Chapter 1346: Shooting Himself in the Foot
Wen Xinya had returned to the Wen Family home for six years and had since built a wide network of connections for herself. Thanks to Ling Qingxuan, she knew plenty of media personnel and hence, the media reports were proceeding according to her plan and arrangements.
The media was best at making issues out of rumors. After suspecting that the matter was not purely an accident, they began secretly checking up on the rundown of the jewelry exhibition organized by Soaring Public Relations company, as well as the arrangements made by the hotel. At last, they concluded that it would be impossible for the incident to have happened because of a mistake made by the staff of Soaring Public Relations company or the hotel.
After eliminating the main factor, everyone began to suspect that there was something more to the matter.
At the same time, the news of Ning Shuqian sowing discord between Old Mr. Wen and Wen Haowen was reported by the media. They even described the conflict between Wen Haowen and Wen Xinya in detail.
They even mentioned Ning Shuqian’s name over and over again in their descriptions about the various incidents that proved the conflict between Wen Xinya and Wen Haowen. They also reported about the feud between Wen Xinya and Ning Shuqian.
Of course, they also included the fact that there were conflicting interests between Wen Haowen and Wen Xinya. They even pointed out the reason behind Old Mr. Wen’s insistence on reuniting with his granddaughter. However, they ignored the fact that Wen Haowen was supposedly the next successor in line and highlighted Old Mr. Wen’s intentions to make Wen Xinya the successor!
They then linked it to the purpose of the Wen Corporation’s jewelry design exhibition. The matter indirectly became another incident that proved the feud between Wen Haowen and Wen Xinya.
Ning Shuqian and Wen Haowen became the suspects.
Ever since Wen Haowen took charge of the entertainment city project, he became more and more haughty and arrogant. Hence, the reports were rather convincing.
The media was extremely sly as well. Instead of directly stating that Wen Haowen and Ning Shuqian had something to do with the incident, they only continuously dropped hints about it.
Hence, when Wen Haowen and Ning Shuqian saw the news reports on the newspapers and tabloids, they were flabbergasted.
“How could that be? Why would the media report about such stuff?” It was Wen Haowen’s first time doing such an illegal act. Although he did not succeed, his failure was also the reason why he felt fl.u.s.tered.
“It must be that b.i.t.c.h, Wen Xinya.” Ning Shuqian was much less fl.u.s.tered than him. After all, she resented Wen Xinya greatly and felt that she wouldn’t be implicated because she had Wen Haowen to support her.
However, even then, Ning Shuqian was not in the least bit happy at all. She was initially planning to make use of the chandelier incident to create more controversial news and stop Wen Xinya from launching her own brand and implementing the heirloom sales strategy. She did not expect that Wen Xinya would beat them at their own game and even get them implicated.
If she did not stop the news from spiraling out of control, they would be terrifyingly threatening towards her and Wen Haowen. If Wen Haowen’s reputation were to get ruined and end up implicating the Wen Corporation, he might even lose his position in the Wen Corporation.
Wen Haowen asked anxiously, “If it really is Wen Xinya, she must have found out that we were the ones who arranged the chandelier incident. What should we do now?”
Even a monster would not hurt its own children. Now that the news of Wen Haowen harming his own daughter was exposed, he would no longer be able to secure a footing in the upper-cla.s.s society. What would the Wen Corporation think of him? How was he supposed to face everyone?
Wen Haowen was well aware that his life would be over once everyone thought that he was the one who harmed his own flesh and blood. Even the shareholders wouldn’t let him off. Hence, he would no longer succeed the Wen Corporation.
He would be left with nothing.
The more he thought about it, the more terrified he felt. A cold chill was sent down his spine and he s.h.i.+vered uncontrollably from head to toe. “The entertainment city project is coming to an end soon and the Wen Corporation is going to become mine. I can’t let things go awry at this point. What should we do now…”
Incredibly annoyed by Wen Haowen’s cowardice, Ning Shuqian said with a look of disdain, “What are you getting so fl.u.s.tered for? Even if Wen Xinya knows that you were the one who planned the chandelier incident, what can she do without any evidence? If the media has evidence to prove that you were the one who did this, they wouldn’t have just reported about it subtly and hinting that you were related to it.”
It was negligence on her part this time. She thought, I was too careless to have let that b.i.t.c.h Wen Xinya catch evidence about me. However, that’ all she can do.
Gradually getting a grip on himself after hearing Ning Shuqian’s words, Wen Haowen said, “That may be the case, but we need to find a way to stop this news from spreading. Otherwise, it’d be hard for us to defend ourselves.”
Although the reporters did not directly name names or point out that they were the ones who planned the incident, Wen Haowen felt extremely helpless because they were implying that he had something to do with it. If he were to step forth and clarify matters, everyone would just think that he had a guilty conscience.
However, if he did not stop it, that news would definitely plant ideas in everyone’s mind. By then, everyone would be convinced that it was true and his reputation would be ruined.
Ning Shuqian gritted her teeth angrily and said, “Inform the media to stop reporting about the chandelier incident and place the focus on Mo Yunyao’s masterpieces instead.”
As long as everyone s.h.i.+fted their attention away from the chandelier incident, the matter would come to a halt.
After a painstaking scheme, they only ended up shooting themselves in the foot. She even had to resort to promoting Wen Xinya and Mo Yunyao. The thought of it made her feel disgusted.
Wen Haowen said with a sullen expression, “This may be an effective solution, but I doubt we can stop it from spiraling out of control entirely. After all, Mo Yunyao’s masterpieces were well known and there will no longer be a sense of novelty even if they were to report about it again. No one will bother paying attention to it because they’ll be more interested in the power struggle in the Wen Family.”
Everyone was more interested in juicy gossip.
Having thought about it too, Ning Shuqian said with a sullen expression, “In that case, we’ll use our actions to stop the news from continuing to spread around. It seems the sales strategy must be implemented for sure. Help the old man push for the strategy. The media won’t be able to say anything afterward.”
Since the world and the media were paying close attention to the heirloom sales strategy, everyone would definitely be distracted from the chandelier incident. By helping and supporting Old Mr. Wen, he would be able to salvage his reputation.