110: What about your power of 10 billion with one punch?

On the other side, a business van was speeding from Tianjin toward the capital.

Inside the vehicle, the expressions on Lin Qian and Qiu Wanjun's faces were extremely grim.

Lin Qian had just received a call, and after listening, his expression became even uglier.

"The boss has called for a lawyer from Dream Time."

Qiu Wanjun turned his head to look at Lin Qian.

Lin Qian saw the confusion on his face.

"The boss should have called for a lawyer from Golden Culture. This move indicates that the boss is already dissatisfied with Golden Culture and does not trust our capabilities."

"Should we perhaps reach out to Secretary Zhang? We could suppress the public opinion first, and I'll go find Albert Yeung, make him apologize, and get the news pulled." Qiu Wanjun didn't know what to do anymore; he was acting like a sick man grasping at straws, wanting to forcefully suppress the news.

Lin Qian looked at Qiu Wanjun as if he were an idiot. If you're so capable, why didn't you use it last night?

By noon, the two of them walked into Golden Culture.

Wang Cheng looked dejected. In his original plan, he had a response for the public opinion: paying some media outlets to speak up for them, and using some resources he had previously traded to get people in the circle to speak out.

Now, one step behind meant every step was behind; the public opinion had formed, and the truth was no longer important.

Unlike the public opinion during the incident with a company, where the spearhead was pointed at Golden Culture and the impact of the public opinion didn't matter as much, this time the center of the public opinion was the boss.

Ding Yan had been operating to the limit, but the momentum of public opinion had formed. With the fueling from a large number of Hong Kong Artists, the trend of public opinion was already irreversible.

In the mainland circle, only a few people who had collaborated with or had excellent relationships with Li Xiuwu, such as Zhou Xiaowen, Liu Yifei, Shu Chang, Yang Xue, and Teacher Zhang, spoke up for him.

Other actors remained silent and watched.

The influence of artists was incomparable to that of ordinary people. Even if media outlets tried to prove that Li Xiuwu was actually the victim, it was of no use.

To the public, the truth was not important; emotions were. Regardless of the reason, Li Xiuwu had injured Hong Kong Artists, so it was his fault; he deserved to be torn to pieces and definitely deserved to be sentenced to death.

In the conference room, Lin Qian sat at the head of the table, his face gloomy. His aura was extremely powerful, pressing down on everyone so they dared not look up.

"Speak up! Aren't you all quite capable?"

"Where is your ten-billion-punch power?" He looked toward Qiu Wanjun.

Qiu Wanjun lowered his head in embarrassment.

"Don't lower your head. What guarantees did you make when you asked me for this task back then?"

Qiu Wanjun felt even more ashamed. He had originally wanted to snatch a task to show off, but ended up making a mess of things.

"And you." Lin Qian turned to look at Wang Cheng.

"Weren't you quite arrogant?"

Wang Cheng looked ashen and remained silent.

Ding Yan, Wu Jia, and other Golden Culture executives all had their eyes on Qiu Wanjun.

This person looked a bit familiar, but seeing him being scolded by Lin Qian like a grandson made everyone lose confidence.

Lin Qian looked at the crowd. He tapped on the table and asked Wang Cheng, "After you reported to the boss, what instructions did he have?"

"The boss only said, 'I know.'" Wang Cheng felt uneasy. At the time, the boss's voice had been very calm, and it was impossible to tell if he was angry.

Lin Qian nodded: "The boss has already given us a chance. If we can't handle this, everyone can pack their bags and get out."

Everyone raised their heads and looked at Lin Qian in disbelief.

"What instructions did the boss give?" Everyone thought Li Xiuwu had called Lin Qian.

"There are no instructions; that is the instruction. Everyone, think: how can we minimize the impact of the public opinion on the boss?"

Lin Qian's gaze swept over the crowd and landed on Ding Yan.

"Manager Ding Yan, you are a PR professional. Tell us, do you have any solutions?"

Ding Yan stood up.

"Sit down and speak. There are no subordinates here." Lin Qian waved his hand, letting Ding Yan sit down.

"Assistant Lin, there are only three ways to handle public opinion. The first choice is to prevent the public opinion from appearing in the first place." After finishing, he looked at Wang Cheng.

Wang Cheng gave Ding Yan a subtle look; even now, he didn't forget to undermine him.

Ding Yan continued, "Now that the public opinion has fully exploded, there are only two paths to a solution."

Hearing this, everyone's eyes turned toward him.

"Let it be," Ding Yan said the four words.

"After public opinion has fully exploded, the most dangerous thing is tit-for-tat explanations and mutual attacks. This will mobilize the media; they will split into two sides and hype it up as much as possible to sell more newspapers."

Everyone nodded. Everything was about profit. With controversial news, the media were like sharks smelling blood.

"Although the boss is at the center of the storm in this public opinion, in reality, the legal standing is still on our side. The boss was not wrong; it's just that the public has been misled by the biased public opinion jointly triggered by Hong Kong Artists and the media."

"As long as we wait for the heat to die down, we can prepare and come out to refute the rumors, which will be able to restore some of the boss's reputation."

Everyone frowned after hearing this. Letting the boss be attacked by public opinion and only being able to restore some of it in the end?

Never mind whether the boss would be willing; they couldn't accept it. Why should they let their boss suffer such grievances?

Their expressions already made their thoughts clear. Ding Yan continued, "There is one more method."

Everyone focused their gazes on his face again.

"To suppress a piece of news, the only way is to break an even bigger, more explosive piece of news."

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up. Immediately after, they frowned again.

Where could there be news more explosive than this?

One had to know that in this incident, the conflict between Li Xiuwu, Dicky Cheung, and Nicholas Tse was just the flashpoint. Now, the Hong Kong Circle was exerting force together, taking the opportunity to seize greater influence.

Just as everyone was deliberating, the conference room door was suddenly knocked on. The sound was very loud, showing the urgency of the person outside.

Wu Jia immediately went to open the door, and an employee walked in holding a notebook and a newspaper.

"Manager Wang, it's bad. Someone is spreading more rumors about our boss." The person first handed the notebook to Wang Cheng.

Wang Cheng took one look at the headline on the website, and just from that one glance, cold sweat poured down. His hands holding the notebook were trembling.

"What's the situation?" Lin Qian asked.

Wang Cheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva, handed the notebook to Lin Qian, and plopped into his chair, muttering, "It's over, it's really over."

"Hiss." Lin Qian saw the headline.

"Why is Li Xiuwu so arrogant? Exposing the man behind Li Xiuwu: Man-on-Man Action, Golden Culture General Manager Wang Cheng."

He felt his head starting to throb; if the boss saw this!

"Is the newspaper the same?" He looked at the newspaper the person was holding.

"The newspaper has different news." The employee saw Lin Qian sitting in the head seat and hurriedly handed the newspaper over.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness." Lin Qian looked at the newspaper and felt that this news was actually acceptable.

"Li Xiuwu threatens our reporter, summoned by the police station."

This headline linked the two events together, making it seem as if Li Xiuwu had been summoned because he threatened a reporter.

"Investigate. We must find out who released this rumor."

Lin Qian pointed at the rumor on the internet.

Based on his understanding of the boss, with the public opinion about the fight exploding, the boss would be unhappy, but likely wouldn't take it to heart.

But this news would definitely make the boss furious.