Paper can't hold the fire. By the middle of December, the report that had been suppressed by Cheng Zhongguo in a way was finally reported by a certain media, and then it was irrepressible, spreading in the form of a prairie fire, and one day it officially jumped out of the financial news and went to the social news, and all the internal contradictions in Changyuan were put in front of the eyes of the world.

Discord between the general manager and the veterans: The veterans resigned en masse many times, and the chief financial officer was arrested in public at the factory, which has not been released to this day.

The general manager tried to buy back employee shares without spending a penny, and he formulated a unified procurement plan, but he did the old thing of enriching his own pockets.

The general manager forced the employee to withdraw the lawsuit. At home, he succeeded with one hand, and now 578 employees have been re-sued in Hong Kong. Under enormous livelihood pressure, more than 400 people sent letters claiming to terminate the lawsuits, but after reflection, more than 300 people withdrew the notices and issued applications to continue the lawsuits.

A photo of Mr. Cheng was attached to the news in the summer when he was dealing with a protest in front of the management committee. was photographed with a blurred face, and the reporter added fuel and vinegar to accuse him of indifference.

"What's my business, what's your business?"

"Yes, is there a recording to prove it?"

"You ask me, who do I ask?"

A tone that is not easy to deal with.

There are also reports from the other side.

The veterans have an annual salary of more than one million, but they still pluck the goose for every business they handle, and some people even have to rub oil on the Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes within the purchase group, so there is a unified procurement system reform of the group.

Employee shareholders are only concerned about their own dividends, always obstructing the development of new products, and also opposing normal internal changes.

The more troublesome it is, the more fierce it becomes, each with its own reason.

Xu Tao put down his mobile phone, his attention was attracted by the financial reports on TV, and the Hong Kong stock market was bullish and red. Changyuan Chemical has unknowingly risen to nearly five yuan, which has departed from its original price curve, but the attention of the two factions is caught in the scolding, and no one has discovered this fact. Or someone finds out, but is only glad that their stock has increased, or regrets that they haven't been able to own the company's stock. For holders of Changyuan employee shares, Hong Kong stocks are only rich on paper, unlike A-shares, which are easy to operate and trade by themselves, so the focus is more on dividends, which are tangible and tangible.

Just so casually, she lowered her head and focused on her mobile phone, "The judge said that the defendant's actions are putting pressure on the plaintiff, which is enough to cause concern, and this is a well-planned plan." It can be seen from the letters written by the employees to the judges that the employees are under tremendous pressure and will be suspended and go home if they do not withdraw the lawsuit as requested by the company. If successful, the defendant will become the beneficiary of this scheme, and will win a landslide victory, hindering the judicial announcement. The judge added, "Don't fool yourself into thinking that you can do that in other jurisdictions: officials protect each other, and the people have no recourse." ”

The most important thing is a custody order.

"Pending a final judgment, the employee shares involved in the litigation will be held in trust by an independent third-party accounting firm. ”

After getting this, Zhao Congzhou is coming back.

Zhao Gang is also being held in a detention center. At one time, the procuratorate issued a notice that he "did not cause social impact and did not approve his arrest", but the notice was withdrawn before he could be taken out. Zhao ran from Zhou Bai and got the news that he was still under arrest.

Xu Tao can also feel the wrestling as a bystander, but in China, after all, Cheng Zhongguo has the upper hand. In the invisible network of relationships, unless there are no flaws, there are too many places that can operate, and those who know the rules better win.

Xu Tao pressed the channel to the local station, just in the broadcast of a news about Changyuan, the city's Hong Kong-listed company Changyuan Chemical recently attracted public attention because of a former executive smuggling incident, general manager Cheng Qinghe answered the reporter's question, cloud: the company is big and everyone has it, and it will not change the company's management system because of one or two black sheep.

The interview was conducted at the gate of Changyuan Factory, Cheng Qinghe was still wearing the work clothes of the workshop, his expression was acceptable, and he was approachable, probably only extremely familiar people knew that some of his small actions had betrayed his mood.

The local station's reporter skills are not in place, the questions are boring, the camera is shaky, but he is still handsome.

Xu Tao looked at him, and he had changed a lot in half a year, and only the most familiar people knew how to polish him best. Regardless of Cheng Zhongguo's thoughts, Cheng Qinghe became more suitable for this world. Throughout the ages, whether it is the battlefield of the cold weapon era, or the modern □□ era, to the invisible economic war today, and the battlefield of the equity war, there has never been room for willfulness, and calmness is the way to deal with the war. And soldiers are not tired of deceit, and some things that should be used still have to be used.

She turned off the TV in a huff.

Outside the window was a cloudy day in December, and the gray sky made Xu Tao feel bad.

Why hasn't Zhao Congzhou arrived yet?

As soon as Xu Tao picked up the phone, this thing rang loudly in her palm, and an unfamiliar number scrolled back and forth. She stared at the place shown on it for a moment, but finally took it.

"Daughter, do you have 100,000 yuan on hand? Lend me it, the situation is urgent, and I urgently need this money!"

"Nope. ”

"You ask a friend to borrow it? I promise to pay you back as soon as I have it. ”

"I don't have any friends. ”

"Colleague, leader, you haven't found a job yet, are you? You're a doctor, can't you find a job?" the voice on the other end of the phone was old and incoherent.

"I don't have any colleagues or leaders. ”

"Then you go and find a job! you still take care of your ...... when you are at home."

Xu Tao held the phone farther away, stared at the screen where the sudden out-of-control scolding came from, listened for a few seconds, and then interrupted the conversation with a flick of his finger.

Sadly, modern people can be close to each other at the end of the world, and they can also cut off contact at any time.

The old routine, she knew what would happen after lending him 100,000, and there was no news until she had to have a sum of money again.

Although he is still alive, it is no different from being dead.

She looked quietly at the courtyard, the roses sent by Cheng Qinghe had gone into dormancy, and the branches full of spikes had been trimmed short. The same is true of the other flowers, and the green one is a honeysuckle in the corner, the leaves of which have turned a deep blue. But despite the approaching winter, there are still flowers and trees that are not afraid of the cold, and the buds of the plum have gone from only a little budding to now becoming fuller day by day.

Is the arrival of winter a good thing or a bad thing?

Xu Tao knew that as long as it came to the early spring, those flowers and trees would recover. There are also frostbite and frostbite, but that is only a few, and the vitality of all things in heaven and earth is beyond the imagination of mortals.

There was a knock on the door from afar, and Zhao Congzhou came.

Xu Tao jumped up and ran across the yard to open the door for him.

He was dressed very thickly, with a long down jacket, thin, his face was more angular than before, and his smile had not changed. He opened his hands and motioned for a hug.

Xu Tao stepped back a little and looked at him, shaking his head to show disobedience.

He laughed and hugged her, "I miss you!"

Come on, in fact, I only saw it last month, and we had a cup of coffee together in a hurry. He is too busy, like a diligent junior apprentice, desperately trying to absorb Hong Kong law, after all, the fees of Hong Kong lawyers are not as easy to say as in China. Xu Tao is also busy, although there are some things that can be handed over to others, but there are many more that need to be handled by her personally.

Zhao Congzhou looked at the flowers and plants in the courtyard and made a comment, "It's weird and kind." Every time he came back, he was busy meeting with the employees who had authorized him, solving their doubts, strengthening their confidence, collecting more evidence, and often going to Zhao Gang's side to follow up on the lawsuit, accumulating a bunch of used air tickets and tickets between the three places.

"You've lost weight. Entering the house and putting down his things, he commented on Xu Tao.

Xu Tao shook the bottle at him, "Tea, or coffee?"

"Coffee. Zhao Congzhou didn't see anything and sat down on the sofa, "I've drunk too much coffee in the past six months, and I feel unenergetic if I don't drink it now." What about you? What do you rely on to cheer up?"

Xu Tao also drinks, but is not particularly needed. She said, "It's enough for me to have a job." ”

Zhao Congzhou's gaze stayed on the pot of daffodils on the case, the daffodils were slim, "I still don't know what you do." ”

"Shen Hao didn't say it?" Xu Tao asked rhetorically, "No one in the law firm has mentioned it?"

Zhao Congzhou rested his hand on the back of the sofa, turned his head sideways and replied to her, "You don't know their virtues yet?" Of course, they will definitely talk behind their backs, people are always people, and it is impossible not to talk about long and short, but they will never say it to me, an outsider. ”

Xu Tao put the coffee in front of him, sat down opposite him, and debunked it in one word, "You want to ask me face to face." ”

"Yes. Zhao Congzhou picked up the coffee and took a sip, "I don't know who you are, but I think you came for a purpose." ”

Xu Tao smiled without saying a word, and after a while, "You'll know after a while." ”

"Does my father's business have anything to do with you?"

Xu Tao shook his head, "There is no direct relationship. But it may be indirect. ”

Zhao Congzhou's eyes dimmed, "I guess too." He lowered his head and smiled, "No way, staying alone in an unfamiliar place is more about thinking more." Before you came, we had been living a quiet life, arguing and fighting as a big deal, and we could see retirement at a glance. After you came, it changed a lot, and I didn't think I would be running around. He swallowed the rest of his words, "Actually, it's good, I think it's quite interesting, but my father suffered." But he's not particularly innocent, and people always have to take responsibility for what they've done. ”

"Ten years old in half a year?"

Zhao Congzhou thought for a while, "A little." He laughed again, "Well, I slept in a pigeon cage in Hong Kong to save money." He gestured to Xu Tao, "It's so long and wide, like a cage, but it's cheap." Sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night, I still think that I am dreaming, and I am mentally ill, so I put down the good bed at home and don't sleep, and I run here to suffer. Sometimes it's just crazy," he scolded, "and the barristers are rich, and I, I do all the work, and I prepare the materials, and he makes money every day when he does the work that is handed over." It's still fortunate that you introduced me, otherwise I don't know who to look for, and it's not impossible that the money was blinded and it didn't work out. At that time, I hated you and felt that you must have your reasons. ”

Xu Tao met his gaze, "I'm just for money." ”

Zhao Congzhou's gaze greedily stayed on her face for a long time, "Then I thought about who you are." We've met, but I don't remember anything. ”

Xu Tao made a surprised expression, "You didn't show a word when you drank coffee last month, it's amazing, you're so deep!"

Zhao Congzhou raised his gaze, "I don't think you will take the initiative to sue me...... "If you care about me, you will take the initiative to sue me, he said in his heart, but you didn't, you didn't even deliberately hide your information. "You're too bold, there's a lot of things in this place that his family has the final say. Although Old Man Cheng is not enough to threaten your personal safety, can he ...... It's not good after all, as long as someone has a heart, they can find out your origin from the information you give. ”

"So that I can deceive myself, I didn't lie to anyone. Xu Tao interrupted him, "Why don't we talk about the custody order you got, who will come?"

Zhao Congzhou nodded, "It's good, I believe in his professional ethics." However, I got a message this morning that Old Man Cheng is going to make a new move. I don't know exactly what it is, but I'll see it then. ”

On-site buyback.

Cheng Qinghe was making the minutes of the meeting, the meeting just now was too important, there were only four participants, Cheng Zhongguo and him, and there were also two on the other side of the river.

In addition to the private placement, Hezhong Chemical also plans to acquire 15% of the shares of Changyuan Investment, plus the part held by Cheng Zhongguo, as long as it exceeds 50%, it will have the right to speak in Changyuan Investment, and there is no need to care about the remaining employee share holders. With the control of Changyuan Investment, coupled with the private placement of Changyuan Chemical held by Hezhong Chemical, the two can jointly achieve an absolute controlling stake in Changyuan Chemical.

Use cash as a bargaining chip for on-site repurchase, and take the money directly as long as the lawsuit is successfully withdrawn.

What a custodian!

It's not that they look down on most of the employees, they don't make trouble for money.

Cheng Qinghe carefully reviewed the minutes of the meeting, copied the electronic version to the other three, and asked them to check it as much as possible.

He rubbed his eyes, he had slept too little lately and his eyes were astringent.

Originally, I could rest for a while while waiting for a reply, but I couldn't sleep for some reason, Cheng Qinghe resigned himself to opening the drawer and began to clean up the text, throw what should be thrown, and smash what should be crushed.

He casually examines every document, and there is an inconspicuous one, like someone's personnel file.

Ledong, family member, wife Xu Zhirong, daughter, Le Taotao.