High School Belle Fell in Love with Me-Chapter 289 - 159: Seems Kind of Familiar

Mouyu’s CEO, Chen Jie, has been taken away again.

But this time, there was no Liu Zhengxiong to bail him out, because he was taken away in the Capital City.

He came to the Capital City on a business trip and was targeted immediately, still comfortably staying at the hotel when the problem arose.

The brothers Zhao Tianhua and Zhao Tiande used themselves as bait, spending millions on Mouyu’s platform lottery in the past few days. Subsequently, they got wind of the news and reported to the police as soon as Chen Jie set off for the Capital City.

In Jiangbei, the report might not have been accepted, but in the Capital City, that’s firmly their territory.

The two presented various pieces of evidence as victims.

Including tactics used by streamers to induce them to participate in the lottery, there was even a feature to increase the lottery stakes.

The website even launched gifts specifically for the lottery.

Chen Jie went to the Capital City to discuss financing with an institution there, but before he even met the people, he got into trouble.

In the face of substantial evidence, his arguments were futile.

Yet if he didn’t argue, the charges were enormous.

Illegal casino! The stakes involved were immense!

At this moment, the only thought in his mind was that he shouldn’t have come to the Capital City. If he were in Jiangbei, he could still find someone to help him.

Liu Zhengxiong held a lot of power locally.

That night, media outlets exposed the news that Mouyu was suspected of operating an illegal casino.

There were countless small online media outlets, and Zhao Tianhua and Zhao Tiande even made it a trend.

Twenty-four hours later, Chen Jie was out, but when he saw public opinion online and the bail document in his hand, his mind went blank.

He tried hard to distance himself, but the result was...

He still needed to go to Jiangbei to cooperate with the investigation, the case was already filed in the Capital City, and at this point, Jiangbei couldn’t intervene.

As soon as he returned to Jiangbei, he called Liu Zhengxiong.

"President Liu, please save me, I was arrested in the Capital City, and they’re going to investigate further..."

Liu Zhengxiong asked, "What do you mean? How did you get arrested?"

"They say our live-streaming lottery is equivalent to running a casino. They don’t have much evidence yet, but they will come to the company to collect proof."

Chen Jie pinned his hopes on Liu Zhengxiong, hoping he could reach out to Jiangbei to talk to the Capital City.

He was willing to make rectifications, but he must not let the charges be confirmed! 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

And when Liu Zhengxiong heard this, he became worried as well.

After all, he had to help Chen Jie. If Chen Jie were to go down, what if he turns on him afterwards?

Liu Zhengxiong believed there wouldn’t be any issues in Jiangbei, but reputation matters too.

"President Chen, don’t worry yet, tell me the specific situation, I’ll try my best to help."

"Yes, yes, in the Capital City..."

Chen Jie explained the series of events, like how he had to cooperate with the Capital City to extract data while returning to Jiangbei. The lottery’s backend data turnover was terrifying because even though prizes were won, they were reinvested.

The daily turnover for the lottery was in the tens of millions, but the platform’s cut wasn’t much.

He knew the user traction wasn’t great and wanted to use revenue flow to attract investment, or he wouldn’t have bothered coming to the Capital City.

As for the funds that Liu Zhengxiong promised earlier, he still hadn’t seen them, nor did he dare to urge.

Having listened, Liu Zhengxiong said, "I’m not familiar with people in the Capital City, but I’ll inform the folks in Jiangbei, they should give some face. After that, make some improvements, as for Li Yang... throw him under the bus!"

Chen Jie looked extremely troubled, and reluctantly said, "President Liu, that Li Yang is as slippery as an eel. To this day, none of the lottery proceeds have been withdrawn by him. Moreover, his live-streaming lottery was all managed by my staff using permissions to do it for him; I even advanced several million in prize money for him, and when I asked for reimbursement, he denied ever doing any live-streaming lottery, even stating that he hadn’t withdrawn backend funds."

"How can that bastard be so cautious!" Liu Zhengxiong cursed.

He was in a mess now, thanks to Li Yang’s doings.

Junsheng Capital knew Wang Junsheng fled because Li Yang told them, what does that mean? It means Li Yang was fully aware that Wang Junsheng swindled him out of money.

He even had someone look into Wang Junsheng’s call records, right before he fled, he had spoken to Li Yang once.

If there weren’t a lack of evidence, he would have sued Li Yang directly.

Chen Jie deeply regretted; Mouyu was at a critical moment for grabbing traffic, and he was coaxed by Liu Zhengxiong’s promises of background resources, but now neither the background nor money was in sight.

Initially, Chen Jie was very apprehensive about doing such things.

But Liu Zhengxiong assured him that as long as he was in Jiangbei, such small matters wouldn’t affect him.

He let go of his concerns and went ahead with it, and the result?

"President Liu, you must help me, I am just a small figure who could be easily crushed."

In the internet business, it’s all about playing with models and concepts.

The entire Mouyu had fewer employees than President Liu’s office staff.

Frankly speaking, Mouyu wasn’t even qualified to be part of GDP calculations, while Fuguang Group was a genuine production company.

The connections in industrial capital were very strong, from raw materials to production and then to sales, every link basically had profits evenly distributed.

Internet companies were different, there were no procurements, just lots of consumption by countless people, eventually pooling the revenue into top streamers’ hands.