GBP Chapter 353 Lu Group
Chapter 353 Lu Group
The remaining reporters continued to ask questions, and Ji Jingshen and Song Qianyi answered them flawlessly, quickly bringing the scene under control and ending the press conference.
The reporter sent by Andrei to cause trouble quickly packed up his equipment and strode away without looking back. He had only taken a few steps when two tall bodyguards appeared in front of him.
The reporter gripped his bag tightly, swallowed hard, and stared at the bodyguards warily and anxiously: "What are you doing? Wasn't the press conference over?"
The bodyguard blocked his way with a blank expression: "President Ji and President Song have something to discuss with you."
Backstage at the press conference, bodyguards led reporters to Ji Jingshen and Song Qianyi. Upon seeing the two, the reporters' eyes darted around, and they forcibly suppressed their emotions.
"I wonder what business President Ji and President Song have with me here."
Ji Jingshen watched coldly, then stood up and walked to the reporter. Ji Jingshen, who was already tall, stood in front of the reporter, giving people an invisible sense of oppression.
"Who sent you here?"
"What are you saying, Mr. Ji? Didn't the Ji Group hold a press conference and invite us reporters to the event?"
His words were very precise, and he pretended not to understand what Ji Jingshen was saying.
Song Qianyi's face was serious, and she rebuked sharply: "You know very well why you came here. We have checked the number of people who signed in and the media behind them. You were not invited. Who instructed you to come here!"
"I came here on my own. The orphanage issue has generated a lot of public discussion, and everyone wants to get the latest news. I naturally didn't want to miss out, so I came here. There's no mastermind behind it all."
Seeing that the reporter was stubborn and refused to reveal who was behind it, Ji Jingshen turned around, took a stack of documents from his secretary, and handed them to the reporter: "I found a lot of illegal funds in your account. These are all records of illegal funds."
The reporter's eyes widened as he looked at the account name on the document.
Noticing his reaction, Song Qianyi said from the side, "With these records of illicit funds, our group's legal department can make sure you spend the rest of your life in jail."
The reporter looked up at the two men, his eyes filled with fear, and then confessed: "It's the Lu Group. They approached me and gave me a sum of money to cause trouble at the press conference and stir up public opinion. If I refused, they would ruin my career."
Ji Jingshen and Song Qianyi exchanged a glance, then looked at the reporter and said, "You can leave now."
"And these records..."
"You've revealed who's behind this, so we won't do anything more. Just don't do these things again, or we won't let you off so easily next time."
Upon hearing this, the reporter bowed to the two of them, then left with his belongings as if reborn. As soon as he left, Ji Jingshen said to his secretary, "Send someone to keep an eye on him and see who he's in contact with."
"How could the Lu Group be associated with the Andre family? They've always been low-key; this isn't their style."
Song Qianyi was very puzzled. They had previously suspected that the orphanage director was the one behind the incident, and they thought that Andre had sent people to cause trouble again this time. However, they did not expect that the mastermind would be the Lu Group.
Ji Jingshen, standing beside him, frowned: "The matter hasn't been investigated yet. We should wait patiently for news. If the reporter can accept money from the Lu Group, then they will definitely go after them again. We'll find out what their relationship is with the Andre family later."
In less than half a day, the secretary quickly brought back the message.
"The reporter went home immediately after leaving and stayed there for several hours. Later, he secretly went to a club and met with the second-in-command of the Lin Group."
Song Qianyi muttered, "The second-in-command of the Lin Group."
She looked at Ji Jingshen: "The second-in-command seems to be named Lin Jianhua. According to their identities, they have no connection. This reporter is meeting with Lin Jianhua at this time, so it seems that they were actually employer and employee before."
Suddenly realizing something, Song Qianyi immediately told Ji Jingshen her idea: "They deliberately made us catch that reporter, and then exposed that it was the Lu Group that instructed him to come. They want us to be suspicious of the Lu Group and offend them in the end, so that they can reap the benefits behind the scenes."
“That’s right. The Lin Group has always been wary of us. If we confront the Lu Group head-on now, they can maximize their profits.”
Ji Jingshen turned his head: "Go investigate the Lin Group's background, see what their connections are, and who Lin Jianhua has met with."
Soon news came back that Lin Jianhua's aunt had once married into the Andre family. Because of their immigration, the relationship between the Lin Group and the Andre family was little known, and was even known only to insiders.
Song Qianyi was furious when she learned the whole story: "This matter is not going to end so easily. They have to bear the consequences for doing such a thing."
She immediately began preparing for revenge, taking the initiative to contact the head of the Lu Group, seeking cooperation.
Inside the Lu Group office, Song Qianyi voiced her thoughts and observed the reaction of the man sitting opposite her.
"I wonder what President Lu thinks of the topic I just raised. Now that the Lin Group has taken the initiative to provoke us, if our two families join forces, they won't be able to do anything to us."
Lu Ting shifted his position, picked up his coffee, and took a sip: "The current situation is relatively peaceful. If the Lu Group and the Ji Group join forces, there's no guarantee that things won't fluctuate. The Lin Group won't dare to make a move openly, but it won't sit idly by and ignore us either."
His words were meaningful, and Song Qianyi could tell that Lu Ting's refusal to directly answer whether he would cooperate with them meant that he did not want to disrupt the current situation.
She had heard Ji Jingshen say that the current head of the Lu Group was a smooth and steady man who prioritized his own interests. Even if she told him about the Lin Group's actions now, he wouldn't take any action unless it threatened his interests.
Song Qianyi took a document out of her bag, placed it on the table, and pushed it towards Lu Ting across from her: "President Lu, you can take a look at this document before making a decision."
Lu Ting, sitting opposite her, took the document and flipped through it. Song Qianyi noticed the change in his emotions: "The contents of the document are what we recently gathered about their company's activities. The Lin Group is secretly acquiring the Lu Group and its subsidiary companies in the Lin Group's industrial chain."
"Their wolfish ambitions should be evident from this. Although we can't see any impact now, once they develop to a certain stage, the subsequent losses will be beyond what President Lu can estimate. I hope President Lu will be cautious about this matter."
Lu Ting put down the documents and looked up at Song Qianyi.