That afternoon, Li Da Kang received a call from Gao Xiao Qin. This woman said she wanted to invite him to dinner at the Shui Shan Villa.
The reason she gave was that Li Shu Ji had helped to settle the Da Feng Factory issue. The Da Feng Factory, which had been dragged on for half a year, was finally about to be demolished.
Naturally, Li Da Kang declined. Why would he eat with Gao Xiao Qin, when there were others to eat with?
This meal was seen by those with ulterior motives, and who knows how much trouble it will stir up.
It’s better to eat at home, which is more hassle-free. Tian Xing Zhi’s cooking suits Li Da Kang’s taste.
After work in the evening, Li Da Kang returned home to eat, and then continued to be a “copycat” and write novels.
The 1 million yuan child support fee, since he had promised it, he had to give it. This was Li Da Kang’s principle.
A mere 1 million yuan, copying a few popular online novels from his previous life was enough, and there would be some left over.
To quickly raise 1 million yuan and settle this child support fee, Li Da Kang copied three novels simultaneously.
Li Da Kang used voice input to write. His Mandarin was relatively standard, and the recognition rate was high.
Updating three novels simultaneously was no pressure for Li Da Kang, each novel was updated with over 10,000 words per day.
Opening his computer, Li Da Kang found that the three online novels he copied had all received signing information.
This was expected. Popular online novels from his previous life, placed in this world, would naturally be equally popular.
The next day, Li Da Kang printed out the signing documents in his office and then took them home to have Tian Xing Zhi sign them.
Tian Xing Zhi curiously asked, “Brother, are you writing three novels at once? Can you handle it?”
Li Da Kang said casually, “It’s just novels, not reports, just write them casually.”
Tian Xing Zhi didn’t think much of it, and continued curiously, “Brother, can I read the novels you wrote?”
She was not surprised that her cousin, such a capable person, would write novels, but she was curious about what he wrote.
Li Da Kang chuckled and said, “There’s nothing you can’t see. Just go on my computer and have a look. You can also help me update them. Update one chapter each in the morning, noon, and afternoon, and I can update two chapters myself at night. You can also interact with the readers for me. Thank those who reward me, and if they curse me, help me curse them back.”
Tian Xing Zhi readily agreed, “Okay, no problem.”
So it was decided. Li Da Kang gave Tian Xing Zhi the password to his computer, anyway, there was no confidential information inside.
The data of the three novels were all very good. Many readers voted, rewarded, and urged for updates. It’s good to have someone to interact with readers, Li Da Kang didn’t have time for that.
As a “copycat,” copying a few online novels was just to pay the 1 million yuan child support fee he promised to Ou Yang Jing. Li Da Kang wasn’t interested in money, he really didn’t want any money.
With his position, although his income wasn’t high, his benefits were great. Medical care and the like were all free, plus various subsidies, and his retirement pension would not be low in the future. He had no worries at all.
Therefore, Li Da Kang couldn’t understand those who were greedy, such as Zhao De Han. He hid over 200 million yuan at home, but dared not spend a single cent. Even his old mother back home could only get 300 yuan a month.
He had committed a crime, lost his future, and hadn’t spent a penny. He was dubbed by the melon-eating crowd as “Zhao De Han who didn’t spend a penny.” What was the point of this?
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Cai Cheng Gong’s appeal to the Supreme Court had no results, so he could only return to Han Dong to find a solution. But when he sneaked back to the Da Feng Factory, he was dumbfounded.
There was no confrontation of guarding the factory and forced demolition that he had imagined. The workers were busy carrying machines and equipment, their faces beaming with joy.
There was no sign of being forcibly demolished. It was active cooperation with the demolition!
Cai Cheng Gong quickly took out his phone and called Zheng Xi Po to ask what was going on.
Zheng Xi Po chuckled, “Cai Zong… No, you’re not our Cai Zong anymore, I’m the chairman now, you should call me Zheng Dong.”
Cai Cheng Gong was confused, puzzled, “What Zheng Dong? When did you become chairman? I didn’t know.”
Zheng Xi Po explained, “I wanted to tell you about this, but your phone was always off, I couldn’t get in touch with you. Li Shu Ji, the Li Shu Ji from our Jing Zhou City Committee, had the Shui Shan Group pay 60 million yuan to the workers as resettlement fees, and also bought a factory building for us in the development zone to build the new Da Feng Factory. The equity dispute between our Da Feng Factory and the Shui Shan Group has been perfectly resolved.”
“Holy crap!” Cai Cheng Gong was shocked, “What about my 60% of the shares? What about it?”
Zheng Xi Po asked back in surprise, “Cai Zong, didn’t you sell your 60% of the shares to the Shui Shan Group, and they took them away?”
Cai Cheng Gong hurriedly said, “Lao Zheng, when did I sell my shares to the Shui Shan Group? I pledged them, I borrowed bridge funds to use for our Da Feng Factory’s turnover.”
Zheng Xi Po explained, “You can only fool a three-year-old with that. We’ve checked the accounts of our new Da Feng Factory recently, and our Da Feng Factory didn’t need a loan at all. The money was all embezzled by you.”
Cai Cheng Gong argued, “Lao Zheng, I just used the factory’s funds to do some other business for better development. I didn’t fail to return it, look, which money haven’t I returned to the factory? It’s all been returned!”
Zheng Xi Po said, “How could it all be returned? Our new board of directors calculated it, 4.73 million yuan that you embezzled in the past six months hasn’t been returned, and you still owe 2.68 million yuan from the previous loans, not to mention the interest.”
Cai Cheng Gong quickly changed the subject, “We can settle the accounts later, I won’t owe the factory a single penny. Lao Zheng, how are the shares in the new factory distributed?”
“You have to return it, otherwise, the workers won’t agree.” Zheng Xi Po reminded him, then explained the shares, “The workers who originally held 40% of the shares will inherit their original shares. The remaining 60% of the shares will be equally distributed among all the workers in the factory.”
Cai Cheng Gong was furious, “You’re bullying me. Isn’t this just taking my 60% of the shares and dividing them among everyone?”
Zheng Xi Po didn’t care, “Your shares were sold to the Shui Shan Group a long time ago. How could you still have shares?”
Cai Cheng Gong couldn’t help but become exasperated, “I just said I didn’t sell it, it was a pledge. Besides, the money I borrowed from the Shui Shan Group was used to repay the Da Feng Factory’s bank loan.”
Zheng Xi Po sneered, “That loan wasn’t used for the factory. You took out a loan in the name of the Da Feng Factory, and the money you got was used for other business. The loan should have been repaid by you.”
Ten thousand alpacas galloped through Cai Cheng Gong’s heart. He went to Yan Cheng’s Supreme Court to appeal, running around, and the base was stolen from him.
Zheng Xi Po continued to chatter, “Also, the Shui Shan Group gave you 35 million yuan in resettlement fees, which you also embezzled and squandered… Hey, why did you hang up?”
Looking at his phone, Zheng Xi Po realized that the call had been hung up a long time ago. He couldn’t help but say, “Don’t blame me for not telling you, if you go back to the factory, you’ll definitely be beaten.”
Cai Cheng Gong couldn’t be bothered to argue with Zheng Xi Po. After hanging up, he couldn’t hide his whereabouts, so he came out from where he was hiding and asked the busy workers about the situation.
Seeing Cai Cheng Gong appear, many workers immediately gathered around him. And the expressions on the workers’ faces and the look in their eyes were not friendly.
“Hey, isn’t this Cai Zong? Why are you just coming back now?”
“Oh, Cai Zong, Lao Zheng called you so many times, why was your phone always off?”
“Could it be that the 35 million yuan you embezzled was spent? You still told us that the Shui Shan Group didn’t give any resettlement fees, humph!”
“It’s useless to talk to the Shui Shan Group, his shares have already been sold to the Shui Shan Group, he almost implicated us.”
“Cai Cheng Gong, you embezzled 7.41 million yuan from the factory, this is all our hard-earned money, when will you return it to us?”
“He has a Mercedes-Benz, right? Let’s first seize his Mercedes-Benz, it’s worth tens of thousands of yuan.”
Hearing this, Cai Cheng Gong was both shocked and angry, “What are you yelling about? The 35 million yuan from the Shui Shan Group was frozen by the bank as soon as it arrived. How could I embezzle it? I have 60% of the shares of the Da Feng Factory. 60% of the 7.41 million yuan belongs to me, the factory only has less than 3 million yuan. With so many machines and equipment, 60% of them are mine, no matter what, it’s worth more than 3 million yuan. You still owe me money. If it doesn’t work, you can leave the machines and equipment for me. You bunch of ungrateful dogs!”
Wang Wen Ge was furious, “Cai Cheng Gong, you goddamn cheated us out of our shares, and you still want to take our machines and equipment? Everyone, beat the hell out of him!”
“Beat the hell out of him! He embezzled money to speculate in coal mines, hurting us enough, and he still wants to come back and take the machines and equipment so we can’t start the new Da Feng Factory!”
“Go to hell! Cai Bao Zi, you goddamn called who ungrateful? I haven’t eaten or drunk from you, stop acting like a big bad wolf!”
Wang Wen Ge, who had a violent temper, was the first to strike. More workers with hot tempers beat and kicked Cai Cheng Gong, and in an instant, they knocked him to the ground.
When Zheng Xi Po and the others rushed over to stop them, Cai Cheng Gong had been beaten by the workers so badly that even his mother wouldn’t recognize him. He couldn’t be more miserable.
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