As soon as Zhou Fei arrived at the company, he felt like everyone was pointing fingers at him.
"Look, it's him. He's already caused our company so much trouble, and he still has the nerve to show up."
"I know, right? The internet is already questioning the sources of the news being leaked about us, and even starting to attack us. If this isn't handled soon, the company will be in big trouble."
"In my opinion, we should just throw Zhou Fei to the wolves. He caused this whole mess anyway."
Some people didn't speak, but their strange looks made him deeply uncomfortable.
Who was trying to harm him like this? He had to teach that person a lesson.
With that thought, he walked into the ostentatious CEO's office.
"Zhou Fei, look at the mess you've made!"
As soon as he entered CEO Liang's office, the latter threw all the files on his desk at him.
Zhou Fei dared not resist, but he still held a glimmer of hope, wanting to fight for a last chance to stay.
"CEO Liang, please listen to me. Things are not what you think. It's... it's a setup. Please give me some time, and I will prove my innocence."
"A setup?" A cold laugh suddenly came from behind a cabinet behind CEO Liang. Then, Zhan Mohan walked out, and beside him was a familiar person—wasn't that Fang Xun, who had impersonated a private investigator?
"It's you! So it was you!" Zhou Fei pointed at Fang Xun, who merely looked at Zhou Fei calmly, as if he were looking at a stranger.
"CEO Liang, please listen to me. This is not what happened. It was Zhan Mohan. Zhan Mohan set a trap for me. Do you see the person next to him? He looks exactly like the private investigator in the video. They conspired to trick me."
CEO Liang glanced at Zhan Mohan, then at Zhou Fei, and frowned.
From his perspective, he couldn't imagine Zhan Mohan having any grievances with someone like Zhou Fei.
"Then tell me, why would he want to frame you?"
This question seemed to be asked casually by CEO Liang, but it was actually very fatal.
If he were to explain this matter, he would have to reveal everything he had done to Zhan Mohan and Wei Yumeng before.
How could he say it? Admitting his actions towards Zhan Mohan would be like making all his crimes public.
But if he didn't speak, he would indeed be in trouble today.
"I actually..." Zhou Fei hesitated, but he had no choice but to speak.
Zhan Mohan glanced at Fang Xun. Fang Xun stepped forward, "Since Mr. Zhou finds it difficult to speak, allow me to explain."
Fang Xun took out his phone, which was broadcasting a live stream.
Indeed, what was happening here was being made public through this method.
"Firstly, I admit that the person in the previous video was me, but this was something Mr. Zhan had to do. I believe everyone is well aware of how good Mr. Zhan's relationship is with his wife. However, something Mr. Zhou did affected his wife's health."
As he spoke, he switched the video to the one of Wei Yumeng falling ill that had been exposed online earlier.
"Due to recent events, the wife suffered a shock and had to undergo psychological treatment. Zhou Fei bribed a psychologist to secretly film the wife during her episode and released it online. This is just as malicious as his act of bribing a private investigator to expose someone's privacy."
By the time Fang Xun finished speaking, many people in the live stream were already siding with Zhan Mohan and Wei Yumeng.
Given that information about Zhou Fei's unscrupulous methods for personal gain had already been reported, those who had a bad impression of him would only deepen their dislike.
"Later, Mr. Zhan personally approached Mr. Zhou to resolve the matter, but was extorted by Mr. Zhou."
Fang Xun then produced a voice recorder and played its contents.
It was the audio of Zhou Fei demanding thirty percent of the Zhan Group's shares from Zhan Mohan.
Zhan Mohan had secretly recorded it with his phone at the time.
"Zhou Fei is too detestable. What he did is extortion, isn't it? Why aren't the police arresting him?"
"Exactly! How can there be such a person in the journalism industry? He's practically a criminal!"
Hearing this, Zhou Fei could no longer just stand by. If he didn't defend himself, he would be completely on the defensive in the public opinion war.
"Don't listen to their nonsense. I admit, Zhan Mohan and I have a personal grudge, but that's between us. If you knew what he did to me back then, you wouldn't be saying this."
As soon as he finished speaking, netizens quickly began searching for information about the two of them.
"I found it! Zhou Fei used to be a project manager at a company. During his cooperation with Mr. Zhan, he was discovered to have embezzled funds. So, Mr. Zhan, acting according to procedure, sued him."
"What? Isn't this Zhou Fei's own fault? What kind of personal grudge is this?"
"I think it's precisely because Zhou Fei is thick-skinned that he can consider this someone else's fault."
Zhou Fei was still frantically arguing, "No, you don't understand how much I suffered in detention back then! It was all Zhan Mohan's fault."
"But if you hadn't done anything wrong, you wouldn't have ended up like that. What does it have to do with Mr. Zhan?"
Zhan Mohan watched everything with cold eyes. Since Zhou Fei had used public opinion to cause such great harm to him and Wei Yumeng,
he would retaliate in kind and expose Zhou Fei completely to the public.
"No, no, you haven't experienced it yourself, so how can you judge it so casually?"
Zhou Fei had lost all pretense of composure. He was desperately trying to defend himself to Fang Xun's phone.
Zhan Mohan glanced at Fang Xun, who nodded, and then proceeded to the next part.
"Everyone, the origins of this matter are not important. It's all in the past. But you should all remember the truth about Zhou Fei's previous video. We have found several other witnesses who can prove that Zhou Fei has always used such methods to climb to his position as editor-in-chief."
At this moment, the office door opened, and several people walked in.
"You..."
Zhou Fei still couldn't believe it. Among these people were his close colleagues and private investigators with whom he had dealings.
Zhan Mohan had seemingly gathered everyone who knew the truth.
CEO Liang's expression had soured considerably. He had initially thought Zhan Mohan had come to him solely regarding the current public opinion, but he hadn't expected so many revelations.
It seemed that after the live stream ended, he couldn't just let Zhou Fei resign. He would have to make him compensate the company for its losses.