Chapter 41.2: Cousin’s Demise

　　“I do not understand why Zhuyuan became this way either, Second Bro. After completing his studies abroad, he stated that he wished to work in Bao Li. Without a second thought, I made prompt arrangements for him to enter the company. Although the position may have been of a more junior level at first, he had requested to work his way up…….” 

　　Excitedly, Second Uncle Jiang interrupted, “That’s right! In that case, you must believe that Zhuyuan isn’t this sort of child, right?”

　　Instead, Father Jiang shook his head slowly. “Time passes, and people change. Although I have no idea why Zhuyuan became this way, I firmly believe that Jiang Dai will never unleash any slanderous accusation against her cousin.”

　　Remaining on his knees, Second Uncle Jiang had become so devastated that his body swayed for a moment, nearly crumpling into a heap on the floor.

　　On seeing this, Jiang Dai chuckled softly, “Calm down, everyone. In fact, the same plethora of thoughts had flashed across my mind as well since it was beyond my apprehension when I first discovered that it was Cousin who had sold our R&D team’s core research results. Was it truly for the right of succession? If it was so, he had given Zhang Clan’s Ya Li a chance to strike down on Bao Li. Hence, what good would it do for him to succeed Bao Li? Even after numerous taxing attempts of coming up with complicated speculations, I still could not seem to be able to figure it out. Yet, it turns out that not only I but everyone here has also overthought this. In the end, it was nothing but for the sake of money that spurred him to do all these.”

　　As Jiang Dai’s voice faded into silence, a widely diverging range of views was expressed.

　　“For the sake of 60 million dollars……”

　　“No matter how you calculate it, it does not seem worthwhile at all!”

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　　Without any hesitation, she continued, “Why don’t we take last month’s pictures as an example? As we can see, the watch you were wearing in the picture is the same as what you are wearing right now. What’s more, Dad has given you this Patek Philippe watch this year as a New Year’s gift, and I just happen to own the ladies’ design of the same series. Since this watch was only released on Christmas, I’m sure there’s nothing left for you to deny?”

　　Laughingly, Jiang Dai added, “With what everyone has heard thus far, I’m sure it is not difficult for everyone to guess the entire process, right? On the contrary of what everyone believes, Jiang Zhuyuan has neither gone insane nor become shortsighted. It is just that he is short on cash, to the extent of going bonkers. Now that he is not able to repay the loan within the time limit, the casino has sent people abroad to follow him. If this were to persist, his gambling addiction would be made known to all. That’s why he was forced to undertake various methods to get hold of a large sum of cash in the shortest amount of time possible.”

　　Upon hearing that, Second Uncle Jiang was rendered speechless. As his brain turned into mush, he crumpled into a heap on the ground.

　　With that, Wen Yan continued to present the evidence. “Please compose yourselves first, everyone, as there are still tons left to go over.”

　　“What? We’re not done yet?”

　　“Apart from selling the company’s patent, what else has this bloody crapshooter done?! Come on, Assistant Wen, don’t leave us in the dark! I don’t think this heart of mine can handle this much longer!”

　　“That’s right! We can handle it, so let’s have it!”

　　Without further conveyance, Wen Yan reported, “This record highlights that Vice President Jiang had once purchased a large number of shares in Ya Li Group. For years, the Zhang clan had always been playing middle and small stock investors for a sucker by utilizing preposterous setups of manipulating the share market. However, the Zhang clan must have provided him with detailed information, allowing him to enjoy this benefit and make loads of profits from the stock market. Concurrently, it has increasingly deepened his relationship with the Zhang clan.”

　　Jiang Dai commented, “Each time he has taken advantage of the Zhang clan’s doings, it seems that he was able to make tens of millions from it. However, it is such a shame that my cousin has contributed the entire sum to Grand Lisboa Casino, Marina Bay Sands Casino, Galaxy Macau Casino, and MGM Grand Casino.”

　　Having said that, the smile on her face showed genuine helplessness that bordered on ridicule. “These years must have been tough on you, Cousin. Not only have you utilized various illegal means to make massive amounts of cash, but you have also contributed the entire amount to casinos.”

　　Wen Yan added, “Due to big market makers driving down the share prices maliciously, Bao Li had already experienced countless declines in its share price in the span of 2 months before President Jiang took over the company. It goes without saying that the person behind the big market makers would be the Zhang clan. What’s more, the Zhang clan and Vice President Jiang had an agreement—once Vice President Jiang had convinced Chairman Jiang to permit the Zhang clan to acquire Bao Li at its lowest share price, the Zhang clan would provide him with 200 million dollars in cash, as well as setting aside a portion of the equity for him.”

　　As a matter of fact, they did not possess any evidence to prove this point, as Wen Yan was merely relaying what Jiang Dai had instructed him.

　　Ever since Jiang Dai spoke of this, he assumed Jiang Dai had learned this information from a certain relevant personnel. Without any concrete evidence in hand, she was not able to prove anything.

　　As for this, Jiang Dai had actually gotten to know about it from the comic since this arc was considered the most inscribed portion for the character, Jiang Zhuyuan.

　　Even though there was not any evidence, it was apparent that none of the shareholders held any suspicions.

　　“This is indeed far too terrifying! Who would have thought there’d be such a person who exists within Bao Li’s internal sector?”

　　“If it were not for our perspicacious Little President Jiang, Bao Li would have probably been acquired by the Zhang clan 3 months ago!”

　　“Gambling does indeed do great harm to people…… It so seems that when someone becomes obsessed with gambling, there is no difference between that person and a madman. To think that you actually wanted to sell your family’s ancestral business!”

　　Now that all his schemes had been unraveled, Jiang Zhuyuan could be seen sinking lifelessly into his chair all this while, powerless to refute.