Chapter 100: Xiao Feng Audits the Financial Statements

After a while, Xiao Feng continued, "Jianqiang, I know you're in painful distress, but this is unavoidable."

What I can do now is to minimize the losses as much as possible.

You should go to Lanling County as soon as possible and meet the local person in charge,

to try to get Qi He Kuang into our hands. For now, securing one company is already a company.

As long as we have Qi He Kuang, we can then contact Zaocheng Mining Group through Lao Ye, and then you'll have money. You won't lose everything.

When our strength has accumulated enough, we'll definitely make a comeback. Jianqiang, I believe in you."

Xiao Feng's encouraging words instantly filled me with confidence, and I rose from the sofa,

"Xiao Feng, you're right. We'll prepare in advance, so that we can reduce the losses as much as possible.

Xiao Feng, the Group Company's finances have always been handled by Zhou Wei, and now Zhou Wei hasn't awakened either.

I can't understand the financial statements they gave us,

I can't figure out where the money the company has earned over the years

has gone,

I recall Zhou Wei telling me that we have a reserve fund that we use in critical moments.

I can't find it.

Xiao Feng, your timing is perfect; help me look over these financial statements.

These were organized by Xiao Feng, and some were printed by Liu, the accountant, recording the company's financial income and expenditure over the years.

I said that and was about to stand up,

but after half a while I still couldn't get up.

Xiao Feng came over and supported me,

I laughed, "It's truly useless; even getting up is a struggle. How can I make a comeback."

"Alright, your leg is a bit injured; it'll get better after a few days. I don't want to see a self‑pitying freshman brother; I still want to see that confident freshman brother.

No difficulty can overwhelm him in front of him."

"It's still little sister Xiao Feng who can ease my mind. Come, I'll get the documents for you."

Xiao Feng supported me and opened the secret door.

I took a bag out of the room,

inside were the financial materials I had gathered as much as possible.

I said, "Xiao Feng, I trouble you."

"Based on what you said,

I came from Hainan just to help you.

When I was in Hainan, I heard your company went bust and I was extremely anxious; if it weren't for the hotel delay, I would have come over long ago.

"Don't worry, I'll take a good look in a moment." Xiao Feng said.

Xiao Feng and I left the room and sat back on the sofa.

I said, "Do you know Yang Tao?"

Xiao Feng replied, "Of course I know; Director Qi's lover, what's up."

I said, "She traveled abroad with Director Qi, and a few days ago she called, asking me for money."

"What money does she want from you?" Xiao Feng asked, puzzled.

"Back then, Director Qi and I invested together to buy land in Xin Cheng, Zaocheng; the reason our company grew so fast was mainly the profits from developing that land.

The land was originally cheap, and once Xin Cheng moved in, its value multiplied many times instantly.

As for that money, Director Qi never liquidated it, but I kept giving him dividends.

When Da Heng Group was founded, Director Qi didn't want to take part.

We had a verbal agreement between us to give Director Qi a dividend each year.

Now Director Qi is retired and wants to buy a house overseas to settle.

This Yang Tao is asking me for the original investment money; they want to liquidate it. Guess how much they demand in one breath.

Xiao Feng asked, "How much."

I gestured with my hand,

"Four hundred million, damn it, that's insanely black. In one breath they want half of our company's assets. It was only a verbal agreement with Director Qi, no contract, so it's hard to argue, luckily they're overseas now,

I don't want to deal with them. Only the four of us—me, Yang Tao, Director Qi, and Zhou Wei—know about this.

Xiao Feng, what I want to say is, if Da Heng Group really changes hands, we can think here about how to plant a foreshadowing,

After they take over Da Heng Group, they'll find Director Qi holds half.

Then, let Director Qi squabble with them again.

Director Qi retired in that position; I believe his strength remains.

I let them take Da Heng Group, swallow it, but can't swallow it down."

After I finished speaking, Xiao Feng thought for a moment,

"Jianqiang, I understand.

We can work with this. Leave this to me. If the stuff can be used, we'll let Yang Tao know. If not, we'll make these things disappear completely."

"What I'm telling you is exactly that. Some matters I can't handle directly. I assigned Shi Yong to do it; he's a rough guy, completely clueless about finance.

No one else can do it; only you, Xiao Feng, can, and that reassures me. We need to plant a bomb for them,

They don't know about this bomb, and we'll detonate it later.

I'm sure they'll definitely blow up.

"The blowup is certain; after pouring all our effort into getting Da Heng Group, we discovered half of it still belongs to others, and they're people we dare not provoke. Jianqiang, that's the plan; after all, the initiative is in our hands."

Tomorrow, I'll first go see Zhou Wei, and then I think I'll go see Wei Dongqing.

Anyway, Lao Ye didn't come,

I miss Wei Dongqing.

Xiao Feng finished speaking and shed tears.

Xiao Feng, after all these years, still cannot forget Wei Dongqing.

Since Wei Dongqing frightened Bai Lang into madness, he has never recovered and lives in the city psychiatric hospital.

In the past, Xiao Feng had secretly looked at Wei Dongqing, and Ye Jianming even quarreled with Xiao Feng over it.

At this moment I took a napkin from the coffee table and handed it to Xiao Feng,

"Dongqing, I've seen it twice, and it's still the same. Xiao Feng, don't be sad; everything is fate.

That's Dongqing's fate.

"Sometimes a person must spend a lifetime repenting for the wrongs they've done. Tomorrow, I'll accompany you."

Xiao Feng wiped away her tears and said, "Jianqiang, I'm bitter inside. Thinking about it is truly meaningless; I've entrusted my whole life to a useless old man."

This old man can give me nothing except money.

I also have no children,

My heart feels empty; when I see other people's children, I yearn for them.

When will I be able to have my own child?

If a woman has no child of her own, her life is incomplete.

Sometimes I feel I'm still not as good as Qiao Jie; after all, Qiao Jie has her own son,

I now think that having too much money is a burden,

What can we do with so much money,

Keeping it at home feels unsafe, and in the bank it's just numbers.

"It has no meaning at all."

Hearing Xiao Feng's sigh,

I don't know what to say; when one reaches middle age, everyone has their own suffering.

Some suffering is not easy to speak of.

"Xiao Feng, you don't know how many children there are; having children brings countless worries. Not a single one of these children is easy to manage."

Da Jun and I are at odds, Zhengzheng is neither man nor woman, Xiao Shitou is somewhat better, and Ru Meng is even more beyond words.

My daily worries, aside from the Group Company, are these children.

"I am truly disappointed with them."

"Alright, Jianqiang, a well‑fed man doesn't know a hungry man's hunger. I know many of your children aren't your biological ones.

Raising them up is already not easy.

These children don't know gratitude; there's nothing we can do.

"Who made us all people of bitter fate," Xiao Feng said, looking at me.