Chapter 240

Vera's words shocked the media!

Could Chen Yingxiong really have obtained some extremely deadly evidence? Something that could turn the entire battle around? Otherwise, how could he dare to appeal to the court and sue Richards and Leovac?

So everyone was very concerned about this press conference.

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When Leovac met with Richards again, even he frowned. He couldn't figure out why Chen Yingxiong dared to be so confident. Could he really have evidence?

That's impossible! I've been paying attention all the time. I haven't found any clues in any media…

Although he was apprehensive, he still had to comfort Richards on the surface.

Because Richards was more anxious than him—if this matter went to court, it would really be irreparable.

"Maybe, we should just forget about it…" Richards said.

Leovac shook his head: "If you quit now, you'll be confirming that you falsely accused him, Mika! So we absolutely cannot back down now!"

"But he's going to appeal to the court…"

"Who knows if he really has evidence?" Leovac was still being stubborn. "Appealing is just a war of words between the two sides. It's okay, Mika, I know the best lawyer in Manchester, and I'll hire him to fight this lawsuit for you! This is psychological warfare, Mika. They actually have no evidence, but if you think they do, and you admit defeat, they win… Yes, that must be it!"

As he spoke, Leovac felt that it was really like that. In the end, he convinced himself first, and then went to convince Richards.

"Obviously, they can't find any evidence, so how can they keep themselves out of trouble? They came up with such a way, loudly proclaiming that they have evidence. To make it seem real, they even announced that they would hold a press conference… All this is to put pressure on us. If we can't stand it and admit defeat first, doesn't that mean we don't have any real evidence either, and that we really made a false accusation?" It was a wonder that he even knew the term "false accusation."

"So you must hold on! You don't need to say much, just say that Chen Yingxiong did make racially discriminatory remarks to you, and leave the rest to me!"

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Leovac was blocked by reporters as soon as he walked out of the hospital. They all wanted to hear Leovac's opinion on Chen Yingxiong's counterattack.

"They have evidence? Haha!" Facing the reporters, Leovac looked calm, not even pretending to be calm. He was truly calm now, because he had completely convinced himself. "If they really have evidence, I welcome them to show it! If they want to appeal to the court? No problem, we'll accompany them to the end!"

"Yingxiong claims to have evidence, so do you also have evidence to prove that he did racially discriminate against Richards?" A reporter asked.

Leovac, deeply convinced of his own reasoning, nodded vigorously without even thinking, "Yes, we also have evidence!"

As he said these words, his face was full of an inscrutable smile.

Since you're bluffing, then I'll bluff too!

Let's see who's afraid of whom!

You think you can fool me with this low-level trick?

Go fool a ghost!

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"Leovac told reporters that he welcomes Yingxiong to show his evidence, and he seems quite confident…" The evening news also talked about this matter. Leovac's confident appearance made many people believe that they also had conclusive evidence…

Especially the confident smile on his face when he nodded and admitted that he had evidence.

It must be said that Leovac was a born actor.

Facing the camera, he told this lie without blushing or panting. No wonder he was able to deceive so many people… The highest level of a liar is to deceive himself first, and then use his own paranoia to influence the people around him.

However, Chen Yingxiong in front of the TV had a sneer on his face.

He knew he was bound to win, so he wasn't anxious at all now. He ate well, played well, slept well, and farmed instances well.

Keep jumping around, you won't be able to jump for many days!

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Vera booked a hall in a Liverpool hotel for the press conference. This hotel had a dedicated conference room and a place for press conferences. However, Vera felt that the place was too small, and she was afraid that it would be too crowded if too many reporters came.

So she simply moved it to the hall.

Facts proved that her decision was correct.

During the press conference, seventy or eighty reporters squeezed in…

At the press conference, everyone's main concern was not that Chen Yingxiong was going to sue Richards and Leovac, but evidence! Evidence that could prove Chen Yingxiong's innocence!

During this period, the focus of the debate between the two sides was actually whether there was evidence. Everyone admitted that if there was evidence, then the previous debates and suspicions would be meaningless. The problem was that neither side could produce evidence before this.

This made the matter completely descend into a war of words, depending on whose mouth was better and could convince the onlookers and the English Football Association…

But to everyone's surprise, Vera did not produce evidence, because she said that the evidence had been taken to the English Football Association by Chen Yingxiong…

"Yes, we also received a temporary notice that Yingxiong went to be questioned by the three-person independent investigation team established by the FA, and he took the evidence with him… As you all know, this evidence is very crucial in this incident… So I'm sorry, he has to show it to the people in the independent investigation team first…"

Vera spread her hands, looking very helpless.

But the people below inevitably had other thoughts—what is Yingxiong doing? Does he not have any evidence at all? Is he just bluffing?

Those who stood on Chen Yingxiong's side were anxious, while those who were against Chen Yingxiong laughed wildly in their hearts, and could not help but show a little smile on their faces.

Vera, however, seemed unable to see their rich facial expressions, and began to read her manuscript in a serious manner, which was a statement about Chen Yingxiong accusing Mika Richards and Franz Leovac of defamation.

But the minds of the people below were no longer on this…

What they were thinking about was whether this was Chen Yingxiong's delaying tactic, or was it really taken away by the FA?

Everyone knew that the English Football Association's three-person independent investigation team did question Chen Yingxiong today, but was it too coincidental? Could it be that Chen Yingxiong actually had no evidence at all, and had only released the news before to try to extort Richards? Later, when he saw that it was unsuccessful, he began to find an excuse on the FA…

Vera didn't care what those people thought. She really hated that she received a temporary notice saying that the evidence could not be shown, because Chen Yingxiong had taken it to the English Football Association.

She was too lazy to explain to those people—she had seen the evidence, and it was a powerful slap in the face to those who questioned Chen Yingxiong. Anyway, it was going to go through legal procedures, and everyone would naturally see it then.

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At this time, the English Football Association's three-person independent investigation team was watching the evidence presented by Chen Yingxiong.

The pixel of the picture was not high—this was understandable, because it was taken with a fan's mobile phone.

The camera was also a little shaky.

But everyone could see the main facts very clearly.

Chen Yingxiong tackled Richards, and then rushed to him in one stride, leaned down and cursed: "Bah! Don't think that no one can deal with you! This is retribution, you bastard! Fuck!"

The sound was not very clear, because there were other very noisy sounds at the scene.

So one of the independent investigation team members frowned and said to Chen Yingxiong: "This, it's too blurry… I mean the sound, we can't judge whether you didn't say… that word based on this alone."

Chen Yingxiong crossed his legs and signaled his agent to take another thing out of his bag.

"What I showed you just now was the original version. This is the version that we have processed later. We lowered the ambient sound and eliminated some of the noise, so it's much clearer."

While saying this, De Cola inserted the USB flash drive into the laptop and reopened the file for the independent investigation team to see.

This time, the surrounding noises were indeed much smaller, so Chen Yingxiong's voice was very clear: "Bah! Don't think that no one can deal with you! This is retribution, you bastard! Fuck!"

After cursing, he got up and walked towards the sidelines without looking back.

The independent investigation team heard very clearly that Chen Yingxiong did not say "nigger", he said "bastard". Although both words were swear words, the meanings were very different. The pronunciations of these two words were also completely different, and there was no possibility of mishearing them.

The three people looked at each other and knew that with this evidence from Chen Yingxiong, the situation would be completely reversed…

The person who asked the question before continued to say to Chen Yingxiong: "This evidence is very convincing, I don't know if we can…"

Before he could finish speaking, De Cola handed over a box and opened it for the three of them to see. It was a USB flash drive.

"Everything you want is in here," Chen Yingxiong said. "The original cannot be given to you, I still have to announce it to the outside world. But a copy can be given to you."

The three people had no objection to this and nodded one after another.

Chen Yingxiong stood up: "Then, is there anything else I need to do?"

"I don't think so." The three members of the independent investigation team also stood up.

Chen Yingxiong shook hands with them separately. "I hope the FA can handle this impartially. You must know that I have heard too many words these days, 'Because Richards is British and a national of England, the English FA must be on his side.'"

The leader smiled bitterly. If Chen Yingxiong could not produce convincing evidence, they would really stand on Richards' side, but now… he had produced such powerful evidence, what else could they do? Moreover, he was planning to make it public. By then, the public opinion would be completely reversed. They, the English Football Association, would not be able to cover it up even if they wanted to.

"How is that possible? The FA has always been fair, you have to believe us."

Chen Yingxiong was full of smiles, "Of course I believe you! I just mentioned it casually. You know… I'm just a Chinese person, and I don't have any power here, hahaha! You have to understand my sense of insecurity!"

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Watching Chen Yingxiong and his agent walk out of the building, the members of the independent investigation team held the box containing the evidence, shook their heads and hummed: "The Chinese community is already in an uproar, and you don't have any power?"

In the past few days, some Chinese people in various parts of the UK had indeed made speeches or published articles and opinions supporting Chen Yingxiong in their Chinese newspapers. It even attracted the attention of the British Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister had also specially greeted the FA, telling them to handle the matter impartially and not let this matter become a bad thing that would affect Sino-British relations…

Backed by a large country with 1.5 billion people, their Chinatowns are all over the world, and they still claim to be alone and helpless?

His skin is not just thick!

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Chen Yingxiong and De Cola walked out, and then De Cola laughed: "I didn't realize that you were quite dark-bellied. You even knew to give Richards some eye drops at this time…"

Chen Yingxiong snorted: "If you dare to offend me, you have to be mentally prepared to be unlucky. Let me tell you, this matter is not over, the lawsuit must be fought! I want them to pay me money, and I want them to apologize to me publicly!"

De Cola made a bowing gesture: "Everything is as you wish."

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