0p0 Chapter 538 Truth Showdown
Chapter 538 Truth Showdown
As night fell once more over the city, the lights of the Lin Group headquarters remained on. In the "war room," the projection screen was still playing the live broadcast of Lin Chuyue, Gu Yanchuan, and Shen Longyan's connection with global media, which had just ended a few minutes earlier. The three, with their iron will and logic, shattered Lin Yun and CR's latest attack of taking audio out of context, and public opinion had briefly turned in their favor. This battle seemed to be a sure victory—until an urgent notification disrupted everything.
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I. The Unexpected "Ace"
The live stream screen had just gone black when assistant Tang Nian burst in, breathless: "President Lin, something terrible has happened! Lin Yun has another 'trump card'—she got a recording of your private conversation with President Gu, which involves privacy and company secrets. If it's made public, it will put President Gu under accusations of 'transferring benefits.' You have to deal with it immediately!"
Lin Chuyue's brows furrowed sharply: "What secret talk?"
Tang Nian handed over an encrypted USB drive and a text summary: "The content includes your conversation with President Gu last night after drinking. You mentioned that 'if the shareholders' meeting falters, Gu Yanchuan will personally guarantee the introduction of third-party capital,' and also talked about 'transferring some family assets to an overseas trust to prevent Lin Yun from using them again.' She has already submitted it to three international financial media outlets, and it will be on the front page before 10 p.m. tonight."
Gu Yanchuan clenched his fist: "She's trying to put us in the spotlight of 'insider trading'."
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II. Cracks in Trust
The corridor lights were cold. Lin Chuyue and Gu Yanchuan stood by the window, remaining silent for a long time.
Gu Yanchuan suddenly said in a low voice, "Chuyue, I need an explanation from you—why did you propose those seemingly 'secret' guarantee measures after drinking? You said it was for the company's benefit, but in other people's eyes, it's just a transfer of benefits."
Lin Chuyue clenched her fist, but her voice trembled: "That was to stabilize the stock price and prevent big capitalists from taking advantage of the situation! If the stock price had crashed again at that time, Dawn Bio would have lost five hundred million US dollars. You don't need to worry that I would make you promise any risk of loss?"
Gu Yanchuan's gaze dimmed: "But you never even considered that if I lose my innocence, how can I stand shoulder to shoulder with you?"
Without a word, she turned and left, leaving only his silhouette disheveled by the night wind.
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III. Suspicion of Tang Nian's Betrayal
At this moment, Tang Nian was deep in thought in her brightly lit office. She secretly backed up the original contents of the USB drive, but a sense of fear arose in her heart—if Lin Chuyue knew about the existence of this recording but did not remind Gu Yanchuan before making it public, it meant that she was taking advantage of this loophole.
She picked up the phone, about to dial Lin Chuyue, but hesitated and put it down. The memory of the previous "backdoor" leak and the fear of being threatened flashed through her mind.
"Tang Nian, if you want to save your life, don't save them. Otherwise, all your secret chat logs will be made public as well."
A thunderbolt struck her: "Am I going to become a victim too?"
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IV. Shen Longyan's Counterattack Plan
At the same time, Shen Longyan retrieved the encrypted notes left by his mother in the computer room—the recording fell under the "emergency disclosure" clause.
He dialed the conference room phone: "At 10:30 tonight, I will connect with a British notary public during the live broadcast to show the supplementary authorization signed by my mother: 'Any conversation involving the life and death of the group can be regarded as public evidence.' This authorization is also notarized in both the UK and Hong Kong. If Lin Yunruo continues to hype up her out-of-context remarks, she will take it to court herself."
He added, "I have already scheduled a live video link to verify the differences between the original and synthesized audio, using technical analysis to expose the deepfake techniques used by the CR team."
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V. The Final Offense and Defense at the High-Level Meeting
At 10:15, the Trust Management Committee convened again for an emergency meeting. The moderator announced, "This meeting will be broadcast live. Please be mindful of your words and actions."
Lin Chuyue preemptively spoke up, saying, "I just received a new 'secret conversation recording,' but I want to remind everyone—this recording is my and Gu Yanchuan's timely response to the group's urgent risks. It is not a transfer of benefits, but an emergency agreement required by the joint trust. This agreement has been requested by Shen Longyan to be legally locked, and there will be a judicial appraisal connection at 10:30 pm tonight."
She turned to Tang Nian and said, "Tang Nian, please upload this original recording and notarized documents to the regulatory authorities and the media so that all parties can compare them."
Tang Nian turned around in surprise, hesitated for a moment, and then placed the USB drive in her hand.
Upon seeing this, Lin Yun immediately stood up and loudly questioned, "Are you protecting yourselves? Or are you covering up each other's scandals? If you want to go public, then go public and let everyone judge who is using the group's resources!"
Lin Zhengguo roared, "All these 'emergency measures' of yours are only to consolidate your power, disregarding the future of the family!"
Gu Yanchuan stepped forward immediately and said solemnly, "Father, please calm down. What truly endangers the family is Lin Yun's constant efforts to win over external forces and spread rumors. Today, we will use open procedures and technology to completely shatter these conspiracies!"
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VI. The Prelude to Breaking the Impasse
The meeting was adjourned amid shock and uproar. At 10:30, Shen Longyan's video call came as scheduled. The British notary public used his professional skills to retrieve the original recording on site and compared the waveforms of the "real" and "forged" recordings word by word. The experts on site said: "The forgery determination has reached 99.8%."
On the other side of the screen, the CR representative looked ashen-faced, realizing that his team's deep-seated fraud had been exposed in public, yet he was powerless to refute it.
Lin Yun's face was deathly pale, and her hands trembled as she gripped the edge of the table.
In this ultimate confrontation between truth and lies, justice finally prevails once again—but what follows is a greater rift and deeper wounds.
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End of this chapter