Chapter 49 Yan Clan Crisis "Yan Quan, you must take back what is rightfully yours..."
In the late summer and early autumn, the evening breeze was chilly. Yan Quan and Yan Ceyan stood silently facing each other at the entrance of the police station.
I stood there for a long time.
Finally, a kind-hearted police officer on duty drove the two back to the Love House in a police car.
Watching the neon lights rushing past the car window, Yan Quan's fingers, tucked into her coat sleeve, clenched slightly.
The date, Baisha Street, the unexpected temporary marker, Yan Ceyan's words... everything that followed was like a domino that had been pushed over in the middle—
This forces Yan Quan to confront the mess and muddled old accounts that he made seven years ago.
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But compared to the above, the more pressing and troublesome issue for Yan Quan was—Fu Duan Nian.
When Yan Quan woke up the next day, he found that the online public opinion had exploded. Literally, it had exploded.
"Love Signal 2," a currently popular dating reality show, has tens of thousands of netizens closely following each episode on online platforms. The live recording of the incident was interrupted yesterday, and it trended on several Weibo hot topics late that night.
The official account of the subsequent program released an announcement stating that "Fu Duannian has withdrawn from the recording": "Fu Duannian is suspected of attempted rape and is being transferred from the F District Police Station to the Capital Public Security Bureau for investigation. He will no longer participate in the recording of the subsequent program."
This surprising news ignited the show's popularity and created a climax.
Now, not only has the comment section under the official account been completely flooded with comments, but related terms have also firmly occupied half of the trending topics, reaching the point where almost the entire internet is watching the drama unfold.
#Rape Case of Male Guest on "True Love Signal 2"#
#What is the relationship between Yan Quan and Fu Duannian?#
#Was Yan Quan raped by Fu Duannian?#
#Ex-husband allegedly beat Ms. Fu at the police station#
#Capital Academy of Fine Arts plans to dismiss Professor Fu#
[Damn it, they've set up a legal affairs channel for me!]
"I was wondering why the recording was interrupted so inexplicably; it turns out they were holding back a huge surprise. This show is truly amazing!"
Other guests' scandals mostly involve promiscuity/cheating... but your show is amazing, it sends them straight to three years or more in prison.
[It's common for guests on dating reality shows to quit midway through, but this is the first time someone has ended up in jail halfway through filming.]
[Fortune and misfortune are intertwined; our ancestors were right. Yan Quan's popularity does indeed pose a potential risk.]
I'm speechless. I genuinely shipped Professor Fu and Yan Quan on the show, and it turns out they were rapists.
[Having shipped Fu Yan as a couple might become part of my cybercrime record.]
The onlookers in the comments section were just sighing, but the group with the loudest voice and the most aggressive momentum was Yan Quan's terrifyingly large number of "solo fans" who kept rising in popularity throughout the show:
[Waaaaah, thankfully it didn't happen, our precious baby!]
[A failed attempt is terrible too; it will definitely have a psychological impact on Yan Quan no matter what. (So heartbreaking)]
[Fu Duannian, the rapist/rapist, get off the planet!!]
[During the recording of the program, she defied the rules... Fu Zhen was so disgusting that I couldn't even eat (vomiting)]
[Public figures leading the way in illegal and criminal activities have an extremely negative social impact. We strongly urge the judicial authorities to severely punish them as a warning to others (outrageous)]
I've consulted a lawyer; I think the maximum sentence for attempted assault is 10 years, and they tend to give lenient treatment...
Sisters, this is the public opinion feedback platform of the Capital Court (link). Let's all go there to voice our demands and strive for a longer sentence.
[Support confiscating the tools used in the crime from rapists!!]
"The police's on-site investigation report and photos show that there were obvious signs of struggle and resistance at the crime scene (the bungalow of the security booth of Hongxing Middle School on Baisha Street), such as friction marks on the ground and some items scattered, which are consistent with the victim's statement of being suppressed and resisting."
"Furthermore, omega-like aphrodisiac ingredients illegally sold on the market were detected in Fu's personal clothing and unidentified chemical agents extracted from the scene, which irrefutably proves the suspect's motive to engage in sexual intercourse and the fact that the coercion was unsuccessful."
"Therefore, Fu is guilty of attempted □□. The facts of the crime are clear, and the evidence is conclusive and sufficient."
Fu Duannian's charge of "attempted assault" is almost a certainty. At this time, a video of Fu Duannian protesting while detained in the detention center was leaked online.
This further stirred up the already restless and chaotic public opinion, making the situation even more turbulent and bloody...
"You're calling me a bastard?? What gives you the right to call me a bastard?? I haven't even had a chance to do anything yet!"
Fu Duannian's hair was a messy, tangled mess; he looked haggard and disheveled, clinging to the detention center bars and shouting his protests.
"You call me dirty and disgusting? Do you think Yan Quan is some kind of pure soul?"
"Baisha Street...that's full of whores and sluts who'll sleep with you for money. Do you think Yan Quan is any different from them? Yan Quan, didn't you grow up on Baisha Street too?"
"Prostitution, debauchery... Yan Quan, everyone on Baisha Street has done it! Yan Quan, do you dare say you're completely innocent?"
"Yan Quan!! Stop hiding!! If you've got the guts, confront me face to face!!"
[I've finished watching the video, I need a moment to process this... It's totally a horror movie (embarrassing)]
Is this really Professor Fu? He's completely insane now.
There were rumors before that Professor Fu was under a lot of mental stress because he couldn't paint... Now I completely believe it.
Sisters, the medical diagnosis just came back. Fu Duannian has mental health issues, and the lawyer is now closely monitoring this to try and get a reduced sentence...
Refuse to sympathize with rapists; support severe punishment by the judiciary.
Besides Fu Duannian's erratic mental state, what is even more striking is his rambling and incoherent speech.
"What the hell, Baisha Street?! I'm speechless! He's already in jail, and Fu is still spreading rumors?!"
How dare they claim that Yan Quan is an unregistered resident of the Baisha Street slums, impure, and suspected of prostitution?
This is disgusting! Even after all this, they still want to drag Yan Quan down with them, resorting to the "victim-blaming" argument again?
[Link to the Education Bureau's official website: Pictures and facts prove Yan Quan attended elite schools from childhood to adulthood... Can Fu use his brain at all when spreading rumors?]
"I'm speechless. Yan Quan only met Fu once during a middle school event, and they've already come up with such a vulgar rumor. Fu should just be sentenced to death in prison."
"This is truly insane. She just spouts such thoughtless things without thinking. I could say I'm a Spanish royal princess!"
Although public opinion overwhelmingly favors Yan Quan, words can be powerful. Inevitably, some of Yan Quan's haters have started to stir up trouble.
"Flies don't land on eggs without cracks. If Yan Quan truly had no weaknesses, why was he 'attempted to assault' by Fu Duannian?"
[Additionally, I can only find the information provided by Yan Quan's fans online; there isn't even a single picture of anything else.]
[I have an online friend who attended that prestigious private school, and he said he didn't know Yan Quan...]
"Damn, what if Fu Duannian is telling the truth? Yan Quan really is an unregistered resident from the slums..."
[Trolls, stop reading some of Tomato's novels! What are you doing here, playing the "rich family replacement" trope?]
I'm speechless. Even universal compulsory education hasn't made you trolls develop your brains, has it...?
[Reported! Resist malicious rumors (smile)]
The video of "Fu Duannian being detained by the police station" has climbed several more spots on Weibo's trending topics list, sparking public outcry. Yan Quan's haters and die-hard fans are locked in a fierce battle in the comments section, while onlookers watch the spectacle with amusement.
As the saying goes, misfortunes never come singly.
Unfortunately, at this chaotic juncture, the news about the unfinished building that Yan Quan had been trying so hard to suppress finally broke out...
Originally, the problem of the Yan Group's unfinished buildings was a process that dragged on and on until it became "terminally serious."
Tracing back to the source, around the beginning of last year, there were sporadic reports in various places about "projects being halted" and a very small number of homeowners protesting due to "delayed delivery." However, these reports had limited impact and did not attract nationwide attention.
Just three months before Yan Quan returned to China, the head office of the Republic's GD Bank in the capital applied to freeze 732 million yuan of bank deposits belonging to Yan's Real Estate Group or to seize or detain other assets of equivalent value.
When Yan Zhengdong was still in office, he faced "risk concerns" from reporters from several financial newspapers, and his reasoning was: "The talk of a liquidity crisis and credit risk is pure nonsense. Yan's move is to prepare for A-share listing and financing..."
It was during this incident that the industry, to varying degrees, sensed the impending trouble, which shook investment confidence. Experienced securities firms began to focus their attention on Yan's cash flow problems and their impact on the construction of the real estate project.
Then came the clandestine talks with RM Bank and the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, and the postponement of the listing... At this moment, Yan's cash flow was already on the verge of collapse and had completely crumbled.
Yan Quanzhi, Yan Ceyanzhi, and related upstream and downstream partners all sensed the opportunity—but it was all done in secret.
However, it was precisely this news report, published by a prominent financial media outlet with a verified account, that provided a concentrated and in-depth report—using both text and images to reveal in detail and accurately the current situation of the Yan family's housing project being halted, the plight of the homeowners, and the underlying issue of a broken capital chain.
As soon as this newspaper's article was published, it surpassed the "love variety show scandal" and was pushed to the top of the hottest section by major media outlets—it concerns people's livelihoods, and its unprecedented popularity is a complete "lower dimension attack" on entertainment news.
Overnight, in-depth features and continuous reports on the Yan family crisis, halted construction projects, and homeowner rights protection emerged like mushrooms after rain in Caijing magazine, Caixin.com, CBN, Hot News, Daily Economic News, and other media outlets.
The number of members in individual property development groups has surged from 100 to the maximum of 500, with group names as blunt as "Yan's XX Project Blood and Tears Rights Protection Group" and "Countdown to Mortgage Suspension Alliance"...
Under overwhelming public pressure, the Yan Group quickly earned the reputation of being a "parasite of the Republic" that everyone condemned and wanted to punish.
[A homeowner, identified only as a victim, filed a formal complaint: "I made an 800,000 yuan down payment, and my monthly mortgage payment is 7,000 yuan. I'm currently renting. Where is your conscience, Yan Company?"]
[They opened mortgage loans for the properties right after the sales office was built. Where did all that money go?]
Even if it's a delivered property, if the exterior is downgraded and the greenery is reduced, can it really be considered 'delivered'?
Why should ordinary citizens like us bear the consequences of developers misappropriating funds and banks issuing illegal mortgages?
"Phew..." Yan Quan calmly read through the comments, focusing on the most popular ones, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.
With such a large-scale media exposure of the Yan family, public opinion seems to be guided purposefully and systematically by an invisible hand...
The public directed their anger at Yan Quan.
[This is absolutely disgusting! Isn't the Yan family just profiting from human suffering?]
[Do any of Yan Quan's fans still dare to talk about the "Crown Prince" of the Yan family? Your idol is now the son of a notorious deadbeat.]
Although it was Yan Zhengdong who did it, and legally Yan Quan is not involved, I'm still so angry...
I hereby declare that I have turned against Yan Quan... because I am a resident of this community.
I feel disgusted just looking at Yan Quan's face. Can Yan Quan please leave the show? (Disdain)
"Damn, how can someone be so rotten? Being a player is one thing, but his family is also drowning in debt."
The weight on Yan Quan's heart sank lower and lower, because he simply had no way to "refute" it. In the public eye, "Yan Quan" and "Yan Clan" were synonymous.
Even though Yan Quan was not raised by the Yan family and never acknowledged Yan Zhengdong as his "father"; even though Yan Quan never spent a penny of Yan Zhengdong's money in the A Federation; even though Yan Quan never got involved in the operation of the Yan Group or sought any benefit from it.
Even Yan Quan was once a victim of the "Yan Group" crisis...
But as long as Yan Quan has Yan Zhengdong's blood flowing in his veins, as long as Wu Yingxue hooked up with the Yan family seven years ago, and as long as his own younger brother truly bears the surname "Yan".
Yan Quan was inextricably linked to the "Yan Clan".
Fate seemed to have come full circle, repeating itself from seven years ago. Yan Quan once again became the target of everyone's ire within the "Yan Clan," and also... the only key to saving the "Yan Clan."
It was early morning, barely lit, but Yan Quan's eyelids felt incredibly heavy. He rubbed his lower eyelids vigorously with his fingertips, forcing himself to perk up.
It's too late to investigate the "masterminds" behind the propaganda now; the most important thing is to resolve the crisis of "unfinished real estate projects."
"Yan Quan, think about what to do..."
First comes debt write-offs and asset restructuring, then the resumption of abandoned projects as soon as possible to give homeowners an explanation, and then the debts of banks and real estate developers...
However, the core of the above measures lies in—
Even if we reset and repurchase the land now, or implement debt-to-equity swaps, we still need to recoup a large amount of funds.
The clock on the wall ticked away, each second stretching out endlessly.
The camera indicator light flashed, and after a long while, the live monitor clearly showed Yan Quan's eyes, which had been carefully considered and then firmly raised:
At least... things aren't worse than they were seven years ago.
"Yan Quan, this time, the opportunity is in your hands."
"You must take back what is rightfully yours."
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The author's note: The plot regarding the real estate economy in the article, while referencing the real-world context, contains some fictional and exaggerated elements to drive the plot (for example, the situation wouldn't change so quickly overnight, the influence of public opinion isn't that significant, and the listing of real estate companies on the A-share market... that's basically impossible in my country). Please just enjoy it.
However, to be fair, there is indeed a real estate bubble! Many well-known real estate developers have unfinished projects, so everyone should think twice before buying a house!
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