Chapter 50 Press Conference

Jiang Hanhai walked downstairs in a fury. His secretary, who had been trailing closely behind him, handed him a cigarette and asked with a worried expression, "Mr. Jiang, what should we do? Are we just going to sit back and watch the Chen family acquire the shares?"

Having plotted for so long, Jiang Hanhai was certainly not going to let the matter rest. A fierce glint flashed in his eyes as he snapped, "Go bring Huang Dalei over! Make him look a bit more miserable. At this afternoon's press conference, I want the Lin Group's stock price to completely crash!"

"Yes!"

Jiang Hanhai's car vanished into the city streets. Meanwhile, Chen Shuting with a beaming smile signed her name to the very last page. For the price of 15 per share, she had acquired the vast majority of shares from the minority shareholders and the Lin family members—a massive 25 percent! Combined with what she already held, she now owned 30 percent of the Lin Group!

"Chen Shuting, are you satisfied now?"

Hatred burning in his eyes, Lin Junqiang glared at her. "You truly are as ambitious as a wolf. We never should have let Zhenqian marry you! I never expected that Chen Shenglong would rather lose his own money just to ruin my Lin family. I will remember this debt!"

"Heh, what is the use of saying all this now?" Chen Shuting sneered, watching as Lin Junqiang was wheeled away by someone.

As for the rest of the Lin family members, they were naturally overjoyed!

With Jiang Hanhai holding a press conference that afternoon, there was no telling what heavyweight news would be dropped to drive the Lin Group's stock price down to rock bottom. But none of that mattered to them anymore! They had already sold off their shares and could simply sit back and watch the show as onlookers!

Ye Fan and Chen Shuting packed up the contracts and prepared to leave when they suddenly noticed that Lin Jiahe hadn't left yet, but was standing in a corner, glancing at her furtively. "What? Do you want to sell your shares to me as well?"

"Um..."

Lin Jiahe nodded sheepishly. The Lin family was completely finished this time. He still held 10 percent of the Lin Group's shares; he hadn't dared to sell while Lin Junqiang was around, but now that Lin Junqiang was gone, he had no remaining scruples.

"Sign this contract, and I'll buy your shares too!"

"Are you serious?" Lin Jiahe asked in surprise. He had previously had a bitter falling out with Chen Shuting and assumed she would ignore him entirely. He never expected that she would actually pull out a contract!

"We never turn customers away~" Ye Fan chimed in with a grin. "However, since you used to be our enemy, we certainly can't give you the price of 15! 12, take it or leave it!"

"You!" Lin Jiahe's face twisted in displeasure, but after a moment of thought, he signed the contract anyway.

Twelve was better than nothing! At least it was better than losing everything down to the last penny!

Watching Lin Jiahe's retreating back, Ye Fan and Chen Shuting exchanged a glance, both of them reading the schadenfreude in the other's eyes.

"A bunch of shortsighted pigs."

Ye Fan scoffed, then left the building alongside Chen Shuting.

That afternoon, in the conference room of the Golden Dragon Building, reporters were already seated well in advance!

They had all received word that Mr. Jiang had a major news story to expose, and they speculated that the Lin Group was likely facing a disaster.

The press conference began right on schedule, and Jiang Hanhai walked onto the stage with a deeply sorrowful expression. Trailing right behind him was a mummy-like figure wrapped completely in bandages!

"This is Mr. Huang!"

Jiang Hanhai began with a grieving tone, "A few days ago, he was beaten by the mistress's adulterous lover from the Lin family. I originally thought it was nothing serious, but never did I expect—"

He pointed toward Huang Dalei on the stage. At that moment, seated in a wheelchair, Huang Dalei was wrapped head to toe in bandages, with fresh blood faintly seeping through the white cloth!

"Never did I expect that they would strike so viciously! After examinations at the hospital, the doctors say Mr. Huang may remain paralyzed in bed for the rest of his life!"

As soon as his voice fell, a commotion broke out among the reporters!

"What? Beaten that badly?"

"I never would have guessed! I thought it was just an ordinary brawl!"

"That's right, just because he caught that pair of stray dogs on a date, they beat him like this? That's too brutal! They're simply no better than beasts!"

Just as the reporters were boiling with righteous indignation, two familiar figures suddenly walked onto the stage!

Weren't those none other than Chen Shuting and Ye Fan?

"You actually dare to show up!"

Jiang Hanhai was slightly taken aback, but he immediately seized the opportunity to denounce Chen Shuting and Ye Fan, shouting, "Take a look, everyone! Mr. Huang is already paralyzed in bed! This is the evil you have wrought!"

Through his bandages, Huang Dalei spotted Ye Fan and very cooperatively scooted his wheelchair backward, appearing terrified of him!

Ye Fan chuckled lightly, stepping forward to approach Huang Dalei. "Let me take a look at where he's injured so badly!"

As he spoke, he suddenly swung his fist and landed a punch squarely on Huang Dalei's face!

"Ah!"

Huang Dalei let out a miserable scream!

The reporters in the audience were even more shocked, frantically raising their cameras to take pictures!

Jiang Hanhai shrieked in feigned horror, "Stop that! Have you lost your mind? Mr. Huang is injured this severely, yet not only are you unrepentant, but you're committing violence again right here!"

"Take a look, everyone! An adulterer is this arrogant—just imagine what the Lin family is really like!"

"I am calling on everyone here to jointly boycott the Lin Group's businesses and make it impossible for such lawless merchants to survive! Only then can Mr. Huang's losses be compensated!"

Listening to Jiang Hanhai's righteous rhetoric, Ye Fan let out a smug laugh. "So what if I did this? What can you possibly do to me? Beating a petty villain like Huang Dalei is letting him off easy!"

Jiang Hanhai put on a look of utter astonishment. "What? You still want to do something else?"

Ye Fan replied with a grin, "I actually have the video of me beating him that night right here! Would you all like to see it?"

Jiang Hanhai was ecstatic on the inside. His exact goal was to drive the Lin Group's stock price down further, and he never expected Ye Fan to deliver such a divine assist!

Thinking of this, he immediately put on a heartbroken expression and berated him angrily, "Indeed, whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad! You are depraved to such a frenzied degree that you even want to show the reporters your violent assault!"

The reporters in the audience, however, became even more excited!

If this news story was paired with the video of the beating from a few days ago, wouldn't it be an absolute blockbuster?

True to his word, Ye Fan pulled out his smartphone and signaled for a staff member to come over and hook it up to the projection screen!

"Has everyone got their recording equipment ready?"

Taking advantage of the staff member setting up the equipment, Ye Fan shouted out to the crowd.

There was not a single trace of remorse or fear on his face; instead, he looked utterly pumped up and excited!

"Ready!"

Swept up by Ye Fan's energy, the reporters began to clamor from the audience!

"Hahaha, this Ye Fan is hilarious. He's actually bringing out the evidence of his own crime!"

"I think the guy's psycho! The third-youngest brother of the eldest brother-in-law of my second sister works in a psychiatric hospital, and he says there are perverts like this who love sharing their acts of brutality with others. The more people curse them, the more excited they get!"

"When you put it like that, it really makes sense! Look at how excited he is; anyone who didn't know better would think he was hosting a concert!"

...

The video opened, and the very first thing to fill the screen was Huang Dalei's horribly battered, swollen face!

A critical hit right at the start!

"Holy crap! He's beaten to a pulp!"

"Even a pervert like me thinks he's a freak!"

The reporters murmured among themselves until Huang Dalei's voice rang out from the video.

"Grandpa! Stop hitting me! I know I was wrong! I really don't have the antidote here; that drug was given to me by Mr. Jiang!"

Ye Fan asked with a puzzled tone, "Mr. Jiang?"

"Sob, sob..." Huang Dalei wailed, "Ever since Lin Junqiang suffered a cerebral thrombosis, the Golden Dragon Corporation run by Mr. Jiang has wanted to swallow up the Lin family's assets. They've been plotting behind the scenes all along, driving down the stock value of the Lin Group. Later, when he heard that all the Lin family's assets had been handed over to Miss Chen, he sought me out!"

"What did he want with you?"

"To manufacture a scandal and then launch a fatal blow against the Lin family... The Lin family's stock had already plummeted, but it hadn't hit the price the Golden Dragon Corporation wanted yet. The main reason was that the market still held hope for the Lin family, believing that even though Lin Junqiang was paralyzed, the family still had talented people who could make a comeback in the future. So this time, they made me drug Chen Shuting, intending to use the scandal to suppress the Lin Group's stock price once and for all!"

"Boom!"

The entire press conference venue exploded in chaos!

So the plunge in the Lin Group's stock price was all Jiang Hanhai's doing!

Ye Fan and Chen Shuting were completely innocent—it was all a frame-up by Jiang Hanhai!

And this Huang Dalei was nothing more than a hired plant. If Ye Fan hadn't been so skilled at fighting, Chen Shuting probably would have fallen victim to their poisonous scheme!

The wave of shocking revelations left the reporters gaping, rendering the conference hall dead silent for a moment.

"Well? Surprised? Thrilled?" Ye Fan's voice broke through everyone's thoughts. Driven mad, Jiang Hanhai lunged toward the podium, attempting to pull the plug on the projector!

"Hey now, what are you doing!" Ye Fan stepped forward and stuck out a foot. Tripping over it, Jiang Hanhai flew forward with a whoosh and rolled several times across the stage!

"Hahahaha!"

Roars of laughter erupted from the reporters as they hastily raised their cameras to snap photos!

"Quiet down, everyone!"

Ye Fan raised his hand again, directing everyone's attention back to him. "I've already uploaded today's wonderful video to a cloud drive; everyone is free to download it yourselves!"

"Awesome!"

The reporters scrambled to pull out their phones and scan the QR code to download the files, while a defeated and hollow Jiang Hanhai collapsed helplessly onto the floor!