The public reckoning with her parents completely severed all ties between Jiang Wan and her past. From then on, she had no more worries and could devote all her energy to the final blow against Gu Hanshen.
Destroy Gu Group, the business empire that Gu Hanshen is most proud of.
This war without the smoke of gunpowder was led by Huo Yunchen behind the scenes, and Jiang Wan provided the most deadly "ammunition".
During the five years in prison, Jiang Wan not only studied law, but also systematically studied finance and corporate management. She knew Gu's Group better than many of the company's senior executives. She knew clearly where Gu's Group's weaknesses were - overly aggressive overseas expansion and high leverage risks under the gambling agreement.
"In recent years, Gu Hanshen has signed several gambling agreements in order to defeat several old competitors in the overseas market. If Gu's overseas market share does not reach 30% by the end of this year, he will not only have to pay a huge penalty, but may even lose his absolute control over the company."
In Huo Yunchen's office, Jiang Wan pointed to a complex company structure chart and analyzed it calmly.
"His largest overseas market is in Europe. The person in charge of the European market is his right-hand man, a vice president named Li Wei."
Huo Yunchen looked at her with admiration in his eyes: "So, what you mean is that we start with this Levi?"
"That's right." Jiang Wan nodded, "Take away the firewood from under the cauldron."
In the following month, a financial sniper war against the Gu Group was quietly launched in secret.
First, Huo Yunchen used his connections to contact Gu's biggest competitor in Europe, the French DuPont Group. He provided DuPont with all of Gu's business secrets and customer lists in the European market. These materials were compiled by Jiang Wan based on her memory and analysis.
DuPont Group was overjoyed and immediately launched a comprehensive crackdown on Gu's. They used lower prices and better services to frantically snatch Gu's customers.
Gu's business in Europe was paralyzed in an instant.
Gu Hanshen was extremely worried and immediately sent Li Wei to Europe to put out the fire.
However, on the day that Li Wei flew to Paris, an anonymous letter of complaint about him "accepting commercial bribes, falsifying accounts, and embezzling public funds", along with all the hard evidence, was sent to the Supervisory Board of Gu Group and the Economic Investigation Brigade of City A.
These evidences also came from Jiang Wan. She knew that Li Wei was a man with dirty hands.
Before Levi even got off the plane, he was taken away by local police at the Paris airport to assist in the investigation.
Gu Hanshen lost his most capable subordinate, and the European market collapsed completely. He had to fly over there in person to deal with the mess.
Just when he left City A, Huo Yunchen launched a general attack.
He joined forces with several Wall Street capital giants and began to frantically short sell Gu Group's stocks in the secondary market.
For a time, negative news about "Gu Group's overseas business collapsed" and "President Gu Hanshen resigned" was overwhelming.
Investor confidence has completely collapsed.
Gu's stock price plummeted like a kite with a broken string, hitting the daily limit for seven consecutive times, and its market value evaporated by tens of billions.
Countless shareholders lost all their money and held up banners downstairs of the company, demanding that Gu Hanshen step down.
The board of directors of Gu Group also held an emergency meeting. The shareholders unanimously decided to remove Gu Hanshen from his positions as president and chairman, and demanded that he take personal responsibility for the company's huge losses.
Gu Hanshen, who was far away in Europe, received bad news one after another.
Like a crazy gambler, he tried every possible way to save the losing situation. He mortgaged all his properties and stocks to fill the company's hole.
But it was all in vain.
The hole was so big, big enough to swallow everything he had.
He knew he was finished.
The man who controlled all this behind the scenes used his best business methods to beat him to a pulp.
Gu Group, the business empire for which he had fought for half his life, was on the eve of collapse.
Just when the Gu Group was on the verge of collapse and Gu Hanshen was in a state of panic, a piece of news came from a mental hospital on the outskirts of the city.
Jiang Rou is crazy.
Since she was sentenced and kicked out of the Gu family, Jiang Rou's mental state has been unstable. She was locked up in the intensive care unit of the mental hospital, crying and cursing every day, repeating the same few words over and over again.
"Jiang Wan, you bitch! You're the one who caused me all this!" "I'm not wrong! I'm not wrong! I'm just taking back what belongs to me!" "Han Shen, save me...save me..."
Her hair was pulled into a mess by herself, and there was blood under her nails. She refused to eat, refused to communicate with anyone, and would attack doctors and nurses in white coats like crazy if she saw them.
The doctor conducted a comprehensive mental evaluation on her and the final diagnosis was "acute stress-induced mental disorder." In layman's terms, she was mentally ill due to the stress.
This news did not cause much ripples in the outside world. To the public, it was just a story of evildoers getting their comeuppance, a topic of conversation after dinner.
"Crazy? She deserves it! Let her stay in a mental hospital and repent for her crimes!" "It's so satisfying! This is what a person like her deserves!"
However, this news was like a needle that gently pricked Jiang Wan.
She did not feel the pleasure she had expected, but instead a complicated and absurd feeling arose in her heart.
She once thought that her greatest wish was to see Jiang Rou suffer, and watch her pay a heavy price for what she had done.
However, when that day really came, when she saw that her once scheming and arrogant sister had turned into a lunatic who muttered to herself in a dirty ward, she did not feel the slightest joy.
There is only a void.
It turns out that when you hate someone to the extreme, when that person is really destroyed, you will also feel empty.
Huo Yunchen seemed to see her emotions.
He hugged her gently from behind and pressed her head against his chest.
"This is not your fault." His voice was low and warm. "It was her own choice that led to today's outcome. All you did was uncover the truth and put everything back on track as it should be."
Jiang Wan leaned in his arms, listening to his steady and strong heartbeat, and her troubled mood gradually calmed down.
Yes, she is not wrong.
She just stopped being the scapegoat.
Jiang Rou went crazy because she couldn't bear the truth and couldn't face the consequences of failure. It was her greed, jealousy and viciousness that pushed her into an abyss of no return.
"It's all over." Jiang Wan said softly to herself and also to Huo Yunchen.
She would no longer waste any of her emotions on Jiang Rou.
Her reckoning is not yet over.
There is one last person.