Chapter 97 Crazy Miracle

Southampton, England.

Sun Yue was awakened by a sudden phone call.

"Hey." He was a little angry and wanted to curse. Didn't he know that saving someone's sweet dreams is like killing their parents?

"Lao Sun, it's me, Zhao Yuanfang!" As soon as the call was connected, the person on the other end introduced himself.

"Old Zhao, what's going on in the middle of the night?"

They were colleagues at the Yang Group and got along well. Now they both work for Yang Huan.

"It's Master Huan!"

Sun Yue shuddered and suddenly woke up.

As it concerns Yang Huan, even the hatred for his father's murder has to be endured for now.

"Master Huan smashed a car in Korea last night."

"Oh." Sun Yue didn't react at all.

It's normal. Young Master Huan smashed a car. What's the big deal?

Being too surprised would make you seem petty and unworldly.

"It was an Aston Martin."

"Yeah." Sun Yue still didn't respond.

That's normal. Master Huan is so rich, so he could easily smash ten Aston Martins, let alone one.

"I always felt something was wrong. It's a pity to smash such a good car like this."

Sun Yue also blinked and thought, "Yeah, that's right, a car worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, it's a pity."

"I'll tell Master Huan that next time you don't want his car, don't smash it. Just give it to me."

Zhao Yuanfang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "That's not what I'm talking about. I think we should use this incident as material to do some public relations for Aston Martin."

"Old Zhao, what you mean is..."

"Although Master Huan doesn't care about the money he spends, we, his subordinates, should at least consider him. We can't let a good Aston Martin be smashed like this. We should at least make use of its value, right?"

Sun Yue was a little dumbfounded. Oh my God, you have gone to such an extent to flatter me.

He is literally my number one competitor for the position of Master Huan's chief bootlicker.

"Old Sun, don't worry, I know how to do things. I will definitely talk to Young Master Huan about this matter first. I'm new here, so you will take the credit then." Zhao Yuanfang thought to himself, just consider it as a visit from me.

Sun Yue then laughed and said, "Don't talk about whether it is a credit or not. The most important thing is to do the job well and in a down-to-earth manner."

"We are all working for Master Huan, right?"

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"Welcome to KBS News."

"Last night, a car was smashed outside the gate of the Conrad Hotel in Seoul. The car that was smashed was a new model of Aston Martin, known as the king of sports cars. It costs 700 million won in South Korea. There is only one in the whole of South Korea, and it belongs to Kim Dayong, the only son of King Kong, the third richest man in South Korea."

"But last night, Jin Dayong was forced to destroy his beloved car with his own hands because of a gambling game!"

The scene changed and they arrived at the gate of Conrad Hotel, where Yi Xi could still see broken glass all over the ground.

"This is outside the Conrad Hotel. We learned from the on-site staff that the person who had a conflict with Jin Dayong last night was a wealthy Chinese man who was hosting a banquet for his colleagues at the Conrad Hotel."

"According to the surveillance video provided by the hotel, the Chinese tycoon and his friend had just walked out of the hotel gate when an Aston Martin suddenly rushed over from the opposite side and almost hit them."

Although the hotel's surveillance video was not a high-definition version, it still clearly showed the entire process at that time. Even Yang Huan and others were in a mess, which further confirmed that Jin Dayong was the first to provoke.

"After a serious traffic accident almost occurred, Jin Dayong not only did not take the initiative to apologize and admit his mistake, but also got out of the car to provoke and humiliate the wealthy Chinese man. According to the description of onlookers at the scene, Jin Dayong ridiculed the Chinese man, saying that he had no money to buy a car, so he could only walk and would never be able to afford an Aston Martin in his lifetime."

"As a result, the Chinese tycoon also got angry and made a phone call. In two hours, he completed the acquisition of Aston Martin from the UK. In the shortest possible time, he drove a One-77 sports car used by Aston Martin for global touring exhibitions to the gate of the Conrad Hotel to prove that he could afford it!"

"Jin Dayong lost the bet and was forced to smash his Aston Martin. But some of the words of this Chinese man are very touching. He said that Aston Martin is a low-key and introverted aristocrat, not a tool for showing off wealth, so he asked Jin Dayong to smash the car!"

The screen shifted from the surveillance video to the live news room, and the anchor began to comment on the news.

"In the past few years, we have seen controversies caused by the second generation of rich people showing off their wealth almost every year, but this time, it has sounded a wake-up call for us, that is, should we continue to let these second generation of rich people do whatever they want?"

"Look at our neighbor. This Chinese tycoon is said to be only 20 years old, but he is reasonable, calm and capable. Everything he says and does makes us feel ashamed. Why are other rich second-generations like this, while ours are so immature?"

"This incident has attracted widespread attention from the domestic and even global media. Kim Dayong's foolish behavior and his arrogant statement that his father is King Kong have not only brought shame on himself, but also on his father King Kong and the financial group behind his father, and even on the entire Republic of Korea."

"We sincerely hope that this lesson will make him, and even the rich second generation in the entire Republic of Korea, more restrained."

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News from South Korea's official national television station KBS immediately characterized the entire incident.

With the support of the on-site surveillance video and the on-site onlookers, Yang Huan played a righteous role, while Jin Dayong became the target of criticism from the Korean people and netizens.

On the afternoon of the next day, King Kong, the third richest man in South Korea, immediately launched an emergency crisis public relations campaign and took the initiative to apologize to Yang Huan and everyone involved in the incident, as well as to the whole of South Korea. He believed that it was his own failure to educate his son that led to Jin Dayong's reckless behavior.

But it is obvious that ordinary Korean people have long been fed up with the attitudes of these wealthy people. This is a rare opportunity and they will take it as an opportunity to express their dissatisfaction.

As a result, people from all walks of life in South Korea expressed their opinions and demanded that the government conduct a serious investigation to find out why Kim Dayong was so capable as to dare to say that even if the president came, he would have to give face to his father, and such remarks disregarded national laws.

Have the rich completely dominated this country?

Does this mean that rich people can trample on all laws?

For a time, public resentment was boiling across South Korea, and the South Korean government had to respond urgently on the third day.

South Korea's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae urgently announced that it will launch a series of investigations into the Lion Group, which was founded by King Kong, including bribery of officials, tax evasion, and unfair means to attack competitors.

The share price of Lion Group plummeted, and the father and son of the Jin family were detained by the police on the same day, saying they were assisting in the investigation.

But everyone suspects that the father and son of the Jin family will not be able to escape prison.

On the other hand, there is also a debate in the Korean public opinion circle about one thing, that is, no matter how arrogant and domineering Kim Dayong is, it is the Koreans' own business. When will it be the turn of a Chinese to make comments, let alone smash cars.

But the opposing party believed that the reason why Yang Huan intervened was because Jin Dayong almost hit Yang Huan while driving his car, so there was nothing wrong with Yang Huan smashing the car in anger. The most important thing was that he did not do anything himself at all.

So public opinion soon went a step further: Why would Jin Dayong want to drive his car into Yang Huan and others?

Tabloids immediately revealed that Yang Huan had come to Korea to help a friend shoot an MV, and had invited popular actress Yoona Lim from the Korean girl group Girls' Generation to be the female lead in the MV. The incident happened when the shooting for the day had just ended, and Yang Huan invited all the staff who participated in the shooting to the Conrad Hotel for dinner to celebrate.

Unexpectedly, Jin Dayong was in the hotel, coveting Lim Yoona's beauty. He asked Lim Yoona to accompany him drinking and even sleeping with him through Lim Yoona's agency, but Lim Yoona refused and was threatened by the agency.

Yang Huan couldn't stand it anymore, so he stepped forward to stop it and protect Lin Yoona, but he offended Jin Dayong in the process, which led to the car crash and car smashing incident.

As the media dug deeper, the whole process of the incident surfaced and all Koreans were shocked. It turned out to be like this. This was not just a simple case of a rich second-generation Korean showing off his wealth and getting slapped in the face, but also involved the unspoken rules of the Korean entertainment industry.

Now the whole thing has attracted more attention and discussion.

Taking advantage of this incident, Yoona held a press conference, at which she announced that she had reached a settlement with the agency and that both parties would terminate the existing contract. She would then set up her own company and fully represent her own agency business.

Lin Yuner's former agency also simply informed the outside world of the matter and refused to respond to the rumors.

However, as more and more insiders in the entertainment industry revealed information, as more and more new and explosive revelations were unearthed, especially as the suicide notes of female artists who could not stand the harsh treatment from their agencies were exposed, the Korean entertainment industry once again ushered in a storm.

If in South Korea, the most discussed topic among the public is the father and son Kim and the unspoken rules of the entertainment industry, then in countries and regions outside of South Korea, the most discussed topic is the background of Yang Huan, a rich second-generation, who was able to acquire Aston Martin overnight. What is his background?

As reporters and media gradually dug deeper to dig out inside information, the more they dug, the more surprised they were.

Everyone was shocked to find out that Yang Huan was the Chinese tycoon who bought four Aston Martins in London a few months ago. He also acquired Southampton, the current leader in the English League One standings, and spent a huge amount of money to introduce superstars such as Ibrahimovic and Neymar to create a powerful Saints team.

But that alone is not enough.

The media gradually discovered that in addition to Southampton Saints, Yang Huan also founded a WeChat company in the UK and launched the smartphone application WeChat. Currently, this software has more than 100 million users worldwide, and a well-known venture capital company in Silicon Valley in the United States has valued it at more than 400 million pounds.

Not only that, WeChat has also launched a game called Cut the Rope, which is currently firmly ranked first on the global free list in Apple's official App Store, surpassing Angry Birds and becoming the most popular mobile game in the past two months.

As soon as the game was launched, it immediately attracted the attention of game fans all over the world. It earned 50,000 pounds in September, and exceeded 500,000 pounds in October. In the past November, the profit generated by the game has reached 2.2 million pounds, making it into the top five of Apple's revenue list.

Everyone was shocked, and the more shocking information the media dug up, the more surprised they were.

They found that this Chinese man named Yang Huan was so mysterious that they had never noticed him before.

It was not until the media disclosed it that they realized how amazing he was.

Especially in China, countless netizens are amazed at the miracles created by Yang Huan. Many netizens even took the initiative to create a fan website and chat group for him on the Internet. WeChat China, founded by Yang Huan, also achieved the great feat of doubling its user base in just one month.

At the same time, Aston Martin executive Ulrich Bates stood up and publicly supported Yang Huan's car-smashing behavior, believing that this was the new boss's maintenance of Aston Martin's car-making concept and spirit.

"We are aristocrats, not a tool for showing off our wealth. This sentence fully describes Aston Martin's business philosophy."

Aston Martin has even launched a recycling mechanism that allows all Aston Martin owners around the world to unconditionally return their cars, no matter how new or old, or how many years old, as long as they do not agree with Aston Martin's car-making philosophy or do not like the Aston Martin they own. The official is willing to buy them back at a price equal to or even higher than the market appraisal price.

This has once again sparked a discussion within the automotive industry and even beyond the automotive industry.

Aston Martin's approach shows an attitude that we are aristocratic gentlemen and only accept customers who share the same ideas as us.

The media interpreted this as Aston Martin conducting a perfect crisis public relations operation, cleverly equating Aston Martin with aristocracy, and that owning an Aston Martin was equivalent to becoming an aristocratic gentleman.

Facts have proved that what this world has the most is a group of people who are scrambling and trying their best to squeeze into the upper-class social circle of aristocratic gentlemen.

As a result, a wave of Aston Martin car buying appeared around the world.

The phone at Aston Martin Gaydon headquarters was almost overwhelmed by calls from dealers from all over the world, and they even temporarily added two receptionists to the front desk to cope with the overwhelming situation.

Ulrich Bates was even more shocked by this trend.

Just smashing a car can cause such an effect?

If he had known earlier, he would have smashed not just one car, but ten!