Chapter 198 - 198 197 Old Friend

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198: Chapter 197 Old Friend 198: Chapter 197 Old Friend Liu Hun originally didn’t want to be held hostage by big companies, never expecting that this small company would also play the same trick on him. This time he truly felt that he had miscalculated and was somewhat disappointed. But he definitely did not plan to play the fool. “Thump, thump, thump...” Just as Liu Hun was about to speak, a woman with a panicked expression knocked on the door, and Manager Huo immediately got up and went over. Liu Hun’s mouth curled up with a mocking smile, his luck was in, and he immediately heard the two people’s conversation clear as day! “Manager Huo, people from the Procuratorate and the Police have come, it’s about that matter,” the woman whispered to Manager Huo, and Liu Hun could clearly sense the panic in her tone. “It looks like this Mr. Guan is a dead duck with a stiff mouth, unwilling to fill the hole. Since he insists on being stubborn, we might as well send him on his way. Get the stuff over here, and let the people from the Procuratorate and the Police come here!” Manager Huo said to the woman, then waved his hand, urging her to go quickly. Then, Manager Huo sat back down with a scheming smile on his face that everyone could clearly see and said to Liu Hun, “So, Mr. Guan, is this your first time in the big city? You’ve seen the bright and shiny high-rises. Now it’s time for you to see something dark.” As soon as Manager Huo finished speaking, the woman brought in the people from the Procuratorate and the Police. The leading prosecutor looked at the two men in the room and asked, “Which one of you is Liu Hun?” “That’s me!” Liu Hun responded with his head held high. He wasn’t afraid of ghosts knocking at his door—I’ve done nothing wrong, after all. “Please look at this, is this your signature?” The prosecutor said, handing a contract to Liu Hun. Liu Hun took a look and indeed, it was his own signature. He remembered it was from the agricultural fair when he had signed an intention to cooperate with Huixiang Agricultural Company. So he nodded and said, “This is my signature, is there a problem?” “This intention to cooperate has been verified by Manager Huo of Huixiang Agricultural Company and is severely inconsistent with the original terms set by the company, and the seal stamped on it is not the company’s official seal. Therefore, we now suspect you of being involved in a fraud scheme. Please come with us to assist with the investigation,” the prosecutor said as he collected the documents in front of Liu Hun. Liu Hun had not expected this turn of events. If that Mr. Huo had dug a trap for him, it could cause a lot of delays for himself. So he said to the prosecutor, “Comrade Prosecutor, this matter is their company’s internal affair, why investigate me for their internal issues?” “This is also a legal procedure. We hope you will cooperate unless... Huixiang Company voluntarily withdraws the investigation. Otherwise, we have the right to detain you for forty-eight hours for questioning,” a policeman from the Police stepped forward and said to Liu Hun. Without even turning his head, Liu Hun knew that Mr. Huo was now looking smug as if he had stumbled upon dog shit. When he turned his head, it was indeed so! He didn’t feel there was a problem with cooperating in the investigation, but the real issue was what if Mr. Huo took the opportunity to trap him again. “Don’t beg me! Even if you kneel down it won’t help! I already gave you a chance just now, and you didn’t cherish it, who can you blame?! Hmph! Idiot!” Manager Huo, looking at Liu Hun with the smugness of someone who just won a five-million-dollar lottery, then leaned in and whispered, “I have connections inside, enjoy your time inside!” Liu Hun’s eyes turned cold, his gaze bursting forth like the gloomy weather, a harbinger of the thunderous methods he was about to employ. “We withdraw the investigation!” Who?! This thought flashed instantly through the minds of everyone present. Everyone turned to look, and standing outside the conference room, to Liu Hun’s utter familiarity, was a person. “President Xiao, why did you come back early?” Manager Huo, with a flattering smile, hurried over. “Came back to see my brother!” the man known as President Xiao said to Manager Huo. With those words, Manager Huo’s face lit up with pride, as if it had been coated with triple layers of gold paint, showing a smug and self-satisfied look. Yet, he pretended to be modest, saying, “President Xiao, you and I—since you’ve spoken, then...” “Shut up! Get lost! Shameless dog! Open your dog eyes and see clearly! This person——Liu Hun! He is my brother!” President Xiao glared at Manager Huo with eyes full of fury, pointed his finger at Liu Hun, and said. Manager Huo’s mind went blank, as if he had been unplugged. He thought he could call President Xiao a brother, but in a turn of events, he was met with a tirade of abuse instead, his old face frozen in place, not knowing whether to smile or cry. Liu Hun was pleasantly surprised, having never expected to encounter an old friend at such a time, in such a place. He laughed heartily and stepped forward to protect President Xiao, saying, “Xiao Fang! It’s great that we can see each other again!” “Brother Guan! Long time no see, haha!” Xiao Fang laughed heartily as he spoke to Liu Hun. After a long time, Xiao Fang, who once peddled cloth shoes in Taiping Town and got turned away, had now become the general manager of an agricultural company, and Liu Hun was no longer the small farmer who was constantly being controlled! “Brother Guan!” Xiao Fang said, patting Liu Hun’s shoulder. “I was inspecting in another province, but as soon as I heard that the partner for this cooperation was you, I hurried back. I got a call from my secretary on the way back telling me about this. I’m really sorry!” Saying this, Xiao Fang looked somewhat embarrassed, “My subordinate is really good for nothing; I’ve understood the whole thing on my way back. Brother Guan, you decide how you want to deal with him!” Liu Hun glanced at Manager Huo, who now looked like dried-out shredded radish, having shrunk quite a bit. He said to Manager Huo, “Manager Huo, I won’t make things difficult for you. Just now, you said, ‘President Xiao, we’re all brothers; since you’ve spoken, then...’ but you didn’t finish your sentence. I’d really like to hear the rest of it, so please continue!” Manager Huo was both angry and hateful, feeling it was like having a basin of filth dumped over his head in humiliation. He had misunderstood Xiao Fang’s words, thinking Xiao Fang was treating him like a brother, only to be slapped in the face the next moment. Now, Liu Hun was exposing him to further humiliation! “What’s the matter? Can’t say it? Weren’t you calling me a fool just now? Who do you think is the fool between the two of us?” Liu Hun asked Manager Huo, raising his eyebrows. Manager Huo, a manager in his own right, was publicly questioned and humiliated by Liu Hun, suffering the greatest humiliation of his life. He felt that having his embarrassing misunderstanding used against him was even more painful than a slap in the face! “Fine! You think you can humiliate me, you stinking farmer? No way! I quit! Happy now?” Manager Huo shouted at Liu Hun, his face crimson and ears red, tugging at his collar button and trying to leave, only to be stopped by Xiao Fang’s call. “Manager Huo, you’re just going to leave like that?” Xiao Fang asked Manager Huo, and it was clear there was more to his words. “Xiao Fang! I’m not your subordinate anymore! I can go wherever I damn please! Can you control me?! Just hang out with this poor-ass farmer! Now I’m telling you clearly, even if you want to be brothers with me, I’m not interested! Bunch of fools!” Manager Huo said, and as he tried to walk away again, he was stopped by someone. This time, it wasn’t Xiao Fang, but the police from the Public Security Bureau! “What are you doing?” Manager Huo immediately got flustered; he knew very well if there was anything fishy about him. “Mr. Huo, we’re here with our colleagues from the prosecutor’s office because we received a report from President Xiao. You’re suspected of embezzling company funds, and another one of your salespeople has been detained. Please come with us,” the officer said with a stern and incorruptible expression to Manager Huo. Manager Huo, in a frantic state, grasped Liu Hun’s hand begging for mercy, “I’m sorry! I’ll say whatever you want, just spare me please!” “I gave you a chance! Now it’s too late! Go pick up the soap! That’s where you belong!” Liu Hun said and pushed Manager Huo away with a shove. Manager Huo wailed like a prisoner being led to the gallows as he was taken away by the police, while Xiao Fang laughed heartily and pulled Liu Hun off to have a drink together. Meeting again after so long, the two sat down for drinks, chatting and laughing merrily as they planned for the future. Liu Hun was planning to elevate his humble agricultural business of selling fruits and chickens, and as it happened, Xiao Fang’s Huixiang Agricultural Company could meet his needs, process the farm and ranch products, and had a complete sales chain. The more they talked, the more they hit it off. Finally, Liu Hun and Xiao Fang agreed to cooperate by exchanging shares of Wanbao Village for shares in Huixiang Company, thus making Xiao Fang officially a villager of Wanbao Village, and Liu Hun officially owning his own company. That was precisely why he chose to cooperate with a smaller company initially; if he had gone with a giant corporation from the start, not only would he not talk about shares, but he would likely have been swallowed up by the giant by the end of the cooperation. After signing the contract, Liu Hun quickly returned to Wanbao Village. He and Xiao Fang had agreed to take separate actions: Xiao Fang would build a food processing factory in Anchang County, while Liu Hun’s task was even more challenging—road construction! The road from Wanbao Village to the outside world had always been a significant problem. Previously, the trades were sporadic, with people coming to purchase or going out to sell, mostly by carrying loads on their shoulders, like peddlers, with even small farm tractors only making it to the village entrance, let alone large freight trucks. “You’re going to construct a road?” Ren Peiling brought out a detailed map of Taiping Town and its villages from the Taiping Town records room and laid it in front of Liu Hun. “Yes! The agricultural industry around Wanbao Village has now reached a critical moment where an upgrade is necessary. I’ve already discussed this with Xiao Fang: in the future, all farm products will be supplied to his factory for processing, so we need properly sized loads for entire trucks, not like before where we hand-carried baskets to sell our goods. To get trucks in, we have to pave the road!” Liu Hun unfolded the map on the desk and started to study it seriously. “Take my seat!” Ren Peiling’s cheeks turned a captivating red as she pulled Liu Hun into her own mayoral throne. “I’m not the Mayor; it doesn’t seem right for others to see this,” Liu Hun said, hesitantly, truly unsure of what Ren Peiling was up to.

Chapter 198 - 198 197 Old Friend

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