Chapter 697: Be Careful to the End
Seeing Xiao Muzhen's calm expression, Huo Yiyi couldn't help but ask, "Zhenzhen, is there really no possibility for you and my brother?"
Xiao Muzhen was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
"I can tell you the truth, I still have feelings for him, but I just want to live a peaceful life and don't want to be entangled with him anymore."
Huo Yiyi sighed and didn't continue the topic.
"By the way, I've made some progress in my recent investigation into the Tang family, but I need to go to Country M. I should be able to gain some results this time."
Xiao Muzhen frowned. "If you can avoid going abroad, it's best not to go abroad. The Tang family has a large sphere of influence in Country M. We might be in danger at any time."
"I know, but this time we might be able to get evidence of the Tang family's crimes, so it's worth the risk. And don't worry, I will bring people with me to protect my safety."
"Then I'm worried too. Just investigate slowly in the country. Going abroad is too risky!"
Seeing Xiao Muzhen's eyes full of worry, Huo Yiyi had no choice but to follow her words and said, "Okay, I understand."
"Promise you won't leave the country secretly!"
Huo Yiyi looked somewhat helpless, "Okay, I promise!"
After hearing this, Xiao Muzhen finally felt relieved.
However, she didn't notice that the moment Huo Yiyi lowered her eyes, a hint of determination flashed in her eyes.
After dinner, the two separated.
Huo Yiyi did not return to the villa, but went directly to the airport.
She had already booked a flight to Country M for tonight. She had been planning to tell Xiao Muzhen about it during dinner, but after seeing Xiao Muzhen's attitude, she realized that if she told her, she would definitely not be able to leave, so she simply concealed the matter.
Once she gets the evidence of the Tang family's crimes, it will not only help Xiao Muzhen, but also allow Huo Yunting to become the president of Huo Group again.
They are the most important people to her, so no matter how dangerous it is, she must go to Country M!
As soon as Xiao Muzhen returned home, he received a call from Secretary Zhou.
"Ms. Xiao, are you free to come to the company now?"
Noticing the other party's serious tone, Xiao Muzhen said in a deep voice: "Secretary Zhou, has something happened?"
"Well...it's about Haoyu Building Materials. Why don't you come to the company first..."
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Muzhen immediately drove to the company.
If she guessed correctly, that batch of construction materials might really be unqualified.
When she arrived at the company, Xun Zi was meeting with shareholders and Secretary Zhou was waiting outside the door.
Seeing her, Secretary Zhou hurried forward and said, "Ms. Xiao, the employee we sent to the owner's home to conduct the test just sent a message... Although the test report hasn't come out yet, the value displayed by the instrument has exceeded the normal value by hundreds of times..."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Muzhen's face suddenly became extremely ugly. The harmful substances in the building materials exceeded the standard, and it exceeded the standard by a hundred times. No matter which company it happened to, this kind of thing would be a disaster, and it is very likely that they would be sentenced.
"Is President Xun holding a meeting to discuss this matter?"
Secretary Zhou nodded. "Xun Zi is planning to make this public, but the shareholders want to suppress it. After all, if this gets out, Xiao's stock price will definitely plummet."
The stock price is the lifeblood of shareholders, and they certainly don't want any negative news about the Xiao Group.
Xiao Muzhen smiled bitterly. "Even if Xiao Corporation wants to suppress this, there will be people who don't want it to be suppressed. But I don't think there's any need to be too pessimistic. We've only tested one household so far, and the data has certain limitations. If possible, we should test more households. If all of them exceed the standard, Xiao Corporation will have no choice but to accept it."
"If everything really exceeds the limit, even if we sell Xiao Corporation, it might not be enough to fill this hole..."
There are more than 3,000 households living in Haoyu's community. If the building materials are really unqualified, the compensation alone will be astronomical, and the image that Xiao's company has built up over the years will be destroyed. Who will believe in Xiao's products in the future?
"How's Haoyu's internal investigation going? If Haoyu purchased the building materials according to the purchase order, it shouldn't have exceeded the standards."
The only possible reason for exceeding the standard is that the building materials were replaced, and the only people who could do this are Haoyu’s senior management.
"We're still investigating, but Haoyu's purchasing manager passed away in an accident last year. A check of Haoyu's bank statements shows that the money for the construction materials was indeed allocated. So, apparently, there should be no issues with that batch of construction materials."
"Do you have the contact information for the manager's family? I'll go talk to them."
"Yes, people from the company have already looked for them, but they refused to meet."
"Give me the address and contact information, and I'll go over and take a look myself."
After knowing the address, Xiao Muzhen took a look and saw that the manager was called Zheng Chuan, and his home was in a small city more than 100 kilometers away from Beijing. It was already past eight o'clock in the evening, and it was obviously not appropriate to go there. She decided to go there tomorrow.
"Ms. Xiao, don't hold your hopes too high. People from the company have approached them several times. At first, they just refused to talk about Zheng Chuan. Later, they went out traveling and I don't know if they are back yet."
Hearing this, Xiao Muzhen suddenly felt even more suspicious. If there was no problem, the Zheng family would not be so tight-lipped.
"I see."
As the two were talking, the door of the conference room opened and Xun Zi walked out with a cold expression, followed by an exasperated Cheng Shaoqi.
"Boss Xun, if you really want to make this public, I will sell all my shares in the Xiao Corporation tomorrow. I don't want to end up with your Xiao family!"
Xun Zi turned around and looked at him, saying word by word, "If you want to sell it, hurry up and stop talking nonsense!"
After saying that, he didn't pay any more attention to Cheng Shaoqi and hurried back to the office.
Cheng Shaoqi stared at her back with resentment in his eyes.
"Okay! Okay! Okay! You'll regret this one day!"
Cheng Shaoqi left angrily, and the remaining shareholders were all frowning. Some were as angry as Cheng Shaoqi, and regardless of Xiao Muzhen's presence, they directly expressed their dissatisfaction with Xun Zi.
"If you ask me, women are just not good enough. I asked her to manage the company, but after only a few days, she's already planning to bankrupt it!"
"I think so too. Those construction companies used to have accidents every year, and I've never seen any company try to cover it up. Instead, she spreads this kind of thing. I think she's out of her mind!"
"If she continues to toss things around like this, I don't think we'll all go bankrupt along with the Xiao family in less than a month!"
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Xiao Muzhen looked at those who were talking and said calmly, "You are all only concerned about the little profits in your hands. Why don't you think about what will happen to the thousands of families if the construction materials really exceed the standards?"
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