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

"Brother Lu, what should we do with the Zhao family next?"

"How about we..."

Unlike Lu Yang.

Mu Qizhong was more concerned about the Zhao family's future fate.

As he spoke, facing Lu Yang, he smiled, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and made a cutting motion.

It's not about killing people, setting fires, or wiping out entire families!

A legitimate businessman, just looking to make money!

Lu Yang glanced at the other man and knew that this older brother was still thinking about taking a share of the prodigy's property from the Zhao family.

That makes sense. The Zhao family had previously formed a marriage alliance with the Qian family, marrying their daughter to Xiao Jun, which is why they were qualified to invest in Little Prodigy Company's Series B funding round.

But now, it's clear that the two sides have completely broken off relations. Xiao Jun has also publicly sworn that he will no longer have any relationship with the other party, and he probably even wishes he could kill his father-in-law's family.

Looking at it this way, isn't this the perfect opportunity to kick someone when they're down?

Lu Yang pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "2.7% of the shares is not a small amount. According to the current valuation, it's worth at least five or six hundred million, and that's without any premium. Are you sure you can afford it, brother?"

Little Prodigy's Series C funding round was led by Goldman Sachs, an overseas investment bank, to facilitate its IPO in the US. At the time, in order to facilitate the cooperation, there was a premium, and the other party gave a valuation of US$5 billion. Less than two months have passed since then, and Lu Yang said that 2.7% of the company's shares are worth at least 500 to 600 million RMB. So the unit here is RMB, so it is actually an underestimation.

the reason is simple.

The IPO is imminent.

The IPO is said to be in its final stages.

All that's left is approval, followed by roadshows to lobby securities firms, and finally, ringing the bell for listing, which will usher in a surge in the company's stock price.

A smart person would think at this point whether they could get a share of the profits. Only a fool would sell off the original shares of the company that they already had at this last moment.

Unless someone's brain is rusty or there's some unavoidable reason or irresistible factor involved.

Although the Zhao family members do seem to be a little mentally unstable, they are not completely stupid. They are simply too greedy and blinded by greed.

So what methods are there to get the Zhao family to willingly hand over the original shares of these child prodigies?

Mu Qizhong chuckled: "Brother, you're being a bit biased. I'm not trying to be the bad guy, but I want to help the Zhao family. I heard that the Zhao Group recently got into trouble with the law. The Municipal Tax Bureau found out that they evaded nearly 9000 million yuan in taxes over the years. In addition to paying the 9000 million yuan fine, they also have to pay more than three times that amount to offset the criminal penalties. I just saw Old Zhao, he's so old, he even had to use a cane. If he goes in to work on the sewing machine, he probably won't come out alive. I was thinking, why don't we help him out?"

The Zhao family has recently been embroiled in such a major lawsuit, which has long been known to everyone in the business community. Moreover, the people who sabotaged the case include Mu Qizhong himself.

The tax evasion amounted to 9000 million yuan, plus an additional penalty of three times that amount, totaling over 3 million yuan, amounting to 6000 million yuan.

Such a large sum of money, and it has to be in cash, must be raised in a short period of time.

Let alone the Zhao family, even the Qian family, a local powerhouse even stronger than the Zhao family, couldn't come up with that much cash.

Back then, Xiao Jun's real estate speculation failed, and he was on the verge of bankruptcy. The 300 million yuan he borrowed from the Qian family was actually obtained by the Qian family by mortgaging their own company to a bank. After getting the money, they gave it to Xiao Jun.

Of course, the Qian family did not come away empty-handed. Take the current equity distribution within Little Prodigy Company as an example. After the company's Series C financing, the Zhao family's equity was diluted from 5% to 2.7%, while the Qian family's shares remained unchanged at the original 5%.

Lu Yang had previously agreed that as long as Xiao Jun, the president, was willing, he wouldn't mind helping him consolidate his position. He allowed Xiao Jun's father-in-law's family and his stepfather's family, the Zhao family and the Qian family, to follow the example of the Series B financing. Previously, they followed the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission to invest and get a share of the profits. Now, they were also allowed to follow the foreign investment bank Goldman Sachs to invest and get a share of the profits again.

Anyway, it doesn't matter who invests this money!
However, Xiao Jun had already fallen out with his father-in-law's family once before, and deliberately excluded the Zhao Group from the company's Series C financing. As a result, the Zhao Group missed an opportunity to increase its shares in the child prodigy. Not only that, but after the company's Series C financing, the already small number of shares it held were diluted even more.

This can be considered the background.

Now let's talk about the consequences...

The Zhao family faces the maximum tax penalty and needs to raise 3.6 ​​million yuan in cash in a short period of time to cover the fine. Otherwise, the company will not only face bankruptcy and endless business suspension, but the legal representative, Lao Zhao, will also face imprisonment.

However, it's impossible to get this money from a bank. At this point, banks are unlikely to lend to the Zhao family. The regional managers of these lending banks are the most pragmatic; faced with this delicate situation, they'd rather avoid it than let it slip away.

Mu Qizhong's words just now meant that he had his eye on this point, and he felt that there was a high possibility that he could force the Zhao family to submit.

Lu Yang nodded, agreeing with the point. "So, Lao Mou, what do you think we should do to divide these 2.7% shares? And who should be the bad guy?"

Mu Qizhong patted his chest and said, "Brother, if you trust me, leave it to me."

The Zhao family is now his prize.

He was determined to acquire the 2.7% stake in Xiaoshentong.

Considering that Lu Yang is the real major shareholder behind the child prodigy.

We must bring Lu Yang along.

Otherwise, he would have taken action long ago.

Lu Yang glanced at the old man, knowing that this time the old man had probably dragged not only him into the mess, but also others. With the combined efforts of various forces, it seemed that the Zhao family was doomed this time. Even if they didn't die, they would definitely be skinned alive.

He shook his head. "Fine, then I'll leave it to you. I'll offer 5000 million, and I won't ask for more shares, just 0.5% will do."

This sounds a bit greedy, after all, 0.5% of the original shares of the child prodigy are worth far more than 5000 million RMB in the market.

But Mu Qizhong seemed quite satisfied, laughing loudly, "Then it's a deal, Brother Lu. This time, your older brother is taking advantage of you. Come on, come on, our club has some new white girls today. They're from the beautiful East Ukraine, known for its beauties. Their faces are as white as if they've just died two days ago. We're just looking for something new. You have to go and see them tonight. I know you're not into that kind of thing, but I won't force you. I'll pick out a few of the prettiest ones to give you a foot massage, a shoulder massage, and maybe even a back massage... Hehe... Wouldn't that be amazing?"

As someone who's been through it all, he's gotten older and can't do it as much anymore, but he still enjoys it immensely.

why?
It's not that meat dishes are unappealing; actually, trying something vegetarian, just a little bit, and doing it in a different way, can be just as enjoyable!
Of the 2.7% stake in the prodigy Zhao family, Lu Yang only took 0.5%, and he only promised the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission less than 5%, Goldman Sachs less than 5%... The rest was all his. How could he not be happy?
Lu Yang made an excuse that he had to go home to be with his wife and children, but the man insisted on pulling him into the car, closing the door, and ordering the driver to take him to the club. He insisted on letting Lu Yang pick a few of the foreign horses that the man had managed to smuggle over from Eastern Europe to ride, or even just touch them, stroke their fur, check their weight, and broaden his horizons.

Lu Yang was truly impressed by him.

...They went straight to the club to enjoy the beautiful foreign women from Eastern Europe.

The Zhao family members weren't so happy. Old Zhao almost smashed all the vases in the villa when he got back. He couldn't bear to part with anything except the really valuable ones, and he might even have to sell them to pay the huge tax penalty that was still outstanding.

"White-eyed wolf."

"They're all ingrates."

"Raising you is worse than raising a dog. Tell me, what are we going to do now?"

Seeing that Xiao Jun's path was blocked, there was no hope for the third daughter and son-in-law!
As soon as he returned to the villa, he started making veiled accusations. There was no other way; there were less than seven days left before the deadline given by the tax authorities for paying the taxes and penalties. Every extra day would be a loss for the company, and once the deadline passed, Old Zhao, at his advanced age, would have to go back to work as a sewing machine operator.

That won't do. So, they set their sights on the eldest daughter and son-in-law, as well as the second daughter and son-in-law. Although these two sons-in-law are not as capable as the youngest son-in-law, and their family backgrounds are also inferior, they have relied on the Zhao family for many of their businesses over the years, and their net worth is only in the tens of millions.

But it doesn't matter, just fry it a bit and simmer it a little longer, and you'll eventually get some oil out.

This will at least partially cover the losses that the Zhao family is destined to incur after its decline.

That's right, Old Zhao has given in this time.

While he was in the hospital, he only vaguely sensed that something was wrong. But after he left the hospital, a strong wind blew and he felt a chill on his forehead. Suddenly, he realized what forces were deliberately trying to frame him.

No wonder that with the size of the Zhao family, they have been rooted in Pengcheng for so many years, yet they have no power to fight back, and they can't even find out who is behind this.

"It's all your fault, you two little beasts."

"Short-sighted."

"Now look what's happened. Some people are unhappy with the Zhao family's actions and are afraid that your brother-in-law's divorce scandal will be exposed, making the president's position unstable and ruining the company's plan to go public in the US. Before you two started instigating your old man, couldn't you have used your brains to think about how to avoid this? Sigh, I regret it so much. How could I have listened to the instigation of you two little beasts?"

Despite his own greed, Old Zhao is now shifting all the blame onto his two sons.

They cursed him as a little beast, using the most offensive language than anyone else.

He's figured it out now. The only ones who can save him are his youngest daughter and son-in-law. No, before his youngest daughter dies, he has to go to the hospital again tomorrow. Even if he has to cry, even if he has to kneel, he has to kneel until the couple softens their hearts...

The youngest daughter is kind-hearted and obedient. She believes that as long as her old father is willing to admit his mistake, she will still be willing to help him out of pity.

With this in mind, he was full of confidence!

Unbeknownst to him at the hospital, not long after his family was driven away, Zhao Xiaowan, who had just been moved into the intensive care unit, suddenly experienced a sharp deterioration in her condition.

It can worsen rapidly and violently.

At this point, Xiao Jun no longer cared that his wife had cheated on him, giving him a cuckold's horns, and that she even carried the highly contagious virus transmitted by the fitness coach who was now inside the fish's belly.

He stayed by her bedside the whole time, never leaving her side.

He stared at her pale face.

I just want to wait until she wakes up, have a good talk with her, and then sincerely apologize, tell her about my mistakes over the years, and also tell her that I have forgiven her and no longer resent her. "If possible, please get better. I will make amends and then my husband and I will raise Xiaoyu together happily to adulthood."

Xiao Jun hadn't had a chance to say these things from his heart.

Suddenly, Zhao Xiaowan's body began to convulse on the hospital bed. The piercing beeping of the electrocardiogram monitor suddenly rose, like a countdown to death, instantly tearing apart the brief, tear-soaked silence in the ward.

"Doctor! Nurse!"

Xiao Jun's hoarse roar, cracking in his voice, lunged at the call bell by the bedside.

His hand instinctively reached for Zhao Xiaowan's, but froze before it could touch her. The thing he had once instinctively avoided now seemed so absurd and insignificant under the shadow of death, leaving only boundless fear gripping his heart.

He finally managed to tremble and use all his strength to wrap his hand around that cold, withered hand.

This is his wife, the wife who bore him children. Even if she has AIDS, a contagious disease, doesn't he have the courage to hold her hand even once?

The ward door was suddenly pushed open, and doctors and nurses, fully equipped and as if facing a formidable enemy, rushed in and quickly took over.

"Adrenaline ready! Prepare for defibrillation!"

The attending physician's voice carried an undeniable urgency.

Xiao Jun was roughly but quickly pushed away, staggered backward, and crashed into the cold wall. He could only watch helplessly as the figures of the medical staff completely engulfed the hospital bed.

The piercing red light and rapid ticking of the alarm were like heavy hammer blows, striking his already fragile nerves.

"how come……"

He muttered to himself, the fleeting sense of peace brought about by his wife's faint but steady signs of life shattered completely.

The crisis was not over, and death had not gone far away. It has returned, and now it is coming with great force...

In the corridor, Madam Qian, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, tightly embraced the startled and panicked Xiao Yu. Both grandmother and grandson were pale.

Qian Youyou was also shocked by this turn of events and clutched her lower abdomen, anxiously peering into the ward through the glass wall of the intensive care unit.

The air froze like ice, leaving only the piercing screeching of the instruments and the urgent instructions of the medical staff.

A nurse quickly approached Xiao Jun with a document in her hand, her tone heavy and formulaic: "Mr. Xiao, the patient's condition is critical. He has suffered cardiac arrest and has lost consciousness. We need you to sign the critical condition notice."

Xiao Jun took the pen blankly, the cold plastic touch sending a chill down his spine.

He looked at the face devoured by illness, recalling the desperate and distant look in her eyes when she last looked at the Zhao family, and then at his own overwhelming regret and belated tenderness just moments before. A tremendous sense of grief and helplessness almost crushed him.

He signed his name with trembling hands, each stroke feeling like it was cutting into his soul. The moment he put pen to paper, he seemed to lose all his strength, and he fell backward… (End of Chapter)