Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 921 0909 [Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you]

"Some people and some things require some tricks, right?"

Watching Li Jiacheng leave, Du Yongxiao sipped his tea and said to Yan Xiong.

Yan Xiong nodded: "It's better to be like this Boss Li, if you don't accept my toast, you will be punished."

"Wrong, he is a smart man, he just assesses the situation and knows what to do and what not to do now."

No wonder Boss Li was the richest man in his previous life. His business acumen alone was unmatched, or absolutely vicious.

He knew that if the thousands of acres of land in Tsuen Wan were developed into villas, he could make the highest profit in the shortest time. However, he miscalculated Du Yongxiao's character. He thought Du Yongxiao was as greedy as him. He wanted to leave Li Zhaoheng aside and work with Du Yongxiao to develop Tsuen Wan. Unexpectedly, he was tricked by Du Yongxiao in the end and dragged into the pirate ship.

"So what should we do next?" Yan Xiong suddenly asked, "Godfather, your reputation has been damaged in this secret war. Many people call you a traitor!"

Du Yongxiao smiled, "Please be patient, I am waiting for someone, and the results will be out soon."

"Who are you waiting for?" Yan Xiong wondered.

Du Yongxiao said nothing.

Yan Xiong looked at Zhuang Dingxian, and Zhuang Dingxian shrugged, meaning that even you, his godson, don’t know, so how should I know?

Just when Yan Xiong was full of doubts, footsteps were heard again from the stairs.

Then I heard Datou Wen shouting from below: "Brother Xiao, I brought the great lawyer Brando with me."

Soon, the white lawyer Brando came to the box.

He was still dressed very seriously, in a black suit, with his golden hair parted in a 3:7 style, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and carrying a briefcase, looking like a big lawyer.

Brando was walking with his head held high outside, looking down on everyone. When he entered the private room, he immediately put on a smile and showed respect to Du Yongxiao, "Hello, respected Mr. Du, nice to meet you!"

When Brando said this, there was an unconcealable joy in his eyes.

As a white barrister living in Hong Kong, Brando's previous life was not unexciting, but no matter how exciting it was, he was at most just a barrister with a lawyer's license, and all he earned was hard-earned fees from his eloquence.

In terms of class, they also belong to the elite class among white-collar workers. To put it bluntly, they are high-level workers.

But now he has been officially recruited by the Du Group and has become the Du Group's senior legal advisor and chief lawyer.

It is said that such a position was previously given to a Chinese lawyer named Bai Yingjun. Unfortunately, that lawyer betrayed Mr. Du halfway and was expelled from the Du Group. Now Brando finally has a chance.

If he was a high-level employee before, he has now transformed himself into a legal advisor to the famous Du Group in Hong Kong and even internationally. He is a senior executive of the company and can even be on par with some tycoons and senior government officials in terms of career and status.

Brando knew that as long as he didn't act up or do anything strange, and as long as he could hold on to the position given to him by Mr. Du today, he would be a real leader in the future.

"You're here, please take a seat!" Du Yongxiao said to Brando after the box door was closed.

Brando politely put his briefcase aside, then found a seat and sat down with a serious attitude, as if he was reporting to his superiors.

"Thank you for your hard work these past few days. The group's work is already very busy and there are many trivial matters. Now I have to ask you to take over my personal affairs. I am really sorry." Du Yongxiao handed the file bag on the table to Brando and said with a smile: "This is the contract signed between me and Mr. Li Jiacheng. I hope you can find some legal loopholes. The most important thing is to contain him. Understand?"

"It's my honor, Mr. Du! For lawyers like us, the highest level is to exploit loopholes in the law, and we do it blatantly!" Brando opened the file bag and took a look, raising his eyebrows: "It seems that the other party is also a master, and is also looking for loopholes to contain you--"

"I know this! I know who Li Jiacheng is best. The lawyer Song Bingshu who came with him is no small figure either." Du Yongxiao remained calm, "So now it's up to you."

Brando smiled: "It's a good match for chess and a good talent for generals. I like Song Bingshu very much. He's a very good opponent! At least he will give me some time to think!"

"I can give you a few days, but the question is, can you beat him?"

"Don't forget, he studied the laws of our British Empire, and he is Chinese. Even if the conditions are the same, do you think the chief judge will believe him or me?"

Brando's question stumped Du Yongxiao.

To put it in one sentence, the current chief justices are almost all foreigners who wear sheepskin hats and are extremely discriminatory against Chinese people.

Du Yongxiao was very opposed to this kind of discrimination, especially on the level of equality before the law. But now he had to admit that if Brando, a foreigner, and Song Bingshu, a Chinese lawyer, were to go to court together, Brando would definitely gain the advantage of his British identity.

"Okay, I believe you!" Du Yongxiao smiled, "Now let's talk about the second thing."

Brando sat up straight again, looking attentively, "Please go on -"

"It's about my reputation being damaged."

Brando hesitated after hearing what Du Yongxiao said: "There are actually two solutions now. First, use your huge manpower and financial resources to control public opinion, make public opinion stand on your side, and re-brainwash those people to make them understand that you are a patriot. As for the second one——"

"Don't hesitate, just say whatever you want to say!" Du Yongxiao urged.

"The second method is for me to come forward on your behalf and directly sue the media that colluded with the evil. This will not only help you clear your name, but also effectively prevent similar incidents from happening again."

"In that case, why are you hesitating?" Du Yongxiao looked at Brando with a smile.

Brando hesitated: "Because if we do this, a lot of people will be implicated, especially those newspapers and magazines. The unscrupulous media will probably have to be reshuffled from top to bottom, and some innocent people will be implicated."

Brando didn't make it very clear, but in fact Du Yongxiao already understood it very well.

For example, the loudest voice this time came from Ming Pao in Hong Kong media.

Ming Pao itself has a good personal relationship with Du Yongxiao, except for the columnist named Ni Kuang. Du Yongxiao and Ming Pao have also cooperated before.

However, in order to increase sales, Ming Pao has been constantly stirring up trouble and acting as a messenger of justice in recent years, often publishing some specious "justice articles", such as "Pants, Not Nuclear" a few years ago. This time, Du Yongxiao cooperated with Mitsubishi Group to develop an automobile production line in Tsuen Wan. The original intention was to cooperate with the high-tech here, gradually absorb their superb engine assembly technology, and lay the foundation for national industry.

Unfortunately, it was criticized by some short-sighted people as "colluding with the Japanese and exploiting the blood and sweat of compatriots."

Du Yongxiao, who led this incident, was directly labeled as a "big traitor."

Considering Du Yongxiao's status and position, many newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong remained silent. Some people with public morality and conscience even called Du Yongxiao to inquire about the real situation. Du Yongxiao would also seriously explain his development concept of the rise of national industry, which can be summarized in one sentence as "learn from the barbarians in order to defeat them". Now our automobile industry foundation is too weak, and we must learn their advanced technology. Once we have fully absorbed and digested it, we can develop more advanced automobile brands belonging to our own nation.

After learning the truth, these newspaper and magazine bosses were extremely impressed with Du Yongxiao. Only Ming Pao insisted that Du Yongxiao was a big traitor and even opened a column in its editorial column: Wealth and Morality; Nation and Blood.

This is to encourage people to write articles criticizing Du Yongxiao.

Du Yongxiao can tolerate all these, after all, Hong Kong still allows freedom of speech on the surface.

However, as Ming Pao played the national card and exposed Du Yongxiao as a big traitor, it gained titles such as "the conscience of the newspaper industry" and "dared to challenge authority and fight against power", and began to become complacent and lost itself.

As a result, all information about Du Yongxiao, whether true or false, was published all at once, completely damaging Du Yongxiao's reputation.

Tolerable or unbearable.

Du Yongxiao has done his best for Ming Pao, especially for the president, Mr. Cha Liangyong, also known as the big boss Jin Yong. However, no matter how deep the feelings are, they cannot withstand the endless slander against him.

Therefore, Du Yongxiao had already planned to take action against Ming Pao.

However, as Brando said, if Du Yongxiao wanted to sue Ming Pao through legal means, then based on Du Yongxiao's own ability and manpower, Ming Pao as a whole would probably have to be reshuffled.

The editorial column will definitely be cut immediately and the newspaper will most likely be directly suspended. The president, editor-in-chief, responsible editors, reporters, etc. will all be temporarily laid off.

The printing factories that provide printing services for Ming Pao, the transportation companies that provide transportation services, and the small vendors who make a living by selling Ming Pao will all be affected.

It can be said that Du Yongxiao attacked a newspaper company, but affected the entire industrial chain.

"So Mr. Du, I hope you can think carefully about which method to use to deal with this matter." Brando reminded Du Yongxiao again.

In Brando's opinion, if Du Yongxiao wanted to calm things down quietly, it would be best to use the first method, which is to control public opinion and brainwash the people. This is the simplest and most effective method.

but--
"Lawyer Brando, since you asked me this question, you should already know which method I will choose." Du Yongxiao stood up from his seat and walked behind the foreign lawyer. He gently put his hands on Brando's shoulders and said in a low voice: "You have a smart brain, but your eyes don't see far enough. If I use the first method, it will be very simple, direct and effective. However, in that case, both opponents and enemies will think that I am trying to 'keep things quiet'. Do you know what the word 'keep things quiet' means?"

"No, you don't know, because you are British and don't understand the doctrine of the mean that we Chinese highly respect. But it is this doctrine of the mean that will kill many people! Keeping things quiet means being a coward and a loser! Maybe in this way, I can earn a reputation of being broad-minded, but for my enemies, what they see is my cowardice!"

"I'm a businessman, and I'm also the Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong. I command more than 20,000 police officers. Do you dare to label me as a coward? Of course not! Because once I have such a label, many people will bully me and take advantage of me!" Du Yongxiao put his head on Brando's shoulder, his expression slightly ferocious, and his tone full of murderous intent: "So, I want to kill him as a warning to the rest!"

After saying this, Du Yongxiao fell silent. When I looked at him again, he had already returned to his seat.

Brando's heart was pounding. For the first time, he felt Du Yongxiao's unparalleled aura and the shocking power of his words.

Kill one to serve as a warning to others!

Only a hero would say and do this!
And Du Yongxiao,

He is the real big hero!

With a sigh of relief, Brando smiled brightly at Du Yongxiao again: "Understood, Mr. Du! As your chief lawyer, your troubles are my troubles, and your requests are my work! Since you want to kill one to warn the rest, then I will respectfully obey your orders and start with Ming Pao!"

"Yes, starting from tomorrow, on behalf of the Du Group and Mr. Du, I will formally file a complaint against the Hong Kong Ming Pao Industrial Group, accusing them of causing reputational damage to you and the group itself, causing mental harm to you, and causing huge economic damage to the Du Group. I demand compensation from them - 100 million Hong Kong dollars!"

boom!
The scene exploded.

Yan Xiong and Zhuang Dingxian looked at the foreign lawyer Brando in disbelief. Claiming 100 million?

So cruel?
Brando was confident, because he knew how big the Du Group was. Not to mention anything else, the Phoenix Pharmaceuticals under the Du Group alone made hundreds of millions of dollars in profit every year! It was US dollars, not Hong Kong dollars!

Not to mention the companies under the Du Group, such as Hengchuang Real Estate, Paramount Fox Films, PolyGram Records, and Shunfeng Express.
Even so, Brando thought that claiming 100 million from Ming Pao was too little. At least 300 million or 500 million would be enough to justify the huge Du Group.

However, if this happens, Ming Pao will probably collapse.

After all, a newspaper of Ming Pao's size would be doomed to fail if it was fined 100 million yuan.

"That's it, there is no need to discuss this matter further!" Du Yongxiao raised his head. He no longer had the ferocious look he had just had. His eyes were bright and his face was calm.

"Then Mr. Du, you just wait for my good news!" Brando stood up and bowed to Du Yongxiao like a gentleman, then looked at Du Yongxiao.

Du Yongxiao rubbed his face vigorously twice: "Yan Xiong, show him away!"

"It's godfather!"

Yan Xiong wants to send Brando away.

"One last question, Mr. Du, do you really want Ming Pao to pay the price?" Brando picked up the briefcase and stared at Du Yongxiao seriously.

Du Yongxiao nodded: "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you! At least those who work in newspapers should understand this principle!"

"See you tomorrow!" Brando turned and walked out of the box. Du Yongxiao looked at the foreign lawyer's back and said, "Big Head Wen, arrange four people to take good care of him - the wind and waves are strong now, and there are all kinds of people!"

"Yes, Xiao-ge!"

(End of this chapter)