"Anqing, pay attention to safety, and bring a few reliable people!"
Wang Yi reminded,
"Safety first!"
"Mmm, thank you, thank you, little brother."
Xiao Anqing was extremely excited:
"This weekend, I'll definitely treat you to a big meal, the kind that costs me a month's salary!"
"Haha, no need to be so formal."
Wang Yi couldn't help but sigh, Xiao Anqing was truly dedicated!
Some people work to make money.
Some people work out of love for their profession!
Such people are rare, and Xiao Anqing was one of them.
"It's just that now, Hanliu Tribe, it's finished!"
Wang Yi grabbed a can of iced beer, strategizing and waiting for further developments.
Since Hanliu Tribe was the first to jump out, they had to be dealt with properly.
Business is like a battlefield; if you don't show some temper and some spirit, everyone will think Wang Yi is easy to bully in the future.
On the contrary, only by killing one to warn a hundred, letting people know Wang Yi's methods and that Meiyou is not to be trifled with, will they not dare to act recklessly!
With this thought, Wang Yi called Zhao Xuan:
"Manager Zhao, help me investigate someone, Hu Zixuan, the boss of Hanliu Tribe. The more detailed, the better."
Wang Yi and Zhao Xuan's friendship might not be very deep, but their interests were tightly bound.
The most reliable alliance is always built on shared interests!
Whether Zhao Xuan could be promoted to deputy branch manager depended entirely on Wang Yi's Meiyou!
"Boss Wang, don't worry, leave this matter to me!"
Zhao Xuan was overjoyed and wouldn't miss such an opportunity to curry favor with Wang Yi.
What's more, Hu Zixuan's actions against Meiyou were cutting off Meiyou's financial path, and also cutting off his, Zhao Xuan's, future!
If Meiyou failed, when would Zhao Xuan ever be promoted to deputy director?
Do you really think those in finance only look at ability?
It all depends on connections and resources!
Cutting off someone's future is like killing their parents!
Could Zhao Xuan tolerate that?
He decisively used all his resources to thoroughly investigate Hanliu Tribe and Hu Zixuan overnight!
At the same time, Xiao Anqing quickly went downstairs, driving while dialing the editor-in-chief's mobile phone:
"Editor-in-chief, there's a new development in the Meiyou commercial espionage case, I'm going to the front line to interview!"
Editor-in-chief Yang Junyi was overjoyed:
"Anqing, well done! Send me the address, be careful, I'll arrange someone to meet you. As for the printing factory, I'll personally inform them not to print temporarily, and wait for your news!"
"Okay, Editor-in-chief, about... Min-jie, let's not notify her, okay?"
Xiao Anqing couldn't help but say, if the news leaked again, she would have nowhere to cry.
Yang Junyi was furious:
"Hmph! That traitorous scoundrel, I've investigated thoroughly; she was the one who notified the TV station, snatching our own exclusive news!"
"This person, on the surface, prioritizes the big picture and is wholeheartedly for the newspaper, but secretly acts as a traitor. They're really a piece of trash; I used to think highly of her."
"Don't worry, anyone who has a good relationship with Sun Minmin will be marginalized from now on! Her second-page headline for tomorrow is also gone!"
Xiao Anqing was shocked: "..."
She knew that Sun Minmin was finished this time.
Unless the editor-in-chief stepped down, she would never have a chance to recover.
No senior executive could tolerate such a backstabbing, ungrateful traitor who betrayed the organization.
Yang Junyi continued, "Anqing, from now on you'll be the newspaper's top reporter, do a good job!"
"Thank you for your trust, Editor-in-chief, I will work hard!"
Xiao Anqing breathed a sigh of relief, not expecting happiness to arrive so suddenly.
In the afternoon, she was still feeling melancholy, not knowing how to explain the news leak.
Now the culprit had been found, clearing her name, and she even gained the editor-in-chief's trust!
"Wang Yi, little brother, you truly are your elder sister's lucky star!"
"I love you so much, hahaha!"
Xiao Anqing was in a great mood, speeding all the way directly to the Hanliu Tribe factory.
Reporters are on call 24 hours a day.
Once there's a sudden incident or big news, no matter where they are or what they're doing, they'll rush over immediately to grab the first-hand news material.
Then they come back to work overtime, write reports, edit videos...
Of course, if time is tight, writing news by the roadside with a laptop, or editing videos in a cafe, is all normal.
Having chosen this profession, she had long since gotten used to everything.
Of course, some unscrupulous media outlets that are only in it for the money are another story.
Hanliu Tribe Garment Factory.
Having found a useless commercial spy, Hu Zixuan felt some regret.
But there was nothing he could do; pure desire style dresses were a broad category, with many subdivided smaller categories below them.
For example, pure desire style slip dresses, pure desire style dresses, pure desire style skirt sets, pure desire style vintage dresses, pure desire style fairy dresses...
By style, they were further divided into minimalist pure desire style, mature pure desire style, alluring pure desire style...
Although Hu Zixuan didn't understand these theories.
But he could see that the 35 pure desire style dresses currently sold by Meiyou could be divided into three types.
In other words, there were three prototypes of pure desire style dresses, slightly modified into 35 models!
This led to these three types of pure desire style dresses being everywhere.
If they made slight modifications based on these three prototypes, there wouldn't be much market left.
Therefore, he hired Zhu Chengguang to go to the Meiyou factory to steal the latest fourth and fifth prototypes of the pure desire style...
Then, by making slight modifications and following the trend, they could sell like hotcakes!
But who would have thought that the fourth prototype was stolen and also produced...
It was just that it was exposed before even being launched, which was awkward!
"Sigh, I hope Zhu Chengguang manages to escape successfully; we'll talk about the rest later."
Hu Zixuan sighed.
A black Mercedes-Benz S drove out of the garment factory, heading east, directly towards the airport.
Unexpectedly, as soon as it turned onto the main road, several police cars were seen blocking the way ahead.
The driver Xu Heming completely panicked and quickly slammed on the brakes:
"The police arrived so quickly and even set up roadblocks! It's over, Zhu-ge, you can't leave, how about..."
"How about what?"
Zhu Chengguang, wearing a baseball cap,'s expression sharply changed:
"You want to abandon me?"
"No!" Xu Heming said with a troubled expression:
"Zhu-ge, I'm just a driver; it's not worth risking myself for two thousand yuan, right? Anyway, we can't get away, so why not just surrender!"
"Hmph! Surrender? You, a driver, won't have much trouble, but I'll be finished! Do you know that once I'm caught, I'll be sentenced to many years!"
Zhu Chengguang spoke coldly.
Seeing several officers already heading their way, he immediately pulled out a dagger and pressed it against Xu Heming:
"Stop talking nonsense, turn around!"
"Zhu-ge, I..."
Xu Heming broke out in a cold sweat, his hands gripping the steering wheel trembling slightly.
He's crazy!
Zhu Chengguang is utterly insane!
"If you don't want to die, turn around now! Quick! The police are here! Turn around!"
Zhu Chengguang pressed the dagger against Xu Heming's waist and barked fiercely.
Xu Heming's hair stood on end.
Without hesitation, he immediately shifted into reverse and turned around.
This scene caught the attention of the police setting up the roadblock.
"Stop!"
"Pull over!"
Several officers shouted sternly and quickly surrounded them.
But Xu Heming was a step faster.
He turned around and drove against traffic, rushing backward.
"Chase!"
Several officers either got on motorcycles or into police cars and quickly gave chase.
While chasing, they issued instructions:
"Suspect spotted, driving against traffic westbound on Yongchang Road, immediately block them off!"
Being pursued by a convoy of police cars, Xu Heming's leg on the accelerator was trembling:
"Zhu-ge, let's surrender! It's not murder, there's no need to go down this dark path all the way!"
"No, surrendering means I'm finished! As long as I leave, as long as I go abroad, I'll be free!"
Zhu Chengguang said with paranoia, truly not wanting to be caught.
Once caught, it wouldn't just be a few years in prison and a fine of several hundred thousand yuan.
He feared that all the shady dealings he had done as a commercial spy over the years would be uncovered one by one.
With multiple charges combined, he could be sentenced to decades and fined to the point of bankruptcy!
At that point, his whole life would be ruined, and he would have no choice but to go all in and flee to the very end!
However, they hadn't been driving against traffic for long when they saw police cars approaching from ahead.
"What should we do? Xu-ge, there are people both in front and behind; we can't escape!"
Xu Heming was completely terrified, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
Zhu Chengguang, as a commercial spy, remained very calm:
"Turn left! Get onto the small road."
"Okay!"
Xu Heming had no choice but to comply, immediately turning left, going onto a small road, and returning near the Hanliu Tribe factory.
But police sirens were blaring from all directions; they were clearly surrounded.
"Damn it, the police had set up the blockade long ago!"
Zhu Chengguang spoke coldly, trying his best to suppress the fear in his heart:
"Turn right, at the fork in the road, stop!"
"Yes!" Xu Heming complied.
Zhu Chengguang immediately opened the car door, got out with the money, and then said:
"You keep driving forward, quickly!"
"Okay!"
Xu Heming had no choice but to comply, quickly driving forward.
Sure enough, police cars followed closely, speeding after Xu Heming's Mercedes-Benz S.
Meanwhile, Zhu Chengguang had already turned right, entered a small path, and executed a "golden cicada shedding its shell" maneuver!
He was very familiar with the roads around Hanliu Tribe, which was his advantage.
"Should have gotten away, phew!"
Zhu Chengguang let out a long breath and continued forward.
As long as he left the police's cordon, he would be out of danger.
Then finding a way to leave Jizhou would mean he was safe!
Without Zhu Chengguang's threat, Xu Heming simply stopped running, parked in place, and put his hands on his head:
"Officer, I was forced; he used a knife to make me drive against traffic!"
But to the police's anger, there was no suspect in the car at all:
"Where's Zhu Chengguang?"
Xu Heming trembled:
"He got out at the fork in the small road back there!"
"What a 'golden cicada shedding its shell' trick, chase him!"
Leaving two people to control Xu Heming, the others quickly turned back.
Zhu Chengguang turned left and right, hurrying all the way, while muttering to himself:
"No, I can't go to the airport, nor the train station!"
"The police have set up roadblocks everywhere; the airport and train station must also be blocked!"
"Right, go to the bus station! Don't go inside, just intercept a long-distance bus departing from outside the station, and get out of Jizhou first!"
Zhu Chengguang's thoughts were clear.
He quickly changed direction, heading north directly to the bus station.
Unexpectedly, as he rushed out of the alley, a Camry sped towards him.
Even though it was already braking, the distance was too short, and it couldn't stop in time.
"I!@#￥%..."
Zhu Chengguang's face turned pale, and he was filled with despair.
Bang!
The car finally stopped, but Zhu Chengguang had already been thrown into the air, then fell heavily to the ground.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
Li Na quickly got out of the car, extremely nervous:
"I hit someone dead! Ah, what should I do? I hit someone dead!"
Zhu Chengguang's mouth twitched.
He felt his head buzzing, and his leg was like it was crippled, the pain causing him to break out in a cold sweat!
"Eh, not dead! You're still alive! That's great, I'll call 120 right away!"
Li Na was overjoyed and immediately pulled out her phone.
"No, absolutely not!"
Zhu Chengguang's expression changed drastically.
Once 120 was called, the police would surely be alerted, and he would truly be finished.
"No need to call, I'm fine! You can go."
Zhu Chengguang struggled to his feet, limping forward.
"Huh? This way, you call yourself fine?"
Li Na was stunned:
"I should still call 120!"
"Don't you dare call! Don't you understand me? I'm fine, you leave quickly!" Zhu Chengguang barked.
"You're hit like this, yet you won't let me call the police or pay compensation, you're quite a strange good person!"
Li Na was full of doubt.
Zhu Chengguang was utterly speechless: "..."
If it weren't for me hating the sight of police, this matter today couldn't be resolved with less than a hundred thousand yuan!
"Leave quickly! Go before I change my mind!"
Zhu Chengguang said with a ferocious expression.
"Oh, okay."
Li Na, full of doubt, still got into her car.
But looking at Zhu Chengguang's retreating figure, she felt something was wrong:
"Could it be that he deliberately let me go, and then reported me, making me a hit-and-run driver?"
"At that time, what would originally be minor responsibility would become my full responsibility!"
"Yes, it must be like this!"
"Heh, you cunning man, still trying to trick me? I won't fall for it!"
So, Li Na directly took out her phone and dialed 110:
"Hello, is this the police? I was driving normally on the road when someone suddenly rushed out and I hit them. They wouldn't let me call the police..."
"Wouldn't let you call the police?"
The police immediately sensed a problem:
"What does he look like? What was he wearing?"
Li Na quickly described:
"A black Nike top, gray sweatpants, wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses..."
"That's right, it's him! He's a fugitive, you've performed a great service! Lock your car, protect yourself, we're coming right away!"
"Ah? Okay, okay."
Li Na was terrified and quickly complied.
Soon, the police sped over.
Zhu Chengguang, who hadn't gone far, quickly tried to flee.
But limping, he couldn't run fast at all and was quickly caught.
Li Na then got out of the car:
"I was driving normally, and he suddenly rushed out; it's not my fault. Of course, if compensation is needed, I'll pay!"
The police smiled:
"You didn't break any rules, don't worry; even if he died, it would be entirely his fault. But you'll have to come back with us to process things."
Zhu Chengguang glared at Li Na resentfully, his eyes full of anger:
"I told you not to compensate me, and you still called the police!"
Li Na snorted:
"Who knows if you had other tricks up your sleeve? What if you accused me of hit-and-run? Wouldn't I suffer a huge loss then?"
Zhu Chengguang's mouth twitched: "..."
What an injustice, I really didn't have that idea.
Even the police smiled:
"Miss, calling the police promptly was the right thing to do. What if the other party counter-sued you for hit-and-run, and it really became your full responsibility!"
"Exactly, I won't fall for his trick!"
Li Na said, still feeling lingering fear.
At this moment, Xiao Anqing also arrived, showed her credentials, and quickly conducted an interview.
She interviewed Li Na as well.
News hot topic +1.
Soon, Xiao Anqing's colleagues also arrived.
Xiao Anqing took out her laptop and wrote the draft directly by the roadside.
The original draft about the commercial spy retained its essence, narrating the full story, and then incorporated the latest developments.
Then, connecting it to the hot topic, she sent it to the editor-in-chief.
The editor-in-chief verified it as correct and immediately arranged for someone to re-layout the page.
It just so happened that the front-page headline occupied twice the space, pushing out the second news item's position!
The editor-in-chief waved his hand, moving the second news item from the front page to the headline of the second page.
As for Sun Minmin's original second-page headline, it was completely gone!
This way, it was perfectly resolved.
Subsequently, it was sent to the printing factory to re-print tomorrow's Jizhou Evening News!
And Wang Yi also received follow-up news:
"The suspect was arrested near the Hanliu Tribe garment factory, along with the garment factory boss's driver, and three hundred thousand yuan in cash! Detailed information is currently under in-depth police investigation."
"This ending is really good. Hanliu Tribe is finished!"
Wang Yi breathed a sigh of relief and had a good night's sleep.
It wasn't until the next morning that he opened his laptop to look at yesterday's revenue report.
Originally, the revenue for August 5th was very sluggish, at most 14 million yuan, with over 3 million yuan deducted for returns, leaving a net profit of only 6 million yuan.
As a result, Jizhou TV's evening news brought a huge wave of traffic to Meiyou.
This caused yesterday's revenue to skyrocket to over 19 million yuan, with a net profit of up to 11 million yuan!
This brought Wang Yi's available funds to 39 million yuan!
In addition, there were over ten million yuan in pending confirmed receipts from third-party platforms!
Even acquiring several factories and expanding again would be more than enough.
Meiyou's user count also exceeded 1.37 million!
It's clear that the effect of TV news is extraordinarily powerful!
Since it was an evening news report, the traffic impact continued today, leading to a continuous surge in today's revenue.
Coupled with today's front-page headline traffic from the Jizhou Evening News, with the dual buffs stacking, today's revenue, profit, and user growth might all break the record set during the last celebrity feud!
This put Wang Yi in a great mood.
What Feng Daye did was indeed a scam, but the final outcome was excellent.
If it weren't for him, it's likely there wouldn't have been such a huge follow-up impact, and Wang Yi wouldn't have earned over ten million yuan more in two days!
One can only say, a loss may turn out to be a gain.
After breakfast, Wang Yi was about to go check on the garment factory when he suddenly received an unknown call.
He knew the caller's identity with just a glance.
"What was coming, still came."
Wang Yi pressed the answer button.
The other party's voice was very gloomy:
"Boss Wang, you should be able to guess who I am."
"Hu Zixuan, the boss of Hanliu Tribe."
Wang Yi said calmly.
Hu Zixuan had looked up his information, and he had also looked up Hu Zixuan's information!
They had already clashed; if one didn't know the other's background, then there would be trouble.
"Brother Wang Yi, I was wrong in this matter, I admit defeat, and I hope Brother Wang will be lenient. Let's put this matter behind us, and I, Hu, will definitely give Brother Wang a satisfactory explanation!"
As soon as Hu Zixuan started, he adopted a very humble posture, but Wang Yi didn't believe him one bit.
According to the intelligence provided by Zhao Xuan, Hu Zixuan appeared magnanimous and righteous, but in reality, he was adaptable and unscrupulous!
Hanliu Tribe's success today was entirely due to his ruthlessness!
He had driven several competitors into bankruptcy.
Many of Hanliu Tribe's current factories were acquired by him through various means, both overt and covert schemes, by swallowing them up at low prices!
Sending commercial spies to Meiyou Garment Factory was considered a minor skirmish.
Now, his feigned humility was merely to paralyze Wang Yi and make Wang Yi let him go.
After the storm passed and he was safe, there was no telling how he would retaliate against Wang Yi!
Wang Yi naturally wouldn't fall for it.
Instead, he chuckled and said,
"A satisfactory explanation? I wonder, Boss Hu, what kind of explanation do you plan to give?"
Hu Zixuan laughed heartily:
"There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. The two of us could say we've become acquainted through conflict. Boss Wang, if Meiyou wants to grow big, it will definitely need factories."
(End of Chapter)
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