Chapter 394

Chapter 394 The Great Power Reversal!

Hearing Su Rui’s words, Smith gave a bitter smile. Asking him to leave Wall Street for the underworld? This was something he had never even dared to imagine before.

Su Rui was probably just joking around.

There was actually one thing Su Rui hadn’t said outright: behind Gaoqi Bank stood a group of profit-driven shareholders who spent their days doing nothing but counting their money. Once these people saw how catastrophic the losses had been under Smith’s watch, they would likely order his dismissal immediately.

Smith, the man who had created the legend of Gaoqi’s performance, probably wouldn’t last much longer either.

“With acting like that, it’d be a real shame not to take home an Oscar.”

Wei Dongyang gave a cold laugh, his face full of mockery. He naturally didn’t believe a word of what Smith had just said.

Bai Wangchuan’s brow furrowed slightly. He had a vague feeling that something was off. If this Smith were an impostor, he shouldn’t be this calm right now!

The moment that possibility crossed his mind, cold sweat began to seep down his back!

Wei Dongyang was still standing there smugly. “One phone call and you can shut down Boyi Company? Do you really think you’re some kind of god? I’d like to see how you explain yourselves if Boyi’s headquarters doesn’t call my phone in a little while!”

Su Rui and Smith seemed completely unconcerned, both wearing expressionless faces. Someone of Wei Dongyang’s caliber was no match for either of them.

The financial elites present also felt a quiet sense of anticipation. After all, the bigger the spectacle the better. If Bikang had really gone to the trouble of finding someone to impersonate Smith, then once exposed, they would lose all face entirely!

Everyone couldn’t help but feel a secret sense of relief. It was a good thing they had come to this cocktail party tonight, or how else would they have witnessed such a thrilling scene?

Before Wei Dongyang had even finished speaking, the phone in his trouser pocket began to ring!

At the sound of that ringtone, everyone’s heart leapt into their throat!

No way? Speak of the devil, and the devil appears — had Boyi’s headquarters really called that fast?

A dark line appeared faintly across Bai Wangchuan’s forehead!

Wei Dongyang was also a little tense, but he still tried hard to convince himself that the Smith standing before him was absolutely an impostor. There was no way something so absurd could happen in this world!

“Your lie is about to be exposed.”

Wei Dongyang gave a cold laugh, took a deep breath, and pulled out his phone.

But when he saw the caller ID on the screen, his pupils suddenly contracted! His expression changed!

Because the caller ID showed just two simple characters — Boss!

Wei Dongyang knew perfectly well that it should still be before dawn in the United States right now. The big boss of the company should still be in bed. Why would he personally call at a time like this?

The onlookers had already guessed from Wei Dongyang’s expression what was about to happen, and their faces all grew solemn!

Wei Dongyang answered the call with trembling fingers, and a roaring voice immediately came through!

“Wei, did you offend Smith from Gaoqi Bank? Damn it, do you have any idea what you’re doing could drag Boyi Company into the abyss?”

Wei Dongyang felt like he was on the verge of a breakdown. The very thing he had least believed possible had actually happened right before his eyes!

Looking at the still-cold expressions on Su Rui and Smith’s faces, and listening to the voice on the phone, Wei Dongyang felt his heart sinking bit by bit!

“Here’s the thing, Boss, I’m sure there must be some misunderstanding here, I……” In that single instant, sweat had already soaked through the back of Wei Dongyang’s shirt!

“There’s no misunderstanding!” The roaring from the other end of the line was so loud that everyone around could hear it clearly. “Go apologize to Mr. Smith right now, immediately, at once!”

“Right now?” Wei Dongyang still found it hard to believe.

“Do I need to repeat myself? You idiot!”

“Uh……alright……”

Wei Dongyang said with great difficulty. In his view, this demand was harder to carry out than killing him outright. He had just humiliated this person moments ago, and now he had to immediately accept his own apology?

Wei Dongyang felt like his face was about to swell up!

But he couldn’t ignore his boss’s words. If he had to choose between his boss and Bai Wangchuan, he could only choose his boss!

Wei Dongyang walked step by step toward Smith. He could clearly see the contempt and mockery in the other man’s eyes, but circumstances were stronger than the individual. Since he had done something so utterly foolish, he had to take responsibility for it.

Of course, Wei Dongyang wasn’t the only one whose face felt like it was swelling at that moment. Bai Wangchuan, standing at the back of the crowd, also felt a burning, stinging pain in his cheeks!

“Mr. Smith, I’m sorry! I failed to recognize a great man when I saw one!” Wei Dongyang bowed deeply!

Smith remained coldly silent, as if he had no intention of accepting the apology at all!

Wei Dongyang straightened up with an embarrassed expression and said into the phone, “Boss, I’ve apologized to Mr. Smith.”

“You’ve apologized? Good, very good. Now get the hell out of my sight this instant! Boyi Company no longer needs you! Get as far away as possible!” The voice on the other end roared once more, then immediately hung up!

Wei Dongyang was somewhat dazed. Had he really just been fired like that?

It was abundantly clear now — this man was the real Smith. With just one phone call, Wei Dongyang had lost the job and position he had worked so hard to obtain!

Wait, why did this scene feel so familiar?

Wei Dongyang turned around and happened to spot Xu Wenjie!

What had just happened to him had happened to Xu Wenjie just over ten minutes ago!

Smith’s phone call had led to his own dismissal by his boss, while Su Rui’s words had led Smith to fire Xu Wenjie. Following this chain of cause and effect, the conclusion was already very clear: Su Rui’s standing was far above Smith’s, enough to make this CEO of Gaoqi Bank deeply wary of him!

Noticing Wei Dongyang looking his way, Xu Wenjie gave a cold snort and turned to leave!

There was no reason for him to stay here any longer. Everything he had worked so hard to achieve had turned to nothing.

After hanging up the phone, Wei Dongyang was completely drained of energy. He shuffled his feet dejectedly, walking step by step out of the crowd, seemingly oblivious to the mocking gazes around him.

Just then, his vacant eyes suddenly caught sight of a figure — Bai Wangchuan!

When Wei Dongyang saw the second young master of the Bai family, a sudden burst of hopeful light flashed in his eyes. Hadn’t he ended up in this situation precisely because he had been working for the second young master of the Bai family? Now that he had lost this job, couldn’t Bai Wangchuan provide him with another one?

In full view of everyone, Wei Dongyang adjusted his composure almost instantly, quickened his pace, and walked toward Bai Wangchuan!

Watching his figure, a playful smile tugged at the corner of Su Rui’s lips.

What does it mean to have a useless teammate?

At this very moment, Wei Dongyang’s performance was the perfect definition of the term.

Watching Wei Dongyang walking toward him, Bai Wangchuan was absolutely fuming. He turned his face away in disgust, refusing to look at him.

“Young Master Bai, Young Master Bai, I never expected to get fired by my boss like this……could you tell me what I should do next……” Wei Dongyang stood beside Bai Wangchuan, his face full of fawning!

Everyone present was a prominent figure in the financial world. He had lost his job and become a laughingstock, and this news would spread through the circles quickly. There was no way anyone would continue to employ him. The only lifeline he could grasp was Bai Wangchuan!

If he hadn’t received both explicit and implicit signals from Bai Wangchuan, how could he possibly have done something so foolish!

Bai Wangchuan shot him a cold glance and said, “What a joke. You lost your job. What does that have to do with me?”

Hearing this, Wei Dongyang panicked immediately and threw caution to the wind. “Young Master Bai, but you were the one who told me to do this! If it weren’t for your orders, I would never have stepped forward to do something like this! You can’t just shirk your responsibility!”

“Watch yourself! I have no responsibility whatsoever, so why would I shirk it?” Bai Wangchuan said impatiently. “Who do you think you are to me? Stop making a scene!”

The second young master of the Bai family truly hadn’t expected Wei Dongyang to be this stupid. This kind of behavior was practically throwing him under the bus in public!

Even a cornered rabbit will bite. With no way out left, Wei Dongyang heard Bai Wangchuan’s words and a flash of despair appeared in his eyes!

But at the same moment that despair appeared, a ferocious look also emerged from his eyes!

Looking at Bai Wangchuan’s still-handsome profile, Wei Dongyang suddenly found that face utterly detestable!

With a low growl, he grabbed Bai Wangchuan by the neck and slammed him hard onto the ground!

Bai Wangchuan was a pretty boy through and through, lean and slight, weighing no more than around 120 jin. Caught completely off guard, he was slammed to the ground by Wei Dongyang, his head crashing hard against the floor tiles!

“You bastard, do you know what you’re doing?”

Bai Wangchuan was dizzy from the fall and utterly humiliated. Before he could even get up, he roared out.

He had never in a million years expected something like this to happen. What a complete and utter loss of face!

Who gave Wei Dongyang the nerve to do this? Did this guy have a death wish?

In truth, for Wei Dongyang to have become the director of Boyi Company’s China region, he was absolutely not the reckless and incompetent type. This was evident from his earlier analysis of Smith — the man’s mind was quite sharp.

But sharp was one thing, and having strong resilience under pressure was another matter entirely!

After being publicly fired by his own boss, Wei Dongyang’s mind had completely fallen apart. Surrounded by countless cold stares and mocking laughs, he instinctively wanted to grab onto a lifeline. If Bai Wangchuan had given him even one reassuring look at that moment, Wei Dongyang might not have done something so extreme!

But Bai Wangchuan had flatly refused him! And had washed his hands of all responsibility without a second thought!

“Bai Wangchuan, if you won’t let me have any peace, I won’t let you off easy either!”

Wei Dongyang let out a shout and straddled Bai Wangchuan, grabbing him by the collar, and began raining punches down on that handsome yet utterly hateful face!