They surrounded me right after the breakup.

Xiao Yuanshan sat at his desk.

A list of all of the Jiang family's commercial real estate projects in Jingzhou was laid out in front of them.

The document was compiled by Lao Fang overnight.

Each project is marked with its area, lease terms, and bank credit line.

He flipped through two pages, put the document down, and picked up the landline on the table.

"Notify the legal department to prepare a letter of intent for the acquisition by 10:00 AM today."

"Send this to all partners of the Jiang family's commercial real estate projects."

"The wording doesn't need to be too formal."

"But we need to make them understand that the Xiao Group is very interested in these projects."

"Interested enough to be willing to pay a premium to acquire it."

After hanging up, he dialed a second number.

"Old Zhou, are you acquainted with the head of the credit department at the Bank of China?"

"Please pass on a message for me."

"The Jiang family's business projects in Jingzhou won't last long due to limited cash reserves."

"Whoever freezes the credit line first is the safest."

The third call was made to the group's CFO.

"Starting today, all banking partners will reassess the value of the collateral in the Jiang family project."

"You know perfectly well how much the valuation of those office buildings they own is inflated."

"I need a report, please have it on my desk by the day after tomorrow."

Xiao Yuanshan hung up the phone and leaned back in his chair.

The skyline of Gyeongju is visible outside the window.

One of them is a core asset of the Chiang family.

They used it as the headquarters of Universal Music, and the annual rental income is tens of millions.

He picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.

The tea has gone cold.

But he has been drinking herbal tea much more often these past few days than before.

The curve of her lips was deeper than ever.

The image of Xiao Xiao jumping up and down and cursing Jiang Guangyao in his office a few days ago is still vivid in my mind.

That girl is usually loose-lipped, but she was right this time.

It was indeed taking advantage of his illness to kill him.

The Chiang family has been shrinking its commercial real estate holdings for several years.

The operational capabilities couldn't keep up; previously, they relied entirely on old relationships to stay afloat.

Now Star Moon Media is launching a full-scale attack on the entertainment sector.

Chiang Kuang-yao was too busy to take care of himself.

This is the perfect time to remove their last support.

Xiao Yuanshan is not the type of person who likes to kick someone when they're down.

But what the Chiang family did back then was not ethical.

After all these years, it's time for someone to collect this debt.

……

In the study of the Lin family villa.

Carrie Lam is having a video conference with several core executives using a landline.

The work progress schedule for the past three days was spread out on the table.

Each item has a completion deadline.

"Old Zhou, have you compiled a list of partners for the Jiang family's properties around Jingzhou?"

"Mr. Lin, it's all sorted out. There are 12 companies in total, 8 of which are long-term partners."

"Send letters to all of them!"

"What about the wording?"

"Just write that the Lin family group is optimizing its supply chain."

"In the short term, we will prioritize renewing contracts with our strategic partners."

"The Chiang family is not on the list of strategic partners."

Carrie Lam picked up the ginseng tea.

"No need to name names directly; let them figure it out themselves."

"OK."

She hung up on Lao Zhou and then dialed the group's purchasing department.

"Ah Kun, how's the progress on the things I discussed in the last meeting?"

"President Lin, it's already being processed. One of the three suppliers connected to the Jiang family signed a termination agreement today."

"We are still in talks with the remaining two companies, and we will give you a response by tomorrow at the latest."

"Too slow! I want to see the results before I leave work today."

"The compensation for contract termination will be paid in full, exactly as stipulated in the contract."

"But if there are loopholes in the terms, deduct what should be deducted and pursue what should be pursued."

"Their legal team is too busy dealing with Junhe."

"They don't have the energy to drag things out with us."

"clear."

Carrie Lam put down the landline receiver, picked up her cell phone, and dialed Jiang Han's number.

It rang twice, and then the other end answered.

Unlike when she was giving orders to her subordinates, her voice softened instantly.

"Xiao Jiang, it's Mom."

"Several plots of land in the residential real estate sector have been secured."

"The Chiang family can hold out for at most another month."

"A month later, they couldn't find a single partner in the Jingzhou real estate circle."

"Mom keeps her word!"

Jiang Han's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Thank you, Mom."

"What are you thanking me for? Why say such things among family?"

"Has that girl Yaoyao been bullying you lately?"

"If she dares to make you angry, just tell me, and I'll take care of her for you."

Jiang Han chuckled on the other end of the phone: "Yaoyao is doing well."

I probably need to rest more...

"That's good! By the way, Qingning has been working hard lately too."

"Please tell her for me to come over for soup this weekend."

"Mom stewed bird's nest for her."

"good!"

After hanging up the phone, Carrie Lam placed it on the table.

She picked up the landline phone again; there were still several unconnected numbers on the screen.

She planned to call them one by one.

Her style of doing things is very simple.

Either don't take action, or if you do, do it to the extreme.

When the old man entrusted the Lin family to her management, many people were waiting to see her make a fool of herself.

She took over quietly and expanded the Lin family's residential real estate business from Jingzhou to the entire province.

That's what makes it so special.

Since Xiao Jiang calls her "Mom".

This kind of dedication should be used to help him collect his debts.

Three days later, Jiang Guangyao slammed a stack of documents down on the CFO in his office.

Papers were scattered all over the floor.

The top one is a credit freeze notice from Citibank.

"Within three days, all the partners of the five projects issued risk warning letters."

"Both banks have frozen the credit line."

"Is this what you said last week—that it wasn't a big problem?"

The CFO kept his head down and didn't dare to reply.

"Get out!"

The CFO picked up the documents from the floor and quickly left.

After the door closed, Jiang Guangyao was left alone in the office.

Last week he was still considering how to deal with the attack from Star Moon Media.

Artists from Universal Music Group have been leaving one after another.

Shan Yichun's new song's sales figures were completely overshadowed by Phoenix Motors.

Several commercial performance contracts that had been agreed upon were snatched away by others.

He thought this was Jiang Han's revenge.

Now these real estate partners are terminating their contracts one after another.

Banks have frozen credit lines, and suppliers are demanding payment for goods.

During this period, his business empire was simultaneously destroyed from all sides.

He didn't even have time to organize a proper counterattack.

He thought Jiang Han was fighting alone, but now he understands.

Jiang Han has already gathered an entire alliance around him.

The Lin family's residential real estate, and the Xiao family's commercial real estate.

Junhe's legal tactics and Xingyue's entertainment-driven crackdown.

And that woman surnamed Shen, she risked her entire acting career for Jiang Han.

Those few despicable women each mobilized their family resources to pave the way for him.

This is not one person seeking revenge.

It's a group of people settling old scores from over a decade ago.

Jiang Guangyao picked up the phone on the table and found his uncle's number.

My finger hovered above the screen for a long time before finally dialing.

"Uncle, it's me."

"The situation is not optimistic! Someone is targeting our supply chain and acquiring core commercial projects at a premium."

"A significant portion of my bank credit line has been frozen; I can only repay loans, not withdraw them."

"My artist management team submitted their resignation letters this morning, and the legal department also resigned this afternoon."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone before an old and tired voice came through.

"I see."