Village chief, your township enterprise sells laser cannons?

"I don't know!" Lin Man stuffed another piece of pork belly into her mouth, her eyes unfocused, staring blankly ahead.

"I'm also curious about what excuse my second uncle used to squeeze money out of those old men and women."

"After all, even those telecom fraudsters couldn't get the money out of them."

This explanation was tantamount to no explanation at all. Not only did it fail to answer Wang Ju's questions, it only made him more confused. He picked up a can of beer and downed it in one gulp: "It's just outrageous. Which room am I supposed to sleep in?"

He didn't want to dwell on these things; he just wanted to get some rest so he could study that strange laser defense system first thing tomorrow morning.

"I'll take you upstairs." Lin Man led Wang Ju into the guest room, arranged her accommodation, and then returned to the living room to continue drinking.

While drinking, he wrote the names Lin Yaokai and Lin Yaohai on the table, and then added a question mark after each name.

"There's a mole among us!"

After muttering this sentence, he took out his phone, found his uncle Lin Yaodong's contact information, and made a call.

After the phone rang for a while, Lin Yaodong's voice came through:

"Xiaoman, is something the matter?"

"Uncle, are you aware of what's going on in my family?"

"Know!"

"I've arranged for my third uncle, Lin Yaokai, to go to the city to purchase materials tomorrow. I'd like to ask you to help keep an eye on things with him."

"That can't be!"

"I was in Shanghai the whole time communicating with my third uncle. Only he and Uncle Wu knew about the orders and prepayments. It's possible that they told me, or it's possible that they leaked it at home. In any case, I had to be careful."

"Okay, tell him and give me the departure time as well. I'll contact him directly tomorrow morning."

"He'll leave at 7 a.m., I'll send him a message."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Man immediately sent a message to Lin Yaokai:

Uncle, before you go to the city tomorrow, could you please pick up my eldest uncle?

After sending the message, Lin Man tidied up the mess on the table, turned around, and went upstairs to sleep.

…………

"The Hongxing Village Committee is just ahead. Guys, stay alert. We're here to collect a debt. We have a legitimate reason. If they dare to lay a hand on us, we'll call the police and send them to jail!"

"Brother Liang is right, we're all civilized people, let's all be civilized later!"

"Brother Yu, they owe us money, and we're here to collect it. It's a fundamental principle of repaying debts, and if they don't pay, we'll just do what they do in Hong Kong movies and chop off their fingers!"

"You son of a bitch... Liu Yu, go back and teach this kid a lesson!"

"Brother Liang is right!"

Amidst the noise, the convoy of people slowly came to a stop in front of the Hongxing Village Committee, where they discovered something that really annoyed them.

That's because there are too many cars in front of the village committee, blocking the road.

They can neither advance nor retreat, so they can only block the intersection and honk their horns.

Meanwhile, on the third floor of the village committee office, Yang Jian picked up a file folder and casually handed it to Lin Man:

"Secretary Lin, should we call the police?"

"It's nothing!" Lin Man took the file bag, turned around and walked out of the meeting room. He didn't go back to the village secretary's office immediately, but went into the broadcasting room, turned on the broadcast, and ignored the group of people blocking the door. He went straight back to the village secretary's office.

He sat down at his desk and casually opened the file folder in his hand. Inside were the intelligence that the Finance Bureau could disclose to him, as well as the financial keys of several village collective enterprises.

He put the financial key aside, took out the few pages of paper from the file bag, and read them from beginning to end.

[Explanation Regarding the Investigation into Fundraising in Hongxing Village]

[Explanation Regarding the Fundraising Account of Hongxing Village]

[Explanation of the Flow of Funds in the Hongxing Village Collective Account]

[Account Holder Information]

The documents were concise, but enough to explain the whole story.

Lin Man bypassed the front and focused his attention on Lin Yaozu's excuse for raising funds.

He was so angry at the excuse of fundraising that he laughed out loud.

Lin Yaozu used a very... difficult-to-describe excuse: he wanted to turn Hongxing Village into a red tourism holy site.

It focuses on day trips to attract tourists from Guangzhou.

Tourists can come in the morning, play for a while, have lunch, and then go back in the afternoon, or they can stay overnight in the village.

Using this as an excuse, he proposed to renovate the entire village, including the beach, aquaculture areas, planting areas, and factories.

Great idea!

Very promising!

To convince people, Lin Yaozu even had his brother-in-law set up two construction companies, rent some equipment, and begin renovating the beach and adjusting the fruit trees planted there.

It doesn't look like a joke at all.

So a bunch of greedy fools surrendered without conducting a thorough investigation.

This person gave 10, that person gave 9. Lin Yaozu was very generous and gave interest to everyone, at least 5%.

With just an excuse, a Ponzi scheme, and a few more pieces of equipment, they raised 4.6 million yuan.

Really...

You want to curse, but a person who's so angry they laugh can't actually swear.

Lin Man stuffed the documents into the drawer and locked it. Then he took out his computer, downloaded software, inserted the key to log in to the bank's website, and checked the transfer records and account balance.

Account balance: 2,697,574.32 yuan.

We're rich!

We have confidence now!

I took out my phone; there were two messages on it.

A message from Lin Yaokai is the account information of the company selling TC4 titanium alloy bars, along with the amount to be paid.

Another source, from Lin Yaodong, is information about a company selling TC4 titanium alloy bars and bars ready for loading.

After reading the two messages, Lin Man found the payment page, entered his account information, entered the transfer amount, verified the transaction, and made the payment.

Once the operation was complete, he quickly removed the key and stuffed it and the computer into his laptop bag.

He then stuffed his laptop bag into the drawer under the desk, locked the drawer, and then turned on the microphone in front of him, coughing softly twice:

"Hey, can you hear me?"

"If you can hear this, please select a few representatives to come to the village secretary's office. Don't all rush in at once; there's no room for so many big shots here."

Less than five minutes after the loudspeaker blared, a group of people rushed into the village secretary's office. Liang Ge was also inside. Seeing Lin Man sitting at his desk, he walked over and slammed his hand on the table:

"You're the new village chief of Hongxing Village, right? I heard you're also surnamed Lin, and I think you're from the village too, and perhaps Lin Yaozu's nephew."

"Since that's the case, we won't hide anything from each other."

"Lin Yaozu borrowed 4 million from me, at 20% interest, calculated monthly."

"He borrowed money to improve your village. You are the new village chief, so you have to take responsibility and pay back the money."

"Did you understand?"

Once Liang Ge spoke, the group of people around him chimed in with their own opinions:

"That's right. Lin Yaozu borrowed the money for your village back then, and now that he's in jail, you have to pay it back."

"Well said. I heard you received over 200 million yesterday. Although it's not enough to go around, you should at least pay back a little bit. You should show your support."

"Exactly, you need to have the attitude to pay back the money!"

Hearing the cacophony of voices, Lin Man raised his hand, interrupting them: "Are you done talking? If you're done, it's my turn!"

"I only have one thing to say: every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor; whoever borrowed the money must repay it!"