Chapter 333 TV News
"I hope you won\'t regret this."
After saying this, Xu Yang hung up the phone.
He had called Zheng Kaiyang to gauge his attitude.
It wouldn\'t do to act without asking anything, in case the other party was willing to give up on Li Changsheng and his son.
But obviously, that was wishful thinking.
Xu Yang tossed his phone aside and said to Ma Yangrong, "You must immediately start planning based on the information you\'ve gathered. I want to ruin Zheng Kaiyang and see if he can still protect Li Changsheng and his son. Of course, we need to take into account Zheng Kaiyang\'s network of connections, and you should plan for follow-up responses as well.
I want to see the proposal by tomorrow morning; remember, don\'t worry about the cost."
"Alright, I\'ll start gathering people to work on the proposal right away," Ma Yangrong could feel Xu Yang\'s determination.
What he could do was to assemble the team, formulate the plan, and achieve Xu Yang\'s goal.
...
In Fengcheng, in a certain villa.
Three people were sitting on the sofa in the living room, Zheng Kaiyang and Li Changsheng with his son.
"Don\'t worry, as long as you\'re here with me, nobody can do anything to you," Zheng Kaiyang said indifferently.
"Uncle, I\'m glad you\'re here, or else my dad and I really wouldn\'t know what to do," Li Zicheng wasn\'t worried at all.
"Xu Yang probably won\'t let things go, you should still be careful," Li Changsheng warned.
"So what if he doesn\'t let things go? He\'s not good enough to touch me," Zheng Kaiyang didn\'t take Xu Yang seriously at all.
A mere billionaire, so what if he\'s on good terms with Wang Xiaocong, or if he gets along well with the wealthy Mr. Zhang Yimin?
In face of himself, he still couldn\'t do anything.
Fengcheng has deep waters, and Xu Yang had better not stir them. If he does, Zheng Kaiyang would make him regret it.
Hearing this, Li Changsheng had nothing more to say.
He thought about it, and it made sense; Fengcheng was different.
All the wealthy individuals in Fengcheng were united, to pull one hair would move the whole body.
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Xu Yang thinking of going against his little uncle really wasn\'t qualified.
When the wealthy of Fengcheng combined their forces, let alone Xu Yang, even the wealthiest Mr. Wang would be in for a headache.
"Uncle, do you think we can take the initiative and crush Xu Yang\'s enterprises?" Li Zicheng asked.
"I alone don\'t have the power to do that, but of course, if we unite with others, it\'s possible. However, crushing Xu Yang would certainly result in great losses, and others would not be willing to do that."
"Of course, if Xu Yang makes a move against me, then I\'ll assess the situation and consider whether or not to join forces with others in retaliation," Zheng Kaiyang said thoughtfully.
"Alright," Li Zicheng felt he had been somewhat presumptuous.
His uncle\'s network was powerful, but to mobilize such a strong network required either a threat to their interests or the lure of significant gains.
At the end of the day, it all came down to interests.
Nobody would bother doing something strenuous and profitless.
"You two rest up in the villa, or you could go out for a stroll. As long as you\'re within Fengcheng\'s urban area, you\'re safe. I need to head to the company now; there\'s some business I have to take care of."
After finishing his words, Zheng Kaiyang left.
He owned a health product company and had to work. He couldn\'t always stay with Li Changsheng and his son.
Zheng Kaiyang left.
Li Zicheng said, "Dad, do you think Xu Yang will go after Uncle, forcing him not to care about us?"
Li Changsheng said, "Considering Xu Yang\'s personality, he probably will, which is why I warned your uncle earlier. But we don\'t need to worry about it. Even if Xu Yang makes a move, your uncle will find a way to deal with it."
Li Zicheng nodded, "That\'s true."
...
In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.
When Xu Yang arrived at the company, Ma Yangrong came to him with a proposal.
After looking at the proposal, Xu Yang thought it was good, and also found some areas that could be improved, so he suggested a few ideas of his own.
The two discussed all morning and finally settled on a plan.
Subsequently, Ma Yangrong began to take action.
Another day passed.
It was past nine in the morning.
Zheng Kaiyang was getting ready to go to the company.
Suddenly, his phone rang.
He took it out and saw it was a call from his assistant.
"What\'s going on?" Zheng Kaiyang answered the call.
"Mr. Zheng, there\'s trouble. Our Fengcheng\'s economic channel is broadcasting news about our company," the assistant said anxiously.
"What happened?" Zheng Kaiyang knew upon hearing this that it was definitely not good news.
Otherwise, the assistant wouldn\'t sound like this.
"Mr. Zheng, I just saw it too, it\'s bad news. If you can watch TV, you\'d better check it out for yourself," the assistant said.
"Alright, I\'ll have a look," Zheng Kaiyang thought the situation must be serious, but he didn\'t panic. Instead, he turned on the TV and switched to Fengcheng\'s economic channel.
The TV showed an older lady.
A voiceover explained, "This lady was in good health before, but after taking a health product called \'Longevity\', not only did her health not improve, but it worsened. Let\'s listen to what the lady has to say."
Next, a reporter appeared on screen, handing the microphone to the older lady.
The lady said, "My health has always been very good. One day while I was dancing in the square, a salesperson approached me during a break and recommended a health product called \'Longevity\'. They said that if you\'re in poor health, you\'ll recover after taking it, and if you\'re in good health, you\'ll get even healthier.
Thinking my health was good and it could get even better, I decided to give it a try, so I spent five thousand yuan on a course of treatment. After I started taking it, I got diarrhea. I called the salesperson who sold me the product to find out what was going on, and they said that diarrhea was a detoxification effect and was normal.
They told me to continue taking it until the \'toxins\' were gone, and then my health would improve."
The reporter asked, "Did you believe what he said?"
"Yes," the lady said angrily, "He told me that \'Longevity\' health products were produced by a local company in Fengcheng, An Kang Health Products, and that local businesses wouldn\'t deceive local people. So I bought six more courses, costing thirty thousand yuan. But after only during the second course, my health couldn\'t take it anymore, and I was sent straight to the hospital.
If not for the timely rescue, I might have lost my life!"
The TV switched back to the studio.
The host said, "According to an authoritative organization, these \'Longevity\' health products, five thousand yuan per course, are just some carrot powder, and some of it was even spoiled, which led to the situation described by the lady..."
Upon seeing this, Zheng Kaiyang\'s face darkened.
He turned off the TV and angrily dialed his assistant\'s number, roaring, "I have you give the TV station a million yuan in \'benefits\' every half year. Did you embezzle it instead of delivering it?"
If the TV station had taken the money, they shouldn\'t be broadcasting this kind of news.
And even if the journalists were reckless enough to dig up this news, the TV station should have informed him first.
Without any knowledge about what was going on, the TV had aired this piece of news, which made Zheng Kaiyang suspect the assistant might have pocketed the \'benefits\' meant for the TV station, causing discontent and leading them to broadcast the news without notifying him first.