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"That Xiao Sheng's ambition is extraordinary; Taishan Newspaper Group has already begun preparing for a monthly magazine!"

"They've expanded significantly in the news and finance sectors, and they're actively reaching out to other small and medium-sized enterprises. They're aiming to become the leading newspaper company!"

Jin Yong said nonchalantly, "Let's do it! The world should be transformed by a new generation replacing the old."

"Moreover, no matter what the Taishan Daily does, it can't steal away my Ming Pao's loyal readers!"

Chapter 589, Framing and Slander! (Please subscribe!)

Rather than whether Ming Pao will be affected, Jin Yong is more interested in seeing how far Xiaoshan can go!

Long before the Taishan Daily, the Oriental Daily and Sing Tao Daily had been constantly at odds, but neither could overcome Ming Pao's sales figures.

Although Ming Pao's sales have declined slightly, it's only because some wavering readers have stopped reading; loyal readers have never left Ming Pao.

Ming Pao, seemingly uninterested in competing for supremacy, appeared to be detached from the situation.

"Hmph! You!" Pan Aihua shook her head, ignoring Jin Yong who only wanted to be a bystander, and looked down at the newspaper.

In the afternoon, Xiao Shan was about to leave work and go home when his secretary, Luo Huiling, came in to tell him that Wang Zhaolong, an instructor from Taishan Security, was looking for him.

This Luo Huiling is the secretary that Lou Xiao'e found for Xiao Shan. She is also a main character in a TV series called "The Great Era" that Xiao Shan had watched before.

At this point in time, Fang Jinxin had been dead for two years, and Ding Xie had fled to Taiwan. Luo Huiling was raising the four children of the Fang family alone, and it was precisely when she needed money.

Therefore, she took this job very seriously!

Xiao Shan nodded and told Luo Huiling to call Wang Zhaolong in.

Soon, Wang Zhaolong arrived at Xiaoshan's office.

"Zhaolong, what happened?" Xiao Shan asked Wang Zhaolong after he sat down.

Wang Zhaolong told Xiaoshan that when he was on patrol with his team, they encountered a suspicious-looking short mule outside the Taishan Newspaper Office.

This short mule said he came to Xiaoshan with some business!

"A short mule?" Xiao Shan was taken aback.

Then a possibility came to mind.

So he said to Wang Zhaolong, "Bring the person in!"

Soon, Wang Zhaolong walked in with a burly man covered in tattoos.

This guy practically has "I'm a dwarf mule" tattooed on his face.

Upon entering, the burly man chuckled and teased, "Boss Xiao, business is booming! You've even hired so many bodyguards!"

"Spit it out if you have something to say!" Xiao Shan wouldn't give this kind of person a friendly look.

The burly man lit a cigarette, plopped down in the chair opposite Xiao Shan, exhaled a puff of smoke, and said, "Hehe, Mr. Xiao is a straightforward person, so I'll be frank with you too! You've made your fortune, but you have to give others a way to make a living. You can't have it all, can you?"

"If you ask me, the money you make from serialized novels is enough for you to live a carefree life, why bother with newspapers or anything like that?"

"If things go wrong, going bankrupt and selling the company is a minor issue; being chased by the bank until your family is ruined is a much worse one!"

Hearing the big man's words, Wang Zhaolong, who was standing to the side, couldn't hold back any longer: "What are you saying!"

Xiao Shan smiled and waved to Wang Zhaolong, signaling him not to act rashly.

As I had guessed, the rise of the Taishan Daily had indeed affected the interests of some people, which was why they sent someone to threaten me.

As for who sent him, Xiao Shan could figure it out even with his toes.

"Damian sent you?" Xiao Shan asked with a smile.

Upon hearing Xiao Shan's words, the burly man's expression instantly changed. He glared at Xiao Shan with a ferocious look and said, "Boss Xiao, you've only recently arrived from the mainland; there are many things you don't understand about Hong Kong!"

"Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents! I'm just trying to advise you to stop, lest things get ugly for both of you, and that could end in bloodshed..."

After saying that, the big man stubbed out the cigarette with two fingers, unbuttoned his shirt, and revealed the knife scar and tattoo on his chest.

He placed his left foot on top of his right foot on the desk, his toes swaying as he pointed at Xiao Shan's face.

Although the big man did not answer Xiao Shan's question directly, the answer was already quite obvious!

Xiao Shan stood up, walked up to the big man, and looked at him coldly, saying, "You've got some nerve, daring to threaten me?"

As he spoke, Xiao Shan kicked the big man in the stomach.

boom!

The burly man was already off balance with his legs raised, and Xiao Shan kicked him so hard that he fell to the ground along with his chair.

"Zhaolong, hold him down!" Xiao Shan said to Wang Zhaolong, looking at the burly man lying on the ground.

Wang Zhaolong immediately stepped forward, grabbed the big man, and slammed his face against the wall.

The burly man never expected that Xiao Shan would be even more short-tempered than him, resorting to violence at the slightest provocation.

Seeing the burly man pinned against the wall, Xiao Shan took a fruit knife from his desk drawer.

Watching Xiao Shan fiddling with the fruit knife in his hand, the big man felt a chill run down his spine.

However, Xiao Shan did not threaten him with the fruit knife, but instead cut his own clothes with the knife.

With the big man looking bewildered, Xiao Shan wiped the fingerprints off the fruit knife with a piece of paper and then shoved the fruit knife directly into his hand.

Then Xiao Shan called out to the outside of the office, "Secretary Luo, come in for a moment!"

Soon, Luo Huiling came in from outside.

He was startled when he saw the burly man pinned against the wall.

Then he noticed the ripped clothes on Xiao Shan's body and quickly asked, "Boss, are you alright? Should we call the police?"

"It's alright!" Xiao Shan shook his head. "Don't rush to call the police. Go and call in two reporters with good photography skills!"

Luo Huiling nodded and went out.

Soon, the two reporters followed Luo Huiling into the office.

Xiao Shan told Luo Huiling to leave and closed the door behind him.

He then told the two reporters and Wang Zhaolong, "When the police arrive, tell them he was sent to threaten me. If the threats don't work, he'll just use a knife. If I hadn't dodged quickly, I might be in the hospital right now!"

"Zhaolong, you saw him draw his knife, so you immediately went to subdue him!"

"No!! I didn't!! Let me go, let me go!!" Upon hearing Xiao Shan's clear instructions, the burly man began to struggle violently, attempting to break free.

Unfortunately, no matter how much he struggled, he couldn't break free from Wang Zhaolong's iron-like grip!

The two reporters, as instructed by Xiao Shan, took several photos of the burly man holding a knife.

They even took a special photo of his proud scars and tattoos.

After everything was settled, everyone went over their statements again to confirm that there were no errors before Xiaoshan dialed the police.

The police arrived shortly afterward.

After clarifying the situation, the police took Xiao Shan and the big man back to the police station.

As for Wang Zhaolong and the two reporters, they were all taken away by the police as eyewitnesses.

After the police left, Tu Feiding made a call to a law firm while simultaneously instructing Taishan Newspaper Group to carry out the plan.

Under Tu Feiding's command, the entire Taishan Newspaper Group was running at full speed, fully demonstrating the media industry's ability to create momentum.

Chapter 590, The Power of Public Opinion! (Please subscribe!)

Not only did Tu Fei-ding give up the headline of tomorrow's Taishan Daily, but he also took the initiative to send the news to TVB and RTV, and the news was broadcast that night.

His ferocious expression, his right hand holding a knife, and the scars and tattoos of someone who has roamed the underworld—all these perfectly illustrate what it means to be "unable to clear one's name even if one jumps into the Yellow River"!

Once public opinion reaches a consensus, the truth becomes less important.

One is a rising star in the newspaper industry, the other is a scoundrel covered in scars and tattoos. Everyone knows which one is more important!

Soon, the lawyer Tu Feiding contacted got Xiao Shan released on bail.

In fact, even someone without a lawyer can get bail.

Moreover, the entire police station is now surrounded by reporters, and Xiao Shan is a hot potato. The police station can't wait to get rid of him!

That evening, after the news of Xiaoshan being threatened by gang members was broadcast on television, Lou Xiao'e went to Xiaoshan's home to inquire about the situation.

Lou Xiao'e was relieved to learn that there was no problem in Xiaoshan!

The Oriental Media Group building was brightly lit at this time.

"You bastard! Who told him to lay a hand on us? And he even brought a knife! You're going to wipe our whole family off!" Da Ma roared, smashing things as he cursed the big man's entire family.

The burly man was indeed sent by him to warn Xiao Shan, because since the Taishan Daily strengthened its news and financial business, it had seriously affected the Oriental Daily.

Once published in the monthly edition of the Taishan Newspaper, the sheer volume of news from the Taishan Newspaper Group will immediately benefit the Taishan Daily.

What will become of Oriental Daily News, whose sales have already plummeted?

Unlike other tabloid owners, Malaysians cannot simply sell their newspapers and invest the money in other industries.

The Ma family was a small family that rose to prominence through triad activities, but under the strong suppression of Governor Murray MacLehose, they have now retreated to the point of extinction.

The reason the Hong Kong government did not completely eradicate the Ma family is because Malaysia controls Oriental Daily News, the top-selling daily newspaper in Hong Kong.

Although the sales of the Oriental Daily have now fallen to second place after the Taishan Daily topped the list.

But everyone knows that the Taishan Daily is just a serialized novel, and it can't compare to the Oriental Daily in terms of current affairs news.

But now, under the leadership of that bastard who came back from the US, Taishan Daily has not only made up for its shortcomings in news reporting, but has also begun to aggressively steal readers that originally belonged to Oriental Daily.

They even wanted to wipe them out completely, hoping to bring the monthly magazine up with them, completely aiming to destroy Oriental Daily News.

Oriental Daily News is the Ma family's protector. Once they lose the protection of the media, the Governor of Hong Kong will have no more scruples in taking action against them.

Therefore, Malaysia cannot lose Oriental Daily News, and it cannot even allow Oriental Daily News' sales to decline too drastically.

Because once it drops to rock bottom, the Oriental Daily, having lost its ability to create public opinion, is practically no different from nothing!

"Think! Think of something! Tell me how we can get those sales back!" Da Ma yelled at the group of Oriental Media Group managers in front of him.

Everyone was focused on their noses, mouths, and minds, completely unable to come up with any ideas.

During this period, Oriental Daily News did everything it could, whether it was seizing news sources or publishing serialized novels, but it seemed to have no effect.

After comparing prices from several sources, if the Taishan Daily is willing to pay, then the news will naturally be sold to the Taishan Daily.

Seeing the decline in sales of Oriental Daily, advertisers flocked to Taishan Daily. Since Oriental Daily couldn't make money, it naturally had no ability to compete with it.

Moreover, Xiao Shan, the owner of Taishan Daily, has not distributed dividends in order to allow the newspaper to develop rapidly.

Serialized novels are useless too!

"Tang Dynasty Brick", "A Step into the Past", and "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles"—any one of them alone cannot be compared to any work by the Oriental Daily, let alone the fact that the three novels are intertwined.

Oriental Daily did approach some aspiring writers to write about the currently popular time-travel theme.

Without a large amount of comprehensive information and an outline, and with the Oriental Daily constantly urging for the manuscript, even if it were written, it would only be a hodgepodge.

The author messed up the story without even needing reader feedback!

As for hiring a few famous writers, the Oriental Daily News did consider this idea.

But the problem is, which famous writer in Southeast Asia doesn't know about the Ma family's messy affairs?

Famous writers naturally have to consider their reputation. The Ma family, who would rather avoid them than approach them, would never willingly do so.

After several attempts, Da Ma had no other choice but to send his men to threaten Xiao Shan.

I never expected something like this to happen!

Malaysia itself is in the media industry, so how could it not understand the power of the media?

Even a fool could tell that tomorrow there will be a deluge of news reports, and even the Hong Kong government will be alarmed.

Da Ma knew that his subordinate was a steady and reliable person who would never come to his door with a knife. Even if he made a verbal threat, he would be very careful and would not leave any evidence against him.

But does this matter?

None of it matters!

Public opinion has become a storm, and people are more willing to believe what they see than the truth.

Of course, Da Ma knew that his men wouldn't betray him; otherwise, he wouldn't have sent him to do something so dangerous.