The Arrogant Young Master Targeted by the Overbearing President - Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Video Crisis

“You’re so rich! Why are you withholding our wages!” Seeing Lu Siyang’s expression, the man knew this tactic was working and spoke relentlessly, “You won’t pay us our wages, yet you drive such a nice car yourself! On what grounds!”

Lu Siyang’s grip on the fat man’s collar tightened. Just as he was about to interrogate him, someone gave him a tug.

He looked back to see Assistant Zhang arriving with several security guards.

“President Lu,” Assistant Zhang stepped forward, separating Lu Siyang from the fat man, “Don’t be impulsive. Let’s go inside and talk.”

Seeing the security guards come out, the people filming tucked away their phones and scattered in all directions.

Lu Siyang shot Assistant Zhang a glance and released the man’s collar.

Lu Siyang sat in his office with a grim face, looking at Assistant Zhang standing before his desk: “Did you find anything?”

“Yes, President Lu,” Assistant Zhang said in a deep voice, “About a dozen employees caused trouble at the Qingyun District branch. I investigated them one by one. One employee gave in this morning and admitted that someone approached them afterward, demanding he organize the employees to make a scene at Lu Corporation, promising a large sum of money in return.”

Lu Siyang gave a light sneer: “Who is the other party? Did you find out?”

Assistant Zhang lowered his head slightly: “According to that employee, a different person contacted them every time.”

Different people? So cautious?

A look of severity appeared between Lu Siyang’s brows. It seemed there was an eighty percent chance the other party was someone he knew…

Tapping his fingers lightly on the desk, Lu Siyang said slowly: “What about that fat guy from just now? Is he being watched?”

Assistant Zhang nodded and replied: “He’s in the underground parking lot; I have men watching him.”

“Let’s go,” Lu Siyang stood up, threw his suit jacket onto the chair, and said through gritted teeth, “I’m going to have a ‘good’ chat with him.”

After exiting the elevator, Lu Siyang walked straight toward a van with black privacy film parked in a corner of the underground parking lot.

Two security guards opened the door and stepped out: “President Lu, the person is inside.”

“Mm.”

Lu Siyang looked inside. The fat man was tied up hand and foot in the back seat, his mouth stuffed with a rag used for wiping cars.

He stepped inside and sat in the front seat, watching with interest as the fat man whimpered and cried out in terror.

He yanked the rag out of the fat man’s mouth, and the man’s body trembled as he shrank back.

“Become a mute?” Lu Siyang propped one hand against the side of his face, his eyes tinged with mockery, “Weren’t you quite the talker just now?”

The fat man stammered: “You… you know this is illegal! Kidnapping me is illegal!”

“Illegal?” Lu Siyang gave a strange laugh and leaned forward, “What law am I breaking? Is inviting my employee for a heart-to-heart talk considered breaking the law?”

“What do you mean ‘your employee’!” the fat man howled, “I’m an employee of AM, not Lu Corporation!”

The smile on the corner of Lu Siyang’s mouth vanished instantly, his eyes turning cold and frozen: “Oh, so you do know you belong to AM. Then why exactly—did you come to my Lu Corporation to make trouble?”

The fat man choked on his words: “I… I…”

Lu Siyang sat up straight and instructed the two security guards outside the car: “Take him to the outskirts, find a place, and bury him.”

“What do you want to do!” The fat man’s eyes widened in horror, his face turning deathly pale, “This is a society ruled by law! How dare you be so reckless! Aren’t you afraid I’ll call the police!”

As if he hadn’t heard, Lu Siyang said to Assistant Zhang: “There are dozens of employees in that shop. If he won’t talk, plenty of others will be willing.”

After saying that, he made a move to get out of the car.

“Very well, President Lu,” Assistant Zhang followed along cooperatively, “I’ll contact the other employees immediately.”

Seeing that Lu Siyang was really about to leave, the two security guards approached with grim faces. The fat man struggled and screamed: “Don’t go! I’ll talk! I’ll talk! I’ll tell you everything I know!”

Lu Siyang paused to check his watch and said impatiently: “You only have five minutes.”

The fat man stumbled through his words: “Last night… last night, the man who came looking for us last time came to see me again. He gave me a sum of money and wanted me to bring people today to… to block you at the company entrance…”

Lu Siyang looked down at the second hand on the watch face and remained silent.

“There’s… there’s more!” the fat man added hastily, “I… I was curious about their identity, so I tried to secretly follow that man. I saw him get into a car, and there was someone else sitting in the back seat…”

Lu Siyang raised his eyes, his gaze sweeping across the fat man’s face: “Did you see what they looked like?”

“No… no…” The fat man shrunk his neck and whispered, “It was too dark, and the car windows were tinted… but I saw the person’s silhouette! He seemed to have a shaved head, and his build—”

The fat man pointed to his own face, “Was even fatter than me!”

In the entire Shan Province, there was almost no one who dared to do such a thing to the Lu family.

A shaved head, a stout build…

Someone who fit this physical description and had a conflict with him…

Lu Siyang’s pupils trembled, and his expression instantly became twisted. Damn it, isn’t that dog-thing Wang Fa?!

Ignoring the fat man’s wailing, he stepped out of the car and said to Assistant Zhang: “Go find out where Wang Fa is.”

Assistant Zhang went to fulfill the order and returned a moment later.

“President Lu,” Assistant Zhang looked at Lu Siyang with a somewhat ugly expression, “Wang Fa took a flight early this morning to Country F.”

Lu Siyang’s face darkened instantly. This grandson knew he wouldn’t let things go easily, so he actually fled abroad. Thinking he could just hide out—how naive.

Assistant Zhang peered at his expression and asked: “President Lu, should we find someone to bring him back?”

Lu Siyang’s eyes darkened as he said slowly: “No need. Find someone to keep an eye on Wang Fa and see who he’s in contact with.”

“Yes, President Lu.”

Lu Siyang looked back at the fat man in the van and suddenly remembered something: “What about those people who filmed the video today?”

Assistant Zhang said: “Rest assured, President Lu, they’ve all deleted the videos.”

Lu Siyang nodded.

After that incident at the club last time, Rongfei Building Materials had been jointly punished by the young masters in the social circle. Wang Fa also knew he had completely offended him and didn’t dare show his face before him again. Based on his understanding of Wang Fa, the man would now want nothing more than to stay as far away from him as possible; he definitely didn’t have the guts to do something like this.

Therefore, he suspected that there must be someone behind Wang Fa…

As long as they kept an eye on Wang Fa, they could follow the vine to find the other party.

Thinking of this, a flash of cold severity crossed Lu Siyang’s eyes. He wanted to see who was bold enough to provoke the Lu family.

For the next few days, Lu Siyang focused all his attention on Wang Fa, who had fled abroad; he didn’t care at all about what happened at the company entrance.

But what he didn’t expect was that the video from that day was still leaked and posted online.

When the mobile news notification pushed the video link, he didn’t think much of it and only glanced at the title—”Rich Second Generation Oppresses Employees’ Hard-Earned Money.”

As soon as the video started, he saw himself stepping out of a luxury car in a rage and grabbing the fat man’s collar.

This video was edited by cutting the beginning and end; it didn’t show the scene of the fat man throwing the water bottle at the car, nor the scene of him spreading his arms to intentionally block the car. It was completely taken out of context.

Sure enough, the video successfully ignited the fury of netizens. Among the tens of thousands of comments below, ninety-nine percent were cursing Lu Siyang, and the remaining one percent were providing technical details about his luxury car. After the netizens finished reading the details about the luxury car, they cursed him even harder.

Lu Siyang scrolled through the comments, his anger flaring up. His car wasn’t stolen or snatched; were these people just psychologically dark, venting whenever they got the chance?

This video was forwarded tens of thousands of times in just one hour. Next, someone posted his background and identity, successfully drawing everyone’s attention to Lu Corporation. The public opinion slowly fermented and intensified online; many people even left abusive messages under Lu Corporation’s official social media account.

“President Lu,” Assistant Zhang was full of shame, “This was a failure of duty on my part. I should have checked those people’s phones once more.”

Lu Siyang waved his hand irritably: “Forget it, resolve the issue first.”

Assistant Zhang asked: “President Lu, should we contact the official platforms to have the video deleted?”

“No need.” Lu Siyang leaned back against the chair with his eyes closed. It was half a day before he spoke, “Go get the full surveillance footage from that day and post it online, then attach a clarification statement. Also, have the legal department take screenshots of those aggressive comments, preserve the evidence, and then call the police.”

Some people, separated by the internet, didn’t know the truth of the matter but dared to say anything the moment they opened their mouths. Did they really think Lu Corporation was a public square where they could curse as they pleased?

Assistant Zhang observed Lu Siyang’s face and said cautiously: “This incident has caused a very negative impact on Lu Corporation. The stock market started a continuous decline as soon as it opened. The PR department discussed it and came up with a plan…”

Lu Siyang seemed to have expected this. He opened his eyes, his gaze calm: “What plan?”

Assistant Zhang replied: “The PR department’s intention is for you to attend a public welfare event, make a public appearance, and donate to local charitable organizations in the company’s name to boost Lu Corporation’s reputation.”

Lu Siyang took a deep breath and sat up straight: “Go arrange it.”

The next day, wearing a face full of kind smiles, he participated in a charity auction at a welfare house in Han City. The auction lasted for a full five hours. Lu Siyang, dressed in a suit, sat in the first row below the stage with a proper smile. Finally, he very generously stated that he would add a new library reading room to the welfare house.

Having spent several hundred thousand in real money, his heart ached, but he had to put on a show for the cameras.

By the time the auction ended, Lu Siyang felt his face was stiff from smiling. Like a walking corpse without a soul, he mechanically waved to the surrounding media and ducked into a low-key business car.

The driver habitually drove toward Ziyun Villa, but Lu Siyang in the back seat suddenly spoke: “To the company.”

The driver’s expression was a bit surprised, but he didn’t say much.

When they reached the company building, Lu Siyang got out and headed straight for his flashy LaFerrari.

The sky gradually darkened, and the orange-red on the horizon slowly faded into a light purple. The lights were just beginning to come on, intertwining with the light of the sky that hadn’t yet turned completely black.

The engine roared, and the wind whistled past his ears. The surrounding scenery was stretched into colorful lines, streaking backward at high speed.