Special forces soldier demobilization: Starting from the county government compound, a meteoric rise

The waters of the capital city are never as calm as they appear on the surface.

Although the Zhao family has temporarily retreated into the shadows due to Liu Ming's strong suppression, this local tyrant who has been entrenched in the capital for decades will definitely not sit idly by and wait for its demise.

They knew that if they couldn't bring down Liu Ming, this "national hero," the Zhao family's enormous interests in the semiconductor and high-end manufacturing sectors would be completely eradicated.

If a direct confrontation doesn't work, then we have to resort to underhanded tactics.

……

The top floor of an unmarked private club in the CBD.

Cigar smoke swirled under the expensive crystal chandelier, where several well-dressed men with sinister eyes sat on leather sofas.

Some of them were agents of multinational capital in China, some were comprador tycoons who controlled huge financial resources, and there was Zhao Ruihu, whose face was distorted by fear and frustration over the past few days.

"Guys, this kid is too arrogant."

Zhao Ruihu stubbed out his Cuban cigar sharply, his voice hoarse as if he were rubbing it against rubble.

"His 'independent research and development' scheme at the National Development and Reform Commission not only cut off our financial resources from cooperation with foreign capital, but also tried to dismantle the network of interests we've built up over the years. With Lin Lao backing him up at the central level, we can't touch him within the system."

"If you can't touch him, then touch his money."

An elderly white man sitting at the head of the table put down his wine glass. His Chinese was somewhat broken, but the arrogance of his capital was undisguised. He was the CEO of M Group in Greater China, and also Thomas's direct superior, the man whose contract Liu Ming had publicly torn up.

"Isn't that Nangong Group just his front man? I've checked. This company just moved its headquarters to the capital and is in a period of large-scale expansion, so its cash flow is very tight."

The old white man glanced around at the compradors present, a cruel sneer curling at the corner of his mouth.

"In the business world, there are no beliefs, only cash flow. Just cut off the Nangong Group's funding chain and bankrupt it. Without money, how will that so-called 'national hero' continue his money-burning chip projects?"

"At that time, we won't even need to lift a finger; those eagerly awaiting research institutions will devour him whole."

The group exchanged glances, all seeing the ruthlessness in each other's eyes.

This is a financial massacre without the smoke of gunpowder. They want to use the power of capital to teach that arrogant young man a bloody lesson in the lawless capital city.

……

The storm came sooner than anyone expected. And it was extremely violent.

three days later.

Inside the newly completed headquarters building of Nangong Group on Beijing's Financial Street.

"Bang!"

The door to Nangong Yao's office was suddenly pushed open, and the finance director rushed in, sweating profusely. He didn't even bother to knock, and his face was as pale as a sheet.

"President Nangong! Something's happened!"

"What's the panic? Is the sky falling down?"

Nangong Yao was sitting behind a large mahogany desk, holding a Montblanc pen, reviewing a proposal for the acquisition of an overseas lithography machine parts company. She didn't even look up; her well-tailored burgundy business suit perfectly accentuated her aura as a business tycoon.

"The sky...the sky is really about to collapse!"

The CFO swallowed hard, his voice trembling. "Just now, all four major banks simultaneously sent us notices. They not only rejected all our credit lines for the second half of the year, but they even... they even demanded that we repay the previous 5 billion yuan bridge loan ahead of schedule!"

"Smack."

Nangong Yao slammed the pen heavily on the table.

She suddenly raised her head, and a sharp, cold glint flashed in her usually confident and composed peach blossom eyes.

"Early repayment? What's the reason?"

"They said...that our company's recent expansion across regions has been too rapid, and the risk assessment didn't meet the standards." The CFO was almost in tears. "President Nangong, this is clearly an excuse! Our group's qualifications have always been at the highest level, AAA. Someone is definitely sabotaging us behind this!"

Withdrawing loans. This is the most lethal and despicable move in financial warfare. For any company operating at high speed, having its cash flow suddenly cut off is tantamount to having its throat instantly strangled.

But this is just the beginning.

The phone on the table suddenly started ringing frantically, like a death knell.

"Mr. Nangong, several major building material suppliers for our big data center project in the south of the city have suddenly announced a breach of contract and are refusing to supply goods!"

"Mr. Nangong! We've been maliciously shorted by unknown funds in the stock market! Our stock price dropped eight percent at the opening!"

"Mr. Nangong! The construction permit for that plot of land in the west of the city has been blocked by the Construction Committee! They say there are environmental issues that need to be reassessed, and they've ordered us to stop all construction!"

……

One bad news after another came flying in like snowflakes, leaving people breathless.

Banks withdrew loans. Stock market sell-off. Material supply disruption. Project halted.

This is not normal business competition at all; it is a premeditated and all-encompassing attack!

Nangong Yao walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window.

Looking out the window at the bustling streets of the capital, at the skyscrapers gleaming in the sunlight, a frenzied fighting spirit gradually rose in her beautiful eyes.

She knows who did it.

The Zhao family. And those comprador capitalists hiding behind the Zhao family, afraid that Liu Ming would block their path to wealth.

They didn't dare to confront Liu Ming openly, so they targeted her and the Nangong Group instead.

Did they intend to use her to force Liu Ming to comply?

"dream!"

Nangong Yao gritted her teeth and uttered those two words slowly and deliberately. The domineering aura she had honed through years of hard work and struggle in the business world was on full display at that moment.

She turned around and looked at the CFO and several department managers who were completely disoriented, her voice as cold as ice.

"Everyone, hold your ground!"

"Immediately activate the highest-level emergency response plan! Transfer all available reserve funds to the stock market to stabilize it! Notify the legal department to prepare to sue those defaulting suppliers! As for the banks..."

She took a deep breath, her eyes becoming more determined than ever before.

"I'll figure something out. Even if it means selling off all of the Nangong family's assets in Jiangnan Province, I will never let them touch a single hair on their head."

However, faced with absolute capital dominance, Nangong Yao's struggles seemed so pale and powerless.

……

Two days later, as the amount of foreign capital maliciously shorting the stock grew larger, Nangong Group's stock price plummeted, hitting the daily limit down for the second consecutive day. Its market value evaporated by nearly a third.

Those bigwigs in the capital who usually fawned over Nangong Yao were now avoiding her like the plague.

With its financial chain about to break, the Nangong Group, a business empire that has just been established in the capital, is facing the danger of collapse.