All Chapters of The Heir They Underestimated : Chapter 61
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Chapter 61: The Next Test
Alex arrived at the board meeting at 8:55 AM. Five minutes to spare. He'd thrown on a suit. Barely combed his hair. Looked exhausted. But he was there. The board room was full. All twelve members. Plus Marcus. Plus three lawyers. External counsel. This was serious. Alex took his seat. Harrison stood immediately. "Let's begin. We're here to vote on removing Alexander Chen from succession consideration. Grounds: reckless behavior, poor judgment, creating liability for Chen Global." "I'd like to speak first," Alex said. "You'll speak when invited." Marcus slammed his hand on the table. "He'll speak now. Or I adjourn this meeting and we never reconvene. Your choice, Harrison."
Chapter 62: The Startup Scene
Alex spent the next week preparing for Yamamoto's visit. Coordinating with Victor. Briefing Marcus. Managing board concerns. But he also studied New Meridian. Researched Franklin Zhao. Reviewed Chen Global's banking operations. Identified vulnerabilities. The banking division was a mess. Loans to shell companies. Suspicious transactions. Regulatory warnings ignored. Franklin Zhao had been running it for eight years. Either incompetent or corrupt. Hard to tell which was worse. Alex called him directly. "Franklin Zhao." "Mr. Zhao. This is Alexander Chen. We need to talk." Silence. Then: "About?" "About New Meridian. About Chen Global Banking. About your future with the company."<
Chapter 63: The Code (New Meridian)
New Meridian was different from the moment Alex landed. Everything looked expensive. Polished. Clean. Artificial. The city of money. Old money. Political money. Where laws were made. Regulations written. Power concentrated. Alex's car drove through downtown. Past banks. Investment firms. Law offices. Every building full of people making decisions that affected millions. None of them elected. None of them accountable. Just powerful. Chen Global's banking headquarters was a forty-story tower. Glass and steel. Modern. Intimidating. Alex walked in wearing a suit. Not undercover this time. No hiding. No pretending. He was Alexander Chen. Openly. Obviously.
Chapter 64: The Saboteur
Alex spent his first week in New Meridian buried in documents. Financial records. Transaction logs. Email trails. Building a case against Franklin. He assembled a team. External auditors. Independent investigators. People Franklin didn't control. The evidence mounted quickly. Loans to connected parties: Thirty instances in two years. Below-market rates costing Chen Global millions in lost revenue. Suspicious offshore transfers: Fifty-seven transactions. Money flowing to Cayman Islands. British Virgin Islands. Untraceable destinations. Regulatory violations: Multiple instances of late reporting. Incomplete disclosures. Technical non-compliance. Individually, each was explainable. Defensible.<
Chapter 65: The Exposure
Sunday morning, Alex woke to his phone exploding. Fifty missed calls. Hundred texts. All urgent. He opened the first one. From Marcus. "Call me. IMMEDIATELY. Emergency." Alex called. Marcus answered before the first ring finished. "Where are you?" "Hotel in New Meridian. Why?" "Check the news. Now." Alex opened his laptop. Pulled up news sites. Froze. The headline was everywhere. "CHEN HEIR'S SECRET INVESTIGATION: Is Alexander Chen Abusing Power?" Below it, detailed article. Exposing his investigation into Franklin Zhao. The audit team. The evidence gathering. But twisted. Made to look like
Chapter 66: The First Dragon
Alex met Victor at 6 AM Monday. Location: Abandoned warehouse on the edge of New Meridian. Industrial district. No surveillance. No witnesses. Victor was already there. Laptop open. Files spread across a makeshift table. "You're punctual. Good." "You said you have evidence against Al-Rahman." "Twenty years worth. But first, understand what you're dealing with." Victor pulled up organizational charts. "Al-Rahman Dynasty. Founded 1847. Originally Ottoman real estate holders. Expanded globally. Now control: property development, infrastructure, construction, urban planning. Own partial stakes in thirty-seven major cities. Buildings. Roads. Utilities. Everything." "How is that legal?" "It's not. Not entirely. But they operate through hundreds of shell compani
Chapter 67: The Trap (Tech Edition)
Alex put the phone on speaker. Recorded the conversation. "Talk about what?" "About the lies you've published. About the damage you've caused. About the consequences you'll face." "Those aren't lies. Those are documented facts. Property fraud. Money laundering. Political corruption. All proven." Khalid laughed. Cold. Calculated. "You're young. Naive. You think exposing corruption means anything? You think the world cares?" "Millions of people are reading those articles right now. Yes, they care." "They'll forget. By next week. By next month. Another scandal will emerge. Media cycles move on. But consequences? Consequences last forever." "Is that a threat?" "It's reality. You've made an enemy of my family. My father. My brothers. We do
Chapter 68: The Investment
Alex spent his first week as heir-apparent restructuring Chen Global. New policies. New oversight. New standards. Every division audited. Every executive reviewed. Every operation scrutinized. No more corruption. No more shortcuts. No more looking away. The board was nervous. "You're moving too fast," Harrison warned. "Change this aggressive creates instability." "Stability built on corruption isn't stability. It's a time bomb. I'm defusing it." Helen supported him cautiously. "I agree with the direction. But Alex, twenty percent turnover in two weeks? That's unprecedented. People are scared." "Good. Fear of consequences prevents future corruption. That's the point." By Friday, Alex had replaced thirty-seven executives. Promoted young
Chapter 69: Melissa's Desperation
Melissa Rodriguez sat in her studio apartment. Cramped. Cheap. Depressing. She'd been living here for six months. Since the counter-articles destroyed her credibility. Since Sterling's fake documentary was exposed. Since the world learned she was just bitter. Not credible. Her phone never rang anymore. Friends stopped calling. Invitations dried up. Opportunities vanished. All because she'd tried to expose Alex Chen. And failed. Spectacularly. She scrolled through social media. Alex's announcement about the Clean Water Initiative dominated her feed. Photos of him at press conferences. Meetings with world leaders. Changing the world. While she struggled to pay rent.
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Chapter 70: The Public Launch
Alex spent Tuesday coordinating the water initiative launch. Press conferences in five countries simultaneously. Africa. India. Southeast Asia. South America. Middle East. All showing AquaTech systems being deployed. Local communities gathering. Seeing clean water flow for the first time. Children drinking. Families celebrating. Hope visible on every face. The images were powerful. Genuine. Unscripted. Real. Media coverage was overwhelmingly positive. "Chen Global delivers on clean water promise" "First thousand systems deployed in Kenya" "Communities transformed overnight by water access" Even skeptics admitted it was impressive. "Whatever else you say about Alexander Chen, he's actually doi