Chapter 389: Trust

Where had the news been leaked from? No one knew, and there was no way to investigate too.

It was not like this was some back alley incident. It had occurred in broad daylight. There were also just too many channels through which news could be spread. However much one locked them down, it would still be impossible to thoroughly conceal this matter.

Yet, media reports had suddenly appeared on a large scale as everyone just vaguely felt this: while it was unknown who the perpetrator was and what their goal might be, somebody was definitely ambitiously making a calculated move from behind the scenes.

Even if this was only a blow from a business competitor, trouble and crisis did indeed exist.

Coincidentally, in the year 2004, a major dairy corporation, ‘Junyao’, had just fallen into a crisis following the death of its leader. After making it through this crisis, while the corporation would still have some ventures in other areas, its performance in its main industry which had seen a boom afterwards would plummet due to the missed opportunities. One of the most renowned dairy brands coming into the 21st century had hence become an obscure, unknown name in less than a decade.

With this precedent, as many saw it, the future looked bleak for Xu Tingsheng’s two ‘superstar enterprises’ as well as Zhicheng Real Estate for those...