Upon learning from his assistant that his third uncle was already in the conference room, he stopped his call and rushed to the meeting room.
As soon as he arrived, the shareholders in the conference room stared at him with gloomy eyes.
He had maintained hope, but now he was uncertain.
"Everyone is here, let's begin," Di Mingjue opened the microphone in front of him, his voice echoing throughout the office.
Di Dongsheng was forced to sit at the very front, with three people between him and his third uncle.
"Dongsheng, do you want me to speak, or will you speak yourself?" Di Mingjue's gaze fixed on him.
His eyes darted around haphazardly, and Di Dongsheng tilted his face up, retorting, "Speak about what? I don't know!"
"Shen Lin, turn on the projector."
At Di Mingjue's command, the conference room went from bright to dim, and two people appeared on the projector screen behind them.
A murmur arose from below as everyone discussed who these two people were.
"What is their relationship with him?"
"Exactly, they are clearly not from the same class."
As the shareholders' words reached Di Dongsheng's ears, it seemed they were still unaware of what had transpired.
With the controller in Di Mingjue's hand, he pressed down forcefully with his thumb, and the screen immediately displayed the man's weathered voice.
"Hello everyone, I am Huang Shan, a villager from Qingshan Village, and this is the village chief next to me. The reason for recording this video is to seek justice. Di Dongsheng, the former president of Di Jue Group, publicly announced to the media that he would build a school for our Qingshan Village. Our village also willingly provided the land for free, but before the school was completed, Di Dongsheng ordered his subordinates to halt construction and announced that the school had been completed. Now our land is unusable, and there is no school. Every villager in Qingshan Village deserves an explanation."
The voice stopped, and the cacophony in the conference room died down in an instant. Everyone held their breath, looking at Di Dongsheng in disbelief.
Everyone knew that the money from the charity auction did not enter the company's internal accounts; it was managed separately and would eventually be fully invested in charity. But now, the money had not been used for charity, which was clearly fraud.
Shen Lin turned on the lights, and after the room returned to its illuminated state, he distributed the prepared evidence to each shareholder.
As the rustling of pages filled the air, the shareholders' expressions shifted from surprise to anger.
"This is outrageous!" his third uncle slammed the table.
Seeing that the situation had turned against him, Di Dongsheng immediately feigned victimhood, "I have no idea what's going on. Back then, the funds were handed over to the workers responsible for the school's construction, and they later provided photos of the completed school."
Seeing his self-righteous demeanor, Di Mingjue directly summoned the person responsible that he had mentioned.
The man stood at the front, his face flustered, his legs trembling as he faced so many people.
"Di Mingjue, do you think you can pin the crime on me by just finding anyone?" Di Dongsheng banged on the table, adopting an attitude of defiant refusal.
The table made a loud thud, startling the man in front so much that he almost fell to the ground to hide.
Years ago, after accepting a hush-money payment from Di Dongsheng, he had immediately gone abroad to avoid trouble. He had only returned to the country the previous week, and while he was still enjoying himself, he was apprehended by men in black.
Among so many people, he only recognized Di Dongsheng. But seeing the situation, how could he acknowledge him?
Just as he was about to pretend ignorance, Di Mingjue revealed the details of the money Di Dongsheng had transferred to his account back then.
"If you don't know him, why did you give him so much money?"
With the facts laid bare, denying it was of no use.
Di Mingjue glanced at the man and said to him, "Tell the truth about your relationship and the source of this money, otherwise I will prosecute you for fraud."
The lawyers of Di Jue Group were notorious for their sophistry; no one could win a case against them.