150: Chapter 150 Winning Back His Sister, the Three Brothers Arrive at the Door to Force His Resignation
On Wednesday afternoon, the atmosphere in the lobby of Singularity Technology suddenly became stagnant.
Three luxury black cars parked downstairs one after another. Lu Qingping, Lu Qingan, and Lu Qingyan, the three brothers, walked in side by side. Their powerful aura made passing employees subconsciously stop in their tracks—Lu Qingping wore a custom suit with a gloomy face; Lu Qingan wore sunglasses and trendy clothes, exuding a bit of defiance; Lu Qingyan carried a laptop, his expression cold, his eyes sharp as knives.
"Where is Zhang Fan? Make him come out!" Lu Qingan took off his sunglasses, his voice impatient. His gaze swept across the lobby and finally landed on the promotional poster for "star path: reboot." His tone was full of mockery, "Using stolen technology to make a game, and you have the nerve to hang it up and show it off?"
The young receptionist at the front desk was frightened and flustered. Just as she was about to call Zhang Fan, Zhang Fan walked out of the elevator with Wang Chengsi following behind him. He looked at the three brothers in front of him and said calmly, "What is the matter, Lu brothers? Why not go into the conference room to talk? It is not a good influence to be here."
"Worried about a bad influence? When your company started the 'Tech Thief' hot search, why weren't you worried about the influence then?" Lu Qingping stepped forward, closing in on Zhang Fan with an oppressive aura. "My sister Wanyi is innocent and was kept in the dark by you. As her older brothers, we cannot ignore this! Today, either you voluntarily terminate the cooperation with Wanyi, or we will expose your dirty laundry of 'exploiting artists and stealing technology,' and make Singularity unable to survive in the industry!"
The surrounding employees gathered around, whispering. Someone took out a mobile phone to take pictures but was stopped by Wang Chengsi. Zhang Fan was not intimidated by Lu Qingping's aura; instead, he smiled, "The 'dirty laundry' Mr. Lu mentioned, does it refer to the evidence forged by Chang Yuan, or the press conference you arranged to frame me? If it is the latter, Wang Chengsi has the bank transaction records of the deposit Yunqi Technology paid to Chang Yuan. Do you need me to take it out for everyone to see now?"
Lu Qingping's expression changed instantly—he did not expect Zhang Fan to have even checked the bank transaction records. For a moment, he was speechless. Seeing this, Lu Qingyan stepped forward to smooth things over, his tone still cold: "Mr. Zhang, we are here today mainly to confirm whether your cooperation with Wanyi is 'pure.' After all, you have had many scandals before, and we are worried that Wanyi is being deceived by your superficial efforts."
"Whether the cooperation is pure or not, Wanyi knows best." Zhang Fan turned to the side and made a "please" gesture. "Let's talk in the conference room. There are too many eyes and ears here. If any 'misunderstandings' spread, it will not be good for the reputation of Yunqi Technology."
The three brothers looked at each other and finally followed Zhang Fan into the conference room. As soon as the door closed, Lu Qingan attacked first: "Zhang Fan, stop beating around the bush with us! Is your cooperation with Wanyi an attempt to use her relationship to get close to Yunqi Technology? Are you trying to use the Lu family's resources to fight against Polaris Capital? Let me tell you, no way!"
"My cooperation with Wanyi is based on her musical talent and Singularity's product needs, which has nothing to do with the Lu family." Zhang Fan sat in the main seat, his fingers tapping the table lightly. "As for Polaris Capital, I think the three of you know their purpose better than I do—they are talking about 'cloud service cooperation' with Yunqi Technology while secretly investigating the Star Core Engine, and even instigating Chang Yuan to frame me. Do you really think they sincerely want to help Yunqi Technology?"
Lu Qingping slammed the table: "Stop sowing discord! Polaris Capital is a large international capital. Cooperating with them can help Yunqi Technology expand into overseas markets. It is much better than cooperating with a 'tainted' company like yours!"
"The ones who are tainted are you, not me." Zhang Fan signaled Wang Chengsi to take out a file and push it in front of Lu Qingping. "Mr. Lu, this is the enrollment certificate for your illegitimate child in Singapore, and the property deed for the villa you bought for the child's mother—I found this information from the overseas financial reports of Yunqi Technology. You used the company's name to reimburse 'overseas travel expenses,' but it was actually living expenses for your illegitimate child. If the shareholders of Yunqi Technology knew about this, could you still sit firmly in your position as president?"
Lu Qingping's pupils contracted suddenly, and he reached out to grab the file, but was pressed down by Zhang Fan. His face turned from red to blue, then finally pale, his voice trembling: "You... how did you know about these?"
"If I want to check, I can naturally find it." Zhang Fan took back the file, his tone flat. "I haven't exposed this information to save you some face, and also for Wanyi's sake. But if you continue to be obsessed and help Polaris Capital deal with me, I don't mind letting everyone know about the 'President of Yunqi Technology embezzling public funds to raise an illegitimate child' matter."
Lu Qingan, who was on the side, saw this and immediately jumped out: "Zhang Fan! How dare you threaten my brother? Do you believe that I will have my fans cyberbully you and make no one dare to play your game!"
"Fans?" Zhang Fan sneered, then took out another file and threw it in front of Lu Qingan. "The film and television company you invested in lost 50 million last year and still owes 20 million in bank loans. The property you used 'actor's salary' to mortgage has already been listed for auction by the bank—if these financial loopholes were known by your fans, do you think they would still like you, the 'superficially glamorous but debt-ridden' movie star?"
Lu Qingan picked up the document, his hands shaking, and muttered to himself: "Impossible... these are all confidential, how could you have..."
"You forgot, the financial director of your film and television company is my college classmate's older sister." Zhang Fan's tone was calm but carried full deterrence. "She couldn't stand you embezzling company funds to buy luxury goods and wanted to report you long ago. It was me who stopped her—again, for Wanyi's sake."
At this moment, Lu Qingyan's expression also became serious. He looked at the plight of his two brothers and finally understood that Zhang Fan was not someone to be trifled with. He opened his laptop and pulled up a technical document: "Mr. Zhang, since you are so 'omnipotent,' then look at this document—does Yunqi Technology's 'intelligent cloud algorithm' really, as you said before, involve infringing on the patents of an American company?"
Zhang Fan leaned over to take a look and immediately pointed out the key code in the document: "Here, and here, your core algorithm logic is highly similar to the patent applied for by the American company 'Nebula Technology' in 2022, only a few variable names were changed. The Legal Department of Nebula Technology is already investigating. If they sue, Yunqi Technology will have to pay at least 100 million USD and also issue a public apology."
Lu Qingyan's fingers tapped rapidly on the keyboard, pulling up the patent comparison page, and his face became increasingly gloomy—Zhang Fan was right. Those "hidden" modifications he thought were invisible could not escape the eyes of a professional at all. He looked up at Zhang Fan, his tone finally softening: "You... why are you telling us this?"
"Because I don't want to be enemies with the Lu family, and I don't want to see you being used by Polaris Capital." Zhang Fan leaned back in his chair, his tone sincere. "Polaris Capital is cooperating with you not to help Yunqi Technology, but to obtain data on the Star Core Engine through your cloud services, and even wants to use your financial loopholes and scandals to control Yunqi Technology. If you continue to cooperate with them, in the end, you will only end up like Chang Yuan, treated as a discarded pawn by them."
The conference room fell into a dead silence. Lu Qingping looked at the files in his hands, Lu Qingan clutched the financial report, and Lu Qingyan stared at the computer screen. The three brothers' faces were full of shock and lingering fear—they had always thought they were "protecting their sister" and "developing the company," but they didn't expect that they had long ago become pawns of Polaris Capital, and almost ruined their sister's trust and destroyed Yunqi Technology because of their own impulsiveness.
"Then... what should we do now?" Lu Qingan's voice lost its previous defiance for the first time, carrying a bit of confusion.
"Terminate the cooperation with Polaris Capital and make their conspiracy public." Zhang Fan gave his advice. "In addition, apologize to Wanyi—she is not your 'accessory,' she has her own judgment and choices. Your so-called 'protection' will only make her more disgusted."
The three brothers looked at each other and saw "compromise" in each other's eyes. Lu Qingping took a deep breath, his tone heavy: "Okay, we will terminate the cooperation with Polaris Capital, and we will also apologize to Wanyi. But if you dare to treat Wanyi badly, even if we ruin Yunqi Technology, we will not let you go!"
"I have only respect for our cooperation and concern for a friend regarding Wanyi; I have no other thoughts." Zhang Fan stood up. "If the three of you have figured it out, you can come to me at any time to discuss joining forces against Polaris Capital. Now, I still have work to handle, so I won't see you out."
Watching the three brothers walk out of the conference room dejectedly, their backs full of loneliness, Wang Chengsi could not suppress the doubts in his heart and quickly leaned over to Zhang Fan: "Mr. Zhang, did you anticipate they would come? And these proofs—when exactly did you prepare them?"
Zhang Fan just smiled faintly and did not answer immediately.
His thoughts had already drifted elsewhere, and he was silently calculating in his heart: "It seems that the effect after the system upgrade did not disappoint—these [Follow-up Intelligence Chains] helped me dig out quite a few key clues."
That's right, these pieces of intelligence, enough to turn the situation around, were all pushed by the "Daily Intelligence" module this morning. For Zhang Fan, this was no longer ordinary information, but a trump card that could ensure victory.