Chapter 223: Chapter 129: Gradually Growing Apart_2
The journalist immediately stood up and without introducing himself, he asked loudly, “Mr. Yan Fei, I just received news that you managed to rescue Lu Pingping, who was kidnapped, by posting a bounty task online to hire a murderer. What is your opinion on this matter?”
Yan Fei was taken aback. He hadn’t expected that the journalists would know about this matter, but he had already thought of an excuse and said calmly, “That is a rumor, completely untrue. I only have one point of view on this, and that is everyone should not spread rumors, nor believe them!”
But the journalist did not sit down. Instead, took out a stack of papers and began to distribute them to the other journalists, saying, “Mr. Yan Fei, your excuses are useless, and I’m not spreading rumors. Everyone, please take a look. This paper that I printed from the Internet shows a bounty task. The nickname of the person who posted the task is Fei Ping, and the task content is to rescue Lu Pingping, with a bounty of two hundred million US Dollars. Fei in Fei Ping must be Mr. Yan Fei, and Ping is likely to refer to General Manager Lu Pingping. The posting time of the task was last night after Mr. Yan Fei left the signing event, which I believe everyone here remembers.”
The surrounding journalists caused an uproar, passing around and scrutinizing the content on the paper distributed by the short journalist. Although the content was written in English, these journalists had some knowledge of English and quickly understood what was written regarding the bounty task. Indeed, the bounty task stated that the reward for rescuing Lu Pingping was two hundred million US Dollars. And the publishing time was indeed shortly after Yan Fei left the venue last night.
Yan Fei burst into laughter and said, “I have no idea what bounty task you’re talking about. Lu Pingping was not kidnapped, so whatever it says there has nothing to do with me. Furthermore, Fei Ping are just two common characters and have nothing to do with myself or Lu Pingping.”
Yan Fei intentionally let people know that the task was posted by him, but when it was actually pointed out, he denied everything. The mystery within this could only be understood by those who naturally grasped it, not to be conveyed in words.
The secrecy level of the Dark Web used by the underworld is incredibly high, and ordinary people don’t even know about that network, let alone have the ability to access it. Therefore, the petite journalist must not have found the bounty announcement Yan Fei made on the Dark Web by himself—it must have been information given to him by someone else. And that person was clearly Yang Liu. Yang Liu couldn’t accept her defeat and found a journalist to dismantle Yan Fei’s stage, aiming to disgust Yan Fei. Little did she know that Yan Fei was unshakeable in the face of any evidence and wholeheartedly denied everything. He even felt thankful to this journalist, for spreading his foolhardy actions to all the present journalists.
Upon hearing Yan Fei’s denial, the journalists at the venue became perplexed, not sure who was telling the truth. Just then, the petite journalist produced another stack of papers and waved them in front of Yan Fei, saying, “Mr. Yan Fei, these are the latest transaction records of your company’s account. Everyone can take a look. The moment the bounty task showed completion, two hundred million US Dollars in cash was transferred out of Dream Technology’s account. Two synchronized actions like these—can’t they prove the truth of the matter?”
Yan Fei laughed and said, “See, this is exactly where I mentioned our divergence in business philosophy with the banks. I believe that client information should be kept confidential, but some banks think they own customer data and have the right to sell it. That’s why we parted ways. I want to reemphasize that the two hundred million US Dollars transferred from the company account were for other purposes. As to where that money went, I’m afraid that’s confidential. Anyway, it wasn’t for the payment of a ransom.”
The petite journalist was stunned, not expecting such strong evidence to be categorically denied by Yan Fei. With such a thick skin, he didn’t know how to respond to this situation right away.
Just then, a commotion came from outside the venue, and a group of people dressed in security uniforms entered the news conference venue. Leading them was a middle-aged man who looked up at Yan Fei on the stage and said, “Mr. Yan Fei, Dream Technology signed a lease agreement with us at Tianyi Plaza. However, we discovered only today that the educational credentials of the employee who signed the agreement with you were fabricated; therefore, his employment was illegal and he wasn’t our formal employee, which means he had no right to act on behalf of our property management to sign the lease. To rectify this error, we have already fired him. I am here to notify you that since one of the parties to the contract has identity issues, the contract is void. We will return your lease payment, but please vacate Tianyi Plaza immediately. We will give you one hour, and after that, we will have security assist you in moving out.”
The journalists at the scene were stunned, never expecting to witness such incredible happenings at a news conference. A major company’s office lease agreement being unilaterally declared void and the occupying enterprise being driven out was astonishing. Moreover, the reason for terminating the agreement was so bizarre—it was all due to fraudulent academic credentials of someone involved in the signing. By this point, the journalists also realized that something was amiss; clearly, Dream Technology had offended someone who was now sabotaging and choking the company, aiming to publicly embarrass Dream Technology.