Only after being reborn did I realize how fascinating the world of the rich is.

In Beijing's mainstream financial media, the positive news of the merger between Hezhong Media and the Wei family's advertising company made headlines in several financial reports, clearly indicating that it had been heavily publicized.

Of course, this kind of publicity is basically not for ordinary people, but for businesses and foreign venture capital firms.

In the chairman's office of Hezhong Media, President You leisurely sipped tea, looking smugly at the financial newspaper in his hand, and envisioning the company's future development prospects.

Just then, Mr. You's female secretary suddenly rushed in, saying in a panic, "Mr. You, something bad has happened! Something bad has happened!"

"What's wrong with you, all flustered? The sky isn't falling down. Tell me, what happened that made you so panicked!" President You put down the newspaper in his hand with some displeasure and looked at his female secretary impatiently.

"It's the Wei family! The Wei family's house has collapsed!"

"The building collapsed? What collapsed? Was it an earthquake?"

"No, it's because it's making headlines in Shanghai right now. They've exposed a lot of scandals involving the Wei family. They're saying that the Wei family's Great Love Charity Association is using people's kindness to not only make huge profits for their own family, but also using charity as a cover to force women who receive donations to sleep with them."

"What?" President You stood up abruptly in surprise, completely forgetting his composure from before.

"This matter has already caused a huge uproar in Shanghai, and I'm afraid the news will soon reach us. What I'm worried about is that we previously used Mr. Li's case to criticize Wanzhong Media."

Now that Mr. Li's case is closed, he's been released without any trouble. Now it's our turn to be in trouble, and I doubt the other side will let it go easily!

Sweat beaded on President You's forehead; he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, pacing back and forth: "No, we have to find a way to suppress the news as much as possible!"

The female secretary sighed and shook her head, saying, "President You, how can we possibly suppress such a big news? Besides, there are so many media outlets in Beijing. How much money would we have to spend to suppress news of this level?"

Furthermore, don't forget that we have a powerful competitor lurking nearby, eyeing us covetously. If we get caught up in that situation too, things will become even more complicated.

Besides, this was something the Wei family did; why should we pay for it? I think the best thing to do now is to find a way to sever ties with the Wei family.

"It's not that easy. We've already signed a contract with the Wei family. Do you think they'd agree to sever ties?"

"If they refuse, we'll sue the Wei family and find some loopholes in the articles of association!"

Mr. You waved his hand and said helplessly, "The chances of winning this kind of lawsuit are not high, and it will take a long time. Even if we win, it will drag us down and we will no longer be able to compete with Wanzhong Media!"

"Mr. You, could we find a mediator to mediate between the two parties and persuade Mr. Li to let us off the hook?"

President You gave a wry smile and said irritably, "How can you be so naive? Putting aside the fact that we are competitors, we just stabbed them in the back. There's no way we're going to let this go so easily!"

"What should I do?"

"Let's have a meeting, call all the shareholders over, and discuss this together to see if we have any good ideas!"

......

In the Wei family's villa, Wei Guoliang, whose hair had only turned a small portion white before, suddenly had all his hair white overnight. His previously vigorous spirit had also withered, and he lay listlessly on the sofa, sitting there motionless.

Wei Jianjun had already thrown everything on the coffee table to the ground, and was pacing back and forth in the living room with his hands behind his back.

"That Li fellow is really vicious! He's trying to dig up our family's ancestral graves! If I had known this would happen, I should have been ruthless and thrown him into the Huangpu River to end it all!"

"With so much stuff, it seems that the guy surnamed Li has been targeting us for more than just a day or two. He must have been planning this for a long time, only revealing it today!"

“I told you from the beginning that this kind of business couldn’t last long, the risk was too great. Look, luckily I had planned ahead and sold off all those companies, otherwise I don’t know how much loss I would have suffered!”

"Hey, Dad, say something! Don't just sit here! We need to come up with a solution; we can't just wait like this!"

Wei Guoliang sighed and said helplessly, "What can I do now? None of those guys who used to call me brother are willing to help. Now everyone is avoiding me."

"We'll sue him! We'll sue him for defamation! We'll sue him for damaging our reputation!"

Wei Guoliang shook his head: "Don't be silly, how can we sue for something like this? Not only will we lose, but we'll also tarnish our own reputation."

Besides, I've already asked around, and the person who handled this wasn't him personally, but rather two young men and women working for him. That guy's very shrewd.

"What should we do? The matter has already spread to Beijing, and now Hezhong Media is in an uproar, with many reporters blocking Hezhong's offices."

Just two days ago, Hezhong bought a front-page newspaper article reporting our merger with Hezhong Media. Now, this incident, riding on that wave of attention, has completely slapped Hezhong in the face; those shareholders are now trying to sever ties with us!

Upon hearing this news, Wei Guoliang seemed to regain his composure and said with a cold face, "At this time, you must withstand the pressure. Cutting ties with them now would be detrimental to us in every way!"

"If we don't sever ties, they'll share the pressure with us. But if we do, we'll be like a broken drum that everyone beats; the company will collapse in no time, and all the hard work the Wei family has put in over the years will be gone!"

"But what if they sue us?"

"Hmph, then we'll fight to the end. We've signed a contract, so our chances of winning are pretty high. Besides, these kinds of lawsuits are long-running; we can afford to drag it out, but can they?"

"Then what should we do?"

Wei Guoliang took a deep breath and said in a calm tone, "I have already thought about this matter. In fact, the biggest victims are not us, but Hezhong Media."

In other words, even if the sky falls, there's always someone taller to hold it up. We don't need to worry about it; we just need to wait and see.

As for our charity association, once this storm has passed, we'll change the person in charge, change the name, and at worst, we'll move the office location.

There are countless suckers in this world, but we'll still do business as usual!

Wei Jianjun gave his father a thumbs up: "Dad, I really admire you now. You can stay calm even when something so big happens. You really are my dad!"