Super Invincible Battleship
Chapter 933

Chapter 933: Chapter 378 Questioning Ownership_3 Chapter 933: Chapter 378 Questioning Ownership_3 Yan Fei didn't answer the question, instead he asked another, “Pingping, have you been following any news from Japan recently?”

Confused about why Yan Fei brought up Japan, Lu Pingping asked, “Are you referring to business news or political news from Japan?”

Yan Fei said, “Neither, it's a piece of super gossipy entertainment news.”

Lu Pingping laughed, “Fei, since when did you start following Japanese entertainment gossip?”

Yan Fei didn't laugh and instead said, “Pingping, do you still remember how we acquired Dream Island?”

Lu Pingping said, “Of course, I remember! You bought it from a down-and-out Japanese man, Haruji Harada, at Charles de Gaulle Airport when you were on your way to France. At that time, Harada had offended Princess Kako of the Japanese Royal Family, resulting in the Japanese Government revoking his citizenship, leaving him unable to leave Charles de Gaulle Airport and in dire straits, which led him to sell Dream Island to you.”

Yan Fei said, “That man, Haruji Harada, has recently returned to Japan.”

Lu Pingping was taken aback, suddenly thinking of something, she said, “Has there been a complication with the sale procedures of Dream Island?”

Yan Fei said, “When I purchased Dream Island, I had taken all possible precautions; it was nearly impossible for anyone to find any loopholes. However, I missed a crucial detail, which was whether this Japanese man, Haruji Harada, had the complete rights to dispose of the island.”

Lu Pingping still remembered the situation back then, she said, “But we had investigated at that time, and Dream Island was privately owned by Haruji Harada, with no second owner, so he had full authority to sell Dream Island to us.”

Yan Fei narrowed his eyes, a dangerous glint flashing within, he said, “Now in Japan, there's a continuous promotion of the love story between Haruji Harada and Princess Kako of the Royal Family, saying that the two were separated by a misunderstanding and, after many years, reunited under difficult circumstances; and that Princess Kako got pregnant soon after reuniting with Harada. What does this news suggest to you?”

Being astute, Lu Pingping caught on with just a hint from Yan Fei, she said, “Could it be that Haruji Harada and Princess Kako were already married before this? If that's the case, then Dream Island would be the joint property of Haruji Harada and Princess Kako, and Harada wouldn't have had the right to sell Dream Island to us on his own.”

Yan Fei said, “I can now be sure that at the time when Haruji Harada sold Dream Island to me, he was single, and he wasn't married to Princess Kako. But after Haruji Harada sold Dream Island to me, and after we developed Dream Island, Harada became the husband of Princess Kako of the Japanese Royal Family.”

Lu Pingping said, “Are you suggesting that the Japanese Government has taken an interest in Dream Island, and thus wants to get involved in the management of Dream Island through Princess Kako's status as a co-owner?”

Yan Fei said, “No matter what the Japanese Government is thinking, they will absolutely not gain any benefits from Dream Island. I'm not afraid of anyone using martial force to coerce us, because I have sufficient confidence in the security of Dream Island. However, when the Japanese Government wants to challenge the ownership of Dream Island from a legal perspective, I can't help but take it seriously.”

Lu Pingping thought for a moment and said, “The key is whether Haruji Harada and Princess Kako were truly husband and wife before.”

Yan Fei said, “They were not married to each other at all before, nor were they husband and wife. I have my own channels, and I know that their marriage application was retroactively filed, but the date was changed to before Haruji Harada went to Charles de Gaulle Stadium in France.”

Lu Pingping said, “Japan's degree of computerization is very high, and information such as marriage applications would definitely be saved in the computer system. We just need to hack into their computer system, and we can find the clues of them altering the marriage application date. If we publicize Japan's tampering with the marriage date, wouldn't the Japanese Government's efforts be all in vain?”

Yan Fei sighed and said, “If all of their information were stored in the computer system, I really wouldn't worry about this matter. But there are always exceptions. In a marriage registration point in the Tokyo Suburbs, they have always followed ancient traditions, registering marriages by hand, and the original marriage certificates are also preserved at that registration point, not entered into the computer system. Haruji Harada and Princess Kako's marriage certificate was also issued by that ancient registration point. They forged a perfect fake marriage certificate using manual means, and the date was even before Haruji Harada's trip to Charles de Gaulle Airport in France.”

Ever since the Artificial Intelligence “Dream” was introduced, Yan Fei had “Dream” monitor all of the Internet information around the world. So when the Japanese media began promoting the tear-jerking love story of Haruji Harada and Princess Kako, Yan Fei learned about Haruji Harada's return to Japan, but at the time he did not attach enough importance to it.

It was not until Haruji Harada and Princess Kako's matter became widely known in Japan that “Dream” monitored a large amount of information from Japan regarding Dream Island on the Internet. It was then that Yan Fei finally understood what the Japanese were really plotting. The Japanese had backdated a marriage certificate for Haruji Harada and Princess Kako, aiming to establish that Dream Island was their joint property, and Haruji Harada had no right to sell Dream Island on his own, which meant Yan Fei's purchase of Dream Island was incomplete.

Yan Fei knew the Japanese intended to manipulate Dream Island's ownership by fabricating evidence, and his first reaction was to ignore this conspiracy by the Japanese. As long as Dream Island maintained a strong martial deterrent, no one would dare to covet Dream Island.

However, Yan Fei had to worry about one issue: that the Japanese would seize this matter for extensive international promotion, even appealing to the International Court, questioning the ownership of Dream Island. After all, in comparison to being unruly, the Japanese could at least produce some evidence this time. And Westerners, having suffered great losses on Dream Island multiple times, already held grievances against Dream Island. Once the Japanese submitted the evidence, the International Court, dominated by Westerners, and the mainstream Western media would definitely not let go of Dream Island.

The reason Dream Island's products could be sold on a large scale in the international market was firstly because of the good quality of Dream Island's products that solved consumers' actual problems, and secondly because Dream Island, or rather Yan Fei, had a relatively good reputation–at least consumers from Western countries did not dislike him.

But once the Japanese questioned Dream Island's ownership through the International Court, and if the International Court ruled against Yan Fei, he definitely would not comply with their judgment. By then, the Western media would surely portray Yan Fei as a villain who does not abide by laws and regulations, causing consumers from the Western World to feel disgusted with Dream Island's products and consequently refuse to buy them, which would lead to huge economic losses for Dream Island.

In Yan Fei's view, if someone were to wage war against Dream Island, Dream Island would immediately retaliate and utterly annihilate the incoming enemy. However, the Japanese were extremely cunning this time; they played such a low move, starting to question Dream Island's ownership. Although this could not substantially change the fact that Dream Island belonged to Yan Fei, it would definitely be very unsettling for both Dream Island and Yan Fei.

And if Yan Fei mishandled the situation, it could bring a massive negative impact to the promising development momentum of Dream Island. That's why he had come to see Lu Pingping, to discuss and devise a strategy together to nip the threat in the bud.