Campus Cultivation Master
Chapter 631 - 0633: Battle for the Headlines [Part 2]

Chapter 631: Chapter 0633: Battle for the Headlines [Part 2]

A busy day had passed, and when the sun rose once more.

Qi Zhi looked at the newspapers and computer screen in front of him, with veins bulging on his forehead. Qi Zhi angrily swept all the newspapers and computer onto the floor.

"Is this what you wanted me to see? Is this the sensation you spoke of?" Qi Zhi truly felt an urge to kill.

As a permanent member of the Huaxia Family Committee, the Qi Family was one of the most powerful families in Huaxia. Wherever they went, they were the center of attention in all of Huaxia.

But now, there was not a single report about the Qi Family in the newspapers or online.

The media of East River and even Songjiang all reported only one headline. One was about Zhuang Xinyan’s scandalous boyfriend; the other was about the I.L. global tour.

And as for the Blue Sea Group, spearheaded by the Qi Family, it was relegated to the most obscure corner, mentioned in merely a few sparse lines.

What was this, even obituaries had more coverage, didn’t they?

Had the Qi Family fallen to such a state? To such a low point where they were even less than an obituary?

There are many types of shame, and this silent type is one of them. Moreover, it is extremely shameful because only a handful of people outside know about it.

But this type of shame was visible to everyone in the country.

Qi Zhi could even imagine how the other families in Yanjing would laugh at the Qi Family after seeing a report that was less significant than an obituary.

And he, Qi Zhi, because of this failure, would be ridiculed and looked down upon even more by his own family members.

Bai Jiahang’s complexion was also grim. He had calculated countless possibilities, but had not anticipated that Chu Feng would pull this move on him. This move was too unexpected, Bai Jiahang was completely unprepared.

Bai Jiahang had envisioned Chu Feng taking action on the road, had expected an altercation in the building...

He had thought of many scenarios, but he had not considered this one.

This was a gentle cut, a struggle for the headlines.

There are many types of unfavorable revelations, but this kind was the gentlest and the most easily overlooked.

Of course, it wasn’t truly overlooked; it’s just that they had been surrounded by the spotlight for so long that they believed the media ought to naturally report on them.

But reality harshly slapped their faces.

"Young Master Qi, indeed, this is my oversight." Now that it had happened, explanations were evidently weak. Taking responsibility was the key.

Hearing Bai Jiahang take initiative and assume responsibility, Qi Zhi’s expression softened slightly as he said, "This incident can’t be entirely blamed on you, I too share responsibility. Nonetheless, we have already entered East River. If we work hard from now on, we should still be able to recover the situation."

Bai Jiahang said, "Young Master Qi, I will do my best."

...

In Cui Jingyan’s office, Chu Feng looked at the overwhelming coverage and also felt emotional, "So this is what it feels like to be on the front page."

Then Chu Feng angrily pointed at the reports, "Which newspaper wrote this, ’What a toad lusting after a swan’s flesh’? What is this ’struck by **** luck’? What does ’clinging to strong thighs’ mean? What’s this about ’The Frog Prince and the Prince’s Story’? Am I really that despicable? On what basis? On what basis?"

The coverage was indeed as they had expected, it came flooding in. But, but, why wasn’t there a single one that portrayed Chu Feng in a positive light?

No matter how one looked at it, it seemed as if Chu Feng was the toad that ate swan meat, no matter how one looked, Chu Feng was the Cinderella.

Chu Feng looked at the beaming Zhuang Xinyan and said, "You’re still smiling? How can you smile at a time like this? Shouldn’t you have bought out this newspaper by now? Look at what they wrote—they say I’ve stepped on dog’s luck and walked on fortune. If they mentioned stepping on luck, does that mean you’re the ’luck’ I stepped on?"

Upon hearing Chu Feng’s words, Zhuang Xinyan’s pretty face immediately darkened, and she said, "Believe it or not, I can make Rongrong refuse to deal with you for the rest of your life."

Chu Feng replied, "Rongrong is my Rongrong, how could she possibly ignore me for a lifetime?"

An Rongrong pushed Chu Feng away, laughing giggly, "Cut it out. I knew Sister Xinyan first."

Chu Feng said, "You little traitor, do you feel good about that? And you’ve forgotten that your grandfather has taken quite a liking to me as his grandson-in-law, haven’t you?"

An Rongrong snorted, "In the end, Grandpa will still listen to me. Besides, Grandpa hasn’t even acknowledged you; you’re still on probation."

Just then, Fan Xiaoxiao and Fang Ting pushed the door open from outside and asked, "Boss, did we do a good job?"

Fan Xiaoxiao, completely indifferent to whoever was present, settled herself down next to Chu Feng with her usual manner.

But everyone knew Fan Xiaoxiao’s childlike nature wasn’t taken seriously by anyone.

Chu Feng replied, "You did an amazing job."

Cui Jingyan asked, "Shouldn’t we launch our Holy Stele project as our next step?"

Zhuang Xinyan said, "Now is the best time. Since we have already suppressed them, let’s not give them a chance to rise again."

With such a group of shrewd and competent women around, Chu Feng seemed somewhat redundant.

Of course, Chu Feng wasn’t that redundant; at least with him around, their safety was fully guaranteed.

As the president of the Fengjing Group, it was natural for Cui Jingyan to announce the decision for the new project.

That very afternoon, Cui Jingyan called the first press conference since the establishment of Fengjing Group.

She announced the new project division of Fengjing Group and shared some key points of the Holy Stele Plan with the whole world.

As one could imagine, a technology that could change the world was bound to cause a huge sensation.

Almost immediately upon the release, not just television, but the whole world was shaken.

Countless eyes turned towards East River, as everyone wanted to know if the Holy Stele Plan was real or not.

"Sure enough, he held the core, and indeed the core was still in his hands. I underestimated him," murmured a man watching Cui Jingyan on TV from within a lavish yet secluded mansion in Yanjing.

As the world buzzed with the news, before the press conference was even finished, the secretary’s office at Fengjing Group was overwhelmed with calls. Everyone had the same purpose: to seek cooperation or to become a distributor.

However, Cui Jingyan’s statement soon shattered such hopes.

Because there was only one technology partner for the Fengjing Group, which was the An Family, and only one primary distributor, which was the Zhuang Family.

As for secondary distributors, there was only one for the time being, and that was Jin Yu’s Jin Family.

This news undoubtedly set everyone’s nerves on edge in East River.

What did this imply? It meant that they either chose to cooperate, or they could only watch as they were left further and further behind.

Especially at Jin Yu’s end, almost everyone was stepping over each other to get through the door. Those who had left the Jin Family were now all pleading with Jin Yu, hoping the Jin Family would continue to cooperate.