Chapter 49
Huanyu Environmental Protection has steadily advanced this project, making the false reports self-defeating. However, there is one point that still makes some people doubt:
Li Tingqin has been in Country A for almost three months and has not returned yet. Logically speaking, even if Li's wants to expand overseas markets, Li Tingqin needs to go abroad to handle some things, but Li's foundation is still in China, and there is no need for him to be there all the time. He can just send an excellent executive to take full charge.
Mr. Li is still in Country A. What is he doing? I haven't heard of any achievements made by the Li family in Country A.
Could it be that this report really has some truth to it? And it is not just groundless rumors?
At this time, Li Tingqin was about to arrive and was listening to Secretary Xu and the factory manager's report in the "factory".
The factory manager said: "Last night, we found two groups of people trying to sneak in, but because they were all on the periphery, they probably didn't find anything specific, so we deliberately didn't catch up with them and let them run away."
He explained: "I was mainly concerned about this. If we catch them, we will have to call the police. Once the police come to the factory to check the situation, we will be hindered."
Secretary Xu added, "Although these two groups of people have escaped, the noise they made will not go unnoticed. Even if we don't catch them, if we don't call the police, I'm afraid it will still arouse suspicion."
Li Tingqin said: "The parts of those machines should have been processed almost completely, right?" Because he had asked to speed up the progress before, and the research was now coming to an end, some of the machines used in the research were quietly disposed of every day as each part was completed.
Secretary Xu said, "There are mainly only research materials left here, and there are still some traces that need to be covered up and finished, but if a large number of staff leave, it may attract attention."
Li Tingqin said: "We can move another research project of ours here, and the researchers and engineers here will be replaced in batches with the personnel from the other project."
Secretary Xu frowned and said, "But the project we independently developed is also very important and needs to be kept confidential. Is it worth it for this?"
Li Tingqin's attitude was very decisive. He said, "Since they want to investigate, we have to find something real. Otherwise, they won't give up. After you evacuate, if anyone tries to break in again, call the police."
The data in the laboratory were backed up in multiple hard disks and divided into several parts for the returnees to carry. They first took a bus to different cities, and then returned to China from different airports with the data...
Seeing that the number of people related to this project in the factory was decreasing, Secretary Xu asked, "Mr. Li, why don't you return home now? Although everything has been arranged, there will still be some risks."
"I'll leave last. If I leave first, I'm afraid I won't be able to control these people." Li Tingqin held the railing and looked down at the factory. The factory had been replaced by another project team. "Besides, everything here is legal now. What's there to be afraid of?"
Secretary Xu said, "Okay."
He took out the semi-automatic pistol he had prepared, handed it to Li Tingqin and said, "Then please be careful."
The gun was small and portable. Li Tingqin took it in his hand and played with it for a while. He said, "I haven't practiced shooting for a long time. I hope I'm not unfamiliar with it."
These days, people who were squatting near the factory could still see that people were still coming to work as usual. The flow of people in the factory did not seem to decrease. They could see a few familiar faces every day, and the staff did not seem to have changed. In addition, Li Tingqin and his team had not left yet, so they gradually relaxed their vigilance.
But after a few days, they seemed to have discovered something was wrong. How come these people started to look unfamiliar day by day? In the end, they couldn't even find a single person they knew?
Because the laboratory is hidden in the factory, there is a large flow of people working in the factory, and these people cannot track them one by one, so they can only test the situation around them. Now it took several days to find out the problem. They immediately picked out a few people who were more concerned and tried to find their whereabouts, but after asking the people around them, they found that these people had not returned home for one or two days, or two or three days?
It seems like something big has gone wrong!
That night, several "drunks" broke into the factory. Although they were caught on the spot, they continued to make noise, as if they thought the situation was not big enough.
Secretary Xu received a report from the factory manager and looked up at Li Tingqin and said, "Here I am."
Li Tingqin looked at his watch. It was one in the morning. This was really unhealthy. He said, "Let's go."
They soon arrived at the factory. Several "drunkards" were subdued by security guards and pressed to the ground. They kept cursing. When they saw the Chinese faces of Li Tingqin and his group, they cursed even more: "Oh! This is actually a Chinese factory. You Chinese are ****..."
When Li Tingqin heard these words, his expression did not change. He slowly took out his gun and fired two shots into the air.
The drunk was stunned for a moment, then started again: "FUCK!****..." According to the employer's instructions, he didn't believe that this Chinese man would dare to call the police, nor did he believe that he would shoot him on the spot. If he disappeared here, more people would come to investigate. Moreover, this impatient Chinese man fired impulsively, and the gunshots at night would only attract more attention.
Li Tingqin directly stuffed the hot muzzle of the gun into his mouth, blocking his mouth, and said: "Call the police."
The drunk man didn't know what Li Tingqin said in Chinese, but he saw the secretary next to him dial the phone and heard him start to call the police.
How is this possible?! Did the damn employer cheat him?
Li Tingqin casually pulled a chair and sat down in front of these people, saying calmly: "Please ask the lawyers to work overtime tonight. Some companies in Country A have been trying to spy on the Li family's business secrets. We need to protect our rights."
I don't know if some consortium had informed the police, but they came very quickly. As soon as they came in, someone seemed to start asking about the situation of these "drunkards", but the others didn't seem to be paying attention to this. Instead, they glanced around and began to ask the factory manager about some specific circumstances of the factory.
The factory manager was evasive and unwilling to give a direct answer. Seeing this, the police from Country A began to question him more harshly.
Li Tingqin said at the right time: "I'm sorry, this factory project involves our company's commercial secrets, so I can't tell you."
The more they tried to cover up, the more certain the police became, so they said, "According to the alarm information our operator received today, we suspect this factory is conducting some illegal research. Please come with us."
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Back home, Gu Chen found that he could not contact Li Tingqin. Thinking of the situation that Li Tingqin had mentioned to him before, he was not too anxious.
Uncle Deng came to deliver the news and said, "Mr. Gu, don't worry. The current situation is all in the eldest master's plan."
"I understand." Gu Chen nodded and chose to believe President Li.
Seeing that Gu Chen was so calm, Uncle Deng didn't know what his current mood was, so he changed the subject and said, "However, the Yiyuan area has been renovated, and the young master is unable to inspect it for the time being. How about you go over and inspect it to see if there is anything that needs to be adjusted?" As the young master said, finding something else for Mr. Gu to do might help him stop worrying so much.
Gu Chen raised his eyebrows and asked, "100 million yuan?"
Uncle Deng explained: "Oh, this is the young master's main residence in H City. It is now called Yi Garden, which means casual, affectionate, and wishful..."
Gu Chen said, "This name has a good meaning. Let's go and take a look." After all, he had promised President Li that he would move there when he returned to China.
Now Li Tingqin has arranged to strengthen security. When Gu Chen travels, in addition to the bodyguards in the car, there are two cars secretly following him in front and behind. However, this is just for safety reasons, and what happens abroad will not affect the country.
When arriving at Yi Garden, before entering, Gu Chen saw the wisteria flowers stretching along the wall like a waterfall. President Li had asked him what kind of flowers he liked, and a photo he took at the time turned out to be here.
The garden was designed by a top domestic landscape designer, and I am now accompanying him to brief him on the renovation.
Walking in, you can see a different scene with every step. There is indeed a large pond expanded by Mr. Li, in which lotus flowers are planted. At this time, the small lotus leaves are just beginning to show their tips, and with the small bridge and flowing water, it is full of interest. It is indeed as Mr. Li said, this place is almost like living in the mountains.
While looking at it, Gu Chen discussed the areas for fine-tuning with the designer, ignoring the fact that Mr. Li was not there. It felt like he was decorating a new house after marriage.
The Yi Garden was so huge that Gu Chen walked around and looked at it for a while before feeling tired. He sat down to drink tea with the designer and then slowly discussed the matter.
During this time, Li Jiashu called him and said, "Sister-in-law, I really didn't mean to bother you this time. Second uncle's 80th birthday is in half a month, and we all have to go, but I didn't get through to my brother. Alas, I guess he's flying in the sky again. So I had to call you to remind you of this matter. If my brother is too busy to return to the country, you will be the only one to attend."
Gu Chen said: "Your brother should be back in half a month."
Li Jiashu said, "That's good. The second room said they couldn't contact Assistant Chen about the invitation letter, and they didn't know you were staying at the annex, so they sent it to the group's board of directors. Should I ask the group to send it directly to the annex? Or what?"
Gu Chen didn't take it too seriously and said casually, "I'm still in the city now. I'll go to the group and bring it back when I'm done."
Li Jiashu was surprised and said, "Sister-in-law, you went into the city without telling me! Let's go eat hot pot later..."
"Jiashu, my sister-in-law has something to do." Then Gu Chen hung up the phone.
"......right." Li Jiashu listened to the beeping sound, "......"
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