CHAPTER 459: CHAPTER 459: THERE MIGHT BE A MASTERMIND BEHIND

Attorney Li put down the legal notice and left, accompanied by the laughter of the newsroom crowd.

A balding middle-aged man, the entertainment section editor of the Yun City Daily, picked up the legal notice, opened it, and took a look.

The content of the legal notice demanded that the Yun City Daily publicly apologize to Ning Xiaoyue on the front page, or they would be taken to court.

The balding middle-aged man sneered, since the founding of the Yun City Daily, they had never done such a thing; a front-page apology to a person was simply impossible!

He was only the editor of the entertainment section and couldn’t decide the content of the front page, let alone an apology statement, so he could only consult the director.

He wasn’t going to disturb the director over a minor issue.

"A small lousy company dares to be presumptuous in front of me!"

The balding middle-aged man said disdainfully, intending to tear the legal notice apart in public.

"What happened?"

A nearly sixty-year-old elder walked in with hands behind his back at this moment.

"Director!"

The crowd greeted in succession.

This old man was the director of the Yun City Daily.

The elder looked at the balding middle-aged man: "What’s that in your hand?"

The balding middle-aged man dared not hide it, "It’s a legal notice?"

The elder frowned: "What’s going on?"

The balding middle-aged man said: "It’s because of today’s entertainment section headline, someone says we fabricated rumors and demands we apologize in tomorrow’s front page headline, or they’ll sue us."

The director’s face changed: "Apologize on the front page? Such an audacious request, let me see the legal notice?"

The balding middle-aged man quickly handed over the legal notice.

The director looked at it and said: "Wenyue Company? What kind of background does this company have?"

The balding middle-aged man immediately said disdainfully: "It’s not a big company, just a small failing entertainment company with no background."

The director said: "Are you sure? Can this small company hire the most formidable Xingquan Law Firm in the legal world? These Xingquan lawyers are known as unbeatable, they rarely lose a case, and they’re very expensive. A small company generally can’t afford them!"

The balding middle-aged man paused: "Director, do you mean?"

The director said: "There might be someone powerful behind this Wenyue Company, it’s not that simple. Regarding Ning Xiaoyue, I know a bit about it, her refutation announcements are now all over the internet, obviously, a lot of money was spent; I don’t believe a small failing company could manage such a public relations effort!"

The balding middle-aged man then began to panic, cold sweat appeared on his forehead: "Director, does Wenyue Company really have a strong background, if that’s true, what should we do?"

The director chuckled: "Expecting us to apologize on the front page is impossible. Our paper, since its founding, has never done such a disgraceful thing! Although Wenyue Company might have a background, it’s still speculation, maybe they’re just bluffing, not that formidable; let’s just ignore it."

The director finished speaking, casually tossed the legal notice, turned around, and walked away with his hands behind his back.

The balding middle-aged man laughed: "Even the director says so, it seems there’s no problem; that small lousy company still wants an apology, they’re dreaming!"

The crowd laughed boisterously.

"This Wenyue Company is a joke!"

"There’s no way our esteemed Yun City Daily would apologize!"

"They’re definitely dreaming too much!"

At this moment.

Outside the newsroom, in a car parked by the roadside, Attorney Li was on a call with Lin Fan.

"Mr. Lin, I have delivered the legal notice to the Yun City Daily as you instructed," Attorney Li said.

Lin Fan said: "What was their reaction?"

Attorney Li said: "Their attitude was arrogant. In my view, they probably won’t apologize."

Lin Fan replied: "I understand. Thank you for your hard work."

Attorney Li quickly said: "It was no trouble. It’s my honor to work for Mr. Lin."

On the other end.

Lin Fan hung up the phone, his face turned cold.

He doesn’t like to go hardline all at once, so sending the legal notice to the Yun City Daily was a gesture of courtesy.

Unfortunately, the Yun City Daily did not accept this gesture.

Then he had no choice.

Lin Fan immediately picked up his phone and made a call.

The next day.

The new issue of the Yun City Daily was released.

The front page headline did not contain an apology to Ning Xiaoyue!

This newspaper completely ignored yesterday’s legal notice, arrogantly refusing to apologize to a young girl they’ve harmed.

Not only did they refuse to apologize, but they also published another negative article about Ning Xiaoyue in the entertainment headline: Ning Xiaoyue is riddled with scandals, the company’s emergency PR couldn’t cleanse her, netizens call for her withdrawal!

The tone throughout the report was snide and sarcastic, vilifying Ning Xiaoyue extensively.

And the main author of this article was Sun Duhua, the entertainment section editor of the Yun City Daily.

This article was practically a blatant provocation against Lin Fan.

As soon as the report came out, it again caused a vile impact online.

Netizens were all abuzz.

"Yun City Daily is really bold!"

"Yun City Daily is absolutely amazing!"

"Looks like Yun City Daily is going to take on Ning Xiaoyue to the end! Ning Xiaoyue can’t shake off the accusations!"

At the Yun City Daily office.

The director sat in the office, picked up today’s newspaper to have a look, and as the director, reading the newspaper of his office was a habit he had developed over the years.

But when the director turned to the entertainment section and saw the headline report on Ning Xiaoyue.

The director frowned, Sun Duhua’s actions seemed to be a bit excessive. This was a provocation against the person behind Wenyue Company.

However, the director reconsidered, regardless of whether Wenyue Company had someone powerful behind it or not, even if it did, what could they do to his Yun City Daily?

It’s known that Yun City Daily, as a local newspaper, has local policy backing, essentially untouchable.

Although traditional print media has been declining in recent years due to the development of online media, with many print media unable to sustain themselves and numerous shutdowns.

Yet Yun City Daily remained standing, of course, Yun City Daily also felt the impact of the internet, with its sales plummeting long ago, the only reason it survived was due to capital support.

And the capital backing Yun City Daily also had local ties, ensuring no mishaps would occur.

So the director was fully confident that no one could touch Yun City Daily.

As long as the capital behind them was safe, then even if the person behind Wenyue Company was powerful, the most they would do is sue Yun City Daily, and it’s not that easy to succeed on charges of defamation.

So, even if Yun City Daily recklessly vilified Ning Xiaoyue, there was no need for concern at all.

Wenyue Company’s threat to Yun City Daily only made them fixate on Ning Xiaoyue more, and in the future, the vilification of Ning Xiaoyue would continue, with no chance of saying nice things.

With that in mind, the director put down the newspaper, stood up, and confidently prepared to go to the teahouse for breakfast.

Just then, a phone call came in.

The director answered the phone, his expression suddenly changed.

"What? Withdrawal of investment?" the director said in shock.

This call was from the capital behind Yun City Daily, and right away, they announced their intention to withdraw investment!

How could this be?

What happened?

The director’s face turned pale, realizing he might have provoked someone formidable, who exactly could that be?