Chapter 332: Deception
It is said that when a wall falls, everyone pushes it. The Gu family seems to be facing such a situation now.
A down jacket production line was exposed for a scandal similar to “black heart cotton”, and all other industries were put under a tinted lens.
Xu Youyou really hated the Gu family, but she was no longer the naive person she used to be. Looking at the scandals one after another, there was hardly anything good to say about the Gu family, so she asked Lu Jingyao, "Is someone fanning the flames?"
Lu Jingyao glanced at her approvingly and said, "The Gu family's business does have problems, but there are indeed people who are interested in their business."
Xu Youyou actually wanted to ask if it was him and Xie Ran who did it, but considering that Xie Ran just came to report on his work today, there was no reason to hide it.
Lu Jingyao said directly: "Do you still remember the Gu family in Gangcheng?"
Of course Xu Youyou remembered that the inexplicably broken porcelain transaction with the Gu family in Gangcheng had caused Gu Fengchuan to suffer a great loss. Afterwards, she often heard people in Gangcheng say that this was the Gu family's intentional revenge for the honey trap scheme of that year.
"Things in this world are like this. It can be said that one thing rises while the other falls. Back then, the Hong Kong City Gu family was plotted against, and the Shanghai City Gu family was just one of the gangs. Now that the Hong Kong City Gu family has recovered, they naturally have to settle accounts one by one."
Listening to Lu Jingyao's explanation, Xu Youyou still had doubts in her heart: "Can the Hongcheng Gu family really reach so far?"
Lu Jingyao shook his head and said, "It's impossible to do it alone, but there are many people in Shanghai who want to bite off a piece of flesh and blood from the Gu family father and son."
Xu Youyou was a little curious and asked, "It seems that this time, neither you nor Xie Ran made any move?"
Lu Jingyao said, "I know you hate the Gu family, but the Gu family is still protected by the Red Dragon King. There are too many people targeting the Gu family. We don't need to rush to the front. After all, our goal is not to divide up the Gu family's assets."
Since Xu Youyou was reborn, although she hated the Gu family to the core, she didn't want to lose everything she had. She really wanted to see the Gu family suffer, but she also really didn't want it to affect herself.
Or perhaps to some extent, her hatred for the Gu family did not exceed Xie Ran's hatred for Xing Zuan.
"You...how do you know me so well?" Xu Youyou said casually.
Lu Jingyao looked at Xu Youyou tenderly. It was because Xu Youyou was not blinded by hatred and was still enjoying life to the fullest that he could completely let go of his worry.
The Gu family is now in a state of panic, their industrial line is under suspicion, and even Gu Shuangbai, an unrelated person, is implicated.
"I have never enjoyed any of the benefits of my family. Now my whole family is under arrest and I am not left out!" Gu Shuangbai couldn't help but complain.
Father Gu glared at his son and said, "If you weren't in the entertainment industry and were always talking about your family, how could things have gotten so serious?"
He didn't say this out of sheer anger. After all, many bad news headlines now have the words "Family business of big star Gu Shuangbai" written on them.
The entertainment industry has always been incredibly popular. Gu Shuangbai's name is now among the top trending searches. In the past, even if he spent money to buy trending searches, it would never stay on the trending searches for so long, let alone so stably.
Even though the trending searches were going viral, there was no smile on his face at all.
"Dad is blaming me now. He used my name to promote his own business a lot in the past. Why didn't you blame me then?" Gu Shuangbai retorted.
Father Gu glared at his second son and said, "Are you blaming me?"
Gu Shuangbai said, "My fans are all in an uproar right now. If I wasn't so closely tied to our products, would I be implicated? Dad, are you so short of money? Do you have to cut corners?"
If it were usual, Father Gu would never tolerate his son talking to him like this. In the past, his sons were like mice seeing a cat and would never dare to talk to him like this.
Now the Gu family is in danger, and Gu's father lamented that even his own son had changed his attitude, but he held back his anger. After all, he still needed to coax Gu Shuangbai to come up with liquid funds.
The man who had never bowed his head in his life bowed his head for the first time. Father Gu said, "It is meaningless to find out who is responsible now. The most important thing is that our family is still together and can stick together."
Gu Shuangbai rarely saw his father bow his head, so his face became more gentle and he asked, "Dad, how are you going to solve this big problem?"
Father Gu had already thought of an excuse and said, "Second brother, you are also a member of the family. You are in the entertainment industry, and your personal finances have never been related to the family. The entertainment industry has made a lot of money in recent years, so you should have some cash on hand."
Gu Shuangbai was not a fool, so he could naturally hear the hidden meaning of his father's words, but he also started to play dumb: "Dad, you don't understand the entertainment industry, it's just for show. We make money quickly and spend it quickly, so we can't keep it at all."
Father Gu frowned slightly. What his second son said didn’t sound like being a big star in the entertainment industry, but more like being the Lady of the Camellias in someone’s yard.
He also knew that if he didn't give out some real benefits, his son would probably just play dumb. "Give me all the money, and I'll have someone calculate it into shares for you at a certain price. You're my own son, and I won't harm you, right?"
Gu Shuangbai didn't say anything.
Father Gu said helplessly, "I'll give you more shares. Although the Gu family is in danger now, it's not going to collapse. After all, the Red Dragon King is still on our side. Didn't the Gu family survive the last time they encountered something like this? Second brother, if you don't want to, I'm not completely helpless. The worst that can happen is that I can sacrifice my reputation and go out and ask outsiders for help. But in this way, a good company will be divided up by outsiders."
Gu's father's words really hit Gu Shuangbai's sore spot. As the second son, it would be a lie for Gu Shuangbai to say that he had no idea about his own company.
But from the very beginning, Gu's father had always regarded his eldest son as the heir and was not willing to let his second and third sons get involved in the company's affairs. If not for this, Gu Shuangbai would not have given up being a rich young man and instead entered the entertainment industry to beg for a living.
The Gu family's company has indeed been a golden goose over the years. Gu Shuangbai also has some regrets in his heart that he could not get what he wanted, and he also understands that such opportunities are not always available.
"I'll ask my lawyer to come over." Gu Shuangbai said.
When Father Gu heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. As long as his son was willing to pay the money, that was good. He didn't understand the company's affairs anyway. Even if he brought a lawyer, he could fool him and just give him some shares when the time came.
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