Chapter 224 Overturning the table
Fang Hexuan's response in his own Oriental Evening News did not name or mock any competitor.

However, some newspapers that like to watch the fun went out of their way to explain to Hong Kong citizens the causes and consequences behind the entire conflict.

Everyone then realized that it was Yulang International that was shouting at Mr. Fang, the richest man.

Some smart investors immediately called the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to inquire about the stock price of this listed comics company.

Their thoughts are self-evident. If they try to compete with Boss Fang in terms of strength and wits, Yulang International will probably be in big trouble.

If you don’t short now, when will you?

On the morning of the day when Fang Hexuan counterattacked, Huang Yulang was also in a headache after receiving the news that his company's stocks were being shorted and the stock price was fluctuating violently.

Although he had not considered the spillover effects, it was easy to understand that this was a small price to pay for challenging a giant.

Now that we have offended others, if we turn back and retreat now, it would be a waste of time.

In addition to announcing that Yulang International's business was stable and its revenue was good, he once again fired shots at the richest man, accusing him of influencing Hong Kong investors to short his company, and even did not rule out the possibility that he personally intervened.

In short, Wong Yuk-long has already retired and can retire, so he has no choice but to stick to his old path and openly admit in front of the media that he had contributed articles to many newspapers before.

Of course, in addition to bravely speaking out, he also pretended to be weak and pitiful, saying that he was the victim behind the whole thing and was passively defending himself.

These words were naturally meant to scold Fang Hexuan as a barbarian outside the comics industry and a destroyer who would do anything to achieve his goal.

In addition to continuing to spit in newspapers, he also personally visited all his colleagues and friends in the Hong Kong comics industry.

Although the Hong Kong comics market is not large, there are still quite a few participants, with more than 20 companies.

During this wave of visits and negotiations, Wong Yuk-long did not talk about how he had bullied his competitors in the past, but only talked about the possible subversion, monopoly and even harm to the entire industry after Fong Hok-hin entered the industry.

Although several comic companies actually support Mr. Fang in making the pie bigger together, after all, there are mediocre people among them, and most of them can only see the immediate benefits. They are really afraid that another behemoth will come in and crush them to death.

So on the third day after Fang Hexuan posted a message criticizing Yulang International, the Hong Kong Comics Industry Association also spoke out.

In addition to DreamWorks Animation, this industry alliance has 23 member companies, including Yulang International.

Although three of them disagreed with issuing a joint statement, the remaining 3 were the majority. They unanimously condemned Fang Hexuan and DreamWorks Animation for disrupting the industry order and hoped that the Hong Kong government would intervene.

What else can the government do? Naturally, it hopes to use administrative power to dissuade Mr. Fang from fulfilling his ambitions.

After hearing the stupid statement from these people, Fang Hexuan smiled speechlessly.

Relying on these rubbish and insects, it is no wonder that Hong Kong's comics industry has become increasingly declining and almost disappeared from the Asian market.

Moreover, these people are probably stupid from drawing pictures every day and have no idea about Hong Kong’s market environment and the Hong Kong government’s decision-making objectives.

The Hong Kong government didn't even care about the outflow of foreign capital back to the United States or the wave of bankruptcies in the manufacturing industry, and has always insisted on non-intervention and small government policies. How could they change their minds because of a small comics market?
I can only say that these people are not only stupid, but also naive and cute.

Before, Fang Hexuan had never thought about making any big moves in this industry. He wanted to develop himself honestly first.

But now that this statement has come out, he has completely lost his patience and good temper.

With such a tiny industry output value, it is enough to keep only two or three companies, and the rest can just die.

Fang Hexuan first expressed his regret in his own newspaper, Oriental Daily, saying that he just loved comics and decided to enter the comics industry with the simple purpose of providing better spiritual food for Hong Kong citizens. He did not intend to grab anyone's market share, nor did he deliberately attack his competitors. If you add in the subsequent actions, this response sounds very hypocritical, but even if you are the richest man, you need to do things in a legitimate way.

Otherwise, his subsequent counterattack will make ordinary Hong Kong people feel that this is bullying the weak.

Three days later, the industry alliance led by Yulang International did not wait for the Hong Kong government to intervene, but instead faced their own scandals.

Fang Hexuan has always adhered to the principle of not causing trouble, but once he is offended, he will fight back fiercely and mercilessly, even if it means using any means necessary.

Whether it was Zhang Zengjie and Hua Xi from 14K, or his "good cousin" and his family, they all received "gifts" from his enthusiastic response.

Today, these 20-plus comic book companies are getting the same treatment.

The resources in Fang Hexuan's hands are by no means as simple as the outside world imagines, thinking that he only has money or knows some big shots in the scene.

These are of course true, but Mr. Fang has been secretly cultivating his own "dark power".

For example, he can immediately mobilize at least three community groups in Hong Kong to work for him, or he can use some means to obtain the data and information he wants from the Hong Kong police.

In addition to these, the intelligence system based on the grassroots level in Hong Kong that Dayanming helped him build is also a force that cannot be underestimated.

Therefore, after he paid the money and mobilized the people, he gradually obtained the black materials of several comic companies.

This includes not only the company's operational aspects, but also some unspeakable secrets of the company's management and even the company's boss.

For example, some companies secretly sell erotic comics on campus and in some underground places.

For example, some companies have problems with tax evasion.

For example, some companies have problems with illegal employment of workers.

For example, some companies' printing factories secretly discharge sewage and damage the environment.
For example, some companies’ management have committed some personal illegal acts, but they have not yet been exposed.

In short, there are all kinds of negative information. Even if he does not face an investigation by the ICAC, he will be criticized by Hong Kong citizens in public opinion for a while.

After Fang Hexuan got these things, he not only gave them to his own two newspapers, but also to newspapers that had previously criticized him, such as Sing Tao Daily, Asian Wall Street Journal, Commercial Daily, and Tiantian Daily.

Anyway, these newspapers don’t have a clear stance. As long as there is traffic and they are not under too much pressure, they don’t care who is scolded.

This is not targeted at just one company, but rather scandals involving more than a dozen or twenty companies.

Each newspaper used up several large pages to publish the information, which was full of useful information and had no boring parts throughout.

Fang Hexuan did not reveal the information to the ICAC from the beginning, but revealed everything directly, in fact, to highlight the "deterrent" effect.

Except for the time when he faced off against Li Huanggua two years ago, when he showed his domineering and cruel side, he has almost always been a good guy and a philanthropist in the past two years.

This probably makes people forget that, besides being rich, Mr. Fang also has many things that you cannot mess with.

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