Jin Qiqi looked confused, not understanding the meaning of his words.
In the events she was aware of, the entrepreneurial competition that had made an enemy of Gao Fei had already been halted and was under investigation.
Her old rival, Kong Liwei, had also been apprehended by the police and was being investigated as the leader of an evil syndicate.
As for the entertainment industry, Gao Fei had not yet announced any plans to film a new movie.
The news that ace screenwriter Hank had traveled to Longguo was known only to the two of them, and it was impossible for it to attract media attention to build hype.
Moreover, Gao Fei had no new songs or novels to release.
So how could so much slanderous fake news suddenly appear online?
Jin Qiqi was perplexed.
She had initially thought that only the cosmetics in production, which were on the verge of being launched, were being targeted by competitors using public opinion to suppress them.
But Gao Fei had said it had nothing to do with cosmetics, and that someone wanted to tie him and the other party together through public opinion.
This made Jin Qiqi even more bewildered.
Seeing Gao Fei's grave expression, she waved to the public relations staff: "You can go out first. The boss and I still have things to discuss!"
"Do we need to find other media to suppress the online public opinion?"
Before Jin Qiqi could speak, Gao Fei shook his head and said, "Trying to whitewash now will only increase the netizens' suspicion. You don't need to do anything. Just wait for my notice."
"Understood, President Gao!"
After everyone left, Jin Qiqi asked urgently, "Boss, you said someone wants to tie you together with public opinion. Who is it?"
"Yu Min!"
"Yu Min from Tiantang Renjian? Why would he want to kidnap you with public opinion?"
Gao Fei opened the social media account of the Kyoto Police Department and pointed to their latest post.
The announcement was made three days ago, but the content was simple and clear.
Because Kyoto City had recently experienced several cases involving evil forces, the Kyoto Police Department had officially launched a special campaign to combat organized crime and evil forces three days ago.
The special campaign was led by Zheng Changlian, and Ge Qing was the overall head of the special task force.
After showing Jin Qiqi the latest announcement from the Kyoto Police Department, Gao Fei then highlighted the trending news that had implicated him.
"Look, the third and fourth images and text. The stolen photos were taken inside a private room at Tiantang Renjian.
Who else has the ability to photograph the interior of a private room in a club besides Yu Min?"
The timing of the two stolen photos was precisely when Gao Fei was negotiating raw materials with Huo Dongcheng.
The third photo.
Gao Fei sat in the center of the private room sofa, with Huo Dongcheng bowing and scraping beside him, surrounded by burly men in black suits with fierce expressions.
But in reality, those men in suits were arranged by the club. Because Gao Fei's identity was unusual, bodyguards were arranged to ensure his safety.
The fourth photo.
Gao Fei and Huo Dongcheng were acting, staging a conflict in the corridor.
Black-suited bodyguards surrounded Huo Dongcheng, while Gao Fei stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at Huo Dongcheng with an arrogant expression.
Two photos, combined with the suggestive news content.
Anyone who didn't know the details of the incident would immediately classify Gao Fei as a social boss upon seeing the photos.
Huo Dongcheng, who was fawning over him, would appear to be an honest person being suppressed.
"Sister Jin, now you should understand why there is suddenly news slandering me as being part of an evil syndicate!"
Gao Fei let out a cold laugh, his gaze becoming even colder.
Looking at the slandering photos on the trending news and the latest announcement from the Kyoto Police Department, the intelligent Jin Qiqi immediately understood the reason.
As everyone knew, the rules in the top-floor private rooms of Tiantang Renjian were very strict.
This was because the guests who patronized the top floor were all wealthy and influential, and some of the services provided could not be disclosed.
Therefore, neither guests nor service staff on the top floor would carry mobile phones or the like.
Now that two internal photos had suddenly leaked, only Yu Min could have managed it; others would have had difficulty taking photos.
The reason why Yu Min wanted to use the photos to implicate Gao Fei as an organized crime figure was simple.
The Kyoto Police Department was currently carrying out a crackdown on organized crime and evil forces, and Yu Min was bound to be a target of the police.
Gao Fei, as someone with military and police connections, had to find a way to directly tie them together.
Even if he couldn't completely tie them, in order to eliminate the influence of the slander about organized crime, Gao Fei would have to contact Yu Min and negotiate terms.
After clarifying the cause of the slander, Jin Qiqi still had one thing she didn't understand.
"Boss, Yu Min helped you twice. If he wanted your help, he could have just called you to discuss terms. Why go through the trouble of online public opinion?"
"He helped me?
Sister Jin, have you forgotten that he acted on his own initiative twice to help me? I never contacted him."
Gao Fei leaned back in his boss's chair and let out a cold laugh, continuing, "The first time he helped me, he found someone to scare Huo Dongcheng, claiming to be a fan standing up for their idol.
But in Longguo, there are countless celebrities more famous and powerful than me.
Do you think that, given my status, I could mobilize a top social figure in Kyoto to risk being investigated to help me?"
"The second time, Yu Min gave me a great gift, which was Qiao Ni Ma, Feng Lao Deng's brother-in-law, who set fire at the factory.
He helped me catch the culprit and then coerced and lured them into surrendering. Do you think that was still a fan helping their idol?"
Hearing this explanation, Jin Qiqi once again understood.
There were many celebrities more capable than her boss, and many celebrities had visited Tiantang Renjian.
But why did Yu Min choose to help Gao Fei? It was naturally because he valued the military and police background that had always been rumored about him.
"So, he helped me twice because he wanted to be tied to me.
Unfortunately, I never called him to thank him, nor did I leave him any recording that could be used as leverage.
Now that Yu Min is cornered, he has resorted to online public opinion, using slanderous news to force me to contact him and repay his favor."
"Boss, since Yu Min has already made his intentions clear, and he is also being watched by the police, if you contact him, you will surely be considered an accomplice by the police."
"But if I don't contact him and don't repay the favor, Yu Min will definitely find professional killers or the like to take me down with him."
"So, according to you, you still want to contact him and help him?"
"I will definitely contact him and help, but the time is not right yet."
"Then, specifically, when?"
"When he's completely cornered and desperate!"
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Kyoto Police Department, Special Task Force Office.
"Team leader, the investigation team just sent news that the gossip reporter who published the slanderous news was coerced and lured into slandering Gao Fei as having suspected ties to organized crime."
"Did the reporter say who threatened him?"
"He doesn't know the name, only that others call him 'Brother Xiang'!"
As he spoke, the team member pulled up surveillance photos, and a young man appeared on the computer screen.
Ge Qing glanced at the photo and then turned to the person relationship diagram on the whiteboard.
Xiang Nan, the general manager of Tian'an Group, quickly caught his eye.
Looking at Xiang Nan's photo, Ge Qing muttered to himself, "It seems Gao Fei didn't leak that information in advance to repay a favor.
Now that we are starting a sudden crackdown, Yu Min is desperate and using internal photos from the club to slander Gao Fei as being part of organized crime.
With Gao Fei's intelligence, he will definitely be able to figure out who is spreading the slander and guess that Yu Min is forcing him to repay a favor..."
Seeing the team leader standing in front of the whiteboard muttering to himself, the team member coughed to interrupt and asked, "Team leader, since Gao Fei is being slandered, do we need to directly apprehend the gossip reporter and help clarify the rumors?"
Ge Qing regained his focus, pondered for a moment, and said, "No need to apprehend him, and no need to clarify. You find someone now and secretly monitor Gao Fei. .oγg
If possible, monitor him throughout."
"Yes!"
After the team member left, Ge Qing took out a photo of Gao Fei and placed it on the whiteboard, with Yu Min's photo next to it.
Then, he drew an arrow between the two photos with a marker.
"Gao Fei, oh Gao Fei, if you don't help Yu Min, he will definitely find ways to destroy you with him.
This is a dead end now. How will you, Gao Fei, break free?"