Chapter 181: Cut Out Wang Minglou’s Tongue!

"I called him Chairman Wang to show him respect, yet he chose to act like a beast and treat me like a fool! Since that is the case, I will take matters into my own hands and teach you a lesson on behalf of all the rising starlets your father and you have forced into unspoken rules!"

"Since you enjoy instigating others and playing underhanded tricks so much, I'll make sure you never speak another word! Cut his tongue out for me!"

At this command, Li Yang put away his handgun and instantly drew a dagger.

Before Wang Minglong could even react, Li Yang clamped a hand over his entire face.

The next second, Li Yang thrust his hand into Wang Minglong's mouth, gripped his tongue, and with a swift sweep of the dagger, cleanly severed it.

"Agh..."

A blood-curdling scream echoed through the bedroom. Wang Minglong stared in sheer terror at the tongue lying on the floor. His mouth gushing blood, eyes wide and bulging out of his skull, he glared at Lin Fan, completely out of his mind with shock.

In his wildest dreams, he never expected Lin Fan to actually cut out his tongue.

Li Yang stood quietly beside him, still holding the dagger.

Even more eerily, the blade was completely stainless, devoid of any blood.

Wang Minglong wanted to feign unconsciousness, but Lin Fan landed another stealth blow on him, forcing him to remain seated on the floor, looking up with pleading eyes.

After all, he would never be able to speak again.

At this moment, he was genuinely terrified. Tears welled up in his eyes, his complexion was deathly pale, and his face was twisted in horror.

The blood pouring from his mouth had already soaked his chest, making him look exceptionally gruesome.

After a long moment, Lin Fan let out a cold snort. "Serves you right! Let's see how you instigate people from now on!"

"You should count yourself lucky that you didn't offend Young Master Zhou. If it were him, given his temper, your limbs would have been hacked off and you'd be a cripple by now. I only cut out your tongue; I've already been very merciful."

"When your old man gets here, tell him that if he wants to exact revenge on me, I'll accompany him to the very end—it's just a matter of whether he has the life to play this game with me until the finish."

"However, given his temper, he will likely stop at nothing to get rid of me. Even if I kill you, you still have an older brother above you..." He directed these last words to Li Yang.

This was a silent cue for Li Yang to keep an eye on whether Wang Yu would send assassins after him.

From his earlier conversation with Wang Yu, it was not hard to see that Wang Yu was a domineering and arrogant man who gave Lin Fan zero room for negotiation, demanding two billion right off the bat, clearly treating him like a dog.

Therefore, Lin Fan simply spoke his mind.

Afterward, Lin Fan glanced at Huang Lingxi, who was still unconscious on the bed, gave a subtle hand gesture, picked up her phone from the nightstand, and walked out of the bedroom.

He had no desire to let Huang Lingxi witness such a horrific scene.

What if it scared her out of her wits and she failed to issue the statement later?

Understanding the hint, Li Yang wrapped Huang Lingxi in a blanket, picked her up from the bed, and followed Lin Fan down to the first-floor living room.

Then, Li Yang grabbed the back of Huang Lingxi's neck and forcibly pinched her awake.

Catching sight of the dagger in Li Yang's hand, Huang Lingxi was frightened out of her wits and collapsed onto her knees before Lin Fan with a thud.

"Director Lin, please don't kill me! I... I was forced by Young Master Ming as well! He coerced me into writing that hit piece to slander you and Lin Mu, it had nothing to do with me."

"All you have to do now is issue a clarification statement stating that you were coerced by Wang Minglong, and I'll spare your life! Furthermore, I'm taking back the luxury villa I gifted you earlier!"

Lin Fan looked down at the green tea bitch with utter disdain, gritting his teeth as he issued the command.

The mere thought of spending three hundred million to buy a luxury mansion for this woman made him want to slap himself across the face.

Had he known better, he never would have chosen her as his counterattack target.

Otherwise, none of this would have happened.

It truly proved the old saying: beauty is a curse!

"No problem at all. I couldn't afford to live in that luxury mansion anyway, I'll return it to you. I'll post it on Weibo immediately. As long as you spare my life, I'll do whatever you want!"

With that, Huang Lingxi kowtowed to him repeatedly to beg for mercy.

After pondering for a moment, Lin Fan dictated the clarification statement. Huang Lingxi typed it out on Weibo word for word, and once Lin Fan confirmed there were no errors, she hit send on the clarification.

Seeing how compliant she was, Lin Fan didn't wish to bicker with her any further; she was, after all, merely a girl corrupted by money.

Once all of this was settled last night, Lin Fan took Li Yang and left the villa district.

After getting into the car, Lin Fan sent a message to Zhou Jiayi, asking him to help reclaim the three-hundred-million-yuan luxury mansion under Huang Lingxi's name.

Zhou Jiayi replied shortly after, promising to have the Tang family return the full three hundred million to his account without a single penny missing.

The previous night, Zhou Jiayi had visited both the Tang and Yang families successively, and the heads of both households had shown him enough respect to declare they would no longer hold a grudge against Lin Fan.

After all, the entire incident had been instigated by Wang Minglong manipulating Tang Shengwei. Combined with Su Yanmo's extensive PR strategies, both families ultimately recognized Wang Minglong as the real mastermind.

In reality, however, Lin Fan had learned from Su Yanmo that both families had indeed been involved in the exposure event the previous night.

Even so, he had already achieved what he wanted: Tang Shengwei's hand had been broken by Wang Minglong, and he had successfully secured Lin Mu's contract from Galaxy Entertainment.

With Zhou Jiayi stepping in personally, both sides took a step back to let the matter rest.

Only then did Lin Fan proceed to Huayi Media in high spirits.

The headquarters of Huayi Media was located in Capital City.

Upon arriving at the Huayi Media headquarters building, Chairman Wang Xiaojun personally opened the door to welcome him.

Three months ago, Lin Fan would never have imagined experiencing such a glorious moment in his lifetime—being greeted at the door by an entertainment mogul in Capital City.

Of course, after these past three months, his state of mind had undergone a drastic transformation, growing somewhat ambitious.

Even when facing an entertainment industry titan like Wang Xiaojun, he could remain entirely calm and composed.

Aside from punishing Wang Minglong, his primary purpose for making this special trip to Capital City was to negotiate the establishment of a music company, finalize plans for the sequel to the *Detective Dee* film series, and handle other vital matters.

He would likely be staying in Capital City for a few days.

This was also his first time in Capital City, so naturally, he intended to do some sightseeing.

That very day, following their negotiations, Huayi Media officially announced the establishment of Huayi Music Company, with Lin Mu logically becoming its very first signed artist.

Furthermore, Huayi Music Company would forge a strategic partnership with Starlight Entertainment.

Throughout the day, Huayi Media continuously released various favorable news announcements, causing Huayi Media's stock price to surge steadily.

On the other hand, over at Brilliance Media, following the reversal of yesterday's scandal and a relentless wave of dark secrets exposed online by various internet users, their stock price plummeted.

At two o'clock in the afternoon.

Inside a private hospital in Capital City, a broad-shouldered, square-faced middle-aged man stared with rage at Wang Minglong lying in the bed. He trembled all over with fury, and the doctors present in the ward could vividly feel the intense, murderous aura radiating from him.

Just moments earlier, the attending physician had informed him that because Wang Minglong was brought in far too late, his severed tongue had already necroticized and could no longer be saved.

More importantly, Wang Minglong's tongue had been severed right at the base of the throat. This meant that not only would he never be able to speak again, but every single time he swallowed food or water in the future, it would cause him excruciating pain.

Gazing at his son, who had now been reduced to a mute, Wang Yu nearly bit through his own lips.