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While Chinese netizens were still engrossed in the scandal of "Lu Chu Jia Xiao," a change that would shake up the global political and business landscape was quietly unfolding across the ocean.

Across the ocean, Emily.

As the newly elected president, sporting a striking golden head of hair, was sworn in amidst great fanfare, this eccentric and aggressive leader immediately launched a dizzying array of proposed bills to the world.

In his public speeches, he almost unabashedly promoted his protectionist ideas, claiming that other countries in the world had taken too much advantage of Emily in the past few decades.

In this hostile statement, the University of Tokyo was mentioned several times, and in the words of the "Golden Retriever," it was labeled as a major threat.

Although no presidential decree was signed and issued on the day of his inauguration, discerning people could sense the impending storm from his almost hysterical words.

......

On the same day that the golden retriever took office, Yang Mi, who hadn't been active on her personal social media for a while, suddenly posted a graduation message on Weibo.

In the photo, Yang Mi is wearing her master's degree gown, holding flowers in her hands, and has a bright and charming smile.

The most eye-catching image in the accompanying Weibo post is a doctoral admission letter for education from the University of Hong Kong.

She not only successfully completed her master's degree, but also became a student of Professor Liu Liwei, a leading figure in Hong Kong's education sector, and a junior fellow student of Liu Yifei.

The Weibo post was naturally flooded with blessings from fans and friends in the industry, and in no time, press releases about the "beautiful academic star" were everywhere.

However, amidst the overwhelming praise, local Hong Kong media outlets sensed something was amiss.

It is worth noting that Professor Liu Liwei, who holds several top academic titles at the University of Hong Kong, including Chair Professor, Chief Professor and Matilda Chair, had already publicly announced last year that due to limited energy, she would no longer recruit any new doctoral or master's students in her lifetime.

But the result?

Within just six months, this leading female scholar in academia made an exception for two female celebrities in the Chinese entertainment industry, Liu Yifei and Yang Mi.

A wave of questions immediately swept through Hong Kong's major media outlets and forums: Did the University of Hong Kong and Professor Liu make an exception for the two actresses because of their star power?

Is this blatant act of privilege fair to ordinary students who study hard and try their best but have no way to get in?

Faced with the clamor of public opinion, Professor Liu Liwei had no choice but to personally attend a public briefing.

Faced with a barrage of cameras and microphones, Professor Liu remained remarkably composed, even joking to ease the tension:

"Everyone has a love for beauty, especially two such outstanding and beautiful ladies."

"Their academic plans are outstanding and meet the academic standards of the University of Hong Kong, which is one of the reasons why we made an exception for them."

Her words were grand and righteous, an attempt to silence public criticism by citing academic excellence.

But Hong Kong reporters, known for their difficult and sharp questions, were clearly not so easily swayed.

In a corner of the press conference, a reporter wearing black-rimmed glasses suddenly stood up and threw out an incredibly pointed question:

"Professor Liu, as far as I know, your lifelong research has focused on educational psychology and child development."

"Liu Yifei and Yang Mi both studied acting for their undergraduate degrees and business administration for their graduate degrees."

"Now that I'm pursuing a PhD, it seems illogical that I've suddenly switched fields and become your student."

"Is there some kind of clandestine money-for-power transaction involved?"

Faced with this question that practically ripped away the fig leaf, even Professor Liu, who was used to seeing women in public, couldn't help but slightly change his expression.

However, she quickly dealt with the situation using a set of fluent academic jargon, and then, citing feeling unwell, she left the scene swiftly with her assistant's escort.

However, Hong Kong reporters' ability to dig deep into the underbelly of the entire Chinese-language media industry is far ahead of others.

Just one day later, Liang Shubin, a senior paparazzi reporter for Next Magazine, unearthed a chilling clue from a mountain of public registration documents and the flow of funds to foundations.

Li Feng, the owner of the mainland behemoth group Haofeng, established a new Matilda Chair in collaboration with the University of Hong Kong six months ago through his Fang Feng Foundation.

The name of this newly established fund is: [Maozhen Educational Psychology Mingde Professorship].

And coincidentally, Professor Liu Liwei, who just stormed off at the press conference, is also the first Mingde Professor of the newly established Maozhen Professorship, in addition to holding the "Yang Xueji Foundation Professorship".

In the century-long history of the University of Hong Kong, it is a very rare honor for a professor to hold two Matilda Chairs funded by different foundations.

But what made Liang Shubin even more excited and trembling was this name.

"Maozhen".

The professorship established by Li Feng with an investment of tens of millions of yuan was not named after him, which completely violates the common sense that Mingde professorships are always named after the donors.

Moreover, according to the matching mechanism of the University of Hong Kong, the university officially matched hundreds of millions of dollars, so the amount Li Feng contributed must be at least that amount.

Why go to such great lengths and take such a roundabout route just to ensure that two of your female artists can successfully complete their doctoral studies?

Is this reasonable? Absolutely not!

As Liang Shubin stared at Professor Liu Liwei's other academic focus on the materials—[Child Education]—a bold and crazy guess suddenly flashed through his mind.

Maozhen... Mao, Zhen.

Is it possible that these are the names of two children?

And these two children are Li Feng's illegitimate children with those two female celebrities?!

Thinking of this earth-shattering news that could blow up the entire Dongda entertainment circle, Liang Shubin was so excited that he could hardly breathe.

He wrote a lengthy investigative report of over 10,000 words overnight, and delivered it to the editor-in-chief's desk as soon as it was completed.

However, just half an hour later, the editor-in-chief threw the report back into his arms untouched.

The editor-in-chief, smoking a cigarette, looked very grim and gave him a veiled but stern warning:

"Ah Bin, there are some lines you can't cross in Hong Kong."

"The Mr. Li behind the Fang Feng Foundation is someone our small magazine can't afford to offend."

"Burn this manuscript. Don't cause trouble for yourself or the publishing house, understand?"

Looking at the rejected manuscript, Liang Shubin stood in the corridor, his eyes filled with resentment.

He knew the editor-in-chief was afraid, but he wasn't.

However, the editor-in-chief was right about one thing.

After all, this is such a big story; if it gets out, he might get into a lot of trouble.

But what if... this information were sold to the person involved?