France, Libération.
As a media outlet that kept up with the times, they had started developing their online presence early on. Their followings across social media platforms had already surpassed twenty million.
Today, they suddenly published a news report. In just one hour, it had racked up millions of clicks.
The report publicly accused Fals of tax evasion.
It laid out Fals's finances in detail for the past seven years.
When French netizens learned what the company had done, they were furious.
"Is the French government eating shit? They couldn't even catch something like this?"
"They're too busy divvying up the spoils, those bastards."
"Fine them! They have to make them pay until they're dead!"
The relevant departments got word and immediately sent people to Fals.
They took the company's executives into custody for investigation and froze all the funds in their accounts!
The next day, the investigation results came out.
Fals had engaged in serious tax evasion and would face an astronomical fine!
The thirty billion Huajin had just transferred over wouldn't even be enough to fill that hole!
After Fals's scandal broke, Huajin Investment Company, its largest shareholder, also took a heavy blow.
It was exposed for illegally misappropriating funds, and the relevant departments had launched an investigation.
As soon as the news came out, Huajin Investment Company's stock price plunged.
When Ye Chen got the news, he was squatting on the toilet.
He spent at least two or three hours a day in there, taking a dump on company time.
"Why did they find out? Who the hell gave them the information?"
He held his phone and roared in the bathroom, leaping up and down in fury.
With Fals's scandal breaking like this, his plan to win over Wang Yixue had fallen apart.
The three hundred billion hadn't even made it into the project. Now it had gone straight into the French government's pockets.
Three hundred billion!
To him, not picking up money when he went out meant he was losing out. If a manure truck passed his door, he had to taste what was inside. If he didn't get a bargain, he couldn't sleep.
Losing so much all at once made his heart bleed.
What he found even harder to accept was that Huajin Investment had suffered heavy losses.
Its stock price was plummeting, and the company was now desperately throwing money at the market to prop it up.
Huajin Investment was one of the major companies under the Dragon Soul Organization, with total assets of around five hundred billion.
In this sudden stock market plunge, its losses would be at least close to a hundred billion!
"Dragon King, there's something else I need to report. The main reason for our losses is that someone took advantage of the situation to short us."
"The other side put in a total of eighty billion Huaxia yuan. The organization has confirmed that the money came from Tengwang Group and Tang Group..."
The person on the other end of the phone continued reporting.
When he heard Tengwang Group and Tang Group's names, Ye Chen's face turned green.
Why would those two companies do something like this?
Where had it gone wrong? His plan should have been airtight.
Wang Rulong would never dare betray him.
Wang Yixue should still be in the dark, too!
Could that useless Tang Yu have figured something out?
Him?
"Has my identity been exposed?"
Ye Chen asked coldly.
"No. The Dragon King's identity is absolutely confidential!"
"Good. So what if we lost a hundred billion? Once I take down the four great families, I'll get ten times, a hundred times that money back!"
Ye Chen hung up.
As long as his identity remained hidden, he could just use another method to win over Wang Yixue!
He had ten thousand ways to conquer a woman!
As for Tang Yu...
He'd make him pay with his life one day for the money he'd earned this time!
Then he took out his phone and sent a text to his subordinate, Chi Yin.
"Within half a month, find something we can use against Tang Group. I want the Tang Family to suffer a miserable end!"
After sending the message, he left the bathroom.
He walked out onto the lawn downstairs, scanned the area, and quickly spotted a snake half a meter long.
He caught it and easily pulled out its fangs.
That would take away its ability to attack.
With a cold smile, he walked over to Villa 8, where Qin Kexin, the eldest daughter of the Qin Family, lived.
For the past two days, he hadn't been able to find a chance to approach Qin Kexin.
In that case, he'd make his own opportunity!
When he saw there was no one around, he casually tossed the snake through a second-floor window, then stood downstairs and quietly waited for his chance to play the hero and save the beauty!
Creating an accident, then building up her affection for him and making her fall for him step by step—that was his specialty!
"Beep. Host has successfully survived the plot. Reward: one Mingyue Hotel. Ownership has been transferred to the host."
A system notification suddenly rang in Tang Yu's ears as he lay at home, lazing around.
He sat bolt upright in bed.
"What the hell? How did I survive the plot?"
He looked completely baffled. He hadn't done a thing at home.
"System, what did I even do?"
He silently asked in his mind.
"You successfully survived the plot through chapter eighty-eight."
The system's voice rang out.
Tang Yu thought for a moment before remembering the plot in chapter eighty-eight.
In that chapter, Dragon King Ye Chen's scheme succeeded, and Wang Yixue fell right into his trap. Five hundred billion in funds from Tengwang Group was frozen.
After that, Wang Rulong started seizing power, and then came the plot where Tang Yu went out to pick up women.
"Got it."
Tang Yu smiled with satisfaction.
After spending so long acting and keeping his head down, he'd finally gotten the reward he deserved.
In a great mood, he got up, tidied himself, and prepared to go check out his new reward.
Mingyue Hotel sounded ordinary enough.
But it was extremely famous in Suhang.
It was the only seven-star hotel in Suhang!
Across all of Huaxia, it ranked among the most prestigious top-tier hotels!
It was worth around twenty billion. Tang Yu hadn't expected the Dog System to be so generous this time.
The Tang Family was already very wealthy.
But who the hell would complain about having too much money?
Of course, he'd have preferred a life-saving reward, like some ancient martial arts technique, instead.
Tang Yu went into the garage and was just about to pick a sports car when his phone rang.
He looked at the screen and saw that it was a call from the company.
"What is it?"
"Young Master Tang, the three hundred billion investment we transferred to Tengwang Group a few days ago has been returned. On top of that, there's another fifteen billion in profit."
"What?"
Tang Yu started to sense something was off.
Wasn't Wang Yixue supposed to invest that money in the new energy project, where it would get frozen?
How had it come back with another fifteen billion in profit?
Making money was a happy thing.
But this was seriously not right!
"Could the plot have gone off the rails again?"
Tang Yu quickly hung up and called Wang Yixue.
"What is it, darling? Miss me?"
Wang Yixue's sweet, coquettish voice came from the other end.
Tang Yu immediately remembered the photo of her dressed as a bunny girl.
He coughed twice and said, "How's that investment project we worked on last time?"
"Oh, I suddenly realized there was something fishy about the company we were working with. I looked into it and found out someone was trying to take advantage of the Wang Family."
"So I used the investment money to short them instead and made a little profit. Next time there's another money-making opportunity, I'll let you know. Mwah~"
Wang Yixue blew Tang Yu a kiss over the phone.
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