"Hello, Mr. Zhu, what are your instructions?"

After confirming that no one around could hear him, Wu Yangming quickly answered the phone and asked respectfully.

I was already eagerly anticipating hearing the young CEO's praise.

"Wu Yangming, right?"

However, Zhu Zhiheng's cold voice came from the other end of the phone, with no hint of happiness in his tone.

"Yes, Mr. Zhu, it's me."

Wu Yangming was taken aback. Hearing the other party's lukewarm tone, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

Are you brain-dead?

"Did you get water in your brain while showering last night?"

"I'm very curious, how did someone as useless as you manage to rise to management in Jingyang Construction's publicity department?"

"Do you think I'm a three-year-old kid? Or do you think Jingyang Construction doesn't have enough negative news already?"

However, before Wu Yangming could recover his senses...

Zhu Zhiheng's rebukes and sarcasm came rushing in from the other end of the phone.

The sinister words and the chilling air behind him sent shivers down Wu Yangming's spine.

I don't understand what happened.

"No... Mr. Zhu, how could I dare to play a trick on you..."

"I...I..."

Wu Yangming was momentarily at a loss for what to do and stammered for a long time, unable to find a way to explain.

It's just a video exposing Wang Yueheng cheating on a TV show.

How could this usually modest and unflappable high-achieving boss be so furious?

Could it be...?

Has the other party changed their mind and no longer intends to compete with Wang Yueheng for the girl?

That doesn't fit Zhu Zhiheng's personality at all!

"Do you think everyone in the world is as stupid as you to believe this kind of crappy video that you're posting it out there?"

"Wang Yueheng clearly saw you taking pictures secretly, which is why he deliberately cooperated with you, waiting to see you make a fool of yourself at Jingyang Construction!"

"You big idiot..."

Zhu Zhiheng was cursing into his phone when he managed to refrain from uttering the national treasure that would humiliate him.

I just finished watching the video sent by Wu Yangming, which supposedly exposed Wang Yueheng's cheating in songwriting.

Having studied micro-expressions, he noticed Wang Yueheng's obviously teasing facial expressions.

Moreover, the exchange of sheet music between the host and the contestants proves absolutely nothing.

Only someone like Wu Yangming, who unilaterally believed that Wang Yueheng was a petty person who rose to power through literary fraud, would do so.

Only then would they believe these "fighting" videos that are rampant in the entertainment industry.

If it is actually sent out.

If the program team finds out that it was personnel from Jingyang Construction Group who illegally filmed the footage to frame Wang Yueheng and the "Singer" program team, the investigation will be completed.

Then the group's stock price will drop more than just a few percentage points.

This kind of despicable slanderous tactic is beneath us.

This could very well anger the powerful figures behind Wang Yueheng and draw the attention of Hunan TV.

Those who bear direct management responsibility will also be implicated!

This is one of the reasons why Zhu Zhiheng did not use any underhanded methods to compete with Wang Yueheng.

If killing someone is not illegal.

Or perhaps Wang Yueheng really has no connections behind him.

He, who has always been cold-blooded, wouldn't mind just killing him with a single blow.

However, reality did not allow him to do so.

Even the matter of fighting with Wang Yueheng for a girl could only be done in private and could never be brought into the open.

Otherwise, it won't just be a personal feud between me and Wang Yueheng anymore.

Rather, it was the Mohists, the Zhu family...

Furthermore, the power struggles among various stakeholders, including the Chinese Quyi Artists Association, the Chinese Writers Association, and television stations, make it a losing proposition.

"Huh? Then... what about President Zhu?"

"Can I destroy this video right away?"

After being thoroughly scolded, Wu Yangming finally realized what his superior meant and hurriedly explained.

He suddenly realized why he hadn't thought that way when he passed by Wang Yueheng.

Instead of deliberately avoiding him, the other party acted as if they were cooperating with the paparazzi, intentionally showing the song title.

So he was setting a trap for himself...

I only blame myself for being so focused on framing the singer that I completely ignored the logical consistency.

If it weren't for the fact that the boss, Zhu Zhiheng, remained sober...

He might actually end up in jail after his slander attempt fails.

That Wang Yueheng is too vicious!

"I don't care what method you use, back up your secretly filmed equipment and videos, and destroy them within five minutes."

“If I find out that the video from just now has been leaked, I’ll be the first to send you to jail.”

"Besides, considering how many years you've worked for the group."

"There's a new project in northern Xinjiang, and the salary and benefits are the same as before. Why don't you go there and work as a data clerk?"

After giving his orders in a cold tone, Zhu Zhiheng hung up the phone without saying another word.

"Ah? Mr. Zhu, Mr. Zhu, I was wrong, Mr. Zhu, please let me explain!"

"I truly have done everything for you, Mr. Zhu!"

"Please, please give me a chance!"

Hearing the busy tone on the phone, Wu Yangming panicked and pleaded into the phone with a tearful voice.

This time, not only did the promotion and raise vanish, but they also became nothing.

He was even exiled to the frontier.

He went from a high-ranking executive in the group's publicity department to a data clerk on a construction site.

Although the benefits and treatment remain the same, I'm afraid I'll never be able to return to Kyoto in this lifetime.

What's the difference between this and sentencing one's career to death?

But Wu Yangming knew in his heart that even if he was dissatisfied, he would never dare to say a word of "no".

After all, he has to pay his mortgage and car loan, and his family in Kyoto depends on him for food and drink.

Even if Zhu Zhiheng exiled him to Africa, he would never dare to argue back.

"What terrible things have I done?!"

Wu Yangming, who was nearly 40 years old, collapsed to the ground and burst into tears, no longer caring about his image.

He, who had been full of energy, immediately became dejected.

He was filled with remorse.

If I had known this would happen, why did I have to go and secretly film Wang Yueheng?

Just lie down and do your job properly, that's all.

They insist on fawning over him.

And now look what happened.

He was blown to the frontier by a horse's fart.

That's such a damn waste of money!

Wu Yangming, dressed in a suit and tie, acted so out of line that he attracted curious glances from passersby around the hall.

Some busybodies even secretly raised their phones.

They secretly filmed the scene of this senior executive of Jingyang Construction squatting there, crying his heart out.

even so.

After crying and wailing, Wu Yangming obediently stood up and went to a restroom.

He broke and crushed the expensive camera glasses he had just been wearing, along with the memory card, and flushed them down the toilet.

"Splash!"

The water flow from the spinning toilet flushed away a pile of debris.

Wu Yangming clearly sensed it.

The chilling sensation on my back seemed to gradually disappear as the water flowed away.

The chilling gaze that seemed to be lurking somewhere had gradually dissipated.