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Chapter 185: He’s Done for

Chapter 185: Chapter 185: He’s Done for

Because Huang Qi had never discussed the specific content of this episode with Liu Lan and the others, Liu Lan had always thought that this was just an ordinary episode focusing on a social topical issue.

But when she heard the few words "Bee Finance," she instantly realized something was amiss.

How could a program like Deep Insight mention the name of such a substantial company without directives from above?

Moreover, the production team made no attempt to disguise it; after shifting the topic to Bee Finance, they directly began to discourse on the immense risks and harms that could arise if Bee Finance were to go public.

Liu Lan could no longer pay attention to the reports from Duan Ming and the others; she stood up with regret in her audience’s eyes and quickly walked toward the television.

But in reality, there wasn’t much to see – one could tell just by listening as the host gave a summarizing introduction, followed by detailed interviews with the relevant experts and department heads.

Yet these contents undoubtedly caused a huge shock in Liu Lan’s heart.

During that serendipitous encounter in Paris, she had said, why had she never taken Wu Mu seriously? After all, a celebrity was just a celebrity.

Making tens or hundreds of millions may seem like a lot to ordinary people, but in the eyes of those real corporate giants, those who could cause ripples in the world with a single move, celebrities were no different from actors.

Yet it was this sort of person, nearly indistinguishable from an actor in her eyes, who was now involved in the disputes among those giants.

Even if it was merely in the capacity of a harbinger, without deep involvement, this was beyond her previous imagination of him.

Liu Lan watched the images on the television. While Wu Mu’s face was absent from the screen, she felt she could already picture that somewhat smiling expression of his.

After the initial shock, she couldn’t help but feel a touch of annoyance rising in her heart.

Liu Lan could barely maintain the composure fitting of a person of standing, and through clenched teeth, she said, "He’s really something."

In the past, when they had been together, he didn’t show anything, but now that they had separated, one thing after another kept coming to light – had she been holding him back all this time?

Su Meng looked at her, somewhat speechless in her heart.

Although Liu Lan’s subordinates, who were meeting via the computer, could not see what Liu Lan was up to, they could hear her words.

"He’s really something?"

Who was she talking about?

Curiosity filled Duan Ming and the others’ hearts.

...

While Liu Lan and Su Meng were watching the program, Li Hu was watching it too.

Ever since the video was re-uploaded, he had had an uneasy feeling.

He had been pleading with connections these past two days, trying to find out what was going on.

After asking around, although he hadn’t been able to clarify the situation entirely, he had gotten some clues.

He was told to pay attention to Deep Insight two days later.

Then Li Hu made sure to tune into the television right as the program was about to air.

When the program aired and he saw that the exposé of their platform had made it onto the Deep Insight production, even with some mental preparation, Li Hu couldn’t help but be shocked and angry.

He had never dreamed that such an exposé video would make it onto CCTV’s Deep Insight.

He knew big trouble was inevitable now. After the program aired, upper levels would surely issue notices demanding their rectification, and the various investors who had put in money would likely come demanding their investments back due to lost confidence.

For their platform, this was undoubtedly a crippling blow.

And the primary cause of this massive loss was but a single video...

Li Hu was gnashing his teeth with hatred, hardly able to finish watching the program, as he was eager to get up and arrange company affairs. At the very least, he had to stabilize the investors first; he had to secure the money they had contributed.

But while he was busy thinking this way:

On the program.

"And we have also noticed that Bee Finance, a leading financial platform..."

Bee Finance?

Li Hu, who had just stood up, froze.

His gaze unconsciously shifted to the television screen.

Seeing that the program, after discussing the video, immediately went on to the topic of Bee Finance’s IPO, his face turned ghostly pale in an instant.

...There was no longer any need to worry about investors or no investors.

If it had just been a feature on Deep Insight, there might have been some hope of salvation, but if it was used as a pawn thrown out to attack corporate giants...

He was finished.

...

Wu Mu’s video, after airing on CCTV, undoubtedly caused a tremendous shock.

Especially after the program aired and the state-run banking, securities, and insurance regulators stepped in to halt Bee Finance’s IPO, the shockwaves intensified.

Those who understood the ins and outs of the matter, who knew the complex relationships behind the scenes, could see that Wu Mu’s video was merely functioning as a prompt. Even without his video, what happened to Bee Finance would have happened all the same.

But the general public didn’t understand all this. To those unaware of the intricacies, it seemed as if Wu Mu’s sole video had detonated a behemoth company valued in the trillions.

It might be an exaggeration to say a single video ruined a company valued in the trillions, but to call it the bugle call signaling the giant’s turn from prosperity to decline was undoubtedly apt.

When people look back and take stock of Bee Finance’s downfall, this video would certainly not be overlooked.

The popularity under Wu Mu’s video was exploding.

In just a few hours, the already flagging growth of video views shot up again.

The count approached the staggering number of nearly sixty million views.

The topic of his video also parachuted onto the hot search lists of major platforms.

Discussions about the halting of Bee Finance’s IPO and his video were everywhere.

"Coming to see the divine man!"

"It’s just amazing, one video toppled a company valued in the trillions."

"Ha-ha, ’toppling the giant’ might be an exaggeration, but this one video causing tens of billions in losses to Bee Finance is for sure."

"Ts-ts, those at Bee Finance must hate the author of this video to death – because of one video, so many people’s dreams of becoming billionaires were shattered."

"Well, they had it coming. With just a few billion in funds, they tried to leverage assets valued in the trillions. They earn the money, but the country bears the risk."

"We should make more videos to expose these harmful companies! Looking forward to the host’s future work."

Wu Mu, seeing these discussions about his video on the internet, didn’t take them too seriously. Others might not know, but how could he be unaware?

From beginning to end, this matter was just a maneuver operated from behind the scenes by Tongzi, and he was merely hitching a ride on a favorable wind.

Now, Li Hu was definitely finished, and Wu Mu’s initial goal had been more than achieved.

He began tallying up the gains from this campaign.

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PS: I’ll never plant a flag again...

This storyline seems to have been stretched a bit long, it should have been dealt with sooner.