Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 193 Surge
Although Zhan Yi denied everything he had just said, as if he was slapping himself in the face, he did not feel embarrassed at all.

Everything is for the benefit of the company, what does personal honor and disgrace matter?
But at this moment, someone in the audience started to complain and yell, "Mr. Zhan, how can you not count what you just said? What about the reputation of Molan Company?"

"Yes, we are also partners of Molan Company. We hope that the company can seriously consider the demands of our partners." Someone else made a solemn and sincere request.

Zhan Yi glanced at these people coldly. For the benefit of the company, I have even sacrificed my reputation. Can't you understand the difficulties of the company?
Chen Chuan glanced at the uneasy members of powerful families, then looked away, looked at the black card again, picked it up and put it in his shirt pocket.

He had previously specially commissioned Gao Ming to investigate this card, and eventually found out the origin and function of this card.

He was originally worried whether there was something wrong with the card, but in the end he confirmed that all the names on the card were his, which meant that he was the real owner of the card and it was left to him by his parents in this life.

However, there is actually a problem with this card, but it doesn’t matter. He has done what he needed to do, and the fourth step has also been completed.

Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Zhan Yi tried to ask again: "Mr. Chen?"

Chen Chuan looked at him and said slowly: "I believe that this matter in the court has nothing to do with your company now."

"Yes, what happened here has nothing to do with our Molan Company."

Zhan Yi nodded immediately. He thought he understood what Chen Chuan meant. Since the decision had been made, they had no right to interfere with the lives of these people.

"Then I'll take my leave, Mr. Chen." He gave Chen Chuan another friendly gesture, waved his hand, and left with all the security personnel of Molan Company.

At this moment, outside the court, Manager Luo tapped his knees slowly with one hand, as if waiting for something. After a while, the operator took off his headset and said, "Manager, the reply has arrived. They said that this card is indeed the recommendation card of the original company, and the owner is indeed the name of this student, but..."

"But what?"

"The person in charge there said that this card was canceled ten years ago as the holder was deemed dead."

Manager Luo was startled, his eyes became stern, "Deemed dead? It was cancelled ten years ago? Can you confirm that?"

"It's still being confirmed. They said that this is what is recorded in the files, but they cannot rule out errors and omissions due to the long time, so they dare not make a conclusion. They said they need to go to the head office for verification and confirmation, which will take three to five days at the fastest."

Manager Luo pondered over it. If the card holder was deemed dead, then the card would have no practical use. But Chen Chuan was obviously still alive. This made the situation a little complicated. Was he an imposter? Or was there some other reason?
But regardless of all this, if it is determined that the card holder is dead, then he can simply deny it, and the original company will not cause them any trouble for this matter.

Should they inform those people afterwards that Molan Company has decided to change its previous statement and is willing to continue to protect them? However, with such back-and-forth, those people may not really trust them, let alone cooperate with them. They may even...

Just as he was thinking of this, he suddenly realized a more serious problem. His heart skipped a beat and sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead.

"not good!"

He immediately urged the driver, "Go back! Go back to the company!"

"Aren't you waiting for Assistant Zhan?" the driver asked subconsciously.

"I let you drive!"

Manager Luo's extremely suppressed voice almost squeezed out of his throat.

"Yes!" The driver was shocked and started the car quickly.

On the National Avenue, approaching Yangzhi City, a long convoy was traveling.

Commissioner Cao took back a telegram that had just been delivered to him. All the situations at the trial court were transmitted here from time to time. After seeing Chen Chuan take out the black card, he didn't seem surprised at all.

He was concerned about another point. When Chen Chuan took out the card, the people from Molan Company almost immediately backed down, and they backed down very humbly, even at the cost of abandoning their partners.

His eyes immediately became sharp, like a predator seeing its prey.

Although Yuanren's company is large, its influence in the country may not be comparable to Molan's. Yangzhi is Molan's company's home turf. Especially at the time when Molan's company is making a key layout, he chose to give in. Can it be confirmed that...

No, probably not enough.

Out of instinctive caution, he took out a pen, wrote a few names on it, and handed it to an assistant next to him, "Send a message, arrest these people immediately..."

wrong!

Before the assistant could take it, he quickly pulled the paper back, thought deeply for a while, and said unhappily: "This kid, is he handing us a knife? It seems that we have to close this net in advance..."

At this time, the operator at another radio station took off his headphones, handed over the translated telegram, and turned around and said, "Commissioner Cao, telegrams have been sent from Canghong Tianqu and Yuan'an Company."

Commissioner Cao took it immediately. After reading the two similar documents, he said in a serious tone, "Sure enough, they have noticed it too." He looked forward, his eyes becoming sharper than before, "Contact the Police Bureau. No need to wait, start arresting people immediately!"

On the Shen Panting side, after the people from Molan Company left, the school board members became extremely embarrassed.

They had just made it clear which side they were on, but even though they had come up, the Molan Company had pulled out the ladder from below, so now they couldn't go down again.

Are they going to insist on firing Chen Chuan? But looking at the attitude of Molan Company, it seems that they are afraid that Chen Chuan has a great background. Even the people of Molan Company have withdrawn. Will they continue? They will definitely not do something that is obviously not beneficial and may hit a wall.

But at this moment, the people from the processing bureau stood up and walked up to them in front of everyone, saying solemnly: "Ladies and gentlemen, we suspect that you have secretly conspired with Molan Company and certain families to murder student Wu Yi, and it is also related to an old case from three years ago. We need you to go back and cooperate with the investigation." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to the side, "Please."

"Investigation?" The school director who first cooperated with the company looked at him in surprise and laughed angrily, "What right do you have to take me away?"

Another director also spoke out: "We are school directors recognized by the Government Affairs Office. Without an arrest warrant from the General Hospital, you have no right to arrest us!"

The school council members standing there also looked coldly at the people from the Processing Bureau, without any sign of cooperation. They were not afraid of the Processing Bureau taking forceful action. Not to mention that almost all the people present were their own people, and as members of the school council, they were also qualified fighters.

"They didn't, so what about me?"

As a deep and old voice spoke, everyone turned around and saw an unremarkable old man standing up from the seats. He had been there just now, sitting with all of them, but no one noticed him before he spoke, as if they had automatically ignored him.

When the people from Wuyi College saw him, they were all stunned, "Old Principal!?"

This unremarkable old man is Cheng Shang, the second president of Wuyi College. He now holds an important position in the Central City Management Bureau and is also a consultant to the Central City Headquarters.

When he stepped forward, all the school directors who knew him were startled. Officials from the Central City Processing Bureau suddenly appeared here, and in such a way that they had a vague feeling that something was not right.

Cheng Shang said leisurely: "You guys can follow me and live in there for a while. It may not be a bad thing for you."

The members of the council looked at each other and gave up resistance. This was not only because of the identity that Cheng Shang represented at the moment, but also because of the military force he represented. They knew clearly that even if all the people present were added together, they could not be the opponent of this seemingly short old man.

The people from the processing bureau stepped forward, tied them up with special handcuffs for fighters, and then took them out.

Cheng Shang then turned to Chen Chuan and said, "Young man, have you noticed this before?"

Chen Chuan knew what he was asking and nodded.

Cheng Shang's eyebrows twitched. "How did you know that? Did anyone tell you about it?"

Chen Chuan said frankly: "No, and I am not the only one who saw it. I believe many people saw it, but they just made different choices." "Well, there are many smart people in the world, but some are too smart." Cheng Shang nodded in agreement and asked slowly: "Young man, do you want to come?"

Chen Chuan was very sure: "Of course!"

Cheng Shang nodded and said, "Then I'll wait for you in the college." As he said that, he put his hands behind his back and walked out of the courtroom. Several people who had not been noticed just now stood up from their seats and followed him out.

Their conversation left most people confused, but some people realized something, their expressions changed slightly, and they stood up and walked out.

Chen Chuan looked at these people in a hurry with a calm gaze. When he and Gao Ming were arranging the plan, they found that there was a target that could not be avoided.

That is Molan Company.

The people from the Mutual Aid Association attacked him, and if he confronted these people, then Molan Company would most likely be involved in the end, because the forces behind these people have a close relationship with this company.

But as they thought and explored, and with the information Gao Ming collected from various sources, as well as the recent changes, they gradually discovered clues that they had not noticed before, and when they pieced the clues together, they finally came to a conclusion that surprised them a little.

Maybe, possibly... they don't need to worry about Molan Company at all.

Because Molan Company is currently under siege from other companies and unknown forces, the situation is precarious and it has long been unable to take care of itself.

In fact, there have been many clues before. The most conspicuous one is the Bloodstain Gang. As the vicious dogs raised by the Molan Company, they have been frequently attacked. Various branches have been blown up, and dozens of leaders have been killed in succession by the Skull-Splitting Monster, which is suspected to be a biological combat weapon. Most of the top management is almost empty.

This is obviously an attempt to clip their wings and test the bottom line of Molan Company step by step.

Previously, Molan Company was constantly competing with the state-owned enterprise Canghong Tianqu for water interests, using various illegal means to eliminate surrounding water plants, and had actually occupied many positions in the water department. It was about to achieve its goal, but Canghong Tianqu had no response. This situation was actually the most abnormal.

When he was taking the unlimited defense certificate exam, Commissioner Cao showed special interest in him and Yang Zhishi, which vaguely revealed that the attention of the upper echelons was constantly focused here.

All clues indicate that an unprecedented storm is approaching.

So they actually don't need to worry about Molan at all. They can even follow this trend and take this opportunity to accomplish what they want to do.

What’s interesting is that before at the Police Bureau, Guan Yuming had repeatedly told him that he would support him, and his words were extremely confident, implying that as long as he didn’t give in, nothing would happen.

You know, he didn't tell anyone at that time that he had an unlimited self-defense certificate, but the higher-ups in the police department seemed unusually confident.

Director Lei has been encouraging him to go to Central City and has promised to guarantee his safety several times when he might face threats from many powerful families.

As for Wuyi College, there is a detail that is easily overlooked. At the beginning of the year, the third principal Yan was transferred and replaced by Fan Shoulu, who is now more experienced and older. Even earlier, the former's son Yan Xiaojing was sent abroad in the name of overseas exchange and has not returned yet.

The matter of the mutual aid association caused such a big stir, but the higher-ups never made any decent response or intervention, and they didn't even say a word about the whole process. At most, they just encouraged some students to come. There was something unusual going on.

Various signs indicate that all the violent organizations in Yangzhi City have known something and have been prepared for a long time, so he has a bold guess that the siege against Molan Company may also involve these organizations, and even if it has not yet entered the final stage, it should have established an advantage.

In fact, what Zhan Yi just said did not have any effect on him at all.

Molan Company is on the verge of collapse, and you are telling me this?

Is it useful?
Those who choose to stand on the side of Molan Company at this time will die faster. On the contrary, opposing it is the right thing to do.

In fact, he could have done nothing today and just wait for the results quietly, but he didn't want to simply follow the trend, but wanted to be a pusher.

He wants to speed up the process instead of waiting another half a year or a year.

After discussing with Gao Ming, he found a node where he, as an individual, could intervene and interfere in the confrontation between many major forces!
That is to produce the recommendation card of the original company in the court of appeal.

He took out this card not to protect himself, but to test its authenticity on behalf of all those forces that were eyeing Molan Company.

It's like holding a sharp knife and waving the tip of the knife in front of it.

After the original company's name was brought out, if Molan had refused to back down, it would have shown that it still had the confidence. However, today's concession completely exposed its weakness!
What's more important is that it exposed its weakness blatantly, turning its soft belly upside down. The surrounding giant beasts that were originally eyeing it with eager eyes and hesitatingly would immediately rush up one by one to bite and devour it.

Just now, Cheng Shang asked him if he wanted to join, which meant he wanted to join the operation to suppress Molan Company. How could he miss such a big event? He must participate!

If it were a commission, I might not get this chance for many years, but I could probably get the Class A certificate in advance, and it could also increase the overlap time for the second me.

At this time, as the people in the seats left one after another, the courtroom became empty. Chen Chuan pulled his clothes, straightened his collar, turned around, and politely said to the judge who was still sitting there: "Your Excellency Judge Shen, you haven't announced the verdict yet."

Judge Shen was stunned for a moment, then his expression became solemn. He straightened his judge's uniform, picked up the drafted verdict, slowly stood up, and began to read:
"This court hereby declares that the actions of Wuyi College student Chen Chuan in the Old Factory Incident were legitimate defense, and the charges are not established. If there are objections, you may appeal to the upper house. The appeal is over. Yangzhi City Appeal Court, August 21, the 93rd year of the Republic of China."

After saying this, he picked up the copper hammer and knocked on the base of the Xiezhi statue. Then he looked at Chen Chuan and said in a gentle tone, "Student Chen, the trial is over. You can leave now."

Chen Chuan nodded to him, then turned around and walked out under the gaze of Judge Shen and the lingering sound of the bronze throne.

When we arrived at the front hall, we found that most of the people who had just come out were being taken away by patrol officers from the police station. Gao Ming came over, smiled, and said, "It's coming."

Chen Chuanshuo said: “Yes.”

Gao Ming said: "Cousin, I said that this game will start with you and will end with you."

Chen Chuan smiled, looked outside, looked at the clear sky and the sunshine shining on everyone's heads, and said: "It's not the end, but another beginning."

At the police station near the Shenpanyuan, Guan Yuming was on the phone, "Director, all the people have been arrested."

"Watch closely, the wind and waves are going to pick up soon, we have to hold steady."

"Yes." Guan Yuming thought for a moment and asked again, "Director, why do you want to do it in advance?"

"We have to act now to alert the enemy."

Guan Yuming thought about it, reacted, and whispered: "Is it because of the card in Xiaochuan..." He couldn't help but ask: "Director, what exactly is that card?"

"I've already asked about it. It's a recommendation card from the original company, but it's a useless card that has been cancelled long ago."

"Waste card?"

Guan Yuming laughed and said, "Then he took it out for..." Halfway through his words, his eyes flickered a few times, and he realized Chen Chuan's real intention. He said with a smile and anger, "I thought, this kid..."

They were planning to slowly close the net, testing repeatedly, perhaps a few more times. This might take a long time, because facing a behemoth like Molan, no one wanted to be the first to rush up.

Since Chen Chuan killed so many people in the Mutual Aid Society, they could use this as an excuse to selectively arrest some of them without causing too much vigilance for the Molan Company.

But Chen's move was like pressing the accelerator key. All forces were pushed hard from behind by him. They had to move!
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(End of this chapter)