"Please! Wait!!!"
Everyone stopped what they were doing. A young man pushed through the crowd and asked Lei Feng, "Mr. Lei, what do you have to say about the post that Ancient Group just added on their Weibo?"
Lei Feng was confused for a second, "What do you mean?"
The reporter showed something on Weibo application. It said all sorts of bad stuff about Lei Feng, making him look like a villain. There are personal attacks involved. But the last sentence broke all limits.
It said, "Lei Feng stole her foster mother's life-saving money due to which she passed away!!"
Lei Feng took a step back, not able to process the information. He took his phone out of his bag and searched Weibo of Ancient Group. The 'post' was there. His face distorted with anger.
'No wonder Gu Feitian did not call back. He wanted to use this move to make me submit to him. But he was wrong. Terribly wrong. Now, I will make you understand what public shaming is.'
He signaled everyone to sit down again. 'The Interview' continued.
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Gu Feitian had lost interest in the interview after Zheng Fulong took over. So he was already providing pointers to Gu Ling on how to tackle things tomorrow. His peripheral vision was still on the TV.
When Lei Feng took the mic again, they started talking about his new venture, except for Gu Ling, Gu Feitian, and Gu Meng everyone thought it was a foolish dream of his, but they thought it could become anything great.
Gu Meng was interested because she is from the entertainment industry while Gu Ling and Gu Feitian were interested because of the business prospects.
Gu Feitian even said that he would ask the tech department to check the feasibility of developing such software internally.
The interview was over and the reporters were giving ending comments (signing out etc.).
Gu's Family also got up and was ready to leave when they heard, "Please!! Wait!!!!"
They suddenly felt a thump in their heart and sat down again.
Hearing the reporter say "Mr. Lei, what do you have to say about the post that Ancient Group just added on their Weibo?" their mind buzzed and looked at Father and Daughter for answers but they were more confused than others.
Gu Feitian gave a stern look to Gu Ling but realizing she did not know about it as well he ran to pick up his phone on the table. Gu Ling picked up her bag and took out the laptop. She was praying in her mind that this was a publicity stunt.
But the truth was soon revealed, it turns out that their Ancient Group had posted a Weibo message about Lei Feng! After reading the post, both of them felt the earth under their feet fleeting away.
Gu Tianchen was gloating, not realizing the seriousness of the situation. Zhao Lang was also happy that The Ancient group targeted Lei Feng. She took it as relieving her son's hatred.
"How can this be, who did this?" Gu Feitian mumbled.
"Do you know this? Did you ask propaganda to do this?" he asked Gu Ling.
"Gu Ling!!" he shouted after seeing his daughter not paying attention to him.
"Huh? No, I did not do this or order anyone to do this. It's my first time seeing this."
"Why would I do this to my brother?" Gu Ling said, her voice was shaking.
Zhao Lang commented, "And here I thought you stood up for your brother. Whosoever did this needs to be rewarded. Haha, well done."
Gu Feitian's anger was through the roof, he shouted at her "Shut up woman!! You don't know anything!!"
"This is bad, really bad. We have been trying to suppress our family matters so it does not affect our business. But this not only brought us to light but also gave reason for Lei Feng to retaliate."
"Not he is on National television. Live! We will be done for if he starts telling stories."
He started dialing his phone to take down that post immediately. But the damage was already done. The post was already viral! After all, millions of people saw news on live TV.
Neighbor aunts were already sharing screenshots in their gossip chats.
Seeing his father and sister react this way, Gu Tianchen realized that he might not be able to recover from this unharmed.
Zhao Lang was teary-eyed so he just supported her and offered her a glass of water.
"Tianchen my boy, you are the only one who understands me."
Everyone else was focusing on TV.
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When everyone was seated Lei Feng took a laptop from his bag and had it connected to the projector.
"Earlier this lady asked me, why was in the hospital. So I will tell you the story behind it. The whole story."
"4 years ago someone contacted my mother that someone from the Gu Family wanted to meet her. And he asked them to take me with her."
"When we arrived there, the well-known Gu Family was sitting there waiting for us. They took a sample from my hair and handed it over to someone. Then they talked to my mom about me going missing when I was around 2 and a half years old and they have been searching for me ever since.....10,000 words omitted."
He told them about the adoption process and his entry into the family. He was treated as an outsider in the family even though they were blood-related and did not allow him to take the same surname. They had already adopted another child named Gu Tianchen and treated him as the real child of their family.
"...So, I was admitted in the hospital two times in the last three months, once because I was poisoned by a heavy metal called Mercury and the other time because they kidnapped me forcefully and beat me. Accusing me of poisoning their child Gu Tianchen, in evidence they showed a mercury bottle that was found in my room 3 weeks after I left the house."
"which is quite funny because I had already left 3 weeks ago, I was poisoned more severely than their precious son, and they still found the bottle in my bedroom. Even a fool could see that it was other way around but their biases against me stopped them from seeing the truth. I resorted to legal means to call the police, they rescued me from that house. I wanted to send them all to jail but blood is thicker than water so I wanted to compromise but then this..."
the whole conference room was in pin-drop silence. Some females were crying.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened them there was ruthlessness flashing in them.
Reporters knew another big bang was here but a call interrupted in between.
Yes, it was Gu Feitian calling to stop him from proceeding any further. Lei Feng looked at his phone and sneered.
He pretended to cut the call in anger and then connected the call and put it up on speaker so everyone could hear it.
Gu Feitian thought he will cut the phone since he didn't put it to his ear so he cursed, "This uncultured thing pisses me off!!!!"
The same sound came from the TV 3 seconds later (Transmission lag).
*thud* He dropped his phone.
Zhao Lang saw the opportunity picked it up and said, "You beast listen to me, If you cause any harm to my Tianchen then I will skin you al....."
*snap* Gu Feitian returned to his senses and slapped Zhao Lang in the face while taking back his phone.
He said, "Hello? Son? I was talking to a subordinate who posted the Weibo message. I was not speaking to you."
We have to say he sure knows how to handle situations.
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PS: He did not use the black material because it would reduce the value of the shares he was trying to get.