What's strange is that since the goods were picked up, that "Wen Xun" has completely lost contact. There was no reply to the emails sent to him by Simingda, and all the emails sent by Xiao Liu were bounced, indicating that his email address was invalid. It was obvious that he had cancelled his email account.
The sudden blow made Si Mingda, who thought he was very smart, fall into a helpless situation again. It was the first time he encountered such an international trade fraud case and he didn't know who to ask for help. At Wang Mudan's reminder, he thought of the young man Li Xiaoliang who came to visit the factory at the beginning. Only by asking him, maybe he could find out the reason.
Simingda frantically tried to find Li Xiaoliang's phone number. Fortunately, he was able to get through successfully. "Hello! Mr. Li, this is Simingda from Mingdan Company. We only received the deposit for the last shipment. The balance paid by letter of credit hasn't arrived yet. It's been over two months. We contacted the bank but can't find out the reason. Could you please help check it out?"
"Oh, Mr. Si." Li Xiaoliang's voice on the other end of the phone was unhurried, completely different from his previous warm and polite voice. Si Mingda's heart gradually tightened, and he suspected that they were a fraud gang.
"Yes, please help me check the balance." No matter how big the doubts were in his mind, Simingda could only be patient and beg Li Xiaoliang humbly.
Compared to Si Mingda's panic, Li Xiaoliang seemed unhurried: "Boss Si, I'm building a house in my hometown. Our company was dissolved two months ago."
"What did you say? The company was dissolved?"
Li Xiaoliang's voice was not loud, but it was like a bolt from the blue to Si Mingda, almost knocking him unconscious.
"Yes, Mr. Si, I've told you several times before that I'm only responsible for the front-end factory inspection and product inspection. Wen Xun is responsible for the back-end shipment and payment. You can ask him."
“Why did your company disband?”
A strong sense of panic began to envelop Si Mingda's heart. He could not control his emotions and lost control, questioning Li Xiaoliang harshly. It turned out that he and Wen Xun were both liars, otherwise the time of their company's dissolution was too coincidental, right?
"Boss Si, I only follow the boss's instructions. It's useless for you to get angry at me. You should go ask Wen Xun."
"We sent him emails but all of them bounced. Do you have his phone number?"
"I have his old phone number, but I don't know if he has changed it now because I can't get through to him either."
"Send me his number and I'll call him and ask him, don't think that everything will be alright just because you've scammed him out of money. The law is not a joke."
Si Mingda would never have thought that after all the factory staff had been working overtime and wasting their lives and money for half a year, they were actually involved in a scam. The humiliation of being deceived made his emotions completely out of control. He was no longer polite to Li Xiaoliang as before. He swore that no matter what the cost, he would recover this huge sum of money.
Listening to Simingda's hysterical roar on the other end of the phone, Li Xiaoliang had a premonition that Gao Huai might have set up a scam, but to him, he was indeed an innocent person. In this transaction, he followed Gao Huai's instructions from beginning to end. He was asked to visit the factory and inspect the goods, and was not allowed to interfere in other matters.
Although he had long suspected that Gao Huai might know Si Mingda, he did not dare to speculate without concrete evidence, not to mention that Gao Huai was his cousin.
Two months ago, after the mechanical and electrical project was successfully shipped, Gao Huai urged him to ship Rick's home products as soon as possible. When the two large shipments were completed, Gao Huai gave Li Xiaoliang 100,000 yuan and Xiaoqi 30,000 yuan, and also settled their respective wages and let them return to their hometown.
He did not tell Li Xiaoliang why he wanted to dissolve the company, nor did he tell him his whereabouts. After Li Xiaoliang received his salary and bonus, he took Xiaoqi back to his hometown. As for where Gao Huai went, he had no idea.
"Mr. Si, I'm just an employee. I do whatever the boss tells me to do. It's useless for you to get angry at me. I advise you to contact Wen Xun. He is the one who follows up on the shipment and the final payment. I really don't know anything. I don't understand English either. How can I know how he communicates with foreigners?"
Li Xiaoliang seemed very innocent, and Si Mingda had no choice. He had a feeling that "Wen Xun" was the mastermind of the scam. Now only by finding him could he find out the whole story and have a chance to recover the money.
"Okay, I'll call him and warn you, as long as we find out the whole story, you and Wen Xun will not be able to escape legal sanctions. Wait for the police to arrest you."
Si Mingda threatened Li Xiaoliang viciously. He regretted it so much that he was about to burst his intestines. He hated himself for agreeing to pay by letter of credit. He hated himself for not investigating the reputation of Wen Xun's foreign company before believing him.
Just like the last time he was fined for tax evasion, the thing has already happened and he can't get the money back even if he shouts his throat out. Now he can only calm down and find a way to remedy the situation. If such a large amount of payment is not recovered, the company will really be in trouble.
"Boss Si, I've been back home the whole time. I absolutely didn't lie to you. No matter what questions you have, I'm always willing to cooperate with the investigation."
Li Xiaoliang really didn't know about the scam that Gao Huai had been planning for a long time. Even at this time, he still behaved very calmly and didn't look like someone who had done anything wrong at all.
Si Mingda believed that he might really be unaware, and that the mysterious "Wen Xun" was the terrible mastermind behind the scenes.
Li Xiaoliang sent a string of mobile phone numbers to Si Mingda, who quickly dialed the number with trembling hands. To his disappointment, the chilling tone of "The number you dialed is not in service" came from the phone.
Was Wen Xun actually a liar? Where was he? Who should I ask for the payment?
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