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Central, Jardine House, the manager’s office.

Niu Bijian was leaning back in his boss chair, seemingly in a good mood.

At this moment, sitting in front of him was the general manager of Jardine Matheson Company.

Jardine Matheson has more than 400 subsidiaries or affiliated listed companies, including Hong Kong Land Group and Jardine Securities.

Jardine Matheson Holdings Group is one of its subsidiaries.

"Mr. Boss, the performance of our Jardine Electric City has increased significantly in the past few days. The sales have increased by more than 300% compared to the past. If this continues, as long as Fengze Electric Company has no chance to turn around, most of their previous market share will be inherited by us!" said the general manager of Jardine Jiaye Company with a smile on his face.

There are 8 Jardine Electric City stores, all of which are located near the Fortress Electric Appliances chain store. Together with the electric appliance stores that are now planned to be chain stores in Hong Kong, there are only Jardine Electric City and Fortress Electric Appliances Company.

As long as the reputation of Fortress Electrical Appliances Company is completely ruined and they cannot recover, the biggest beneficiary will naturally be their Jardine Electrical Appliances City!

Jardine Matheson is a big brand in Hong Kong, with its subsidiaries covering almost every industry. They have a hand in almost every industry.

"You have done a very good job, but I think it is not enough. Only the Hong Kong Times is a mainstream newspaper, and the others are not good enough. You should contact a few more, and it would be best if you can completely cripple them!" Niu Bijian laughed.

At this moment, he felt indescribable pain.

As the boss of Jardine Matheson and having held this position for several years, he has long been accustomed to his distinguished status in Hong Kong.

Even when facing the Governor-General, Mr. MacLehose, he was on an equal footing.

Therefore, Niu Bijian was still brooding over the loss of face he suffered during the acquisition of China Gas Company last time.

In the battle to acquire China Gas Company, although Jardine Securities later manipulated the market, they did not suffer any financial losses in the end and successfully sold out all their shares in China Gas Company within a few months.

But he had never forgotten how severely "humiliated" he was by Lin Haoran.

On the surface, he seemed to never mention the matter again after that.

But in fact, he has always been thinking about how to take revenge on Lin Haoran.

In fact, they were too arrogant and made an announcement on their own initiative before anything was confirmed.

But Niu Bijian doesn't care about that.

To him, this matter was a shame caused by Lin Haoran.

Not only did it cause Jardine Matheson's acquisition of China Gas Company to fail, but it also made Jardine Matheson and his partner Niu Bijian look like clowns during that period. Newspapers and media reported the incident for more than half a month.

Whenever he saw articles in the newspapers that made fun of him, he felt a grudge against Lam Ho Yin of Hong Kong Electric Group.

As for the 6% stake of Hong Kong Electric Group in Hong Kong Land Development, the two parties are partners and this does not matter.

Just like Jardine Matheson and Bank of Hong Kong, not only are both British companies, they also hold shares in each other. Jardine Matheson holds 3% of Bank of Hong Kong, and Bank of Hong Kong holds 6% of Jardine Matheson's shares, which is enough to show that the relationship between the two parties is very good.

However, Bank of Hong Kong also helped Bao Yugang in the battle to increase its stake in Wharf Holdings instead of helping Jardine Matheson, causing Jardine Matheson to lose Wharf Holdings, an important subsidiary listed company.

Therefore, what they value most is profit, regardless of any cooperative relationship.

When the heads of Yihe Electric City and Yihe Jiaye Company proposed to Niu Bijian that they frame Fengze Electric Company by claiming that a user had been electrocuted to death, Niu Bijian agreed without hesitation.

Not only can it increase the market share of its subsidiaries, but it can also severely retaliate against the Hong Kong Electric Group. For Niu Bijian, this is simply a matter of killing two birds with one stone. How could he not agree?

For this purpose, he even called the police department in advance to make arrangements.

Over the past few days, the plan has been going very smoothly. Fortress Electrical Appliances, which claims to be the largest electrical appliance chain brand in Hong Kong with the largest market share, has been ruined by them.

"Mr. Boss, your idea is really great! I will contact those newspapers and media with wide influence tomorrow. As long as we make a moderate investment and use the powerful background of Jardine Matheson as a deterrent, they will surely comply with our orders!" The general manager of Jardine Electric Company flattered Niu Bijian to the utmost.

After the general manager of Jardine Electric Company disappeared outside the company's door, Niu Bijian was not in a hurry to end his work for the day, but continued to sit upright in his chair, immersed in his thoughts.

Niu Bijian had no intention of fighting Lin Haoran to the death.

After all, Hong Kong's business community is so small that everyone sees each other every day, so a fight to the death is impossible.

For Niu Bijian, this action was just a slight blow to the young man Lin Haoran, with the purpose of making him realize that in the Hong Kong business world, the dominant power is still firmly in the hands of British companies like theirs, and cannot be easily challenged by Chinese companies.

In addition, this can also be regarded as a release and revenge for his inner unhappy emotions.

Time passed quickly and the night passed. It was early morning on June 6th.

On the streets of Mong Kok, in front of a newsstand, Mr. Li, who is in his forties, slowly opened the rolling shutter of the newsstand as usual.

Soon, newspaper deliverymen arrived one after another and placed various newspapers neatly in the newsstand.

Lao Li is a physically disabled person. He went astray when he was young and joined the underworld. Unfortunately, he lost an arm in a fight.

After losing his arm, he was abandoned by the society and even his basic livelihood became a problem.

Later, with the help of relatives, he opened this newsstand and finally had a stable source of income.

He has been running this newsstand for nearly twenty years. Although he cannot become rich, he has a stable monthly income and a leisurely life. He no longer has to live on the edge of a knife.

Now, he enjoys the peace and tranquility, and lives a comfortable and pleasant life.

After finally putting everything in place, Lao Li breathed a sigh of relief. As usual, he sat on his own stool, picked up a newspaper and started reading under the dim light.

At this time, it was just after five in the morning, so there would be no customers for the time being. We would have to wait until at least six o'clock before more and more customers would start to arrive.

Therefore, this period of free time is just right for reading newspapers to pass the time.

At this moment, he was holding a copy of Oriental Daily News, a newspaper that was very popular among readers in Hong Kong.

Oriental Daily mainly targets the general public. One of its characteristics is that it covers a wide range of local social news in Hong Kong, attracting readers with its rapid timeliness and wide coverage. Its team of reporters specializing in covering local news in Hong Kong has as many as 100 people.
The second feature is that the supplement contains a large number of articles by well-known figures in Hong Kong's journalism and literary circles, with rich and diverse content;

The third feature is that the articles are short and concise, the columns are diverse, and the language is easy to understand, which can meet the reading needs of readers of different ages.

Even Mr. Li, the newsstand owner, has a special liking for Oriental Daily and reads it carefully almost every day without interruption.

The headline news was particularly eye-catching and instantly dispelled Lao Li's sleepiness.

"The 'black sheep of the news industry', Hong Kong Times, was exposed for fabricating false news and maliciously damaging the reputation of local Hong Kong companies."

This is the headline on the front page of the Oriental Daily.

The article not only attached a technical appraisal report issued by the police, but also showed photos of the power strip in the bathroom that was burned black due to the messy wiring.

These conclusive evidences clearly show that this incident had nothing to do with the quality of the product itself, but was entirely due to improper use by the family involved, which caused water to enter the socket and led to the electric shock accident.

The author uses superb writing skills and solid evidence to clearly explain the entire incident, allowing readers to quickly understand the truth of the incident at a glance.

As a newsstand owner, Lao Li was naturally well aware of the reports that the Hong Kong Times had published over the previous few days.

Regarding those reports, he even secretly felt lucky that his home did not have an electric water heater from Fortress Electric.

This shows how huge a negative impact the report of Hong Kong Times has brought to Fortress Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd.!
However, what shocked Lao Li was that those reports for several consecutive days were actually fabricated.

However, as a newsstand owner, he is already accustomed to such phenomena.

He has seen many media in Hong Kong use such tactics as hype, fraud and traffic-driving.

"The Oriental Daily really did not disappoint me. It is so full of justice!" Old Li exclaimed sincerely.

After briefly reading the Oriental Daily, Mr. Li turned his attention to another newspaper with a large circulation in Hong Kong - Sing Tao Daily.

Although the sales volume of Sing Tao Daily is not as high as that of Oriental Daily, its daily sales volume has long been among the top three and it is also one of the mainstream newspapers in Hong Kong.

"Shocked! The recent hot topic of electric leakage of water heaters has been confirmed to be fake news!" This is the headline of the Sing Tao Daily.

Different writers will naturally write different articles.

However, Lao Li could also see that the news content reported by Sing Tao Daily was actually very similar to the news reported by Oriental Daily.

The two best-selling newspapers have reported the incident one after another. Old Li has realized that the Hong Kong Times is probably in trouble.

Then, he picked up the Hong Kong Commercial Daily and the Overseas Chinese Daily and reported the incident one after another.

Four heavyweight newspapers reported the incident one after another. With such solid evidence, he was convinced that the Hong Kong Times' report must have a purpose, and the purpose was obvious: to discredit Fortress Electrical Appliance Company.

"Isn't Fortress Electric Co. a subsidiary of Hong Kong Electric? This is the company of the young and popular Chinese business tycoon, Lin Haoran. Why is the Hong Kong Times targeting Lin Haoran?" At this moment, even Lao Li, an ordinary person, had this thought in his mind. (End of this chapter)