dognovel Chapter 549 The Shattered Alliance
Chapter 549 The Shattered Alliance
The following morning, the lobby of the Lin Group headquarters was bustling with activity once again: an emergency board meeting was convened, the topic of which was—"the temporary freeze and investigation of Lin Chuyue's powers as president." The storm's aftershocks had not yet subsided, and new conflicts were quietly erupting.
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I. New proposals from the Board of Directors
Inside the meeting room, Lin Zhengguo, Luo Zhen (CFO), and Lin Yun, along with several long-time shareholders, stood up and presented a joint proposal:
"Given that since the rumors of the 'SEC investigation', the group's management has repeatedly broken faith with shareholders and is suspected of manipulating internal procedures, we propose to immediately freeze Ms. Lin Chuyue's powers as president and establish a 'Special Investigation Committee' with Lin Yun as the director, and Luo Zhen and the external legal team jointly responsible for thoroughly reviewing all her decisions and financial transactions until the investigation is completed."
Luo Zhen picked up the microphone and added without fear:
"This proposal is not directed at any one person, but is intended to protect the group's governance structure from being influenced by personal emotions. Mr. Lin's recent decisions have seemed decisive, but have exceeded the board's procedures, which is worrying to us."
An uproar erupted in the audience: the young directors looked at each other in bewilderment, as neither Gu Yanchuan nor Shen Longyan had appeared.
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II. Gu Yanchuan's Late Arrival and Roar
Just then, the back door of the conference hall was pushed open with a bang—Gu Yanchuan strode in, his expression ferocious. All eyes instantly focused on him.
He stepped to the front of the stage, his voice filled with suppressed anger: "If you intend to freeze Ms. Lin Chuyue's account today under the pretext of 'overstepping authority,' then please answer first—who leaked that 'SEC inquiry letter' to the media last night? Who taught the CFO to use false authorization to overpower her?!"
The room erupted in commotion once again. Lin Zhengguo, his face grim, spread his hands and said, "Yanchuan, are you questioning me and Luo Zhen, or—are you defending Chuyue?"
Gu Yanchuan said, word by word, "I question everything! If you truly care about the group, you should produce solid evidence, not forgeries!" His gaze swept over Luo Zhen, pressing her as she trembled, "Luo Zhen, produce the backend operation logs!"
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III. Luo Zhen's Retreat and Counterattack
Luo Zhen's face was ashen, but she forced herself to stand up, her attitude suddenly changing: "Since someone wants the log, I'll start." She took out her tablet, brought up the log interface, and her tone was icy: "The 'fake' log you want is here—but look closely, these login records from the 'Cheng Yi Foundation' are the real masterminds. I was just forced to receive incorrect instructions and pressed those buttons."
She flipped through the log page by page, pointing to the three "foreign IPs": New York, Cayman Islands, and Singapore. Only then did it become clear that the CFO had been manipulated by Lin Zhengguo and the CR team, becoming a tool for Cheng Yi Fund.
Luo Zhen continued, "If you're going to investigate, please include all the access records of the Cheng Yi Foundation and CR in my system; stop making me a scapegoat!"
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IV. Lin Yun's Despair and Her Father's Choice
Lin Yun's expression changed drastically, and she stomped her foot and shouted angrily, "Luo Zhen, you are accusing me and my father!"
Lin Zhengguo suddenly stood up, his hands trembling: "Yun'er, that's enough! If you keep making a scene like this, you'll make me lose all face!"
Father and daughter confronted each other, old grudges and anger erupting simultaneously. Lin Yun gritted her teeth: "Dad, if you don't support me, don't blame me for tearing the house down!"
Lin Zhengguo's face contorted in shock. He took a deep breath and walked up to Lin Yun: "What I want is peace, not to push the family into the abyss! If you continue to be stubborn, don't expect me to stand by your side."
Lin Yun burst into tears and anger, but her anger paled as Lin Zhengguo turned away.
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V. The Reappearance of Shenlong Inkstone
Outside the conference hall, a figure slowly appeared—Shen Longyan. Although he had been dismissed from his post, he was carrying a new securities regulatory notice. It was a temporary injunction issued by the external regulatory bureau, which determined that Cheng Yi Fund and CR had committed serious violations in market capitalization manipulation.
He opened the notification and announced loudly: "Chengyi Fund and CR will be prohibited from trading any shares in this company until the next joint investigation is completed. All those behind the scenes will be held legally accountable!"
This notification came like a bolt from the blue, turning Lin Yun and Lin Zhengguo pale once again, and the old shareholders also turned their heads in surprise.
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VI. The Final Showdown
The host quickly regained control: "Now that the new regulatory notice has arrived, please reconsider the proposal." He announced a new vote on the proposal to "freeze the president's powers."
Gu Yanchuan grabbed Lin Chuyue and whispered, "Do you want to vote this time?"
Lin Chuyue took a deep breath and nodded: "Whether it's life or death, I'll take responsibility!"
on site:
Support freezing (Lin Yun, several existing shareholders): 6 votes
Opposing the freeze (Lin Chuyue, Gu Yanchuan, Shen Yanyan, Luo Zhen's reversal in favor, young shareholders): 9 votes
Abstention (Lin Zhengguo): 2 votes
The proposal was rejected again. The meeting announced that Lin Chuyue would retain her authority, while the market bans on Chengyi Fund and CR took effect simultaneously. Overnight, the tide turned completely.
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end:
As the meeting ended, Lin Yun and Lin Zhengguo left silently, their father-daughter relationship utterly broken. Gu Yanchuan and Lin Chuyue walked out of the conference hall side by side; a rift still existed between them, but their shared victory brought them closer in an instant. Luo Zhen returned to his finance seat, gazing at the empty hall with a complex expression. Tang Nianyuan was overseas; he had submitted his resignation and disappeared from the email list.
Beyond the skyscrapers, the first rays of dawn reveal the warmth and coldness of a city and the ebb and flow of people's hearts—in this contest between family and capital, there are no eternal enemies, nor eternal allies, only choices and confrontations on the edge of rifts time and time again.
—End of this chapter