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At around nine o'clock in the morning, Lin Haoran received a call from Cui Zilong in the Lin family villa on Shixun Road.

As Cui Zilong recounted the events that had just occurred, Lin Haoran couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

He had never expected that Jardine Matheson Company would even attempt to get the Oriental Daily to report the incident.

Normally, even if someone rejected Jardine Matheson's request, it would be impossible to leak the news to the outside world. After all, under normal circumstances, these media would not want to offend the powerful Jardine Matheson Company.

But Oriental Daily is an exception because Lin Haoran has now become its boss.

From this point, it is not difficult to see that Jardine Matheson's methods are indeed vicious.

Jardine Matheson attempted to manipulate public opinion by controlling multiple media outlets, intending to deal a fatal blow to Fortress Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd. and completely destroy the "Fortress" brand.

Once their plan succeeds, even if Fortress Electric Company has evidence to prove that it is being defamed and that the couple was electrocuted to death while taking a bath and it was not caused by the electric water heater, these media will still distort the truth.

After all, the couple was indeed electrocuted to death while taking a bath, and they were using a Fortress brand water heater at the time.

However, Jardine's actions were too late.

Currently, only the Hong Kong Times is reporting on the incident, and its influence is not that great, so the four mainstream media outlets joined forces to report on it, easily reversing the public opinion.

"After the four major newspapers reported it, what's the situation in the outside world?" Lin Haoran asked.

"Boss, now the matter has become a hot topic. As expected, the crisis of Fortress Electric Company has passed. In addition, Hong Kong Electric Group is currently holding a press conference to explain the whole story of this incident.

There are dozens of media participating in the press conference, including TVB and Rediffusion Television. This matter has been thoroughly spread. TVB is now broadcasting live. Boss, if you are interested, you can turn on TVB's Jade Channel." Cui Zilong said with a smile.

"Is there any action behind the scenes from Jardine Matheson Company?" However, Lin Haoran felt that things could not be that simple.

After all, the other party is backed by the famous Jardine Matheson Company.

If this matter could be resolved so easily, they would not be in the position they are today.

Jardine Matheson started out as a company that sold opium and arms. How could such a company be a kind one?

"No, the general manager of Jardine Matheson Company called me in the morning and wanted to make our Oriental Daily News the same as the Hong Kong Times. After I rejected his request, he never contacted me again. I recorded the entire conversation with him," said Cui Zilong.

As the general manager of Oriental Daily, he often deals with some special news, so the landline in his office is a tape recording phone so that he can record key calls at any time.

"Okay, you continue to pay attention to the situation at Jardine Matheson Company. I doubt they will give up so easily. I'll come to your office later!" Lin Haoran said.

"Okay, boss. I will intensify my intelligence search!" Cui Zilong responded.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Haoran picked up the remote control and pressed it lightly. The TV turned on and TVB's Jade Channel appeared on the screen.

The first person who caught our eye on the TV screen was Mr. Chan Shou-lin, Executive Director of Hong Kong Electric Group, who was answering the questions from reporters on the scene one by one.

After watching for a while, Lin Haoran turned off the TV.

At this time, what he was thinking about was how to deal with Jardine Matheson.

It's impossible to just let it go after being punched for no reason.

Although he is now secretly planning to acquire the Jardine Matheson Group, it will certainly not be completed in a short period of time. Although he has increased his efforts to absorb it, the shares of the Jardine Matheson Group he holds now are only about 20%. It is not easy to control this company.

Things like "it's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge" are not suitable for him.

He believes in revenge as soon as possible.

There is a lot of negative information about Jardine Matheson during its rise, and perhaps we can start from this aspect.

Since the other party wants to use public opinion to destroy his company, can't he use public opinion to get the other party back?
After all, he now controls the newspaper with the largest sales in Hong Kong.

So he took Li Weidong and Li Weiguo with him, left the villa and went directly to Changye Building in Wan Chai.

Twenty minutes later, Lin Haoran arrived at Changye Building.

Normally, he seldom comes here. The number of times he has been here can be counted on one hand. Most of the time, it is Cui Zilong who goes to Wanqing Building to report the news to him.

The three of them took the elevator, went up to the seventh floor, and finally arrived at Cui Zilong's office.

The seventh floor is very quiet. It is the senior management office of Oriental Newspaper Company and also the office location of the intelligence department.

Soon, Lin Haoran arrived at Cui Zilong's office.

"Boss, this is the information we collected. All of this information proves that this incident was fabricated by Jardine Matheson Company and the Hong Kong Times." Seeing Lin Haoran, Cui Zilong handed a small zipper bag to Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran nodded, took the small bag, unzipped it, and found a tape and some photos inside.

These photos are exactly the ones of the general manager of Jardine Matheson Company meeting with Mr. Hong, the owner of Hong Kong Times.

As for the tape, it was obviously the call record that Cui Zilong made when the general manager of Jiaye Company called Cui Zilong.

These two pieces of evidence combined are enough to prove that they were the ones who did it.

"Play it for me." Lin Haoran handed the tape to Cui Zilong.

Cui Zilong took the tape, then stood up and walked to a tape recorder, skillfully inserted the tape, and quickly pressed the play button.

Soon, a conversation was clearly heard from the recorder.

"Hello, this is Oriental Press Company." "Excuse me, is this Mr. Cui Zilong answering the phone?"

"Yes, I am Cui Zilong. May I ask who you are?"

"Hello, Mr. Cui. I am Reed, the general manager of Yihe Jiaye Company. I have a business deal I would like to discuss with you."

"Mr. Reed, go ahead."

“Regarding the news reported by the Hong Kong Times about the water heater causing death, I think Mr. Cui should have heard about it. I hope the Oriental Daily can also report on this matter.

If Mr. Cui can agree to this request, I will give you a private reward of 5 Hong Kong dollars, all in cash, to ensure that this matter will not be leaked, and Mr. Cui will also become a friend of our Yihe Jiaye Company in the future. "

"I'm sorry, Mr. Reed, you should find someone else. We at the Oriental Daily are not interested in this news!"

The conversation ends here.

However, Li Haoqiang knew that relying solely on these two pieces of evidence would not cause any harm to Jardine Matheson.

"Mr. Cui, recently you have asked people to collect more evidence of some criminal incidents committed by Jardine Matheson in recent years. I can use it." Lin Haoran said to Cui Zilong.

"Okay, boss!"

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At the same time, the general manager of Jardine Matheson Company also came to Niu Bijian's office.

After listening to his subordinates' report, Niu Bijian was slightly surprised.

He didn't expect that the other party would cause such a big commotion with just one move.

To be honest, I don’t really care about Jardine Electric City.

Even the entire Jardine Matheson Company is not very prominent within Jardine Matheson.

After all, Jardine Matheson controls more than 400 subsidiaries and affiliated listed companies.

So, in fact, in Niu Bijian's view, the whole thing was just a small lesson for the Hong Kong Electric Group, which could be regarded as revenge for the humiliation last time.

This is similar to the fact that Fengze Electric Appliance Company had a low presence in front of Lin Haoran before.

However, now he had no choice but to take action.

Because if he did not take action, not only would this matter fail to successfully retaliate against Lin Haoran, it might even eventually affect the reputation of Jardine Matheson.

For example, if the Hong Kong Times revealed the whole matter, it would indeed bring some trouble to Jardine Matheson.

Although he didn't care much about it, this little thing wouldn't cause any problems for Jardine Matheson.

But it's best if it doesn't happen.

After pacing around the office, Niu Bijian had a plan in mind.

He walked quickly to the phone and dialed a number.

As soon as the call was connected, Niu Bijian said directly: "I have a task for you, and you must complete it today!"

"Mr. Boss, please give me instructions!" A woman's voice came from the other end of the line.

“Send the police officer who signed the police technical appraisal report that day and his family to Southeast Asia, the Philippines or Malaysia. I need you to get it done today.

Before they leave, they must record a video in which he admits that the technical appraisal report he signed was paid for by Fengze Electric Company, and all the evidence at the scene was forged. In fact, the deceased died of an electric leakage from the water heater!" Niu Bijian said firmly.

He didn't need to explain the rest of the details, because Niu Bijian knew that the other party would understand what to do and would complete the task successfully.

"Understood, Mr. Taipan, I promise you will receive good news before tonight." The other party replied.

"Okay, I'll wait for your good news!" Niu Bijian hung up the phone with satisfaction.

That’s right, Niu Bijian’s strategy is quite direct, which is to make this matter an unsolved case with no evidence left!

At the same time, he framed Fengze Electric Appliance Company again.

Since the most crucial evidence for Fengze Electric Appliance Company is the technical appraisal report previously issued by the police station, he will simply render this report invalid!
In this case, who can prove the real cause of death?
Fortress Electrical Appliances Company can only take the blame!
"Mr. Boss, this was a brilliant move on your part!" The general manager of Jardine Matheson Company had been observing from the side. When he saw Niu Bijian hang up the phone, he quickly agreed, his face full of admiration.

"It's just child's play!" He just stopped twisting the wall.

But he couldn't help but raise a smug smile at the corner of his mouth.

He holds an ace in his hand - a team that only obeys his orders and is specialized in dealing with various sudden and complex incidents.

For example, having this team persuade and threaten the police officer and his family to be sent overseas is just a small matter for them.

After all, most people cannot escape the temptation of greed.

As long as there is enough interest driving force, any problem can be solved.

This is how they always deal with problems, simple and direct.

Once the police officer says that he was bribed by Fengze Electric Company to issue a false appraisal, then this appraisal report will naturally not be used as evidence. It is conceivable that Fengze Electric Company will be involved in the storm again, and this time the storm will be even bigger. (End of this chapter)