Chapter 348

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Ou Jiajie's series of maneuvers could be described as ruthless and vicious enough.

It was practically uprooting the weeds entirely.

He not only dealt with the Xu siblings and the Wang brothers, but also turned around and gave Wang Yaohua — who had provided him with clues — a thorough beating.

Who knows where he got that kind of massive influence.

But thinking about it carefully, a local tycoon and house-flipper holding dozens of properties having this bit of influence to deal with bottom-rung people like them is actually perfectly normal.

It was Wang Dashan and the others who underestimated Ou Jiajie's methods and overestimated their own strength.

Xu Mingxin conceded very quickly.

Seeing the situation turn bad, he hurriedly apologized to Anjia Real Estate's top brass and promised to hand over all the money he had earned, plus pay an additional compensation sum on top.

The compensation the other side demanded was very high, but he gritted his teeth and agreed.

In the end he borrowed a lot of money from relatives and scraped together a lot from financial lending platforms, only then managing to plug this hole.

But the other side merely let him off the hook; they didn't let his sister go.

His sister's criminal act of extortion had already been confirmed, and it soon entered the legal litigation process; on the day of the trial, Ou Jiajie even brought his wife to court.

When Xu Mingmei saw Ou Jiajie's wife standing beside Ou Jiajie, expressionless, without a ripple, her eyes even carrying a mocking look when she looked at her.

Only then did she realize how naive, how childish her earlier thought had been — that as long as she sent the video evidence of her and Ou Jiajie together to Ou Jiajie's wife, she could make Ou Jiajie restless, even cause his world to collapse!

Ou Jiajie's wife had probably long since become inured to such things; she didn't love Ou Jiajie the person, but Ou Jiajie's wealth and assets, so not to mention sending her a video, even being intimate with Ou Jiajie right in front of her, she probably still wouldn't divorce Ou Jiajie.

From the very start, she had stepped into a guaranteed-loss situation.

Laughable that she still thought her charm was boundless, that she could conquer everything.

Little did she know that from the very beginning she was merely one of Ou Jiajie's playthings.

How could a woman of her social stratum possibly have a truly rich man willing to marry her into his home?

Real society isn't a novel or TV drama.

She did have a bit of beauty, that's true, but she wasn't the kind of heroine who could get a good ending.

The first-instance verdict came down: Xu Mingmei was sentenced to three years' fixed-term imprisonment, and this was with her attitude of admitting fault being good and her willingness to return the one million she had previously received in full.

Xu Mingmei also knew she couldn't beat Ou Jiajie, and in the end chose to accept this result, not applying for appeal again.

Her only requirement was for Ou Jiajie to let her brother off the hook.

Ou Jiajie agreed to this condition; after Xu Mingxin paid Anjia Real Estate a huge compensation, he finally landed safely in the end.

And his safe landing also preserved Shanhai Real Estate along with him.

Anjia Real Estate didn't continue pursuing Shanhai Real Estate, because continuing to pursue would inevitably implicate Xu Mingxin, and Xu Mingxin and Shanhai Real Estate were a community of interests bound together.

Since Anjia Real Estate intended to let Xu Mingxin off, Shanhai Real Estate also luckily escaped a disaster by association.

However, Anjia Real Estate's top brass still took the opportunity to take a bite out of Shanhai Real Estate.

They had originally planned to not fuss over this matter, but still sent someone to inform Wang Dashan that as long as Wang Dashan privately paid three hundred thousand, they would not pursue any responsibility of Shanhai Real Estate.

These days Wang Dashan lived in constant trepidation, spending almost every night in insomnia. Especially after he learned the news of Xu Mingmei's sentencing, he became even more panic-stricken.

Now suddenly hearing such good news, Wang Dashan instantly felt the willows dark and flowers bright, the clouds parting to reveal the sun.

He didn't have any hesitation, immediately agreeing.

No matter what, as long as Shanhai Real Estate could be preserved, whatever money was paid out was worth it!

So he immediately transferred the three hundred thousand over.

But he also raised a condition: that Anjia Real Estate go communicate with Ou Jiajie and let his cousin Wang Yaohua off the hook.

Ultimately they were family brothers; although he hated him to the bone, in the end his heart softened and he still decided to lend a hand.

The other side agreed to the condition Wang Dashan proposed.

The negotiation between both sides went very smoothly.

This matter came to a close just like that.

From start to finish, it took a total of over a month, nearly two months.

From beginning to end, Wang Dashan actually didn't come up with any solution; he just passively handled the problems the other side threw at him, yet he felt his choices were correct.

If not for his own persistence initially, it would have been absolutely impossible to save Shanhai Real Estate.

And as long as Shanhai Real Estate was saved, that counted as a good result.

This made him believe even more firmly in the saying "effort is not wasted on the dedicated."

And even more firmly believe that as long as one doesn't give up or abandon, as long as one persists, there will be a good result.

These simple values — are they wrong?

To tell the truth, they aren't wrong, and are even very correct.

But once they truly fall into the rules of social operation, it's another matter entirely.

What's terrifying isn't Wang Dashan's stubborn adherence to his own views, but that his stubborn adherence actually obtained a not-the-worst result, causing him to believe he made the correct choice.

Just like when he initially chose to cooperate with Xu Mingxin, that wrong choice gave him positive feedback, which then led to the subsequent series of disastrous consequences.

This "correct choice" of his led to the subsequent series of troubles and problems.

The most obvious problem is that after this three hundred thousand compensation, he doesn't have much money left.

Whether the company account or personal account, both have no money.

Before he had already lent two hundred thousand to Xu Mingxin, and now he compensated another three hundred thousand; for Shanhai Real Estate, such a small company, being able to scrape together this much money was already the limit.

The money lent to Xu Mingxin definitely won't be recovered anytime soon.

Because Xu Mingxin now owes a mountain of debt and has also lost his job, he definitely can't stay in the real estate industry anymore; he's already been blacklisted by the industry and won't be able to find another job anytime soon.

Wang Erhai harbored no small amount of resentment in his heart over this outcome:

"Big Brother, if we had sold the company to Ou Jiajie back then, we wouldn't have had to pay out this much money at all."

Wang Dashan, however, didn't see it that way. He said:

"It's just three hundred thousand, it doesn't count for anything. As long as we protect the company, we'll definitely be able to earn it back later."

Wang Dashan was very optimistic about the future. He felt he could weather this huge storm and surely had the ability to stage a comeback and earn even more money.

Wang Erhai, on the other hand, had no confidence in his heart. In the past, Shanhai Real Estate was able to make money entirely due to Xu Mingxin's channeling of benefits. Now Xu Mingxin is finished, and a new business chain hasn't been established yet, so how can they still make money?

He's just afraid that in the days to come, they'll be spending more than they earn, operating at a loss.

Additionally, there's another serious problem.

Right now, there's less than half a month until the Spring Festival. Previously, Wang Dashan had promised his family that he would bring three hundred thousand back home during the Spring Festival.

But now all the money is spent, so how can he bring money back?

Wang Erhai asked:

"Big Brother, we previously promised Dad and Mom to give the family three hundred thousand to build a new house. What should we do about this matter?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Dashan's brows furrowed.

What else can be done about this matter?

We can only take it lying down!

We can't possibly make them go borrow three hundred thousand to take home, can we?

Besides, even if they were willing to go borrow, they might not be able to borrow that much money.

"Later I'll make a call home and tell them, push the house-building matter back a bit."

Wang Dashan said this.

Wang Erhai sighed:

"Just afraid that once you say it, our dad will be unhappy."

Wang Dashan wore a long face:

"What can we do if he's unhappy? The situation is what it is right now. Even if he flayed my skin, I can't produce three hundred thousand!"

Wang Erhai sighed again:

"Don't know if he's been running his mouth outside everywhere. Just afraid he'll run his mouth everywhere, and in the end we can't bring the money back, he becomes the village's laughingstock, and he'll be unhappy again. His health isn't good right now, he can't get angry, can't take stimulation."

Wang Erhai actually harbored resentment toward Wang Dashan in his heart.

If they had chosen to sell the company to Ou Jiajie back then, they wouldn't have had to pay that three hundred thousand in compensation to Anjia Real Estate's upper management afterwards. Wouldn't that three hundred thousand have been available to take home to build the house?

Just because of Wang Dashan's stubborn insistence, so much money was lost for nothing.

This year's efforts were all in vain.

But Wang Erhai couldn't bring himself to criticize Wang Dashan to his face. After all, Wang Dashan was his big brother, he had to give his big brother some face, otherwise it would hurt the bond between brothers.