Rebirth in the 80s: Striving for Success

21st-century film empress Xu Xinchen is reborn into the body of Lu Minshi in the 1980s.

Facing a boyfriend who betrayed her and had an affair with her younger sister, and a two-faced stepmoth...

Chapter 241

Chen Ningsheng was completely unaware of what was happening here. He stayed at home, listening coldly to the reports from his subordinates. Before the person could finish speaking, he raised his hand to interrupt him.

His tone was forceful and cold: "So you're trying to tell me that you still haven't found them, is that it?"

The person standing opposite Chen Ningsheng lowered his head in shame: "Yes, President, we still haven't found the person. The other party seems to have strong counter-surveillance capabilities. Just when we think we're about to find them, they disappear again."

Chen Ningsheng reached out irritably and tugged at his tie: "Where did the last clue appear?"

The person standing opposite Chen Ningsheng immediately chimed in: "President, the last clue appeared in Nanxian County, but when we went there, we found that we couldn't find it at all, as if Madam had been moved away."

"Nanxian?"

Chen Ningsheng frowned deeply, reached for the pen on the table, and then casually tore a page from the calendar next to him.

He gripped the pen tightly, making a writing motion: "Tell me, what are the locations of each clue you've been following up on lately?"

The person standing opposite Chen Ningsheng immediately nodded: "The clues we've been investigating recently are basically..."

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After recounting the clues they had gathered, the man added, "We suspect they are planning to transfer the lady to another province; this may be an unplanned human trafficking operation."

Chen Ningsheng didn't speak or pay attention to the person. He just frowned and stared intently at the place names recorded on the paper. After a long while, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

“Call back everyone who went to Nanxian, and search in a different location, investigating in the opposite direction of all the clues you’ve found.”

The person standing opposite Chen Ningsheng heard Chen Ningsheng's words and stared wide-eyed in astonishment, asking with a blank expression, "President, why is that?"

Chen Ningsheng clenched his fist to force himself to calm down. He pointed to the place names on the pen and said, "The distance between these places is too short. If it were cross-provincial human trafficking, why would they stop at such a short distance? They should be eager to move the people away immediately."

"Moreover, after you track them to one place, you find that they have disappeared and the clues point to the next place. This doesn't seem like they want to move the person away at all, but rather like they want to lure you to the next location."

As he spoke, Chen Ningsheng picked up a water glass from the table and smashed it against the wall. With a loud crash, the glass fell to the floor and shattered into pieces.

"That bastard! He's clearly trying to draw all your attention over there. Once the investigation here is relaxed, he can easily move the people back."

The person opposite Chen Ningsheng was stunned for a long while before suddenly clapping his hands, a look of surprise on his face.

With this expression: "These bastards, no wonder they always managed to be just one step ahead of us, it turns out it was a deliberate smokescreen!"

Chen Ningsheng closed his eyes and leaned back on the sofa: "Let's search in the opposite direction of these locations and find the person as soon as possible."

As he spoke, Chen Ningsheng suddenly stood up again, his face showing a wary expression: "You spread out all our manpower, and you come with me. We'll go to the first location to search."

Not long after Chen Ningsheng guessed the other party's purpose, a loud sound of something breaking came from a very luxuriously decorated building.

"What?! Did you slip up and let Chen Ningsheng find out? Otherwise, how could he have discovered our purpose so quickly!"

Behind a square mahogany table, a man who looked to be around 60 years old was pressing his chest, his whole body trembling. He pointed his plump white finger at the person in front of him and angrily berated him.

"I've raised you bunch of good-for-nothings for so long, and you can't even do this little thing right. I just asked you to post a message, not to do anything else, and you still managed to let people find the loopholes!"

The man being scolded flashed a hint of impatience in his eyes, but put on a respectful expression: "President Wang, I don't think we can be blamed for this. You should think about it, Chen Ningsheng has always had a very high reputation in the industry. Besides being rich, being smart is also one of his defining characteristics."

"If we were to kidnap some ordinary folks and fool them, that would be one thing. But how could we possibly outsmart someone as brilliant as this? It's only a matter of time before we get caught."

"Is that right?"

After hearing what the man said, the man called Boss Wang became even more furious and trembled even more violently. He picked up a water glass from the table and smashed it hard against the man.

The cup still contained water, and the hot water had just been brought over by Mr. Wang's assistant; it was practically scalding hot. The man, carrying the cup, was suddenly hit all over with the hot water, and immediately jumped up with a yelp, scalded.

"Mr. Wang, how could you do this? We may not be good at our work, but you can't just lay a hand on us like that!"

Mr. Wang was so angry he almost fainted: "I paid a bunch of useless people like you to do things for me, and now you haven't even done a good job, and I can't even vent my anger?"

A fierce glint flashed across the man's face, but he quickly composed himself: "Mr. Wang, you also said that you paid us to do this, so now all we need to do is clean up the mess for you, right? It hasn't gotten out of control yet, so why are you throwing a tantrum here?"

Mr. Wang pointed at him and said tremblingly, "No, you said those words. I don't care what you want to do next, but you must clean up that woman's mess. You can't let Chen Ningsheng find out that I was the one who plotted against him!"

The man waved his hand impatiently and replied with annoyance, "I know, I know, you rich people are really cowardly. I don't know how you made so much money."