An uproar engulfed Zhonghai, catching the populace by surprise as secrets surfaced, absolving Ling Corporation and Mei Yue of their perceived taints.
As a result of the incident, Fang Corporation's stock plummeted while Ling Corporation's funds were swiftly unfrozen. Decisively seizing the moment, Ling Qingya funneled her resources into the stock market, striking back at Fang Corporation.
Within an hour, Fang Corporation, crippled by severed capital flows and a market collapse, declared bankruptcy—a company once valued at nearly a hundred billion vanished from Zhonghai's corporate landscape.
"Fang Yan—from then on, the name Fang Corporation ceased to exist; Fang Yan became a fugitive, wanted by the police, unable to show his face in the open.
