Inheritance of Two Trillion

Chapter 2716: Chapter 1939: The Informant

Before launching the attack on Bai Xiaosheng, Caroline had already anticipated that today, at Zhenbei Group’s headquarters, there would inevitably be wave after wave of intense public opinion storms.

One would hit at noon, and by evening it would reach its peak.

Afterward, the situation took a sharp turn—everyone Caroline had arranged to attack Bai Xiaosheng ended up under investigation—but her prediction still turned out eerily accurate.

Less than two hours after each Vice Chairman received the notice from the Inspection Department, all the major regional heads were informed.

And the news was still spreading at breakneck speed, rippling downward.

By noon, the mid-to-high level management at Zhenbei Group headquarters all knew, and were openly and secretly talking about it fiercely.

This is what it means for news to ”spread without legs”—once something like this appears, if it’s explosive enough and not tightly controlled, not strangled in the cradle, then it will spread like wildfire.

After that, there’s no stopping it.

This time, the Inspection Department at Zhenbei Group headquarters suddenly launched an investigation, and announced while investigating that the evidence was conclusive—so explosive it left people stunned.

The investigation implicated nearly thirty top-tier companies across the Group’s five continental divisions, the largest scale in nearly two years, and there had been not the slightest warning beforehand.

But this time, what shocked the top one and two executives in each region wasn’t that the Investigation Department acted so swiftly, covertly, and efficiently—it was that someone had reached their claws into their turf, that so many key companies and so many people had secretly pledged allegiance elsewhere, and they had known nothing about it!

That was the truly terrifying part!

And the most chilling thing of all!

At three in the afternoon, Zhenbei Group headquarters convened a top-level meeting specifically to discuss the matter.

All regional one and two heads stationed at headquarters, plus the Vice Chairmen, attended to hear the Inspection Department’s investigative findings.

Wen Yan personally gave the report to everyone.

In the meeting room, every face present was grave.

Caroline sat among them under immense pressure, but still forced herself to appear calm.

However, for someone normally quick-witted, sharp-tongued, and full of sarcasm, her uncharacteristic quiet only made her seem more off.

To Caroline, this situation had spiraled far beyond what she’d planned!

The fact that she could keep her surface composed at all was already no small feat.

Originally, those who were going to accuse Bai Xiaosheng would also end up exposed to everyone’s gaze, and would be suspected of acting in an organized, premeditated way—but thoroughly investigating them would take a great deal of time.

Besides, once the incident broke out, Bai Xiaosheng’s problems would be pushed to the eye of the storm, which would offset the suspicion and investigative pressure on those people.

And the benefits Caroline promised them, or the threats she made, were enough to keep them clenching their teeth and keeping their mouths shut, even if they were dismissed or chose to resign.

Yet before those people could launch their attack on Bai Xiaosheng, the whole thing blew up.

The Inspection Department, catching them completely off guard, launched a deep investigation based on solid evidence, like a burst dam—who could possibly withstand that?

In a short time, aside from a handful of hardliners, most of them suffered psychological collapse and simply couldn’t hold out.

It was miserable to the point of being hard to look at.

With the situation snowballing to this extent, that tiny remnant, even if they kept their mouths shut, no longer mattered.

Wen Yan, in the meeting, in front of all the Vice Chairmen, rarely lost his temper, and sternly declared that no matter who was behind it, they would be investigated to the end, with zero leniency.

Although Wen Yan hadn’t named anyone, his intentional or unintentional glances, coupled with Caroline’s rare silence, led everyone present to more or less the same conclusion.

The one pulling the strings was Caroline.

Even Vice Chairman Morgan, who had always been aligned with Caroline, suddenly seemed highly suspect...

The other regional heads immediately felt a strong surge of dissatisfaction and resistance toward Caroline.

If the Inspection Department hadn’t dug this up, they’d still be in the dark. If Caroline had stirred those people up to cause big trouble, they themselves would have come under investigation.

They would have been dragged into a mess, caught off guard and left scrambling...

All at once, without anyone saying it out loud, Caroline became the target of simmering hostility.

After Wen Yan finished his briefing, those present spoke up one after another.

At this point, someone began taking veiled shots, their words barbed, aimed straight at Caroline.

”Let me say a few words.”

After one Vice Chairman finished speaking, Vice Chairman Morgan cleared his throat and picked up the thread.

”Our investigation must be well-grounded. We must not let a single bad actor slip through, and we must never unjustly punish a single good person!”

”As long as we find serious issues with anyone, even if it’s me, they must be handled strictly according to the rules!”

Then Vice Chairman Morgan’s tone shifted as he added, ”Of course, if we don’t yet have conclusive, final evidence, then we shouldn’t jump to wild conclusions and wrong the innocent, creating dangerous tensions between us!”

At first blush, Vice Chairman Morgan’s words sounded fair, but on closer taste, the flavor was off.

Everyone fell silent.

No one was about to go head-to-head with Vice Chairman Morgan over this.

Besides, whether Caroline really was behind all this, and what role Vice Chairman Morgan played in it, was still unclear.

Everything would have to wait for the investigation results—no need to rush...

Wen Yan promptly took over the thread.

”I think Vice Chairman Morgan is right. Our department is still investigating those problematic companies and problematic executives. I believe it won’t be long before everything is clarified, and when that happens, we will deliver the results to each of you at the first possible moment.”

Hearing Wen Yan’s words, everyone naturally nodded.

The meeting ended there.

After adjournment, everyone left on their own, but unusually, no one greeted Caroline.

This wasn’t about hating or being angry at Caroline; everyone simply needed to avoid suspicion and keep from being dragged in.

After this meeting, the rumor that ”Caroline is the mastermind behind those problematic companies” also spread like wildfire, sparking countless heated discussions in secret.