half thorns, half joy

At the end of February, the "Cultivation of the Gods" project entered the final warm-up stage.

Both Zhao Suizhi and Tang Xuan were delighted. After waiting for a while, all the costs could be recovered. Not only that, but they might also make a lot of money.

At that time, no matter how obstructed by Director Liu's faction, it will be useless.

For shareholders, a project that can make money is a good project.They don't care about infighting or gossip, they choose whoever leads them to make money.

Seeing that the victory of this contest was in sight, then at this moment, bad news came.

Zhao Er was in charge, and the two shiploads of gold and silver jewelry, leather bags, clothing, tea and other expensive high-end goods were all buried in the sea.

Zhao Er, who had signed a contract with the Xiao Group, disappeared without a trace.

You know, the total value of these two ships of goods is several hundred million.

Normally, this kind of transportation would be insured by the insurance company, but it was a coincidence that Zhao Er did not sign the insurance policy before carrying the two ships of goods.

That is to say, Zhao Er needs to compensate for the loss of all the goods of these two ships.

However, Zhao Er disappeared.

After investigation by the police, it was discovered that the property of Zhao Er Company had also been transferred to the account of a hidden leather bag company, and it had long since disappeared.

Of course, the Xiao Group can force Zhao Er's company to pay compensation, but they just don't have the money, and it takes a lot of time to file for bankruptcy and settle the settlement.

To put it simply, unless Zhao Er is found, this hole can only be filled by the Xiao Group itself.

For Zhao Suizhi who had just seen the dawn, this was simply worse.

She has already put out her original capital for the "Cultivation of the Gods" project, and applied for a loan from the bank when the momentum was good. A large loan amount is almost impossible.

It wasn't until this moment that Zhao Suizhi realized deeply what it meant to be a shopping mall like a battlefield, and what it meant to have a heart as cruel as a snake.

In order to take away the chairman's position, and to force her to hand over the decision-making power, she would use such a cruel hand, and would not hesitate to shake the foundation of the Xiao Group.

How can she survive such a struggle without a bottom line.

And even if she scrapes together the money and overcomes this difficulty, there is no guarantee that the other party will have no backup and will not create another crisis for her.

Anyway, for those people, the stability of the Xiao Group is not important to them, but the ownership of power is important.

Zhao Suizhi suddenly felt very tired, very tired.

Looking back on the past few months, the opponent has always been in the upper hand, but she can only accept the move passively, and she doesn't even have the slightest room to fight back.

If this continues, she will not be able to hold on sooner or later.

But it happened at this time that Tang Xuan was suffering from underlying illnesses due to her previous kidnapping, coupled with excessive grief, she had a harbinger of miscarriage.

Zhao Suizhi had no choice but to suppress these things first, not tell Tang Xuan, and let Tang Xuan focus on recuperating her body, while he discussed countermeasures with think tanks and lawyers.

But now that they have come to this point, no matter how smart the think tank is, there is nothing they can do.

Zhao Suizhi was so upset at the thought of the meeting of the board meeting the next day that he couldn't even eat dinner.

She knew very well that if such a big mess happened, the board members would definitely not let go of this great opportunity to bite her.

Maybe tomorrow, she won't be able to sit in the position of acting chairman.

Suddenly, Zhao Suizhi's mobile phone rang.

She picked it up and saw that the name she least wanted to see jumped on the caller ID.

But there must be a reason for such a call at this time, Zhao Suizhi hesitated for a moment, and then picked up the phone.

Her tone was very bad, she said coldly and straight to the point: "Liu Qing, what do you want to do."

Compared with Zhao Suizhi's anxiety, Liu Qing seemed very peaceful.

Not only was he peaceful, but he even had a bit of schadenfreude, he smiled meaningfully, and said to Zhao Suizhi: "Mrs. Xiao, let's talk."

Zhao Suizhi replied coldly: "I have nothing to talk to you about."

Liu Qing sneered, and was not annoyed by Zhao Suizhi's indifference, and said with emotion: "Oh, why are you still so high and mighty at this moment. Could it be that you still haven't recognized the status quo?"

Zhao Suizhi sneered, "I didn't recognize the status quo, but the despicable and shameless villain did."

"Oh? That's right." Liu Qing retorted, "Madam Xiao is really good at talking, so let's not talk about villains and adults, but just talk about the sinking of Zhao Er's cargo ship. How do you plan to solve it?"

Zhao Suizhi remained silent.

Liu Qing continued: "I haven't thought of a solution, right? It's not your fault. As a woman, you have done your best. It's really not what you want. Otherwise, let me give you an idea."

"No need." Zhao Suizhi said decisively.

For this sake, Zhao Suizhi can still maintain his demeanor without swearing, which is enough to show Zhao Suizhi's own upbringing.

On the contrary, it was this Liu Qing who called to ridicule at this time, which can be said to be very tasteless.

Liu Qing also seemed to have long expected that Zhao Suizhi would not give in, and he didn't force himself too much, so he just laughed and said: "Mrs. Xiao, I originally wanted to help you, since you don't listen to my advice and don't accept this favor, then We can only meet at the board meeting tomorrow. Then, don't cry out of anger."

Zhao Suizhi couldn't listen anymore, so he hung up the phone directly.

This Liu Qing is too deceitful!
Don't dare to compete in an upright manner, but only make small moves behind the scenes, and it's fine to make small moves, but you still make such an insulting phone call!

Zhao Suizhi gritted her teeth, asking her to hand over the position of chairman to such a lowly villain, how could she be willing!

If the Xiao Group is handed over to such a person, the Xiao Group will collapse and fall apart within a few years.

Even if she dies, she must not hand over the Xiao Group to such a person.

Originally, Zhao Suizhi had already lost his fighting spirit, but Liu Qing's phone call ignited Zhao Suizhi's fighting spirit again.

She immediately called a think tank and a lawyer to ask them to look up the legal provisions that benefited her, and to find someone to secretly collect the handles of these board members who coveted the chairman's throne, so as to contain them.

The night passed.

The next day, Zhao Suizhi ate breakfast carelessly and was about to go out to attend the board meeting.

Tang Xuan came down from the second floor and called Mom with a pale face.

Zhao Suizhi stopped and looked at Tang Xuan.

"I'm sorry, Mom, but I can't help you when such a big thing happened." Tang Xuan, who was always confident, felt inferior and blamed herself at this moment.

Hearing what Tang Xuan said, Zhao Suizhi twitched his lips helplessly, "You still know."

Tang Xuan nodded, "Yes."

The news has already reported the sinking of Zhao Er's cargo ship. Tang Xuan is not stupid, and she can think of the cause and effect after a little thought.

But even if she could think of it, she didn't have any countermeasures.

Because the core of this matter is money.

Tang Xuan has brains, scheming and ability, but she just has no money.

"If I had a good family background, I should be able to help you right now." Tang Xuan looked at Zhao Suizhi apologetically and said.

If she has a rich family background, then she must be able to spend a large sum of money to help the Xiao family overcome this difficulty.

Zhao Suizhi shook his head with a smile, and said in a gentle tone, "What silly things are you talking about? You are helping me by resting well now and taking care of the baby in your stomach."

"But……"

Tang Xuan wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Zhao Suizhi.

"Xiaoxuan, there is nothing you can do about it. If I didn't protect the dignity of the Xiao family in the end, it's not your fault. You didn't make any mistakes in this whole matter, so don't worry about it." Blame yourself."

Tang Xuan nodded, but still sighed slightly.

Due to the hormone imbalance in Tang Xuan's body due to her pregnancy, her mood became cloudy and uncertain. If Zhao Suizhi hadn't comforted her so much, she would probably be depressed again right now.

"Okay, I'm going to a meeting, you should rest at home." Zhao Suizhi walked out, and when he was about to reach the door, he stopped and said, "Don't worry. Good or bad, our family bear it all together.”

Upon hearing these words, Tang Xuan's eyes turned red again.

"Okay." She replied softly, "Let's take it together as a family."