Huang Tianci groggily opened his eyes from his slumber, and the first thing he saw was his father Huang Weilong's face, which was as red as a pig's liver with anger—
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Huang Tianci's impatient expression froze instantly when he saw the phone screen Huang Weilong shoved under his eyes—
On the screen was the stock price of Huang Group, which was plummeting at an alarming rate, quickly breaking through the floor price! Huang Group suffered a loss of billions overnight!
"How is this possible?!"
Upon seeing this downward curve, Huang Tianci screamed in alarm!
The Huang Group was my biggest backer, allowing me to act lawlessly and arrogantly for so many years. How could they suddenly turn into this?!
Even worse, when I turned on my phone, more urgent messages kept coming in one after another—
First, an anonymous report directly exposed the Huang Group's previous irregularities, revealing the already precarious state of its cash flow, causing investor confidence to collapse, leading to a frenzied sell-off and a sharp drop in stock price. Immediately afterwards, Huang Tianci's name appeared on the trending topics list, followed not only by a red "explosive" warning but also by even more explosive scandals—
#Huang's Group Huang Tianxu bullies people with intellectual disabilities in schools
#Huang's Group Huang Tianci sexually assaulted women
#Huang Tianci has low moral character and is morally corrupt
The moment he saw those words, Huang Tianci's pupils constricted sharply!
Trembling, Huang Tianci clicked on the news article. What he saw was no longer the cold data of a financial report, but irrefutable evidence stained with blood and tears—
Several classmates who were bullied and beaten by Huang Tianci and his cronies tearfully recounted their experiences of being bullied at school in front of the camera, and they joined forces to sue Huang Tianci; several anonymous women described in detail the facts of Huang Tianci's bullying of them, with details so clear they were appalling; even more damning is that none of these scandals only involved a few blurry photos like Huang Tianci's fabrication of rumors about Lin Jicheng, but rather had victims personally coming forward to confide in them, with full audio and video evidence, and even "settlement agreements" that were subsequently coerced into signing...
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that these materials are not something ordinary paparazzi could dig up. Instead, they are secrets that have been kept hidden within a circle of powerful figures for years. Now, the hidden pain of these victims' families, who have been unable to seek redress for years and have been forced to remain silent, is being collected bit by bit from various hidden corners by an invisible hand and precisely exposed!
Seeing the uproar in public opinion and the insults directed at him online, Huang Tianci's hands were trembling...
"dad!"
Huang Tianci stood up shakily. He was now completely awakened by the shock, not because of the widespread backlash from the public opinion, but more importantly because all the news trending on social media was an undeniable fact, one that even Huang Tianci himself could not refute.
"Dad... even if our company's stock price drops, we still have the connections we've built up over so many years!"
Huang Tianci had been driven to the brink of despair, and his brain was forced to work at breakneck speed:
"Let's use all our available connections immediately. No matter what, we must save our company first!"
"I just need to issue a statement online, be honest on the surface and apologize, or if that doesn't work, hold a press conference to keep a low profile. Once this storm passes, the Huang Group will no longer be affected by this kind of public opinion!"
"Anyway, netizens have such short memories, they'll forget about this kind of thing in two days!"
Huang Weilong took a deep breath, and he could no longer hold back. He slapped the other person hard across the face!
"Smack!"
A crisp sound rang out in the room. Huang Tianci covered his face in disbelief; a clear purplish-red handprint appeared on his face.
He was Huang Weilong's only son. When had Huang Weilong ever treated him so harshly?
Huang Tianci was so shocked he couldn't react for a long time, both surprised and furious, until Huang Weilong opened a video that Huang Tianci had previously posted online and smashed the phone hard in Huang Tianci's face:
"You think you can think of something that I can't...?"
"What an idiot... Of all people to mess with, you had to pick on Lin Jicheng! Even if you don't know who Lin Jicheng is, don't you know the people around him?"
"An academician! The president of a top university in China!"
Huang Weilong roared:
"Your father went to great lengths to connect with these academicians and secure projects, and you, on the contrary, spread false rumors about them. Now they're so angry they're ready to take action against you!"
"You have absolutely no idea how many resources these people can leverage, or how many connections they have!"
"Look for yourself!!"
Huang Weilong opened his WeChat and threw his own phone at him. Huang Tianci picked it up shakily and saw even more unfavorable news—
The highly technical project that Huang Weilong had painstakingly secured, which would transform the company, suddenly changed its mind overnight, refusing to cooperate with the Huang Group anymore. All the large sums of money invested upfront were lost. Numerous influential government funds and industry-academia-research collaborations were terminated and withdrawn. Huang Weilong cautiously sought help from his existing network of contacts, but only received veiled complaints and rejections.
"You've offended such a powerful figure, there's no way I can help you resolve this!"
"No...no...this can't be!"
Huang Tianci trembled like a leaf, his knees buckled, and he knelt directly on the ground...
To this day, he still doesn't understand what he did wrong...
Throughout his more than 20 years of life, Huang Tianci has always been used to things going smoothly. He would beat up people he didn't like or use his family background to suppress them. He would also lay hands on women he found slightly acceptable. Huang Weilong would solve any problems he encountered, which led to his terrible values.
Unexpectedly, when Huang Tianci was doing things according to his usual code of conduct, he actually ran into Lin Jicheng, a tough nut to crack, which made all his previous habits and arrogance impossible to continue!
Huang Tianci lay on the ground, his eyes vacant. At this moment, he felt powerless for the first time. All his previous methods and tricks had been completely useless...
Huang Weilong also let out a long sigh and slumped to the ground...
Although he spoke harshly to Huang Tianci, Huang Weilong knew very well that Huang Tianci's current state was inseparable from his decades of pampering!
"Now... now the only way is for you to go back and find that woman, Lin Jicheng!"
Huang Weilong slapped his head and said painfully:
"We don't know what kind of power this woman has backing, but anyway, let's bow down and apologize for now, and see how things go..."
Before Huang Weilong could finish speaking, a clear and piercing police siren blared from outside the windows of the Huang family villa—
Not just one, but several!
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