Lin Xiao felt his head explode. Three hundred million? All his father's hard work over the years had resulted in such a huge hole? How was he going to plug it? And with such a large amount involved, even if he made up the money, he probably wouldn't be able to avoid jail time.
Looking at Lin Xiao's desperate eyes and pale face, Zhang Jiang said, "Xiao Xiao, you don't know, the medical industry has its own unique characteristics, and your father sometimes has a very difficult time. For example, I know of one case: the hospital director and your father demanded a 20 million yuan discount on a single imported high-end surgical device!"
Lin Xiao was utterly shocked. A single piece of equipment could generate 20 million in kickbacks? This was something she could never have imagined, even if she had thought about it a thousand or ten thousand times.
"Which dean? Dean Feng?!" Her voice trembled slightly; she couldn't believe that the kind and amiable Grandpa Feng with his full head of silver hair was such a greedy person.
Zhang Jiang shook his head: "It's not Director Feng. Because of your family's relationship, Director Feng didn't eat much. Although your father gave a lot of gifts, as far as I know, the old man of the Feng family seems to have always liked you and wanted you to be his granddaughter-in-law, so he never asked your father for an exorbitant amount. It's the director of another city. Your father was really ripped off once in order to secure the medical equipment supply channel there."
It wasn't the Feng family after all. Hearing this, Lin Xiao didn't know whether to feel relieved or heartbroken. At least, that family had once treated her sincerely.
She couldn't harbor resentment towards the Feng family like Lin Xue did, because Lin Xue only loved Feng Jinglin and had never had any dealings with his family before. Lin Xiao, on the other hand, often visited the Feng family since childhood, and Feng Jinglin also frequently came to her house. It seemed that both families had tacitly accepted the childhood sweethearts, as if they had been betrothed since they were little, even though it wasn't explicitly stated.
The entire Feng family had once doted on her like a precious jewel, especially Old Master Feng. So even though Feng Jinglin's father betrayed her father, she only hated that one person.
If the situation is true, Lin Xiao has absolutely no way of covering this 300 million yuan hole. She consulted her company's legal advisor about the likely criminal penalties her father would face given the current circumstances.
"The situation is not optimistic." Legal advisor Li Ran adjusted his glasses and added, "Tax evasion has always been a key area that our country is cracking down on. As for bribery, the specific sentencing will depend on the circumstances at the time of the bribery. If the other party clearly solicited or threatened bribes, that may be taken into consideration in sentencing. It also depends on many factors such as the amount of money seized."
“No matter how big the hole is, the more money we pay back, the lighter the sentence will be, right?” Lin Xiao felt a glimmer of hope.
"In principle, that's a fair statement, but if it involves bribing public officials or causing serious damage to state-owned assets, the sentence will be more severe. If that's involved, the maximum sentence could be life imprisonment. The immediate priority is to see how far the investigation has progressed."
"What do you mean?" Lin Xiao was shocked and confused.
Zhang Jiang added from the side: "In other words, say what should be said and don't say what shouldn't be said. It's not like the Feng family, who wanted to implicate as many people as possible, which could actually be detrimental to themselves. The problem is that we can't contact President Lin right now, and even if we were to meet, there would be people watching, so there are some things we can't say."
Lin Xiao roughly understood that her father had no choice but to confess, but even if he confessed everything, it might not necessarily help with her sentencing.
She had never done anything illegal in her life, so she naturally didn't understand the various rules and didn't know that her father had always been walking on the edge of the law.
"I'm going to see my dad today. Do any of you uncles have any advice for me? I'll see if I can pass it on to him."
Everyone offered a few words, mostly trivial expressions of concern. After all, with President Lin currently imprisoned, distancing themselves from him was the wisest course of action for self-preservation.
Lin Xiao didn't blame these people. They had been with her father in his business for over ten years, and they were still willing to risk their lives to come and tell her the situation just because of her request over the phone. She was already very grateful for that.
After returning home at noon, she asked her stepmother some questions about her father's business. Her stepmother knew nothing about it. Lin Xiao also did not tell her about what he had heard Zhang Jiang and the others say that morning, for fear that the amount of 300 million would scare her and Xiaoxue.
After having a quick meal and tidying up, Lin Xiao found two sets of clean clothes to change into, took some cash and necessary toiletries, and set off to see his father.
Having already contacted the relevant departments and obtained permission, Lin Xiao was able to meet with Lin Haitao, who had been detained for several days. Just as her stepmother had said, her father's mental state was quite good, much better than she had expected, which put Lin Xiao at ease.
Lin Haitao was surprised when he saw his daughter and asked her why she was there. Shouldn't she be studying in Paris?
"They have a two-week Christmas break over there, Dad, you forgot? I mentioned it to you before. I haven't missed any of my studies, don't worry, I just came back because it was a holiday."
Mr. Lin knew, of course, that his daughter's return to China was by no means "on the way." He guessed that his wife had panicked after seeing him arrested and called their daughter back. He harbored some resentment towards Lin Xiao's stepmother, but he also knew that she was consistently incompetent, so it was normal for her to panic in the face of this situation.
Thinking of this, he became worried about his wife and second daughter, so he asked Lin Xiao, "How are your aunt and your sister doing now? They must have been terrified. They cried and cried the last time they came to see me and brought me clothes."
“It’s much better now,” Lin Xiao comforted his father. “It’s just that Xiaoxue and Feng Jinglin had a falling out on the phone, and she blames her father for hurting you.”
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