"You don't need to worry about too much. I've already found the right people. Just do things step by step. Mr. Hu will contact you in a little while, understand?"
"What about my shares...?"
Don't worry!
"Okay, you're busy!"
After hanging up the phone, Manager Ma grabbed his things and left in a hurry.
............
After reporting the incident to the police station, Lu Feng returned to the hotel and booked a room for himself. He then went to the reception room to chat with Li Na and learn about the company's internal situation.
Tianying Copper Industry has more than 700 employees and is considered a medium-sized private enterprise. It produces more than 60 kinds of copper products and alloys. Last year, its turnover was 19 million yuan and its net profit was more than 4 million yuan. At the beginning of this year, Tianying obtained a loan of more than 10 million yuan from a local bank to upgrade its equipment. However, before it could start production, the people in charge had already left.
Lu Feng pondered for a moment. Based on their production output, once Weipuda expanded its operations, this small factory would definitely not be able to supply enough goods.
"Mr. Lu, what do we do next?" Li Na asked.
"Eat your meal and get some rest."
"That......."
"Don't worry, they're the ones who're anxious right now. And I guarantee that neither Jiao Enfan nor Sun Yuanqing will dare to show their faces in this matter. They'll definitely choose a front man to handle it. Just wait and see!"
In the evening, Lu Feng asked Li Na to call the company, tell her where he was, and say that he was just frightened and nothing else, and that the company should continue as usual.
Manager Ma on the other end of the phone agreed twice, his voice sounding clearly off, but he didn't ask any further questions.
The following day, the local daily newspaper published a statement that read: "I (Hu Yaoqing) hold an IOU. On November 21, 1990, Tian Ying, the chairman of Tian Ying Copper Industry Co., Ltd., borrowed six million from me, agreeing to repay the loan on March 1 of this year. If I fail to repay on time, the loan will automatically be converted into shares in Tian Ying Mining Co., Ltd., with a shareholding ratio of 51%. This is hereby declared!"
Lu Feng waited all morning for news, but nothing happened, which puzzled him. He went downstairs to take a stroll in a nearby park and bought a newspaper before he saw the news.
Back at the hotel, he knocked on Li Na's door. The door opened, and Li Na asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"Did your husband borrow money from this person before he died? And it was debt-to-equity swap?" Lu Feng asked, handing her the newspaper.
"Hu Yaoqing?" Li Na looked at the newspaper, her face ashen, and said angrily, "How could he do this? I did borrow money from him last November, but he didn't lend it to me. That's why I'm trying to find connections and get a bank loan. Where did this IOU come from?"
Lu Feng confirmed it again, and Li Na said firmly that she definitely hadn't borrowed any money. If she had borrowed money, why would she have borrowed from the bank?
After thinking for a moment, Lu Feng inwardly cried out in alarm and said, "Let's go to the factory!"
After going downstairs, the two headed straight for the factory. As soon as they arrived at the factory gate, they saw two workers using a ladder to come down and remove the factory's signage.
Seeing this, Li Na panicked, pushed open the car door and ran out, shouting, "What are you doing? Who told you to do this?"
The two workers stopped what they were doing, turned around, and said, "It was Mr. Ma's order."
Lu Feng got out of the car and asked, "Who told you to remove the signs? This is a factory, a company, do you think this is Deyun Club?"
"At the morning meeting, they said a new boss had arrived and that the company would change its name to Yaoqing Bronze Industry." One of the workers said with difficulty, "Boss Li, we're just employees, we don't know anything about these things. We just do whatever they tell us to do."
Li Na was so angry she was panting. The company was named after her man. He left nothing behind but this company with his name on it.
"I'm going to find Ma Yue'e!" Li Na strode towards the factory area.
Once inside the factory area, there were many workers coming and going, all staring at Lu Feng and Li Na with strange looks in their eyes, and pointing and whispering among themselves.
"Oh dear, a woman's heart is truly the most poisonous!"
"Yes, who would normally be able to tell?"
"Who is that man next to you?"
"Do you even need to ask? He's a pretty boy. Didn't you see how fair-skinned and clean-cut he is? He's quite good-looking too!"
"Tsk tsk tsk, she killed her husband for a man like that, she really went for it!"
"The heart is genuine, but you can't see into someone's heart."
Li Na had walked halfway when she couldn't stand the murmurs anymore. She stopped and yelled, "Who are you talking about? If you've got the guts, stand here and say it out loud! What do you mean by '...'?"
"Alright, alright!" Lu Feng pulled her aside. Now was not the time to be emotional. Clearly, the morning meeting had been full of criticism against her. In the eyes of the factory workers, Li Na had become a murderer of her husband.
The factory's offices were a row of two-story townhouses. After going up to the second floor and finding the general manager's office, Li Na pushed open the door, stared at Manager Ma sitting there, and questioned, "Who told you to take down the sign?"
"Mr. Li, are you alright?" Manager Ma stood up calmly and said, "The boss asked me to pick them. I went to your house to look for you, but I found that the door was unlocked and the glass had been smashed. I locked the door for you. You should go home and check on things."
"I think... damn it..."
"So you're the one who accused me of murdering my man at the factory?"
Are you even human?
"Tian Ying treated you very well when he was alive!"
"I kill you!!"
Li Na roared and attacked. Manager Ma, seeing this, hurriedly screamed and retreated. The entire office was in chaos, and people from the next office also ran out to watch the commotion.
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