After the empress transmigrated, she became the judge of the entertainment industry.

"Gentlemen, isn't it a bit early?"

Lu Wangshen answered the call very quickly. He seemed to be half-lying on the bed, and he deliberately controlled the scope of the camera, only showing half of his face in the shot.

"Are you trying to hide your face now?" Sheng Hanyu asked from the side. "Could you zoom out a bit? Is there something we can't see?"

Lu Wangshen now tacitly accepts that the two of them are together, so he must also tacitly accept that he and Lu Mingye are together.

“No, Lu Mingye is right next to me, and he’s not wearing any clothes,” Lu Wangshen said seriously. “It would be fine if it were just a video call with you, but there’s a lady here, so it’s very inconvenient.”

"Are you crazy?!" Lu Mingye's voice came from a distance from the camera. "I just came in and I heard you slandering me? Even if you're going to spread rumors, can't you at least make something that people would believe?"

"You just found out I'm sick?" Lu Wangshen asked in surprise.

"You know it's very early, so I called you so early this morning to hear you talking about this?" Ye Sanqing asked expressionlessly.

"I'm sorry, he's really gotten sick from being cooped up for so long." Lu Mingye walked over, sat down by Lu Wangshen's bedside, and took the phone without any hesitation.

“They came looking for me, not you. Give it back to me.” Lu Wangshen reached out his hand.

"No." Lu Mingye ignored him and asked, "Is there anything we need to cooperate with? Or is there any new information?"

“Lu Wangqian is still on his side…” Sheng Hanyu briefly synchronized the previous progress.

He did send a short message saying these things, but since we'd already talked on the phone, repeating them would only take a minute.

"So why did Master Ye come to me?" Lu Wangshen listened for a while, but when he found there was no new information, a bored expression appeared on his face.

"I want to ask you, how much do you know about Zou Tianming?" Ye Sanqing asked directly.

When Lu Mingye heard the name Zou Tianming, a subtle expression appeared on his face, but Ye Sanqing didn't pay any attention to him.

"How do you know I know?" Lu Wangshen asked.

"Don't do this every time. Why do you think I know what you know?" Ye Sanqing retorted. "When will you stop talking nonsense?"

“Okay, I know a little bit, but I’m not sure if it overlaps with your information,” Lu Wangshen said.

He also ignored the questioning look that Lu Mingye gave him.

"Just say it."

"First of all, you should know that I have hardly been able to access the internet since I came here, so my information has not been updated, and I only found out about this after I arrived."

"You already knew about the Zou family's situation before you even knew his name?" Sheng Hanyu asked.

"Of course, back then this set of operations was a smooth little combo, it was a real success story," Lu Wangshen said. "If I weren't so uninterested in this area, I would have liked to learn it myself."

"It's a good thing you didn't learn it, otherwise I probably wouldn't be talking to you now," Ye Sanqing said.

"Is it that serious?" Lu Wangshen raised an eyebrow. "Well, it's understandable that you would say that, since it's a bit unethical."

"Is this a bit much?" Ye Sanqing asked. "I didn't overestimate your moral standards, but don't you think this is going too far?"

“That was indeed excessive, so I didn’t do it.” Lu Wangshen shook his head. “If it were me, there are plenty of ways to bring down the Zou family without killing anyone.”

"Wait a minute," Lu Mingye said, "Could I catch up with your progress? Why do I feel like I don't understand anything?"

"Why don't you just ask Zou Tianming? He'd be happy to tell you, after all, he almost slept with you," Lu Wangshen said sarcastically.

"Don't try to make fun of me at this time! Besides, how old was he back then? How much do you think he could know?" Lu Mingye said angrily.

"Alright," Ye Sanqing interrupted their bickering. "You continue. If Lu Mingye doesn't understand, have him explain it to you later. Do you think my phone battery is free?"

"Uh." Everyone was speechless after Ye Sanqing said this.

She certainly wouldn't really care about the phone's battery life, and if you really want to talk about it, data is more expensive.

“Okay. I’ll go first.” Lu Wangshen gave Lu Mingye a “shut up” look and continued, “I know about this. It’s nothing more than releasing public opinion to ruin the Zou family, and using shell companies to pretend to invest, then withdrawing after others have entered the market. It’s the same old trick.”

Ye Sanqing remained silent, waiting for him to finish speaking.

"This is a two-birds-with-one-stone strategy, no, a multi-birds-with-one-stone plan. First, it drives the price up to the highest point, and then it takes advantage of others being trapped to withdraw their funds and leave the market. One way is to make money, and the other is to scam these people. Of course, I'm talking about combining stock market operations."

Lu Wangshen paused for a moment, "Actually, I thought President Sheng would understand once he looked at the stock fluctuation records. I didn't expect you to come and ask me."

"I see." Sheng Hanyu remembered the part she had missed. If she looked at the stock fluctuations of Zou's Real Estate back then, everything would become clear.

However, the economic theories he studied were completely incompatible with the local stock market, so he usually didn't use them as a reference. Unexpectedly, this time they weren't references but answers.

"So, were those accident victims just cannon fodder?" Ye Sanqing asked.

“Yes. You may not like hearing this, but that’s how it is.” Lu Wangshen shrugged. “It’s normal to be used as cannon fodder when you have no power or influence. And maybe their lives will even improve after receiving compensation.”

Ye Sanqing thought to himself, "My lack of humanity is far less than yours."

However, it's not surprising that Lu Wangshen would say such things, otherwise he wouldn't be himself.

“So they are actually victims of the capital game.” Sheng Hanyu nodded. “But that’s not surprising. Compared to developers who abscond with the money, the Zou family is actually quite conscientious.”

“That’s the brilliance of this combo,” Lu Wangshen said. “It’s because they have a conscience that they can do this. If they were the kind of people who would run away, then this combo wouldn’t work. They would be the ones who escape at the peak.”

"That's true." Ye Sanqing understood and shook his head.

Xiaoyuan's parents are completely innocent. These people are manipulating capital and don't care about human life at all. What kind of people are they?

This sounds even more brutal than a real war.

"So, do you have any clues about the person behind this?" Sheng Hanyu asked the crucial question.

"I didn't. Since they did this, they must have made very thorough preparations to avoid being easily detected. They must have used a lot of smokescreens, but..."

Lu Wangshen's eyes darted around.