While Tong Zhao and Shan Song were enjoying their honeymoon on the island, things weren't so easy for the others outside. Before leaving, Shan Song had arranged everything he could.
The assistants previously placed by Zhou Muyuan's side, the financial director, and the product director who was turned away to teach Zhou Xinlin how to invest all resigned and went to Shan's company. A large number of employees followed suit and resigned as well.
Although it didn't seem to have much impact on the stock price on the surface, this behavior was enough to infuriate Zhou Muyuan. He cursed Shan Song and the Qin family's good-for-nothing who had betrayed them at some unknown time countless times in his heart.
Fortunately, Zhou Xinlin has been visibly capable these days, which makes Zhou Muyuan even more sarcastic. He wants to see who will regret it.
Zhou Muyuan was developing his land business with great enthusiasm. The preliminary work was in full swing. With a five-year usage right, he couldn't wait to generate revenue as soon as possible.
When Zhou Xinlin noticed that Zhou Muyuan was paying less attention to him, his feigned ease vanished, and his face revealed visible anxiety.
Shortly before Shan Song left, he invested a lot more in his previous partners, but now there has been no return on investment. The company's accounts have not been repaid for almost three months. When the financial director was changed, Zhou Xinlin was almost exposed. It was only after repeated discussions with him that the person was kept in check.
He thought it wouldn't matter if there was no return, as long as he could get his principal back. However, when he contacted them, he was told that investors could not withdraw their funds at will. Zhou Xinlin had not systematically studied professional investment and business management knowledge, so he naturally knew nothing. After getting angry, he waited for a while longer after the other party made a firm guarantee.
But now that the agreed time is getting closer, Zhou Xinlin is panicking because he has no extra funds left for other investments.
Clinging to his last hope, he flew to the address left by his previous business partner, only to find it empty. His worst fears had come true, and Zhou Xinlin nearly lost his footing. He roared and ordered people to investigate, only to find even worse news. The business partner he thought had absconded had actually been taken away by the police, and several of his factories and private hospitals had been seized.
Even if Zhou Xinlin was stupid, he would know that everything was over. He rushed back to the company in a daze, only to be met with a barrage of scolding from Zhou Muyuan.
Two police officers stood behind him: "You must be the person in charge. Zhou's medical cooperation businesses are suspected of illegal operations, illegal surrogacy, organ trafficking, extortion, forced transactions, and other illegal and criminal activities. Please cooperate fully with the investigation..."
Zhou Xinlin's ears were ringing. He followed the police for a few steps, then his legs gave way and he collapsed to the ground. His voice trembled as he turned back and called out, "Dad..."
Zhou Muyuan was both anxious and angry, but he still went over to tell him: "You should cooperate with the police first. This must have been done by Shan Song. The lawyer will go with you and we won't let him succeed."
Zhou Xinlin was taken away. Zhou Muyuan dealt with the media who had somehow heard the news, clarifying that the Zhou family had nothing to do with the black industry chain and that they were just accidentally involved and needed to cooperate with the investigation. At the same time, he ordered people to check the list of partners that Shansong had given him. The legal department was busy dealing with the endless court summons.
Watching the stock price plummet, Zhou Muyuan felt his heart bleed, and the company was in a state of panic. After nearly two months of running around trying to salvage the situation, they finally managed to get Zhou Xinlin out of trouble. Although there were still lawsuits to deal with, the Zhou family's stock finally stopped its downward trend and began to recover.
After this incident, Zhou Muyuan thoroughly investigated the company's other businesses and only felt relieved after confirming that Shan Song had not tampered with them again.
Is that all he's got? He thinks the Zhou family can't deal with him just because he's gone abroad? What a joke! He'll definitely get his revenge on the Zhou family from the Shan family.
The Shan family had known about this day for a long time, and Shan Song had also given them advance warning that it would happen in the next few days. Therefore, they were well prepared when they received the suppression and responded in an orderly manner.
Qi Changzhou made a special trip to visit them to reassure them that the Qi family had already taken action and it wouldn't be long before they did.
Sure enough, not long after, the National Natural Resources Supervision Agency issued a notice that the Yunling Municipal Government had been investigated for illegal land approvals, and Zhou Muyuan's land was involved, leading to the suspension of development.
At that time, Zhou Muyuan had just signed a cooperation and investment promotion agreement with the government, and the investment promotion had to be suspended. A large amount of money in the early stage was wasted. Zhou Muyuan was furious, but this was not something he could reverse. The project would be suspended for at least a year and a half, and the losses caused during this period would be incalculable.
Not to mention, Zhou Muyuan has devoted almost all his energy to this place over the past six months.
After calming down, Zhou Muyuan had no choice but to reconsider the company's future development plan. According to his original plan, the focus next year should be on this piece of land, but now it is obviously not possible. Not only is it not possible, but he also has to find a way to minimize the losses.
If they can weather the investigation, there's still a chance to turn things around.
Zhou Muyuan had a good plan, but Shan Song still had many surprises in store for him.
Since Zhou Xinlin was brought back from the police station, he has been resting at home. The position of general manager was filled by a collateral member of the Zhou family, whom Zhou Muyuan reappointed. His abilities were mediocre, and many things still required Zhou Muyuan's personal approval.
So when Zhou Muyuan arrived at the company, he was not surprised to see him waiting at the office door. He was about to go in and wait for him to give his report when he saw the man look around in a panic and whisper, "Chairman, something has happened to the company. There's a problem with the finance department."
"What's wrong?" Zhou Muyuan frowned, somewhat dissatisfied with the way this person panicked at the slightest thing.
"You'll see when you go and take a look."
Zhou Muyuan glanced at him, then turned and went to the finance department.
The atmosphere was very somber when I entered.
Where is the CFO?
One of the managers spoke cautiously: "They resigned three months ago. We hired two more recently, but they left after less than a month. Now, we managers are temporarily filling in."
What's wrong with the accounts?
"...The accounts are fake."
Zhou Muyuan frowned: "What's going on?"
"The materials ordered in the first half of the year need to be delivered today, but the payment hasn't been made. We checked and found that the company's account... is empty."
Zhou Muyuan silently flipped through the accounts, then suddenly burst into a rage, slamming the door shut as he stormed out.
The Zhou family.
When Zhou Muyuan's car arrived at the door, Ruan Qiuju was still puzzled.
"Old Zhou, why are you back at this time—"
A sharp slap interrupted Ruan Qiuju's words. Zhou Muyuan's face was as black as ink. He lowered his head and stared coldly at Ruan Qiuju, who had been slapped to the ground: "Where is Zhou Xinlin?"
Ruan Qiuju was stunned by the beating, even forgetting to cry, and said in a trembling voice, "Xinlin is resting, he was frightened a few days ago—"
"He was scared? I think he's incredibly brave!"
Ruan Qiuju's voice was interrupted again. Zhou Muyuan bypassed her and went straight to Zhou Xinlin's room.
Ruan Qiuju also realized what was happening and hurriedly chased after him: "What's wrong with Xinlin? Don't be angry. He hasn't left the house for the past few days."
"Shut up! He's all the good son you raised!"
Zhou Muyuan angrily dragged Zhou Xinlin off the bed: "What's going on with the company's accounts?!"
"Speak!"
Zhou Xinlin, his eyes filled with fear and hesitation, said, "I...I don't know..."
"You don't know? When you took the money one by one, did you know how I could have given birth to such a spendthrift? Where is the money?" Zhou Muyuan roared, grabbing his neck.
"I...I lost money on my investment."
"You invested such a large sum of money? Enough to empty the company's books?" Zhou Muyuan's eyes were filled with a murderous ruthlessness.
Zhou Xinlin's eyes widened: "I didn't! Father, I only took a little, only two billion. I didn't take it all. How could I dare to empty the coffers? It wasn't me! Someone must be framing me."
Zhou Muyuan narrowed his eyes slightly: "Two billion?"
Zhou Xinlin trembled and said timidly, "Including the previous amount, it definitely doesn't exceed five billion. I really didn't mean it, Father. I thought I would pay it back after I made it, but who knew that the business partner would run into problems..."
Zhou Muyuan's anger surged: "How dare you say that! I went through all the trouble to get you out of this mess, and you turn around and cause me this huge mess."
Turning to Ruan Qiuju, who was crying and shouting beside her, she said, "It's all your fault for spoiling her!"
"It's my fault, Lao Zhou. It has nothing to do with the child. Xinlin is inexperienced. It was all that brat Shansong's scheme. You didn't even notice, did you? You can't blame Xinlin for this."
"No wonder, did Shan Song personally teach him how to take out the money?"
Ruan Qiuju tried to defend her son: "It must have been Shan Song who induced him before. He deliberately let Xinlin embezzle the money, didn't you remember? Xinlin didn't take that much, there must be another reason. We should hurry back to the company and check, maybe it was Shan Song who did it..."
Zhou Muyuan's anger subsided slightly, but he was still furious: "Since he's done it once, how dare he do it again? I think he'll only behave after spending a few days in jail."
“Xinlin will definitely not dare to do it again; he was genuinely frightened this time.” Seeing that his expression had eased, Ruan Qiuju quickly said, “Xinlin, apologize to your father right now!”
Zhou Xinlin quickly followed the steps down, choking back tears as he said, "Father, I'm sorry, I'm not cut out for this. I'll go back to school and continue my studies, and I won't let you worry about me anymore."
Zhou Muyuan glared at the mother and son, then said coldly to Zhou Xinlin, "Come back to the company with me first, and we'll sort out the accounts before we talk about anything else."
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