Chapter 905 - The Truth Will Not Change Because Of Anyone (1/2)

In Luoyang City, Jiang Xu changed into a casual suit after completing a draft report. He called a deputy chief editor to his office and handed the manuscript to him. “Arrange for this report to be published tomorrow morning.”

“Which page do you want it on?” the deputy chief editor asked. There were a total of three deputy chief editors in Hope Media. Initially, Ji Yi was the one in charge of this role, but now that Ji Yi had gone to the front lines, someone else assisted Jiang Xu.

Jiang Xu said, “The front page.”

The deputy chief editor skimmed through the manuscript and was surprised to see words like “the Wang Consortium,” “not sharing intel,” “causing the Pyro Company to suffer heavy losses,” and so on appearing in it.

He took a closer look and realized his chief editor’s condemnation of the Wang Consortium had escalated.

The news they received was extremely infuriating. Someone sent an anonymous tip that the Wang Consortium had discovered a day earlier that the expeditionary army had already left Mt. Daniu. It was obvious the missing troops would pose a threat to the Pyro Company. However, the Wang Consortium did not inform the Pyro Company of this matter.

In the end, news that the Pyro Company had been ambushed by the expeditionary army arrived the next day. They had lost two of their divisions, and the 3rd Division was reduced to playing a logistical role in the rear. This was extremely bad news.

Although the Pyro Company’s failure this time was down to their division commanders’ glory chasing, if the Wang Consortium had informed the Pyro Company of the expeditionary army’s disappearance from Mt. Daniu a day earlier, how would they possibly misjudge the situation?

It was not like the Wang Consortium was obliged to share their intel, but it was really disappointing that they were still thinking of letting foreign enemies exhaust their competition.

For nearly half a month now, Jiang Xu had been personally writing the reports in Hope Media’s newspaper. His daily tasks included publishing whatever information they had gathered and confirmed to be true to the public, and also calling out to the Wang Consortium in hopes that they could work in unison with the rest of the Central Plains for this war.

Gradually, the entire Alliance of Strongholds started having very strong opinions of the Wang Consortium. As one of the opinion leaders around, Jiang Xu had always been very influential on society.

The deputy chief editor said, “Chief Editor, a group of people from the Wang Consortium have arrived at Luoyang City and would like to meet you?”

“Who are they?” Jiang Xu asked.

“I guess they’re here to negotiate? I’ve checked the details of their team leader. He’s one of the military officials in charge of the Wang Consortium’s foreign affairs,” the deputy chief editor explained.

“If they’re here on a diplomatic mission, forget it.” Jiang Xu said, “They just want Hope Media to stop reporting about the Wang Consortium. Don’t worry about them. Just tell them that I’m going to Qinghe University to teach my courses and that I don’t have time for them.”

“But…” The deputy chief editor hesitated. Did they really not have to worry about what the consortiums were thinking these days?

Jiang Xu smiled and said to him, “Don’t worry, I can handle it. Alright, I still have lessons to give at Qinghe University, so let’s not talk about this for now.”

With that, Jiang Xu drove all the way to Qinghe University and ignored the Wang Consortium’s diplomatic team.

But when he arrived at Qinghe University, that Wang Consortium team was already waiting at the school’s entrance. A middle-aged man in a suit smiled at Jiang Xu and said, “Hello, Chief Editor. I’m Wang Huaizheng from the Wang Consortium.”

Jiang Xu looked at them and said with a smile, “Hello, it looks like you all are hellbent on speaking with me?”

“Yes, we have to at least meet each other,” Wang Huaizheng said politely.

More and more students started gathering at the school’s entrance. Jiang Xu was a well-known figure in the school to begin with. When everyone found out the Wang Consortium had stopped Jiang Xu at the entrance, some students even ran out of the school with metal rods in their hands saying they would protect Professor Jiang.

Jiang Xu waved to the students to calm down. He looked at Wang Huaizheng. “What is the Wang Consortium’s team doing here in Luoyang City?”