Chapter 134: Utter Ruin and Disgrace

Chen Yang was in a meeting with Shen Anna and the company's executives at Old Hundredsfolk Agricultural Products Trading Co., Ltd., when he suddenly received a message from Su Mingyue informing him that Wang Yichen had been detained after assaulting someone.

Chen Yang immediately announced the meeting was over, leaving only Shen Anna and Qin Qin in the office.

"Boss, what's got you so happy??" Shen Anna saw Chen Yang's excited expression and asked curiously.

Chen Yang chuckled: "Your unfaithful husband lost his mind over stock losses and beat his investment advisor until his head was bloody. The Xingcheng Securities side just called the police and had him arrested."

Shen Anna's face lit up, but she quickly regained composure and sighed: "The Wang family is rich and powerful; even if he assaulted someone, at most he'll just pay compensation. What's there to be happy about?"

Chen Yang didn't respond, but instead asked Qin Qin: "If there's evidence that Wang Yichen repeatedly assaulted people, what kind of charge could you get him?"

Qin Qin said: "Repeatedly assaulting others could be charged as intentional injury or provoking trouble; in serious cases, it can lead to a three-year prison sentence."

Chen Yang immediately called Chen Bing, asking him to help collect the past ten days' video footage from the VIP room at Xingcheng Securities. He knew that Wang Yichen had not only beaten two investment advisors at Xingcheng Securities, but also Ma Chaoyun, which already constituted intentional injury.

However, to make the situation even more serious, he needed Yexin's help. So Chen Yang called Yexin again.

"Sister Xin, Wang Yichen was detained after assaulting someone at Xingcheng Securities. I've already had people gathering evidence over here; can you make things blow up even more?"

On the other end of the line, Yexin was also very excited: "You little brat, you did well this time; wait for my word."

After Chen Yang waited for Yexin to hang up, he then asked Qin Qin: "If Wang Yichen hires a tough lawyer to help with the lawsuit, what are your chances of winning?"

Qin Qin said calmly: "Let's give it a try first; if I can't beat them, I'll call in reinforcements."

Chen Yang curiously asked: "How strong of an expert can you summon?"

Qin Qin didn't directly answer Chen Yang's question, but said: "Boss, as long as the evidence is solid, we can't lose this lawsuit. Just relax!"

Seeing her full of confidence, Chen Yang could only give up the idea of getting to the bottom of things.

"Then you all continue the meeting; I'm heading back to Qingshui."

Shen Anna and Qin Qin heard this, both showing shocked looks. Shen Anna complained: "Boss, you're just going to ignore it?"

Chen Yang smiled at Shen Anna and said: "Tomorrow is the weekend; I need to go back to keep my wife company. With Sister Xin and Attorney Qin handling Wang Yichen's case, it's a sure thing."

Shen Anna sneered: "You put romance before friendship; couldn't you have Lin Wei come keep you company?"

"She's working overtime every day, and even on weekends she's busy writing reports—there's no time for her to come to Xingcheng." Chen Yang sighed helplessly; Lin Wei is now completely in work mode, and the time they spend talking on the phone each day never exceeds ten minutes.

Shen Anna laughed: "Wouldn't it be better if she were busy? I hear you have plenty of lovely female friends around you—perfect chance to left and right embrace."

Chen Yang gave her a glance and said sternly: "Don't talk nonsense; I'm a true gentleman."

Shen Anna teased: "What are you afraid of? I won't go snitching."

Chen Yang certainly didn't believe her; he just said "Bye-bye" and left the company.

Meanwhile, on Chen Yang's way back to Qingshui City, things at Xingcheng Securities started to get lively. First, the district police station's officers returned again and took away the VIP room's video footage. Then, the company CEO Qi Yunxiang received a mysterious call and left the office early.

The next day, Xingcheng's most authoritative financial magazine, Dongjiang Financial, ran the headline "Real Estate Mogul's Heir Loses in Stock Trading, Smashes Xingcheng Securities' VIP Room" and put Wang Yichen on the front cover.

What's worse, the magazine not only exposed the news of Wang Yichen's stock losses and repeated assaults on investment advisors, but also named the two stocks he traded: Xingcheng Heavy Industry and New Flying Technology.

As soon as the news came out, the shares of Xingcheng Heavy Industry and New Flying Technology were looked down upon again by investors, and online forums were filled with the wails of retail investors.

Meanwhile, Wang Yichen also broke down in the detention cell at the police station. He had thought that once the company's legal team arrived, he could be released on bail, but the police, citing solid evidence, firmly refused to let him go. Even though the Wang family pulled connections with the Qingshui City government, the authorities still handled the matter strictly by the book.

Not only that, after Dongjiang Financial exposed Wang Yichen's stock losses and assault, another authoritative Xingcheng media outlet, Xingcheng Evening News, ran a gossip piece about him. It said that to resolve the financial crisis of Wang Clan Real Estate, Wang Yichen dumped his longtime girlfriend and married the daughter of the chairman of Xingcheng Industry. After receiving the funds, he didn't send any back to the family but directly used them to invest in stocks.

When the news broke, the phones of everyone from the chairman down to the lower executives at Wang Clan Real Estate were blown up, all asking about the company's internal financial situation.

Facing pressure from all sides, the chairman of Wang Clan Real Estate Company had to call an emergency press conference, claiming the company's finances were problem-free and demanding that Xingcheng Evening News apologize for the false information it published.

But Xingcheng Evening News refused to apologize, and the next day's front page again featured a gossip story about Wang Yichen. This time it directly gave a steamy shot of him left and right embracing at an Xingcheng entertainment venue.

Once that gossip piece came out, hardly anyone cared anymore whether Wang Clan Real Estate's finances were actually problematic. Everyone knew Wang Yichen was not only a modern-day "Chen Shimei" but also a spendthrift playboy. With such an heir, even if Wang Clan Real Estate currently has no financial issues, it will eventually fall into a fiscal crisis. Moreover, he has already lost tens of millions of public funds in the stock market.

Amid all these news items, New Flying Technology's stock opened the week at a limit-down again, falling from 22 yuan to 19.8 yuan. Meanwhile, Xingcheng Heavy Industry also experienced slight fluctuations, opening down from 18 yuan to 17.5 yuan.

The difference is that Xingcheng Heavy Industry's stock only wavered slightly, and soon a few big investors pushed its price up to the limit-up, rising from 18 yuan to 19.8 yuan, successfully luring in a new batch of "greenhorn" investors.

As for Wang Yichen in the detention center, he no longer had the mind to monitor his own stocks. Because Ma Chaoyun and the two investment advisors from Xingcheng Securities whom he had assaulted went together to court to sue him, and they also submitted evidence that the Wang Clan Group had paid them heavily to give false testimony.

The maximum sentence for intentional injury is three years, and witness bribery adds an extra level. Upon hearing this news, Wang Yichen, in the detention cell, cursed the ancestors of the company's legal team up to eighteen generations.

He couldn't understand: "It's just beating two people—how did it come to this point of utter ruin and disgrace, even landing him in prison?"