Chapter 1497 - 1495: Investigation

Chapter 1497: Chapter 1495: Investigation

Not long after, a file was placed on Yang Chen’s desk.

These are the related materials collected by Wang Ming, as well as the profiles of the people involved in this incident.

Yang Chen glanced at it and then asked, "Tell me what conclusion you’ve come up with."

Wang Ming immediately frowned and pondered for a long time before finally squeezing out a sentence, "These top personnel all studied abroad..."

"Hmm!" Yang Chen nodded, "That’s a common factor."

During the time Wang Ming was thinking, Yang Chen had already gone through a lot of the materials.

"Then what?" Yang Chen asked.

"Then..." Wang Ming was dumbfounded.

"Then... there’s nothing more! Boss, just tell me what to do and I’ll do it!" Wang Ming pleaded.

Yang Chen put down the file in his hand and stared at Wang Ming, "What did Wei Xueqing ask you to do? If you can’t even analyze and judge this much, how are you going to catch people? How are you going to solve the problem?"

"Haven’t I already caught the company’s corporate espionage?" Wang Ming mumbled quietly.

Yang Chen frowned and said, "The reason you could catch these people is because they are right under your nose! You can detect any sign of trouble! But these people are outside, even scattered across Tian Nan, how are you going to investigate? How are you going to catch them?"

Wang Ming was speechless and bowed his head, not daring to speak.

"As a guard, you should have the necessary investigative skills! And you’ve been in Ancheng for so long, haven’t you learned anything from Jian Feng and his team?" Yang Chen was somewhat frustrated.

Yang Chen shook his head and handed the materials to Ye Xin.

Ye Xin began to carefully read them.

Meanwhile, Yang Chen started browsing the information online.

After a while, Yang Chen looked up at Chen Siyan, "What do you think their purpose is this time? What’s their plan?"

"It’s obvious!" Chen Siyan immediately said, "They have seized upon the failure of our overseas projects, started spreading rumors, and want to use this point to leverage against our entire group, suppressing our various departments, starting from the bottom, to fundamentally dismantle the Shangdong Group!"

Yang Chen nodded slightly, "You’re right, their purpose and actions are indeed like that, but you’ve overlooked one crucial point!"

"What is it?" Chen Siyan was puzzled, as she had been paying close attention to various developments lately and couldn’t imagine missing anything.

Yang Chen beckoned to Chen Siyan.

Chen Siyan walked over and stood behind Yang Chen, looking at the computer screen.

Yang Chen pointed at the stock software on the computer screen and said, "Look at these, the stocks have been surging lately."

"That’s normal!" Chen Siyan said, "Our stocks aren’t performing well, so their similar stocks naturally start performing well, it’s normal! And these companies are not connected, they can’t possibly be related to the Yuan Group."

"Who said the companies targeting you must be related to the Yuan Group?" Yang Chen looked at Chen Siyan.

Chen Siyan was puzzled, "It’s the Yuan Group targeting us now, why would these people get involved? You know, when the city catches fire, the fish in the pond are affected!"

Yang Chen shook his head, "The Yuan Group is an overseas company, their projects in the domestic market are all joint ventures. Joint ventures receive various support, if they obviously take action against the Shangdong Group, it would be impossible. But why would they use their own industries to attack you anyway?"

Chen Siyan shook her head, indicating her confusion.

Yang Chen opened the browser, clicked on several websites, and said to Chen Siyan, "What do you see here?"

Chen Siyan glanced at them and said, "These are the developments of those enterprises, all positive news, nothing wrong!"

Yang Chen shook his head, "Why did the Yuan Group want to take action against the Shangdong Group?"

Chen Siyan was momentarily speechless.

Yang Chen said, "They want to intervene in the market! We’re dominant in Ningchuan, as well as in Ancheng, the scale of these markets is enormous, and we’re continuously expanding outward, showing a radiating trend that’s frightening, making others fear we’ll erode their markets. At the same time, under such circumstances, it has shown some people an opportunity, a huge market scale, and they want to swoop in and take a big bite out of this market! Understand?"

Chen Siyan frowned, pondered for a while, then clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Got it, bro! They’re using diversion tactics! Ostensibly making it look like they are using the Yuan Group to fight against us, but really it’s to divert our attention, then using these inconspicuous smaller enterprises to start swallowing the market and extend their tentacles in! By the time we react, we’ll be caught off-guard!"

Yang Chen nodded slightly and smiled, "Exactly, not bad, little brain."

Hearing Yang Chen’s praise, Chen Siyan beamed and happily said, "Well, you don’t know who I am!"

Yang Chen laughed and shook his head.

At this moment, Ye Xin stood up and walked to the printer.

She picked up a file and handed it to Yang Chen, "Found it, here it is!"

Yang Chen glanced at it, quickly stood up, "Let’s go!"

The two immediately walked out.

Chen Siyan’s face changed, and she hurriedly said, "Wait for me! I’m going too!"

As they exited the office, Yang Chen shouted, "Wang Ming! Stop searching! Follow me immediately!"

"Ah? Okay!" Wang Ming quickly caught up, "Do we need to bring anyone?"

"No need!" Yang Chen replied coldly.

For people of their level, bringing others along would be pointless; he asked Wang Ming to come along mainly to let Wang Ming learn something, to nurture and promote him.

Wang Ming also understood Yang Chen’s intentions and felt excited and grateful.

In the car, the group of four quickly set off.

The location Ye Xin had pinpointed was in the suburbs.

On the way, Wang Ming asked in confusion, "Do the materials I gathered really have a mastermind behind them?"

"No!" Yang Chen said calmly.

"Then..." Wang Ming was even more puzzled.

Yang Chen said, "Although your materials don’t have any relevant personnel, the clues extracted from those people’s information are enough to find leads. It’s like a spider’s web, regardless of how far the web spreads, following the threads will always lead back to the source!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Ming was filled with admiration, "That’s incredible! I felt like I had run into a dead end, every person had no clues at all! I didn’t expect that by integrating all of this, we could actually find the mastermind!"

"Not exactly the mastermind, more like a regional leader!" Yang Chen said.

Soon, they arrived at the suburban villa area.

First-Grade Tang Scenery is a top-tier villa area.

Those who live here are either rich or noble, normal people find it very difficult to even enter.

However, before coming, Yang Chen had already obtained access, allowing him to smoothly enter the neighborhood.