Now, not only does Second Young Master Chu hold great power in the pharmaceutical industry, but even the legal existence of blood banks in various hospitals is at his whim. Many hospital chairmen and bosses tried to contact Second Young Master Chu as soon as this blood transfusion service center was established on paper, hoping to cultivate a relationship with him.
"A-Yao, you're here?" Chu Shuheng had just stepped out of his office when he saw Song Tianyao walking in from outside.
Song Tianyao smiled and said to Chu Shuheng, the current head steward of Likang, "Brother Heng, I've come to see Mr. Chu."
"Mr. Chu just arrived. I noticed he looks rather grim; he might be about to lose his temper. Be careful," Chu Shuheng said, pointing to Chu Xiaoxin's office and reminding Song Tianyao.
Song Tianyao thanked Chu Shuheng, hesitated for a moment, then walked to the door of Chu Xiaoxin's office. He pressed his ear slightly against the door, and sure enough, he could hear Chu Xiaoxin making a phone call inside.
"The Spring Festival is almost here, do you want me to spend Spring Festival in anger? Tonight, gather some men and we'll burn that newspaper office down and set off fireworks! Damn you!"
Upon hearing this, Song Tianyao didn't bother to knock and pushed the door open, walking straight in. He addressed Chu Xiaoxin, who was behind his desk, cigar in mouth, newspaper in his left hand, and phone receiver in his right, as Chu Xiaoxin was furiously venting his anger on the other end of the line: "Mr. Chu, this isn't something you should be saying. What's so serious that it requires violence? Hong Kong is a place of law."
Chapter 258 Tang Wenbao's Invitation
Song Tianyao had known Chu Xiaoxin for so long, and he had rarely seen Chu Xiaoxin truly angry.
Chu Xiaoxin wasn't the type to get angry easily. Essentially, the Second Young Master Chu was a nice guy. Even when Chu Xiaozhong had mocked him at home, Chu Xiaoxin would at most just lower his head and remain silent. He might be furious inside, but he would never lose his temper. Even when Zhang Yuliang's scheme to smuggle deworming medicine through Likang's accounts was exposed by Song Tianyao, if Song Tianyao hadn't instigated it, Chu Xiaoxin would have just cursed a few times and let it go. Song Tianyao could be provoked by the Scribe Hui and even Huang Liu, but almost no one could provoke Chu Xiaoxin into a rage, swearing and even escalating to the point where he wanted to burn down the newspaper office.
Thinking of Huang Liu, Song Tianyao recalled how the scoundrel had tricked him before leaving, telling him that he had gone out and wreaked havoc for two consecutive nights. Song Tianyao was so frightened that he immediately called Yan Hung, but Yan Hung looked blank and said that apart from the deaths of his Scribe Tan and Heizai Jie, things had been calm in the underworld for the past two days. It was the master swindler Ning Zikun who told Song Tianyao that Huang Liu, apart from borrowing Song Tianyao's phone line to call back to Macau to bet on boxing matches, had not left the factory at all. He was eating, living and playing chess with Ning Zikun, and was so composed that he didn't seem like a young man at all.
The Huang Liu described by Ning Zikun and the Huang Liu he saw himself left Song Tianyao unsure which was the real Huang Liu. Song Tianyao wanted to ask Huang Liu again if he ever had the chance: if he could sit calmly in the factory playing chess for two whole days, why did he impulsively go out and kill someone in the middle of the night? Was he mentally unstable, or had he gone out before? Ning Zikun, however, didn't know that he had secretly done something that excited him.
Hearing the anger and murderous intent in Second Young Master Chu's voice from outside the door, Song Tianyao hurriedly pushed open the door to stop Second Young Master Chu from continuing his threats when he said he wanted to burn down the newspaper office. Now Second Young Master Chu was no longer a spoiled brat, but Justice of the Peace. Even if he wanted to do something shady, it was no longer appropriate for him to give the order personally.
Seeing Song Tianyao enter from outside and speak, Chu Xiaoxin said with a grim face into the phone, "Wait for me to call you back. Don't do anything."
After hanging up the phone, Chu Xiaoxin slammed the newspaper he was holding onto his desk and angrily yelled at Song Tianyao, "Last night Peiying specifically asked Ah Fu to drive to her place to pick up this newspaper and bring it back to me."
Song Tianyao picked up the newspaper and glanced at the masthead. It was a tabloid called "Voice of Entertainment." The printing was rather rough. There were at least eight or ten tabloids like this in Hong Kong, including "Stage Star Daily," "Happy," "Entertainment True Column," and "Joyful Entertainment." If regular newspapers were like famous restaurants, these tabloids were like street food stalls. Their content wasn't as serious as the political news in the major newspapers; it mostly covered local social events in Hong Kong, such as a female movie star coming to Hong Kong from Taiwan, or a famous dancer being given a hundred roses. There were also some whimsical and bizarre love stories between men and women. The main customers of these newspapers were literate women with more leisure time, providing them with entertainment and a laugh. So, they would often deliberately write about even small things in a convoluted and sentimental way, leaving readers with a sense of melancholy after reading.
In Song Tianyao's eyes, this kind of newspaper was like the popular "Zhiyin" magazine in his previous life. The truth was not important; what mattered was that it had to be moving or legendary enough to attract readers to pay for it again.
Turning to page two of the newspaper, a story made Song Tianyao laugh. No wonder Second Young Master Chu was so angry. Although the names of the characters in this article were all pseudonyms, anyone with a discerning eye could easily connect them to real people. It was a bizarre love story told from the perspective of Chen Judy. It started with a melodramatic tale of a rich playboy and a famous Songstress falling in love at first sight in a nightclub. After that, the rich playboy was ostracized by his family, not valued, and accomplished nothing, spending his days drowning his sorrows in alcohol. The Songstress, though fallen into prostitution, was intelligent and helped the rich playboy plan and achieve success. She also encouraged him to do more good deeds. With the Songstress's companionship, the rich playboy eventually became a young talent and Philanthropist, receiving medals and awards and becoming Hong Kong in Hong Kong. However, because of an arranged marriage with a wealthy family, he resolutely broke up with the Songstress. The rich playboy smiled with his new love, while the Songstress was left alone, gazing at the mirror in sorrow, lamenting how deeply love could wound.
The text not only portrays Chen Judy as a woman of unparalleled beauty, but also depicts her as a female Second Young Master Chu's Second Young Master Chu status is entirely due to her, as a woman, plotting and scheming behind the scenes.
Moreover, the final lines subtly criticize Second Young Master Chu for being a heartless man, and portray Lu Peiying as a spoiled and shrewish young lady who cannot tolerate Second Young Master Chu other women.
No wonder Lu Peiying was angry when she saw it. Song Tianyao had met Lu Peiying a few times. Although she was born out of wedlock in the Lu Family, she definitely had the temperament of a lady from a prominent family. Her words, actions, and demeanor were all impeccable. She was completely different from the person described in the newspaper.