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The heart-wrenching cries were completely evaporated by the sweltering heat outside the airport.

In this arena of fame and fortune where people fawn over the powerful and belittle the weak.

Nobody cares about a pathetic, broken shoe heel and a disheveled mess.

The camera suddenly zooms out.

Half a month has passed.

Jianghai International Conference Center, Hall No. 1 with its golden dome.

Nowadays.

It is the highest stage that will determine the economic direction of this city for the next three years.

Jianghai City General Chamber of Commerce held its general election for chairman.

Outside the hall.

Hundreds of security personnel set up a two-kilometer-long yellow cordon.

Media reporters with their cameras and microphones were kept out of the way.

The flashes of light created a continuous daylight.

A fleet of bulletproof luxury cars representing absolute wealth and power.

Like a black beetle.

They filed into the underground VIP passage.

Inside the lobby.

In the mahogany-paved tiered conference room.

The air was filled with a mixture of scents from high-end cigars and expensive perfumes.

Those sitting in the first three rows were all long-established tycoons who had been entrenched in Jianghai City for half a century.

The Qian family, the Zhao family, the Sun family...

These family heads all had gray hair.

But in those murky eyes, there gleamed calculation and greed for supreme power.

The previous chairman of the Chamber of Commerce was the patriarch of the Shen family.

Now, the old man has retired to the second line due to illness.

Although the Shen family is a large and powerful conglomerate.

But everyone knows that Shen Wanzhou, who succeeded him, is a sickly woman who doesn't even dare to see strangers.

"Old Zhao, I think it's time for our two families to take turns sitting in this chair today."

The head of the Qian family held a glass of champagne.

He turned his head slightly and clinked glasses with the Zhao family patriarch next to him.

The cup made a crisp "ding" sound.

"A young girl with yellow hair, she hasn't dared to hold a single offline board meeting in the past six months."

"If she dares to go on that stage."

"I dare to scare her so much in front of the entire Jianghai City that she can't even speak."

The old men chuckled knowingly.

His laughter revealed an arrogant confidence that he was certain of victory.

In their eyes.

Shen Wanzhou is like a piece of soft tofu holding a gold brick.

With just a little pressure, the Shen family's share in the Chamber of Commerce can be easily divided up.

As the spotlights at the top of the venue slowly dimmed.

The noisy conversation sounded as if the power had been cut off.

The situation calmed down instantly.

All that remained was the faint sound of the central air conditioning fan blades turning.

All eyes.

They all turned their attention to the gilded double doors at the front of the venue.

"Click".

The door lock turned.

The dull hum of the mechanisms was amplified infinitely in the quiet hall.

Two bodyguards from the Shen family, each wearing a black tactical vest, stood on either side.

He pushed open the heavy door.

A blinding spotlight.

It hit the entrance accurately.

A tall and slender figure.

Backlit, stepping on a dark red Persian carpet.

Step by step, I entered this hellish arena where people are devoured without spitting out their bones.

He wasn't wearing sunglasses.

Not wearing a mask.

He didn't even have the fisherman's hat he usually used to hide his nervousness.

Shen Wanzhou wore a sharply tailored, pure black velvet haute couture gown.

Shoulder pads are incorporated into the shoulder design.

It gave her originally slender figure a cold and aloof aura that made people afraid to look directly at her.

On her fair neck.

She was not wearing any expensive diamond necklaces.

There is only a thin silver chain with a small kitchen knife-shaped pendant hanging from it.

That was a token of love that Chen Yuan personally put on her finger on the Ferris wheel.

High heels stepped onto the red carpet.

It makes a crisp and rhythmic "da, da" sound.

Every step he took resonated deeply with the hearts of all the tycoons present.

The smiles on the faces of the heads of the Qian and Zhao families.

When he saw Shen Wanzhou's fearless face.

It instantly froze into a comical mask.

This is nothing like the sickly person who trembles when he sees strangers, as the rumors say.

There was not a trace of fear in those shimmering, peach-blossom eyes.

There was only an absolute sense of oppression from the person in charge of a multi-billion dollar conglomerate, who held the power of life and death.

Shen Wanzhou walked past the front row.

They didn't even spare those old foxes a glance.

He walked straight up to the podium that symbolized the highest commercial power in Jianghai City.

Place your hands gently on the edge of the solid wood tabletop.

The knuckles tightened slightly.

Actually, if you look closely...

Her hands, resting on the table, were still trembling slightly, uncontrollably.

My palms were covered in cold sweat.

She faced hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at her like needles.

Her innate social anxiety.

It was still frantically yelling at her to run away and hide back in that dark room.

But she did not back down.

Her gaze swept past the menacing family heads in the front row.

Overcoming the dense array of cameras and microphones.

It landed precisely in the third row of the venue, in the seat closest to the aisle.

There.

A man dressed in a pure black haute couture suit was sitting there.

Chen Yuan did not go on stage with her.

He simply crossed one hand and leaned back in his chair in a relaxed posture.

Those unfathomable black eyes calmly met Shen Wanzhou's gaze.

He didn't speak.

She merely curled the corners of her lips slightly.

That familiar, cool, soapy scent seemed to penetrate the pungent perfume smell in the venue.

They wrapped her up tightly, even from a distance of more than ten meters.

Just look into those eyes.

As long as you know he's within your reach.

Shen Wanzhou's deepest fear was like snow melting under the scorching sun.

It melted away completely in an instant.

She took a deep breath.

Her full chest rose and fell slightly.

I moved closer to the high-end microphone in front of me.

"Everyone."

Her voice was cool and soft, yet carried an undeniable quality.

The sound system clearly carried the message to every corner of the hall.

"Thank you all for participating in this year's Chamber of Commerce general election."

The head of the Qian family below the stage snorted coldly and picked up the mineral water bottle in front of him.

They planned to wait for her to finish her platitudes before joining forces with other families to launch an attack.

But Shen Wanzhou didn't give them a chance to make trouble.

She did not bring any prepared speech materials.

A slender, pale finger tapped lightly on the table.

"I, Shen Wanzhou, represent the Shen Conglomerate and all its affiliated companies."

"Here, I'd like to make a formal announcement."

The entire audience held their breath for a moment.

Hundreds of ears stood up high.

"Mr. Shen will withdraw his candidacy for the current Chamber of Commerce chairmanship."

As soon as those words were spoken...

The entire venue felt like it had been hit by a bombshell.

It boiled instantly.

The heads of the Qian and Zhao families exchanged a glance, their eyes flashing with wild joy.

The Shen family has backed out!

The biggest piece of meat in Jianghai City is finally going to fall into their mouths!

However, before their smiles could fully spread...

Shen Wanzhou's next sentence.

They were kicked straight from heaven into a bottomless ice cave.

"The Shen family holds 45 percent of the absolute voting power in the Chamber of Commerce."

"We will invest all of it, unconditionally, in the president of Star Ventures."

"Mr. Chen Yuan."

Dead silence.

A deathly silence.

The bigwigs who were just whispering in the hall had their mouths agape, wide enough to fit a fist.

The water glass in my hand fell to the ground with a "clang".

Water splashed onto the expensive leather shoes, but no one bothered to wipe it off.

Star Ventures? Chen Yuan?

Who is that mysterious tycoon who wiped out the Jiangnan tech circle in a month?

If we consider Shen's 45% stake, plus the shares that Xingchen Venture Capital has been aggressively acquiring over the past few months...

This is no longer an election.

This is an absolute numerical crushing victory!

This is handing over the economic lifeline of the entire Jianghai City directly to that man!

The Qian family patriarch's face turned deathly pale.

His legs went weak, and he slumped heavily back into the chair.

Shen Wanzhou stood under the spotlight, her gaze unwavering as she looked at the man in the black suit below the stage: "My decision is the decision of the Shen Group. Chen Yuan will be the next king of Jianghai City."