Although Zhang Dapao was a ruffian, he knew who the boss was and understood the importance of money.
Hearing Scarface say this, he withdrew his hand resentfully and glared fiercely at Liu Duoduo, muttering: "Fine, fine, I'll listen to you guys. I just won't touch her, damn it, what a buzzkill."
"Bring her in and tie the ropes tight."
Fang Ming gave the order casually, and everyone began to get busy.
Tying her up, taking photos, sending the video to Old Gui, and Old Gui then sending it to Liu Changqing using an anonymous number.
Everything was proceeding in an orderly fashion.
In the afternoon, at 1:55 PM, the hottest time in Rong City.
The first-floor lobby of Yunlan Building had been temporarily converted into a massive livestreaming room. The lights were stark white, reflecting off Mu Qingxue's frost-cold face.
"CEO Mu, the livestream starts in five minutes. Dr. Liu and his team are in position," the secretary reported in a low voice near Mu Qingxue's ear.
Mu Qingxue nodded slightly, her gaze sweeping over Liu Changqing nearby.
At this moment, Liu Changqing was still wearing a clean white lab coat, but those old hands that used to hold test tubes without a tremor were now shaking slightly.
"Uncle Liu, you don't look too well. Has the pressure been too much these past few days?" Mu Qingxue walked over slowly, her voice soft and showing no sign of anything unusual.
Liu Changqing's body stiffened, and a layer of dense cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He forced a smile that looked worse than crying: "I... I'm fine... I just didn't sleep well last night, worrying about something going wrong with today's testing."
"An upright person doesn't fear a slanted shadow. Uncle Liu, you are the pillar of our Yunlan. With you here, I feel at ease."
After saying this, Mu Qingxue turned and strode toward the center of the livestreaming stage.
Meanwhile, at the top floor of the Qin Group, several kilometers away from Yunlan Building, Qin Xiao was swirling a red wine glass, staring at a giant projection screen.
On the screen, the livestream had already begun. The number of online viewers instantly surpassed three million. The bullet comments were densely packed with insults like 'black-hearted capitalists' and 'Yunlan go bankrupt.'
"Tsk tsk, with this kind of momentum, Mu Qingxue is probably going to be drowned in spit."
Qin Xiao took a sip of red wine, his expression calm: "Old Gui, everything is arranged, right?"
Standing to the side, Old Gui pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses: "Don't worry, Young Master Qin. I've already given the orders. During the testing later, as long as Liu Changqing drips the pre-prepared heavy metal liquid into that vial, Yunlan International won't be able to clear its name even with ten thousand mouths."
"And Director Wang from that testing agency has also taken the money. As soon as the results come out, he'll provide an official verdict. After this series of moves, Mu Qingxue will have no choice but to beg us to acquire them on her knees."
"Mm."
Qin Xiao nodded slightly, his emotions unreadable.
At the same time, the atmosphere at the livestream site was tense to the extreme.
"Dear audience, dear friends from the media."
Mu Qingxue stood before the microphone, her voice crisp and decisive: "Regarding the allegations against Yunlan's jade dew online, we at Yunlan International fully accept public supervision. Today, we will conduct a full-process public inspection."
A huge wave of bullet comments scrolled frantically.
"Stop pretending. Aren't those people standing behind you all your own people?"
"Exactly. Self-produced and self-inspected? Who are you kidding, a three-year-old?"
"Can you be a bit more real?"
Mu Qingxue looked at the scrolling comments on the screen, a faint curve appearing at the corner of her mouth.
"I know everyone is concerned about impartiality." Mu Qingxue paused, her gaze suddenly becoming sharp: "So, to ensure the inspection is foolproof, we at Yunlan have temporarily adjusted the testing process."
After saying that, Mu Qingxue looked at Liu Changqing.
"Uncle Liu, you've stayed up for several nights in a row to handle the PR. It's been too hard on you. My father and I discussed it, and we really can't bear to let our heroes work while exhausted."
"Therefore, today's on-site testing will be handled entirely by a team specially invited by my grandfather through the province—a first-level inspector from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, and an expert team from 'Shenzhou Tech Testing'!"
"Uncle Liu, you all should go down and rest. We'll leave this to the seniors."
At those words, Liu Changqing's heart skipped a beat.
Before he could react, the side door opened, and several elderly men in gray work uniforms with authoritative auras entered one after another. The leader was none other than a titan in the domestic testing industry.
The scene was in an uproar, and the media's flashbulbs went off incessantly.
"This... they actually invited a real big shot from the General Administration?"
"The Mu family's old man has that much influence?"
"Impressive!"
Liu Changqing, who had been waiting with his head down, slumped completely into his chair.
Mu Qingxue yielded the main seat to the expert team and walked over to Liu Changqing alone. She leaned down and said in a voice only the two of them could hear: "Uncle Liu, you're tired. Go to the staff lounge and have some tea. Your family... there will be good news."
Liu Changqing looked up abruptly, his cloudy eyes filled with shock and hope... Bang!
Qin Xiao smashed the red wine glass in his hand onto the floor.
"How could this happen? Liu Changqing was replaced? Why didn't that Director Wang go on stage either? Shenzhou Tech Testing... Old Gui, didn't you damn well say it was foolproof?!"
Old Gui was also stunned. The cold sweat on his face was even more than Liu Changqing's, and his eyes behind the glasses were full of panic: "Young Master Qin, this... this isn't right. How could Mu Qingxue temporarily invite people from the General Administration of Quality Supervision?!"
Qin Xiao stared fixedly at the titan-level elders on the screen. They had already begun to unseal the samples on-site.
Those weren't ordinary packages; they were randomly sampled directly from the Yunlan warehouse. The entire process was livestreamed, with no room for trickery.
"Go, call Old Gui... no, call Fang Ming!" Qin Xiao roared in anger: "Ask him if something went wrong over there. Looking at Mu Qingxue's stance, she clearly knows something."
...Meanwhile, at the Abandoned Lumberyard in the Western Suburbs.
Fang Ming was sitting in a shaded spot of the warehouse, watching the livestream on his phone.
On the phone screen, Mu Qingxue's white shirt-dress shone brilliantly under the lights, looking just like an ice goddess returning to her throne.
"Tsk tsk, this girl's execution is something else. She even brought in people from the General Administration? Truly worthy of the CEO female lead archetype," Fang Ming praised in his heart.
He had only provided some intelligence on Liu Changqing, but to be safe, this woman actually replaced the entire testing team? Impressive, impressive!
Impressive, impressive!
Buzz, buzz!
Just as Fang Ming finished his praise, the second-hand phone in his pocket vibrated violently.
It was Old Gui calling.
Fang Ming walked unhurriedly to a spot behind a broken earthen wall where the signal was slightly better and pressed the answer button.
"Hello, Brother Gui?"
"Fang Ming! What's the situation on your end? Are there any police following? Are the old woman and the kid still in your hands?" Old Gui's voice was sharp and urgent.
"What are you saying? I've been keeping an eye on things at the lumberyard. All three of them are here. The old woman and the child are tied up like Zongzi. Other than being a bit tired from crying, nothing's wrong." Fang Ming's tone was lazy, and he even casually picked at his fingernails.
"Are you sure no one broke in?"
"In this godforsaken place, there's nothing but rats and wild dogs for five miles. Who could break in? What happened?"
Old Gui gritted his teeth on the other end: "Mu Qingxue removed Liu Changqing and replaced him with people from the General Administration. Liu Changqing is now a useless pawn. Young Master Qin suspects someone leaked the information."
"A leak?" Fang Ming cried out exaggeratedly: "No way? Besides us, only those three desperadoes know about this plan, and I've been with them the whole time!"
"Could it be that when they were kidnapping the people, someone saw them and called the police?!"
(This little monkey will rest for 1 week )