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

Beijing.

Yin Mingzhu stood in front of the desk, looking travel-worn. There was no trace of the ease she felt after receiving 500 million yuan from her mother; instead, her face was like a quenched knife, cold, hard, and sharp.

She slammed a document down in front of her partner, Tan Xisong, making the teacup lid on the table rattle.

"Sister Tan."

Yin Mingzhu's voice was devoid of warmth, even tinged with mockery, "Unilaterally announcing your withdrawal from the company partnership, you truly are my good sister and good leader. If it weren't for your opportunistic actions, the company wouldn't be in this state..."

She originally respected the other person a lot.

There was even a tiny bit of admiration for the other person in my heart.

After all, they are both single women.

The other person's ability to succeed in such a highly competitive environment is a role model for her to learn from.

But that doesn't mean the other party can bully her.

He had said he would be her protector.

Of course, Sister Tan did bring her a lot of business, enabling her newly established advertising and planning company, which was only established last year, to stand out among many similar companies in Beijing and connect with CCTV, a state-owned television station.

But she never mistreated him!

True to her word, last year alone, she transferred more than 300 million yuan in cash to the designated account as agreed for the year-end bonus.

Now that things have come to this, the other party has taken the benefits but is only willing to share the good times, not the bad. The trouble has just come knocking, and they're already in a hurry to get off the bus and try to wash their hands of it. Is there such a good thing in the world?

Tan Xisong felt a pang of anxiety; she was regretting her hasty withdrawal earlier.

She was told that Yin Mingzhu had gone to "plead for mercy," and given that blood relationship, if it worked out and the other sisters reconciled, it would seem foolish and short-sighted for her to unilaterally tear up the partnership agreement, and she was even more reluctant to give up the considerable dividends.

So she forced a smile and said, "Mingzhu, it's good that you're back. Did your trip to Pengcheng go smoothly? I knew things could always turn around, we..."

"Leave no room?" Yin Mingzhu interrupted her, a cruel sneer curling at the corner of her lips. "Gone! The company is finished! Without your opportunistic actions, things wouldn't have come to this point so quickly. I admit defeat, I'll pay off all the debts and close down!"

Tan Xisong's breath caught in his throat, and his face turned deathly pale.

"but."

Yin Mingzhu leaned down, her gaze locking onto the other person like that of a hawk.

"Sister Tan, are you planning to just pack up and leave?"

"It's not that easy!"

"Your unilateral withdrawal statement is just a piece of waste paper to me!"

"Either you return every single penny of the 300 million+ yuan in dividends you swallowed at the end of last year! Or..."

She deliberately slowed her speech, each word sharp as a knife: "Let's see each other in court, and let the whole circle, especially your old colleagues outside the office, see the inside story of our 'cooperation'. I want to see if you can still hold onto your iron rice bowl. If things get out of hand, how will your superiors view you?"

Tan Xisong was struck dumb, and all color drained from his face.

300 million!
Her meager salary would amount to an astronomical sum.

It would take almost 100 years of not eating or drinking to save enough.

But why is the other party acting like this?

He seems a bit crazy. If things escalate and the two sides completely break off relations, the consequences will be unpredictable...

After all, once she opened the door, her colleagues and subordinates were right outside.

This is hardly a case of "giving up and doing nothing."

This is clearly dragging her down into the abyss!
Her carefully maintained image and dignity were about to be torn to shreds by this madwoman.

Two paths: go bankrupt and return the money, or be ruined and disgraced, possibly even forced to leave her current position... At this moment, she felt like a rat in a bellows, caught between two evils, unable to move forward or backward.

No.

It's impossible to get a refund.

Moreover, she had already spent some of the money. She had spent a lot of money to send her daughter to study abroad. As a single mother, she didn't want her daughter to suffer the same hardships she had endured. She hadn't had the chance to see the wonderful world of the free and developed countries, so she wanted to send her daughter out to see it for herself.

Think of this.

She had an idea. "I have a suggestion. I can agree not to withdraw from the company partnership and share the company's responsibilities and debts with you. But you have to promise me that you will sell me all of your shares in the company for one dollar. In return, I will take on all your current debts."

As she spoke, she confidently raised one of her fingers.

"One dollar!?"

Yin Mingzhu furrowed her brows.

She wanted to get angry, since the other party was insulting her, but she also felt that the condition wasn't entirely unacceptable.

After all, if the stalemate continues, even if the other party hesitates and returns last year's 300 million yuan dividend to her, it won't be enough to fill the company's current hole. Without new orders, bankruptcy is inevitable, and as the company's legal representative, she will also have to bear certain obligations, which will lead to endless troubles.

Why not choose to withdraw completely?

"One yuan it is, okay, I agree."

Yin Mingzhu said decisively, "As long as you are willing to accept all the company's current debts, I can agree to transfer the company to you, and I will never reveal our previous 'cooperation'. Sister Tan, if you can really keep your word, we can still be good friends in the future, and I can forgive your betrayal this time."

Tan Xisong shook his head expressionlessly. "I don't need your forgiveness. You just need to keep your promise. You can leave now. Find your lawyer to draft the contract. I will have someone contact you and take over your company as soon as possible so that you can leave unscathed."

Of course, she couldn't possibly become the legal representative of this Zhuzhu Company herself.

This is against the rules.

But it doesn't matter, she has a way. She just needs to find someone to act as her legal representative on the surface.

Moreover, this person must be reliable, so she had already decided on her choice just now: her ex-husband, Huang Junfei, who is currently working as an Asia regional specialist at Walden International.

After seeing Yin Mingzhu off, she immediately called her ex-husband.

This ex-husband is currently in the United States, North America, participating in the roadshow for Little Prodigy. As the second largest foreign shareholder of Little Prodigy and the head of Walden High Technology's mainland China branch in Asia, he won the honor of being one of the investors who rang the bell for the company because he participated in Little Prodigy's Series B financing negotiations and successfully brought high-value returns to the company.

He received the long-distance call from his ex-wife while attending a cocktail party hosted by the securities firm. He had a foreign woman on his arm, his face full of smugness, and he was bragging to a group of people in the financial industry.

"what's up?"

"I'm busy right now. If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up. If you're getting a divorce, at least make it look like one. Stop bothering me all the time, okay?"

My ex-wife was a tomboy with a very strong career drive. Although she was also quite pretty and was the school's recognized goddess in college, she had excellent grades and was among the top students. I had to overcome many obstacles to finally win her over, but I regretted it after only a few years.

The other person was too dominant and superior to him in every way, which he could not tolerate, so he finally chose to leave his wife and daughter to study abroad.

It is called further study.

In reality, he knew it very well.

It was because he couldn't stand the other party's suffocating desire for control. He longed for freedom, for the freedom he had now, to embrace beautiful women, to talk freely and unrestrainedly, and to wield his authority in the capital market.

“Huang Junfei, are you even a man? Our daughter had just been born, and I was still in my postpartum period when you secretly prepared to study abroad behind my back, abandoning me and our child… I won’t even hold you accountable for that… Now that our daughter is studying abroad, it will require a lot of expenses, and you refuse to share them… You are simply unworthy of being a father; you are a beast.”

"Alright, are you done cursing?"

"I haven't finished cursing yet..."

"Nonsense! I don't have time for you. I've already addressed our daughter's tuition issue. She's an adult now and should be responsible for herself. Since she knew that studying abroad was expensive, why didn't she go to a university in China or work part-time like I did? If you're so capable, why don't you support her yourself?"

Why should he give money to a daughter who didn't grow up by his side and doesn't have much affection for him? She might even be taught by her domineering mother to be hostile to him, her father. His money doesn't grow on trees, so why should he give it to her?

"You beast!"

"It's just this one sentence over and over again, aren't there any other words?"

Huang Junfei is like a dead pig that isn't afraid of boiling water.

He had long since lost all feelings for his ex-wife. The only reason Fang still kept in touch was because of the issue of their daughter's custody, and also because of some business dealings. He may not be a good person, but neither was Fang.

"Alright, if you don't have anything important to do, go see a doctor after get off work. I think your bipolar disorder has flared up again. I'm hanging up now, Jenny is still waiting for me."

Jenny is the foreign woman he just hugged; she is his fourth fiancée and his seventh girlfriend.

Working at an investment bank on Wall Street.

Whether or not he can be officially hired will depend on a period of evaluation.

"You beast, you beast... I'm all better now, don't hang up yet. Do me a favor. I've been thinking about the matter you helped me with last year, and I think we can take it a step further. Could you take over as the legal representative of Zhuzhu Company for me?"

"That small advertising company? Shouldn't it be on the verge of bankruptcy? You've offended the rising star, Mr. Lu. You even asked me to put in a good word for you before, and I advised you against it... What, do you still want to fight to the bitter end?"

"No, it was my partner who caused the problem. She offended President Lu, and now my partner has decided to leave the company and transfer all her shares to me. Could you please put in a good word for President Lu and ask him not to involve me anymore? From now on, Zhuzhu Company will have nothing to do with that woman."

Tan Xisong's plan was ingenious. As long as Lu Yang stopped pursuing Zhuzhu Company, she had a way to revitalize it. As long as she spread the word that Zhuzhu Company still had her, a senior executive at the TV station, as its backer, it would be able to resume these businesses soon.

At that time, the net profit will be at least several million a year.

"Well, that's not entirely impossible. So, what are my benefits?"

Huang Junfei's eyes darted around.

“I’ll remain out of the public eye as before, only taking my share of the profits each year. You can transfer my portion to our daughter. As for my partners’ equity, I can transfer it to you, but you can’t just take it for free; you have to pay me. I need 300 million…”

"Impossible... Don't think I don't know your schemes. That young lady surnamed Yin is probably still grateful to you right now. After all, you saved her from her misery and allowed her to get rid of the troublesome Zhuzhu Company without having to bear huge debts. Hehe, but if she knew that all of this was due to your scheming, and that most of the clients who kicked her while she was down and terminated their contracts with her were actually instructed by you, and that you were the one who pushed her to this point, what would she think?"

"You're talking nonsense, Huang Junfei. Stop spouting lies! I didn't..."

“You are…you are such a wicked woman. Anyway, I can only promise you that you can use your position to introduce clients to me, and I will give you the dividends that I promised to give to our daughter every year. As for the rest…don’t even think about it. 3 million? Dream on. I won’t pay a single penny.”

"you……"

"Stop with the 'you, you, you' thing, okay? If not, then go find someone else!"

Huang Junfei had his ex-wife figured out. As a middle-aged woman with a strong career drive and a fiery temper, she had almost no friends. Apart from her ex-husband, she didn't have anyone she could trust because of their daughter.

snort!
If not myself, who else can I turn to?
As expected, although Tan Xisong gave her ex-husband a thorough dressing-down on the phone, she ultimately gritted her teeth and agreed to his greedy terms.

“I did all this for my daughter, Huang Junfei. If you dare to break your promise and not give our daughter my share of the profits every year as agreed, I will never let you off the hook.”

"No problem, no problem. As long as you listen to me, after all, your daughter is my daughter too. We're family."

Huang Junfei, who got the benefit but still acted innocent.

That was great!

After hanging up the phone, he happily kissed the foreign girl next to him.

Pat your butt.

"Jenny, wait here for me. Don't go out of your way. I'll treat you properly tonight. I'm going to find our God of Wealth first."

He began to look around, searching for Lu Yang's whereabouts.

Mr. Lu is also present at the meeting today.

With the roadshow of the child prodigy a great success and the listing and bell-ringing date set, and since Mr. Lu happens to be in the United States, he has no reason not to attend. While the other party is in a good mood, as long as he can persuade them to give up their malicious blocking of Zhuzhu Company, this advertising company with annual revenue of tens of millions and profits of at least several million will belong to him.

It's quite a beautiful thought.

I put in the effort, and you guys just sit back and reap the benefits, right?

Lu Yang held up his glass of red wine, looking at the man in front of him who had been smiling arrogantly at first but then becoming obsequious.

"I don't like being a fool, but Mr. Huang, you... well, never mind, let's not talk about this anymore, lest we hurt our relationship." (End of Chapter)