In the relatively quiet employee office area, many people at different workstations had different expressions and were discussing in low voices. The Gu Group is one of the top companies in the country and is even more famous in City B. Beneath its thriving performance lies the undercurrent of the two big men in the Gu family.
The announcement that appeared in the company this morning has been deleted, and senior executives took action almost within ten minutes of the news appearing. But even so, as an important system within the group, once such an announcement appears, even if it is prevented from being leaked out in time, it will already be known to everyone within the company.
The fact that Gu Zhengsong had an illegitimate child was a secret, and only a few senior executives within the Gu company knew about it. Now that this news appeared in the announcement along with the paternity test, it instantly made Gu Zhengsong's people nervous. Behind the Gu Group is the Gu family. The Gu family is complicated, but it is very traditional. As soon as this news spread, it caused a huge wave within the Gu family.
Even though Old Master Gu has been particularly fond of Gu Zhengsong recently, he cannot be partial to him in such a situation.
"How are we going to deal with that morning incident?"
"It's better to keep your voice down, Gu Zhengsong is in the company..."
"There is such a thing. There is even a paternity test report."
"Who hacked into our company's system and posted something like this?"
The top brass are tacitly aware of this, and only those who don't know the truth would think that such an incident was an accident. How could it be so easy to hack into the group’s internal system? The senior network engineer hired by the group is not a mere decoration. To put something like this in the internal announcement, it could only be someone inside... It is not difficult to guess who acquiesced to disguise it as an accident, but there is no evidence.
Several senior executives in the conference room looked at each other, and then looked at Gu Zhengxun and Gu Zhengsong in front of them. These two brothers who looked similar were sitting peacefully at the same table, but there was a lot of tension in between. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Gu Zhengsong had been targeting Gu Zhengxun during this period. Now that this news had come out, the usually smiling tiger's face turned gloomy.
Gu Zhengsong: "Brother seems to be in a good mood today."
"Not like you." Gu Zhengxun looked at the speaker of the meeting, "What about the acquisition details? Go on."
The speaker wiped his sweat and immediately got into the topic.
The other senior executives did not say anything. The fact that the matter of the illegitimate child was so public was almost a slap in Gu Zhengsong's face.
Gu Zhengxun has been suppressed by Gu Zhengsong for so long, this is an open declaration of war with Gu Zhengsong.
Everyone has their own thoughts during the meeting. After coming out of the meeting room, Gu Zhengsong talked to his assistant with a sullen face, "How did the paternity test report end up in his hands?"
"We can't contact the doctor who did the appraisal. He is most likely protecting us." The assistant continued, "Not only that, his people seem to be paying attention to some of our arrangements. Their recent behavior is very strange."
Gu Zhengsong was in a very bad mood. Gu Shen's identity was revealed at this time. The group of old-fashioned people in the Gu family would definitely use these things to attack him. In addition, Gu Zhengxun got the jade jewelry. In the eyes of those old-fashioned people, the difference in their current situations was immediately apparent. Gu Zhengxun went to war with him directly just to win more support. The old man's body would not last for a few more years. Now there was the jadeite incident first and the illegitimate child incident later. After this incident, his status in front of the Gu family would only be lower.
"Keep the matter under control." Gu Zhengsong frowned, "Don't let any rumors spread before the old man asks about this matter."
While the power struggle was going on within the Gu family, young men in black clothes and masks stood at the door of a bar that was closed during the day.
The doorbell rang, and the fat boss who was dozing at the bar's reception desk looked up and saw the young man in black in front of him. He pulled out an envelope from under the counter and said, "I heard that you came all the way back from S City, so I asked people to work overtime these days to investigate. I have asked people to investigate the capitals you suspected. Following the clues you gave, there are indeed two capitals in the jurisdiction of those institutions that are more suspicious. After a comprehensive investigation, it is confirmed that this person is also an old acquaintance of yours."
Shen Yuhuai took the envelope from the fat boss, tore open the seal and began to check, "Gu family?"
"You found quite a lot?" The fat boss continued, "It's the Gu family. To be more precise, it should be Gu Zhengsong. He bought land in a small town on the outskirts of those institutions. The land has not been developed yet, but some people reported that large vehicles often come in and out."
"But there are many large factories near that place, and the vehicle could be a truck from another factory."
Shen Yuhuai quickly finished reading the information on the file and said, “The backup of the information should be sent to my backup email address.”
"Of course." The fat boss said, "What you are investigating is not simple. Gu Zhengsong has many tricks and many people work for him. Now that the Gu family has been identified, what can you do to them? Some things handed out may not achieve the effect you want, and may even bring trouble to yourself."
He added: "Yu Huai, as a friend, I still suggest that you don't check too much."
Shen Yuhuai: "Don't worry, I know what's going on."
"What are your plans next? Continue to stay in City B?" asked the fat boss.
"It's almost time to investigate. Let's go back and confirm the situation at Lin's Medical. If we really confirm that the two companies are secretly cooperating to develop an illegal industrial chain, then we can determine the plan and continue tracking." Shen Yuhuai pulled the mask slightly, "I'm leaving on tomorrow's flight. Thank you for this."
After being in City B for a few days, he was basically certain that the person behind those institutions should be Gu Zhengsong. It's just that this relationship had gone through several circles, so Yan Kaiqi didn't find out about this relationship at the time. After coming here, he found several local intelligence dealers who sold information, and was able to confirm that the investor related to those illegal institutions was Gu Zhengsong.
Or maybe it shouldn’t be said that it was Gu Zhengsong, it might be someone under Gu Zhengsong.
The scope of this industrial chain is even wider than he imagined. On the surface, it is about the development of food and medical products, but in fact, where these things are sold and who are the people who are connected behind the scenes are all terrifying things to think about. If Lin's Medical is involved, then the direction of these things can basically be determined through Lin's Medical's market, which is related to food and drug safety, and there is even the possibility of smuggling and trafficking of illegal compounds.
Shen Yuhuai asked him to destroy some of the information, and after leaving the bar, he sent a text message to Chen Shiming.
Before coming to Beijing, he told Chen Shiming what had been confirmed and asked them to be wary of the Lin family. If both parties had basically confirmed this illegal industrial chain, this matter must be handed over to the Chen family along with the existing supporting evidence after returning to S City.
The rumors within the Gu family have been suppressed, but the necessary relationships have already spread, and certain arrangements have gradually shifted amid the undercurrent.
This incident lasted for a few days, and Gu Shen listened to the news for a few days. His outward anger had subsided, but the mocking voices outside continued to reach his ears. The young masters and young ladies of the Gu family who claimed to have orthodox bloodlines, and the young masters in the capital who had a decent relationship with him in the past, all sent him messages gloating over his misfortune...
"Mr. Gu said he would suppress this matter." The assistant said cautiously.
He has been following this young man for five years. He is obviously not even thirty years old, but his ability to endure is the strongest he has ever seen. The word "illegitimate child" is something they would never say out loud. This identity is like a sword hanging over Gu Shen's head, but people's words are scary, and if someone adds fuel to the flames, this matter cannot be suppressed.
Gu Shen looked down at the sarcastic messages on his phone, his face expressionless: "Did Gu Zhengxun really arrange this?"
"Yes." The assistant continued, "There are signs of external attacks on the group's system, but those attack methods should not be able to enter the firewall. It is very likely that someone inside was operating and condoned this behavior."
It goes without saying who is behind the internal operations.
The assistant looked at the injuries on Gu Shen's hands. There was a thin layer of scab on the places where he was cut by the teacup glass, but he knew that Gu Shen must be angry.
Gu Shen sneered. When his good father said this, he already knew the other party's attitude.
The Gu family attaches great importance to inheritance. If the identity of his illegitimate child becomes known, it means that he will never be able to appear in public and will be ridiculed and mocked by others.
Originally, Gu Zhengsong planned to seize power from the Gu family and then slowly establish his status properly, but now this matter has been exposed in front of so many people. If Gu Zhengsong wants to seize power from Gu Zhengxun, he must make his attitude towards this matter clear.
When necessary, Gu Zhengsong could only deny his identity.
Gu Zhengxun's move was both brilliant and ruthless.
Different from his usual gentle and upright working style, it seems that the jade necklace incident has boosted his arrogance.
Gu Shen felt that there was something he hadn’t noticed, so he asked again, “Is there any movement from the Yan family?”
Assistant: "Yan Kaiqi has been very honest recently and has not mobilized anyone to investigate. Yan Kailin has also been protected by him."
"He is a smart man and knows how to stop and seek peace."
The assistant added: "But there is something very strange. When we investigated after you reminded us last time, we focused on the people around Yan Kaiqi and found that he was very close to Shen Yuhuai from the Shen family. Shen Yuhuai was also at the scene when Yan Kailin had an accident last time."
A person who is very close to Yan Kaiqi...Why did the Yan family suddenly investigate these things and trace the cause to him? He never figured out the motive behind this, so he asked someone to follow and investigate the Yan family.
If he remembered correctly, Shen Yuhuai and Chen Qizhao had a close relationship, and the Shen family and the Chen family had been friends for many years.
The current situation at the Chen family is probably not simple.
Gu Shen lowered his eyes and placed his fingers on the document, "Go on."
"Shen Yuhuai is from the Shen family. The head lady of the Shen family is a friend of Gu Zhengxun's wife. It is said that Gu Zhengxun also went to the Shen family after coming to S City. The matter of the Chen family's necklace you mentioned before is very likely that the Gu family contacted the Shen family and contacted the Chen family."
The assistant placed the tablet in front of Gu Shen and continued, “Yesterday I focused on checking Shen Yuhuai and found that he left for City B the day after Yan Kailin’s accident.”
Gu Shen frowned: "And then?"
The assistant said, "The excuse he gave to the institute for his leave was that he was going back to B University to deal with something. When we observed him, we found that he did go back to B University, but he was only dealing with paper procedures. However, he stayed in B City for nearly ten days and only flew back to S City today."
"What's going on with the Shen family recently?" Gu Shen asked.
Assistant: “The Shen family will hold a birthday party for Shen Yuhuai the day after tomorrow.”
Birthday party… ?
Gu Shen's eyes darkened slightly: "Check Chen Yuhuai."
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The day before Shen Yuhuai's birthday, Chen Qizhao went back to the Chen family.
After arriving home, he went to the kitchen to check the tea and coffee that were originally placed in the cupboard, and asked the housekeeper about the recent medication situation of Chen Jianhong and Zhang Yazhi. After receiving a positive reply, he felt relieved and left the kitchen.
The housekeeper watched the man walk away carefully, and told the servant beside him: "Next time the second young master comes to the kitchen, remember not to let him open the second cabinet."
The servant was puzzled: "Brother Zhang, is there anything in there?"
"Nothing much." The butler said expressionlessly, "Tea and coffee."
It was the private collection of the master and the eldest son. He was afraid that the second son would be in a bad mood and just throw it into the trash can.
Zhang Yazhi and Chen Qizhao were sitting in the living room. The volume of the TV series was turned up, but it did not affect the conversation between mother and son at all.
Zhang Yazhi said: "This actor's acting is not good. His eyes don't move at all."
"Maybe he's just a vase." Chen Qizhao commented: "His role will be over soon."
Zhang Yazhi commented on the plot and characters in the TV series, and Chen Qizhao responded from time to time.
After a while, Zhang Yazhi asked, "Is Xiao Zhao in a good mood recently?"
"Why do you think so?" Chen Qizhao paused for a moment and turned his head to look at Zhang Yazhi.
Zhang Yazhi looked at the child sitting next to her. She seemed to feel that the burden on the child was relieved a little. Unlike before, when she came home, she always played with her mobile phone. When she talked to her, she was not distracted. "Be happy, don't be sad."
Chen Qizhao didn't say anything. He looked at the content of the TV series and wondered whether he should invest in some TV series to entertain Zhang Yazhi. During this period, Zhang Yazhi loved watching TV series. As long as he was at home, she would always drag him to watch TV series together. After several times, he had become familiar with some of the faces that often appeared in TV series.
As he was thinking, Zhang Yazhi started telling him some gossip.
"Do you still remember the Gu family that came to our house last time?" Zhang Yazhi changed the channel and continued, "Didn't your father want to discuss business with the Gu family recently? I heard from your father last night that the second son of the Gu family has an illegitimate child, and I heard that there has been quite a big fuss recently."
Chen Qizhao said "oh" but showed little interest: "How old is it?"
"The relationship has become strained, your uncle Gu has gone back too. Originally, his family was planning to go to Yu Huai's birthday party, but now they probably can't." Zhang Yazhi said this and continued, "Have you prepared a gift for Yu Huai? He helped our family a lot when you were sick before, don't forget it."
"I'm ready."
When Chen Jianhong and Chen Shiming returned home, they saw the mother and son sitting in the living room watching TV.
It was already a little late. After dinner, Chen Qizhao and Zhang Yazhi were still staying in the living room. When it was a little after ten o'clock, Chen Shiming came out of Chen Jianhong's study and called Chen Qizhao.
The two went to Chen Shiming's study, and the quarrel between Gu Zhengxun and Gu Zhengsong was too intense, and he couldn't help but think of what Chen Qizhao said in the office at the beginning, plus the news he received from Shen Yuhuai during this period, together with Chen Qizhao's previous speculation, he was basically certain that the Lin family was involved with Gu Zhengsong.
Chen Shiming asked Chen Qizhao if he knew about this.
"How can I manage the Gu family's affairs?" Chen Qizhao sat on the sofa in the study, flipping through the documents on the table leisurely, and said in a normal tone: "What's wrong? Is Gu Zhengsong furious?"
He added: "But it's also true that Gu Shen is his most important child. With Gu Zhengxun forcing him like this, given the situation of the Gu family, if he wants to compete with Gu Zhengxun, he can only slack off on his relationship with Gu Shen."
Chen Shiming frowned: "It really has nothing to do with you?"
"It doesn't matter. How can it matter? You overestimate my ability. Whatever you want to do, it's not Gu Zhengxun's idea."
Chen Qizhao looked at Chen Shiming. He had only made a subtle suggestion in the email to Gu Zhengxun. It was not up to Gu Zhengxun to choose whether to do it or not.
He just added fuel to the fire and didn't do anything.
It just so happens that a fire has broken out at the Gu family's place. As long as the fire is big enough, Gu Zhengsong will not have time to help Lin Shizhong.
Chen Shiming hesitated a little, but still believed Chen Qizhao, and then said: “You told me before that Gu Zhengsong might have a relationship with Lin Shizhong. Shen Yuhuai brought me a message when he went to City B.”
When Chen Yuhuai was mentioned, Chen Qizhao paused for a moment. Shen Yuhuai told him that he had something to deal with at the school in City B. Recently, when they occasionally chatted, Shen Yuhuai said that he was dealing with personal matters.
Chen Shiming didn’t notice Chen Qizhao’s expression, and repeated what Shen Yuhuai had said to Chen Qizhao before.
Chen Qizhao paused and talked about this matter.
But after a while, Chen Shiming said again: "But he seems to have found several institutions in the suburbs of Beijing, saying that Gu Zhengsong may be engaged in illegal drug or food trafficking with Lin's Medical, but he has no evidence for these."
Chen Qizhao's expression changed slightly, "When did it happen?!"
Shen Yuhuai didn't tell him this.
"He went to Beijing for a few days and said he asked his local friends. He is very cautious and won't say anything that he is not sure about. He should have been investigating this matter for a while."
Chen Shiming continued, "If we follow what he found out, then your original statement is basically confirmed. He said that he could give me some evidence of the business dealings between Lin's Medical and the Gu family in a few days. If that's true, then we will have more evidence to overthrow Lin Shizhong."
Chen Qizhao didn't listen to the second half of Chen Shiming's words. His attention was all on the matter of non-drug or food sales. He had previously determined the potential transaction between Lin Shizhong and Gu Zhengsong from Shen Yuhuai's words, but it had only been a few days, and Shen Yuhuai had already found out about this...
This means that Shen Yuhuai did not tell him everything at the beginning, but continued to investigate a lot behind the scenes.
"When did he tell you?" Chen Qizhao asked.
Chen Shiming replied: "It was yesterday, but he said there is no evidence yet. He will tell me when the evidence is confirmed. He has his own channels, and what he found are things we haven't found before."
It's not just something that hasn't been found out, it's also confirmed evidence. What Shen Yuhuai holds in his hand is a piece of evidence that can impeach both Gu Zhengsong and Lin Shizhong.
Chen Qizhao's brain was working quickly, and based on the information from Chen Shiming and Shen Yuhuai, it gradually formed a complete line.
Gu Zhengsong and Lin Shizhong had illegal transactions, which was a potential business transaction involving illegal drugs and food. It is very likely that Lin Shizhong and Fang Chengjie's illegal drug smuggling activities were related to this.
In a sense, Lin Shizhong and Gu Zhengsong are allies, so in his previous life, Gu Zhengsong protected Lin Shizhong not only because of the jade necklace, but the more important reason was to protect the line in Lin Shizhong's hands, and Gu Shen might be the person who handed over to Lin Shizhong.
If you can connect them like this, then the things that you didn't understand in your previous life have actually been connected.
Chen Qizhao asked, "Doesn't he know the danger?"
Chen Shiming: "Lin Shizhong and Gu Zhengsong didn't seem to notice him, so his investigation went smoothly. I'm not sure how wide his network is, but the things he found out are indeed things we haven't discovered."
"I'm going back to my room." Chen Qizhao said suddenly.
Before Chen Shiming could stop him, he had already left the office. He glanced at a document next to him. They had found some evidence of illegal transactions from the arrangement that Lin Shizhong left in Chen's. According to Shen Yuhuai's thinking, if they followed this line, they might be able to find the Gu family...
If that's the case, then we have to contact Gu Zhengxun.
At this time, Chen Shiming's cell phone rang.
"Boss, we conducted a traceability check on the health products and medicines that you collected earlier, and found that Jiang Yuze had started to tamper with Mr. Chen's health products two years ago."
Special Assistant Xu: "These drugs have no substantial harm. They are all sedative, tranquilizing and sleep-inducing. Long-term use will reduce people's concentration. The reason why Mr. Chen was always sleepy some time ago is likely not only because of blood pressure, but also because he has taken these drugs before."
Chen Shiming's eyes darkened a little, something was not right.
The room was dark, and Chen Qizhao couldn't control the trembling of his palms when he closed the door.
Chen Qizhao stood in the dark, took out his cell phone from his pocket, and when he opened the chat interface with Shen Yuhuai, the two were still chatting in the morning.
His eyes sank slightly, his hand stopped at the chat interface but he didn't know what to send.
Shen Yuhuai would not tell anyone anything that he had no evidence for. When he told him about the controlled objects, the extraction equipment, and the covert business he had learned from Chen Shiming...they would only tell him the news after Shen Yuhuai had confirmed it.
He understood Shen Yuhuai's character and his considerations.
Because of this, his mood was complicated. These materials must have taken Shen Yuhuai a long time to find out, but when they came in front of him, Shen Yuhuai spoke of them lightly.
Just like this time when I went to City B, I was clearly investigating other things, but when it came to him, I just went back to school to deal with things.
Doesn't he know the danger?
Investigate Lin Shizhong, investigate Gu Zhengsong, none of them are easy to deal with, how dare Shen Yuhuai do that.
At the Shen family, Shen Yuhuai came out of the study.
When he returned to the room, his cell phone suddenly rang.
Seeing the contact popping up on the voice chat interface, Shen Yuhuai's eyes softened, and he pressed the answer button, "Why are you calling at this time, don't you want to take a break?"
It was past eleven o'clock, and the night outside seemed especially dark.
Chen Qizhao's room was also dark. He was sitting on the bed, with many cigarette butts accumulated in the ashtray next to him.
He had a lot of questions to ask, but when he got through the phone and heard Shen Yuhuai's voice, he calmed down instantly. It seemed that something was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say a word.
"I'm about to take a break. I just want to hear your voice."
Chen Qizhao's voice was a little hoarse, and Shen Yuhuai could tell it immediately.
Shen Yuhuai asked, “Have you caught a cold?”
Chen Qizhao: “No.”
The room was quiet, and Shen Yuhuai's voice came from the receiver. Just like usual when the two of them went out, Shen Yuhuai could always find a topic to continue chatting with him.
Chen Qizhao listened to Shen Yuhuai's voice, and he suddenly found that he liked Shen Yuhuai more than he thought, just like at this moment, he really wanted to meet Shen Yuhuai.
Time passed by minute by minute, until a certain hour came.
Chen Qizhao suddenly said: "Brother Huai, happy birthday."
Shen Yuhuai paused, with a hint of smile in his voice, "Thank you, after talking for so long, do you just want to say happy birthday to me?"
Chen Qizhao lowered his eyes slightly, "Well, and...thank you."
He added: "Brother Huai, go to bed early, it's already 12 o'clock."
Shen Yuhuai was silent for a while, then said, “Well, see you tonight?”
Chen Qizhao said, "See you tonight."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Qizhao stared at Shen Yuhuai’s name for a long time.
He hasn't said this for many years. Since Shen Yuhuai passed away in his previous life, this is the first time in many years that he has said happy birthday to Shen Yuhuai again.
One sentence seems like a lifetime ago, everything is hard-earned.
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