Chapter 84: Death Threats
"I've been in the media and The Sun hasn't followed up on Leeds United's takeover."
On the way back to school, Hall frowned as he thought about Walker's last words.
"Boss, do you want me to find that paparazzi?" Lukka asked, looking at his face in the rearview mirror.
Hall asked noncommittally, "...... Are you sure he's a paparazzi?"
Luca recalled, and replied cautiously: "He had a lot of filming equipment in his car, and I checked his work notebook, which is indeed in line with the work of a journalist."
"Forget it, it's good to be sure it's a reporter, it doesn't matter which newspaper it is." Hall thought that the biggest possibility was nothing more than that Alcoat was not giving up and wanted to play some tricks.
But why do you want to do that?
A pre-purchase agreement has already been signed, and the entire transaction process is almost impossible to reverse as long as the official approval of the transaction application. Looking for the paparazzi to follow him, do you expect another 'locker room scandal, a similar negative incident?'
Let's not say whether Alcott will be so wishful thinking, and it is a loss-making transaction from a purely commercial point of view.
Even if the transaction is reversed again, the cost of a series of operations such as pre-acquisition default, public opinion, etc., will definitely be higher than the benefits earned. If the other party is really unwilling, it is the best time to play tricks before signing the pre-acquisition agreement.
And you must know that this traditional aristocrat is a person who instigates class antagonism for the sake of a little price difference.
Therefore, it is almost impossible for him to do such a move that goes against business logic and his own style.
If it's not because of the deal, then what......
"The lying paparazzi journalist, Alcott is a far-right conservative, and the Mirror is in the Red camp...... British Steel Privatized!" Phrases flashed through Hall's mind, and Tong Kong narrowed suddenly.
If Alcot really wants to get revenge on him, then his family must be taken into account.
Therefore, it is particularly sensitive and abrupt for an ultra-conservative to be able to get the help of the front-line print media of the sworn rival Red Party camp and the privatization project of the British steel company that the Hall family is currently involved in.
Furthermore, the other party actually asked his son to run away to travel to the United States, or to change the word - to avoid the limelight.
What kind of revenge is more serious than inciting class antagonism, and the answer is about to come out......
Hall "swooped" to find a mobile phone and called Brandon: "Stop the progress of the approval of the Leeds United takeover...... I can't stop it, and I appreciate how efficient they are and don't need to be too dedicated...... By the way, let Leeds City Council slow down the approval process as well."
He couldn't guess exactly what Alcott wanted to do, but according to the assumption, Leeds United's acquisition of Eucalyptus must have progressed within the other party's plan. He has to disrupt the rhythm and test the opponent's reaction while gaining time to react.
Hall hung up the phone and told Luca, "Don't go back to school, go home...... Go and urge the private investigator, I will know the details of Alcott's lover tomorrow, no, let the private investigator keep an eye on his lover for me."
After that, I picked up the phone and called Helena.
"I wish I was fighting the air." Hall added secretly in his heart. ….
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Monday, weekday.
Belonging to the camp of the Red Party - ITV TV, the studio production office building of the subordinate operator Granada TV.
"Didn't you say that this Wednesday interview, why was it advanced again?" Alcott's eyes were bloodshot and he looked depressed as he stepped into the elevator, "Damn, your plans are changing and worrying."
Chaplin smiled and comforted, "Take it easy, plans are always changing, that kid from the Hall family is suspicious, he wants to postpone the acquisition process, we have to improvise."
"What about the FA over there?" Alcott asked.
Chaplin pressed down the floor: "The bigwigs have forcibly influenced the FA to pass the acquisition of the license today, since the Hall family wants Leeds United, then give it to him."
"It's too rough to do that, and it will leave the horses behind
feet." Now that he was on the ship, Alcott was more afraid of the failure of the plan than anyone else, and enthusiastically reminded him.
"Don't worry, as long as you give a good interview and tell how the Hall family took Leeds United...... Ding ......"
As Chaplin spoke, the elevator reached the floor, and he stopped talking and finally said, "The Hale family has no power to fight back."
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On Monday afternoon, the FA approved Leeds United's bid for a deal, and less than two hours later, the news was on the evening news on Granada TV.
Tuesday morning, the front page of the Mirror headlined: "Revealed: The Hall Family of West Yorkshire".
This time, the headline was mediocre, without a targeted and eye-catching headline, but the content was very intense.
The last time it was used as a headline, the Hall family and the capitalists embezzled Leeds United Football Club as an entry point, as a way to lead the Hall family to collude with partisan forces to meddle in British Steel and privatise business.
Then the Hall family's political stance, business methods, transition finance consortium control of people's livelihood, and all kinds of true and false topics that can best arouse public sentiment are completely cleaned.
The article concludes: "The young Mr. Hugo Hall perfectly inherited the "ingenuity" of his mother, Helena Hall, discriminating against the common class, exchanging interests with the parliamentary lords, deviating from tradition, and doing a lot of deeds......
"Perhaps, in England, the capitalists and aristocrats are not the most despicable. We are fortunate to meet a combination of the two, the aristocratic capitalists of the new age with titles and titles, who will suck the last drop of blood of the clean civilian class."
"Right, Baron Helena, and Monsieur Hugo?"
On the same day, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Metro ...... A number of national print media, which belong to the red and blue parties that cannot distinguish between factions, have opened fire one after another.
The Hall family seems to have committed an unpardonable capital offense.
When the locker room scandal set off public opinion, Walker said that a second-division football club does not deserve to provoke class antagonism.
Now that the opponents are qualified, they have the ability to compete with the Hall family in the media field, and even want to directly kill the Hall family in one round.
"The Hall family, I don't know about the privatization of British Steel, but through my own experience...... I think that's what their family can do...... I? Oh, I have no dignity in front of that powerful aristocrat who is only 17 years old, they don't regard themselves as traditional aristocrats...... But I don't care about their political position, the traditional aristocracy doesn't need such shameless capitalists......"....
On TV, in the special program of the Granada Electric, Alcott narrated the sadness on his face.
Hall pressed the remote control and turned off the voice, "Sure enough, they chose to attack our house. We can't let him win sympathy, even if those traditional aristocrats who stand on our side will inevitably feel sad if they don't know the truth."
When the acquisition was forcibly approved yesterday afternoon, he took a leave of absence from school and went home.
However, today's reaction of the other party was unexpectedly swift, and he couldn't tell for a while, there were several sides of the enemy. With the size of their home, they can break the rules of the game, but the butt must sit firm, this is the bottom line.
Helena sat on the couch with her arms in her arms and was silent.
Aunt Caroline stood in the corner holding the phone and said something nervously, and after a while, she hung up the phone and stepped forward in a heavy tone: "The elite faction of the far-right conservative, far-left, and liberal party."
Hall was stunned for a few seconds, and asked in disbelief, "How could these people be mixed up against our family?"
"Any extreme faction is often weak, and the Liberal Party has been getting worse day by day since it was replaced by the Red Party. Their collaboration is a bit bizarre, but in fact it makes sense. The female prime minister's iron-fisted administrative strategy offended not only the far right, but the far left's desperate desire to unite with the countries of continental Europe, and the Liberal Party was overwhelmed by the blue party she led......" Aunt Caroline explained the situation to him succinctly.
Helena interrupted, "In short, British Steel is a national enterprise with a market capitalization of tens of billions of pounds. The big and small fish involved in this business are also intertwined and uncoherent."
"Those people lack a specific opposing target, and our family is targeted."
Hall twitched and pursed his lips.
"Hugo, don't blame yourself, I don't blame you for this. The Hall family is at ease behind the scenes, and it is inevitable that some people will be jealous."
Helena maintained her usual elegant smile, and raised her chin in a relaxed tone: "Mom, with your help, it only took two days to find all the bugs. They don't want to drag the Hall family into the water so easily."
"There are more and more people outside the manor, and the security captain advises us to go to the safe house." Carolyn said.
Helena shook her head, "I'm not going anywhere, my father is ...... when German bombers hover over West York."
"Peng! Peng!"
Two gunshots outside the manor pierced through the glass, followed by the sound of police car horns.
Since yesterday's overwhelming class antagonism, many organized or spontaneous protesters have been pouring out of the Hall family's country estate, interspersed with countless media reporters.
There have even been several death threats from extremist partisans, and now that England has not banned guns, death threats will be fired.
The Yorktown Police Department dispatched dozens of officers to maintain order.
"Leeds United Supporters' Service Gang, two extreme fans, underage children." Caroline answered the phone again, just hung up the phone and rang again, and walked to the side to pick it up.
There was a knock on the door to the living room, and Brandon hurriedly walked in: "A BBC helicopter has been spotted by a Westminster Security patrol helicopter."
"Ignore it, they're going to record footage of thugs storming private territory." Helena said.
Hall's early detection gained a day and a half to respond.
As Caroline said, the extremist faction will always be weak, and if they can control the power of the media, so can the Hall family.
Caroline answered the phone and said, "It's from the Houses of Parliament to start an impromptu meeting on Friday."
Hall exhaled, and was about to say something, when Helena looked at him first, "Hugo, are you afraid?"
"Of course not, my mom is still sitting here." Hall replied.
Helena stroked his hair: "Very good, then go back to school, I'll talk to Astor on the phone, and he'll take care of you."
"I want to help ......" Hall looked at the gentle smile on his mother's lips, swallowed the childish words back into his stomach, and just nodded.
In 1988, the political impact of tens of billions of pounds, he was just a pawn, and the Hall family was just a 'car' that was forcibly pulled to the table.
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