When Chen Ze heard about the incredibly high returns Lian Peng offered, he knew that this person was most likely a fraudster. He despised these kinds of fraudsters who used part of real businesses to illegally raise funds, and how many people in later generations had been swindled out of their fortunes by them.
"Manager Lian, I'm planning to invest 100,000 yuan to try it out and see if it really is as high-yield as you say every month."
"Only an investment of 100,000? A meal at this French restaurant costs tens of thousands." Lian Peng felt a surge of displeasure, but he wouldn't give up on the big fish so easily. He felt he wouldn't have the face to go back without swindling a million from Wang Siyu.
His eyes darted around as he tried to figure out how to make them believe him. It seemed the only solution was to trick them into attending a brainwashing conference.
Lian Peng looked at Chen Ze seriously and said, "Boss, at 3 p.m. this afternoon, our group's chairman, Qiao Shaozheng, will be giving a speech at the shareholders' meeting at the Dongting Hotel. If you want to become a shareholder of our group, you can't miss the shareholders' meeting."
Shareholders' meeting? Chen Ze was stunned. This kind of private meeting had turned into a public meeting for them. It seemed that these people were not ordinary swindlers. He decided to go and see for himself what tricks they had up their sleeves.
Chen Ze smiled faintly: "Manager Lian, we will definitely attend the shareholders' meeting on time at three o'clock."
Lian Peng got the answer he wanted and happily left the hotel restaurant.
"Chen Ze, are we really going to attend their shareholders' meeting?"
Chen Ze smiled slightly: "Of course we'll go. When we get there, we'll collect some evidence and hand it over to your uncle, who will then send someone to clean up these social parasites."
At 3 PM, Chen Ze brought Wang Siyu to the Dongting Hotel. The hotel lobby was lavishly decorated, with promotional posters for the so-called group plastered everywhere. Many people were excitedly heading towards the conference room.
After Chen Ze and his companion entered the conference room with the flow of people, they found a corner to sit down. Not long after, Lian Peng accompanied a middle-aged man in a suit and tie with his hair neatly combed to the podium. This must be Qiao Shaozheng, the so-called chairman of Hongwang Group.
"Ahem," Qiao Shaozheng cleared his throat and then said, "Good afternoon, shareholders. I am very happy to work with you to build a business together."
"Two years ago, I invested 100,000 yuan in two companies. Today, two years later, the companies are worth more than 5 billion yuan. Moreover, last year I led many shareholders to raise 1.5 billion yuan and invested in more than 100 companies, including more than 20 listed companies."
"Dear audience members, if you haven't joined our shareholders yet, what are you waiting for? I'm going to lead 200,000 shareholders to raise 3 billion yuan to invest in various European countries. I believe that within three years, everyone will become a billionaire."
"Did everyone understand? If you did, give us a round of applause." As soon as Qiao Shaozheng finished speaking, enthusiastic applause rang out from the audience.
"Slap, slap, slap..."
In the corner, Chen Ze secretly filmed Qiao Shaozheng's speech with his phone.
At the same time, he sighed inwardly, "It's not terrible for one person to be brainwashed, but it's terrible for a group of people to be brainwashed without even realizing it. It's clear that people are very eager for wealth, and their hearts have long been blinded by their own greed."
Qiao Shaozheng accurately grasped people's greed for wealth, which shows that he had a very good grasp of human nature. This allowed him to leave the people in the room stunned, make everyone applaud him, and make them willingly invest money.
After the applause subsided, Qiao Shaozheng continued, "I've said everything I needed to say. Now, let's move on to the investment process. Friends who brought money today, please come up to the stage to sign the cooperation agreement. I will allocate shares based on the amount of your investment."
In a short while, people in the front row surged onto the stage like a tide, clutching large amounts of cash in their hands and their faces filled with eagerness.
Because of the crowd, everyone was rushing around like hungry tigers pouncing on their prey, and some even started arguing loudly.
"I was here first, but Chairman Qiao let me sign first!"
"What do you mean 'you go first'? That's utter nonsense! I was the first one to go up on stage, so I should be the one to sign first!"
Dozens of people surrounded Qiao Shaozheng, all wanting to be the first lucky one to get shares.
Qiao Shaozheng shouted loudly, "Stop making noise, line up, everyone line up properly."
At this moment, Lian Peng walked over with two hostesses, holding a thick stack of share agreements in his hand.
Just as everyone was arguing heatedly, Chen Ze quietly pulled Wang Siyu out of the venue.
He knew it was a scam and didn't want to watch any longer. Stepping outside, he took a deep breath, pondering how to expose Qiao Shaozheng's conspiracy.
Inside the venue, with the help of Lian Peng and the hostesses, the queue was finally formed. People took turns signing the agreement, each with a face full of anticipation.
As Qiao Shaozheng signed the document with a smile, he secretly gloated at how smoothly his plan had gone.
At the entrance of the Dongting Hotel, Chen Ze said to Wang Siyu, "Siyu, quickly call your uncle and ask him to bring more people over."
Wang Siyu took out her phone and called her uncle Ye Aiguo, explaining the situation.
At the Yuehai Street Police Station, Ye Aiguo summoned his subordinate, Captain Yao: "Immediately gather all officers."
Captain Yao stood at attention and saluted: "Yes, Director."
A moment later, three police cars led the way, followed by more than a dozen police motorcycles, all carrying auxiliary police officers.
For a moment, sirens blared and car lights flashed on the road, and all vehicles swerved to avoid them.
Shortly after, the police car arrived at the Dongting Hotel. Ye Aiguo got out of the car and immediately ordered loudly, "Block all the exits of the hotel. Don't let a single fly out."
"yes!"
Subsequently, a team of three people was assigned to guard the hotel's back door, side door, and fire emergency exit.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Aiguo waved his hand and said, "Let's go! Team one, control the second-floor stairwell; team two, control the elevator; teams three, four, and five, control the personnel on site."
"Captain Yao, take three men to capture Qiao Shaozheng. Don't let him escape."
"Chief, I guarantee with my life that even if he can burrow underground, I can still find him."
Ye Aiguo waved his hand, "Go ahead, but don't be careless."
Then, Ye Aiguo walked to Chen Ze and the other person and said, "This is none of your business. Take Siyu to the Yuehai Street Police Station and wait for me to come back."
Chen Ze nodded, then pulled Wang Siyu away, knowing he couldn't help if he stayed.
At this time, most people in the room had already signed the agreement and were immersed in their dreams of getting rich quick.
When the police rushed into the scene, the crowd was bewildered. They didn't know what was happening or why so many police officers had suddenly appeared.
When Qiao Shaozheng saw a group of police officers rushing towards him, he took off running. Before running away, he didn't forget to grab a bag of cash. He had just run to the fire escape when he was tackled to the ground by several police officers.
Qiao Shaozheng shouted anxiously, "Ah... let me go! I am a famous entrepreneur in Shenzhen. You can't treat me like this!"
The policeman scoffed, "That's exactly who I'm after."
In the hall, Lian Peng quickly blended into the crowd amidst the chaos, managing to escape unscathed.
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