The villainous second male lead at the beginning? No! He's the white moonlight!

At the Shen Group, Shen Xing's face was extremely gloomy.

He truly hadn't expected that the Ye family would escape the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau's investigation so quickly, instead allowing the Bureau to investigate the Shen family instead.

He wasn't worried about the Market Supervision Bureau investigating the Shen family's monopoly; what he was worried about was that the Market Supervision Bureau would discover the Shen family's transactions with the Morgan Group.

After all, rare earth smuggling can be deadly.

"Well done, Ye family of Haicheng!"

Shen Xing stood up and asked his secretary to prepare the car. He wanted to go to the Lin family right away!

At the same time, as Ye Linyuan once again brought up the conditions he had initially stated, Shen Cheng and Shen Xiao's faces both turned terribly gloomy.

They were well aware of Ye Linyuan's conditions, and they absolutely could not agree to them. In other words, Ye Linyuan was determined to fight the Shen family to the death!

Undeterred, Shen Cheng asked again.

"Young Master Ye, isn't there any other way to mitigate the situation?"

Ye Linyuan smiled, opened the back door and got in, then rolled down the window and looked at the two of them.

"I have already stated my conditions for stopping. Whether you agree or not is your business."

"Furthermore, you are free to retaliate if you wish; I don't care, I'll accept it all. However, you only have one chance, and next time I won't leave the Shen family any chance at all."

"you......"

"Enough of that. I'll give you three minutes to think it over. If you don't agree to my demands in three minutes, then I'll do what I say and make sure the Shen family is completely ruined."

Ye Linyuan leaned back in the back seat, closed his eyes, and began timing.

Shen Chen and Shen Xiao's faces turned ashen. After exchanging a glance, Shen Xiao immediately called Shen Xing.

Shen Xing, who had just reached the door, received a call from Principal Shen. His face darkened to the point of being dripping with water. He snorted coldly and spoke.

"You two don't need to pay him any attention. I, Shen Xing, have lived most of my life and have never bowed my head to anyone!"

"But the Ye family..."

"So what if it's the Ye family? How could a mere Ye family possibly be a match for our Shen family? Don't forget, our Shen family is one of the three major families in the capital. How could we possibly bow down to a mere local family in Haicheng, or even cede territory and pay reparations?!"

After a pause, Shen Xing continued.

"Go tell him, if you want to fight, then fight! The Shen family will fight to the bitter end!"

"yes!"

After hanging up the phone, the obsequious look on Principal Shen's face had completely disappeared, replaced by a look of unwavering determination.

"Ye Linyuan, my dad said, if you want to fight, then fight. The Shen family will fight to the bitter end!"

"Oh? Then let's fight."

Ye Linyuan nodded indifferently.

"But I'm warning you, in the end, your Shen family might not even have your underwear left."

Shen Cheng, standing next to Shen Xiao, crossed his arms and snorted coldly.

"Enough talk! Come on then!"

"Okay, let's do it then."

Ye Linyuan smiled, picked up his phone, and sent a message to Ye Qingyan.

"Sis, the Shen family isn't backing down, so you can send out the second message now."

"receive."

Ten minutes later, the entire network in China completely crashed.

Just now, someone revealed that the Shen Group in Beijing smuggled a large amount of rare earth to the United States, totaling 3000 tons and worth over 100 billion yuan!

In an instant, the entire internet was in an uproar.

"Smuggling rare earth elements is treason, a serious crime, and the top executives of the Shen Group must be sentenced to death!"

"Smuggling rare earth elements is tantamount to aiding the enemy. The top executives of the Shen Group deserve to be executed, even for ten minutes!"

"That's right, this kind of traitor must be severely punished!"

"This Shen Group always touts itself as a patriotic enterprise, but it's actually so corrupt behind the scenes. The entire Shen Group should be shut down!"

"These traitors who have brought disaster to the country and its people must be brought to justice and executed. Only their deaths can appease public anger!"

"The conflict between China and the United States is escalating, yet there are still traitors and collaborators selling out the country's interests. How are they any different from the eight great Shanxi merchants of the late Ming Dynasty? They must be made an example of to deter others and stop the damage in time!"

"That's right. It's only because China is a society governed by the rule of law that it exists today. If this were ancient feudal society, even the extermination of the entire Shen family wouldn't be excessive!"

"We strongly urge the state to thoroughly investigate the Shen Group, these traitors who betray national interests. They could not possibly have only done such dirty things; there must be more to it!"

"Yes, a petition signed by ten thousand people in blood demands severe punishment for the traitor Shen family!"

In less than half an hour, the entire internet was in an uproar, with everyone, including the media, condemning the Shen Group as traitors.

Now it's not just external; even within the Shen family, many employees have chosen to submit their resignations. The reason is the same: they are Chinese and will never be traitors or sell out their country. Among them are many middle and senior managers and technical personnel who have mastered core technologies!

For a time, the Shen Group was almost paralyzed.

When Shen Cheng learned about the current situation of the Shen family from his secretary, his face turned deathly pale, and he looked at Ye Linyuan as if he were looking at a devil.

"Ye Linyuan! You! You! You!"

Ye Linyuan rolled down the car window and said coldly.

"What did I do? You were the ones who said you wanted to fight, I was just fulfilling your request."

Shen Cheng was so angry that he couldn't speak. He pointed his finger at Ye Linyuan, trembling all over. The next moment, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted from anger.

Shen Xiao, who was standing next to him, was also in a panic. His eyes were filled with fear as he looked at Ye Linyuan, and he quickly begged for mercy.

"Ye Linyuan, we admit defeat! Tell me, what do you want in order for you to stop?"

"You wouldn't listen and insisted on fighting. Now that you can't win, you're begging for mercy?"

"We were wrong, okay? Just tell me what you want in order for us to stop?"

"Your memories are really terrible. Haven't I already said it twice? Since you want me to say it again, then I'll reluctantly say it again: give 45 percent of your Shen family's resources to our Ye family and 45 percent of our resources to the Luo family."

Ye Linyuan looked at him, his tone still indifferent, as if he didn't take the Shen family seriously at all.

But at this moment, Principal Shen was about to explode with anger.

"No, Mr. Ye, weren't you at 40% and 40% before? How come it's 45% and 45% now?"

"Young Master Shen, haven't you ever heard the saying, 'Times change'? Just now, it was a matter of forty percent versus forty percent, but now it's a matter of forty-five percent versus forty-five percent!"

"Of course, if your Shen family is unwilling, I have no objection. We'll just wait and see."

"us......"

"Alright, enough with the 'you all.' One hour. If the Ye family and the Luo family each receive 45% of the resources you provided within one hour, then everything ends here. Otherwise, the Shen family will be removed from the capital."

At Ye Linyuan's signal, Luo Qingxuan started the car and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Ye Linyuan rolled down the car window and gave a reminder to Shen Xiao and Shen Cheng, who had just woken up.

"I forgot to mention, don't try any tricks. We know exactly how many businesses the Shen family owns. We want 45% of everything from each of our two families, not whatever you say you want."

After saying that, he rolled up the car window, and Luo Qingxuan stepped on the gas and sped away.