Transmigration: Lady Chi Woos The Ice cold Professor Jun
Chapter 420: The Hong family again

Chapter 420: The Hong family again

Chi Rui stared at his sister with a blank glaze, trying to assess what she meant by her words. If he did not go, the narrative out there would blacken their name. They were not thieves and no composer or singer would work with them if they were branded thieves.

"What do you mean sister?" he asked her.

"The lawyers should handle everything to do with Du Moxi. If you deny her allegations without proof you are just drawing more attention to the matter and giving her what she wants. Maintain your silence and let the law do all the talking. She is about to be hit by a lawsuit which will leave her penniless or close to it. Let’s see how much she yaps when that happens."

Even though Chi Lian’s explanation made sense in so many ways, if Du Moxi pretended to commit suicide or did so they would be condemned by the public for going overboard.

That’s what he thought and it is exactly what he told her.

"On please!! Du Moxi has managed to find herself a rich backer. The person that made an introduction between her and a manager from glory entertainment is Hong Yibo, a member of the Hong family." she tapped her phone and showed Chi Rui his picture. "He is one of the many second generation heirs of the Hong family, you remember them from B city, they own HTV."

"I remember them." Chi Zimo shouted. "This must be revenge because you contributed to the exposure and arrest of one of their own when you showed that video of him setting a man on fire. Wow, they must have looked for the easiest way to bring you down and Du Moxi was the weakest link in the chain."

Occasionally, Chi Zimo blabbed blindly and stumbled on the truth. It was almost as if he had the gift of discernment and foretelling. But usually after saying something sensible he would add or do something foolish and the air of mystique around him would vanish.

"Maybe not the weakest but the easiest." Chi Lian answered.

It was plain to see that Du Moxi was the biggest singer out of phoenix entertainment and by luring her away, the company would suffer. By specifically luring her away before the spring gala, Phoenix media would suffer financially and reputation wise. Someone like Du Moxi could not think about all this on her own.

She had been taken advantage of by someone she exposed her greed to and when she was done being used, she would be dumped like a piece of trash.

At the center of the table, Grandpa Wang sighed loudly and it drew Chi Lian’s attention. He looked like his thoughts had traveled so far away, like he was deeply contemplating upon something so heavy and sad.

"What’s wrong grandpa?" she asked.

Grandpa Wang sighed again and then he shook his head and said, "All of this scheming and hide and seek is not a good thing. In business, you are always getting betrayed and having your heart broken. I really wish you would all have straight forward careers like soldiers, teachers or police men. In that line of work what you have is mostly brotherhood and kinship, betrayals are less potent in such careers."

"Dear, we have talked about this." Madam An responded to him. "The children have the right to choose what they want to become and do with their lives. There is nothing wrong with business, look at my new wheelchair. If Chi-Chi was not a business woman would I ever have a chance to sit in such a chair?

Also consider all the charity she does out of her own pocket. If she was not doing business who would extend a helping hand to all of the people she has helped? The way I see it our grandchildren have been blessed by Buddha with money to bless others."

Madam An smiled at Chi-Chi and Chi Rui encouragingly with her warm smile. "That Du Moxi will receive her karma. Don’t worry so much about it, I will include that wish everyday in my prayers."

Chi Lian smiled mysteriously and then she said, "She will receive more than karma. Just wait and see when that skin of hers stops glowing and she no longer has access to my medicines or beauty creams. She will come back begging on her knees.

As for her claims that we forced her to sign away her copyright, whenever I am signing a contract I record the meeting to make sure I am ready whenever someone tries to go back on their word. I have footage that clears all those claims up, that’s why I want Rui to let Moxi and her fans stew. They will be slapped in their faces soon enough.

Her betrayal cost us up to three hundred thirty million in ticket refunds, sponsorship refunds and costs in preparing a new stage. That money has to come from somewhere and if it means shaking it out of her one coin at a time like shaking salt out of a salt shaker, I am going to shake vigorously."

Some people’s eyes moved to the salt on the table and silly Chi Zimo went ahead to get the salt shaker and shake it, causing a few grains of salt to pour on the table.

"Ai, that will take you forever." he said.

For some reason, this brought smiles and laughter to some people at the table. This created a different atmosphere in the room as compared to the previous one which had been serious. Now, it was warmer and more cheerful.

After laughing for a while, Chi Rui said "But seriously, what are we going to do about the Hong family. If they can plot against us once then they will do it again."

"We will pay them back in coin of course." Chi Lian replied. She never let anyone that tried to harm her go scot free. They hurt her financially and she intended to do the same to them.

Muyang who had been unengaged in the conversation around the table finally felt like he had something to contribute at last.

"I know how we can do it." He said, "Their main line of business is real estate and there is a large piece of land in D city that they are bidding for. Rumor has it that the old Shanghai stadium is going to rebuilt in preparation to host the national Asian cup football games this year. If this is true then anyone that has a hotel or any other hospitality and entertainment kind of business in the area will be rich very soon.

Those in the know are secretly buying up land in the area and the last free lots are up for bid. If we can buy it all then the Hong family will not be too pleased."

Chi Zimo pulled up a map of the area on his laptop and all those who were interested in scheming closely huddled together and started making phone calls.