Hong Kong: Starting with 10 billion

Chapter 40: MacLehose's Surprise
The day after Ma Xiru received the call,
Oriental Daily's front page headline: "Habitual thief or liar? Uncovering the fraud empire of Wanda boss Fang Hexuan!"

The entire article is more than 10,000 words long.
It starts with Fang Hexuan stealing his classmate's father's gold watch.
Fang Hexuan was described as a domineering and arrogant person in Stanley Prison, who refused to obey discipline, deceived his fellow prisoners, and molested female teachers and nurses.

Then, he asserted with certainty that Fang Hexuan had obtained the prison bureau's procurement contract through fraud and bribery.

What happened next was even more outrageous, as the manager of HSBC was also accused of corruption and bribery by the Oriental Daily.

Of course, Jardine Matheson can't escape either.

The article implicitly accused some of Jardine Matheson's senior executives of accepting bribes to help Wanda.

Purchased the prime property Golden Gate Building in Central with a small amount of capital.

Finally, Justice of the Peace Wong Chung-hin could not escape the Oriental Daily's venomous tongue.
He became a fool who endorsed and promoted the fraudsters.

At the end of the article,

He also slandered Fang Hexuan's mother, Lu Qiaoling, for not being a faithful wife.
She committed adultery while her husband was away on business.

After being driven out by the Fang family,
With her charming looks, she started a food stall.

Specially to seduce those lewd diners,

She is a lustful enchantress.

The article did not dare to write about Fang Hexuan's sister.
It's not that they don't want to,

It is Hong Kong law that protects minors.

Just so that they don't dare to offend openly.

Oriental Daily News is the best-selling newspaper in Hong Kong.

Its usual style is to play edge ball.

Report normal news in an exaggerated way.

The contents of other pages mostly involve various fabricated stories such as bloody, erotic, and nonsensical.

It is an important reading material for ordinary Hong Kong people to relax and entertain themselves after busy work.

Even Ming Pao and Sing Tao Daily were suppressed by it.

This shows how popular this newspaper is among the middle and lower classes in Hong Kong.

As soon as this article came out,
The sales volume of Oriental Daily News actually rose slightly by 5 percentage points that day.

I said before,

Hong Kong people are extremely fond of the strong, bully the good and fear the evil.

They are the most Darwinian group of people in Asia.

Therefore, if Fang Hexuan continues to be successful,
Hong Kong people may admire and respect him very much.

But once Fang Hexuan gets into trouble,
It might be the same group of people.

They will immediately change their attitude.

Swear at him.

The Oriental Daily News is a huge risk to the world.
This goes against the trend of a large number of newspapers that previously praised Fang Hexuan.

Although there are risks in doing so,
But it is unique enough.
Sales actually increased.

Some people worshipped Fang Hexuan before.

After reading the Oriental Daily,

Just how much he hates Fang Hexuan.

Although there are not many such people at present,

But it did make the Department of Justice feel some social pressure.

The shipping tycoon Pao Yue-kong, who had been following Fang Hexuan,
I also read the front-page report in Oriental Daily this morning.

It’s not that Sir Bao likes the newspaper’s vulgar and obscene stories.

Instead, the "Horse Racing" section will contain some horse racing information.

Pao Yue-kong occasionally watched horse racing.

His four daughters each have their own racehorses that are fostered in Happy Valley.

At this moment, his brows were furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.

He did not believe what was reported in the newspaper.

As a person who has been in the business world for more than 40 years,
He understood very well.

Smart people are often arrogant.
They disdain to use crooked means to achieve their goals.
Because of this, it will require greater costs and prices.

Besides,

Fang Hexuan is his fellow Ningbo native.

For the sake of friendship,
He should trust this young man more.

He picked up the phone and called the internal line of the Governor's Mansion.

After being transferred several times, the phone finally rang.

"Your Excellency the Governor, I am very sorry to have interrupted your lunch break!"

"Oh, Mr. Shipping King, you are too polite. I am enjoying a glass of whiskey and not taking a lunch break."

"I'm very sorry for disturbing the Governor's mood for enjoying fine wine."

"No, no, no, Bao Sheng is the world-famous shipping magnate. Wherever he goes, he is the guest of honor of dignitaries from all over the world. There is no need to apologize to me, a colonial official."

".Governor, I won't beat around the bush. I'm calling you to ask for a favor."

"Oh? Is Bao Sheng here for the Global Shipping business?"

"No, it has nothing to do with my personal affairs."

"Haha, who else could it be related to?"

"A young man named Fang Hexuan. I wonder if the Governor has heard of him?"

".I just asked the secretary. There is such a person. He is a prisoner in Stanley Prison, right?"

"Yes, it's him!"

"What do you need me to do?"

"This morning's Oriental Daily News made severe slander and accusations against him. I believe Fang Hexuan is innocent."

"and then?"

"This report may affect the Department of Justice's review of his case, which is my biggest concern."

".Mr. Bao, what is your relationship with this person?"

"I dare not deceive the Governor. He and I are from the same hometown, Ningbo. Whether it is personal friendship or moral obligation, I have to help him once."

"Do you understand that you want me to interfere with the law enforcement of the Department of Justice?"

"Of course not. Please don't misunderstand me. I don't mean that at all. I am asking the Governor not to let the Department of Justice be influenced by outside forces and stop reviewing this case."

"Are you so sure that he was wrongly accused?"

"I have no evidence to prove that he was wrongly accused, but Your Excellency, Governor, can't there be basic trust between friends?"

"Perhaps he will betray your trust?"

"That will come later, but for now I choose to trust him."

"Mr. Shipping King, I am really touched by your trust in this man. I would like to meet him and see why he deserves the favor of the world's shipping king."

"Your Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong, please forgive me for making a fool of myself. If he is guilty, the law will punish him. If he is innocent, I believe he will bring different changes to Hong Kong when he is released from prison."

"Oh, you are exaggerating."

"Oh, maybe. If you had seen him in person, I'm sure you would be surprised."

"Haha, I'm looking forward to it. I promised you that I would urge the Department of Justice to continue investigating this case."

"Thank you, thank you very much, Your Excellency the Governor. I received a gift from a friend some time ago. It is a bottle of top-quality Scotch whisky. I will have someone send it to you later as a token of my appreciation."

"No, no, no, officials of the British Empire cannot accept gifts from others without reason."

".I just remembered it wrong. I bought this bottle of top-grade Scotch whisky at a private auction, but I don't know how to distinguish the quality of whisky. I hope the Governor of Hong Kong can help me taste it and tell me whether this bottle of whisky is genuine or fake. Thank you very much for your help!"

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