That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1464 I Will Employ Nepotism
After Li Ye finished calling Pei Wencong, he called Li Yue and said, "Big sister, go to Mom's place later. I have something to discuss with you."

Li Yue asked instinctively, "Is there something you want to discuss with me? What is it?"

Li Ye mumbled, "It's nothing serious, we'll talk about it when you get there!"

Li Yue paused for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "Okay, I'll be there in an hour or half an hour."

Li Ye smiled and said, "There's no need to rush, it's nothing serious."

"Okay, I understand, don't worry about it."

Li Yue knew her younger brother's personality. Since Li Ye hadn't said what it was about on the phone, then this matter was unusual. It would be strange if she wasn't anxious, even if she said so.

Li Ye thought for a moment, then called his wife again, asking her to come visit her mother after get off work.

Wen Leyu responded with an "Mmm" and hung up the phone without asking any further questions.

Two hours later, Li Ye arrived at Fu Guiru's courtyard and found that Fu Guiru, Li Yue, Fu Yiruo, and Wen Leyu were all there.

Fu Guiru frowned slightly as she looked at Li Ye, then asked in a deep voice, "You called everyone over in such a commotion, but made us wait for ages. Aren't you worried at all?"

Li Ye sat down on the sofa and said with a smile, "It's not like the sky is falling, there's no use in getting anxious."

The eldest sister, Li Yue, immediately said, "I just received a call from An Xiaolian. She was crying on the phone, saying she was going to Hong Kong to avoid trouble. Isn't that a big deal?"

Li Ye scratched his head helplessly, thinking to himself that women kept at home have a narrow perspective.

Hao Jian's wife, An Xiaolian, had been pampered for years and would scream for help at the slightest sound of trouble.

Conversely, if we look at Fu Guiru and Wen Leyu, they are completely different.

Fu Guiru goes without saying. She traveled south to Southeast Asia while pregnant with her younger sister Fu Yiruo, and then fought her way up in the business world. Her mental fortitude is unmatched by ordinary people.

The young wife remained calm and composed. Perhaps in her view, even if the sky were to fall, she wouldn't need to panic because she had two elderly relatives to support her. That was her confidence.

"Here's what happened: Liang Xiaomin, Guo Donglun's nanny, came to see me today and said some harsh things. When I called Hao Jian, he said he needed to go into hiding."

Li Ye recounted the events of the day in detail, and also explained why An Xiaolian called Li Yue crying.

Fu Guiru raised her eyelids and asked coldly, "According to you, Liang Xiaomin hasn't even done anything yet, and Hao Jian is already scared, is that it?"

Li Ye let out a breath and said calmly, "He's probably afraid that he won't be able to handle it and will implicate me!"

"Hmph, you are quite kind to others."

Fu Guiru snorted coldly, clearly not satisfied with Hao Jian.

Over the past decade, Li Ye has handed over almost everything in Pengcheng to Hao Jian, providing him with all sorts of support, making him a prominent figure who has become a "representative" and a "youth" figure.
Now that trouble has arisen, Hao Jian has no ability to resolve it and instead only thinks about running away.

Therefore, in Fu Guiru's eyes, Hao Jian was not a "talented general".

However, Li Ye was not as demanding as Fu Guiru. After all, when he formed the "Entrepreneurial Five" in Qingshui County, he really had no choice. Li Ye felt that Hao Jian's current level was an unexpected surprise.

Not all startup teams are like Liu Bang's "Pei County Team," which conquered most of the country with the manpower of only one county—that's simply too incredible.

Seeing that Li Ye didn't seem to care, Fu Guiru could only curse her foolish son in her heart, but she could only ask aloud, "So how do you want us to help Hao Jian?"

"We'll leave Hao Jian's side to us for now."

Li Ye shook his head and said seriously, "I called my older sister over to prepare for two scenarios. Before Hao Jian returns, someone needs to take charge of Fenghua Clothing."

"Because Fenghua Clothing has too many partners across the country, if any rumors or gossip arise, the lack of leadership could easily lead to trouble."

Fu Guiru turned to look at Li Yue and asked in a deep voice, "Can you shoulder this responsibility?"

Li Yue said, "I'm sure I have no problem taking on responsibilities, but what if people say we're like birds that have been used up and then discarded, or like dogs that have been cooked after the rabbits have died?"
When I took over the sales channels of Fenghua Clothing from Jin Peng, many people wentssip, but Hao Jian hasn't done anything yet.”

"You don't need to consider that."

Li Ye interrupted Li Yue directly: "When I founded Fenghua Garment, I considered this day before. Actually, the only place they can target now is Pengcheng Factory No. 7. Fenghua Garment is a Hong Kong-funded company, and we were originally planning to split it up."

Or rather, from the very beginning, Fenghua Garment and Pengcheng No. 7 Factory were not the same company.

Li Yue asked in surprise, "Xiao Ye, you're going to disassemble the Feng Hua clothing?"

Li Ye chuckled and said, "That's right, I've already asked Lao Pei to cooperate with you in preparing to build Fenghua Plaza in every provincial capital across the country. No matter how capable Liang Xiaomin is, she can't stop it."

"The factories in Pengcheng will be easily replaceable at that time. Some people will shoot themselves in the foot and won't be able to bear the responsibility."

The eldest sister, Li Yue, blinked and looked at Fu Guiru.

Fu Guiru said irritably, "What are you looking at? If you don't step up and take charge now, are you just going to give us shares for nothing?"

Li Yue lowered her head and retorted, "I'm just afraid people will say that Ono is a nepotist."

Li Ye couldn't help but laugh: "Sister, I'm your brother. I don't practice nepotism. Do you expect me to let the benefits go to outsiders?"

Li Yue remained silent. At this moment, her younger brother was still supporting her, so what else could she say?

Fu Guiru glared at her silly daughter again, then asked Li Ye, "You just said that Liang Xiaomin, besides being Guo Donglun's nanny, is also connected to those who travel by water?"

Li Ye nodded and said, "According to Hao Jian's investigation, it's roughly like this: she wants to cross-share with Fenghua Clothing, and I guess she wants to launder the illegal gains from the waterway."

Fenghua Clothing has been a model taxpayer for years, while the tax authorities are the sworn enemies of those who travel by water. Therefore, Li Ye always felt that Liang Xiaomin was trying to drag Hao Jian down with her.

At this moment, the young wife asked with a smile, "What about me? Is there anything I can do?"

Li Ye smiled and said to Wen Leyu, "It's not time to use you yet! Don't tell your parents yet, just think of it as you sitting in on the proceedings today!"

Wen Leyu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll just listen in."

Although Wen Leyu is not needed today, Li Ye's attitude is clear: his wife has the right to know.

After everything was arranged, Li Ye smiled and said, "Let's call it a day! Maybe I'm just worrying unnecessarily."

But as it turns out, Li Ye wasn't worrying unnecessarily.

The very next day, Hao Jian, who had already arrived in Hong Kong, called Li Ye.

"Li Ye, this morning the relevant departments came to the company headquarters, and because I wasn't there, they took Zhou Lijuan away."

After thinking for a moment, Li Ye asked, "Zhou Lijuan? Is she the accountant who started working with you the first time?"

Hao Jian said in a deep voice, "It's her. She's worked so hard for me all these years, and now she has to suffer like this in her old age. It's really..."

Li Ye suddenly asked, "When Zhou Lijuan was with you, you were already the factory director of Pengcheng No. 7 Factory, right?"

Li Ye and Zhou Lijuan had met before. Back then, Hao Jian brought her to Beijing to find a contract manufacturer to solve the problem of insufficient production. The contract they presented already bore the official seal of Pengcheng No. 7 Factory.

"Yes, and it's fortunate that we were already affiliated with a government agency at that time, otherwise they really would have been able to find something to use against us."

Hao Jian said with lingering fear, "Besides, I admire you more and more now. Over the years, we've paid so many unnecessary taxes, and sometimes I feel like I've been cheated. But today, you were truly amazing."

They took Zhou Lijuan away because they wanted to get information out of her and obtain evidence against Hao Jian.

However, Hao Jian was already affiliated with the government at that time, so it was impossible to accuse him of speculation and profiteering, and there was no evidence to accuse him of tax evasion. So, after all the fuss, at most Zhou Lijuan herself would suffer a little.

"Don't worry, Lao Hao. I've already started taking action. It will take five or six days, or at most half a month, for them to send Zhou Lijuan back obediently."

"Okay, I believe you, Li Ye."

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After hanging up Hao Jian's call, Li Ye urged Pei Wencong and his older sister Li Yue to hurry up.

Now that they've already made their move, there's no point in saying more. We should take concrete actions to make Pengcheng anxious.

Liang Xiaomin can only influence a few people at most; she can't cover up everything.

Things happened faster than Li Ye had imagined; that very afternoon, Li Ye received a phone call.

"Hello, this is Guo Donglun."

"Hey, Lao Guo, are you here to reason with me? Or to plead for your nanny?"

Guo Donglun paused for a few seconds and then said, "I'm calling just to tell you that there's a problem within your own ranks."

Li Ye: "."

　I have something to do at home today, so I can't finish writing the second chapter. The next chapter will be updated tomorrow at noon. I'm so sorry, so ashamed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)