NOVEL NEXT Chapter 170: Someone Behind the Scenes
Xia Qingxin laughed a few times when she said this, seemingly very proud of the situation.
Now that Wang Ye's problem was resolved and Li Ying's job had been forcefully extracted by her, plus the thought of the Family Heads of the Yuncheng Four Great Families finding out what awaited them, Xia Qingxin felt a deep sense of satisfaction within her heart.
"Your Senior Sister Li Ying actually is a professor of computer science at Tsinghua University."
"A professor of computer science at Tsinghua?" When Wang Ye heard Xia Qingxin's words, he couldn't believe it, and with a helpless expression, he asked Xia Qingxin, "Senior sister, you're joking with me, right?"
Wang Ye felt very helpless.
At this point in time, his senior sister was still making jokes with him.
His Senior Sister Li Ying had never studied such things on the mountain, so how could she possibly become a professor at Tsinghua University?
"It's true."
Following that, Xia Qingxin told Wang Ye about her conversation with Li Ying in the office and some of the ensuing events.
Only then did Wang Ye believe what Xia Qingxin said; it turned out that Li Ying had just been keeping a low profile.
In fact, his Senior Sister Li Ying was indeed a professor of computer science at Tsinghua University.
Then, Xia Qingxin shared Li Ying's plan with Wang Ye.
After Wang Ye learned about Xia Qingxin's plan, he finally understood.
No wonder, when his senior sister was in the boardroom just now, she had him adopt a certain façade—she needed him to play the part of being pitiful.
At this moment, Wang Ye also started to feel a sense of anticipation.
He was curious about what kind of expressions would appear on the faces of the Family Heads of the Yuncheng Four Great Families once they learned about this affair.
...
The door of the conference room opened.
The assistants to the Family Heads rushed into the conference room one after another, gasping for breath.
Seeing their assistants burst into the conference room without even knocking on the door made Yang Xing and the other three feel even more angry than they already were.
They scolded their assistants:
"What's the matter with you, not even knowing to knock before entering?"
"As my assistant, didn't I teach you that in some respects, you represent my image? Just look at yourself now, what kind of demeanor is that!"
"Whatever you do, you must learn to be calm. Haven't I taught you that kind of thing?"
"Go down and I'll penalize you later!"
The four Family Heads lectured their assistants in turn.
After scolding them, Fang Cunshan addressed his assistant, "Speak up, what happened that you are in such a frantic state, not even caring about your appearance?"
Upon hearing Fang Cunshan's words, the assistant told him about the situation.
"What?!!"
Fang Cunshan, along with the other three Family Heads, collapsed onto the table upon hearing it.
The manner they had just displayed during the meeting essentially demolished the public personas they had maintained over the years.
For a moment, they didn't know what to do.
After being frustrated by Wang Ye just now and then learning of this news, they felt that they couldn't tolerate it in their hearts.
"It's over, it's all over now..."
"The Yuncheng Four Great Families will become a joke in Yun City for a long time to come."
"Sigh, I shouldn't have come to this meeting, I really shouldn't have!"
"A misstep, such a misstep. Why did we target Wang Ye? We were wrong right from the start, we should never have targeted Wang Ye!"
The Family Heads of the various families were collapsed in their seats, uttering unconscious sounds as if they had forgotten the very point they had made about maintaining their image with their assistants just moments ago.
In just half a day, news about the Yuncheng Four Great Families had spread online and caused a massive stir.
"Family Heads of the Four Great Families in a certain city jointly threaten young men and women, trying to take advantages from them."
"Their attempt to threaten others backfired spectacularly!"
"The public persona of the Yuncheng Four Great Families collapses; behind the scenes, they actually do this! Is it the darkness of human nature, or the cruelty of reality?"
This shocking news spread rapidly online, involving the Four Great Families of an entire city.
In just half a day, this news had shot up to the top of the trending searches.
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Yun City Business Association, conference room.
He Guang, Yang Xing, Fang Cunshan, and Mei Yu were gathered here again.
However, all four of them were wearing sunglasses, and even their clothes were nondescript.
They didn't look at all like the Family Heads of the Yuncheng Four Great Families; they looked more like ordinary people.
In the past few days, these four had become the most hated figures in Yun City.
Walking on the street, they were almost everyone's target.
That's why the four of them had disguised themselves this way to prevent being recognized in public.
They took their seats.
Fang Cunshan's gaze swept over the other three, and upon removing his sunglasses, dark circles appeared under his eyes.
It wasn't just Fang Cunshan; Yang Xing, Mei Yu, and He Guang all had a look of fatigue on their faces, seemingly having not rested well in the past few days.
"Ladies and gentlemen, is there still no way to completely erase those posts online?" Fang Cunshan was the first to speak.
"We can't erase them."
"We even spent a lot of money contacting people from Weibo to have them delete those posts directly from the backend, but it was no use; they would reappear after being deleted," one of them said.
"It's the same for me. I reached out to the media outlets that exposed us, asking them to take down the content, but shortly after it was deleted, the material was made public again, as if it had never been removed. I saw with my own eyes that they deleted the content."
Thinking about this, Yang Xing, Mei Yu, and He Guang all felt an overwhelming sense of exhaustion that taxed not just their bodies but their spirits as well.
The reputation of the Four Great Families was now ruined, resulting in a significant drop in the stock market for their families over these few days.
In this short period, their business profits had decreased a lot.
"I've been thinking, apart from Zhang Mengchuang and Xia Qingxin, there must be someone else helping Wang Ye."
"Who?"
Upon hearing Fang Cunshan's words, Yang Xing, He Guang, and Mei Yu all turned their attention to Fang Cunshan, asking him for details.