Chapter 55: New Reward—Mind Reading

"What do you mean? Are you trying to scare me?" Guo Yunhai roared. He slammed his fist angrily on the table and yelled, "When Wang Sihai and I started our business, you were still just a single cell! The remaining 680 million must be returned to me in full. If even a single penny is missing, I won't let you off!"

Wang Sihai had already fled, and Guo Yunhai believed there was no evidence of the shady dealings between them. As long as Wang Sihai wasn't captured, he had nothing to fear about their conspiracy coming to light.

Normally, that would be the case. However, Yang Chen, the person talking to him now, was anything but normal. Yang Chen held the evidence of all illegal activities committed by the shareholders and executives of Sihai Group, and the records of the illicit dealings between Wang Sihai and Guo Yunhai were documented in crystal-clear detail.

Without any clues, investigating would certainly be difficult. But following a direct trail of evidence made it simple.

"You're shameless! You won't get a single penny, and you'll have to spit out everything you've swallowed!" Yang Chen scolded, then hung up the phone.

Guo Yunhai sneered, tossed his phone onto the desk, and cursed, "Damn it, just a scapegoat, yet he dares to play tough and threaten people. Why doesn't he take a piss and look at what kind of pathetic bird he is? Wang Sihai has bolted, so these 4.68 billion belong entirely to me. If even a single penny is missing, I won't let him go!"

Yang Chen took out a USB drive, plugged it into the computer, and printed out the evidence, including financial transactions and chat records between Wang Sihai and Guo Yunhai, handing them to Chang Sheng.

"Take these to the municipal government and hand them to Wang Wenkang! I have two demands. First, the 4 billion funds must be returned to the account of Sihai Health before noon today. Second, all the funds embezzled by Guo Yunhai from Sihai Health must be fully returned, and his legal responsibility must be pursued," Yang Chen instructed.

Looking at the detailed information listed on the paper, Chang Sheng couldn't help but shiver inwardly.

Just how many people's criminal evidence did Yang Chen hold in his hands? It felt as though he could produce incriminating evidence against anyone at a moment's notice.

Chang Sheng carefully put away the evidence and immediately went to find Wang Wenkang.

At this moment, the system issued a notification.

"Host refused to refund money to Guo Yunhai. The system rewards the host with [Mind Reading], taking effect immediately."

Huh?

Even this came with a reward.

"Hoo..."

Yang Chen let out a long breath, his mood seeming to improve slightly.

Yang Chen had made so much money less than a month after taking over Sihai Group that it was no exaggeration to say he made millions every minute. If he wasn't in the mood to work, the ones suffering losses would be all the creditors.

Li Jun quickly called Zhao Kun, the president of the head office, asking him to find a way to get the money back no matter what.

Zhao Kun was in a very difficult position. With the court enforcing a compulsory execution, the bank could not obstruct court law enforcement, and the money was definitely unrecoverable.

"Think about it, if it were you who finally managed to make a fortune and had already chosen a project to invest in, and suddenly the money was gone, would you still be in the mood to work? Wouldn't you be furious?" Li Jun said.

Zhao Kun sighed and said, "I understand the logic, but we cannot claw the money back again; there is no legal basis for that. First, probe out Chairman Yang's true intentions, and we'll figure something out afterward. If push comes to shove, the head office will grant him an interest-free loan of 4 billion, as long as he can repay it before the end of the year."

With those words from the head office president, Li Jun felt much more at ease.

After a short while, Yang Chen finished signing the contracts and called Li Jun and the others in.

These contracts mainly consisted of two parts: the contract for Sihai Health to acquire Jiangte Pharmaceutical Factory, and the contracts for five banks to each lend 300 million in funds to Sihai Health.

Yang Chen checked them carefully; the contracts were in order.

With these contracts signed, Jiangte Pharmaceutical Factory belonged to Sihai Health. The five banks provided Huang Wenbiao with a total of 350 million in cash, and the remaining 1.15 billion in loans would enter the accounts opened by Sihai Health at the five banks before the end of the workday.

In other words, the Jiangcheng municipal government and the five banks had jointly compressed the price of Jiangte Pharmaceutical Factory to 350 million, which was 210 million cheaper than the normal valuation of 560 million.

Of course, Huang Wenbiao didn't suffer a loss either. The Jiangcheng municipal government would no longer pursue his legal liability for selling weight-loss drugs containing banned ingredients, and merely slapped him with a symbolic fine of 1 million to settle the matter.

Huang Wenbiao left with his copy of the contract, able to enjoy life after being busy for most of his life.

Li Jun said apologetically, "Chairman Yang, I'm truly sorry. None of us expected this to happen. I've already reported to the president of the head office, and he said that if these funds cannot be recovered, the head office will provide an interest-free loan to you, ensuring your investment project is not delayed at all."

Yang Chen smiled and said, "Let me send Guo Yunhai to prison first, and then we can talk about the loan."

Everyone looked astonished. How could such a serious matter as sending someone to prison be spoken of by him as if it were a trivial task?

"Chairman Yang, I know you're angry, but please calm down first. The bank transferring those 4 billion was a mandatory enforcement requirement by the court, entirely reasonable and legal. If you want to send Guo Yunhai to prison, I'm afraid... there's no legal basis for it," Li Jun said.

Yang Chen smiled and said, "Is that so? If I want to send him to prison, he has to go to prison. Have a seat, everyone. Let's wait for the news together. Chen Xi, brew tea for our guests."

Chen Xi brewed the tea, and the five investment advisors quickly poured tea for their respective presidents.

As it neared half past eleven, the finance officer rushed in and reported, "Chairman Yang, the money is back, the money is back."

The five bank presidents stood up in shock.

"Are you sure the money is back?" Li Jun asked excitedly.

The finance officer nodded excitedly and said, "I've checked, it really is back. I immediately operated the transfer to Sihai Entertainment's account, and the operation was successful."

Li Jun and the others looked at Yang Chen in astonishment.

"Chairman Yang, how did you do it?" Li Jun asked.

Yang Chen smiled faintly, took a sip of tea, and said, "Didn't I just say? I'm going to send Guo Yunhai to prison."

No way?

He just sat here laughing and chatting while sending Guo Yunhai, who was far away in Beijing, to prison?

At this moment, Zhao Kun, the president of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China head office, called Li Jun.

"Hello, Li Jun? Guo Yunhai has been arrested, and the court has instructed the Beijing branch to transfer the money back. Tell Chairman Yang to check and see if it has arrived in the account," Zhao Kun said.

Ah?

He really got arrested!

Li Jun looked at Yang Chen with even greater shock. Although he knew everyone was currently pandering to Yang Chen, hoping he would make more money to repay debts, he never imagined that everyone had pampered Yang Chen to this extent—actually arresting the man just like that and getting the money back!

Wasn't this a bit outrageous?

Could they really pamper him to this degree?

"Did you hear that?" Zhao Kun said loudly.

Li Jun hurriedly replied, "I heard it, I heard it. I'll tell Chairman Yang right away."

Hanging up the phone, Li Jun immediately stepped forward and asked, "Chairman Yang, how did you do it? President Zhao called to say Guo Yunhai has been arrested, and the court has had the Beijing branch transfer the money back. Are they spoiling you way too much? They actually arrested the man just like that and got the money returned."

Yang Chen rolled his eyes speechlessly and smiled in reply, "Spoil my foot, I don't have that kind of privilege. Guo Yunhai and Wang Sihai are fellow townsmen who conspired to cheat Sihai Health out of its money. Despite Sihai Health currently owing Yunhai Trading 4.68 billion in channel fees, there are actually less than 1 billion in normal expenses. The surplus was split between Wang Sihai and Guo Yunhai. Guo Yunhai laundered the money through various channels, and eight-tenths of it was deposited into Wang Sihai's overseas account. Since these 4.68 billion in channel fees are illegal, the court has no right to deduct our funds for Yunhai Trading, and naturally, they have to return the money. This time, not only am I going to make Guo Yunhai rot in prison, but I'm also going to make him spit out every penny he swindled."

Dawning realization washed over everyone as they finally understood the situation.

At this point, Huang Wei raised a question.

"But the various departments investigated for so long without discovering the conspiracy between Guo Yunhai and Wang Sihai. How did you know about all this?"

The others also nodded hurriedly, looking at Yang Chen with eager anticipation.