However, it is easy to arrest people but difficult to judge them.
The minions below are easy to judge, especially those in the financial department of Guangming Charity Foundation. They have high education and decent jobs.
Although they knew they were falsifying accounts and that some of the foundation's income was shady, there were so many companies that kept two sets of accounts, and the charity industry was even more complicated and turbulent, they never thought they would be caught.
So their psychological quality was relatively poor, and their mentality collapsed as soon as the lights were turned on in the interrogation room, and they said whatever was asked.
But they knew the least inside information among all the people, and they couldn't even figure out the source of the unknown funds that flowed into the charity fund, and they couldn't say where the laundered funds went, so the information they could provide was really limited. Then
there were the welfare home staff who participated in the transfer. They were not all gang members. Some were original employees of the welfare home. After discovering something wrong, they were bribed and eventually fell deeper and deeper into the trap and became perpetrators.
There are also lower-level gang members who are themselves scoundrels with questionable character. When they are doing well, they always boast that brotherhood is above everything else, but when disaster strikes, they don't care about anything else and frantically push the responsibility onto their brothers in order to reduce their guilt.
However, these people can only get in touch with middle-level people. Just like it is difficult for the staff of the welfare home to prove that everything was directed by Xu Changrong, it is also difficult for the lower-level gang members to produce evidence to prove that there is something wrong with the gang leader. Most of the
middle and high-level people who can prove that they have problems cherish their lives and are afraid of retaliation, so they keep their mouths shut.
Xu Changrong and the gang leader are even more so. Although the former has never been to prison, he has experienced many storms and knows that if he grits his teeth at this time, he may still have a chance to get out. Song □□dai can only spend the rest of his life in prison.
So the first sentence they said after entering the interrogation room was: "I want to see my lawyer."
Even when the police told them that the two sides were caught on the spot when they were transferring the abducted people last night, and even took out the records of their past transactions, their attitude did not relax at all.
Wen Yue, who woke up at noon because of staying up late, learned that Xu Changrong and the gang leader had made up their minds not to speak, and her expression was not surprised.
Before she traveled through time, she had watched at least a few dozen Hong Kong dramas and movies, and many of the criminals did not say a word after being caught, and would not let go until they realized that there was no room for reversal.
These wealthy people spend a lot of money every year to hire lawyers, so they must know what to do to benefit themselves. It is not easy to pry open their mouths.
But Wen Yue is not worried about the result. In the original novel, Xu Tianyang handed over these materials after contacting the police. In the original novel, the police were able to convict Xu Changrong and the gang leader, and they will definitely be able to do so in this life.
Just because they are convicted does not mean that bad people will definitely be punished. Hong Kong has long abolished the death penalty, and the worst outcome for Xu Changrong and the gang leader is life imprisonment.
For rich people, life imprisonment is nothing at all. They have money and can live well in prison, and they can also apply for medical parole for a long time.
Not necessarily.
Most of the gang leader's wealth comes from illegal businesses such as human trafficking. When he was not discovered, he had to launder the money before he could use it. Now that his business has been exposed, all the illegal income will be confiscated.
Maybe he has invested in other legitimate businesses, but he can do business by relying on the gang's power. Now that most of the gang members have been arrested, he can still talk about getting out. If he can't get out, his legitimate businesses will definitely be swallowed up by others.
Without money, he will naturally not enjoy special treatment after entering prison.
The same is true for Xu Changrong. In the original book, Xu Tianyang failed to protect the Xu family outside. Now that all the Xu family members have been imprisoned, the Xu family may not be able to survive.
Moreover, Xu Changrong has heart disease. Although Xu Tianyang has not had time to change his medicine, it is hard to say whether he can survive after hearing the bad news after suffering such a disaster.
In order to help Xu Changrong to die as soon as possible, Wen Yue decided to add fuel to the fire of the Xu family's downfall. She asked the system to delete and sort out the evidence that was previously sent to the police and send it to major media in Hong Kong.
In fact, it is best to publish such big news exclusively in one's own newspaper, which will definitely drive a wave of sales, but it is too conspicuous and easy to be targeted by others.
What's more, the Xu family's affairs involve gangs. Although the boss and middle and high-level leaders of this gang have been imprisoned, they are not unable to get out. In case of retaliation in the future, the safety of newspaper employees cannot be guaranteed.
Anyway, the Dongjiang Entertainment Newspaper has already gained some fame, and now the reporter team has been organized. From time to time, they can dig up headlines, which is enough to stabilize sales.
Therefore, Wen Yue rarely gives exclusive news to Dongjiang Newspaper. First, she has money and does not rely on Dongjiang Newspaper to generate income for her; second, the more media newspapers participate in the revelation, the higher the popularity will be, and the more gossip value she can gain accordingly, so she cannot lose out.
Of course, she will not miss her own newspaper. For example, the evidence of the revelation about the Xu family was delivered to Dongjiang Newspaper by her personally, and she also provided Huang Zhihao with the headline of tomorrow's headline, and the latter also gladly accepted it.
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There are many tabloids in Hong Kong, and the news industry is extremely prosperous. The corresponding competition is also fierce, so that reporters who can make a name for themselves have mastered the skills of listening to all directions and watching all directions -
no movement in Hong Kong can escape their sharp eyes!
Xu Changrong and several senior executives of Guangming Charity Foundation were invited to the police station for tea, and then reporters received the news. Those who were related quickly contacted the public relations department to inquire.
However, although the public relations department needs to maintain good relations with the media, they will not reveal everything. They know very well what to say and when.
As of now, although the people involved in the case have been arrested, there is no definite evidence pointing to Xu Changrong and others, so too much cannot be revealed. It is only briefly mentioned that the Guangming Charity Foundation is related to the human trafficking gang.
Although there is not much news, it is enough to make media practitioners excited.
What does the Guangming Charity Foundation do? It is a charity organization! And it is quite famous. The ordinary people in Hong Kong have donated money to this charity fund to a certain extent.
They are actually related to the human trafficking gang! Big news!
The desire to dig out the details is even stronger.
It is no exaggeration to say that after the news came out, all reporters in Hong Kong were mobilized, but the people involved were basically moved into the police station, and the police officers who handled the case kept their mouths shut.
At the end of the day, everyone gained little... but not nothing. For example, newspapers with large circulations such as "Hong Kong Morning Post" and "Entertainment Daily", as well as the news station with the highest daily broadcast volume, all received evidence sent by the system before leaving work.
Although the evidence fell from the sky, the editors-in-chief of each newspaper and the heads of TV stations were not happy, but their expressions became more serious.
It's not that they don't want to work overtime at night. As early as the morning when they learned that Guangming Charity Foundation had an accident, they were ready to live in the company for the next few days. Their
expressions became serious because they knew that this mysterious person always contributed to more than one newspaper or TV station each time, so receiving the evidence does not mean that tomorrow's sales champion/ratings champion is stable.
Whether they can attract more people to watch their newspapers or programs depends on whether their titles are explosive and whether the news is attractive.
TV stations may be better. The competition among newspapers is really fierce, especially the Dongjiang Newspaper. Every time they choose a name, it is so attractive. But the mysterious person never misses them. It is really a headache!
However, when he got off work that night, Zhang Wenzhuo, the editor-in-chief of Entertainment Daily, was in a good mood. He felt that the title of their newspaper was very explosive and would definitely be placed in the most conspicuous position on the newsstand by major newspaper vendors in Hong Kong tomorrow.
A good night's dream.
The first thing Zhang Wenzhuo did when he went out the next morning was to go straight to the newsstand closest to his home to see if the result was as he expected... Well, he was wrong.
The C position of the newspaper stall today is still "Dongjiang Entertainment News", and their headline is - Shocking! Guangming Charity Foundation is openly doing charity but secretly trafficking, where did the money we donated go? !
Looking at the content of the headline, in addition to reporting on Guangming Charity Foundation, it also mentioned the corruption of a certain charity foundation a while ago, and finally pointed the sword at the entire charity industry.
It is indeed sharp!
It is indeed easy to offend people.
However, from the perspective of a donor, Zhang Wenzhuo thinks that ordinary citizens will definitely be willing to read such a report. After all, he has also donated money, and the donation unit just happened to be Guangming Charity Foundation. Zhang
Wenzhuo just learned yesterday that Guangming Charity Foundation cooperated with the trafficking gang. Don't mention how upset he was, especially when he thought of the thousands of Hong Kong dollars he had donated. It was simply more disgusting than swallowing a fly.
Other charity foundations may not be as hateful as the Guangming Charity Foundation, but there are certainly a lot of corruption. I wonder how much of the money donated by ordinary people like them can reach the hands of the rescued.
But this has become a chronic disease in the industry. If we want to eradicate it, it may not be enough for Dongjiang Newspaper to speak out alone. The heat will pass, and the industry will remain the same.
But...
what if more newspapers speak out? Can it attract attention and force those charity practitioners to restrain themselves?
Although this may be hated by stakeholders, as long as there are enough newspapers speaking out, those people will not be able to hate the chronic disease even if they want to.
And as journalists, aren't they supposed to dare to speak out for social injustice? If every time they need to stand up like this, they become turtles with their heads shrunk, then what kind of journalists are they?
Yes, in the eyes of many people, those who do entertainment news are not serious journalists, and they are all "paparazzi", but he never thinks that he is just a paparazzi.
Zhang Wenzhuo thought about it, picked up a copy of "Dongjiang Entertainment News" and got in the car. When he arrived at the company, he immediately called a meeting with his subordinates and asked them to take time to talk about the corruption in the charity industry in addition to chasing the news of Guangming Charity Foundation.
Wen Yue didn't know Zhang Wenzhuo, but she had basically met the reporters of "Entertainment Daily", so she quickly learned the news from the system.
Wen Yue was very happy that the "Dongjiang Entertainment News" headline news today pointed at the charity industry in the end was not the writer's idea, but her suggestion.
Personal power is always limited. Even if Wen Yue has a system, she can find out the scum in the charity industry in one encounter.
But this industry has many selfless and fearless people, and there are also many corrupt people. If she reports everyone she sees, she will easily be targeted. In the end, the corrupt people may not be completely eliminated, and she will not be able to stay in Hong Kong.
But she can't really stand by and watch. She can only use the Guangming Charity Fund's collapse to speak out, hoping to attract the attention of her peers, follow up on the report and increase the volume, so as to force the industry to conduct self-examination, or the Independent Commission Against Corruption to conduct a serious investigation and give the industry a big cleanup.
Her peers did not disappoint Wen Yue.
In the next few days, in addition to reporting on the Guangming Charity Fund, all major newspapers more or less mentioned the corruption in the charity industry.
As more newspapers spoke out, the volume of this matter became louder and louder. Ordinary citizens were no longer limited to the collapse of the Guangming Charity Fund, but gradually had demands for a thorough investigation of the entire charity industry, which eventually led to government intervention.
Of course, the popularity of Guangming Charity Foundation did not end there. The two things can be said to complement each other. As the voices for a thorough investigation of the charity industry grew louder, more and more people paid attention to the cooperation between Guangming Charity Foundation and the gangs.
This can be seen from the changes in the increase in the melon-eating value.
When Wen Yue broke the melon before, she usually gained the most melon-eating value on the first day, and on the third day, the melon-eating value gained could be 70 to 80 percent of the total melon-eating value.
But when breaking the melon about the Xu family, the growth rate of the melon-eating value in the first four days was almost the same, and the major newspapers in Hong Kong began to speak out one after another on the second day. By the third day, citizens had begun to organize sit-ins and demanded a thorough investigation of the entire charity industry.
After a week, Wen Yue gained more than 6 million melon-eating values.
You have to know that at that time, the permanent population of Hong Kong was just over 6 million. Minus children under three years old and some elderly people who were not well-informed, the remaining population might not be as many as those who could eat Wen Yue melon.
This is certainly not a system bug. There are many tourists in Hong Kong. Maybe these people read the newspaper when they came to Hong Kong to play, and contributed to Wen Yue's melon-eating value. Moreover, during this period, some places in Guangdong Province could receive TV stations in Hong Kong, and they could also increase their melon-eating value after seeing the news.
As the Guangming Charity Fund became more and more popular, those stubborn people in the police station also loosened their mouths one after another, biting me and biting you, and each of them revealed a lot of things about the other party.
When the review came to an end, the Xu family was almost an empty shell.
Doing real estate is different from retail. The latter has a very important reputation, and once it collapses, it is difficult to save it. Real estate is a heavy asset, and is relatively less dependent on public reputation. As long as the capital chain is continuous, the company can survive no matter how big the problem is.
Because of this, in the original novel, Xu Tianyang was able to delay the time to sell the assets after escaping, and finally successfully saved part of the family business.
But in this life, the three Xu family members, father and son, are in prison, and no one is mediating. As for those shareholders who are not involved, they hate the Xu family so much that they can't help them. They are all thinking about ways to divide the assets and reduce losses.
When the banks saw this situation, they couldn't sit still and began to collect debts.
So in less than half a month, Xu couldn't hold on.
However, the bankruptcy of Xu's company does not mean the bankruptcy of Xu Changrong. After all, it is a limited liability company, and bankruptcy will not affect his personal assets. He has transferred a lot of assets abroad before, which adds up to a considerable fortune.
But Xu Changrong himself has heart disease, and he has been hit frequently after being arrested. Now he is facing trial, and his ability to withstand pressure is relatively weak.
When he learned that the only step left for Xu's company to go bankrupt was to officially announce it, he finally couldn't bear it and fell ill in the visiting room.
The police station staff sent him to the hospital in time before he died, but it may be that he was destined to die. He died in the ICU within two days and didn't even have time to go to court.
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If you want to say who is the happiest person when something happens to the Xu family, it must be Wen Jiaqi.
As the saying goes, "A thing smells good from a distance, but smells bad when it's near." This idiom is quite suitable for the sisters of the Wen family, but it is limited to Wen Jiaqi's personal feelings.
Before, when Wen Jiaxin was studying abroad, the person Wen Jiaqi hated the most was Wen Yue. Every time she came to the Wen family, she would quarrel with her. Now that Wen Jiaxin is back and lives under the same roof with her, Wen Jiaqi feels that Wen Yue is not so annoying.
Especially Wen Jiaxin is very good at pretending. She is gentle and soft in front of everyone. Speaking a few words to her loudly is like bullying her. Wen Jiaqi has been scolded by her father for only more than half a month since she came back.
That's fine. It's not like Wen Jiaqi has been scolded by Wen Rongsheng before, so she is used to it.
But every time after she was scolded, Wen Jiaxin would play the good guy and say she was sorry that she didn't expect her daddy would scold her, which made Wen Jiaqi so angry!
Compared with her, Wen Jiaqi really thinks Wen Yue is good.
At least Wen Yue is basically not pretentious, and she doesn't have a good face to anyone in the family. Although Wen Rongsheng still favors her, it only shows that he is biased!
Of course, Wen Jiaqi thinks Wen Yue is better, but only compared to Wen Jiaxin. If possible, she hopes that these two people can get out!
If they quarrel, she will be happy to watch the show.
It's a pity that Wen Jiaxin has been back for more than half a month, and these two people haven't quarreled. It's really disappointing!
However, this disappointment ended when something happened to the Xu family. Although the two people she hated did not fight, Wen Jiaxin was quite happy to see that she was so worried about the Xu family.
You asked why Wen Jiaxin was so worried about the Xu family?
Of course, it was because the first thing she was responsible for when she joined the company was to select a charity fund and donate it in the name of the company, and she just happened to choose the Guangming Charity Fund under the name of the Xu family!
Charity is a good thing. Although there are many wealthy people in Hong Kong and many of them spend money on charity, throwing in a few million may not necessarily make a splash, but it is still good for improving the company's image, so big companies basically donate one or even several sums of money every year.
Originally, this matter was not difficult. Although a charity group would go bankrupt every few years, there are so many charity groups in Hong Kong that you would not choose the one that went bankrupt even if you closed your eyes.
And as long as nothing goes wrong in the few months after the money is donated, even if it goes bankrupt later, the responsibility will not be on the head of the person who chose the fund.
Who would have thought that Wen Jiaxin was so unlucky. She carefully selected Guangming Charity Foundation, which has been established for more than 20 years and has a good reputation. As a result, the Guangming Charity Foundation had problems just after the donation contract was signed and the money was paid out.
You should know that in order to create a gimmick, on the day of signing the contract, Lirong Real Estate specially held a press conference with Guangming Charity Foundation and invited major newspapers in Hong Kong to participate.
In order to give face to Lirong Real Estate and Guangming Charity Foundation, after the press conference, these newspapers all allocated a large space in their own newspapers to report on this incident.
As a result, after the Guangming Charity Foundation was exposed, it was not easy for Lirong Real Estate to cut ties with the other party.
In fact, Lirong Real Estate should be considered a victim.
They were deceived by Guangming Charity Foundation like ordinary people, so they donated a large sum of money.
Normally, when something like this happens, you only need to issue a statement, explain the whole thing, inform that your company was deceived, and indicate that you will investigate it to the end and sue Guangming Charity Foundation.
Recently, Lirong Real Estate is not the only company that has been deceived. Other companies have operated in this way. Not only have they not gotten involved in scandals, but they have also earned the sympathy of kind-hearted citizens.
But -
the worst thing about everything is to have buts, but Lirong Group has a but in this matter - Wen Jiaxin, who was arranged by Lirong Real Estate to select the charity fund, fell in love with the heir of the Xu family and the former chairman of the Guangming Charity Foundation during the selection process, and they had an ambiguous relationship for a while.
Not only ambiguous, they also attended the charity sale held by the Guangming Charity Foundation together in a high-profile manner... This is very troublesome!
If Wen Jiaxin was an ordinary employee recruited through normal recruitment, no, even if she was an ordinary person who was stuffed in by a relative, Lirong Real Estate could solve this image crisis by firing her.
But Wen Jiaxin happened to be the daughter of Wen Rongsheng, and a strong contender for the heir of the Wen family.
Some time ago, she and Xu Tianen attended the charity sale together in a high-profile manner, and many media people were speculating that the two were about to get married, and the Xu and Wen families might get married.
Although it was just speculation by the media, ordinary citizens would only think that the two families really had a good relationship and were really going to marry after seeing so many newspapers saying so.
Now that the Xu family is in trouble, your Wen family's company came out to issue a statement saying that I know nothing and I was also deceived. How could ordinary citizens who are in anger believe it?
Therefore, other companies that donated to the Guangming Charity Fund were able to pass smoothly after issuing statements, but the statement issued by Lirong Real Estate only aroused public anger.
Everyone's anger was very intuitively reflected in the stock. After the statement was issued, Lirong Real Estate's stock began to fall. Although it did not fall to the limit like Xu's Real Estate, it was also green enough to make people panic.
Not only Lirong Real Estate, but also Lirong Investment and Lirong Department Store's stocks are not looking good.
The situation faced by Lirong Department Store was more troublesome. Those citizens who suspected that the Wen family and the Xu family were colluding could not do anything to the other two companies of the Wen family except stocks.
But Lirong Department Store was open for business, so it was much easier to target them.
So within two days after the statement was issued, dissatisfied citizens went to the door of Lirong Department Store to make trouble and prevent customers who were unaware of the situation from entering the mall.
In less than two days, the merchants stationed in the mall began to be unable to bear it. The big merchants directly contacted Wen Yue to explain, and the small merchants went to the mall manager one after another, hoping that Lirong Department Store could solve the problem as soon as possible, otherwise the renewal of the contract would be difficult to discuss.
After Wen Yue found out, she asked the publicity department to draft a letter of clear demands, and then had the merchants in the mall sign it, and then had someone send it directly to the headquarters of the Lirong Group, asking for an explanation.
After hearing about it, the shareholders of the other two companies also hurriedly copied a letter and sent it to the headquarters to ask for an explanation.
Well, these two companies include Lirong Real Estate.
Of course they know that the root cause is Wen Jiaxin, and Wen Jiaxin is still an employee of their company.
But Du Pengwei has been slow to deal with Wen Jiaxin, is it just because he protects her? Of course not! He is worried about Wen Rongsheng!
Wen Rongsheng arranged his daughter to work under him, but he fired her in less than a month. This... is so offensive!
Although it was indeed Wen Jiaxin who did not do a good job this time, she is a biological daughter. If she makes a mistake, she can get her father's forgiveness by going home and crying. But he is an outsider. Even if he has been with Wen Rongsheng for so many years, he will not get any good results if he offends him.
Isn't Chen Jikang a living example?
Du Pengwei was worried, but other shareholders of the real estate company were not so worried. They didn't care about the matter in the first place, and just wanted to hold the shares and get the share of work.
Because of Wen Jiaxin's mistakes, the stock price has gone down like this, what are they still worried about! If they drag it on, they will have nothing to wear!
Seeing that Wen Yue is Wen Rongsheng's biological daughter, and she submitted the complaint to the headquarters without hesitation, they no longer hesitated and followed suit.
For a while, Wen Jiaxin was surrounded by enemies in the company.