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Everyone looked extremely tense. Some were sweating slightly, some were gripping their water glasses tightly, and some were trembling involuntarily. But no one dared to make a sound, and their eyes kept drifting towards the person in the main seat.

Gu Yinshen was standing at the head of the conference table, his suit was impeccably tailored but wrinkled, his hair was slightly disheveled, his arm was resting on the table, and his slender fingers tapped the surface with light force, enough to make everyone feel uneasy.

Those eyes, like the still surface of a sea before a thunderstorm, were eerily calm. Yet, from his taut jawline and unwavering gaze, everyone could sense that he was desperately trying to suppress a furious rage that could devour everything.

Without any pleasantries, Gu Yinshen spoke.

“Just confirmed.” His voice was deep and cold as iron. “My assistant, Lin Feng, is a corporate spy who has been lurking for many years.”

The words struck like thunder, and the air froze instantly.

"He has stolen and leaked the group's top core secrets, the key contents of the Star Sea Project, the 'Tiangong Kaiwu' (a book on the workings of nature), and the 'Phoenix Project' to hostile external forces."

"boom!"

The meeting room erupted in chaos! Exclamations rose and fell, the sound of chairs scraping against the floor mingled with the panicked whispers of the crowd.

"This is impossible..."

"Lin Feng? The Lin Feng who's always been by President Gu's side?"

"Project Phoenix...we've only just entered the due diligence phase!"

Gu Yinshen suddenly raised his hand and slammed his palm heavily on the table, the dull thud silencing the entire room instantly. His gaze, sharp as a knife, swept across everyone's face, the oppressive aura like the eye of a storm.

"Now, I command:"

"First, all departments must immediately conduct a thorough inventory and risk assessment of all sensitive documents and ongoing projects! All information must be reclassified in terms of confidentiality level, and contingency plans must be developed in case of a leak!"

His voice grew increasingly sharp, like an iron hook slicing through the throat.

"Second, IT department! Fully upgrade all system firewalls and access control! Conduct mandatory security scans of the electronic devices of all senior executives and core technical personnel! Activate the group's highest-level data breach monitoring system!"

His gaze was icy cold, almost freezing the air.

"Thirdly, I am from the Legal Department. Immediately prepare all legal materials for prosecuting Lin Feng and the forces behind him! File a public prosecution primarily on charges of 'commercial espionage' and 'theft of trade secrets'! At the same time, apply for judicial freezing of all assets under Lin Feng's name and in suspicious related accounts!"

The executives nodded repeatedly, but dared not utter a sound.

"Fourth, the public relations department..."

Before he could finish speaking, the conference room door was suddenly pushed open!

The secretary rushed in, disregarding meeting rules, her face pale and her voice trembling:

"President Gu! Something terrible has happened!!"

Everyone was startled and turned to look at her.

She took a deep breath and managed to say, "The board of directors... Vice Chairman Gu Hongtao and Director Gu Chengji, along with a special investigation team and a large group of shareholders, forcibly broke into the main conference room!"

Her voice rose, her words incoherent, "They said... they need to convene an emergency board meeting immediately, saying that there are matters of life and death concerning the group that must be voted on now! Immediately!!"

After a brief silence, a collective gasp filled the conference room.

Gu Yinshen's eyes darkened, and his face turned ashen. He didn't speak, but turned abruptly, his clothes fluttering sharply, and strode towards the main conference room.

The executives exchanged bewildered glances and followed closely behind.

The main conference room on the top floor of the Gu Group was brightly lit, but the atmosphere was tense.

The boardroom, which has more than 30 seats, was full. On one side was the special investigation team, and on the other side were several shareholder representatives who had rushed to the scene. Media representatives were also arranged to wait on the periphery.

The meeting screen was on, and the large red characters on the wall, "Gu's Group Temporary Emergency Board Meeting," read as heavy as a verdict.

Gu Yinshen led a group of executives into the room, and all eyes immediately focused on him.

Before they could even sit down, a deep, hoarse, yet resounding male voice rang out.

"Fellow directors! Shareholder representatives!" Gu Hongtao stood up, his hands on the table, his face showing a mixture of "grief" and "anger." "The situation has become extremely serious!"

He glanced at Gu Yinshen, then waved his hand, and his assistant quickly activated the large screen.

The next second, three sets of file images popped up on the huge screen.

One set consists of key pages from the core strategy document of the 'Starry Sea Project,' including a schedule chart highlighted in red and a comparative analysis of competing products.

The other set is a summary of the technical parameters of 'Tiangong Kaiwu', especially the algorithm path diagram marked in bold.

The last set is a distribution chart of the minimum price range, due diligence loopholes, and risk ratings for the targets acquired under the "Phoenix Plan"!

The crowd erupted in an uproar!

"This is impossible!"

"Isn't this a top-secret document?!"

"How could it have been leaked?! Who did it?!"

Gu Hongtao slammed his hand on the table, his voice filled with anger and righteous indignation:

"These are the lifeblood of the Gu family for the next five years! They are the culmination of our core research and development, costing us tens of billions! They are the absolute strategic factors influencing our capital allocation and market pricing!"

He paused, then gritted his teeth and forced out each word:

"And now they're like waste paper, leaked and flying everywhere!"

Gu Hongtao gritted his teeth and turned his head, his tone as deep as a bell: "Our competitor, Huanyu Group, has publicly announced an adjustment to its strategy, precisely targeting the main path of our 'Star Sea Project'!"

He pointed sharply at the screen:

"Countless patent applications for imitations of the core technology of 'Tiangong Kaiwu' have already appeared on the market! Just last night! They've moved up the deadline by a whole quarter!"

His voice suddenly rose, overwhelming the noise of the entire venue, each word sharp and piercing:

"And the stock price of the target company in our 'Phoenix Project' has been maliciously inflated by more than 27 percentage points in the past two hours."

"We will pay a price of billions!"

As soon as Gu Hongtao finished speaking, the conference room seemed to have been thrown into a pot of boiling oil.

A deafening roar erupted from all around.

"Gu Yinshen, you must take responsibility!!"

"Our investment has just gone down the drain?!"

"This is utterly negligent! He should step down!!"

"Get out of here! Don't drag us down with you!"

The shareholder representatives lost control of their emotions, almost standing up to shout angrily, completely disregarding the occasion and decorum. Some slammed their fists on the table, some held up their shareholding voting cards, and some even threw down the company brochure with Gu Yinshen's image on it, as if they wanted to trample him into the mud.

Gu Chengji stood up at the opportune moment, a restrained sneer on his lips, but his face was filled with excitement at adding fuel to the fire.

He seemed to have been waiting for this moment for a long time.

"And what is the root of all this?!" His voice was as steady as ever, yet it carried an aggressive edge. "It's Gu Yinshen's serious dereliction of duty and chaotic management!"