Chapter 22

Back at the Leguang Building, the two parted ways on the first floor. Wang Du went back to his office to attend to his own business. Li Ye went down to the underground parking garage, put his suitcase in his car, and then went to the conference room on the twenty-first floor.

Upon entering, she immediately noticed several large boxes neatly arranged in the corner closest to the door.

"Attorney Li, all the documents have been stamped and sent out." Jiang Yu greeted Li Ye as he entered.

Li Ye glanced around and saw that it was almost time to leave work, but the conference room was still full of people. Some were typing, some were looking at materials carefully, and some were talking quietly.

"Jiang Yu, Xiao Jin, you two come with me to put these materials back at the station. Jiang Yu, did you drive?"

"It's open, Li Lu."

“Okay, Lawyer Li.”

Jin Haifeng was sitting very close to the door. When he heard Li Ye call his name, he was overjoyed and quickly responded.

"Wait a moment, wait a moment, Li Lu, Jiang Lu, I'm going to get something."

The two thought he had gone to get something, but good heavens, Jin Haifeng came back with a small cart.

"You're quite something, kid. No wonder you're a lawyer," Jiang Yu said with a smile.

"Jiang Lu, I've had my eye on this luxury car for a long time, and I've been waiting for this day!"

It turned out that Jin Haifeng had long spotted the small cart belonging to the Renleguang administration department and had been thinking about borrowing it when he moved basic documents.

The group stacked all the boxes on the trolley. Jin Haifeng was in charge of pushing the trolley, while Li Ye and Jiang Yu each took one side to keep the boxes and the trolley stable.

To Li Ye's surprise, the two of them started panting heavily after walking only a short distance, looking very tired.

"Don't young people these days exercise?" Li Ye asked.

“Attorney Li, you’ve probably forgotten that young people these days are in their prime, working for you every day. Where would they find the time to exercise?” Jiang Yu snorted and said irritably.

Li Ye shook his head, and the three of them continued walking out.

To be honest, Leguang Group is a large company with many lawyers coming and going, but Leguang's employees had never seen anything like this before. Many people stopped what they were doing and stared at them.

"Hey, Li Lu, what are you doing? Do you need any help?"

Li Ye looked up and saw Zhang Gang leaning against his office door, smiling at them.

"Ah, Mr. Zhang, thank you so much, but no need. We're just moving some things, basic documents. We're just born to be laborers," Li Ye said with a smile.

"Jiang Lu, Jin Lu, you two... are you alright?" Seeing that Jin Haifeng and Jiang Yu were panting, Zhang Gang continued to ask.

"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Zhang. No problem, we can handle it." Jin Haifeng replied before Jiang Yu could answer.

Li Ye thought to himself, "As expected of the chief legal officer of a large corporation, he's already become familiar with such junior lawyers under me in just a few days."

"Alright, then Li Lu, you can continue with your work. Let me know if you need anything." With that, he turned and went into his office.

Although Li Ye's car was not small, there wasn't much space left after putting two huge suitcases in, so she arranged for the suitcases to be placed in Jiang Yu's car.

Jiang Yu, this girl, is small but shrewd. When it came time to buy a car, she insisted on getting a big Jeep. At 1.6 meters tall, sitting in the Jeep felt like she was driving an adult's car. Li Ye suggested she buy a Mini Cooper, saying it was stylish, had a British retro feel, wasn't too expensive, and most importantly, was cute.

She rolled her eyes at Li Ye, thinking, "I just want a big Jeep! I won't buy anything but a big Jeep!" Then she looked at Li Ye's long legs and said, "Lawyer Li, I think you're the one who wants it, right? It's just that your legs are too long to fit in!"

And so, they bought a big Jeep. Perfect timing, it came in handy today. Even so, carrying those huge boxes of documents took a lot of effort for the three of them, and they finally managed to get them all into Li Ye's office, drenched in sweat and completely exhausted.

"Jiang Yu, please empty the documents from your suitcases and put them in the cardboard box for filing. I have some things to do, so I won't be coming up later. Oh, by the way, the new cardboard box is on the lower shelf of the cabinet to the right of my bookshelf."

After dragging a suitcase into the office, Li Ye spoke to the two of them. The cardboard box was something capital markets lawyers used to carry documents; she always kept it in her office.

"Okay, Lawyer Li, see you tomorrow."

See you tomorrow.

Li Ye drove straight home, took a shower, turned on his computer, and pulled up the final version of the legal report that had just been completed that day. He planned to take the opportunity to read and revise it all at once, and try to send it to Jiang Yu before noon so that she could give it to Wang Du as soon as she got to work the next day.

Although Li Ye really wanted to give it to Zhang Gang directly, which would save a lot of time, she knew that her reason for having this thought was entirely because of Xu Wanyi. Because of Wanyi's presence, she felt deep down that Leguang Group wasn't an outsider, which led her to have this idea that went against industry norms.

At work, Li Ye was extremely rational; she knew this was just wishful thinking on her part. Since Wang Du was the person in charge of connecting her team with Leguang Group, she absolutely couldn't bypass him, not to mention that she had already made Wang Du work like a slave for the past two days.

She quickly got into the zone, and the final report was four hundred pages long. Skipping over nonsense like historical background, internal structure, and social responsibility, the truly useful chapters were about three hundred pages long. Li Ye had seen reports where half of the history took up the entire document, which was a disgrace to the legal profession!

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Learning from Zhang Gang's experience, she had many extra worries about the report. So she revised it repeatedly, even spending a long time picking out some wording. It wasn't until four o'clock the next morning that she finally got a final version that satisfied her.

After reviewing it one last time, she opened the email and said, "Jiang Yu, please check it again. If there are no problems, send it to Wang Du and copy Chairman Xu and General Manager Zhang."

Next, I uploaded the report as an attachment and clicked send. Time for bed!

She slept straight through until 4 p.m., a full eight hours, without even being woken by her alarm clock. The stamping work of the previous two days and the overtime work last night had indeed been exhausting and mentally taxing; she was truly working herself to the bone.

Looking at the time, Li Ye decided not to go to the office or to Le Guang today. So he got up, took a shower, made himself a cup of coffee, sipped his coffee, and stared blankly at the birds in the big tree outside the window for a while, when he suddenly remembered that his phone was still in airplane mode.

He quickly went back inside, picked up the phone, and switched it back to normal mode. The phone kept ringing, and then Jiang Yu called.

"Hey, Jiang Yu, what's up?" Li Ye took a sip of coffee.

"Li Lu, why haven't you answered your phone? I was so worried! I've been looking for you."

"Huh? What happened? Who's looking for me?" Li Ye couldn't believe something serious could have happened.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yu realized it made sense. Although many people had come to her, she wondered who exactly was looking for Attorney Li.

"President Zhang, President Zhang Gang! They've asked me dozens of times this afternoon. According to Wang Du, he went to Chairman Xu's office this morning and has been acting crazy ever since he came back. He looks unfriendly, like something bad is going on."

Li Ye pondered, "I didn't change the valuation section either, so what else could they want from me?"

"Did you revise the valuation section?" Li Ye asked.

"No, it's written exactly as it was written. Not a single word has been changed." Jiang Yu pointed to the sky, almost swearing to the heavens, but then suddenly remembered that Li Ye couldn't see it either, so she reluctantly withdrew her finger.

"Hmm, if it's not this, then what could it be?" Li Ye said softly, as if asking Jiang Yu, or as if talking to himself.

He started looking for me as soon as he came out of Wanyi's office. "Slap!" Li Ye slapped his thigh. Zhang Gang's sensitivity was indeed very high; he could guess it even like that.

But isn't Miss a little too hasty? She posted it at dawn and then had a talk with someone in the morning. Isn't she deliberately making things difficult for me?

Xu Wanyi thought to herself, "Indeed, if I don't let you wear it, who will? I can't control you, but I can get my subordinates to control you."

Of course, this was just something Miss Xu did on a whim. The most important reason was that Chairman Xu believed such an event needed to happen at this time, to stir up a ripple on the calm waters. There's no smoke without fire, so let's use Li Ye to create that ripple.

After all these years, and after all the torment she's caused me, it's time for her to pay some interest.

Jiang Yu is also a workaholic. The first thing she does when she gets up is to check her phone for messages. When she found that Li Lu had sent her the final draft of the report at four in the morning, she didn't even get out of bed. She sat on the bed, turned on her computer, and reviewed the report again. She had read the report countless times. This time, the focus was on the chapters and paragraphs that Li Ye had adjusted.

After reading it, she immediately wrote an email and sent it to Wang Du, copying Xu Wanyi, Zhang Gang, and Li Ye. Looking at the time, it was already nine in the morning! She had unknowingly sat on her bed for almost three hours. "Attorney Li, give me a raise!"

Fortunately, even though she was stationed at Leguang, she didn't have to clock in or out. She saw Leguang's employees rushing into the elevator every day for just three to five minutes, not even having time to put away their half-eaten jianbing guozi.

Jiang Yu felt that it was too inelegant and too undignified, and secretly vowed that she would never find a job where she had to clock in and out!

Xu Wanyi saw the email as soon as she arrived at work. Normally, she wouldn't bother with these kinds of emails. There were too many of them; her subordinates would handle them first, then report the key points to her, and only then would she look at the relevant materials.

But this time was different. Li Ye had already told her about the trickery involved, and she had indeed waited this long for this opportunity. Now, she simply downloaded the report and started reading it.

The historical development is simple and clear, which is good; the organizational structure is presented in several diagrams, which is good; equity analysis, asset analysis, debt analysis, um, finally we've reached the valuation stage.

Based on the preceding analysis, she carefully reviewed the valuation analyses of several target companies, which were relatively fair. At this point, when she looked at the western wind power company again, something seemed increasingly off.

However, if Li Ye hadn't told her in advance, she really wouldn't have been able to see any major problems. Over the years, she had been focused on the pharmaceutical industry, and was a complete novice in the field of new energy.

As the saying goes, "every profession has its own secrets," and when she searched on Baidu, she found that wind power companies did indeed have this valuation, and some even had higher valuations; furthermore, she found contracts to support every single indicator and data point. It was practically flawless.

Now that we've figured things out, we should invite Zhang Gang over for tea.

She dialed the phone: "Feng Jing, have Zhang Gang come to my office."

"Okay, Mr. Xu."

Zhang Gang had just opened the report, moved the mouse to the valuation section, and scrolled up and down. Seeing that Li Ye hadn't made any changes, he breathed a sigh of relief, stretched his legs, took a sip of tea, and then received a call from Feng Jing.

"Mr. Zhang, the chairman wants you to go to her office."

Zhang Gang frowned. Had something happened? He didn't think about the report at all. He sent so many emails to his boss every day, and these were just to let her know what had happened. This report was still in its early stages, and the chairman was unlikely to see it.

Besides, it's only nine o'clock. Even if she's very diligent, she wouldn't be reading reports as soon as she gets up, would she?

However, if they really come to him because of this report, then it means the problem is very serious! Zhang Gang has been the legal director of Leguang Group for so many years, and he also worked in government agencies in his early years. He is very politically sensitive.

He put down the phone, put on his coat, went down to the first floor, and then took the elevator to the forty-ninth floor. As soon as the receptionist saw him, she opened the door immediately.

Good morning, Mr. Zhang!

"morning!"

He didn't have time for pleasantries and jogged over to Xu Wanyi's office.

"Mr. Zhang, the chairman is waiting for you inside. Please go in directly."

Before he could speak, Feng Jing stood up as soon as he saw him and took the initiative to speak.

He didn't stand on ceremony and pushed open the door to go inside.

"Chairman, is there something you need from me?"

"Mr. Zhang, you're here. Please have a seat. Have you read the report?" Xu Wanyi didn't even look up.

"I've seen it." Zhang Gang thought to himself that he was glad he had seen the previous version, otherwise he would be completely clueless when asked.

"I've read this report on the new energy industry. You know I don't know much about this industry, so I'd like to ask you for advice."

The chairman's first words were about this report, which initially startled him, but when he heard her say that she didn't quite understand it, he felt relieved.

"Ah, okay, Chairman, if there's anything you don't understand, just ask me, and I'll do my best to explain it to you."

"Could you give me a brief overview of the new energy industry first?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Gang thought it was too simple. Although Leguang's main business wasn't new energy before, he had started learning about the industry last year to align with the group's strategic development. Now, even if he wasn't an expert, he was quite knowledgeable. So, he gave Xu Wanyi a detailed introduction to the situation of China's new energy industry and the status of companies in the sector.

After listening to Zhang Gang's introduction, Xu Wanyi found that he had been vague about the key data and had only mentioned the market share of each company in passing.

"Well, according to Mr. Zhang's introduction, the companies we intend to acquire are all excellent, and the valuations are fair. Is that correct for me?"

"Yes, Chairman, the companies we want to buy are industry leaders in their respective technological fields; in terms of development potential, they are absolutely top-notch, even surpassing the industry leaders."

After hearing this, Xu Wanyi asked directly, "Isn't it a bit too expensive?"

This is a sensitive issue. The appraisers haven't even given a valuation yet, so Zhang Gang can't definitively say whether it's expensive or not. "Chairman, this isn't the final valuation report, but it's a preliminary valuation given by the lawyers based on the asset situation. I think it's more reliable than having the appraisers do it directly."

"So you think the valuations of these companies are fine."

Xu Wanyi's tone turned cold, and Zhang Gang shuddered upon hearing it.

"Mr. Zhang, you didn't seem to go into detail about the proportion of wind power in Northwest China just now. Do you think a rising star like us has such a large production capacity?"

Seeing that Zhang Gang was determined to make her bang her head against the wall, Xu Wanyi stopped beating around the bush.

"Uh, the chairman is right. Let me take another look. If there's anything unreasonable, I'll have the lawyer adjust it immediately." Zhang Gang broke out in a cold sweat, but managed to remain calm on his face.

"Okay, then go back and have a good talk with a lawyer to see how to make adjustments."

Xu Wanyi rudely kicked them out.

After coming out, Zhang Gang wiped the sweat from his brow. He thought to himself:

"Where exactly did things go wrong? How did the chairman suddenly become so knowledgeable? And how did he manage to pinpoint these key points so accurately from so much information in such a short time?"

It's important to understand that when people look back on things that have already happened, they often seem quite simple. But when you're walking down the street and encountering unfamiliar things for the first time, even the simplest things won't seem simple; instead, it's easy to get lost among the myriad paths.

Zhang Gang was completely baffled. When he returned to the 21st floor, he saw Jiang Yu and one of their employees walking out of the conference room, chatting and laughing. Suddenly, it all made sense!

Li Ye, you bastard, how dare you betray me! Then don't blame me for being impolite.