Jiang Yuze's face darkened when he heard the synthesized sound, and the content on the projection was no longer just that simple photo. The others at the conference table looked at Jiang Yuze who was standing in silence. When they were looking at the photos, they were still skeptical, but when they saw the car-changing operation in the video... some of the doubts were not just about meeting someone privately.
"Assistant Jiang..." A shareholder looked at Jiang Yuze and asked, "What's going on with the content on this PPT?"
After the video was played, the PPT switched to the next photo, and the person Jiang Yuze was meeting changed from Liang Rongchao to another one.
Jiang Yuze tried to keep himself calm and watched the photos being projected one after another. He discovered that these photos or videos were displayed in chronological order. They all showed his meetings with some of Sheng Ming's top executives, but in fact, there was no other evidence except the photos.
He himself was a cautious person. If the senior executives of Shengming were not difficult to deal with and he had to go out in person, he would not have changed cars and routes to go to Shengming...
After calming down from the initial panic, Jiang Yuze ignored the PPT that was playing, and looked at Chen Jianhong who was frowning, and explained: "The acquisition plan of Shengming is a plan that the group has had since the beginning of the year. When you were conducting project research and market evaluation, you must have come into contact with some people from Shengming, and you also know what the situation of Shengming was a while ago."
"Sheng Ming had internal turmoil at the top half a month ago. Affected by all kinds of false information in the industry, the disagreement among the other party's top management had a certain impact on our company's acquisition plan."
Jiang Yuze said this, and some people in the conference room deeply understood it. He added: "Shengming is a key project planned at the beginning of the year. President Chen also asked me to pay attention to this project."
Others looked at Chen Jianhong. Could it be that all of Jiang Yuze's actions were ordered by the chairman?
Chen Jianhong frowned slightly when he heard what Jiang Yuze meant. "I said that the Shengming project is more important and needs attention, but this is not within your scope of responsibility."
"This is indeed my fault." Jiang Yuze smiled bitterly and looked at a project leader in the conference room. "When I was paying attention to the project, I noticed the problem with Sheng Ming. Manager Qi was conducting an evaluation at the time. When I was communicating with him, I noticed the difference in industry news. It just so happened that Mr. Liang from Sheng Ming and I were classmates. When I saw that Manager Qi was in a difficult situation, I wanted to use my connections to understand the whole story of this matter."
Chen Jianhong's eyes swept over Manager Qi at the conference table.
The latter hurriedly stood up and explained, "Chairman, Special Assistant Jiang did come to ask about Sheng Ming's matter, and he also said at the time that he would think of a solution for us."
Jiang Yuze glanced at Manager Qi. Fortunately, he had done some preparation work to conceal his tracks. He didn't know how the other party controlled the computer in the conference room, but the so-called "materials" released by the other party were actually just superficial things. They failed to record his conversation with Sheng Ming's senior management or control other evidence. They wanted to kill him with these photos and videos. It was too much of an underestimation of Jiang Yuze.
The others at the conference table were thoughtful. Jiang Yuze's words made sense. Someone asked, "If you're just going there to inquire about the situation, why did you change cars?"
"This is to avoid misunderstandings. The chairman did not instruct me on this matter, and private communication with Shengming's senior management will also affect our company." Jiang Yuze explained: "I thought I was communicating as a private friend, not as a special assistant of the group... But I didn't expect that my actions still aroused suspicion from others, and took these photos to mislead everyone through the chronological order... This is indeed my fault. I shouldn't have contacted the other party's senior management privately without reporting it."
There were indeed rumors of internal strife among Sheng Ming's senior management a while ago, and even the group considered waiting and postponing the acquisition plan for the time being.
What Jiang Yuze did was reasonable. As a member of the group, it was reasonable for him to consider the interests of the group and inquire about Sheng Ming's internal information. It’s just that he contacted people from other companies privately without reporting, which violated the company’s rules and regulations and was a dereliction of duty. But it is still a bit far-fetched to say that Jiang Yuze and Sheng Ming are in collusion. What Jiang Yuze has done in the company over the years is obvious to all, and the benefits he has created for the company far exceed this.
Chen Jianhong frowned slightly. The content on the projector was still playing. These photos could not be used as solid evidence.
Jiang Yuze noticed that the expressions of the other people in the meeting room relaxed slightly, and he knew that the matter had been eased for the time being... After that, the most he would do would be to deduct some points from his performance or salary due to dereliction of duty and violation of the system, which was not a big problem... But the key lies in another matter. Now that this has happened, it will be a bit difficult for him to do anything in this meeting. Chen Jianhong will definitely be wary of him. In order to reduce other people's attention on him, he can only avoid suspicion in Sheng Ming's matter, or even not participate at all.
Otherwise, given the vigilance of Chen Jianhong and Chen Shiming, once they set their sights on him, it would be much more difficult for him to take any other action.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yuze's eyes darkened a little. He had done a lot of cover-ups before doing this. The fact that these photos and videos were taken showed that the person playing the projection behind the scenes had already noticed him and was the reason why they carried out such tracking and secretly filming against him. He felt that his behavior did not reveal any flaws and he got along well with people in the company. So who was paying attention to him and even chose to mess with him in such an occasion?
For the sake of future benefits, Sheng Ming can temporarily give up his early plans.
But he must catch the person who is watching him from behind.
Jiang Yuze was thinking about it and signaled Xiao Jiang at the control console with his eyes to go and handle the projection.
At this moment, the projection on the field suddenly changed. A strange synthetic voice laughed briefly, which seemed eerie and creepy in the empty conference room.
The synthesized voice said: "Mr. Jiang, do you think these are all I have prepared?"
Jiang Yuze's body, which had just relaxed, suddenly stiffened. He looked at the projection abruptly, and saw that the original photos with Sheng Ming's senior executives disappeared. When it switched to the next page, the PPT turned into a white background with red text, which was particularly eye-catching in the conference room.
【2011, Huanhong Project】
"11 years of happiness...?"
“What is this project?”
"I have some impression of this project. Huanhong is a smartphone project under the group. We invested a lot of things at that time."
People in the conference room looked at each other, some remembered the project, and some were asking others about it. But less than ten seconds after the words "Huanhong" appeared, a large paragraph of text suddenly lit up on the projector. Along with the electronic sound explanation, the people in the conference room knew what kind of project the Huanhong project was.
The Chen Group's transformation began several years ago, and the Huanhong project was one of them. At that time, smartphones were developing rapidly. Mastering certain advanced technologies could give one a share of the mainstream market. Chen then launched the Huanhong project. This project was indeed a pilot project of Chen in its early years, and the group had high hopes for it. However, in the middle of research and development, the smart technology being developed was stolen by another competitor company on the market. After a thorough internal investigation, it was found that there was a problem with a technician in the research group.
The culprit that led to the bankruptcy of the project due to technology leakage was a deputy technical team leader in the project team at that time. Later, the project was aborted, and Chen gave up the plan to attack the market and expanded to other businesses. Unexpectedly, this project would be put in front of them again today.
Chen Jianhong frowned, he remembered this project.
It’s just that this project has already been resolved, and those who should be held accountable have been held accountable, and those who committed serious crimes are still in jail…
After the content page on the PPT helped people review the plot, the next step was soon taken... The things released next were all some evidence of the Huanhong project that had not yet been revealed, including the internal data of the technical department at that time, personnel transfers, planned schedules, etc.
In the office, Chen Qizhao was leaning back in his office chair with headphones on. The sound in the headphones came from the eavesdropping device he had left under the desk in the conference room. It was clearly picking up all the sounds in the conference room, and naturally he also heard Jiang Yuze's previous explanation.
Chen Qizhao had never underestimated Jiang Yuze. After fighting with Lin Shizhong many times, he knew how capable this chief protector who was responsible for protecting Lin Shizhong was. In a situation where it is uncertain how much arrangements Jiang Yuze has made, only a preemptive strike can achieve the effect of catching people off guard. The photos of Sheng Ming's conversations have different meanings to different people. Even if Jiang Yuze is really conspiring with someone, as long as he can defend himself and prepare "witnesses" in advance, he can still get away with it.
But what if it’s more than one thing…will the people in the venue still listen to Jiang Yuze’s sophistry?
Chen Qizhao narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the PPT and audio playing on the notebook. The Huanhong project was the project of Professor Feng Ruyi back then. Jiang Yuze did not participate in it, but he had an unignorable connection with other people in the project. What Jiang Yuze is best at is standing outside the game, using a few words or other benefits to induce people in the game to work for him. When things are exposed or problems arise, he waves his hand and kills with a borrowed knife, finding the most suitable scapegoat from among the chess pieces.
The person who had close communication with Jiang Yuze in the Huanhong project was the secondary person in charge of the Huanhong project, and the technical leakage was also caused by Jiang Yuze deceiving him. When the matter was exposed, they put all the blame on the person who had already suspected them at the time, that is, Feng Ruyi's mentor. Feng Ruyi's mentor was just a technician. If he wanted to play tricks on Jiang Yuze and others in such an environment, he would naturally be defeated completely. The only useful evidence left was the record in Feng Ruyi's hand.
Relying on this record, Chen Qizhao followed the clues in Chen's database and found some information left over from the Huanhong project at that time, the current status of the researchers... and thus found the people who colluded with Jiang Yuze at that time. The difference between Chen Qizhao and Feng Ruyi is that Chen Qizhao has the experience of his previous life and knows the list of evidence that Feng Ruyi used to report Jiang Yuze in the future. Even though some of the evidence cannot be found now, some of it is easy to find at this point in time.
So he found evidence that Jiang Yuze was not aware of and had not had time to deal with.
Jiang Yuze thought he had used everyone and controlled everyone...but there were so many things to do and so much evidence to destroy, it was impossible to take care of everything, and there were always smart people who kept one or two things in mind.
The PPT in the conference room showed the list of people involved in the project and their respective leaders.
The important people who participated at the time were highlighted. When the people in the conference room had a general impression of the list, a person who had nothing to do with this project appeared in the next photo. He was Jiang Yuze's assistant. In addition, various evidences appeared in the PPT, all pointing to the fact that the assistant had entered and exited the Huanhong project office many times, and all of them were done away from the public to meet with a specific project team member.
"That's not right." At this time, an older executive in the conference room stood up and said, "If I remember correctly, this person is Jiang Zhu's assistant, right? This person shouldn't have any contact with Huanhong... The Huanhong incident was not a project under the charge of the headquarters at the time. Except for the direct person in charge, there was no reason to contact the relevant personnel of Huanhong."
Jiang Yuze continued to explain: "This man's surname is Wang. He was indeed my assistant before, but later he resigned and no longer works for me."
He looked at the PPT with a slightly depressed look, "I have no idea about this matter. It may be that Assistant Wang privately discussed it with someone..."
Before Jiang Yuze finished speaking, an audio clip was played in the PPT, which was a recording.
The voice in the recording was Jiang Yuze's and another unfamiliar voice.
Before anyone in the conference room could react, a text message matching the content of the call appeared on the screen. A voice similar to Jiang Yuze's was instructing another person to reach an agreement with the Huanhong project team to shift the blame of the technology leak onto another person in the project. The senior executives in the conference room who knew about the Huanhong project immediately realized upon hearing that man's name that he was the deputy leader of the technical team who had taken all the responsibilities and was still in jail.
Jiang Yuze's face froze. It had been so long that he had long forgotten most of the things about the Huanhong project.
But after hearing the content of the recording, he was unusually panicked, because he did have such a conversation in his memory.
Everything that needed to be dealt with had been dealt with, and he had even checked the current situation of the assistant in private, but he did not expect that the assistant would record such things in advance, and now this thing is being played in public. He could argue that the recording was fake, but what if the other party had other evidence that they hadn't released and was just using this recording to defraud him...
Now, everyone's eyes turned to Jiang Yuze.
Everyone present was a smart person. As for Sheng Ming's matter, they could still believe Jiang Yuze because they saw that he had worked hard for the group for many years, but if the recording was true... then there would be a big problem. The incident back then was quite a big deal. It was easy to handle if it was just a technician leaking the information, but if it involved senior executives of the group and framed people, then the scope of involvement would be wide... because they were not sure what role Jiang Yuze played here.
Chen Jianhong frowned and looked at Jiang Yuze, his eyes full of suspicion. He looked at the assistant who had worked by his side for many years.
He had suspected that there were problems with his assistants and many people, but he had the least suspicion on Jiang Yuze. Even though Chen Shiming had multiple pieces of evidence showing that there were problems with his subordinates, as long as there was no direct evidence pointing to Jiang Yuze, he chose to turn a blind eye. From his youth to now, he has watched Jiang Yuze grow up... This man can be regarded as a veteran who has watched the Chen Group grow stronger and stronger, and has also helped the Chen Group to overcome many crises.
But now two things happened in succession, and the PPT was still playing. Chen Jianhong suddenly couldn't see clearly the deputy who had assisted him for many years.
"Do you have anything to say?" Chen Jianhong looked at him.
Jiang Yuze was still calculating in his mind. He was hesitating about what words he should use to regain Chen Jianhong's trust, but he was not sure. The PPT on the projection was like a bomb that could explode at any time. He was not sure how much evidence the person who put the evidence had in his hands... When he thought that the other party only had one-sided evidence, the other party released deeper things after his quibbling, like a very patient hunter, deceiving him step by step into the trap.
This situation was too passive. Jiang Yuze had never anticipated this situation and had not made any preparations in advance.
He was thinking and about to speak when he suddenly noticed the eyes of everyone in the meeting room falling on him.
Doubt, disgust, or disbelief...
Jiang Yuze looked at these gazes and suddenly saw the disgusted looks others gave him many years ago.
He hated being looked at in all kinds of ways, as it always reminded him of his dark and trampled childhood.
Only when you are a superior person and have power and influence can you be truly respected by others. This is a truth Jiang Yuze has known since he was a child, from witnessing his biological father beating his mother to death, from having marks of beatings all over his body... from a childhood of domestic violence to the disgusted looks from classmates and teachers at school, he was like a lowly ant. Anyone could step on him, spit on him, and finally leave with a smile.
Later, his biological father froze to death on the street due to alcoholism. He was kicked around by his relatives and finally became an unwanted orphan.
His identity as an orphan earned him several titles: beast, bastard, jinx... He could not hold his head up in front of anyone until the day he was sponsored by Lin Shizhong, and things gradually became different. He could change his dirty clothes, appear in another school in a glamorous and beautiful manner, and start a new life with a new look...
But these are always different. He can still see people with good academic performance laughing at him, and his teachers are disappointed in him... He has clearly changed his life, but no matter where he goes, he will always face such looks. So he began to desire recognition from others, and from being the last in the class to being admitted to a prestigious university, he embarked on a life that he had never imagined.
But that is not enough. No matter how good your grades are or how outstanding you are, sometimes birth determines everything.
He saw the contempt in the eyes of the rich kids in the school, saw the connections that others could get with a wave of their hands, saw some people getting a bright future without any effort...so he realized that what he had was not enough, and if he wanted to be truly respected by others, he could only climb to the highest position.
Jiang Yuze’s goal has never been to be an assistant who needs to read other people’s eyes. He always wants more than that.
But he has worked so hard for so long, he just needs to hold on for a few more years, and when Lin Shizhong closes his net, he will be able to own everything and fulfill his dream. But now seeing the looks of these people in the conference room, Jiang Yuze felt indescribably frantic. He forced himself to calm down, thinking back to the arrangements over the years, it was impossible for the person behind the scenes to have so much evidence. If there was really evidence, why would the other party wait until this time to release it... ?
Jiang Yuze calmed down and explained calmly: "Mr. Chen, I don't know what's going on. The voice in this recording is indeed similar to mine, but I have never conspired with anyone like this. This recording is..."
At this moment, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open.
Jiang Yuze was stunned, and suddenly saw Chen Shiming in a suit and tie coming in from the door. He was unharmed and looked at him sharply.
"I'm sorry to interrupt your meeting, but I think the acquisition of Shengming is still under discussion." Chen Shiming stepped into the meeting room and glanced at the content playing on the PPT. Assistant Xu, who followed behind him, quickly walked up to the projection console and pushed Assistant Jiang, who looked astonished, aside.
Jiang Yuze's incredulous gaze rested on Chen Shiming.
This is impossible! ? The positioning has stopped. Chen Shiming should have been in a car accident at this time. How could he appear here unharmed?
The people in the conference room did not expect Chen Shiming to appear at this time. Their puzzled eyes rested on Chen Shiming.
"Special Assistant Jiang." Chen Shiming looked at him. "You seem surprised that I'm here?"
Jiang Yuze: “No…”
Chen Shiming glanced at the contents on the PPT. On the way here, he had heard the broadcast from other assistants, saying that there was a problem in the meeting room and Sheng Ming's acquisition meeting did not continue according to the procedure. Instead, it was remotely hijacked to play other things, all pointing to Jiang Yuze. It was as if they knew his arrangement in advance and came here specially to prepare for him, so he asked his assistant to go to the control room as soon as possible to stop the people in the control room from disconnecting the conference room link, just to see what the person behind this was trying to do...
As he expected, it was a friendly force.
Chen Jianhong looked at his eldest son Chen Shiming, exchanged glances with him, and the latter nodded at him.
In the office, Chen Qizhao's hand operating the computer paused slightly and he heard Chen Shiming's voice coming from the headphones.
His eyes deepened slightly, and he glanced out the window in surprise, "Not bad...quick reaction."
Xiao Zhou knocked on the door and came in, saying, "Boss, General Manager Chen has arrived at the company. He should have gone to the meeting room by now."
"Got it." Chen Qizhao cleared the other contents in the computer, packed all the evidence and sent it to a certain mailbox, and directly destroyed all the manipulation evidence in the notebook. After finishing this, he stretched and said casually: "Oh, let's go and see the excitement."
Xiao Zhou was confused: "Where?"
Chen Qizhao raised his eyebrows and said, "Conference room, have you ever seen someone get unlucky? Let me show you."
At the same time, someone in the conference room saw this and said, "Mr. Chen, why are you..."
"Let me apologize for being late this morning." Chen Shiming glanced at the people in the room and changed his plan temporarily. "Just a few days ago, I found a GPS locator in the car I ride every day."
As soon as these words were spoken, the conference room was filled with noise and Jiang Yuze's face turned very pale.
"I called the police immediately. I was under police supervision and protection until the meeting this morning." Chen Shiming's eyes stopped on Jiang Yuze. "I set out as usual. At a certain intersection, we found a suspicious truck driver in advance. The police who were lying in ambush took control of the scene immediately and captured the suspect. We found tracking software for a certain locator on his phone before he destroyed the evidence. And based on the existing software information, the police technicians tracked down another location address..."
"Unfortunately, I was unable to find the specific IP."
Jiang Yuze didn't expect that Chen Shiming could find out in advance, but it didn't matter. He had made some arrangements when arranging this matter, and he was sure that the other party would not be able to find out about him. Now, after hearing what Chen Shiming said, he was even more relieved. He had specially commissioned someone to find the driver. If it was discovered that there was intentional homicide, the driver would take the blame, and the other party would not be able to trace it to him... He had explained in advance that as long as Chen Shiming had an accident, it would not cost anyone's life. Now that Chen Shiming was fine, the nature of this matter was different.
But after a while, Chen Shiming changed the subject: "But we tracked down the mastermind behind the scenes and found that he was in the headquarters building."
When this statement came out, the faces of the senior executives in the conference room changed slightly. Someone actually intended to kill someone? And it's right here at headquarters.
"Although I am not sure who is behind all this, I believe that with the clues the police have now, they should be able to find out who is the ultimate mastermind very soon."
As Chen Shiming spoke, he paid attention to the changes in the expressions of the other people in the conference room. Most of them were surprised and unexpected. He retracted his gaze and looked at another person.
"But there is one more thing. On the way here, I received news from the police." Chen Shiming looked at Jiang Yuze, "Assistant Jiang, I remember that Assistant Yu who had an accident in the Feihong Rongguang project was one of your subordinates, right?"
Jiang Yuze's face froze. When he turned around, he found several people in plain clothes following him in.
They nodded at Chen Shiming, their eyes locked on the standing Jiang Yuze, and walked over and said, "Jiang Yuze, right? We have received news that a prisoner has changed his confession. You are currently suspected of leaking commercial secrets and instructing others to commit illegal acts. Please cooperate with our investigation."
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