Chapter 487: Wang Haifeng's Revenge

The news that Zheng Weimin was beaten into the ICU by Wang Haifeng spread quickly through Xingcheng's business circles.

When Chen Yang heard the news, he wasn't surprised at all. After all, he had seen people lose their minds over stock market losses before.

In just one week, Wang Haifeng lost five hundred million, so he would definitely find someone to vent his anger on.

At such a critical moment, Zheng Weimin not only refused to stand with Wang Haifeng, but also played petty tricks—he practically deserved a beating.

What surprised Chen Yang was that, after Zheng Weimin was beaten into the ICU, the entire business community of Xingcheng was stirred up, yet Deputy Mayor Zheng had no reaction at all.

This gave him a deeper understanding of the forces behind Wang Haifeng.

To be safe, Chen Yang called Sun Changqing again, urging him to guarantee that the East Jiang New City project would proceed smoothly.

As for the Old Hundreds Agricultural Products Trading Company, Chen Yang strengthened security at the Old Hundreds Building, the cold storage, and the company headquarters.

But he never expected that Wang Haifeng would target the Old Hundreds Food Ltd.

On Saturday night, a reporter from Xingcheng Life Channel exposed that the production workshop of Old Hundreds Food Ltd. was overrun with rats and cockroaches, and even provided on‑site footage.

As soon as the news broke, Old Hundreds Food Ltd. was bashed all over the internet and topped the hot‑search lists, with even its past scandals dug up.

Since taking over Old Hundreds Food Ltd., Chen Yang has acted as an absentee manager. He handed over management to Master Xu Dawei, the master of Xiao Jian; product development to Zhao Songtao; material imports directly to Hu Jiahao's foreign‑trade firm; and sales directly to the Agricultural Products Trading Company. Even the task of delivering the company's half‑price housing‑quota benefit was delegated to Shen Anna.

Who would have thought that the company Chen Yang overlooked would become Wang Haifeng's breakthrough for counterattack?

Old Hundreds Food Ltd. is a key enterprise‑reform unit monitored by the province. As soon as the news came out, Liu Jianghua called immediately, not only scolding Chen Yang harshly but also demanding that he rush to Xingcheng to deal with the problem.

Left with no choice, Chen Yang urgently summoned Zheng Yun and his comrades‑in‑arms to rush to Xingcheng overnight.

Upon arriving at Jiangmen Dao, Chen Yang first went to the villa where Shen Anna and Yexin lived together.

Because on the way to Xingcheng, Shen Anna called Chen Yang to tell him she had some evidence that could prove Old Hundreds Food Ltd.'s innocence.

Chen Yang had to obtain that evidence before he could devise a response.

Shen Anna was already asleep; only Yexin was in the living room watching TV. Seeing Chen Yang arrive, she stretched and pointed to an envelope on the coffee table, saying:

"Chen Yang, this is what you needed. Thanks to Anna arranging people in advance to watch outside Old Hundreds Food Ltd., otherwise you would have suffered a huge loss."

Chen Yang picked up the envelope and saw many photos inside. He pulled out a few and saw that they all showed people placing rats and cockroaches in Old Hundreds Food Ltd.

What angered Chen Yang was that the company's night‑shift security guard was actually Wang Haifeng's undercover agent, who actively let those troublemakers in.

Although Chen Yang had never managed Old Hundreds Food Ltd. before, since taking over he had never withheld wages and even raised everyone's pay by fifty percent. Who would have thought he'd end up raising a white‑eyed wolf!

On Sunday morning, Chen Yang directly convened an all‑staff meeting in the large conference room of Old Hundreds Food Ltd., and summoned reporters from East Jiang TV, Xingcheng Life Channel, and Xingcheng TV to the scene.

In front of everyone, Chen Yang produced the photos. Then he had the head of the security department personally escort the duty guard who had colluded with outsiders to plant rats and cockroaches to the local police station to file a report.

Afterward, Chen Yang accepted interviews from three TV stations. In the interviews he clarified the sanitation incident at Old Hundreds Food Ltd. and conducted a thorough self‑criticism of the company's security lapses.

After the interviews ended, Zheng Yun suddenly came up to Chen Yang, whispered in his ear, and warned him that many suspicious individuals had appeared outside the company.

Chen Yang guessed they were Wang Haifeng's people, so he called Liu Jianghua.

"Governor Liu, I've already gotten to the bottom of the Old Hundreds Food Ltd. issue. In fact, someone is deliberately smearing our company. I've handed the relevant evidence to the TV station's reporters, so it should air tonight."

"Besides, there are many suspicious persons loitering outside our company. I don't know whether they're related to those smearing us. What do you think I should do?"

"Chen Yang, first observe. If it's definitely aimed at you, report it to the police right away! I'll also contact Secretary Chen of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission to discuss punishing any units or individuals maliciously obstructing the provincial state‑owned enterprise reform. They must be severely punished!"

"All right, then I won't disturb your work."

After receiving Liu Jianghua's instructions, Chen Yang had Zheng Yun drive him back to Jiangmen Dao. On the way, he deliberately told Zheng Yun to slow down, and indeed he noticed a suspicious vehicle tailing them.

Chen Yang thought for a moment, then called Yexin and told her to withdraw the security on Jiangmen Dao first, then, once those tailing vehicles entered Jiangmen Dao, to spring a trap and catch them in a jar.

However, the people Wang Haifeng sent were tight‑lipped. Last time Chen Bing used many methods, yet they refused to admit any connection to Wang Haifeng. This time, aside from discovering they all had criminal records, they still yielded nothing.

Left with no alternative, Chen Yang turned to Yexin for help.

"Sister Xin, since you have leverage over Wang Haifeng, you should release it sooner! If we don't get rid of this guy, we won't even sleep soundly!"

Yexin soothed Chen Yang, saying: "Don't rush; the security on Jiangmen Dao is extremely tight. As long as you don't go out, Wang Haifeng can't touch you."

Chen Yang looked at Yexin, puzzled, and said: "You founded the East Jiang Business Alliance to deal with Wang Haifeng. Why aren't you in a hurry now?"

Yexin laughed and said: "Wang Haifeng beat Zheng Weimin into serious injury, frightening the shareholders of No Worries Residence. Today I received six calls from those shareholders, and they gave me a crucial piece of information. Guess what it is?"

"What information?" Chen Yang asked eagerly.

"The money Wang Haifeng used for this stock speculation was entirely borrowed by these shareholders from the banks." Yexin smiled at Chen Yang and said, "What do you think would happen if I leaked this to the banks?"

Chen Yang was overjoyed upon hearing this. If Wang Haifeng's illegal use of bank loans for stock trading is investigated, all of his stocks will be frozen.

Once Jiangshan Automobile completes its directed share issuance, those stocks will shrink even further.

Because Chen Yang recalled that after Jiangshan Automobile finished its directed share issuance, its share price once fell to only six yuan.

This means Wang Haifeng's 1.25 billion‑yuan assets would ultimately be reduced to just over 200 million.

With such a huge shortfall, even if the full‑time deputy secretary of the Provincial Party Committee steps in, it may not be easily resolved!