It was five minutes before the press conference started; He Bai stood backstage and looked at his watch frequently.

According to the plan, while he was being blocked by media reporters at the front gates of the conference venue, Cheng Liu would enter through another door.  But he has been inside for a while now, and she still hasn’t come in.

Just as He Bai dialed Cheng Liu’s number and was walking towards the door, it opened, and she came in.

“The press conference is about to begin,” He Bai breathed a sigh of relief and over walked to Cheng Liu’s side.

“I know,” Cheng Liu looked relaxed. Not only did she have on her wrist the very watch worn by Ji Chaozhou tonight, but the scene was also preserved on camera, and she also found a photographer with good skills.

Most importantly, the photographer even took a photo of her first meeting with Ji Chaozhou!

Young President Cheng firmly believed that the entertainment reporter just now was sent by God!

“I have already said ‘hello’ to a few media outlets. They will not ask sharp questions,” He Bai said, leading her to the stage. 

The audience was filled with reporters from major mainstream media, and there were even more reporters standing at the back. The stage was covered with a blue carpet, and there was a microphone on a stand in the middle. Behind it was a screen showing a promotional animation for Shenyin Technology and nothing else.

The atmosphere at the press conference was serious. The media personnel were all waiting for what the founder of Shenyin Technology would say next. How much negative impact Shenyin Technology would have to weather this time would depend entirely on this one-hour press conference.

Cheng Liu climbed up the steps, followed closely by He Bai.

Countless flashlights immediately lit up in the audience, taking pictures of the two people on the stage.

Cheng Liu walked to the middle; He Bai stood beside her, raised his hand to adjust the position of the microphone, and then patted the microphone with his palm. A clear, muffled sound immediately sounded across the venue.

He Bai covered the microphone and said to Cheng Liu, his head tilted towards her, “The equipment is in good condition.”

Compared with other companies, the two people on stage were too young and too good-looking, which gave the media in the venue the illusion that they were photographing celebrities. In addition, the two of them standing together seemed to be very compatible.

“Does the founder of Shenyin have another relationship with the chief assistant next to her?” a media reporter sitting in the audience asked a colleague next to him.

“I don’t know,” the colleague shook his head. “We are not here to gossip about this.”

There was a lot of discussion in the audience, but Cheng Liu on the stage only nodded to He Bai, indicating that it was okay.

He Bai walked to the edge of the steps, got another microphone, walked back to the middle of the stage, and stood behind Cheng Liu.

Cheng Liu stood in the middle of the press conference. She took a step forward and reached out to adjust the microphone.

In fact, there was no problem with the position of the microphone. Young President Cheng just wanted to secretly show off the watch on her wrist.

The watch was a little loose, but it didn’t matter much.

Unfortunately, no one paid attention. The only one who paid attention to the watch on Cheng Liu’s wrist was He Bai, who was standing behind her and a little to the side.

He Bai frowned when he saw the watch. When they left the hotel, Cheng Liu had nothing on her wrists. As far as he could remember, she had never bought a watch before.

He Bai himself often changed watches, and any watch he wore would cost millions. He could clearly tell at a glance that the watch she was wearing was expensive, and… it was a men’s watch.

All the way to the venue, they travelled in separate cars, one in front of the other, and the two cars only separated when they approached the entrance of the press conference. Cheng Liu came in through another door.

There was no shopping mall nearby, so it was impossible for her to have bought it along the way, let alone buy a men’s watch.

He Bai’s expression was complicated. He couldn’t figure out: who gave Cheng Liu the watch?

Cheng Liu showed off her watch on stage and then said, “Good evening.”

As soon as the first sentence fell, more and more camera flashes came on, and reporters rushed to raise their hands.

“It seems that everyone can’t wait to ask questions.” Cheng Liu put her hand on the microphone, “Let’s get straight to the point.”

She tilted her head back, and He Bai raised the microphone in his hand to his mouth and said, “The third reporter from the left in the second row.”

The reporter immediately stood up and asked, “The official website of Shenyin published a document stating that you had stopped cooperating with Mingtai Automobile even before they launched their new system. So where did they get the technology? Are the recordings circulating on the Internet true? That Mingtai worked with Shenyin and stole your technology?”

Cheng Liu raised her eyebrows. This media reporter should have been prepped by He Bai. The trend of the question was obvious.

“The information that Shenyin has learned so far is that there had been an internal problem at Mingtai, which led to the theft of our technology.” Cheng Liu smiled slightly and said magnanimously, “Although it had been stolen over the course of half a year, when we went to Mingtai yesterday morning, their executive chairman has already dealt with the department head responsible for the theft and agreed to notify the users as soon as possible.”

This statement not only acknowledged the authenticity of the recording, but also vaguely pointed out that the recording time was yesterday morning, but the emergency notification from Mingtai was only sent in the afternoon—that is, after the accident. It also shifted all responsibility for the system vulnerabilities away from Shenyin Technology.

The camera lights flashed wildly again across the press conference venue.

Next, He Bai called on a few more media reporters, and none of their questions were too sharp. He set up a clear ladder for Cheng Liu to explain the issues between Shenyin and Mingtai.

These were the media people that He Bai had managed to talk into cooperating, ensuring that the press conference went smoothly, and allowing them to clarify the matters relating to the technology theft, the system update, and bring Mingtai down.

But obviously, if He Bai could manage it, the various forces behind the scenes who wanted to attack Shenyin could also manage the media.

Soon some media reporters did not abide by the speaking rules but stood up directly and asked loudly, “Regardless of whether you have stopped cooperating with Mingtai before, the system technology was developed by Shenyin Technology, and the problems in the system were also caused by you. Isn’t Shenyin then responsible for the loss of the lives of that family of three? “

He Bai’s face darkened, and he quickly raised his hand to signal the security guards on both sides to drive the person out.

“What’s wrong? If you can’t answer, you’re just going to have someone cover my mouth?” The reporter struggled wildly between the two security guards and shouted, “Aren’t you ashamed that Shenyin’s immature technology led to the sacrifice of three lives? So what now? Those are human lives! Are your technologies going to be built on top of human lives?”

The press conference turned into chaos. Countless media reporters took photos and videos of the angrily shouting reporter, and also took pictures of the reactions of the two people on the stage.

“Let him go,” Cheng Liu had taken off the microphone from the stand and instructed the two security guards holding the reporter.

The two security guards hesitated for a moment and finally let the reporter go.

Cheng Liu held the microphone and said gently, “Don’t ruin your voice by yelling. Someone give this reporter a bottle of water.”

“I don’t need your hypocrisy. Please, Cheng Liu, founder of Shenyin Technology, answer my question directly!” The reporter tugged on his clothes and shouted every word clearly.

“Okay, I’ll answer these questions one by one.” Cheng Liu’s expression remained unchanged, “First of all, Shenyin technology does have flaws—this was the reason why it had been reluctant to give it to Mingtai. Secondly, because of the high research and development costs, Mingtai was unwilling to continue to cooperate with us. Shenyin could only continue to research on our own.”

“So you admit that Shenyin Technology has technical flaws?” the reporter asked stubbornly.

Cheng Liu looked at the reporter and did not continue following his words. Instead, she answered the second question asked before, “Shenyin Technology expresses its sincere condolences for the family of three who died in the car accident, but there is one thing that I hope the public can know.”

She turned her head and looked towards the side of the stage, nodding slightly to the employee responsible for playing video on the screen behind her. The company’s promotional animation stopped immediately.

“A few hours ago, I received a call.” Cheng Liu looked at the audience again, “H City Police have successfully lifted the car from below the cliff and has already conducted preliminary identification.”

This statement caused an uproar in the audience and there was a lot of discussion.

If It’s Wrong, Then It’s Wrong translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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