APTnovel Chapter 1106 1082: By “Capable,” Do You Mean in Bed or Out of Bed?
Chapter 1106 1082: By “Capable,” Do You Mean in Bed or Out of Bed?
Song Hongbo is a lifestyle journalist for the Yanjing Evening News. Today is his day off, so he is accompanying his girlfriend for shopping at the mall.
His girlfriend went to the nail salon upstairs to get her nails done, while he sat downstairs in the cold drink shop and ordered a glass of lemonade to pass the time.
The cold drink shop is right across the service desk, and he happened to witness the whole course of events.
When the elderly woman started arguing with the service desk staff, he keenly raised his camera and took several photos. When the elderly woman suddenly fell unconscious, hitting her forehead on the edge of the service desk, causing a bloody wound, he timely captured this precious shot.
After Mrs. Liu was taken to the hospital and received timely rescue, she woke up, but due to her age and severe head impact, she has become somewhat senile.
A junior manager from Lefujia brought a basket of fruits over to visit her and then hurriedly bade farewell and left.
Because hospital examination results showed the elderly woman fainted due to hypertensive heart disease, and she has a decades-long history of heart disease—thus, the business doesn't even need to pay medical expenses, much less discuss compensation.
The elderly woman's son and daughter were angered by such treatment and immediately went to the public security bureau to report it. However, the bureau declined to file a case, saying the business was not at fault, and the main responsibility lay with the elderly woman.
Moreover, a policeman disdainfully scolded them, saying, "If sick people faint in malls require shops to be penalized and compensate, then malls worldwide would shut down, as daily income wouldn't even cover the medical expenses of those who feign extortion."
It must be said that some people are remarkably capable of finding various excuses to justify the wrongdoing done by their masters.
Mrs. Liu's son and daughter were nearly overwhelmed with anger, their mother was injured, yet this policeman labeled them as "rogues extorting malls."
But with the public security bureau not filing a case, what recourse do they have?
File a lawsuit?
It requires money to hire a lawyer, time to gather evidence, and if you don't have connections in the court, the outcome might be the same as now.
Can small families like theirs afford it?
Endure!
That's the only thing they can do.
But, because of an article, this matter suddenly escalated into a global major event.
That night, the Yanjing Evening News, which has always taken the principle of calling out for the people's hardships as its reporting standard and holds considerable standing and authority among the common people and intellectuals, published such an article: "Seventy-Year-Old Woman Defrauded While Shopping at Lefujia, Sudden Heart Attack Left Her a Vegetative State."
This article, authored by Song Hongbo, not only detailed the price deceit encountered by the elderly woman while buying chicken thighs, but also accompanied a photo of her full of blood, and disclosed Lefujia Mall's handling measures at the end of the article:
"As of the time the reporter issued the article, except for a manager from the Human Resources Department visiting the elderly woman at the hospital, no senior staff has gone over. Additionally, apart from a basket of fruits, Lefujia Mall has not provided any form of compensation."
The story sparked widespread attention and immense outrage among Yanjing's citizens once reported.
Countless people called the newspaper to inquire about the situation, some went to Lefujia Mall to seek the truth, while others reposted it on portal websites and Weibo.
Taking the largest Diya Community in Huaxia Country as an example, within an hour, clicks exceeded one million, and replies surpassed ten thousand. It reached an astonishing number.
Moreover, the reposts on Weibo achieved spectacular results. This news was posted by an ordinary netizen, and soon the repost count exceeded thousands. When a 'V user' certified by Sina forwarded it, the repost count began increasing by tens of thousands.
Quickly, the "Elderly Woman Fraud Incident" became the top trending topic on Sina Weibo that day.
Other newspapers and media saw the popularity of this matter and rushed to report and follow up.
In an instant, Lefujia Commercial Chain Group became the rat crossing the street, everyone shouting to beat it.
People even spontaneously organized and shouted the slogan 'Boycott shopping at Lefujia, make immoral malls go out of business.'
...
Business struggles are just that brutal.
Lefujia is one of the pillar industries of the Liou Family, with annual profits reaching billions.
Liou Rumei looked at the news on her phone and chuckled, "Although the chain industry isn't the most profitable industry for the Liou Family, it's always exposed to the public eye, making it the perfect target to attack."
Ren Feng then asked, "What's the deal with Mrs. Liu?"
"I knew you'd be concerned about this." Liou Rumei giggled on the phone and said, "Our people only bribed the journalist, the customer service personnel and the elderly woman were an unexpected incident—I know every mall's service desk is most prone to mishaps, so we arranged for a journalist to stand by there. Sure enough, not even a day passed before an incident occurred."
This situation was indeed orchestrated by Liou Rumei. To deal with the Liou Family, she even secretly organized a core think tank team formed by multiple parties.
The Liou Family's industry layout follows a path of rare but refined routes, apart from the retail industry, real estate, petrochemical industry, and a transport group that can radiate south, other industries belong to short-term investment stages.
The shares in real estate and petrochemical sectors are rather complex. While entirely controlled by the Liou Family, they are hidden quite deeply. Due to the sensitivity of the industry, outsiders hardly find opportunities and aren't easily able to act.
Retail is different, as it is closely related to people's lives. As long as an accident occurs, everyone draws their attention to it.
After discussion, they decided to use this as a leverage point, intending to capsize the commercial giant of the Liou Family.
Liou Rumei didn't do much, she just had people bribe three journalists, then had those journalists look for negative news about Lefujia, and if negative news was found, there would be a reward of twenty thousand in cash.
Song Hongbo was among them. He targeted the service desk used to address customer complaints and suggestions for packing receipts, and was the first to win the mysterious person's prize of twenty thousand dollars.
Upon hearing Liou Rumei's explanation, Ren Feng nodded and smiled, "That's good."
"Don't worry. I know your character, little brother, how dare I do things against my conscience? I'm still afraid you might not want me anymore." Liou Rumei laughed.
"You're so capable, how could I bear to let you go?" Ren Feng embraced Liou Rumei.
"Are you talking about capable in bed or out of bed?" Liou Rumei looked at Ren Feng with charm.
Ren Feng: "..."
Seeing Ren Feng at a loss, Liou Rumei began laughing recklessly on his leg.
Ren Feng also started laughing.