I manage female characters in all the heavens.

"The group will integrate all existing security forces to establish an independent security department, with my good brother Song Yi serving as the minister, responsible for all security and defense work of the group."

"Now, let's welcome Minister Song!"

Dude... Are chairmen this direct about setting up backdoors these days?

Everyone turned to look at the conference room door.

Su Xiaoqian, dressed in a professional office lady outfit, exuded a shrewd and capable aloof temperament, but the moment she pushed open the door, she stepped aside and respectfully made way for Minister Song.

The expressions of the more than two hundred senior executives changed simultaneously. They knew Su Xiaoqian's position with the chairman; nominally a secretary and assistant, she was in reality the group's vice president.

There are also rumors that Su Xiaoqian is the chairman's illegitimate daughter. Coupled with her own strong abilities and social skills, her power in the Weiwu Group can be described as all-powerful.

Such a person was so respectful to the man in front of him, who was dressed in cheap casual clothes and whose left arm was bandaged and secured to his neck with a triangular bandage...

To be honest, even Chairman Su Xiaoqian has never been this respectful.

Everyone gasped in shock. Could it be that the old chairman had been resurrected and returned?

Are you guys crazy?

Chapter 41 Oh, there really is an assassin?

The Weiwu Group was not founded by Chen Weiwu, but was built by his father from scratch through a lifetime of hard work. He was just the second generation who inherited the family business.

Some of the group's founding members who started the business with his father, as well as the major shareholders formed through financing, were not satisfied with him, a young man not even forty years old, taking the helm of the group.

On the surface, everyone obeys the chairman's orders, but in reality, undercurrents are surging within the Weiwu Group, and various struggles never cease.

Five years ago, when Chen Weiwu had just taken over, he reorganized the group and fought off many people who opposed him.

But clearly, the real big fish has never surfaced; it has been secretly accumulating strength, trying to find an opportunity to change the world in one fell swoop.

"So you believe that this assassination attempt against you was orchestrated by someone within the Mighty Group? And that their goal was to kill you and seize control of the group?"

Inside the chairman's office, Song Yi sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, sipping the tea that Su Xiaoqian offered him ingratiatingly, while asking a question.

Chen Weiwu sat behind his desk a few meters away, swiveled his executive chair to face the floor-to-ceiling window, looked down at the city outside, and sighed:

“I don’t want to doubt my own people, but if it’s just to stop the cooperation between the Mighty Group and the Western Wilderness Group, targeting me won’t really do much good.”

The cooperation with Xihuang Group was not driven by Chen Weiwu alone, nor was it even proposed by him. Rather, it was driven by many senior executives of the group. He was only responsible for agreeing and finalizing the negotiations.

Even if he is killed, and the Weiwu Group changes its chairman, as long as the senior executives who jointly promoted this matter are still there, the cooperation will continue.

"Cooperating with Xihuang Group will indeed enhance Weiwu Group's core competitiveness and squeeze the market share of other peers. Of course, many peers are unwilling to see this."

"But Weiwu Group already occupies a dominant position in the market. Even if it improves its competitiveness, the market share it can seize will be limited and will not pose a life-or-death conflict."

In other words, it's unlikely that it was a competitor who made the move.

"As for the Western Wilderness Group, they have no reason to take action against me. After all, they truly understand that killing me would be pointless."

Even if some people within the Western Wilderness Group were unwilling to see the cooperation, they wouldn't choose to take action against Chen Weiwu to stop it, since it would be futile.

Therefore, it can only be someone from within the Weiwu Group.

Chen Weiwu has been in power for five years, and his position is already stable. If he can further elevate the group through cooperation with Xihuang Group and gain the favor of many senior executives, his position will be as secure as Mount Tai.

Since there's no way to defeat Chen Weiwu through normal means, let's physically eliminate him and re-elect the chairman through the shareholders' meeting!

Sure enough, this kind of simple and straightforward business struggle suited Song Yi's taste better.

"Any suspects?" Song Yi put down his teacup, and Su Xiaoqian came over with a fawning smile, poured out the old tea, and handed him a new one.

Chen Weiwu stared blankly, pondered for a long time, then shook his head with a wry smile: "Unbelievable, completely unexpected."

Five years ago, he had already dealt with everyone who was dissatisfied with him, leaving only his beloved relatives, friends, siblings, and elders—a loving family.

Before today, he never imagined that there were opponents within the group who wanted him dead.

This is so heartbreaking.

"Burp!" Song Yi burped, signaling to Su Xiaoqian that he was full and shouldn't pour any more, and to get out of there.

“If you don’t have anyone you suspect, then I’ll give you a few for reference. Today in the conference room, I sensed a hidden hatred in the eyes of several people looking at you.”

Chen Weiwu nodded and asked Su Xiaoqian to identify and record the information. Soon, a list was handed to him.

He stared blankly at the name on it.

"Uncle Lin, Uncle Wei, Bai Ying, Han Xing, and... Third Uncle..."

If the first four names only surprised him, then the name of his third uncle was like a knife twisting in his heart, causing him so much pain that he could hardly breathe.

The previous generation of the Chen family consisted of three brothers. His father was the eldest and founded the Weiwu Group.

The second son died in a business conflict years ago, murdered by a hitman hired by a rival of the Weiwu Group.

Because he was always busy with his career, Chen Laoda rarely had time to spend with his young son, Chen Weiwu. Chen Weiwu spent most of his childhood with Chen Laosan.

It can be said that he was raised by his third uncle.

Even the name Chen Weiwu was suggested by Chen Laosan and adopted by Chen Laoda.

Back then, he said that the heir to the Weiwu Group should be named Weiwu, symbolizing the right to inherit the Mandate of Heaven, and was the most important treasure of the Chen family.

And now, things have come to this?

Third Uncle, what did I do wrong to make you hate me so much?

Aren't we like father and son?

Chen Weiwu was overcome with grief. Song Yi and Su Xiaoqian exchanged a glance and quietly left the office, leaving him to wipe away his tears alone.

Su Xiaoqian led Song Yi to his minister's office and introduced him to the department he was loyal to along the way.

"The newly established security department has a total of 482 security personnel, all of whom are veterans and are equipped with the best civilian security equipment in the world."

The best civilian equipment? That's basically the same as having no equipment at all, Song Yi thought to himself.

In addition to personnel and personal equipment, the security department also has thousands of sets of monitoring equipment, dozens of special vehicles, a training base, several security rooms, and so on.

The vehicles and training base were not available before; they were specially arranged for Song Yi by Chen Weiwu.

For Song Yi personally, Chen Weiwu also specially provided him with a high-powered high-end SUV, a helicopter, a large villa, a butler, and 20 beautiful maids.

They also offer a wide variety of other membership cards, custom-made clothing, and services.

Holding the long list in his hand, Song Yi couldn't help but tremble.

Old Chen, you're too generous. Is it too late to acknowledge him as your godfather?

Song Yi was very touched by Mr. Chen's generosity and felt that he couldn't just take advantage of him. He had to adjust the security plan for the boss, plug the loopholes, and improve the protection.

He summoned his more than one hundred security personnel from headquarters and led them through the entire Mighty Building, pointing out various strategic locations with his professional assassin knowledge.

"If a machine gun is set up on each side of this location, the entire floor can be sealed off."

"Putting a few booby traps here will surely cause effective damage."

"And here, there's an automatic machine gun hanging from the ceiling. The floorboards are pried open, a gravity sensor is installed as a trigger, and then the floorboards are restored. Once an enemy steps on it, the entire corridor will be torn to pieces."

"..."

Listening to their new boss's various ideas, the security personnel gasped in surprise, realizing that their boss was indeed capable.

Even disregarding the illegal deployments he mentioned, such as machine guns, booby traps, and cannons, these locations can still play a significant role if equipped with legitimate security equipment.

Once these points are fully deployed, the protective strength of the Weiwu Building will increase by at least 50%, if not double!

The minister is so young, yet his experience is so seasoned, it's as if he's been an assassin for decades. He's incredibly professional!

After explaining all his ideas, his subordinates quickly compiled a list of the personnel, equipment, and funds needed for the adjustments and arrangements, and sent it to Song Yi.

Song Yi got a headache just looking at this thing, so he simply handed it to Su Xiaoqian to deal with.

That evening, the security adjustments for the entire Weiwu Building were completed, greatly increasing its safety.

The martial law approach, resembling a war zone, drew some criticism from employees who felt it would negatively impact their mood and work efficiency.

With a wave of his hand, Song Yi had these people arrested and brought to his office for interrogation, saying that they didn't want a good security environment for the company and were definitely spies.

What was originally just Song Yi's example of workplace bullying to make an example of someone and establish his authority has unexpectedly led to the discovery of a killer.

Upon receiving the message, Song Yi was stunned: "Huh, there really is an assassin?"

On the surface, Bailun is a diligent and hardworking employee who has been with Weiwu Group for five years and is kind to others.

In secret, he was a notorious Level 4 assassin in the underworld—Razor, with more than forty lives on his hands.

Although Song Yi had no idea what made this completely unfamiliar name so famous, he assumed it was true since Song Yi had said so.

For Razor, the mission to assassinate Chen Weiwu was a windfall, a perfect opportunity given his proximity to the source.

Little did he know, the newly arrived security minister was incredibly perceptive; before he could even make a move, he was caught red-handed.

"Hmph, just kill me, I won't say a word!" Razor was tied to a chair, and after explaining his background, he stubbornly refused to cooperate, pulling at his neck.

Song Yi nodded, appreciating the razor's backbone, and instructed his men:

"Go, get me a few mad dogs. Today, we'll execute the unyielding Mr. Razor with dogs as a sign of respect."

Razor was shocked: "No, you can't do this to a renowned assassin with such a distinguished record! A hero deserves to die a hero's death!"

Song Yi leaned back on the sofa, put his feet up on the table, and chuckled:

"Please bear with me, I want to see it."

Chapter 42 Mighty Ascent to Heaven: 99 Barriers

Finally, Razor even revealed his childhood secret of peeping at the widow next door while she was bathing.

Upon further investigation, Song Yi found nothing of value, which was regrettable.

But value is something that can be extracted.

He had his men buy some medicine, then mixed a pill himself using various bottles and jars, and forced Razor to take it.

Then he slapped Razor's shoulder with his palm, channeling his internal energy into his body to help the medicinal effects spread throughout his body and lie dormant.

"What, what did you give me?!" Razor exclaimed in shock, trying to spit out the pill, but there was nothing left to spit out.

Song Yi smiled and said, "Have you heard of the Three Corpse Brain God Pill and the Life and Death Talisman? This is something similar."