I was forced to start the second round because I was raised in poverty

Chapter 220: Concealing the truth
Su Cheng was extremely depressed.

He had saved a lot of money with the old man.

From the time I started college until now, my dad hasn't given me a single penny, and all the money I earn from part-time jobs is in his hands.

Adding to the fact that Su Cheng "committed suicide" and transferred all his assets to the old man, the old man must have held tens of thousands of yuan of his money.

I contacted a poor relative who said the treatment would cost 300,000 to 400,000 yuan.

Now they've changed their tune, saying they're starting their own business, and they're asking for a million right off the bat.

Su Cheng does have the money, but he can't give it to her.

Is 100 million yuan still considered starting a business?
In a county town, having a million yuan already makes you a success.

"Dad, where would I get a million?"

"Besides, what kind of renovation company needs a million? If the client is withholding your payment, why don't you just not settle the wages with the workers, both the skilled and the unskilled?"

Who knew that the old man on the other end of the phone had a very clear mind and logic, and his cognitive ability seemed to have suddenly improved from the level of a sixth-grade elementary school student to the level of a college student.

"Let's keep things separate. I pay people readily and my workers are hardworking and dedicated. Do you understand this principle? That's how we can succeed in our hometown!"

"Even if wages are delayed, there are still costs for purchasing goods and materials."

Before Su Cheng could refuse again, the old man took the initiative to lower the price.

"If you don't have 100 million, you can give me 20 first, so your dad can get this business up and running."

Su Cheng: ???
Damn it.

The old man has figured out the trick of "aim high and you'll get middle, aim middle and you'll get low."

Let me start with an incredibly exaggerated number, and then I'll start chopping it down, one slice at a time.

Before Su Cheng could even speak, the amount had already been reduced to one-fifth of the original one million.

"Don't worry, you'll get your money back quickly. I'm so busy right now."

Good or bad.

After more than ten minutes of back-and-forth on the phone, the old man kept repeating, "I'm doing this for your own good. I'm saving money for you so you can get married."

The agreement was that Su Cheng would transfer 20,000 yuan to him tomorrow, and Su Cheng would make up the difference when he received his year-end bonus.

The range of amounts, from one million to twenty thousand, is quite substantial.

hang up the phone.

Su Cheng cursed fiercely, "That old bastard, he's really good at fooling people."

He originally didn't want to give a single penny, but the old man spoke up, and if Su Cheng didn't give him money, he wouldn't even be able to hang up the phone.

There was still some bleeding.

but it does not matter.

Having shares in "Heart Signal" is enough.

Su Cheng ate six million from her father, and then took out 20,000 to pay him back... well, it's not bad.

After all, the wool comes from the sheep.

Su Cheng calculated that it was only about 0.3%, which is more than the normal loss when transporting a truckload of vegetables.

The next morning, Su Cheng transferred his clean money to his father's designated account.

Not long after, he received a call from Wang Zhiying.

"Hello? Mr. Wang? What can I do for you?"

Wang Zhiying asked over the phone, "What have you been busy with lately? Why didn't you come to the celebration party last night?"

"I had something to take care of, so I didn't go. Did you go?"

“I went, as a friend,” Wang Zhiying explained. “It’s a pity, I brought your girlfriend yesterday, but you didn’t show up.”

Su Cheng:......

"What little girlfriend? Don't talk nonsense, Mr. Wang. There's nothing between me and Xiao Chen."

"See, you get all worked up as soon as Xiao Chen is mentioned."

Wang Zhiying didn't believe Su Cheng's nonsense.

It's not like Su Cheng had Xiao Chen help him register his shares.
"I'm not talking to you anymore. I have something important to ask you: why did you withdraw two million from the company?"

Uh.

This is it.

It's hard to say for Su Cheng yet.

He couldn't very well say that he wanted to rent a bigger house, buy a car, and enjoy life; Wang Zhiying would definitely scold him to death if he did.

"Well, my dad runs a small business back in our hometown, so he really needs the money. That's why I've already withdrawn a portion of it."

"What do you mean 'a portion'? You took all of this month's profits, you bastard!"

Wang Zhiying had never heard that Su Cheng's father was a businessman.

"What kind of business does your dad run that requires two million?"

"In the construction industry."

"Architecture? Is it the kind of architecture I'm thinking of, civil engineering?"

"Yes, yes, yes, he occasionally takes on projects that require upfront funding, so he's short of money right now."

Wang Zhiying was surprised to learn that Su Cheng's father was actually a construction contractor, likely having undertaken numerous government projects or other large-scale projects. Otherwise, why would he need to advance funds?
The black landline phone on Su Cheng's desk rang; it was a call from the administration department.

Judging from the timing, Qin Fen and the others should have returned by now.

"Mr. Wang, is there anything else? If not, I'll go back to my work now."

"You go ahead and do your work. I'll contact you again in a couple of days."

"it is good."

Su Cheng hung up Wang Zhiying's call, then picked up the landline and chatted for a few minutes with the people in the administration department.

As expected, the joint team has returned.

However, Su Cheng did not see Ye Li and the others; only Qin Fen returned to the company.

"Hey? Why are you the only one back?" Su Cheng asked Qin Fen curiously.

"Oh, they all went straight home to rest. I just came to the company to pick up two USB drives."

Qin Fen excitedly and wearily told Su Cheng about some things that had happened in the past two weeks since Su Cheng left.

Su Cheng listened patiently to his explanation and roughly understood what had happened.

"So what's the progress so far?"

"There's been little progress; it's still the same minor issues, and we haven't even gotten to the key problems yet."

"So Team Leader Lin and Sister Li discussed it and decided to bring the team back first. Staying there would only cause them a lot of trouble and wouldn't lead to any good ideas. So after they came back, they gave everyone three days off so that everyone could rest."

Su Cheng was a little puzzled.

He discovered such a simple problem before he even went to Yuzhou.

As a result, Lin Lin and Ye Li led their team to work in the factory for more than half a month, but they still had no clue.
That's understandable, actually.

The factory work is physically demanding, and everyone's energy is spent on physical labor, so naturally, their minds don't have time to think.

but.

Su Cheng had another concern: what was the situation with Lin Lin and the others?

Su Cheng thought she should ask Lin Lin for the real progress, since Qin Fen probably wouldn't know about this level of information.

"Okay, then take your things and go back to rest. Get some sleep for a few days."

"it is good."

After seeing Qin Fen off.

Instead of going directly to Lin Lin to ask about their progress, Su Cheng first sent an email to her email address.

It contains detailed records of violations of group principles and employee handbooks committed by members of the original second group during this field investigation.

Led by Yuan Xinhao, they deliberately colluded with the other two lobby managers to prevent the members of Group Seven from receiving ice.

This is an extremely serious internal strife!

In addition, Yuan Xinhao led many people to slack off during the research process, and Su Cheng had surveillance footage of every minute.

He went to Yuzhou with the joint team, and he didn't just wander around the factory every day.

The group's punishment for these two issues is very severe; firing Yuan Xinhao outright would be perfectly acceptable.

When Lin Lin received this email, the expression on her face was indescribable.

Lin Lin couldn't believe it was true. Stealing her colleague's ice pack?

Was the research process lazy?
She found both of these things truly unbelievable.

Everyone else in the group is a possibility, but Yuan Xinhao???

Lin Lin immediately called Yuan Xinhao and asked him to come out.

The two met at a coffee shop.

Lin Lin kept a straight face throughout.

Yuan Xinhao sensed that something was off about the atmosphere and asked with a smile, "Sister Lin, what's wrong? Who made us unhappy?"

Lin Lin snorted coldly. She didn't want to talk to Yuan Xinhao at all. Instead, she forwarded the email that Su Cheng had sent her to Yuan Xinhao's email address.

"See for yourself."

Yuan Xinhao was shocked when he saw the email.

This email could completely ruin his entire career!
Once his actions are exposed, he can forget about working in the consulting industry. He will be blacklisted by major companies and never be hired again.

"This...this, this, this..."

Cold sweat slowly trickled down Yuan Xinhao's forehead.

"Sister Lin, who sent this to you? Was it Su Cheng?"

Lin Lin crossed her arms and leaned back on the sofa: "Who else could it be?"

Lin Lin is in an extremely bad mood right now.

The lack of progress in the case was already giving Lin Lin a headache, and now Yuan Xinhao has gotten into trouble too.

Although Yuan Xinhao did not hold a position in the joint group, he was the leader of her second group.

Although there is no official punishment for joint liability within the group, there will still be consequences in reality.

Lin Lin was angry about more than just these things.

What angered her was that Yuan Xinhao had kept it from her!
She had clearly asked Yuan Xinhao last time if every colleague had an ice pack, and Yuan Xinhao assured her that every colleague did.

So he meant that every group in Group 2 got one, but Group 7 was deliberately holding back?

Is this how things are done?
What do Ye Li and Mu Xueping think of me?

People will definitely think that Yuan Xinhao's actions were either approved by her or directly instructed by her.

Yuan Xinhao looked flustered: "Sister Lin, what should I do now?"

"Heh, now you're scared? Why weren't you scared back then?"

Lin Lin felt a deep sense of disappointment and frustration towards Yuan Xinhao.

"I'll start with one question: how much of what's in this email is true?"

Lin Lin could tell from Yuan Xinhao's expression that it was probably true, but she couldn't be sure if every action was true.

Yuan Xinhao told Lin Lin everything.

In addition, he also confessed to Lin Lin some things that were not mentioned in the email.

Lin Lin's blood pressure rose higher and higher as she listened, and she wished she could slap Yuan Xinhao across the face right now.

So Su Cheng didn't write enough in this email!

"You motherfucker, are you bored out of your mind?"

"Why are you doing all this?"

"Are you fucking crazy?"

Lin Lin disregarded the occasion and immediately lashed out at Yuan Xinhao.

Yuan Xinhao dared not utter a sound.

His intentions were actually good.

If Ye Li and the others don't get enough rest, they won't perform well and won't be able to come up with good ideas.

"Shut the fuck up."

"Don't use the excuse of 'it's for my own good,' I don't need it."

Lin Lin stared intently at Yuan Xinhao. Was this for her own good? Wasn't this just making trouble for her?

She knew that Yuan Xinhao disliked Su Cheng, but that was a personal grudge.

Since it's a joint team, everyone needs to work together towards the same goal.

Ye Li has already made it clear that she wants the team to cooperate actively, and you're still doing this? Aren't you just handing her a handle to use against you?
Lin Lin was already annoyed, and now this incident has forced her to give up her rest time and focus her energy on cleaning up Yuan Xinhao's mess.

Since Su Cheng didn't report this matter directly to headquarters, but instead sent her an email first, there's still hope.

"So, Sister Lin... what does he mean?"

"How would I know what he meant?"

Tell the truth.

The fact that Yuan Xinhao has not yet been detained by the Internal Affairs Department means that Su Cheng did not send this email out.

But what was his purpose in doing this?
Extortion?
"Could it be that they want us to give all the results to Ye Li?"

"Results? What results have you achieved so far? You've been working on this for almost half a month and still haven't made a single clue." Lin Lin said with a forced smile.

If you're angry, vent it; if you're furious, unleash it.

Lin Lin is just that kind of generous and outgoing big sister from Jingzhou.

"Let me make a phone call and ask first."

Lin Lin dialed Su Cheng's number, speaking in an extremely friendly tone. She was thinking of inviting Su Cheng out for a meal and then having a chat.

The other party knew why she had come and was probably waiting for her call, so she readily agreed.

"Come with me."

"Put away your usual airs and stop strutting around like that."

Lin Lin has spoken, and with Su Cheng now holding his life in her hands, Yuan Xinhao dares not disobey!
That night.

Lin Lin led Yuan Xinhao to the reserved private room.

She not only invited Su Cheng, but also brought along several of her childhood friends with whom she had a good relationship.

These childhood friends all come from families with connections, and they're doing quite well in Jingzhou now.

Among them were colleagues from the consulting industry and young CEOs who had already taken over their family businesses; this was considered one of Lin Lin's core circles in Jingzhou.

Yuan Xinhao was even a little intimidated when he saw these older men.

Because, like Lin Lin, they are all native Jingzhou people.

Although Yuan Xinhao came to Jingzhou at a very young age, he still has a Jizhou household registration, which is fundamentally different from these people.

He never expected that Lin Lin would treat him so well.

To get rid of him, she invited her childhood friends and confidants from her inner circle.

To know.

These people come from wealthy families, have connections, and have the means. In addition, they have indeed achieved some success, which has led to a strange sense of arrogance and conceit in them.

In other words, very few people can catch their eye.

Take Yuan Xinhao for example.

He was the lowest-ranking person at this table.

Lin Lin had asked these people to help her sort out her troubles, which really touched him!

"Sister Xiaolin, who is this person?"

"Yeah, Sister Lin, is she a really awesome person?"

Several childhood friends shared a consensus.

The person Lin Lin personally introduced them to, and the high level of hospitality they received, must be an important figure.

They guessed that he was either the son of the richest man in some other place, or the child of some leader.

Otherwise, we wouldn't have gone to such lengths to introduce them to each other.

soon.

A familiar figure appeared at the door of the private room.

"Xiao Su! You're late!"

(End of this chapter)