Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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A bunch of officials came to the company, so Zhuang Han naturally didn’t dare to neglect them. He changed into a formal suit and walked towards the garage.
Zhuang Han was also considered a top rich man, and his garage was very large, with more than a dozen luxury cars parked in it.
In the past, Zhuang Han always chose to drive the smart cars jointly manufactured by Huarui and Cambrian, so that he could advertise his own brand at all times.
However, today, after opening the car door, he saw the dashboard that looked as clean as new, but he felt a sense of resistance for no reason.
The fear, helplessness, confusion and despair of being swallowed by death were still deeply imprinted in his mind.
He slammed the car door shut, walked towards other cars, carefully checked them one by one, and finally chose a car that did not have any smart software installed, and drove slowly onto the road.
The two breaking news stories that happened yesterday were both related to Zhuang Han. The first was Eugene’s tragic defeat; the second was his life-threatening run on the road. As a result, he had already become famous on the Internet and was extremely newsworthy.
Several paparazzi were waiting at Zhuang Han’s door early in the morning and took pictures of him repeatedly selecting vehicles.
Therefore, when Zhuang Han arrived at the headquarters building of “Cambrian”, the news that he, as the developer of driverless technology, was afraid to drive a smart car became a hot topic and everyone knew about it.
This was an extremely bad example, and it also sent a clear signal to the public – yes, driverless technology is indeed still immature, and it is very dangerous to drive such cars on the road, because even their developer refuses to do so.
It was just over forty minutes’ journey from Zhuang Han’s house to the company, but Zhuang Han’s career suffered another serious blow.
After the news went viral, dozens of consumers held banners at the door of Cambrian to protest their rights, demanding that Cambrian and Huarui Manufacturing must buy back the cars they had driven for several months at the original price, and also compensate them for their mental damages.
If every consumer made such a request, Cambrian would inevitably lose all its money and Huarui Manufacturing would also suffer huge losses.
Zhuang Han dodged the group of rights defenders and walked into the building under the protection of several security guards. His face was very calm, but cold sweat had broken out on his back.
From yesterday to today, the waves of attacks came one after another, densely and quickly, without giving him any chance to breathe. At this moment, he seemed to be walking on a road full of traps. Every step he took might lead to a surprise attack. He was already walking on thin ice, with no way forward or backward.
And he was 100% sure that these traps were set by Zhuang Li.
Zhuang Li, Zhuang Li, Zhuang Li…
Standing in the rising elevator, Zhuang Han repeated the name over and over again. He should have felt deep hatred but instead he gradually became frightened.
The elevator door opened, Zhuang Han wiped his face, then walked out slowly with a curled lip corner. He dealt with officials sent by various inspection departments but still could not solve the problem.
Zhuang Jincheng had been in City B for many years and still had some connections. Zhuang Han walked to a secluded corner, found these people’s phone numbers, and called them one by one for help.
Those people had heard about his story a long time ago, and they refused firmly as soon as they opened their mouths: “Xiao Han, uncle can’t help you, you should find someone else to help. I can only tell you the bottom line, the person who wants to punish you is the one above, do you understand?”
“Excuse me, who is it?” Zhuang Han asked with a smile, but his heart tightened for a moment.
He vaguely guessed a name.
“It’s the one who just took office. It is said that he suspected that Mr. Zhuang’s car accident and Mr. Shao’s heart disease were caused by you and your father, and he has been asking the police to investigate. If you had behaved yourself and not caused any trouble, he would have let it go slowly because he couldn’t find any evidence against you. But at this juncture, your company’s software has such a big problem, so he has seized the opportunity. He does things in a very methodical way and never violates rules or disciplines. If you don’t violate rules or disciplines, he won’t do anything to you no matter how angry he is. But the problem is that he will keep an eye on you all the time! He will keep staring at you like a vulture staring at a pile of carrion, you know?”
This uncle seemed to have been disciplined by Zong Zhengming before. So he shuddered when he said this and then continued in a low voice: “He will send people to watch you 24 hours a day. If you do something wrong, he will immediately attack you from all sides and will not stop until you are skinned alive!
“Xiao Han, do you know how many consumers are complaining about Cambrian now? You must hide other evidence, otherwise that person will pull it out and put you in jail.
“Okay, uncle can only tell you this much, you can take care of yourself.”
The man hung up the phone, but Zhuang Han was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses.
He knew that Zong Zhengming had a close relationship with the Shao family, but he didn’t expect that the death of Mr. Shao would make the other party so concerned that he would be willing to spend so much energy and time to deal with Cambrian!
This step was wrong again!
Zhuang Han covered his face, doubting every decision he had made. He seemed to have provoked two extremely terrible enemies at once!
However, now was not the time to be depressed. As the uncle just said, his company still had many shameful things, and he had to keep them hidden.
Thinking of this, Zhuang Han immediately took out his cell phone and called Zhuang Jincheng. He called more than ten times but none of the calls went through. Finally, the phone was turned off.
He looked at the dark screen of his mobile phone and felt an ominous premonition in his heart.
At this time, Zhuang Li walked into Zhuang Han’s office without an appointment and without knocking on the door. He was accompanied by seven or eight bodyguards as tall and strong as iron towers. The scene was quite grand.
Zhuang Han’s secretary followed behind him and reported tremblingly: “Boss Zhuang, Master Zhuang wants to see you, I couldn’t stop him.”
In the past, people called Zhuang Li “Master Zhuang” with a mocking and contemptuous tone, because in their minds this title was actually synonymous with “spoiled waste”.
But now, when these people called him “Master Zhuang”, there was obvious awe in their tone.
Zhuang Han secretly held his breath but still had to force a gentle smile.
Zhuang Li walked straight to the sofa opposite him and sat down, then casually said, “Are you calling Zhuang Jincheng? I sent him to jail.”
At this moment, all of Zhuang Han’s disguises were shattered, and his handsome face was twisted into an expression of surprise.
“What are you talking about?” In a trance, he heard his own hoarse voice ringing in his ears.
“I checked the company’s accounts when I was free, and guess what? Over the years, he used his position to transfer 630 million yuan from the company’s account. Who did this money end up with? I think no one knows better than you, right?”
Zhuang Li looked at Zhuang Han meaningfully and chuckled, “630 million is not a small amount. The board of directors called the police immediately after learning about the situation. Zhuang Jincheng should be recording his statement at the police station now. Those who commit serious misappropriation of funds will be sentenced to three to ten years in prison. Zhuang Han, if you want your father to suffer less, you should know what to do, right?”
Zhuang Han stared at Zhuang Li for a long time, then finally looked out the window, covering his face with his hands and smiling bitterly.
He caught a detail. When talking about Zhuang Jincheng, Zhuang Li said “your father” instead of any other name, which showed that he had no regard for his relation with the Zhuang family at all, let alone the so-called “blood relationship”.
Over the years, his parents tried hard to suppress him and treated him coldly, which eventually made him completely alienated from the Zhuang family.
This step was wrong again!
Zhuang Han put his hand down, suppressed his inner fear and frustration, and said in a hoarse voice: “What do you want?”
“Give me Cambrian.” Zhuang Li proposed the exchange conditions as a matter of course.
Zhuang Han hid his hands under the desk, clenched them into fists, and his whitened joints almost made a cracking sound, but he still forced a smile and nodded, “Okay, I’ll sell Cambrian to you, and you go to the court to plead for Dad.”
“It’s not a sale, it’s a gift. Why, you swallowed up 630 million from Huarui Manufacturing over the years, and you still don’t think it’s enough?” Zhuang Li sneered, “Zhuang Han, I really overestimated you. I thought you could get to where you are today entirely by your own efforts, but I didn’t expect that it was Zhuang Jincheng who took the money from Huarui and fed it to you mouthful by mouthful.”
He looked at his own slender fingers and said slowly, “It cost me 630 million to develop such a low-level thing as Eugene. Zhuang Han, you disappoint me a lot.”
Zhuang Han was most proud of his research and development capabilities, and when he got excited, he habitually shouted: “Zhuang Li, who do you think you are?”
Zhuang Li raised his eyes and glanced at him, with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his red mouth.
Zhuang Han was then reminded of Eugene and the car that were invaded by the virus one after another, and his confused mind finally became clear.
He suddenly realized that since his five years of hard work could be destroyed in just one hour, Zhuang Li was indeed qualified to be disappointed with this competition that was completely on a different level.
“Okay, I’ll give you all my shares, and you find a way to rescue dad!” With no way out, Zhuang Han made a decision immediately.
Cambrian was indeed slowly supported by Zhuang Jincheng using Huarui’s funds. Since Zhuang Li had already checked the accounts, he could not deny it. Fortunately, when they acquired the other car manufacturer, they did not embezzle a penny of Huarui’s money. This industry was completely legal and no one could take it away.
Of course, it was not that they didn’t want to embezzle the funds, but at that time Zhuang Li had just become the chairman of Huarui and was actively eliminating dissidents and cleaning up the house, so they didn’t dare to move.
With this car manufacturing plant, Zhuang Han still had a chance to start over, and Zhuang Jincheng had extensive connections in the automobile manufacturing industry, so rescuing him would definitely be of great help to the company.
After thinking it through, Zhuang Han took a deep breath and said, “You must have come prepared today, right? Where is the contract? I’ll sign it now. After signing, you can immediately find someone to smooth things over and rescue Dad.”
He had always had the determination to take drastic measures.
“Your shares are only enough to offset 200 million. You and Zhuang Jincheng still have to compensate the company for the remaining 430 million. Otherwise, I will not be able to explain to the board of directors. The board of directors have to go to court to plead for mercy. Do you understand?” Zhuang Li said lazily.
“You want to take away my 55% shares for 200 million? Why don’t you just go and rob me?” Zhuang Han was furious.
Zhuang Li stretched out two slender fingers and said slowly: “I will give you two choices. First, you can give me your shares for 200 million yuan, and I will let Zhuang Jincheng regain his freedom; second, if you insist on not paying, I will ask the court to freeze your assets. When Zhuang Jincheng is sentenced and you go bankrupt, I will spend only tens of millions to buy this pile of junk Cambrian. Think about it carefully.”
After saying these words, Zhuang Li stood up, turned around and left.
Zhuang Han stared at his back, his eyes almost bursting, but when he was about to leave his sight, he shouted helplessly: “I’ll give you Cambrian! Where is the document? I’ll sign it!”
Zhuang Li turned around, leaned against the door frame, and waved his hand lazily.
A bodyguard immediately came forward with a briefcase and placed a thick stack of documents on Zhuang Han’s desk.
There was already a fishy taste in Zhuang Han’s mouth, but there was no longer a trace of negative emotion on his face. He called the people from the legal department and reviewed the terms together. After confirming that they were correct, he signed them hastily.
Zhuang Li suddenly came over, raised his phone and pointed it at Zhuang Han, taking a careful photo, then pointed it at the cover of the contract, clearly capturing the large black words “Share Donation Agreement” on the screen. Finally, he pointed the camera at himself and smiled like a well-behaved child: “Uncle Zong, you see, I didn’t use any illegal means this time, shouldn’t you give me a little reward?”
Zhuang Han, who had had enough of the stimulation, said: “…”
The faint smell of blood in his mouth quickly became strong, and in his intense indignation, he actually bit his gums to pieces.
7480: “…”
The host is worthy of being the big devil. While killing the child of destiny, he also did not forget to tease the god. Is his time management skill so good?
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