Chapter 308

In other words, this bank also has your shares, right?

Correct, I do have my shares, and moreover, this time, if it weren't for Zong Long coming up with this idea, perhaps we three wouldn't have been able to get away completely.

I still somewhat understand, but if one really wants to evade these conglomerates' sanctions, why must one necessarily move domestically? Could it be that abroad, one cannot think of other ways?

No, it's absolutely not possible; moreover, those conglomerates' forces are entirely concentrated overseas, so if we really returned domestically, I believe they wouldn't be able to resolve this so quickly.

Tell me, what specific steps were you planning at that time?

Actually, our idea was that before the conglomerates moved in, we had already taken out most of the bank's shares and made an international risk investment.

What relationship does international risk investment have with Xing Ya Company?

Listen to me, international risk investment is actually spread worldwide; moreover, by putting our money into international risk investment, there would be no explanation whatsoever, nor would it raise suspicion, and through this investment we can gradually shift our operations domestically—do you understand what I mean?

I get it—you're just using that international risk investment platform as a springboard, from there you can directly invest into this company, that is, the so-called Xing Ya Company, right?

Exactly, that's what it means.

That's even more wrong; Xing Ya Company was, until recently, just an obscure small firm in this place—although it has only shown some improvement over the past two years and even made plans to go public, if you compare it with those big companies and conglomerates, it's hardly noteworthy.

Exactly, that's his advantage; we chose him precisely because he has such potential.

I don't really understand what you mean.

Xiao Ming, upon hearing that, merely furrowed his brow slightly.

I have been in the business world for many years; logically, I should have seen through these things long ago, yet why do I feel I haven't fully understood what he's saying?

Let me put it this way: if a company were really like yours, do you think my investments could actually enter the company?

That's not necessarily certain; moreover, I tell you, if you want to invest in our company, you must go through a strict review process, so without that process, no sum of money can be injected.

Right, therefore what we value is Xing Ya Company, which is in a stage of rapid development; if we inject funds at this time, it should play a decisive role in their subsequent development.

So they muddied the waters, pouring all that money into Xing Ya Company, but how much can you actually invest in such a company?

What you see now is merely a superficial investment, a surface phenomenon, whereas the actual covert investment far exceeds this number.

Then what about that money? Could it possibly not show up at all?

Correct, if we wanted all that money to show up in this company, our purpose would be completely exposed, so it's utterly impossible to do that.

Xiao Ming, after hearing that, nodded thoughtfully, but if we really were to inject this huge sum of funds into the domestic capital market, that would probably require a lot of preparation, and under normal circumstances, ordinary people could absolutely not do it.

In other words, all operations of the domestic capital market come from Zong Long's hands, right?

Correct, that's how he operates here—he bought a shell company, but you might not yet realize that actually another company was also purchased by him.

Another company?

Yes, previously it was actually a company on the verge of collapse, even nearing bankruptcy, but he has already acquired it, and now, between it and Xing Ya Company, they have already signed a strategic cooperation agreement.

Strategic cooperation agreement? I understand—you mean that way, the two companies can share a fund, and that fund can also be used for market investment in the other company, right?

Through these successive company operations, we have also gradually dispersed and invested all those funds into the domestic market, so that no one would notice anything.

Heh, as expected, it really is a clever method; it seems I truly underestimated Zong Long—he actually could come up with such an idea.

Actually, I also greatly admire Zong Long's idea on this point; ordinary people simply couldn't do all this, but he, Zong Long, managed to succeed.

Now that you've already dispersed those funds into the domestic market, logically you could successfully withdraw from the two banks; why then go to all the trouble of inviting you domestically and then trying to drag me into this trap?

Because ultimately this matter needs an explanation, and the overseas conglomerates won't just keep ignoring the trail of the funds; once they trace it to the domestic market, it would truly be a loss not worth the gain.

So you must find a scapegoat, then have them bear all this; afterward, they'll target not you but me—you mean that, right?

Exactly, that's the meaning; thus this is also the genuine purpose of our two coming domestically, only it's a pity we didn't expect you to notice so quickly—it seems you're a step ahead.

After hearing this, he merely nodded thoughtfully.

It seems all this is truly a huge conspiracy, and if I hadn't discovered these things early on, perhaps everything would still be kept in the dark.

When he finally reacts, at that point I will truly have become a scapegoat; everything, I'm afraid, will be irreparable.