novelraw Chapter 656 : Everything Is Over
Chapter 656 : Everything Is Over
Chapter 656: Everything Is Over
At the end of the post, the poster explained: Zhao Wentian used various means to corrupt officials and attract businessmen in order to make money back then.
The most famous among these was the establishment of a mysterious nightclub that only served the bosses and leaders he was trying to corrupt.
The women working there were of all types, covering every variety.
Several of the women appearing in some videos were all underage.
When this post came out, it completely exploded on the internet.
In just one hour, the traffic on Tianya Community increased by nearly double, and the network backend crashed several times.
Everyone who had seen the video content was shocked.
There was only one thought in everyone's mind.
This time, things probably couldn't be covered up anymore.
The Zhao family was likely truly finished this time.
In fact, it was indeed so.
When this post exploded on the internet, the Zhao family also noticed it at the same time.
Zhao Wentian almost fainted from anger on the spot.
"It's over. Everything's over..."
Nearby, his eldest son Zhao Mingyu, who was the chairman of the group, was still shouting and cursing loudly, "Who did this? Who leaked the videos? Find out for me, I won't let them off..."
"Shut up!"
Zhao Wentian, with a pale face, harshly scolded his son.
"What's the point of investigating this now?"
"Dad..."
"This kind of content is only possessed by a few people, all of them important figures in that club... How could they possibly post this online? Wouldn't that be suicide?"
Zhao Wentian angrily poked the floor hard with his cane.
"Now is not the time to consider this. Haven't you realized yet? The Zhao family is finished."
Zhao Mingyu's expression froze, unable to accept it.
"I... we can contact Vice Governor Gao again, he's in the same boat as us..."
"Hmph!" Zhao Wentian shook his head speechlessly, revealing a bitter smile.
"You're still fantasizing..."
"Do you think he would answer our call at this moment?"
"He's probably struggling to save himself now. He'd want nothing more than to completely distance himself from us..."
"Dad, we can't just do nothing. At least we should try to delete the post quickly..."
"It's too late, everything's too late, there's no time left."
At this moment, the landline on the desk rang. Zhao Wentian turned his head to look at the phone number.
He remembered it was the private number of a certain bureau chief in the city.
And this bureau chief happened to show his face in that video.
The fact that he was calling on his private number at this time showed that the other party had also lost his composure.
Zhao Wentian didn't answer, letting the phone keep ringing.
Nearby, Zhao Mingyu was still somewhat unwilling to give up.
"Dad, at this point, we should at least try something."
"We're in the same boat as these leaders now, saving us is saving themselves, maybe..."
Zhao Wentian raised his hand to interrupt his son's words.
"It's pointless."
"You don't understand what the release of these videos means."
"Let me tell you, soon a special investigation team will be sent down from above. Since this involves provincial leaders, the team will definitely be directly dispatched from Beijing."
"When that time comes, everyone in the video will not escape."
Especially since it involved underage girls, based on this point alone, every single person would be arrested.
Zhao Wentian looked at his son who was still fantasizing, and angrily slammed the table.
"Right now, the people in the video might even want us dead, and you still want to call them for help?"
Zhao Mingyu's eyes were panicked, for the first time feeling at a loss.
"Dad, then... what do we do now? We can't just wait to die, right?"
"This... this is all Chen Fan's plot. Why don't we call him now to reconcile?"
"We can admit defeat, whatever amount of money he wants, he can name his price, we can pay him, right?"
Zhao Wentian looked at his eldest son, whom he had once been most proud of, and shook his head in disappointment.
"Foolish!"
"You're still thinking about asking the other side to let you off?"
"Get this clear. The moment these videos were uploaded online, things were no longer under the control of that surnamed Chen kid."
"Then..."
Zhao Wentian poked his cane hard.
"Call immediately, get your wife and son back, then leave Yunhai as fast as possible, and flee far away."
"Dad, what about you..."
"I can't leave!"
Zhao Wentian snorted coldly.
"Someone has to stand out and take the blame for this matter. I'm an old man now. I've accepted my fate."
"I never thought this kid would be so ruthless in his actions!"
"He's aiming to completely destroy our Zhao family!"
Zhao Wentian spoke through gritted teeth, his entire old face trembling violently.
Zhao Mingyu was somewhat unwilling: "Then our family's assets..."
Zhao Wentian sighed.
"Don't dream anymore, quickly take all the money you can, and the money in the bank cards, after escaping, first try to transfer the money away to avoid it being frozen... As for the Zhao Group's assets..."
Zhao Wentian shook his head.
"What a pity. A lifetime of hard work."
Thinking of this, his heart seemed to be dripping blood.
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry and go!"
Zhao Mingyu was stunned for a moment, finally gritted his teeth, and turned to leave.
"Wait."
Zhao Wentian suddenly called out to his eldest son.
"Dad, what else?"
"Where's that useless waste of a brother of yours?"
Zhao Wentian asked somewhat angrily.
He had reason to be angry now, because all of this was caused by this good-for-nothing younger son.
If it wasn't for Zhao Longqi getting into conflict with Chen Fan initially, if it wasn't for his younger son insisting on competing with Chen Fan.
Last time, he had already reached an agreement with Chen Fan, if it wasn't for this stupid son insisting on getting even...
Zhao Wentian now even had the thought of strangling this useless son.
If he had known this guy would cause such big trouble, it would have been better to shoot it on the wall back then.
Feeling his father's anger, Zhao Mingyu said nervously.
"Little brother... he snuck out tonight..."
Zhao Wentian was slightly stunned, then let out a long sigh.
"Ah, it's all fate..."
"Mingyu, you take the family and escape by yourself."
"Don't wait for your brother, just give him a call to notify him."
"As for whether he can escape or not, that depends on his own luck."
Zhao Mingyu looked at his father, nodded, was about to leave, but was called back again by his old father.
"Do you have that Chen kid's phone number?"
"Dad?"
"If you do, write it down for me before you go."
"I want to talk to him."
Zhao Mingyu looked confused, "Dad, what's the point of calling him at this time? He'll probably just gloat and mock us..."
"I told you to write it, so write it!"
Zhao Mingyu dared not disobey his father's order.
He took out his phone, found a number, walked over and wrote it on a piece of paper for the old man.
"Go now. Hurry and go!"
Zhao Wentian waved his hand weakly, gesturing for his eldest son to leave quickly.
At this moment, he collapsed into the chair, seemingly aging decades in an instant.
After his eldest son left the study, Zhao Wentian picked up the landline receiver, and with his trembling old fingers, slowly dialed Chen Fan's mobile number.
Ring... Ring Ring...
The phone rang a few times, then connected.
Neither party spoke first.
There was silence.