Chapter 125: Chapter 124 Spy
The personal bodyguard opened the door to the meeting room, and Chen Tian walked in alone.
Chen Yufei and Wang Meng along with several other executives bent at a thirty-degree angle, their eyes filled with confusion as they looked at the old man, Chen Tian.
Even though Chen Tian had left his position as chairman and retired from Shengda Group for many years, his prestige within the group had always been unmatched.
In Shengda, Chen Tian was a god-like figure!
Without Chen Tian, there would be no Shengda!
But Old Mr. Chen had not meddled with the group's internal affairs for many years, so why did he suddenly come to the investment meeting room today?
Just now… when Mr. Chen said he disagreed, what was it he disagreed with?
Chen Yufei's gaze, filled with shock and uncertainty, turned toward Gu Yu who was standing.
Could it be that Old Mr. Chen was just now speaking up for Gu Yu?
Impossible! How could Gu Yu, a small startup owner, possibly know someone of Chen Tian's level!?
Chen Yufei was full of disbelief, but since Mr. Chen had remained silent from the moment he entered, Chen Yufei could only continue to bow low, not daring to breathe loudly.
Others only knew that Chen Tian was the founder of Shengda, the former chairman, but they did not know that Chen Tian was Chen Yufei's uncle!
Chen Tian was the uncle of Chen Yufei's father!
It was precisely because of this relationship that Chen Yufei had been able to climb smoothly to his current position as manager of the game investment department at Shengda Investment!
Chen Tian ignored all the executives, including Chen Yufei, and walked slowly to Gu Yu's side.
"Old… Old Mr. Chen!"
Boss Pu subconsciously wanted to address Chen Tian as Chen, but suddenly realized that this was a public setting and that such a casual address would be inappropriate, so he quickly corrected himself.
"Old Mr. Chen."
Gu Yu gave Chen Tian a respectful hand gesture, greeting him without servility or overbearing pride.
Old Mr. Chen smiled and patted his shoulder, "Good lad, you've really helped me out today."
"I helped you?" Gu Yu's eyebrows brimmed with confusion.
Mr. Chen lost his smile and nodded seriously, not answering Gu Yu's question directly. He looked at Chen Yufei and the other executives and walked slowly toward them.
When Chen Tian lightly patted Gu Yu's shoulder, Chen Yufei and the other executives were stunned.
They never imagined that this obscure Gu Yu… would be on such good terms with Old Mr. Chen!!
From Gu Yu's demeanor, it was clear that his relationship with Chen Tian was not that of a subordinate to a superior. It was only because of the difference in age that Gu Yu, recognizing himself as the younger, showed respect to Chen Tian!
But Chen Tian actually thanked Gu Yu?
What did that mean?
Watching his uncle walking toward him with a stern face, Chen Yufei suddenly had a very ominous premonition.
His instinct told him that his uncle was coming to seek an explanation from him!
In a swoosh, cold sweat broke out on Chen Yufei's back; his uncle couldn't have discovered something, could he?
He didn't dare to look directly into Chen Tian's eyes, which were as piercing as those of a reincarnated judge, fearing a single glance would reveal his innermost thoughts.
Chen Tian had walked up to him, and Chen Yufei stared at a pair of leather shoes on the ground, not daring to look up.
"Yufei, do you realize your mistake?"
Chen Tian didn't waste any words and went straight to the point by confronting his grandson.
Once Mr. Chen spoke, Chen Yufei's legs immediately began to tremble uncontrollably, and it was all he could do not to fall flat on the ground.
But he didn't want to admit his mistake right away, worrying that it might just be a provocation from his uncle.
So, stiffening his neck, he lifted his head and looked straight at Chen Tiandao, "Yufei does not know what mistake he has made, please enlighten me, Chairman."
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Outside, it was against the rules to casually call Chen Tian by a familial term, even if he were one's own relative.
Even if he was his own uncle, Chen Yufei had to respectfully address him as Chairman.
Seeing his own grandson, who was obviously full of flaws, nervously betraying his inner turmoil yet still arguing sophistry, Chen Tian felt the last shred of leniency within him ebbing away.
"Hmph! You're well aware of the dealings you and those few managers in the investment department have been up to all these years. Do you really need me to spell it out for you?"
Chen Tian yanked Chen Yufei's chair over and plopped down next to him.
Chen Yufei lowered his head even further, now lower than the seated Chen Tian.
At this point, he could only continue to argue for himself: "Please... please... Chairman, discern the truth!"
Now, watching his uncle's resolute demeanor, Chen Yufei could only hope that Chen Tian had no evidence.
As long as Chen Tian had no evidence, he would deny everything to his death, right? Then naturally, Chen Tian would be unable to do anything to him.
After all, to accuse based on mere conjecture would damage Chen Tian's own reputation and authority!
He was gambling, betting that his uncle had no evidence!
But what he didn't know was that Chen Tian had long been aware of everything he had been doing!
His visit here today was simply to put an end to Chen Yufei's petty acts.
"Xu Fei, bring out the thing I asked you to prepare?"
Chen Tian turned his head toward a person no one in the room expected—Chen Yufei's personal assistant, Xu Fei!
Hearing Chen Tian calling her, Xu Fei smiled radiantly like a coquettish and delicate red rose. She bowed slightly to Old Mr. Chen and then took out a small silver USB drive from her coat pocket.
"Old Master, I've gathered all the evidence here. Would you like me to play it now?"
Xu Fei said, holding the USB drive with a playful smile.
Chen Yufei's head shot up. First, he looked at the smiling Xu Fei, then stared intently at the silver USB drive in her hand.
"Assistant Xu... you...!"
Chen Yufei's pupils shook violently. He had never imagined that Xu Fei could be a plant by Chen Tian in his own camp!
And that she had been collecting evidence of his bribery right under his nose all along!
Chen Tian's face changed colors like a chameleon—first green, then purple, and finally settling into a despairing gray.
Nobody knew better than he did what exactly was recorded on the USB drive in Xu Fei's hands.
If he had known earlier, almost all the transactions and bribe money had been handled by Xu Fei! After following him for seven years, she could be considered the person who knew him second best, after himself!
"Manager Chen, I'm sorry, I did all this for the company."
Xu Fei's smile did not waver as she then 'click-clacked' her way in high heels past Chen Yufei, breezily moved to the podium originally set up for the bosses' corporate briefings, and began to project the content from the USB drive.
A thunderous opening blow!
In February, seven years prior, Chen Yufei, who was then an assistant manager, had abused his position to accept a bribe of 3 million yuan from a company called Hongwei Guang'an to arrange a 12 million yuan investment from Shengda Investment for them!
On the screen, everything from the initial recommendation and communication to subsequent contract payments and even the flow of funds was meticulously listed out.
It was detailed to the extreme!
Starting from that February, in almost every investment seminar that followed, Chen Yufei would accept bribes ranging from one to three times.
He then recruited several other managers into his scheme, and those executives who refused to be corrupted were pressured into leaving Shengda.
Eventually, the entire Shengda Investment department was firmly under Chen Yufei's control!
Chen Yufei, who could only get through the third page, felt his legs give out and, with a "thump," he collapsed to the ground.
Now, he couldn't even utter an apology if he tried.
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