Chapter 7: The Art of Managing People

As Yang Chen was about to evade Xia Yuliang’s attack, the surrounding shareholders and executives rushed forward one after another to seize Xia Yuliang.

“Damn it! I just pledged my loyalty to Chairman Yang and was willing to be his dog, and yet you dare to harm him right in front of me? Clearly, you don’t take me seriously. I’ll damn well kill you, you little bastard!”

“I already said Chairman Yang is my father from now on. Whatever he wants me to do, I’ll do it. How dare you try to hurt my father right before my eyes? You’re just begging for death!”

“Behave yourselves, or I’ll break your arms! Chairman Yang, how should we deal with him? You say the word, and I’ll follow through without question!”

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These shareholders and executives really knew how to humble themselves to curry favor with Yang Chen. Calling him ‘father’ repeatedly made Yang Chen feel a bit embarrassed.

Yang Chen smiled and said, “I am a law-abiding citizen. Hand him over to the police so they can deal with him legally.”

At that moment, Chen Le, the head of the city’s Economic Crime Investigation Unit, arrived with dozens of police officers.

The shareholders and executives immediately handed Xia Yuliang over to the police and even volunteered to testify that Xia had attempted to stab Yang Chen with a pen.

Chen Le nodded and ordered his subordinates to take control of Xia Yuliang.

He then approached Yang Chen and asked, “Chairman Yang, why did you bring so many people here?”

Yang Chen handed over the criminal dossiers of Xia Yuliang, Wang Song, and Cao Kang to Chen Le, smiling as he said, “Captain Chen, take a look. Once you see these, you’ll understand.”

Chen Le opened the folder and read the materials carefully, his face full of surprise. “How did you get these files?”

“So many people are counting on me to save Sihai Group. Guess if I wanted these files, would they willingly give them to me?” Yang Chen said with a grin.

Chen Le found this plausible. The city government was doing everything possible to support Yang Chen, so it wasn’t surprising that he could obtain such information.

Chen Le turned to Xia Yuliang and said, “No wonder Sihai Group is 3 trillion in debt. You executives and shareholders are nothing but parasites, embezzling billions in finance alone. How could Sihai Group not be burdened with such debt? Take them all away, every last one.”

Cornered, Xia Yuliang shouted, “I’m not the only one embezzling! All the department heads and managers are corrupt. If you’re going to arrest us, arrest them all! Why only us?”

Vice President Cao Kang immediately chimed in, “Exactly! All the managers in our financial departments have accepted bribes and embezzled funds. I know everything.”

The managers of Sihai Financial and Wealth Management panicked. Even if Yang Chen was willing to spare them, Cao Kang would surely expose them all.

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