Chapter 180: Guo Mengyao’s Trouble

Guo Mengyao had just negotiated the acquisition of this cosmetics factory two days ago. It cost sixty million. She took out forty million from her company, and the other twenty million was a bank loan from Linnan, with the cosmetics factory as collateral. This loan was not difficult to get.

What’s more, Guo Mengyao was originally a native of Linnan. Her parents also had a lot of connections here. It was relatively convenient to handle loans and various procedures.

And it was relatively simple for her cosmetics company to move from Guangcheng. Her company originally had only more than fifty people, and most of them were online store staff.

Those who were willing to come to Linnan would get a proper salary increase. Those who were not willing to come, there were plenty of people to recruit. Of course, Guo Mengyao still tried every means to bring over a few of her original confidants, and she had raised their salaries and benefits.

With these few confidants, the company quickly set up a framework in Linnan. She was also very relieved to hand over some trivial matters in the company to these subordinates to handle. She personally went to the newly acquired cosmetics factory to take charge, and slowly familiarized herself with and sorted out the production process, personnel administration, financial accounts, business records, and so on of the cosmetics factory.

The most important of these was personnel. The factory had changed a new boss. Some of the people who had come in through nepotism and were not capable enough had to be cleaned out.

So, she had been quite busy these few days.

Under such busy circumstances, she was still thinking about Chen Feng and wanted to meet him. It could be seen that she did have some feelings for Chen Feng.

Chen Feng drove to this cosmetics factory, which was three kilometers away from the county town and covered a large area.

He parked his car at the factory gate and called Guo Mengyao. Not long after, a chubby aunt with glasses came out to pick him up. This chubby aunt was Guo Mengyao’s assistant and secretary, surnamed Li. She was Guo Mengyao’s absolute confidant and had been with her for several years.

When they arrived at the factory manager’s office, Guo Mengyao was buried in her work in the huge office. Her desk was piled with various documents, and there was also a laptop.

Guo Mengyao looked at the computer for a while, and then looked at the documents in her hand for a while. She looked very busy.

Secretary Li brought Chen Feng in and said something to her. Only then did she react. She looked up at Chen Feng and smiled faintly, “Just sit anywhere you like. I’ll talk to you after I finish my work.”

Of course, Chen Feng didn’t mind. He nodded and said, “You go ahead and work. I’m fine.”

After saying that, he took his phone and sat down on the sofa on the side, and started scrolling through his phone.

After Secretary Li poured him a cup of tea, she went out. Although she was a little puzzled about the relationship between Chen Feng and her boss, she certainly wouldn’t ask much since her boss didn’t say anything.

Chen Feng scrolled through his phone and replied to the WeChat messages of several other women.

Sun Xiaorui sent him photos every day. Sometimes Chen Feng would reply to her with a few words, and sometimes he was too lazy to reply. This didn’t mean that Chen Feng didn’t cherish their old feelings, but as a gold master, he had to have the proper attitude and reserve. He was not a simp.

However, Chen Feng also took the time to have a few video calls with her, and also greeted her parents and brother in the video call. As her boyfriend, he had met all her family members. This was also giving her enough face.

Sun Xiaorui’s message this time was still asking him when he would return to Xiuzhou. Chen Feng still replied that he would talk about it after the fifteenth.

Sun Xiaorui immediately replied with a wronged expression, and then said that she was very bored at home now. Could she go to his house to play for a few days and pay a New Year’s visit to his parents by the way?

This was not the first time she had said this.

Chen Feng simply replied with two words, “No.”

Lin Yujiao asked him if he was free tomorrow to go to Longhua Street in the city with her. Chen Feng thought for a moment and replied that he was free and would pick her up tomorrow morning.

Lin Yujiao also immediately replied with a happy expression, and then texted: [Thank you, husband]

This was the first time Lin Yujiao had called him husband on WeChat. Before, it was only in bed, when Chen Feng asked her to call him that. She usually didn’t call him that, just Brother Feng.

This was undoubtedly an active expression of closeness and affection, but Chen Feng didn’t like it very much.

No matter on WeChat or in daily life, Chen Feng didn’t want her to call him husband. This title was really a bit sensitive.

So, Chen Feng typed: [I still prefer you to call me Brother Feng, not husband]

After more than ten seconds, the sensible Lin Yujiao sent: [Got it, Brother Feng]

Only then did Chen Feng look at Wu Mengting’s message with satisfaction. It was sent more than ten minutes ago, saying that she would come to his house tomorrow to pay a New Year’s visit to his parents.

Chen Feng sent an “OK” and then politely asked about her little aunt’s family situation.

Wu Mengting said that her uncle seemed to be in a hopeless situation this time because solid evidence had been found. When his house was searched, more than two million in cash, gold bricks worth five or six hundred thousand, and luxury goods worth over a million were found. In addition, her little aunt had two houses in the city worth several million.

According to their normal and legitimate income, it was impossible to have so much property.

Therefore, her little aunt was also taken away to assist in the investigation and was only released today.

Hearing this news, Chen Feng couldn’t help but sigh. He had met her little aunt and uncle once before, and Chen Feng had a good impression of them.

However, as a public official, it was deserved for her uncle to have such an end. Just as the saying goes: Don’t reach out your hand, if you do, you will be caught.

Wu Mengting also told him about Hong Yongming. She said that on the day her uncle was arrested, Hong Yongming disappeared. They reported the case, but they were arrested before they got the result.

However, Hong Yongming’s whereabouts were finally found the next day. It turned out that he had been kidnapped and locked in a demolished old house. When he was found, he was severely dehydrated and in a coma. He had multiple soft tissue contusions on his body, and both his legs had been stabbed twice and he could not walk.

After being rescued, although he was conscious, his mental state was very bad.

According to his account, he was kidnapped on the night Chen Feng came to the city to date Wu Mengting. The kidnapper was wearing a mask, and he couldn’t see his face clearly. But the kidnapper claimed to be a wanted murderer and threatened him to hand over his bank card and password, as well as his mobile phone password, mobile payment password, and so on.

And in the two days he was missing, this gangster used mobile payment to illegally cash out hundreds of thousands of yuan offline, and then successively withdrew hundreds of thousands of yuan from the ATM through his bank card, taking away all the more than one million yuan in his bank card.

The only fortunate thing was that most of his funds were in the account of his company in Italy, and he could not cash them out in China.

But even so, he had lost more than one million yuan, and he was almost killed. It was really miserable for him.

As for the gangster who kidnapped him, he was also arrested by the police yesterday. He was not the wanted criminal he claimed to be, but a young man who was heavily in debt. He owed hundreds of thousands of yuan in online loans, the kind that were on the credit report.

This person was also a weirdo. After robbing Hong Yongming of more than one million yuan, the first thing he did was to pay off his debts. He paid back all the money he had borrowed from his relatives and friends, including principal and interest, and also paid off all the more than a dozen online loans he owed.

After finishing this matter, he went to a big city to enjoy himself. He bought all kinds of luxury goods, stayed in five-star hotels, and was served with fine wine, delicious food, and beautiful women. In just two or three days, he had almost spent all the money left after paying off his debts.

It was obviously very difficult for Hong Yongming to get this money back.

Chen Feng didn’t expect that Hong Yongming would encounter such a thing after threatening him that night. He was a little surprised and also a little schadenfreude.

After chatting with Wu Mengting for more than ten minutes, Chen Feng went to see other messages.

Among them was one from Hong Xiaodan, whom he had met in Tianzhou. She left a message saying that she wanted to come to Lushi to play and asked if he could be a guide.

This message was sent more than an hour ago. Chen Feng only looked at it carefully now. He originally didn’t want to pay attention to it, but thinking of his aunt, he typed back: [I’m very busy these few days, I don’t have time.]

Under normal circumstances, with such an obvious rejection, the other party should have gotten the hint.

But Hong Xiaodan immediately replied: [Then when will you be free?]

Seeing this, Chen Feng was a little helpless and replied directly: [I’m not free. I’m going to Xiuzhou after the fifteenth.]
Hong Xiaodan sent a surprised emoji, and then texted: [That’s a pity]

Seeing this, Chen Feng was too lazy to pay attention to her. He went on to see other unread messages. The little girl, Qin Xiaorou, also left him a message, asking when he would return to Xiuzhou. Chen Feng replied that it would probably be after the fifteenth.

Finally, there was a message from Xiao Ya. She said that the milk tea shop had officially opened today, and the business was not bad so far. She attached several photos of the milk tea shop, both inside and outside.

It looked like the business was very prosperous, and the shop was crowded with customers.

Chen Feng was still a man of his word. He had promised to invest in Xiao Ya’s milk tea shop before, and he did what he said. He really invested, and even signed a partnership agreement with her through an agent lawyer, which seemed very formal.

He invested 500,000 yuan in this milk tea shop, and Xiao Ya invested 200,000 yuan. In addition, she also contributed her personal skills without salary.
Chen Feng owned 40% of the shares, and she owned 60%.

This share distribution plan was of course a bit unfair to Chen Feng.

But Chen Feng really didn’t care about this money and shares.

After all, Xiao Ya had been with him for a while, and he had dumped her later. Although it was a fair trade, Chen Feng didn’t owe her anything.

But they had slept in the same bed many times. Chen Feng was not short of money now. It was only natural to help her out. With Chen Feng’s investment and Xiao Ya’s efforts, her milk tea shop finally opened. Of course, she had to inform Chen Feng.

After reading her message, Chen Feng sent her an emoji of hard work.

A few minutes later, Chen Feng received a smiling emoji from her.

At this time, Chen Feng also received a sighing emoji from Qin Xiaorou.

After looking at it, he didn’t respond and continued to scroll through the news.

After another ten minutes or so, Guo Mengyao finally finished her work. She stood up and said to Chen Feng, “I’ve kept you waiting. Are you bored?”

“I have my phone, I’m not bored,” Chen Feng raised the phone in his hand.

“Then why don’t you wait a little longer? I’ve just taken over this factory, and I have a lot of things to do.”

Chen Feng looked at her speechlessly.

Seeing this, Guo Mengyao couldn’t help but chuckle, “Just kidding. Work is important, but rest is also important. I know that.”

“Then you’re done now, right? I’ll treat you to a meal.”

Guo Mengyao raised her wrist and looked at her watch, “It’s still early, it’s not even four o’clock.”

Chen Feng said, “It’ll be about time when we get to the county town.”

Guo Mengyao nodded readily, “That’s fine. Where should we eat?”

“You’re more familiar with the county town than I am. You decide.”

Guo Mengyao thought for a moment and said, “Let’s go to Old Li’s Slope. Have you heard of the Old Li’s Slope restaurant in the south of the city? The beef bone soup there is a must-try.”

Chen Feng had actually heard of it, but he had never had the chance to go. So he nodded and agreed.

So Guo Mengyao tidied up a bit, and then went out of the factory with Chen Feng. They drove their own cars to Old Li’s Slope in the south of the city.

It was not yet dinner time, and there were not many customers in the restaurant. The two of them ordered their dishes, and they were served quickly.

The two of them were talking and laughing, and were eating happily when Guo Mengyao received a call. Her face became very ugly, and the smile on her face disappeared.

“What’s wrong?” Chen Feng asked with concern.

Guo Mengyao said with a slightly gloomy face, “Do you remember Xue Jun? The person who was with me when we met at the hotel last time.”

Chen Feng nodded, “I remember. What’s wrong with him?”

Guo Mengyao said with an ugly face, “He wants to withdraw his shares. Otherwise, he will file a lawsuit in court as the second largest shareholder and ask for the dissolution of the company.”

Chen Feng couldn’t help but ask in surprise, “How many shares does he have? Does he have the right to dissolve the company?”

Guo Mengyao said with a slightly gloomy face, “He has 30% of the shares. If he proposes to withdraw his shares and I can’t come up with the money to buy back his shares, he has the right to apply to the court to dissolve our company. After the company is dissolved, he can settle our company’s assets and get back the part of the assets that belongs to his shares.”

Chen Feng asked with confusion, “Why would he do that? Doesn’t he have a good outlook on you moving the company here?”

Guo Mengyao shook her head and said, “On the contrary, he has a very good outlook on the future development of the company. His purpose is to see that I can’t come up with so much money to buy back his shares at once, and he wants to take over and force me out of the company.”

“Damn! This guy is too insidious. He only has 30% of the shares. How can he force you out? You are the largest shareholder. You should have the controlling stake, right?”

Guo Mengyao shook her head with a bitter smile, “My shares are 45%, and there is a third shareholder, Sister Li, who owns the remaining 25%. She is a native of Guangcheng. She was very opposed to moving the company to my hometown from the beginning. But Xue Jun and I both agreed, so she had no choice. She had also expressed her hope to withdraw and let us buy back her shares. It was just that the price had not been negotiated, and I didn’t have that much money on hand. Now it seems that Xue Jun is very likely to have reached some kind of tacit understanding and deal with Sister Li, and they are forcing me together.”

Chen Feng was not stupid. He immediately thought of the key to the problem and immediately said, “Then you should contact Sister Li right away and win her over.”

Guo Mengyao nodded, took out her phone, found Sister Li’s number, and dialed it.

After waiting for a while, the other party finally answered.

“Sister Li, I’ll buy your shares. The price will be as you said last time.”

As soon as the call was connected, Guo Mengyao said directly.

The other party was stunned for a moment, and then said awkwardly, “Mengyao, Xue Jun also said he would buy back my shares at the price I said.
I’ve already agreed to him.”

Guo Mengyao frowned and was silent for a while. Then she gritted her teeth and said, “I’ll add another hundred.”

“Mengyao, it’s not that I don’t agree. It’s just that I have to be a person of my word. Don’t you think so?”

“Two hundred!” Guo Mengyao gritted her teeth again.

“…Three hundred. We’ve known each other for so many years. I’m definitely more on your side.”

“…Alright! We’ll sign the contract tonight. I’ll contact you when I get to Guangcheng.”

After Guo Mengyao finished speaking, she hung up the phone with a very ugly face.
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