141 Treachery (1/2)

Things were not going well for the An family's company, and it was caused by internal issues. The business world always appeared calm on the surface, but under the table, there were many different transactions going on—some cooperated while others betrayed. There was no guarantee, and even long-term business relationships meant squat. Human greed could not be underestimated.

It was obvious that Little Brother An had been tricked. Knowing his sexual orientation, a party with malicious intent put forth an elite handsome man to seduce him. However, Little Brother An was someone with good taste. Even if he was gay, wanting him to suddenly fall in love a random dude was not that possible. There were not many in his social circle who shared his interest, so finding a good partner was very hard.

This was where the handsome man came in. He had been assigned to enter An Corps as a new employee and was tasked to endear himself to Little Brother An. It was unknown whether the handsome man was gay or not, but he did manage to seduce Little Brother An without sacrificing his body. Ye Shuang believed that the man employed tactics like faking true love, saying things like ”If you cannot give me a future, then don't force me…” Little Brother An's status as the inheritor had already been shaky to begin with. Getting together with a man was only going to make things worse.

Therefore, the handsome man had used this point of conflict to worsen the relationship between Little Brother An and the An family. After the plan to send An Zining out of the country to ensure his inheritor's right failed, Little Brother An started to go down the wrong path. He listened to the handsome man's suggestion and started his own company. This way, in the future, after his inheritor rights were taken away, he could still enjoy a carefree life with his lover.

The handsome man was a financial expert. With the aid of a family traitor, one that had access to the company secrets, manipulating the economic situation of the company from within could not have been simpler. The man used Little Brother An's name to create a lot of fake news to cause An Corp's stock price to fall. He reaped plenty of money from this, but the money trail disappeared after changing hands several times. At the same time, he targeted the An family's stocks and did not need much time to become one of the shareholders.

Using this identity, he continued to wreak havoc within the company. With the unwitting aid of Little Brother An, the man bought over several other smaller shareholders and started to corrupt the company from the bottom up.

With his lover's help, Little Brother An managed to gain a foothold within his family business. Previously, everyone had respected him because he was the young master and would not normally go against his decisions, but now with the man's support, Little Brother An finally knew what actual power felt like.

Alas, this did not last for long. Several weeks ago, the fact that Little Brother An was a homosexual had suddenly been exposed. Previously, this had been an open secret; many of the higher officials did know about it but did not say anything. However, the rumors spread like wildfire, and even the common employees also joined in the gossip.

Then, the company's financial trouble was exposed to the public. A huge amount of money had mysteriously disappeared. Someone said that it was Little Brother An who was behind this, and it made his position extremely awkward. At the same time, the handsome man said that he wanted a breakup, and the reason was inside the picture that exposed Little Brother An as a homosexual—he was being carried into a hotel by another male.

The perfect storm of bad news knocked Little Brother An over. The handsome man had made use of the convenience provided by Little Brother An earlier to build himself and was now a powerful presence within An Corps.

”Negative reporting, monetary crime, embezzlement…” Anthony checked his laptop, and after making sure it was fine, he sighed in relief. Ignoring the dark expression on Mr. Fang's face, he held his chin and smiled. ”It's not simply taking over this company, so how much are you planning to give me to make me say yes?”

Mr. Fang gritted his teeth. His tail was caught. An Corps was in deep trouble. If it was not, he would not have needed Anthony, whom Han Chu claimed was a genius in both management and computers. These things were known only to several people inside the industry. Even though the An family was swaying in the storm, no one had exposed it to the public. At most, they prepared to snap up some advantages after the An family crumbled.

So how did this man end up knowing so much‽ Right, he is a computer expert… Mr. Fang was impressed that Anthony was as impressive as Han Chu said, but he was also quite embarrassed.

”Annual salary of 250,000!” For a local enterprise, the price was not low. Mr. Fang had planned to give a lower price, but after finding that Anthony was more able than he thought and didn't play the cards the normal way, he came right out with the highest price in his heart.

”Add in 2% shares.” Anthony put up two fingers, and before Mr. Fang could open his lips to reject, he said, ”You have to understand that the enemy has infiltrated the shareholders committee. Without any shares, I won't be able to do anything…”

Then he shrugged. ”Plus, I'm powerful; you have to believe me. Once I'm part of the shareholders, I'll do my best to save this company.”

This reason… was powerful and nice. Thinking of it from another perspective, if An Corps really crumbled, Anthony would not be able to get much from his shares in the end.

Therefore, Mr. Fang thought about it and finally agreed. ”Okay! I'll persuade Auntie and Uncle to give you that two percent.”

Then Ye Shuang added airily, ”If our talent owns part of the share and it's under five percent, the client has to pay an additional 20,000 service fee.”

Mr. Fang did not react, but he was crying internally at the additional cost.