Chapter 947: Chapter 947: Li Feng Is Toxic
"What’s going on?"
Su Yuqing was stunned. If it was just Jiang Linda’s laptop that blacked out, it could be considered bad luck. But it couldn’t be a coincidence that both of their laptops broke down one after another while searching for news about Li Feng.
This was a bit eerie.
Jiang Linda also looked puzzled, "Should we try restarting?"
Su Yuqing nodded, pressed the restart button, and after rebooting, a countdown appeared on the laptop screen. Other than that, the screen remained entirely black, and no operations could be performed at all.
"Uh, is it a virus?"
"Seems like it," Jiang Linda said.
"How could it be that every time we search for Li Feng, it gets infected?" Wang Jin’er, who was next to them, looked at them both in surprise.
"Let me try."
Wang Jin’er quickly typed the keywords and pressed enter to search, and then, suddenly, the laptop screen went black.
Jiang Linda and Su Yuqing looked at the similarly blacked-out laptop and swallowed nervously.
"No way, could Li Feng be toxic?" Jiang Linda speculated.
Su Yuqing also had her doubts—after all, having one laptop infected was excusable, but hers and Wang Jin’er’s as well? That was unusual, especially since they got infected while searching for keywords related to Li Feng.
This couldn’t help but make people think more.
"Could it be?"
Wang Jin’er shook her head. After the press conference ended, they had all returned to the headquarters of the New Century Group together. Li Feng was in a meeting with Zhu Jun and other shareholders, so Wang Jin’er, worried about online opinions, came out secretly.
From start to finish, Li Feng was always in her line of sight, so he didn’t have the opportunity to do anything, right?
"He’s always been there."
The three women exchanged glances, full of questions.
"Let’s try again; maybe it’s just a coincidence!"
"Yeah."
The three women nodded, put down their laptops, and went to the office area to find a desktop computer. After booting up, they opened a financial website.
"Wait, what’s this?"
On the Dongyang Finance homepage, there was an extremely eye-catching headline news, almost visible as soon as you opened the webpage, with a glaring red title.
"Shocking News, A Journalist’s Confession: My Path of Fabrication."
Jiang Linda clicked open the news and scanned through it quickly, finding chat screenshots, bank statements, one after another.
And below, there were related news pieces, detailing how he took money, smeared or whitewashed, and even played word games to manipulate public opinion.
One incident after another was all exposed.
"I think I saw this news last year; it caused quite a stir. In the end, a chain restaurant group worth billions directly went bankrupt."
"I didn’t expect such an inside story behind it."
As someone in public relations, Jiang Linda was naturally well-versed in industry news, especially events of significant influence, falling within their business scope.
"That Liang Guangming seems to be the reporter Li Feng hit before?" Su Yuqing mentioned.
Jiang Linda nodded, "Yeah, that’s him. He was so aggressive towards you all before; evidently, he was under someone’s orders. Linking it to Liu Chengfeng from HY, it might have been his doing."
Jiang Linda could discern the situation. It was Liang Guangming who stirred the pot, followed by a few others leading the narrative. If you say all the journalists present were bought off, that’s impossible, not to mention whether they have the money.
The point is not every journalist would take such money, and with too many people involved, this kind of unglamorous business naturally cannot be flaunted.
So most of the reporters were actually led by Liang Guangming. After all, Liang Guangming knew what kind of news was the focal point, so those incendiary questions he asked prompted others to follow.
And Li Feng hitting Liang Guangming allowed other reporters to see the news, so their professional instinct was to rush to the hot spot.
"These dirt pieces are well-founded and comprehensive. It couldn’t be...!" Su Yuqing was a bit suspicious, but she found it unlikely. Li Feng was in the office, so how could he find time to do all this?
Moreover, only an hour had passed since the press conference ended. Who could be so skilled to write such news in merely an hour?
"And this news was published on the Dongyang Finance website. Liang Guangming is a senior reporter there."
Jiang Linda took a deep breath; this was a direct slap in the face.
"Wait, let’s clarify the situation."
Wang Jin’er also took a deep breath, "According to our previous expectations, after the press conference ended, those journalists who were kicked out would definitely report the news immediately, right?"
Jiang Linda and Su Yuqing nodded.
"Yes, exactly. In today’s media industry, time is money. Releasing hot news is a matter of every second counting. The speed can be as fast as spreading the news ten minutes after the event happens."
"Li Feng hit Liang Guangming. Liang Guangming definitely wouldn’t stomach this, so he would surely write extensively about it. As for the other reporters at the press conference, they’d probably be upset and follow the trend."
"After all, there’s only one piece of news, and everyone’s competing for it. Even if Li Feng didn’t offend them, they wouldn’t let go of the news about Li Feng hitting a reporter."
"Li Feng had hit the headlines a few times before and was quite controversial, so this news would go viral without much effort."
Jiang Linda was very knowledgeable about the media’s workings. Although these journalists were not as crazy as paparazzi, they weren’t too far off either.
"But we waited here for over an hour, and there was absolutely no stir online."
Out of concern, Wang Jin’er hadn’t stayed with Li Feng; she specifically came out to see how the situation was developing. The three of them watched the laptop for over half an hour, and yet there were no reports about Li Feng.
Jiang Linda and Su Yuqing also sensed something was off.
"And after that, when we searched for Li Feng, the laptops got infected," Jiang Linda said.
"Yeah, that’s right. I think this doesn’t seem like a coincidence."
Wang Jin’er said.
"Whether it’s a coincidence or not, we’ll know with a test."
Jiang Linda turned around, typing on the keyboard, searching for Li Feng, hitting, New Century Group, and other keywords, then pressing enter.
Bang.
Just as Jiang Linda hit enter, in a blink, the screen went black.
"It seems that none of this was a coincidence."
The three women exchanged glances.
"Did he do it?"
"But he’s been in the office the whole time; I didn’t see him do any of this."
"Could it be that guy next to him who did it?"
"I think that’s unlikely too. If this was premeditated, maybe. But everything happened in just over an hour. How could Li Feng have known Liang Guangming would attack him like this and collect all of Liang Guangming’s dirt?"
"Moreover, it was published on the Dongyang Finance website, where Liang Guangming works. Does Dongyang Finance have a screw loose?"