Hong Kong variety show: I Am a Tycoon

Chapter 247: Full set of acting

Li Yaohua had anticipated Richard's actions.

After seeing them start arresting people en masse, Li Yaohua led all his men into hiding.

Now that Richard has gone in the direction they envisioned, there's no rush.

Li Yaohua would only take action to rescue the people after these overseas Chinese business association members knew what kind of people these natives were.

Only then will Chen Jiajun's security company have a legitimate excuse to get involved in Brunei's affairs.

After He Guorong reported the matter to Chen Jiajun, Chen Jiajun seemed very satisfied.

And at the same time, they had already figured out how to really rip off these British devils.

"These foreigners boast about being civilized, free, and having human rights, right? Then let the world see their true colors."

Chen Jiajun spoke coldly to Wei Li beside him.

Wei Li frowned and said, "Directly attacking those foreigners in England? Won't that cause a backlash?"

Chen Jiajun said calmly, "We don't need to lift a finger. Isn't there another country that prides itself on being a beacon of civilization? I remember some of their reporters love to expose these kinds of things."

"You mean America?" Welley immediately realized.

Chen Jiajun nodded: "Let the foreigners tear each other apart, so that our security company has an excuse to intervene directly."

Wei Li nodded and said, "That is indeed a good idea. Anyway, there are quite a few frictions between the two countries, and I believe those reporters would be very willing to do this."

“Of course we would be willing. This is a great opportunity to help them win the Pulitzer Prize,” Chen Jiajun said with a smile. “Even if that’s the only reason, there will definitely be reporters flocking to it.”

"Shall I go and get ready now?" Wei Li nodded and said.

Chen Jiajun said calmly, "Remember to inform Li Yaohua to give an interview; it will be good for him in the future."

"Hey, boss, you rarely value someone so much," Wei Li said with a smile.

Seeing Chen Jiajun's attitude, Wei Li knew that Li Yaohua must have caught Chen Jiajun's eye.

This means that the boy will no longer be just a pawn, but one of Chen Jiajun's subordinates.

"You did a good job. I'll give him whatever he wants," Chen Jiajun said matter-of-factly. "And this kid is indeed a talent. My investment hasn't been wasted."

Wei Li nodded and immediately went to take care of the matter.

……

Randolph Carroll is a reporter for the Miami Herald.

They pay close attention to human rights issues.

This guy has been working at the Miami Herald for a long time. He has plenty of connections and money. What he lacks most now is fame.

That's why he traveled all the way to Hong Kong to find news.

Because of China's rise and England's decline, he felt there must be news to be found in the areas where the two sides were fighting over.

But he's overthinking it. The situation in Hong Kong is very stable, and nothing he expected has happened.

Just as he was feeling disheartened and preparing to change his target, he overheard some news in a bar.

"Have you heard? Something big has happened in Brunei."

"Is it about those Southeast Asian merchants?"

"It seems you know. It's really tragic. Many merchants in Southeast Asia have been ruined and killed."

"Who can argue with that? Those natives went too far. It's one thing to rob people of their family property for generations, but they even tortured the entire merchant family to death."

"I've heard that the Sultan of Brunei now has a title of 'devil' because he can stop children from crying."

"That godforsaken place, Brunei, is not a place to go, especially for us Chinese."

"Yes, yes, we should definitely avoid that country in the future."

Randolph's eyes lit up when he overheard the conversation between the businessmen.

Upon returning to the hotel, I immediately notified the entire team, planning to take them on a risky trip into Brunei for an interview.

"Randolph, isn't this a bit risky?"

Clearly, some people in the team have different ideas.

After hearing Randolph's introduction, they all knew that the Sultan of Brunei was a disgusting dictator.

If these reporters were to go and conduct interviews, someone could easily die.

But Randolph didn't care. Instead, he encouraged everyone, saying, "I know this interview will be dangerous, but have you thought about how much attention we'll get if things are really as the rumors say and we expose it?"

"Think about it again. When we win the Pulitzer Prize with this interview, won't the little bit of risk we're taking now be well worth it?"

The fact that Randolph happened to overhear these conversations was, of course, orchestrated by Chen Jiajun.

After studying the reporter for a few days, he had Wei Li set up this scheme.

The results were quite good; just a few days later, Randolph and his small team bought plane tickets to Brunei.

"Boss, that foreign reporter has taken the bait."

Wei Li had been sending people to follow the foreign reporters, and after finding out which plane tickets they had purchased, he returned to report to Chen Jiajun.

Chen Jiajun immediately smiled and said to Wei Li, "Notify Li Yaohua's side, and remember to put on a good show. This is related to whether he can take the throne of Sultan in the future."

Soon, Brunei received the news, and He Guorong explained Chen Jiajun's plan.

Li Yaohua said with some shame, "I was so focused on scheming against Richard that I completely forgot about the Englishman behind him."

Looking back now, he still feels a bit scared. If it weren't for Chen Jiajun filling in the gaps, even if they were able to take down that bastard Richard in the end, they would probably have been dealt with by the English.

He Guorong said with a smile, "Alright, you've done enough for your age. After all, Mr. Chen said he would support you. Just carry out the plan well from now on."

Li Yaohua nodded, then led his men to a hotel near the airport.

Brunei was in chaos at the time, and Richard's men were searching for Chinese people throughout the country.

Some who had heard rumors had already taken refuge in the hotel owned by the British in Brunei.

However, these Englishmen were not to be trifled with. Although they agreed to let these Chinese businessmen stay, the accommodation fee was shockingly high, almost reaching $2 per day.

This is tantamount to paying a high price as protection money.

In order to make contact with Randolph, Li Yaohua also checked into the hotel. After waiting for about three days, Randolph finally appeared at the hotel.

Li Yaohua immediately made preparations, went to the bar run by the hotel, and began to drink alone in silence.

Li Yaohua, this young nobleman, was good-looking and his demeanor suggested he had received higher education.

This person quickly caught Randolph's attention.

This young man seemed to suit his taste better than the middle-aged people he was interviewing.

So Randolph took the initiative to strike up a conversation: "Hey, buddy, you seem to have something on your mind?"

Li Yaohua looked at Randolph with some surprise and asked, "Who are you?"

"My name is Randolph, I'm American, and I'm here in Brunei for tourism." Randolph didn't reveal his identity directly, but instead tried to elicit information by posing as a tourist.
Li Yaohua naturally cooperated by saying, "Buddy, you've come at the wrong time. Brunei is in great danger right now."

"Oh?" Randolph's eyes lit up immediately, and he quickly asked, "What happened?"

"The Sultan here has gone mad." Li Yaohua shook his head, feigning reluctance, and downed another glass of wine.

Randolph knew that he couldn't rush things like getting information out of people, so he simply sat down and started drinking with Li Yaohua.

After a couple of drinks, Randolph managed to get what he wanted out of Randolph.

What's even more surprising is that this well-educated young man was also one of the victims of this incident.

This made Randolph even more interested in Li Yaohua, so he tentatively asked, "Why not make this public?"

Li Yaohua gave a wry smile and said, "Who cares about this kind of thing? The English are clearly biased towards Richard, otherwise they wouldn't dare to be so reckless."

"Have you ever thought about taking another approach?" Randolph asked again.

Li Yaohua asked, somewhat puzzled, "What do you mean? Is there any other way?"

“For example… the power of the media,” Randolph said, revealing his identity directly.

Upon hearing Randolph's words, Li Yaohua seemed to have grasped at some hope, and said with a look of "surprise," "Really? You can really do it?"

Randolph said confidently, "If it were me, I could definitely do it, so would you like to have this interview with me?"

After thinking for a moment, Li Yaohua nodded: "Okay."

Just as the two were about to begin, a man rushed into the bar and said to Li Yaohua, "Yaohua, everyone is ready. We can start now."

Li Yaohua nodded: "Wait for me a moment."

Randolph immediately said, "The interview isn't urgent. What are you planning to do here?"

“We plan to rescue our compatriots who have been imprisoned by that tyrant Richard,” Li Yaohua said solemnly. “We absolutely cannot let what happened to me repeat itself.”

Upon hearing Li Yaohua's words, Randolph's eyes lit up immediately: "Can I go?"

"This... I'm afraid it's inconvenient. This matter is extremely dangerous," Li Yaohua said hesitantly.

Randolph immediately retorted, "You underestimate a journalist's thirst for knowledge. Wouldn't our interviews be more credible if we had video evidence?"

"Furthermore, if you need to resist tyrants, you need the help of people all over the world."

Upon hearing this, Li Yaohua discussed it with the man beside him.

After a long pause, he said to Randolph, "I can agree to let you go to film together, but Randolph, this is very dangerous right now. I hope you will follow my instructions, okay?"

Randolph was overjoyed and quickly said, "I didn't ask the guy, I'll go back to my room and get ready now."

Randolph quickly returned to his room and told his team about it.

But after hearing this, everyone thought Randolph had gone mad.

The photographer had already done more than enough by accompanying Randolph to such a scoundrel as Brunei, and now he wanted to put himself on another risk. He immediately quit.

Randolph had no choice but to pick up the camera himself and say fiercely to the team, "You missed a great opportunity to make a name for yourselves."

After saying that, he turned around and went downstairs without looking back.

After going downstairs, Randolph met up with Li Yaohua and the others.

Several people got into the car and stopped in a deserted area. Then, the dozen or so people in the car began to discuss their strategy.

"Dude, is this Richard's tyrant's dark cell?" Randolph asked curiously.

Li Yaohua nodded and said, "At least a lot of our Citizens' Society members are being held here. Tonight, we plan to rescue them from the dark cell."

“Cool, buddy,” Randolph whistled. “You guys are breaking into a prison. This is a big operation.”

Li Yaohua sighed and said, "There's nothing we can do. They've been locked up for almost three weeks. If we don't do something soon, they might die in there."

After Long Wu and the others discussed and decided on the direction of their attack, they immediately packed their equipment and prepared to take action.

Randolph looked at Long Wu's full American equipment with a strange expression: "These..."

Li Yaohua explained, "These were donated by other Chinese businessmen for our rescue efforts."

"I see." Randolph nodded, not paying any attention.

Soon, under Long Wu's leadership, the political department launched a surprise attack.

Richard didn't have many men to begin with, most of whom were sent to search for the Chinese merchants who were hiding. There weren't many prison guards to watch over the people, and their equipment was far inferior to that of Long Wu and his men.

Therefore, the group easily broke through the enemy's defenses and took control of all the key passages in the prison.

Li Yaohua then led his men directly to the prison to rescue the imprisoned Chinese.

There were many people in the dark cell, and many of them had been tortured beyond recognition.

Randolph was so excited at the sight that he almost jumped for joy, carrying his camera to clearly record everything before him.

After a search, Li Yaohua quickly found the members of the Citizens' Society who were not being arrested.

These people were covered in wounds, clearly indicating that they had been abused.

"Senior Song, Vice President Hu, are you alright?" Li Yaohua immediately ordered the cage to be opened, and then said with a sorrowful expression, "How did it come to this?"

Upon hearing Li Yaohua's voice, the Chinese prisoners in the dark cell became very excited: "Yaohua, Yaohua, you've come to save us!"

Li Yaohua immediately wiped away his tears and said, "Yes, everyone pack up and leave here with me right away."

(End of this chapter)