Return to 88: Starting from Marrying My Sister-in-law

Despite Lu Yang's desire to handle the matter discreetly, such a large-scale corruption case eventually became widely known and caused a great uproar.

Of course, some people inevitably fueled this trend.

That's right, we're talking about the Li family.

As one of the largest capitalist families in the port city, they were shocked to discover that such a corruption case had occurred on their own territory, and it just so happened to be the company of their arch-rival.

How could we not do something?
To put it simply, Li Zekai almost died laughing the moment he heard the news. That night, he called over three or five of his cronies and a dozen minor celebrities, partying until they were completely exhausted.

I woke up from a nap.

The little superhero climbed out of the pile of women and put on his clothes.

Summon my subordinates!

Send someone to investigate. Investigate what?
Of course, I'll help investigate this case thoroughly!

Investigate thoroughly.

What that mainland guy surnamed Lu knows, he also needs to know; and what that mainland guy surnamed Lu is still kept in the dark about, he needs to know even more!

Finally, someone wanted to keep a low profile and not air their dirty laundry in public, but he wouldn't let that person have their wish and insisted on making a big fuss about it.

The result can be imagined.

In just a few days, the scandal involving the Lu family, the family behind the Century Group in mainland China, spread from Hong Kong media reports to the entire mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and even Western media.

A corruption case involving nine million US dollars.

If we look at the whole world, it's not a big deal at all. If there are corrupt officials in those centuries-old Western family businesses, they can cause far more damage than this. It's common for tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of US dollars to be lost.

But this event happened in the East.

Especially in mainland China, where reform and opening up have only been going on for twenty years, the situation is quite different.

Nine million US dollars, converted into RMB, is not much less than 100 million, but it's not far off from 100 million. Both are enormous fortunes that ordinary people cannot imagine.

But this is not fatal.

The truly fatal flaw is that Lu Youzhi kept numerous mistresses and even used the finance department of this company in Hong Kong as his own harem, and this matter got out.

The result can be imagined.

People love to hear this. Nine million US dollars is a lot of money, but it's a bit far removed from their lives and doesn't concern them. But if you say someone is keeping multiple mistresses, that kind of gossip will keep them entertained. They can discuss it as if they were right there in the middle of it all.

Lu Youzhi became famous.

It has become famous even throughout the entire Century Series.

But this kind of fame is something any company would avoid at all costs.

In other words, none of the companies currently associated with the Century Group are listed companies. The only holding subsidiary, Little Prodigy Electronics, which successfully went public in the United States, has been delisted and privatized. It has been integrated and restructured into the current Century Electronics, and has not yet had the opportunity to go public again.

Otherwise, the stock price would definitely suffer a major Waterloo, plummeting to rock bottom.

Of course, after such media coverage, Lu Yang could no longer show favoritism.

Even if he wanted to let Lu Laoliu go now, none of the employees in the entire group would agree, and the management would not stand by and watch him, the chairman, go against all the employees. They would definitely not allow this mudslinging to be thrown from Lu Youzhi, the sixth brother, onto Lu Yang.

“Yangzi, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have called you to beg that beast Lao Liu for mercy. He did such a despicable thing, which is a disgrace to the entire Lu family. I have already discussed it with my second sister and third brother. No one is allowed to lend him money to pay the fine. Let him stay in there and let him serve whatever years the court sentences him to. Let him reflect on his actions in there so that he won’t embarrass himself when he comes out.”

This is what happened afterward.

Lu Youren, Lu Yang's older cousin, called Lu Yang personally.

Compared to when the incident first occurred, it is clear that the attitude has completely reversed.

Keeping a mistress is not really big news among the wealthy these days.

Many nouveau riche even openly bring their mistresses out in public and take them out to do business.

Lu Youzhi's situation is clearly different.

First, he kept too many women as mistresses. Second, he shouldn't have taken advantage of his own female employees. Of the eleven women in the company's finance department, seven had affairs with him. The other four escaped because they were too old or too conservative to be his type.

Are we just going to let this go like this?

Which decent girl would dare to come for a job interview at the company in the future?
It's not just this import and export trading company in the port city that's affected; the entire Century Group behind it is also being treated the same as everyone else, thanks to the instigation of some people.

Therefore, the only solution now is to deal with it severely.

There should be no room for wishful thinking.

Does Lu Yang understand?

Doesn't Lu Youren understand?

He had been the head of a garment factory in his hometown for many years, after all.

Moreover, the key point is that in the garment factories in my hometown, more than 90% of the employees are women.

After this news reached my hometown...

What do the female workers in these factories think?

Wouldn't they think, "Your brother is a sex fiend, a lustful demon, and you, as his older brother, dare to protect him and plead for him? Does that mean you, as his older brother, are also a lustful demon, a lustful demon?"

After hanging up the phone.

Lu Youren was immediately drenched in sweat.

Yes, he is going through such a process right now.

Ever since the truth of the matter was exposed by the Hong Kong media, and then spread to the mainland and back to his hometown, he has often encountered female employees who look at him with strange eyes. Their eyes are filled with a sense of defensiveness, vigilance, disdain, and even disgust.

It made him very uneasy and uncomfortable.

back home.

His wife also started to criticize him.

He was told to call Lu Yang immediately, retract his previous plea for his sixth son, and demand that the company deal with the matter severely to salvage his reputation.

Otherwise, Lu Laoliu's matter would not only involve him alone, but also implicate his brothers and sisters.

After listening to his wife's advice and complaints...

Lu Youren remained silent.

I didn't sleep a wink that night and smoked all night long.

After daybreak, he finally made up his mind and made the second call to Lu Yang to retract the contents of the previous conversation.

"Chairman, I already know the truth of the matter. Handle it as it should be, without worrying about us Lu family members. I understand, and I believe my eldest brother and second sister will understand as well."

Lu Youyi also made a second call to Lu Yang.

This time, he even changed the way he addressed people. In order to show that he valued the matter and was determined enough, he even said the words "Chairman".

Lu Yang nodded and agreed.

He hung up on Lu Youyi.

He knew that more people would break in next.

Sure enough, soon it was the second sister, the second sister's husband, the eighth sister Lu Xiaohua, and even her own mother Ye Qiuyu, stepfather Meng Wenxian, and little sister Mengmeng...

One by one.

Everyone called to express their feelings.

Faced with this situation, almost no one dared to utter a word of pleading. It wasn't a matter of being heartless or not.

Lu Youzhi has clearly ruined himself, turning himself into a cesspool. Anyone who gets involved with him will be covered in filth. A normal person wouldn't be stupid enough to jump into a cesspool on their own, right?

Zhang Yun also came.

This time, I just didn't bring my four children.

She entered Lu Yang's office alone, her expression complex. She had a lot to say, but didn't know where to begin.

At last,
She simply knelt down before Lu Yang.

Regardless, she hasn't divorced Lu Youzhi yet. As his wife, it's only right that she apologizes on his behalf when her husband makes a mistake that causes immeasurable losses to the company.

Lu Yang did not take the initiative to help her up.

This woman also has a criminal record.

Of the two female students who seduced him, he never forgot that this woman was one of them.

Liang Yingzi has already gone inside.

Lu Youzhi, who had been juggling between these two women, has now been imprisoned as well.

He didn't want to suffer the same fate.

Better safe than sorry!
Even on his own turf, Lu Yang simply watched her kneel down. Only after she had knelt properly and was firmly in place did he speak, "Get up. You don't need to kneel before me. Sixth Brother did something wrong and he should be punished. I believe he will be punished by law soon. If you kneel down as soon as you arrive, people outside will think I'm bullying you."

As soon as he said that...

Zhang Yun dared not kneel any longer. If she did, it wouldn't be pleading or playing the victim; it would be a coup.

She wiped away her tears, then stood up, lowered her head, and said, "I...I want to ask you for a favor."

She didn't plead for her when she came back last time!
It's even less likely that he came here to plead for Lu Youzhi.

Lu Yang had already guessed it.

"Speak!"

Zhang Yun raised her head and mustered her courage to say, "I want to beg you, please don't let the court seize the house we live in now. My eldest, second, and third children all attend the nearby primary school and kindergarten. If the house is seized, I'm afraid they won't be able to continue their studies. For the sake of my children, I have no choice but to beg you."

Lu Yang fell silent after hearing this.

As the property is jointly owned by the couple and the property certificate is in Lu Youzhi's name, it is perfectly normal for the court to seize the property in advance once the case enters the judicial process, since it is very likely that the property was purchased with embezzled funds!
"You should go back now. I can't help you with the house issue. Before the verdict, the property can only be seized. As for the children's schooling..."

Lu Yang was also in a bit of a dilemma.

It's not that he can't help solve it.

However, if he were to personally call and say hello, it would be like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "How about this, after you go out later, find Secretary Lu and tell her that I asked you to go to him. She will help you solve the problem of your children's schooling."

Lu Yang gave an affirmative reply.

Although she still couldn't keep the house, it's unknown whether the court will lift the seizure and return the house to her after the judgment.

But the children's schooling will not be affected.

Zhang Yun is already very satisfied.

She has saved up quite a bit of money on her own over the years!

With this savings now, it wouldn't be a problem to rent a place temporarily or even buy a small apartment of 70 or 80 square meters nearby.

Of course, she still wants to move back into her original house.

That villa was worth over four million yuan. It was a gift from Lu Youzhi to her on their fifth wedding anniversary that year, and it was the house where the children lived together.

She regrets it now.

If she had known earlier, she would have cried, made a scene, and even threatened suicide to force that bastard Lu Youzhi to transfer the property to her alone.

This is the current situation.

The seizure of the house is now a foregone conclusion.

All she can do now is try her best to fight for her spouse's rights and get half of the property rights. As for the rest...

Don't even think about it!

After much persuasion, Lu Yang finally managed to get Zhang Yun to leave.

I was just thinking of leaving get off work early to give myself a break.

Another person came to our door.

Fortunately, this time it's definitely a good thing.

Niu Lili burst in, looking travel-worn.

She was holding a candybar phone that looked a bit like an Apple phone and a Nokia phone at the same time.

It's said to resemble the first-generation Apple because it also features a circular button at the very bottom center.

This button is actually just a power button.

It lacks the fingerprint unlocking function found on later full-screen phones.

Moreover, its screen is only half the size of the entire phone.

It's not a touchscreen!
Therefore, some keyboards were also placed below.

However, considering that it would be best to minimize the space occupied by these keyboards, Lu Yang ultimately adopted a nine-key layout.

To help mobile phone users get used to this nine-key Pinyin keypad.

At Lu Yang's suggestion, Niu Lili installed the Intelligent ABC input method on him.

Speaking of this Intelligent ABC input method, it was originally developed and researched by Champion Brother and his team when Lu Yang was starting from scratch to make the Little Genius Little Prodigy learning machine. They gradually accumulated technology, and now this input method has finally made great progress.

Otherwise, Lu Yang wouldn't dare to take it out and embed it into his phone as the official mobile input method.

"not bad."

Lu Yang tested the feel of it.

Although it still can't compare to the first Apple phone in terms of appearance.

However, all of these are due to the inability to cancel the keyboard.

Technically, it's just temporarily blocked by Land Rover.

If we just wait and persevere, and the technology catches up in the future and the keyboard is eliminated, it's still uncertain who will fire the first shot in the smartphone revolution, or who will hold the patent for the design of the Apple phone.

What's remarkable is that it's quite durable and looks sturdy, although it might not be as durable as a Nokia phone; you could even use it to crack walnuts.

But this is a mobile phone, not a hammer.

If you're really itching to use it to crack walnuts, why buy a phone? Just buy a hammer.

Has it been priced?

"What is the cost? How many will be sold to distributors? How many are planned for retail sales? Also, have you decided on a name for this series of phones?"

Lu Yang, intrigued, bombarded Niu Lili with a barrage of questions. (End of Chapter)