Chapter 494: Ordinary is the biggest mistake
After hearing what Lu Yiming said, Shi Qingxue immediately understood: "You mean, someone is behind this?"
Lu Yiming, who had long suspected something in his heart, explained to Shi Qingxue at this moment: "Yes. At that time, I could see that Zhao Jianhua was just an ordinary person at the bottom of society, stupid, ignorant, and timid. With his character, I didn't give him a penny, and he would never dare to say anything, let alone sue me."
"As for Wu Xian, he seems tougher than Zhao Jianhua, but he is also a coward. He is greedy but lacks the ability. In general, he is the same kind of person as Zhao Jianhua. I don't believe that he sued me just to get some money from me."
"The key is that they have no money. In this day and age, if you have no money, you still want to get benefits from the government? Just the litigation fees and the like are enough to make them drink a pot."
After listening to Shi Qingxue's analysis, Shi Qingxue became even more confused: "According to what you said, the two of them don't have money and dare not sue you, so where did the current lawsuit come from?"
Lu Yiming also had no idea about this: "I'm wondering the same thing. Forget it, let's go eat first and then go back to school. I want to see what tricks these people can play on me."
Lu Yiming actually didn't take the lawsuit filed by Zhao Jianhua and Wu Xian too seriously.
Because he knew that these two people were actually small fish and shrimps, and it would be a complete waste of emotion to put any effort on them, so he was not in a hurry at all, but chose to wait quietly for the big fish behind the other party to take the bait.
The next day, news about Lu Yiming being prosecuted suddenly increased, and all kinds of newspapers and news media broke out at the same time. These reports all pointed out that after Lu Yiming bought the luxury house, he colluded with officials and businessmen to forcefully evict the poor households living in Yan's Garden.
For a time, rumors about Lu Yiming being "rich but unkind" were rampant.
At this moment, Lu Yiming was certain that there was indeed someone secretly directing Wu Xian and Zhao Jianhua.
Because, with just the two of them, there is no chance for them to contact these media, let alone create such a big momentum in just a few days.
You have to know that there are so many people filing lawsuits every day. How could their lawsuit, which is just two people from the bottom of society, attract so much media attention?
Moreover, the copywriting of these media is similar, and it can be basically confirmed that they are from the same team. The caliber is surprisingly consistent, which makes people even more suspicious.
The incident escalated quickly. Not long after, Guo Guangchang called Lu Yiming and asked with concern: "Junior brother, I heard that you were sued?"
Lu Yiming was not shy about it and even had the mood to complain to Guo Guangchang: "Yes, more than a dozen media magazines published reports at the same time, making me seem like an unforgivable criminal."
As a veteran, Guo Guangchang was used to the ups and downs, and immediately warned in a deep voice: "I think there is something fishy going on here, you have to be careful."
After all, he is a businessman who started from scratch and has been working in society for so many years. What has Guo Guangchang not seen?
Like Lu Yiming, after understanding the ins and outs of the matter, he immediately made a decision and was certain that someone was manipulating public opinion behind the scenes.
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "I think so too."
After all, they were alumni, so Guo Guangchang also wanted to build a good relationship with Lu Yiming, so he immediately reminded him a few words: "Maybe it's your business rival? Or your enemy? Have you offended anyone?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Yiming refuted with a righteous look on his face: "I have always been kind to others and never offended others, but those who have offended me can be sent to Chongming Island."
Guo Guangchang: “…”
"Good man, why do you sound quite proud?"
Lu Yiming laughed loudly: "If you are not envied by others, you are a mediocre person. I have reached such a high level, it is normal for someone to be jealous of me, right?"
"What you said makes a lot of sense. I'm speechless."
After some jokes, Guo Guangchang said seriously: "You seem to be very calm. Do you have a way to deal with it?"
Lu Yiming said very straightforwardly: "No. I don't even know who is messing with me, what should I do?"
"hiss……"
Guo Guangchang shook his head and laughed: "When I went out for tea this morning, I heard a lot of people talking about you, saying that you didn't even let the poor go, which was despicable. Now, your reputation, Junior Brother Lu, is getting worse and worse in the eyes of ordinary people. This is not a good sign."
Lu Yiming also knew this, because there were dozens of newspapers in front of him, all of which contained negative news about him.
Next to the newspaper, there was a small notebook where Lu Yiming wrote down the name of the newspaper, the name of the report, the author of the article and the editor-in-charge, stroke by stroke.
Hold a grudge!
"Let them make some noise first. Let them make it more lively. I want them to kneel on the ground one by one and sing "Conquer" for me."
Although Lu Yiming did not take any action in the past few days, he had already been thinking about how to retaliate against these people.
It is God's business to forgive them. Lu Yiming is a good person and decides to send them to see God.
Guo Guangchang said: "Since Mr. Lu has made the decision, I will look forward to it. If you need anything, Mr. Lu can call me at any time and I will provide all the support I can."
Although Lu Yiming didn't think that this matter required much effort, after all, this was also Guo Guangchang's good intention, so he said: "Thank you for your kindness, senior. If I need your help, I will definitely bother you when the time comes."
"Haha, you're welcome anytime."
Not long after Guo Guangchang hung up the phone, many people called to express their concern about Lu Yiming's situation, even the principal Wang Hongsheng was no exception.
After all, Lu Yiming is now a student at Fu Ri University, and the school has always promoted Lu Yiming as a positive role model. If such a thing really happened, not only would Lu Yiming's reputation be ruined, but Fu Ri University would also be implicated.
As more and more people joined in, the incident became a hot topic in Zhonghai, and Lu Yiming also received a subpoena from the court.
Lu Yiming called Li Qiu and asked him to come to Zhonghai and told him what happened.
Li Qiu was very surprised after hearing this.
"Is there such a stupid operation? They will definitely lose this lawsuit."
Obviously, from a professional point of view, this lawsuit is basically just a formality. As long as Lu Yiming produces proof of property rights, it will be ironclad evidence. No matter how much you talk, it will be useless, because from a legal point of view, there is no suspense in the lawsuit.
Li Qiu felt that Lu Yiming calling him over was simply an overkill.
Lu Yiming handed him a notebook and said, "Do you need to fight this lawsuit? I don't even need to say a word. If they dare to rule against me, they will be investigated for bribery. I asked you to come here so that you can sue these people and beat them to death."
Li Qiu opened his notebook and looked at the three full pages of lists. He suddenly felt his scalp tingling: "Are you going to make an enemy of the whole world?"
Lu Yiming said: "These are the journalists and media that wrote reports to smear me. Just sue me according to the list of journalists. Treat them all with the strictest method. If you don't have enough manpower, just call your subordinates. Don't worry about other things. It doesn't matter how much money you spend. I will not accept reconciliation or private settlement."
Although Lu Yiming spoke in a calm tone, Li Qiu knew very well that Lu Yiming had made up his mind.
He couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for these reporters.
Why do you have to pick on the richest man when you can pick on anyone else? Do you have time to spare?
In public opinion, everyone is waiting for the richest man's counterattack.
Obviously, no matter whether it is true or false, even if it is true, Lu Yiming would not admit defeat. This is human nature.
Everyone finally waited for Lu Yiming's counterattack, but it was not directed at Zhao Jianhua and Wu Xian. Instead, Lu Yiming sued those reporters for spreading rumors.
When this incident was published in the newspaper, everyone was stunned by the long list of names listed as defendants.
Wow, one plaintiff and a bunch of defendants?
He is indeed the richest man. When rich people fart, it’s extraordinary.
The reporters and writers on the list were suddenly panicked.
People outside may not understand, but don't they know it themselves? Who didn't take money to discredit Lu Yiming?
Even the manuscript was the official one.
Of course, the newspaper was mainly responsible for this matter. After all, the other party must have contacted the newspaper and paid the newspaper. Otherwise, these articles would not have been published without the newspaper's approval. Logically speaking, Lu Yiming should sue the newspaper for spreading rumors.
But the subtlety of the matter lies in the fact that Lu Yiming did not sue any newspaper by name. All the defendants were reporters and writers. Even the editors of the newspaper were not involved.
At first glance, it seems that this matter has nothing to do with the newspaper.
Under such circumstances, any newspaper that dares to speak up for the writers would be jumping into a pit.
If Lu Yiming sued the newspapers, with so many newspapers united, even if Lu Yiming was right, he might not get anything good. After all, the pen is as sharp as a knife. Even if these newspapers lose this time, they will become enemies in the future and publish negative news about Lu Yiming all day long. What should he do?
However, all the people Lu Yi had informed were contributors, some of whom were from the newspapers themselves, and some of whom were accepted as submissions. Under such circumstances, these newspapers all tacitly chose to keep silent.
There is no need to talk about those external contributors, there is no involvement in the first place, even if it is the newspaper's own editor, we will just fire him when the time comes. These days, it is hard to find a pig with three legs, but there are reporters with two legs everywhere.
After seeking help from the newspaper and finding out that the newspaper had chosen to protect itself, those reporters were all panicked.
Let them face the richest man directly?
Isn't this fucking complete?
In the panic, many people chose to contact Lu Yiming, some even went to Fu Ri University to plead for mercy, and some even went to Zhen Xiang Fast Food to order lunch boxes, hoping to get in touch with Lu Yiming.
There are also smart ones who quickly wrote articles and published them in newspapers to admit that they had spread the rumors, and sang praises to Lu Yiming, hoping that Lu Yiming would show leniency.
Although this is shameful and unethical, it is better than being the defendant of the richest man.
As more and more apologies were published in newspapers, many people learned the truth and condemned the rumor-mongers. Lu Yiming's reputation recovered a lot.
However, Lu Yiming soon spread the word that he would hold the people who spread the rumors accountable to the end and would not accept any form of settlement.
As the saying goes, when a wall falls, everyone pushes it; when a broken drum is beaten, everyone lets others beat it. Lu Yiming was previously attacked so aggressively that many people, even if they supported Lu Yiming, would choose to protect themselves and would not take the initiative to attract criticism.
But now Lu Yiming has launched a counterattack, and those rumor mongers collapsed at the touch of a button. Many wealthy people who had been the victims of rumors and fraud have come out to tell their experiences of being slandered and expressed their firm support for Lu Yiming.
When Chen Li saw this scene, she contacted Lu Yiming again without saying a word and organized an exclusive interview with Lu Yiming to dig deep into how good the employee benefits of Lu Yiming's company are and how profitable its partners are.
As soon as the interview came out, countless wealthy people were drooling with envy and tried every means to contact Lu Yiming, hoping to cooperate with him.
With these three approaches, the voices that slandered Lu Yiming disappeared almost overnight.
In the mansion, Wei Dong looked at a pile of newspapers in front of him.
"how so?"
"How could this happen?"
"It hasn't even officially started the trial yet, and it's already turned out like this?"
The content of the newspapers, of course, was full of praise for Lu Yiming, and the writers he had bribed before also took to the newspapers to admit that they had spread the rumors and begged Lu Yiming to let them go.
There is no doubt that judging from the current situation, the plan to discredit Lu Yiming has completely failed.
Chen Jinxia sighed and said helplessly: "This Lu Yiming has a really tricky angle. If he sued the newspaper, the newspaper would definitely join forces to fight him for its own reputation, and it is still uncertain who will win or lose. But he directly attacked the rumor maker himself, and the newspaper chose to protect itself. Forget it, there is no need to fight this Lu Yiming. I know you are the best, isn't that enough?"
Under the Rixi River Bridge, there is a tent made of a dozen urea bags.
This is where Zhao Jianhua and Wu Xian live now.
It rained heavily last night and the river water rose rapidly. The platform where they set up their tent was only 30 centimeters away and the water could flood over at any time.
The platform was wet and muddy.
The two of them were blown by the wind all night last night and caught a cold in this cold winter.
"A-choo...it's so cold."
Zhao Jianhua was shivering all over and hugged himself tightly with his hands, trying to use this method to provide some body temperature.
Wu Xian said bitterly: "This is all Lu Yiming's fault. Although the Yan Family Garden is a little shabby, at least it won't be so cold to sleep in. The richer people are, the more heartless they are."
Zhao Jianhua sniffed hard to suck back all the snot, then said in a muffled voice: "Let's go to the clinic to treat our colds, otherwise we will die here."
Wu Xian glared at him and said, "Are you crazy because of the fever? I don't want to pay for the treatment? Do you think I look like someone who can afford it?"
Zhao Jianhua thought so too, so he sighed and said, "Oh, if only I had chosen to take Lu Yiming's 100,000 yuan like them. Even if I didn't buy a house, I wouldn't be left without money for medical treatment now."
Then he looked at Wu Xian and said, "It's all your fault. You are so greedy."
"Blame me?"
Wu Xian stood up at once, pointed at Zhao Jianhua's nose and cursed: "You are telling me now that you blame me? Didn't you agree when I told you about this? Did I force you to do it? In the end, you were greedy for the one million too? Now that you didn't get the money, you blame me instead."
At this point, Zhao Jianhua also became tough. He stood up shakily and retorted: "Didn't I believe your lies at the beginning? Otherwise, I would have left with the 100,000 yuan! 100,000 yuan, do you know what you can buy with 100,000 yuan? One yuan for a big meat bun, I could eat ten a day, and it would last for 30 years! Now, it's gone! You know it's gone? Give me back my meat bun!"
Zhao Jianhua, who hadn't eaten for two days, thought of the taste of the big meat buns and immediately swallowed his saliva frantically. Thinking that so many big meat buns were gone now, all because of Wu Xian, Zhao Jianhua's eyes turned red. He rushed forward and grabbed Wu Xian's neck.
Wu Xian didn't expect that Zhao Jianhua would actually start fighting. He refused to give in and yelled, "How dare you fight me? Are you tired of living? I helped you pick up the urea bags for setting up the tent, and you hit me. When we lived in Yan's Garden, didn't I borrow your rags from someone? You hit me, I'll kill you!"
The two men immediately started fighting each other.
The two hadn't eaten for a few days, and they had caught a cold from sleeping too much, so they were both weak and exhausted. In addition, the ground was slippery and muddy, so they fell to the ground in an instant.
However, both of them are now furious.
Zhao Jianhua felt that it was Wu Xian who caused him to lose 100,000 yuan, while Wu Xian believed that Zhao Jianhua was too weak and caused him to lose 1 million yuan. Both of them were angry.
Before they knew it, they had rolled to the edge of the platform.
A wave hit them, and the cool feeling made the two of them wake up instantly.
"ah."
"Come in now, damn it."
With life and death hanging in the balance, how could the two have time to fight?
However, half of the two people's bodies were already hanging in the air. If they moved a little, coupled with the slippery ground, they would lose their balance and fall directly into the surging river.
"save……"
“Gurgle…”
Although the two men were not landlubbers, they were now exhausted, had a cold, and were dizzy and weak. There was almost no room for them to struggle in the flood.
Soon, the flood waters rose and swept their tent away. All traces of their presence on the platform disappeared, as if they .
However, no one paid attention to what happened here, just as no one would care whether the weeds growing on the roadside were crushed by wheels.
