Chapter 145: Report
Gu Zhiguang threw the glass on the table, and the tea flowed down the table and dripped onto the ground along the corner of the table.
The meeting room was dead silent.
Secretary Xie wanted to stand up and clean up, but was stopped by Gu Zhicheng with a look. He bowed and sat down again.
Gu Zhicheng silently watched the uncle and nephew who had just quarreled, waiting to see what would happen.
"Mr. Gu, I just want you to explain the financial transactions with Shunxin Company. You don't need to be so angry." In contrast to Gu Zhiguang's fury, Gu Ningwei's expression was calm. He glanced at the water stains on the table, took the tissue from the tissue box, and wiped it slowly.
"Gu Ningwei, you need evidence to back up your words," Gu Zhiguang's face flushed. "What evidence do you have to suspect that I'm colluding with Shunxin Company to launder money?"
"Of course there is evidence." Gu Ningwei curled his lips and smiled: "If you don't believe me, ask Jiang Jin."
Gu Zhiguang frowned and stared at him.
"In fact, if Mr. Gu had listened carefully to his report yesterday, you would have understood that Mr. Jiang must have evidence in his hands, and..." He smiled even more innocently: "Mr. Jiang later participated in the negotiations with Shunxin."
"What did his report say? Did he say that Shunxin and I colluded to launder money?" Gu Zhiguang pressed. "Let him come and confront me face to face."
"This may be a bit difficult..." Gu Ningwei looked hesitant.
"He's not here, what are you talking about?" Gu Zhiguang slammed the table.
Gu Ningwei was about to speak when Gu Zhicheng waved his hand, "I think you two should stop arguing. Since Xiao Jiang knows the whole story best, let him come over and explain it clearly. Gu Ningwei, you're being so vague and half-hearted, which is not right either."
He ordered Gu Ningwei, "Send Xiao Jiang over."
"Mr. Jiang is missing." Gu Ningwei paused and spoke slowly.
"ah?"
"What?"
Everyone present, except Gu Zhiguang, was shocked by the news. They looked at each other and whispered, "Missing?
"Disappeared at this critical moment?"
"I wonder if he did it on purpose or is he hiding?"
"It's hard to say..."
Gu Zhicheng frowned as he listened to the discussion. He glanced at Secretary Xie and said, "Call Jiang Jin."
Secretary Xie turned on the speakerphone and called Jiang Jin's number over and over again, but all he could hear was the hollow, robotic female voice replying, "The number you dialed is powered off."
After dialing the number ten times, he stopped and shook his head at Gu Zhicheng.
"What's going on?" Gu Zhicheng looked at Gu Ningwei sternly, "Why can't we contact Jiang Jin?"
Gu Ningwei was silent.
He had just received a message from Han Que, informing him that the possibility of Jiang Jin being involved in a traffic accident had been ruled out. Now the only way to find out where he had gone was to track Jiang Jin's license plate.
But the news was slow to arrive.
Gu Ningwei had a bad feeling.
Gu Zhicheng was silent for a moment, then turned and looked at Gu Zhiguang, who was silent beside him. "What about you? Did you also know that he was missing a long time ago? Why didn't you say anything just now?"
With Gu Zhicheng's shrewdness, he could certainly imagine what Jiang Jin's disappearance meant.
He didn't care about Jiang Jin's personal safety, but Jiang Jin had all the internal information of Chengguang Group in his hands, including those things that he was worried about not being seen in the light. Once these fell into the hands of others, the consequences would undoubtedly cause turbulence in the stock market.
Gu Zhicheng rubbed his temples and closed his eyes. He seemed to see a black swan slowly flying across the sky. Its huge wings blocked the sunlight and the surroundings were dark.
He slowly opened his eyes and said in a heavy voice, "This matter is of great importance. Please take it seriously. No news should be leaked until the matter is clarified."
Everyone nodded. They were all people who had been immersed in the business world for many years, so of course they could think of the consequences.
Gu Zhicheng and Gu Ningwei stared at each other for a moment, then turned to Secretary Xie beside him and whispered in a low voice, "Please contact the Secretary-General for me."
Secretary Xie answered the call and handed the phone to Gu Zhicheng. Gu Zhicheng stood up, opened the door of the conference room and walked out.
Gu Ningwei looked at his back in silence.
Assistant Jin returned to his office.
The doors and windows of the room were closed, the air was stagnant, and the oppression was unbearable. He sat in the chair for a while, leaning forward, his fingers tightly gripping the armrests of the chair, trying his best to suppress the thoughts that kept pouring out of his mind.
Finally, he gritted his teeth, made up his mind, found a key in the pen holder, opened the safe in the corner, and then took out a mobile phone from the depths of the safe. He pressed the button to turn on the phone.
While waiting for the phone to turn on, he hesitated again. When he smelled the familiar aroma of music, he made up his mind, found the phone number in the address book, and dialed it.
The phone was on for a long time and no one answered. Assistant Jin's expression became more and more nervous. He hung up the phone, put down the phone, hesitated for a while, and started dialing the number again.
This time the call was connected, and Assistant Jin breathed a sigh of relief. Before he could say anything, he heard the other party's tone of displeasure: "Why are you calling? Didn't we agree not to contact each other unless it's urgent? lest someone find out, it would be disadvantageous to both you and me."
Assistant Jin's heart suddenly sank, his throat dry. He sighed and said helplessly, "I...I didn't want to contact you, but the situation is urgent now..."
"Tell me, what happened?" the other party interrupted him.
"Jiang Jin is missing and everyone is looking for him now," said Assistant Jin.
"Oh, we know about this. It's no big deal." The other party's tone was calm, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.
"It's nothing serious? Do you know what he has in his hands?" Assistant Jin said anxiously, his voice trembling. "How can it be nothing serious? If he reveals what he has in his hands, we're all doomed..."
"The question is whether he can be exposed..." The other party said contemptuously: "He may not even be able to save his own life now, how can he think of anything else..."
Assistant Jin was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "You mean he's in your hands?"
"Don't ask, it has nothing to do with you." The other party interrupted him and warned: "If you don't want to be involved, don't ask."
Assistant Jin didn't say anything. He was silent, tapping the table lightly with his fingers, making a slight tapping sound.
The other party noticed his uneasiness and softened his tone again, saying soothingly, "In that case, then tell me what else happened? What was the reaction of those two old men after the meeting yesterday?"
"Gu Zhiguang didn't say anything, but he was obviously anxious. I heard him arguing with that kid in the conference room today."
"Of course." The other party was obviously expecting this and asked, "What about Gu Zhicheng? He won't be unresponsive, right?"
"Him?" Assistant Jin snorted. "His attitude is a bit strange. I heard he's not concerned about where the funds are going. Instead, he's blaming his son for exposing the matter. He's not sure how it will end. That's what he's worried about."
"How will it end? Of course it's sold at a low price. How else can it end?" The other party chuckled, looking very proud. "So, there's no need to panic. The exposure of this matter may not be a bad thing for us. After the earthquake, we may be the ones to clean up this mess."
Assistant Jin hesitated for a moment, wanting to speak but stopping himself.
"Do you have anything else to say?" The other party also noticed his attitude and asked.
Assistant Jin wiped the sweat from his forehead and said thoughtfully, "Are those things in Jiang Jin's hands really insignificant?"
The other party was silent for a while, then asked, "Are you sure how much he knows?"
Assistant Jin shook his head. "It's hard to say. He hasn't been here long, and he only got involved later. But this time he's starting from a lower-level company. You don't know if he can follow the clues and find some leads..."
"Didn't you say that the Audit Department was all run by Lao Gu? How come they didn't get any information beforehand? What was his motive?" The other party was clearly displeased. "You still don't know how much information he actually has. What were you doing before this?"
"Ah." Assistant Jin sighed. "This Jiang Jin is really quite capable. He doesn't trust the internal auditors at all and only lets them handle routine matters. He controls everything involving financial transactions. Not only that, he also deliberately has them check unnecessary financial transactions to confuse them..."
After hearing this, the other party was silent for a long time before saying, "I see. I'll make the best use of my time here too."
He instructed Assistant Jin on a few important matters, asking him to keep an eye on the situation within Chengguang Group and to inform him promptly if anything happened.
After hanging up the phone, Assistant Jin breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back in his chair. He was sweating profusely, and his shirt was sticking tightly to his back, making him feel cold.
He looked pale, a little dizzy, his temples throbbing. He hadn't slept all night, and his mind was full of thoughts. He was still trying to stay awake today.
Judging from the other party's tone, it seemed that he already knew Jiang Jin's whereabouts, but did not want to let them know. This proved that the other party did not trust himself and only wanted to obtain useful information from him.
"Damn it." Assistant Jin cursed in his heart. We are all grasshoppers tied to the same rope. I can't run away, and neither can you. I still don't know the seriousness of the matter. I think I can handle everything with my previous experience, and I don't think about what the situation is now.
He felt a tightness in his chest, so he stood up and pushed open the glass window. The wind blew into the room from the gaps between the high-rise buildings, blowing the pieces of paper on the table all over the floor.
Assistant Jin leaned against the window, looking down at the narrow road between the buildings from the high building. It was as if he was standing on the edge of a cliff, looking down and feeling dizzy.
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