For men, it is not easy to hold a soft girl in his arms and still sit still.

However, Zhou Xiao did not do anything that night, Nishino Nanase was very tired, so why not, within a few minutes of lying down, both of them fell asleep.

Nanase Nishino can actually sleep a little longer, but it is unlikely that Zhou Xiao wants to sleep more, and he was woken up by the phone just after eight o'clock in the morning.

From the time he lay down to the time he was woken up by the phone, his real sleep time was only about three hours.

Fortunately, he is a man in his early thirties and at the peak of his life, so he can quickly wake up.

Looking at the words "Uncle Inoue" displayed on the mobile phone, Zhou Xiao carefully pulled his arm out from under the girl.

If it was someone else's phone, he might not answer it, but Uncle Inoue's phone he had to answer, so early in the morning, the uncle would never call him fine, there must be something he had to answer the phone, and the uncle would call him specifically.

Holding the phone and getting up, Zhou Xiao was a little worried, how to answer the phone?

Go out and pick it up? Of course not, pick it up next to Nanase Nishino? Maybe it was even more inappropriate to talk about some company things, but he had no choice but to quietly run to the toilet and sit on the toilet at the girl's house and answer the phone.

"What's wrong, uncle?"

"Zhou Xiao, did you bother you?"

"It's not a matter of bothering." Zhou Xiaogan said with a laugh.

"I'm sorry, but I think it's better to tell you about this right away." Uncle said.

"What's the matter?"

"The government has just sent a message saying that it wants to investigate our company's taxes."

"Tax audit? Is it the tax department? Zhou Xiao asked.

"Yes, and more importantly, just ten minutes after the news arrived at us, there were media reports." Uncle said.

"No, why are they here again like kraft candy...... It's annoying. Zhou Xiao scratched his head and said.

Like many large listed companies, AKS also has certain conventional tax avoidance methods. This is almost a necessary job in modern business, and Zhou Xiao has always been very careful not to make the company absolutely not do anything that violates the law, so the company does not use those more radical, and may even be on the verge of breaking the law in addition to conventional tax avoidance.

But that doesn't mean they're not afraid of being investigated, and especially not that they're not afraid of being reported.

No matter how big things are, tax audits. Companies definitely don't want to be reported, because there are many things that you can't tell ordinary people clearly, if nothing else, just the difference between the words tax avoidance and tax evasion is enough for ordinary people to distinguish.

Uncle Inoue's words revealed that the news about time was another thing that made him care.

The tax department notified them that it was only ten minutes before there were media reports? Thinking on my knees, I know that it is impossible for the media to be sensitive, and there must be someone who notified the media, or even manipulated the media, to do this kind of thing.

What Zhou Xiao didn't know was. When he ran to the toilet to talk to his uncle, Nanase Nishino outside also woke up.

When she woke up, her first reaction was to confirm her condition, but she found that she was refreshed, no different from last night, not when she went to bed this morning.

There was still a trace of warmth in the place where the man slept beside him, and in the toilet across the wall, Zhou Xiao's faint voice came.

This little house is so small, not only small but also not soundproof at all. She could clearly hear the man's constant talk about things at work.

"It seems that nothing will happen today......" the girl lay there. Putting the quilt over his head, he thought.

In fact, in the middle of summer, there is no need to cover herself so tightly, just after covering it like this for a while, she already feels a little unbearable.

What made her feel a little relaxed but also a little disappointed was that Zhou Xiao's voice chatting about work never stopped, and she couldn't understand most of the things in the man's words. But there is one thing she can understand, that is, what Zhou Xiao encountered is not small at all.

The man's voice stopped talking for twenty minutes, and after listening to something that he didn't understand at all for twenty minutes, the girl was already a little sleepy by this time, so. When Zhou Xiao came out, she didn't even react much.

Zhou Xiao walked in front of Nanase Nishino and looked at the girl's sleeping face, he was very sorry, yesterday was a perfect day, from the announcement of the selection to the romantic surprise of the night, but all this did not usher in a perfect ending, of course he hoped to get this extremely special girl, but he also cherished him, he didn't want this girl to be too hurt because of his relationship.

So......

After looking around for a long time and not finding a piece of paper to leave a message, he had to pick up his mobile phone and send a text message to the girl: "This matter is not over yesterday, I will go to work now, you will also go to work after you get up, remember to coordinate the time, we still have one last step to do!" ”

After sending such a passage to the girl's mobile phone, Zhou Xiao put on glasses, hats, and masks, and then changed into an outdated and ugly suit before gently pinching the girl's face with reluctance, and got up and left the small room.

He is reluctant, but there are many things that cannot be pushed at work, such as today's events.

Tax audit or something, even if the other side tries hard to deal with him, AZX is actually very relieved as a relatively clean company, but no matter how reassuring, he must appear when this kind of thing happens, even if it does not appear in terms of taxation, he must appear on the company's side to calm people's hearts.

In fact, there are not many things that she really needs to do after returning to the company, Zhou Xiao's main job is to come back and make an appearance, and then come to his office to sit down, as for specific things, the staff below have enough authority to do it.

Zhou Xiao stayed in the office to chat with Uncle Inoue.

"Last night, where was it?" There were only two of them in the office, so the uncle asked directly without any scruples.

Most of the other people Zhou Xiao has some concealment, only to Uncle Inoue, he almost does not hide anything, in his opinion, only by doing this can they have a full understanding of their cooperation, like today's situation. It can also allow the uncle to contact him without any scruples.

"Yes...... Nanase Nishino of Nogizaka, but we didn't do anything, Eun...... At least for now. Zhou Xiao said.

"Nogizaka's? You be careful, you'll be in trouble if you are discovered. Uncle Inoue said.

"Of course, I've always been careful, but I can't help it if I really find out." Zhou Xiao said indifferently. For him, it is really not an important thing to be found to have a relationship with a woman or something, because now people who pay attention to Zhou Xiao in Japan actually have a very special idea from the entertainment industry to the Internet, that is, almost no one thinks that Zhou Xiao has no female relationship.

Zhou Xiao is by no means the kind of person who is not interested in women, just like Kimura announced on TV that he had a girlfriend and announced that he was married, he has never concealed his interest in women, so since he is interested, there will definitely be women. Who could this woman be? People from their own AKB Group? Or someone other than the AKB? A lot of people think that this matter doesn't really matter anymore.

He and Qiu Yuankang do not agree, although Qiu Yuankang also has a very high talent, but in terms of appearance, he was not handsome when he was young, nor did he work as an artist, and he did not have a job of singing and acting, but Zhou Xiao is different, Zhou Xiao is a well-rounded artist such as acting, singing, filming, and producer.

It's like when Shida Mirai and Ryunosuke Kamiki's relationship came out, almost everyone nodded in agreement and said that this pair was very good, even if Zhou Xiao had a love report, people would probably only talk about whether this woman could be worthy of Zhou Xiao rather than whether Zhou Xiao could be worthy of each other.

"Mr. Zhou Xiao!" Just when the two were chatting easily. A staff member pushed the door open.

"What?"

"Can you turn on the TV? Now it's being reported on TV...... "said the staff.

"TV?" Zhou Xiao was surprised, the time when the tax department sent the message was about two hours ago. Ten minutes after the accident, there were ordinary media reports, but the speed of ordinary media is a little faster, but the reports on TV are different, and it stands to reason that TV should never be reported so quickly.

AZX has business ties with Japan's five major civilian television stations, even Asahi TV, which is the most unfriendly with each other. Once this kind of thing happens, including TV stations, many online and print media will not report it after consulting AZX for the first time, and it is really rare for this kind of TV station to send out news without contacting them.

What's even worse is that there are not one or two TV stations reporting on this incident. Rather, there are four in the report!

Obviously, this is in addition to the fact that the four major TV stations of Tokyo TV are doing this as a big breaking news!

Zhou Xiao shook his head, he immediately understood what the other party was doing.

To deal with the forces of AZX,The first thing to look for is definitely not Japanese TV but other TV stations such as Asahi,After getting the support of TV stations and other media,Their efforts have received corresponding support,And after the topic broke out,TV stations like Japan TV, which are close to Zhou Xiao, didn't sit idly by,TV stations or something,Even if the relationship with a company is good,On the surface, it is also necessary to show the spirit of fair, just and open media。

So when other TV stations start to report on it, even Japanese TV has to report on it.

As for the Tokyo station, it is normal for them to be slow to react and not get involved in these things, and it has nothing to do with their relationship with AZX.

"Send a message to clarify, let's take the initiative this time." Zhou Xiao said to Uncle Inoue.

Zhou Xiao's side has always been relatively passive in the attack on Abe's side, but after such a period of time, he decided to deal with the opponent's attack more directly.

In terms of taxation, there is almost nothing completely clean in modern companies, and many companies will have some bad things more or less, but Zhou Xiao is relatively much better here, and the company has always been more careful in this kind of thing, so even if things are not finally defined, he still has the confidence that the company will soon announce that they have not done anything.

Uncle Inoue went out to contact the media, and Zhou Xiao started talking on the phone in the office.

"Mr. Okubo, you're not doing this properly." He was the first person on the phone.

Yoshio Okubo, chairman of Nippon TV.

"Zhou Xiao, hahahaha, this can't be blamed on us, Asahi Station and Fuji Station took the lead in reporting, and we can't sit idly by. Otherwise, you will be attacked. Yoshio Okubo explained.

In such a situation, it is true that the day TV can only report as usual, and it is good to report like this, otherwise, if you are caught with pigtails and attacked Zhou Xiao to manipulate the media, it will be even worse.

"I may not say anything about other stations doing this, but when it was reported by Japanese TV, I always had a feeling as if I had been betrayed by my own family." Zhou Xiao said dissatisfied.

"Okay, okay. I admit that, so ...... Do you want any compensation? Okubo said with a smile.

"We have a press conference later, you know?"

"Really? Okay, I'll send a reporter. Okubo said.

"It seems that sending reporters is not enough."

"What do you mean?"

"It is difficult for most people to distinguish the difference between tax evasion and tax avoidance, so they will say this unscrupulously, because once this kind of thing happens, the people who can't distinguish between these will be easily infected by public opinion, so ...... Let's make a show to help us popularize science. ”

"It's fine, but we don't need to worry about the production of the show, right? I believe that you and your AZX are fully competent. Yoshio Okubo said.

"Of course that's fine." Zhou Xiao said.

The production of this show will definitely be Zhou Xiao's side. After all, this is what they need most now, but the participants of the show, the people who appear on the camera, of course, try not to choose AZX people, or even those who are close.

Soon, Uncle Inoue appeared on TV.

"AZX has never done anything against the law, we are waiting for the visit of the tax department at any time, and we believe that the relevant department will give us a satisfactory answer." Uncle Inoue said.

"Mr. Inoue, Mr. Zhou Xiao ...... about tax evasion"

"Allow me to interrupt. We have not evaded taxes, and the investigation into us is only very preliminary. Please don't put that word on us. Uncle Inoue said very strongly.

Zhou Xiao and AZX's reaction should be very fast and good, but he must admit that his side also underestimated the determination of the other side to deal with AZX and Zhou Xiao.

In the end, the press conference held by Uncle Inoue was only broadcast on Japanese TV, and the only ones who promised to do follow-up reports that were beneficial to AZX were a few planes that were familiar with AZX.

Finally, the forces on Zhou Xiao's side include Japanese TV. Most of the Internet-based media such as SNS sites and video sites on the Internet, as well as most of the print media that have daily cooperation with AZX, including Dongti.

The power of TV stations and online media is good, but the influence of media such as Dongti is actually very small, and the role it can play in the end will be very limited.

Some of the media that did not follow up on the AZX side were rightfully on the opposite side of him. In addition, some of them gradually took a relatively neutral stance, and there were some reports on both sides, among which the opposing media were mainly Asahi TV and FLASH, magazines such as the weekly Fumiharu, and Yahoo, which is now the largest portal in Japan.

Neutral media include Tokyo and TBS.

As for the national television station NHK, and Fuji TV, another civilian television station, they took a more nuanced position.

NHK's position is slightly inclined to Zhou Xiao's side while being neutral, and Fujitai's position is slightly inclined to Zhou Xiao's opposite side while being neutral.

These things are all made by the staff of AZX after a very detailed interpretation of various media reports and after consulting friends from the corresponding media.

However, looking at these final conclusions written on the paper, Zhou Xiao's thoughts are still very cautious, just like NHK and Fujitai, what they show may not be their real thoughts.

On the NHK side, don't look at them talking to Zhou Xiao a little now, but NHK's position has been tilting towards the conservative side in recent years, which has been obvious in 13 years, and he really doesn't dare to accept NHK's position tendency.

Fujitai's tendency is even more subtle, because during a period of time in the office, in addition to making phone calls, he also received calls from Fujitai, and Fujitai's explanation was also very subtle.

Their statement is that Fujitai is not easy to refuse when it gets the instructions from above, but Fujitai is actually very inclined to Zhou Xiao's side, but they have no reason to help Zhou Xiao speak, and hope that Zhou Xiao and AZX can understand......

The implication behind this is, do you want our help? Of course, no problem, just give us a reason to help you.

This reason, of course, is the price.

Whether it's a few scripts for Fuji TV, or Zhou Xiao to star in a few shows, or a commercial cooperation, you can do it.

On the whole, Zhou Xiao and the forces that dealt with them were basically in a state of a tie in public opinion, and no one on either side could help anyone, but this also made Zhou Xiao and AZX very worried.

Why did he immediately ask for a press conference to clarify after learning the news? Because such a thing is not like lace news, but can be promoted to him and the company, the sooner such a thing is clarified, the better, but the equality of strength of the two sides does not allow this situation to occur, so in the end, maybe it is likely that the two parties will be entangled together to form a topic quagmire, and at that time, Zhou Xiao and AZX will not be able to wash it even if they jump into the Yellow River.

That's the most troublesome thing. (To be continued.) )