Chapter 18 — I Just Followed the Process Correctly

My fingertips are cold. Or not go? This may be your only chance at life. It could also be a trap prepared specifically for me. That mysterious person… Could be an ally. But it could also be the last knife Tham Ham Vu used to test me. I looked at the bright lights outside the city window. Still making the decision. Even though ahead is a dragon's den... I still have to step in. Because I have no way back anymore. South of the city. Blue Note jazz bar. Here, good and bad people are mixed together, the lights are dim. It's the most suitable place to talk secretly. I wore my most normal jacket. Wear a mask. Step into that enchanting night. Room 207 is at the end of the hallway. The door was ajar. My heart jumped straight into my throat. I reached out and pushed the door. There are no lights on inside. There was only a small table lamp emitting pale yellow light. A person was sitting with his back to me on the sofa. He leisurely wiped the tall glass in his hand. Body shape... A bit familiar. Hearing the door open, he didn't turn around.

“I'm here.”

Hearing that voice, my whole body shook. This voice… I recognize it.

“Director Ly?”

I cautiously opened my mouth. The other man slowly turned around. Under the pale yellow light, the face was revealed... It was that expression as calm as the surface of still water, always discreet without the slightest flaw. Director of legal affairs department. The old fox once used exactly one clause... To become the first person to reject my Western area project application.

“CEO Trinh.”

"Long time no see."

He raised his glass towards me as a greeting. I couldn't hide my surprise at all.

“Those messages… were all sent by you?”

“Besides me…”

“Who else in this company can memorize that dictionary-like thick management book?”

He replied leisurely. I got it. The person I previously called the company's "ghost"... It was you. The person who understands the rules best. Also most respectful of rules.

“Because I've been at this company for twenty years.”

A look of deep fatigue flashed through Ly Ve's eyes.

“I looked at it from a small workshop…”

“Turn into a giant corporation like today.”

"I can't stand by and watch it being hollowed out by stupid people like Zhou Kaiming."

"It's even more impossible to see it being devoured by wolves like Tham Ham Vu."

He saw through it all a long time ago.

“I have been observing you for a long time, Trinh Suong.”

“Since you reclaimed eight hundred million yuan of bad debt…”

“Until you were publicly humiliated.”

“Until the day you started using the rules to counterattack…”

“I just found out…”

“The person I was waiting for finally appeared.”

He pushed a thin yellow paper bag towards me.

“This is all the dirty evidence of Zhou Kaiming and Manager Liu that I spent five years collecting.”

“Enough to put them in jail to rot.”

“But now…”

“It doesn't matter anymore.”

His eyes suddenly became extremely serious.

“Important stuff…”

“It's this.”

He pushed a black file again.

“This is Thien Lang Capital's standard acquisition process…”

“Together with…”

“The only weakness of Tham Ham Vu.”

I opened the black folder. Inside is not text. It's a photo... Same personnel file. The person in the photo is a middle-aged man who looks very polite. Wear gold-rimmed glasses. The profile is extremely simple. Name: Tran Mac. Position: Chief advisor of risk management department — Thien Lang Capital.

“This person Who is it?

“He is Tham Ham Vu's weakness.”

Ly Ve's voice was extremely low.

“Or should we say…”

“It's Tham Ham Vu's knife.”

“Every time Thien Lang Capital acquires a company…”

“They will all send Tran Mac in to do the final ‘clean up’.”

“The so-called cleaning…”

"It's about using every trick to extract core assets."

“Eliminate valuable employees.”

“Finally…”

“Throwing an empty shell back into the grave of bankruptcy.”

“Tran Mac is a leading expert in this field.”

“The companies he had a hand in…”

“No company survived.”

“He is also the person Tham Ham Vu trusts the most.”

“The whole dirty business…”

“It's all up to him.”

I looked at the gentle face in the photo... A chill ran down my spine.

“You mean…”

“We have to deal with him?”

Ly Ve shook his head.

“Tran Mac almost never shows up.”

“Extremely secret whereabouts.”

“We can't find him.”

“Touching him is like directly declaring war on Tham Ham Vu.”

“Currently…”

“We don't have that status yet.”

“So what to do?”

“Tam Ham Vu's chess board has been laid out.”

“Co Ngon is a pioneer.”

“You are the bait.”

“The board is a puppet.”

“Face-to-face confrontation…”

“We don't have any chance of winning.”

A cold, sharp light flashed in Ly Ve's eyes.

“The only way…”

“It's making his pieces…”

“Destroy his own chess board.”

I immediately understood what he meant.

“That's right.”

Ly Ve nodded.

“Co Ngon is Tham Ham Vu's knife.”

“But he is also human.”

“But humans…”

“There is desire.”

“Ambitious.”