Lim Chuen had been thinking of harming Feng Xinying"s reputation from a long time. He had discussed his plan with Chang Ling number of times. While everybody was busy clapping and sending their congratulatory messages, Lim Chuen went outside the hall and called his secretary. "I want you to send all those doc.u.ments and pictures now, on my phone. If you are anywhere near the Hotel Red Dragon, come here immediately with that pen drive."
"Okay Sir, I am nearby only and I will be there in the next twenty minutes. We would be needing a projector and loudspeaker in order to execute the plan," said the secretary.
"Hmmm," Lim Chuen replied and disconnected the call. He went backstage to meet the staff of the hotel and asked them if he could see the manager. The manager was well versed as to who Lim Chuen was, so he came there immediately.
"Yes Sir, what can I do for you?" he asked gently.
Lim Chuen smiled at him and said, "Actually I wanted to give a surprise gift to Feng Xinying and Xie Yuansheng for which I would be needing music system and a projector. Can you help me set that up within the next twenty minutes?"
The manager was so humbled when he heard Lim Chuen, who was an important businessman of the society. "Yes Sir, I will set it all up right now!" he replied and asked his staff to arrange for it as soon as possible. Within the next fifteen minutes everything was set up efficiently.
The clapping died down as Feng Xinying and Xie Yuansheng had got down the stage and they were now being approached by several guests who were personally congratulating them. The guests had started leaving for dinner by then. Lim Chuen was very angry because his secretary hadn"t reached. Chang Ling joined him. She asked him to call the secretary. She knew that this would be the best time to strike the couple in a way that it would appear sweet.
The secretary came in the next ten minutes along with the doc.u.ments and pictures saved in a pen drive. He was ushered by the staff to insert the pen drive in the projector. When everything was ready, Chang Ling nodded at Lim Chuen who went to the stage. The emcee had called some singers on the stage who had started with their soft humming. However, Lim Chuen grabbed the mic from him and asked the singers to stop. Everyone on the stage became silent feeling pretty awkward.
Lim Chuen looked at the guests and spoke loudly on the mic, "Good evening all! Can I have your attention please?"
All the guests were wondering at this sudden intervention. Feng Xinying and Xie Yuansheng looked at him with shock in their eyes. They couldn"t even stop him at that moment. Feng Xinying and Xie Yuansheng became very stiff.
Lim Chuen continued, "I was wondering what gift should I give to Feng Xinying and then I thought that perhaps this is the best time to give her the gift I had in mind. You see, I have known the Feng family from a long time. I was one of the close partners of Feng Zhantian before the company became public."
Then he looked at the staff with a smile and signaled him to start playing the images on the pen drive.
"These are a few pictures that I have cherished and preserved for a long time," he said. The projector started screening images of Feng Zhantian in various modes. In some pictures he was cutting the ribbons for inaugurations while some were of him inspecting the various factories.
Lim Chuen wanted to expose Feng Xinying"s ident.i.ty as Feng Feng Zhantian"s daughter from a long time. He had thought that he would secretly leak the information to the media. After he had met Xie Yuansheng that day and confronted him regarding making the company go private again, he was very riled up. Once the company went private, he wouldn"t be able to buy or sell his shares as often as he could have. However, now that in the party when he came to know about their marriage, he felt all the more insulted that he was the only board member who didn"t know anything about it. Hence he decided to expose her in front of all the dignitaries.
Exposing Feng Xinying meant that she was deceiving all the major shareholders and public by hiding her true ident.i.ty. Since the company was always known for not having any heir apparent, her hiding the true ident.i.ty was only detrimental to its image.
Lim Chuen knew that this piece of information would affect the market sentiments negatively and with people feeling negative about Feng Xinying"s deceit, the share prices would also tumble.
The entire plan was Chang Ling"s idea who was insulted during the swimwear project. Chang Ling was extremely sure that the negative sentiment would drive the share prices so low that they would be able to buy a large amount from the share market and consolidate their position once again. When Lim Chuen had spoken on the mic, she couldn"t wait to see Feng Xinying getting insulted in front of this huge, influential gathering.
"Do you see that cute little girl wearing pink dresses most of the times?" asked Lim Chuen pointing towards the screen where the pictures were being displayed. "Do you know who is that girl?" he looked at the audience expecting some answers but no one answered.
Lim Chuen chuckled and said, "That is Feng Zhantian"s cute little daughter."
Immediately there was a murmur in the audience.
"Oh! This is that girl who left her father."
"She is the actual heiress of the Feng Conglomerate."
"It is heard that she would never come back to claim her share."
"She hated her father."
"Tsk, tsk, what a brat? Her father really loved her."
As Feng Xinying listened to these gossips, her face fell. Her knees became wobbly. Chang Ling observed her nervous expressions and smiled. She raised her wine gla.s.s towards her with a smile. Feng Xinying looked back at her with anxiety in her heart.
What Lim Chuen said next was absolutely surprising!