447: Chapter 447 Is it really about painstakingly making money?

This was the real battlefield, where bayonets met flesh.

Her phone vibrated again.

It was still Shen Yan.

[Don't rush to refute, ask him one question first.]

Su Wan took a deep breath, her gaze fixed on Zhou Li in the audience.

"Director Zhou."

Her voice wasn't loud, but through the microphone, it clearly reached every corner of the venue.

"You just said you are fiercely loyal to the company."

"Yes," Zhou Li held his head high, looking extremely proud.

A barely perceptible curve formed at the corner of Su Wan's mouth.

"Then I would like to ask, are you familiar with a company named 'Hongye Trading'?"

The moment her words fell, the smug smile on Zhou Li's face froze.

Wang Haidong and Zhao Qin's expressions also changed instantly.

Although it was just for a moment, it was precisely captured by countless high-definition cameras in the audience.

Reporters have extremely keen instincts.

They immediately realized that this 'Hongye Trading' was the key.

Zhou Li's mind raced, and he flatly denied it.

"Not familiar, never heard of it."

"The Qinghe Group has thousands of partners; I can't possibly remember every single one."

His reaction was quick, and his answer was watertight.

Su Wan seemed to have expected him to say this.

Her phone lit up again.

[Click the remote control.]

Su Wan picked up the presentation remote control from the podium and gently pressed the down button.

The huge LED screen behind her, which was originally displaying the conference theme background, flashed.

An incomparably complex diagram showing equity penetration and capital flow suddenly appeared on the screen.

Right in the center of the chart were the four characters: 'Hongye Trading'.

Countless red lines extended from several core suppliers of the Qinghe Group, passed through seven or eight seemingly unrelated shell companies, and finally all converged into the account of 'Hongye Trading'.

On the other side, even more lines flowed out from the 'Hongye Trading' account, pointing towards several other private accounts.

The names of the account holders were clearly labeled.

Zhou Li.

Wang Haidong.

Zhao Qin.

Below the chart was a shocking total amount statistic.

Nine figures.

The entire banquet hall instantly fell into a dead silence.

One second later, it erupted into a volcanic commotion.

Click! Click! Click!

The sound of shutters was like gunfire, and the frequency of the flashes was dazzling.

All the reporters went crazy, frantically crowding forward, trying to get clearer pictures.

"Director Zhou! Please explain this chart!"

"Is the financial transaction shown in the chart real?"

"What exactly is your relationship with Hongye Trading?"

"Nearly 300 million in funds! Does this mean you are embezzling company assets?"

Countless sharp questions rained down on Zhou Li like cannonballs.

Zhou Li stood there dumbfounded, staring at the chart that made his soul fly away, his mind completely blank.

How could he figure it out?

How did Su Wan get this chart?

This complex network of fund transfers was something he had spent years setting up, believing it to be flawless.

How was it possible...

He felt ice-cold all over, and cold sweat instantly soaked the back of his shirt.

"Fake! This is all fake!"

He shouted hoarsely.

"It's a Photoshopped chart! It's slander! It's defamation!"

However, his defense seemed so pale and powerless at this moment.

Su Wan's voice rang out again, icy and sharp.

"Director Zhou, don't be so quick to deny it."

"This chart is just the preliminary result of our internal company audit."

"We have already submitted all the relevant original evidence, including Bank statements and transfer vouchers, to the Economic Investigation Department."

Economic Investigation Department!

These four words struck Zhou Li, Wang Haidong, and Zhao Qin's hearts like heavy hammers.

Wang Haidong's legs went weak, and he almost lost his footing.

Zhao Qin's face had completely lost all color.

Su Wan looked down at them, and the previous panic in her eyes was replaced only by icy disappointment.

"You just said you dedicated twenty years of blood, sweat, and tears to the company."

"Now it seems you truly gave 'blood, sweat, and tears'—just to pour the company's money into your own pockets."

"You also said earlier that I don't understand business."

"Perhaps, when it comes to turning company assets into private property, I am indeed not as knowledgeable as you."

Every sentence was like a knife, precisely stabbing into Zhou Li's vital spot.

She turned around, facing all the reporters, her voice ringing out powerfully.

"Friends from the media."

"Today, Director Zhou used his own experience to present us with the most vivid lesson."

"He, and the people behind him, are the 'parasites' I declared war against the Qinghe Group today!"

"I convened this press conference to tell everyone."

"Starting today, the Qinghe Group will begin to cut the rot out of the bone!"

"Anyone who encroaches upon the company's interests, I, Su Wan, will not let a single one go!"

As her voice faded, the entire hall erupted in thunderous applause.

It wasn't staged; it was applause from the reporters' hearts.

They had witnessed an earth-shattering reversal.

Zhou Li completely collapsed.

He pointed at Su Wan, his lips trembling, but he couldn't utter a single word.

He was finished.

His decades of management, his life's work, turned to dust in this moment.

"Take him away."

Su Wan coldly uttered two words to the security guards beside her.

Several security guards immediately stepped forward and grabbed the crestfallen Zhou Li, one on each side.

Wang Haidong and Zhao Qin were also 'invited' out with ashen faces.

The farce concluded in a manner no one expected.

Su Wan stood on the stage, the focus of the spotlights.

At this moment, she was no longer someone's daughter.

She was the new helmswoman of the Qinghe Group.

In the shadows of the venue.

Shen Yan watched the woman who had been completely transformed on stage, calmly put away his phone, adjusted the brim of his hat, and turned to merge into the dispersing crowd.

His move had been played.

What remained was Su Wan's own battlefield.

The applause in the banquet hall continued unabated.

Su Wan stood on the stage, the focus of the spotlights, having become the new queen of the Qinghe Group.

Shen Yan's figure had long since disappeared into the exiting crowd.

Settling into the car, the clamor of the city became muffled behind the window glass.

He started the engine without the slightest pause.

His phone screen lit up, displaying an incoming call from 'Su Wan'.

He connected to the Bluetooth headset.

"Mr. Shen."

The voice on the other end still carried a trace of lingering excitement, but more so, a new, steady calmness.

"Where are you?"

"On the road," Shen Yan's tone was as flat as still water.

"I... I want to treat you to dinner tonight. You pick the place."

Su Wan's voice carried a cautious probing tone mixed with sincere gratitude.

Without him, there would have been no comeback today.

"No need, President Su."

Shen Yan's address was polite and distant, as if drawing a clear line between them.

"The company has a project, I need to go oversee it."

"Also, that land for the Hongfa Factory, I need to check the progress there as well."