Ji Yanli's assistant is naturally a highly capable elite.
He is usually methodical and rarely speaks with such anxiety.
Ji Yanli thought there was some emergency at the company, so he asked, "What's wrong? Why are you in such a panic?"
Seeing that everyone present was a member of the Ji family, the assistant spoke directly: "Mr. Ji, this afternoon, just a few hours ago, a piece of information about the Ji family suddenly surfaced online."
"Revelations about the Ji family?"
Ji Yanli was taken aback. Their Ji family weren't some big stars; what was there to reveal?
"What scoop? About Yu Bai?"
“No,” the assistant took a deep breath. “Someone has revealed that Ji Yuwei, who has always been rumored to be the daughter of the Ji family in the entertainment industry, is actually not related to the Ji family by blood at all. She was adopted by the Ji family.”
Upon hearing this, everyone present was taken aback.
Ji Yanli was also surprised: "Only our family knows about this, not even Yuwei herself knows. Who leaked it?"
“That’s not the point, Mr. Ji,” the assistant said. “The point is that this person also explained why Ji Yuwei was adopted by the Ji family.”
He said that Ji Yuwei's biological father was the Ji family's driver, and he died more than 20 years ago in a car accident while saving Chairman Ji.
"Ji Yuwei's biological mother was holding her infant daughter. Because her husband had died, she came to the Ji family at night to demand an explanation. As a result, she got into an argument with the Ji family and was pushed downstairs and died on the spot."
"To cover up the matter, the Ji family staged a fire, claiming that the woman's death was due to arson as revenge by a mentally unstable person, followed by suicide out of guilt. The Ji family also adopted Ji Yuwei out of a guilty conscience."
"What?"
These words surprised not only Ji Yanli, but even Old Master Ji.
Who on earth is distorting the truth?!
It is true that Ji Yuwei's father died in a car accident while saving Ji Linyuan.
However, Ji Yuwei's mother was indeed mentally unstable due to a shock, believing that the Ji family had killed her husband. She broke into the Ji family home and set it on fire late at night in order to seek revenge.
Seeing that things had not gone well, he jumped off the building before the police arrived.
How did it become that the Ji family pushed someone off the building and killed them, then faked it as a suicide?
The assistant said, "The person who leaked the information is a reporter from a media outlet."
"He said he also learned the information from insiders. And he claimed that he would not reveal the identity of the insiders in order to avoid retaliation from the Ji family."
"He even brought up something that happened more than 20 years ago. Even if the Ji family killed someone, the statute of limitations for prosecution has expired. But he just wants to expose this matter and let the public know the true colors of the Ji family."
"After the revelation was released, it immediately became a trending topic, causing an uproar in public opinion."
No one expected this to happen so suddenly.
Ji Xiuan looked incredulous: "So what if they're reporters? Does that mean they can falsely accuse others without any basis? And people actually believe such a ridiculous accusation?"
The assistant shook his head: "It cannot be denied that the public inherently harbors resentment towards the wealthy."
"In their view, all rich people must be ruthless and have no kind hearts; they must have done countless dirty things behind the scenes."
"The Ji family is rich and powerful, and the widow and her children who have lost their husbands and fathers are the weak ones. This statement immediately won the sympathy of netizens."
"They obviously think this so-called revelation is the truth, rather than the truth itself."
"So in these few hours, the official Weibo accounts of many of our Ji Group's brands were attacked, the company's stock price plummeted, and some live streamers even went to the front of our Ji Group building to start live streaming."
Jiang Nian and Si Boye exchanged a glance.
"Brother, how many people knew about this back then?"
Ji Yanli frowned: "This is not something to be proud of. Our family wanted to save face for Yuwei's mother, so we naturally didn't publicize it. We just cooperated with the police to settle the matter."
"But since there was no information blockade, some relevant people may have known or inquired about it, but I don't know for sure."
The assistant said with a solemn expression, "President Ji, I think this matter is most likely something our competitors arranged after learning about what happened back then through some means."
"Because this matter has been exposed, it will be difficult for us to clarify, and we will not be subject to any substantial punishment, but the reputation of the Ji family will be greatly damaged."
"If the public really believes this to be true, the corporate image that the Ji family has built up over the decades will probably be affected."
Upon hearing this, Ji Yanli took a deep breath.
The assistant is right.
Over the years, the Ji family has not been without attacks from business rivals and public opinion crises.
But this is not a simple matter. It can't be resolved by just sending a statement to the public relations department.
It could even escalate into a conflict between the wealthy and ordinary people at the bottom of society.
The police closed the case of Ji Yuwei's mother's death as a suicide back then.
But even if they seek police cooperation to clarify, will the public really believe them?
Will netizens think that the Ji family bribed the police in an attempt to salvage their reputation?
But aside from the police records, how can we prove that a woman fell from the rooftop of the Ji family's house more than twenty years ago, or that she jumped by herself, or that they accidentally pushed her?
It was like a huge bucket of dirty water being poured over me.
Who is this person who wants to ruin the Ji family?
"Mr. Ji, what do we do now?" the assistant asked Ji Yanli.
If they don't clarify, it's as if their true colors have been exposed, and the Ji family is too guilty to respond.
To clarify, at this critical juncture, we cannot produce any compelling evidence at the moment.
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