I just wanted a sweet romance, I never imagined becoming a super-rich person!

Chapter 70 A Tall Tree Catches the Wind

When Lu Ran arrived at the company, he found several police cars parked outside, and more than a dozen female anchors were being escorted downstairs by the police.

There was another person Lu Ran knew in the police force: Wang Xiaoyan.

Wang Xiaoyan wanted to go up and ask Lu Ran something, but she held back due to the situation.

Lu Ran understood that this was not the right time to talk about relationships.

Lu Ran said to the two police officers at the door, "Officers, I'm the owner here. Can I come in?"

One of the officers, who was younger than Lu Ran, said, "You're the boss here? You're so young."

"Come in, our captain has something to ask you."

Lu Ran entered the lobby on the first floor and saw Bai Yongxiang, who had called him not long ago.

At this moment, Bai Yongxiang was sitting on the sofa in the lobby, with two police officers standing next to him, and a middle-aged policeman beside him.

"President Lu."

Bai Yongxiang forced a smile and greeted Lu Ran.

He then introduced the person next to Lu Ran: "This is Captain Lu Mingsheng from the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Public Security Detachment."

Lu Mingsheng stood up, smiled, and extended his hand: "I just have some things I'd like to ask you about, Mr. Lu. There's no need for you to be nervous."

Lu Ran reached out and shook hands with the other person.

"Officer Lu, please speak."

The two sat down one after the other, and then Lu Mingsheng took out a stack of printed materials and placed them on the table.

"The previous owner of this company was imprisoned for personal financial disputes, and we conducted a full investigation into your company several months ago."

"We've investigated almost everything that could be investigated, and we've compiled everything that could be compiled."

"But recently we suddenly received a report that your company is conducting obscene live performances and profiting from this illegal activity. This is the information provided by the whistleblower."

Lu Ran picked up the printed blueprints and discovered that the female anchors wearing various sexy lingerie and even doing nude live broadcasts were the same ones who had just been forced out.

Lu Ran's eyebrows twitched.

Turning to Bai Yongxiang, he asked seriously, "Mr. Bai, what's going on?"

Bai Yongxiang manages most of the company's female anchors. Lu Ran is puzzled. Why would more than a dozen female anchors take such a big risk to do this? The risk and the reward are far out of proportion. Unless Bai Yongxiang wants to retire early.

Otherwise, they shouldn't have been so stupid.

Bai Yongxiang didn't sleep a wink all night, sporting dark circles under his eyes and looking like he was about to faint at any moment.

"Mr. Lu, we've been set up."

Bai Yongxiang produced a contract.

"Mr. Lu, do you still remember the IP cooperation contract we signed before?"

Lu Ran nodded: "I remember, I looked at it carefully, isn't it just a normal business collaboration?"

Bai Yongxiang sighed, "I think so too."

"But later I found out that the other party's request for cooperation was a pretense; their real intention was to swindle us."

"Those who participated in the obscene live streams were some of the people mentioned in the cooperation. They were either bewitched or bribed. In short, they were organized to do this together."

"The goal isn't to make money, it's to destroy the company."

Lu Mingsheng then chimed in: "The evidence provided by Mr. Bai does indeed prove that these female anchors have recently received some transfers from unknown sources."

"Furthermore, based on the testimonies of several of them, it can be confirmed that they did choose to engage in obscene live streaming because of the direct or indirect influence of others."

"While this proves that the collective illegal activity was not led by your company, the perpetrators are still employees of your company. Therefore, you must suspend operations and await further investigation."

"That's all for now. Please keep your contact information accessible, Mr. Lu, so we can reach you at any time."

Lu Ran nodded: "I will definitely cooperate fully."

"Okay, thank you very much for your cooperation. I'll be going now."

After Lu Mingsheng left, Bai Yongxiang spoke up: "President Lu, the people who wanted to target us this time clearly made preparations in advance."

"Once the police finish their investigation, we individuals will most likely be fine, but the company will probably be greatly affected."

"Because someone has already spread the news, and someone is spending a lot of money to buy promotional traffic, all of our company's partners who haven't started working with us have blocked us."

"Those who were cooperating with us also withdrew their investments one after another, the company's stock continued to plummet, and the major shareholders rushed to sell off their shares. Because they had already sold a large portion of their shares before, they were able to escape very quickly this time, and I didn't even have time to contact them."

Lu Ran said calmly, "Even if you get in touch, it's useless. If someone wants to leave, can you stop them?"

Bai Yongxiang gritted his teeth: "I just don't understand why they use this tactic that hurts me a thousand times while damaging themselves eight hundred times. If we investigate further, they'll have to shut down anyway."

Lu Ran pondered for a moment and said, "Not necessarily. What if the other person registered a shell company?"

Bai Yongxiang was taken aback, then exclaimed in surprise, "If that's really the case, then who exactly hates us so much?"

Lu Ran had a feeling that this incident was targeting him personally, rather than the company.

Just as Lu Ran was thinking, Wang Xiaoyan walked in.

"Lu Ran".

"Officer Wang."

"Officer Wang."

Lu Ran and Bai Yongxiang greeted Wang Xiaoyan separately.

Wang Xiaoyan said, "I was seconded here to help, Lu Ran. Actually, there are some things I've wanted to ask you for a long time."

"What?"

Wang Xiaoyan looked serious and glanced at Bai Yongxiang.

Seeing this, Bai Yongxiang wisely left and also sent the others away.

Wang Xiaoyan then said:

"You have accumulated wealth in a short period of time that ordinary people cannot accumulate in hundreds of years, and you have long been a person who has been under close scrutiny."

"Because I know you, I was also tasked with investigating your background."

"But your background is clean, and you have an exceptional talent for finance. Once you have a certain amount of capital, your wealth will grow like a snowball."

There's a saying that a tall tree catches the wind. What you encounter today, you're likely to encounter more and more troublesome things in the future.

"So you have to remember, you absolutely must strictly follow the rules. I don't want Cheng Ning to be sad. She can't live without you now. If something happens to you, I don't even want to think about what will happen to her!"

Lu Ran laughed and said, "Officer Wang, don't worry. I may not have many other skills, but I'm the best at obeying the law."

Wang Xiaoyan nodded: "I hope so. I have something to do, so I'll be going now."

"Lu Ran, you essentially started from scratch, and in just a few months you've already developed the ability to compete with others for resources. I think you'd better change direction and stop getting involved in these risky industries."

"Thank you for reminding me, I will remember that."

Wang Xiaoyan then turned and left.

Lu Ran let out a long breath.

I used to think that having a system didn't matter, as long as I kept making money.

But after this incident, he realized that, based on the wealth provided by the system, he would eventually have to work his way up to the capital level.

The market is now dominated by major capital groups. At other times, these people would fight each other to the death, appearing as mortal enemies.

But once new capital emerges, these people will immediately unite and work together to suppress it.

He now has to either give up accumulating wealth through the system or completely change his mindset and find a way to gain a foothold.