The lingering warmth of the press conference had not yet faded when the quantum-encrypted phone on Guan Yao's desk rang abruptly.
A silver-masked figure materialized in the holographic projection, their voice mechanically altered and laced with threat: "President Guan, the evaluation model for the Forbes wealth ranking holds quite a bit of flexible wiggle room."
The caller's fingertips swiped across the virtual screen, and a forged equity structure diagram flickered in the air. "For just eighty million dollars, you can still maintain the perfect persona of an uncorrupted scientist."
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