AWB Chapter 257 My Fiancé's Comatose Uncle (23)
Chapter 257 My Fiancé's Comatose Uncle (23)
"what happened?"
Qi Ning asked, puzzled.
Fu Jinnan thought for a moment and instructed Secretary Yang, "You handle this first, I'll be there in a bit."
After saying that, Fu Jinnan grabbed Qi Ning's wrist again: "Let's go, I'll handle these things. I'll find you a safe place to stay first."
"Why not? I can help too."
"No."
Fu Jinnan resolutely refused.
“It’s late at night, and those guests are agitated. It’s not safe for you, a young woman, to be alone. I’ll handle it.”
The main issue is that Qi Ning's outfit isn't very practical.
Fu Jinnan personally escorted Qi Ning to the car.
The two of them were in such a hurry when they came downstairs that neither of them had their phones with them, but fortunately Fu Jinnan had a spare phone in his car.
He took out the spare phone and had Qi Ning call her secretary to come and keep her company.
"Wait here for your secretary to come. If anything happens, use this phone to call my secretary."
Fu Jinnan stood outside the car, looking into Qi Ning's eyes, and solemnly gave her his instructions.
Qi Ning had no choice but to agree: "Okay."
After giving his instructions, Fu Jinnan closed the car door and turned to deal with the matter.
After watching Fu Jinnan leave, Qi Ning leaned back in her car seat and asked the system, "Has the arsonist been caught?"
The system replied: "They haven't caught them yet. The hotel is still unsure whether the fire was an accident or arson. They'll probably only know after checking the surveillance footage."
Qi Ning frowned slightly: "Was he caught on camera when he set the fire? Was the footage properly preserved?"
“Feng Pei is a manager at this hotel and is quite familiar with the hotel’s internal operations. The place where he set the fire happened to be out of the surveillance cameras’ view, a blind spot.”
"There must have been a lot of security cameras on his way to set the fire. Didn't he get caught on camera?"
"We did manage to capture that on camera."
The system said, "Feng Pei was actually prepared. He turned off the power to all the surveillance cameras he could find along his way and only turned them back on after he left. But don't worry, there was one surveillance camera in a corner that wasn't very noticeable and that he missed."
"That's good."
Qi Ning was instantly relieved after hearing the system's words.
She took the spare phone and went online to check the situation. So far, there was no news about the fire at the resort, so it should be handled by Fu Jinnan's side.
But in Qi Ning's view, even if Fu Jinnan stopped the guests here from leaking the news online, Fu Desheng and his son would definitely arrange for someone to leak the news. After all, their main purpose was to guide public opinion and influence tomorrow's opening ceremony, and they wouldn't just do half of it.
Thinking of this, Qi Ning called out to the system again: "System, check if Fu Desheng and his son have leaked any information to the news media. If so, intercept it."
"Okay, host."
This was one of the system's strengths, and it immediately agreed.
Qi Ning was right. Fu Desheng had Feng Pei set the fire. After Feng Pei fled the scene, he immediately started creating public opinion online, claiming that a fire had occurred the night before the resort's opening ceremony and that there were safety hazards, etc.
Once this news is released, it will inevitably cause public outcry. This resort project hasn't even officially opened yet, and it might have to be terminated prematurely, ending in a dismal failure.
However, due to the system secretly manipulating the system, Feng Pei's edited Weibo posts kept failing to send.
After trying several times, he had no choice but to contact Fu Desheng.
Fu Desheng was initially pleased with himself after hearing that the arson was successful, but then he was surprised to find that the Weibo post he was trying to use to guide public opinion could not be published.
"Mr. Fu, what should we do?" Fu Desheng's secretary asked.
Fu Desheng thought for a moment and instructed his secretary: "Have Feng Pei send over the video and pictures from the scene, and you can find other media outlets to publish them."
"Okay, Mr. Fu."
The secretary, following Fu Desheng's instructions, informed Feng Pei.
Upon seeing the message, Feng Pei immediately sent over the video and pictures from the scene.
However, when Fu Desheng's secretary clicked on the images, she found that they were all cracked and the videos were completely black.
"What's wrong? Did it not send properly? I can't open it here."
"No way, I'll send it again."
Feng Pei wanted to send it again, but suddenly found that the pictures on her phone were cracked and the videos were all black, as if she had been hacked.
But Feng Pei didn't think it was such a coincidence, nor did he think that someone as insignificant as him would be targeted by hackers.
"what happened?"
Feng Pei panicked. He kept looking through his phone, but the next second, his phone took control of itself and deleted all the videos and pictures on it.
Faced with the urging of Fu Desheng's secretary, Feng Pei was sweating profusely.
"My phone seems to have a virus. All the pictures and videos from tonight at the resort are corrupted. I was just trying to figure out what happened when I accidentally deleted them..."
Feng Pei knew these words were absurd, but they were the truth, and he also found it strange.
Fu Desheng's secretary found these words hard to believe, and he relayed Feng Pei's exact words to Fu Desheng.
The secretary guessed, "President Fu, how come Feng Pei can't even handle such a small matter? What are the chances of such a coincidence? Could it be that he set the fire and ran away in fear, without taking any videos or photos, and is just making up an excuse to fool us?"
"Useless thing!" Fu Desheng cursed.
He added, "Forget it, since the pictures and videos can't be used, have someone send a text-only guide. Also, tell Feng Pei to hide well so he doesn't get caught."
"Yes, I understand," the secretary replied, and immediately gave instructions to Feng Pei.
Feng Pei replied confidently, "Don't worry, I unplugged all the surveillance cameras along the way, so they definitely didn't capture me. The place where I set the fire was also a blind spot for the surveillance cameras, so there will definitely be no evidence left."
"Old Feng, if you're unlucky enough to get caught, you'd better know what you should and shouldn't say."
Fu Desheng's secretary continued to relay his message.
Upon seeing this threatening statement, Feng Pei cursed into his phone.
However, his tone in replying to the message was still respectful: "Don't worry, I understand."
He wouldn't have been willing to take such a risk if Fu Desheng hadn't offered him enough money.
Fortunately, the fire was not serious and did not cause any major losses. Even if he was unlucky enough to be caught, he could insist that it was an accident, and the consequences would not be too severe.
After receiving Feng Pei's assurance, Fu Desheng's secretary then had someone post a purely text-based Weibo post.
But they soon discovered that not only were there problems with pictures and videos, but even text-only Weibo posts couldn't be sent.
Weibo posts containing keywords such as "resort fire" could not be sent successfully.
"Mr. Fu, look at this..."
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