My 1978 Hotel

"Make way."

The burly man, who doubled as a driver and bodyguard, walked at the front, surrounding the social media reporters. The TV reporters instinctively made way, and when they saw the newcomer, someone shouted, "The farm's owner, Mr. Li, is here! Look, it's that man in the short-sleeved shirt!"

Good heavens, as soon as he shouted, reporters and social media users all swarmed around Li Feng.

"Mr. Li, would you be willing to do an interview?"

"Mr. Li, I heard that your farm's weight loss program has run into some big problems. Can you tell me about it?"

Compared to the somewhat reserved television reporters, the self-media people were far less reserved, especially some of the smaller anchors, who practically wanted to confront Li Feng directly. Wu Tong shook her head at Li Feng, whose face was grim.

If he spoke now, these people would inevitably find fault with him. Li Feng thought about it and decided to let it go; he had been a bit careless this time. He would deal with them first, and as for these self-media people who had smelled blood, Li Feng wished he could kick them all away.

"Mr. Li, does your silence mean you're admitting to this?"

Another voice came from the crowd. Li Feng looked up and saw a young woman scoffing at him with disdain. "What's wrong? You dare to do it but not admit it?"

"You reported it?"

For a moment, Li Feng actually felt a surge of murderous intent.

"It's none of your business. I'm just asking you, am I right or wrong?"

"Just wait for the court summons."

Li Feng said coldly. Wu Tong was helpless. This was troublesome. Sure enough, as soon as he said this, the self-media went even crazier. Li Feng was now really at his limit and even wanted to activate the system for a moment to send all these people to 78 to fend for themselves.

Fortunately, reason prevailed and he held back. At this moment, two or three of the drivers came over to help Li Feng and Wu Tong into the hospital.

“Mr. Li, you’re being too impulsive. You shouldn’t have paid them any attention.”

"I was a little feverish and couldn't help it."

Li Feng was starting to regret it, but there was no point in saying anything now; he just had to deal with these people later.

"Should we put in a good word with the police?"

"Forget it, greeting me now will probably only attract more attention."

The media might be okay, but these self-media creators won't care. You know, some of them probably only have a few hundred followers, and they would have already released the video without any editing. Unless Li Feng is still the owner of Douyin, this incident is unavoidable.

"Tell Zhang Wei and the others later."

Wu Tong thought for a moment. "It's nothing more than some compensation. We also have a confidentiality agreement, so it's not a big problem. It's just that the farm will be slightly affected, and its reputation may be damaged."

"It doesn't matter."

Li Feng thought for a moment. "Recently, there have been quite a few tourists at the farm. I was originally thinking of some ways to reduce the number of tourists, and it would be better if they didn't come at all." It's impossible to lose money. After so many people have visited, in 78, when we look back, organizing a hunting tour would be much better than having tourists.

This is a convenient excuse. The farm itself was just a cover. Now that the farm has a bad reputation, there are fewer locals and more outsiders, which makes sense.

"Then it's not a big problem."

When Zhang Wei and the others discussed this matter, they became somewhat agitated. Fortunately, there was a confidentiality agreement, so Li Feng wasn't worried about them leaking any secrets. Otherwise, they might have been killed before they even had a chance to express their thoughts.

"Let's go, the police officers have arrived."

Li Feng can ignore the media; even if they smear the farm, he doesn't care, he's not short of money from the farm now.

"What's going on?"

The police officers were also quite puzzled, but after some investigation, they realized it was about weight loss. "Could it be related to fraud?"

"Is the weight loss effect not obvious?"

"It's too obvious, it's practically torture." After several police officers returned and told their superiors about the situation, the leader who had led the team was somewhat bewildered. "The effect was good, but this still doesn't work?"

"Yes, but the weight loss methods they used are probably quite drastic; they all lost a lot of weight." A young female police officer still felt a chill when she thought about the group she had just met.

"Isn't it normal to be a bit ruthless if you want to lose weight effectively?"

"Captain, you didn't see it, he lost dozens of pounds in just a few days."

"what?"

"Are you kidding me? How can you lose tens of pounds in just a few days? If it were that easy to lose weight, would there be so many fat people in our country?" Captain Wu wondered if he had misheard. What a joke! If it were that effective, he would want to try it himself.

"Captain, you'll see in a moment."

Li Feng and Wu Tong, escorted by several drivers, Zhang Wei and his group walked out of the hospital building entrance. The underground parking garage was almost completely packed with people, including media, television stations, police, and some hospitalized patients who came to watch the spectacle.

Among them were people with cracked skulls, people using canes, elderly people in wheelchairs, and some female nurses, especially a lot of them. They were all talking about it, seemingly having heard the news that Zhang Wei and others had lost dozens of kilograms in less than ten days.

Many people were just there for the spectacle, but some of the nurses who were overweight were more interested in seeing if it was really possible to lose tens of kilograms in less than ten days. They wanted to try it too, but then Zhang Wei and the others appeared with terrifying expressions.

Even Li Youyou, a hater, was terrified, let alone the onlookers. It was so scary! How much weight must she have lost? Her face was drooping down to below her mouth. It was terrifying. Her neck was covered in layers of skin, and her belly looked like it was wrapped in a lifebuoy.

This terrifying scene caused everyone to back away in fright. "Is this even human? How could it have become like this? It's too horrifying!"

Captain Wu was also startled. This person was truly terrifying, like a zombie from a horror or apocalyptic movie.

"Isn't the weight loss effect amazing? Is it really them?"

Some people were scrolling through photos on their phones of Zhang Wei and his group entering the farm. Comparing them to the monstrous-looking people in front of them, they could hardly believe their eyes. How could such a terrifying change have occurred in less than ten days?

"What...what the hell is this?"

In an instant, Li Youyou felt a chill run down her spine. She didn't dare to look at Li Feng's cold and stern face; he was simply a demon.

"Ah, don't come any closer."

Seeing everyone's reaction, Zhang Wei and the others looked pained, with Liu Wei even screaming, "Help..." He then seemed to be paralyzed by an electric current, his body convulsing and collapsing to the ground. Zhang Wei and the others had to catch him to prevent him from falling to the ground.

"Quickly, don't move a muscle."

When Captain Wu saw this, he realized that someone was calling for help, right in front of him. This made the situation much more serious. Liu Wei seemed to have fainted, and Wu Tong's expression immediately changed.

"Mr. Li, calm down."

Li Feng smiled bitterly. What else could he do? Sending this group of people directly to 78 would only create a bigger problem.

"Never mind, you can contact the relevant departments later and go with them."

Li Feng sighed. Oh well, this whole mess is beyond his control. As the owner of the farm where the weight loss event is being held and the initiator of the weight loss challenge, he can't leave now. "System, you've really ruined yourself. You've killed someone on the spot. That's deadly."

Not to mention Li Feng, even the system hadn't considered that someone might dare to leak information. Although it wasn't a complete leak, it triggered the confidentiality agreement, causing the person to faint from the intense pain. The system wasn't stupid and didn't immediately send the person to their death.

Three days later, Li Feng walked out of the Public Security Bureau, where Wu Tong and others drove over to pick him up. However, two state security personnel and several public officials also arrived with him.

"Mr. Li, when can we see what you've mentioned?"

Matters involving national security are no joke. They investigated Li Feng, who was just a newly rich farm owner. What could possibly involve national security?

"Is the level high enough?"

Li Feng asked in a low voice, and Wu Tong nodded. "Director Wu, vice ministerial level."

"That's fine, that saves me the trouble of explaining." (End of Chapter)