Are You General Manager Zhu?

Hu Tao had gotten ten million and was trembling all over with excitement.

Ten million—an entire ten million. They had really given it to him.

The moment he got the money, he rushed outside. He had barely reached the doorway when he heard Ning Lingling call out, "How did it go? Hu Tao, did you get the money?"

"I got it! Ten million, it's in my account." Hu Tao excitedly showed Ning Lingling the message on his phone. When she saw that it really was ten million, she was instantly overjoyed!

This time, they could truly rest easy.

Not only could they bring down Zhuang Xin, they could also take the ten million and fly far away, living free and easy!

"Everyone, follow Hu Tao inside. In a moment, he'll show you the payment record on his phone and explain how Zhuang Xin bribed him. This is definitely going to be huge news. With this hot story, becoming famous reporters won't be difficult for you!"

After Ning Lingling arranged the crowd, Hu Tao gripped his phone and turned to enter the private room again.

A group of reporters and paparazzi followed close behind, the constant click-click-click of cameras ringing without end.

The entire room was filled with flashes as they photographed everyone and everything inside.

Hu Tao began speaking excitedly. "It was him, Zhuang Xin... He offered me ten million to frame Editor Bo. I was blinded by greed at the time and agreed to it. But afterward, my conscience tortured me. After several sleepless nights of self-loathing and regret, I finally decided to expose this!"

"And this is the transfer record. Look, everyone—the evidence is right here!"

Click, click, click~

The cameras aimed at the message on the phone, recording the scene from every angle.

Seeing so many people suddenly rush in, Zhu Zuo, the host of this dinner, immediately darkened. He swept his gaze over the reporters present.

Shortly afterward, a commotion broke out outside the room.

More than a dozen men in suits blocked both ends of the hallway, sealing off the area.

Seeing this, Ning Lingling arrogantly shouted from outside, "What are you doing? Trying to beat people up? Let me tell you, these are all famous reporters. They'll capture every ugly thing you do!"

Bang~

At that instant, Zhu Zuo slammed his hand down on the table.

The bowls and chopsticks beside him fell to the floor, clattering amid the sound of shattered porcelain.

The reporters who had been taking photos rushed over, shoving their cameras in front of Zhu Zuo's face and snapping away nonstop. One of them muttered, "So arrogant, even slamming the table? Let me get a close-up of you!"

But as he kept taking pictures, the hand pressing the shutter gradually slowed.

He stared at the person in his camera, his body inexplicably freezing... As a reporter who had spent years making his way through Juncheng, he knew a great many people.

Even if he did not know them personally, he had seen all sorts of important figures in countless files.

He knew who could be provoked and who could not.

They had made their names by exposing powerful people, but they only dared to kick them when they were already down.

The man he was photographing now was someone he knew all too well.

He had not noticed earlier, but now that the camera was pointed directly at the man's face, no matter how stupid he was, he recognized him!

"Ge-General Manager Zhu..." He swallowed, lowering his trembling hand and camera. His face was filled with terror.

On the list of people veteran reporters had taught them never to offend, General Manager Zhu had always ranked near the top. He had always been one of their taboos.

No one had ever dared to shove a camera in Zhu Zuo's face and photograph him like this, yet he had done exactly that today!

By tomorrow, he might very well... meet a miserable end. He might even disappear from the face of the earth.

"You still recognize me." Zhu Zuo's face was icy, and he felt humiliated beyond measure. This was only the second time this year that he had invited people to dinner. Whenever he hosted a meal, he was meeting important figures, and what he hated most was being interrupted at such a time!

Much less having a whole crowd rush in with cameras to take pictures?

"General Manager Zhu? Who's that?"

One reckless paparazzo stepped forward, raised his camera, and snapped a photo.

Bang~

A burly man in a suit outside swung a baseball bat viciously into the paparazzo's head. The piercing crack of breaking bone rang through the private room.

The burly man in the black suit looked expressionlessly at the paparazzo, who had collapsed like a dead dog after the blow. "Sorry, General Manager Zhu. I have a grudge against this man, so I hit him hard. I know the company doesn't allow trouble during work hours. But I'm an impulsive person, so General Manager Zhu can fire me according to my contract!"

After saying that, he raised the baseball bat in his hand, stared coldly at the fallen man, and swung down again and again.

With every bang, the man's screams grew more and more miserable.

The surrounding reporters were horrified by the terrifying sight. Their scalps went numb as they threw down their cameras and said with icy fear, "General Manager Zhu... General Manager Zhu, we only came in by accident. We went into the wrong room. These are the photos we just took—they're all here."

More than a dozen cameras and eight video cameras were all thrown onto the floor.

Even a single camera could cost tens of thousands, but who could care about that now?

The reporter who had first pointed his camera at Zhu Zuo had legs so weak that he dropped to his knees with a thud...

"General Manager Zhu! I didn't mean to... It was that bitch outside. It was her! She paid us to come cause trouble for someone named Zhuang Xin. If we'd known you were here, General Manager Zhu, even if I had a hundred times the courage, I wouldn't have dared come in!"

"Cause trouble for Zhuang Xin?" Zhuang Wanshu glanced at her younger brother, then looked at Ning Lingling outside, who was already completely dumbfounded. A trace of coldness flashed through her eyes.

As for Zhuang Xin, he naturally recognized her.

Wasn't this woman the little gangster girl Cheng Huai had dated before?

The reporter kneeling on the floor did not dare get up at all.

The other reporters in the room had all fled. Only the man lying on the ground, "Hu Tao" standing to one side, and Ning Lingling at the doorway remained...

Under such circumstances, none of them even dared breathe loudly.

Hu Tao naturally recognized Zhu Zuo. Not only that, he also recognized Zhuang Wanshu. She was one of Juncheng's ten most outstanding young women, a person with immense influence. Though she could not compare to Zhu Zuo, she was still a member of the Zhuang family.

The Zhuang family's power spoke for itself.

Zhuang Wanshu... Zhuang Xin...

They both had the surname Zhuang, and they were eating together!

Hu Tao realized in horror that the relationship between the two was far from simple.

Zhuang Xin was probably a member of the Zhuang family as well.

He had actually gone insane and tried to cause trouble for someone from the Zhuang family. Wasn't that courting death?

"It has nothing to do with me! It was all Ning Lingling—she was the one who ordered us to do this... General Manager Zhu, Young Master Zhuang, Miss Zhuang... I was just blinded by greed."

Hu Tao had abandoned all dignity. He threw himself beside Zhuang Xin and clung to his leg.