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Chapter 79: Chapter 79: Spending 5 Million for a 12-Year Prison Sentence

The next morning.

Chen Mo and Pan Kejia walked out of the hotel entrance together.

However, the two were in vastly different states.

Chen Mo was refreshed and full of energy, his steps steady and his condition excellent.

Although Pan Kejia’s pretty face held an even deeper charm, making her look radiant and stunning, a hint of exhaustion lurked deep in her eyes, and her beautiful legs trembled as she walked.

She was walking on the solid concrete pavement in high heels, yet it felt like she was treading on soft mud, unable to even stand steadily.

"How are you feeling? Can you still drive?"

Chen Mo noticed her condition and asked with concern.

"I have flats in my car. I’m fine."

Pan Kejia shot him a look with her bright eyes. ’If he hadn’t been flooring it all night, would I be like this?’

She struggled over to her Model Y, and felt a wave of relief as soon as she sat in the driver’s seat.

After changing her shoes, she rolled down the window, waved to Chen Mo, and drove off to work.

When she rolled down the window, he could see that the black stockings on her beautiful legs from last night were gone.

After Pan Kejia left, Chen Mo picked up the CPU and motherboard she had given him, got into his car, and drove home.

Back home, he made himself some breakfast.

Just as he finished eating, he received a call from Zhao Wan.

"Chen Mo, Fang Rulin confessed. It was his driver who suggested kidnapping Xuanxuan. He adopted the suggestion and put up five million for the driver to carry it out."

"At first, he was stubborn and denied any involvement, but overnight, the police tracked down all his hidden accounts. That five million came from one of them."

"Faced with irrefutable evidence, he finally caved and confessed everything."

"I’ve spoken to a lawyer. It looks like Fang Rulin will get around twelve years this time. He’s completely finished."

Zhao Wan relayed the news about Fang Rulin to Chen Mo, her tone filled with vindicated satisfaction.

Originally, Fang Rulin had no intention of harming Xuanxuan. He only planned to hold him for a few days before releasing him.

This would have resulted in a lighter sentence, perhaps only five to ten years.

But Fang Rulin might have thought kidnapping Xuanxuan would be difficult, or perhaps his driver manipulated him, which led him to give the driver five million.

This payment amount is considered "especially large," which makes the circumstances exceptionally severe and will lead to a harsher sentence.

On top of that, Xuanxuan is a child, which adds to the severity of the crime.

As a result, his sentence was pushed directly past the ten-year mark.

It was all a bit absurd and comical, really.

"I’m glad you feel vindicated, Sister Wan."

Chen Mo smiled. ’Ruilin Innovation’s stock is probably going to crater now.’

"Sigh, it’s a shame Old Lu is still on a plane. He’d definitely feel vindicated too if he heard this news."

Zhao Wan’s tone was tinged with regret.

"As long as Fang Rulin has confessed, it doesn’t matter if he finds out a little later."

Chen Mo nodded and agreed.

Lu Mingzhe had gone abroad to negotiate a deal. If he secured it, it would be another piece of bad news for Ruilin Innovation.

"After you sign that contract, just send me a message on WeChat, and I’ll have my secretary pick it up from you."

Zhao Wan remembered the offer from yesterday and brought it up.

"Alright, thanks."

Chen Mo smiled faintly and expressed his gratitude.

"We’re the ones who should be thanking you."

Zhao Wan’s voice was still filled with gratitude.

Although Fang Rulin hadn’t planned to hurt Xuanxuan, who could say for sure with things like this?

There are plenty of cases where kidnappers initially had no intention of killing their hostage but ended up doing so for various reasons.

Chen Mo provided the clue that allowed Xuanxuan to return home safely right away, which was the best possible outcome.

After chatting for a while longer, they hung up.

Chen Mo took out the offer and looked it over. He didn’t find any tricky clauses; it was a very standard employment contract.

’I should still have a lawyer take a proper look at it.’

Chen Mo set the offer aside, planning to find a lawyer to review it when he had time.

He opened Weibo and found the official account of the Modu police.

Since Zhao Wan had already called him, it meant the case was closed, and an official announcement was sure to be released.

Sure enough, as soon as he opened the account’s homepage, he saw a blue-and-white announcement posted just a few minutes earlier.

"The founder and chairman of a certain tech company in Modu is suspected of hiring another person to carry out a kidnapping. The payment involved was especially large, causing a significant negative social impact. The suspect has confessed to the facts of the crime..."

It was just as someone had said in the comments yesterday.

The person didn’t get out, but the blue-and-white announcement did.

But now that the announcement was out, it meant the person definitely wouldn’t be getting out anytime soon.

The announcement quickly shot to the top of the trending topics, attracting a great deal of attention.

"So it’s actually confirmed?"

"’Especially large’ payment... Just how deep was the grudge?"

"The larger the payment, the harsher the sentence. He really screwed himself over."

"Why not just enjoy being a billionaire? Why go and challenge the criminal code? Is he insane?"

"The family of the person he kidnapped offered a three-million-yuan reward. They must be a wealthy family too. It was probably business competition."

"This is my first time truly understanding the saying ’business is a battlefield.’"

"..."

Many online spectators shared their opinions.

Unlike the casual spectators who were just there for the drama, people in the finance world immediately forwarded the announcement to their various group chats upon seeing it.

"It’s over. I was holding on to a sliver of hope, but now it’s completely toast."

"Get ready for the limit down, folks."

"I heard Ruilin Innovation’s shareholders are all going crazy, flaming Fang Rulin for being the world’s biggest fucking idiot."

"Flaming him is useless now. What’s done is done."

"Gotta go, the market’s about to open."

"..."

The topic dominated the discussions in all the group chats.

Some had initially held out hope, thinking Fang Rulin was only brought in to assist with the investigation and might return.

But with this announcement, he wouldn’t be coming back for several years.

When Chen Mo saw people saying Ruilin Innovation’s shareholders were all cursing Fang Rulin, he couldn’t help but laugh.

Any Ruilin Innovation shareholder who could resist cursing Fang Rulin would have to be a saint.

After all, Fang Rulin’s actions had just cost a perfectly good company half its life.

If they couldn’t come up with a counter-strategy in time, the company might lose its whole life.

Some people pitied them, but the capital market is merciless.

After the stock market opened, a massive volume of trades began.

There were large-scale sell-offs, as well as people taking the opportunity to short the stock.

In any case, everyone was using their own unique tricks to get ahead.

But no matter what maneuvers were tried, there were no surprises with Ruilin Innovation’s stock.

It hit the limit down right at opening!

The stock price, originally 26 yuan per share, was now only 23.4 yuan per share after dropping the 10% limit.

Each share had fallen by 2.6 yuan.

The mechanism of short selling meant that he earned as much as the stock fell.

In other words, he was making 2.6 yuan per share on Ruilin Innovation’s stock.

He had shorted 2,000 lots, which came out to 520,000 yuan!

"This just shows the importance of information."

Chen Mo couldn’t help but sigh with emotion as he looked at the 520,000 yuan profit.

If Lu Mingzhe and his wife hadn’t deliberately told him the news, he would never have been able to short Ruilin Innovation before the public announcement.

He might have only known the news half an hour before everyone else.

But that half-hour head start was enough to put him ahead of the pack.

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