Chapter 120

August is hot and humid.

Moreover, the weather changes very quickly,

Perhaps it is bright sunshine in the morning, but by noon it is overcast with thunder and lightning.

I stood by the window watching the outside weather,

The black clouds in the northwest sky came rolling in like a huge stone,

while the sunshine in the southeast direction remained bright.

The weather forecast on my phone said there would be storms in the coming days; it looks like they are really coming.

This morning, Ya Li and Sun Dajun took the company's paperwork to Zaocheng Bank to handle a 420 million yuan loan.

I hoped from the bottom of my heart that everything would go smoothly,

I desperately need this money; it is my lifeline.

Why did I let Sun Dajun be General Manager and Ya Li be the finance head, and support them in any matter?

I just want to disburse this 420 million yuan loan as soon as possible.

I am afraid that if I personally handle the loan and something goes wrong again, because I did not listen to Kong Shi to report Zhu Sheng, I have already offended him.

So I cannot show my face anymore,

I will hand over all authority to them, letting their own people do it. Let's see how they proceed.

I only need this lifesaving money; once I have the money in hand,

the project can continue, then I have nothing to fear; everything is according to my plan, under my control.

I have endured this long; what for, if not for the loan, for the money?

Last night, I specifically called Li Xingzhang,

Li Xingzhang said over the phone that as long as our company brings the paperwork, he will process the loan, and the funds are already ready.

Li Xingzhang agreed too readily, which made me somewhat anxious.

From the moment I woke up this morning, I started worrying about the money, always having a bad premonition.

This premonition is like the storm outside the window—it comes as soon as it is spoken.

My phone rang, buzzing on the desk,

At this moment I suddenly feared answering the phone,

fearing that bad news would suddenly descend,

The phone rang for a long time,

only then did I go over and glance at it,

I saw it was Shi Jinhe calling,

I pressed the answer key,

"Jinghe, what's up?"

"Brother, I saw the weather forecast saying a storm is coming, so outdoor work can't be done; we want to switch to indoor work. Could you arrange for indoor building materials to be brought in quickly,

especially the heating pipes, so we can take the opportunity to install them." Shi Jinhe said over the phone.

"Jinghe, we already owe the pipe supplier too much. Once the loan comes through today, we will pay them and have them deliver to the site, so as not to delay your schedule." I said.

"That's good, Brother. I'm afraid that if it rains heavily we'll be stuck, delaying the schedule and unable to hand over the houses." Shi Jinhe said.

"Don't worry, Jinghe, everything will be arranged properly." I said.

Shi Jinhe hung up the phone.

I let out a long sigh; the reason the Group Company has held on until now is that we have people like Shi Jinhe—loyal and reliable,

and who always considers the Group Company's interests, never making any excessive demands.

I didn't let him be Vice President, and he didn't insist; he only asked to work on the construction site.

Such people are too few. Nowadays everyone is too clever, always afraid of suffering a loss, always afraid of being called stupid by others.

Actually, people sometimes need to be a little foolish,

whether genuinely foolish or pretending to be, one cannot appear too clever.

I held the phone in my hand and saw that the time displayed was ten o'clock in the morning.

How is the loan going? Why haven't Ya Li and Sun Dajun returned yet.

I wanted to make a call to inquire,

just then my phone rang,

I saw it was Ya Li's call,

so I hurriedly answered,

"Ya Li, how is it? Have you finished everything? Has the loan been approved? The company is urgently waiting for the pipe materials." I said urgently over the phone.

But from the other end came Ya Li's agitated voice,

"Chairman, it's terrible—Li Xingzhang has fled. Zaocheng Bank can't find the person in charge."

"What? I just spoke with Li Xingzhang on the phone last night; how could he have run away?" I asked in disbelief.

"It's true, Chairman. We tried contacting Li Xingzhang's phone, but it's turned off; we sent people to his home, but couldn't find him."

Not even anyone was at Li Xingzhang's home.

We had no choice but to report it to Bureau Niu, which immediately dispatched people to investigate,

and quickly discovered that Li Xingzhang's wife and children had all gone missing.

Li Xingzhang really is missing.

General Manager Sun has already gone to look for Kong Shi,

I am at Zaocheng Bank; Chairman, what should we do?

After Ya Li finished speaking,

I was speechless for a while.

At this moment, a thunderclap rang out in the sky.

Then the wind rose violently, lightning flashed and thunder roared. The storm really came.

Li Xingzhang ran away, he really ran away, he damn well ran away, that bastard pretended too well, I actually didn't notice.

How should I reply to Ya Li on my phone,

I thought for a moment and said: "Ya Li, go back to the company. Listen to Kong Shi and Niu Ju's arrangements."

Ya Li said: "Okay, Chairman, I'll go back shortly."

I then hung up the phone,

I wanted to call Niu Ju to ask about the situation,

Ask what? He might know everything.

No need to ask Kong Shi either.

This is a setup,

Why did Li Xingzhang run,

He only ran so he could take on all the responsibilities for the leadership. Thinking about these years, each loan commission was enough for him to live comfortably for life.

If he stayed in this position, he might actually end up imprisoned to death.

He was comforting me on one hand,

while on the other hand he was looking for his own escape route, and suddenly disappeared.

I looked out the window, big raindrops fell with the wind,

heavily hitting the ground,

pattering.

Li Xingzhang's escape, what about our Da Heng Group's loans?

I don't know, I really don't know.

Let everything be left to fate.

I sat quietly on the sofa, quietly watching the storm outside,

I hadn't been this quiet for a long time,

These days of busyness have made me exhausted, everyone in Da Heng Group is exhausted, we all need rest.

After a long while, Shi Yong rushed in through the door,

"Brother, I heard Li Xingzhang ran away, our loans are going to fail, brother, what should we do?"

After hearing Shi Yong's question, I did not answer immediately,

I continued to look out at the torrential rain outside,

Then I said: "This rain is really nice. If it rains like this at the Niushiling construction site, we would definitely take a shower in the rain. Right, Shi Yong?"

Shi Yong sighed and said: "Brother, I'm not in the mood to talk about showering with you. I want to ask, if the loan can't be processed, what should we do?"

I laughed,

"Shi Yong, don't rush. Whatever needs to be done will be done. I am just a nominal chairman; wait a moment, Sun Dajun, Sun Zong will return, then we can ask him."

"What, brother, are you crazy? Ask him, a clueless Mao Hai, what can he do.

Brother, we need to quickly think of other ways,

find other banks, we can't put all our eggs in one basket."

Seeing Shi Yong's anxious look,

I wanted to laugh even more,

Shi Yong looked at my smile, felt nervous for a moment, then reached out and touched my forehead,

"Brother, are you sick? At this time, you still have the mood to laugh."