Heroes who would rather die than surrender
The cause of Yang Ning's death was announced suddenly.
"An accident while drunk? Who would believe it was an accident while drunk? If it really was an accident, why can't netizens post condolences?"
Chen Xiaojing walked towards the hotel entrance while scrolling through videos. The comments section was filled with conflicting opinions, each claiming to have their own version of the truth. She was confused and decided to temporarily turn off the screen to clear her mind.
"Screenwriter," Director Qian caught up, "Will you be working with the crew afterwards?"
“I’ll come visit when we’re filming in City B. I’ve almost finished my tasks, so I won’t be staying with the crew all the time.” Chen Xiaojing nodded. “We can contact each other on WeChat if anything comes up.”
Director Qian nodded and went back to the hotel to continue his work.
After hailing a ride-hailing service, Chen Xiaojing got into the car, took off her mask, and finally escaped the cameras.
"Manager Zhou, what are you doing?" She dialed Zhou Chenjin's number. "Are you coming home for lunch or dinner?"
Zhou Chenjin spun around in her office chair: "No need to wait for me, I've been very busy lately. You and Professor Zhang can enjoy your time together... Please come in."
Hearing someone come in, Chen Xiaojing didn't disturb Zhou Chenjin any longer: "You're busy, I'm going back to my apartment."
"Okay." Zhou Chenjin hung up the phone.
"How so?" Manager Zhou took the documents handed to him. "What kind of lead did you find?"
"Before his death, Mr. Yang Ning was the legal representative of two companies with very complex financial situations. However, although he was the legal representative, he held very few shares. The person with the most shares was Mr. Zhang Ge. These two companies were deregistered by Mr. Yang Ning two months ago."
Zhou Chenjin flipped through the documents: "The cash flow is indeed very complicated, totaling several billion. Zhang Ge is the largest shareholder, but Yang Ning is the legal representative? So he took all the money himself and his good brother took all the responsibility."
"Not sincere at all!" Zhou Chenjin slammed the documents on the table. "Go check if there are any similar companies among those who debuted in the same year as them. I suspect it's a shell company used for money laundering. It might even involve state-owned enterprises."
Zhou Chenjin stood up and walked out: "The fact that this group of people dared to do it means they think we can't find out. Remember to be careful and don't get caught."
"yes."
After leaving the office and turning a few corners, Zhou Chenjin arrived at Zhang Jiayao's office door and knocked: "Minister Zhang, I need to talk to you. May I come in?"
There was a flurry of activity coming from inside, with people packing and opening windows, but soon Zhang Jiayao opened the door: "Please come in."
“Minister Zhang, I wonder if you have any way to throw out a clue and lure out the person behind the money laundering?” Zhou Chenjin sat on the sofa in the reception room and glanced at the things crumpled up in the trash can with napkins.
Zhang Jiayao switched to her decisive and efficient businesswoman persona: "I worked with Wu Hengyan on Wall Street in my early years, and I know too many methods like this. Even if you can't lure out the protector behind him, you can still cut off one of his arms." She turned to the filing cabinet in the corner, took out a folder, and said, "Hengyan must have her reasons for giving this to you. There are a lot of contact information for people I know here, both domestic and international. Feel free to use it."
Zhou Chenjin opened it and glanced at it: "Oh my god, they're not..."
"Wu Hengyan and I have gotten to this level, how could we be completely clean? Use us with confidence, digging out those cancerous tumors will benefit both of us. These are all people we know well, they will definitely be willing to give us face."
Zhou Chenjin closed the folder: "Thank you."
Turning to leave, Zhou Chenjin smiled at her from the doorway: "At least bring a fruit knife when you eat oranges in the office, peeling them by hand will damage your nails."
After saying that, he turned around and went back to doing his own thing.
Zhang Jiayao turned on the exhaust fan and chuckled as she watched the direction the girl left in: "That little girl is so clever."
Zhou Chenjin returned to her office with the folder and opened her phone. The top trending topic on Weibo was Zhang Renyin again. She clicked on it and saw that it was his apology letter after he was imprisoned in Japan. It had been forwarded by several official officials in Japan, and Shangshui Luoying had also forwarded the post.
"Zhang Renyin, a hero who would rather die than surrender"
Several related terms instantly surged to the top of Weibo's trending topics. Zhou Chenjin browsed through them, but ultimately chose to close her phone.
"Oh, a hero who would rather die than surrender." Chen Xiaojing lay on Zhang Renyin's lap, reciting the trending search term word by word, "A hero who would rather die than surrender."
Zhang Renyin's smile was so wide it almost reached the solar system.
"Who came up with this entry?"
"I created it using a secondary account," Chen Xiaojing said proudly. "Impressive, right?"
"Amazing, amazing." Zhang Renyin leaned back on the sofa, tossing his white cane aside. "The great writer is the most amazing."
Chen Xiaojing was pleased by his coaxing and leaned against him: "Oh, by the way, there was a Professor Zhang in today's live stream who wanted me to give him a formal title."
Zhang Renyin paused for a moment: "That's right. Right now, our great writers are enjoying a surge in popularity, and I'm like your secret lover, how frustrating."
"Okay, okay, I'll make it official. Which app's official announcement do you want?"
"Weibo".
Chen Xiaojing mimicked the way top celebrities announce their relationships in novels, holding Zhang Renyin's hand and intertwining their fingers, taking a picture by the window, and captioning it: "Year after year with Professor Zhang." She also tagged Zhang Renyin in the photo.
The moment the Weibo post was published, the comments section was flooded with well wishes for 99, and Director Qian and Yu Yan quickly jumped on the bandwagon, their posts becoming the top trending comments.
Zhou Chenjin probably saw the Weibo post and sent her a message with a grin: "Finally decided to officially announce your Professor Zhang? I thought you were planning to keep it a secret."
Chen Xiaojing replied cheerfully, "It was our Professor Zhang who said he wanted a formal title." She followed it with a mischievous smiley emoji.
"Be happy."
After the cheering, Zhou Chenjin offered her most sincere blessings.
"What are your plans for the future?" they both asked at the same time.
“There’s a drama that’s going to be filmed in City B for a while, and I plan to go with the crew.” Chen Xiaojing leaned against Zhang Renyin’s chest, hearing his strong heartbeat. “Maybe I’ll come back after a while.”
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