In less than a day, Uncle Zhai found out the basic details of Lin Haitao's case through his connections and relayed them to Yang Xile.
In order to obtain illicit business benefits, the bribery process is lengthy and involves large sums of money. In addition, the tax evasion problem is also significant, and the situation is not optimistic.
"How much? How big is the hole?" Yang Xile asked.
"It's estimated to be between three and five hundred million yuan, and it's still under criminal investigation."
A sigh came from the other end of the phone, and Yang Xile slowly asked, "How much room for maneuver is there?"
"It's unrealistic to expect to avoid jail time for even a day. The key is the sentence. If the amount of tax evasion is still under investigation, but the amount of bribery is particularly large or causes significant damage to state property, the maximum sentence could be more than ten years or even life imprisonment."
Yang Xile sighed heavily again, recalling Lin Haitao's ever-smiling, even somewhat obsequious face from six months ago in Paris. If he were truly sentenced to a heavy prison term, Lin Xiao would probably be the first to succumb to the pressure.
Uncle Zhai understood Yang Xile's thoughts and continued to comfort him, "In Lin Haitao's case, I heard that there were quite a few cases of being extorted for money. The other party openly asked for money, and if you gave it to them, the deal was done. If they didn't, you couldn't even expect to get into the medical market in this city."
In sentencing, the presiding judge will take this into consideration, as it would be more favorable to Lin Haitao. After all, businessmen also need to survive, and few people would resist strong demands or even threats.
Yang Xile felt somewhat comforted by these words and asked Uncle Zhai, "Have you found a lawyer for the Lin family yet?"
"I found one; he's supposedly a lawyer from a well-known local law firm," Uncle Zhai said.
"Find Attorney Wang. His firm is familiar with the local judicial authorities, and Attorney Wang is nationally renowned and most skilled at handling these kinds of cases," Yang Xile said on the phone.
Wang Lu is a friend of his father, Yang Kai, and the founder of one of the top law firms in Beijing. He specializes in economic cases and has an extremely high success rate.
His law firm was once known as the "Beijing Fishing Team," meaning that as long as you hadn't committed a serious criminal offense like murder, they could generally get people out of prison. Of course, his unparalleled debating skills were one factor, but his extremely powerful network of connections also played a significant role.
Hearing Yang Xile say this, Uncle Zhai hesitated: "If we go to Lawyer Wang, Chairman Yang will find out soon. Shouldn't we talk to your father first? If we tell him from Lawyer Wang, I'm afraid he'll get angry and question you."
What Uncle Zhai didn't say was that even if Yang Kai was angry, he wouldn't hold a grudge against his son. On the contrary, the outsider who secretly helped him might end up pleasing neither side and lose the leader's trust.
As clever as Yang Xile was, he knew Uncle Zhai's concerns even if Uncle Zhai didn't say it outright, so he said, "Okay, I'll talk to my dad about this. Uncle Zhai, you don't need to worry about it. When my dad asks you to contact Lawyer Wang, you can step in. Maybe I'll contact him myself."
After hanging up the phone with Uncle Zhai, Yang Xile started buying plane tickets back to China. Although he could explain the matter to his father over the phone, he was still worried about Lin Xiao, who was going back to China alone to save her father, and decided to go see her.
At this time, Wei Changfeng was extremely busy. He received countless invitations to events from various platforms and organizations, and the filming schedule for his newly started workplace drama was also very tight. Therefore, he wished he could make one day last two days.
He tried to leave messages and call Lin Xiao whenever he had a spare moment, but found that he didn't get a reply several times. However, he was too busy to think much of it. Finally, he received a reply from Lin Xiao, who simply told him that he had been busy with year-end design work and was overwhelmed. He had decided to relax and travel with his friends during the Christmas holidays, and that he might not be able to contact him sometimes, so he shouldn't worry.
"Okay, okay, then have fun! Make sure you get my turn too! I'm so tired every day that I don't even have time to sleep. I can't afford to offend any platform, but I have to ask the crew for leave to attend events, and then I have to work overtime to reshoot when I get back. I can't let my actions delay the entire crew's progress."
Hearing Wei Changfeng say this, Lin Xiao was even less able to tell him the truth: he was actually in China, and his father was imprisoned.
She hesitated for a long time, knowing that at this moment, Yang Xile was probably the only one who could help her. Moreover, Yang Xile had called her many times and left many messages. Yu Qingning also told her on WeChat that Yang Xile was almost frantic after discovering her disappearance, asking where she was and why she had suddenly returned to China.
Lin Xiao didn't have the energy to explain further, so she simply told Xiao Yu that her father had been a little sick and she had come back to visit him because she was a bit worried, but he was fine now.
"Uncle is much better now, and there's no danger for him anymore, right?"
"Yes, there was no danger to my life, but I was just too nervous. I couldn't rest easy until I came back to check on him."
"That's good. I'll tell Xile so he won't worry."
"Okay, Qingning, then I'll leave it to you. I'll come find you guys to play when I get back."
She knew her story would only fool the naive Yu Qingning; Yang Xile probably wouldn't believe it. Besides, his family had extensive connections and many informants in the business world, so it wouldn't be long before they found out about her father's ordeal.
If she were to ask Yang Xile for help, would he assist her? Their last meeting had ended in such a bitter argument that she couldn't possibly ask him for help after their falling out.
Even if Yang Xile is willing to help her despite past grievances, how can she ask him for help to cover a shortfall of 300 million?
After much thought, Lin Xiao decided to try to raise as much money as possible from all his relatives and friends to fill the gap.
I made every possible phone call and asked all my relatives. Most of them wanted to distance themselves from the Lin family, and some didn't even answer the phone or reply to my text messages.
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