flstandardbreds Chapter 115 Sheng Hai Group is at risk of collapse
Chapter 115 Sheng Hai Group is at risk of collapse
Upon hearing Lin Qingran's voice, Su Mian was so frightened that her legs went weak and she almost knelt on the ground.
He turned around shakily and saw Lin Qingran looking at him with a half-smile.
Su Mian pouted and said timidly.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong..."
"What's wrong?"
“I shouldn’t have kept it from you, I… I actually knew all along… Shen Pei’an is…”
Lin Qingran shook her head. "He is Shen Pei'an."
Su Mian lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong.
"Yes."
Lin Qingran smiled helplessly, stepped forward, and took Su Mian's hand.
"Alright, let's go inside and talk about it."
It wasn't until she sat on the sofa and Lin Qingran handed her a water glass that Su Mian felt like she had come back to life.
She looked at Lin Qingran, her eyes reddening.
"I really didn't mean to hide it from you, but there are many things... that I really can't say."
Lin Qingran nodded and sighed.
"I understand. But can you tell me what exactly happened with my reunion with Fu Xiuheng?"
Su Mian's eyes reddened even more, and she stammered as she spoke.
“A few months ago… he suddenly contacted me. He told me that the Fu Group and the Lin Group were planning a project, and if it succeeded, it would be a devastating blow to the Sheng Hai Group.”
"Is it about the transformation of Shenghai Group?"
“Yes.” Su Mian nodded.
"Actually, whether Shenghai Group transforms or not has nothing to do with any of them. After all, Shenghai Group is transforming into projects related to people's livelihood, which are things that large enterprises like them have never looked at. Besides, those plots of land in Nancheng are not valuable and have little room for development, so they have even less reason to compete with Shenghai Group."
Lin Qingran crossed her arms and slowly frowned.
“You’re right, the investment value of Nancheng is indeed not up to their standards. But since they’ve set their sights on it, they must have their reasons.”
“That’s right.” Su Mian nodded solemnly.
"But... while Shen Pei'an was still alive, he had been planning to invest in several factories in Nancheng."
"Is what you're after, the plots of land that Shenghai Group bought and the abandoned factories they took over?" Lin Qingran asked.
"Correct."
Su Mian took a deep breath.
As she reminisced, some unfathomable secrets were unearthed and gradually revealed to Lin Qingran.
During the five years that Lin Qingran returned to the Lin family, she did not completely sever ties with the people of Yuncheng and participated in various decision-making processes.
From that time onward, the transformation of Shenghai Group was put on the agenda.
From the very beginning, Lin Qingran had her eye on Nancheng.
In the eyes of those wealthy people, Nancheng was a barren wasteland, but for Shen Pei'an, it was a fine "steak".
Nancheng is located in a remote and impoverished area, and the people living there generally have a low level of education.
In Shen Pei'an's eyes, this deserted place was a chosen one.
Because Shen Pei'an had been secretly working on some shady projects, which were the very projects Lin Qingran had previously discovered—some non-compliant drug manufacturing.
"It's said that they're directly collaborating with some foreign companies, taking advantage of Nancheng's geographical location to build factories there. They're using a shell company to conceal their true purpose. In reality, they want to smuggle those banned drugs into the country," Su Mian said.
"These...these are things that Lin Beichen discovered after returning to the Lin Group."
Prior to this, Shen Pei-an had already perfected the project plan.
But this kind of project has high returns but also high risks, so he has to take someone down with him.
Located in the same capital city, the Fu Group, which is comparable to the Lin Group, is the best choice.
At that time, Lin Qingran had not yet faked her death and had been married to Fu Xiuheng for many years. To outsiders, the marriage between the Lin and Fu families was an extremely close relationship.
Furthermore, the Lin family does indeed have some leverage over Fu Xiuheng. Therefore, as long as the projects Shen Pei'an seeks to collaborate on aren't too outrageous, Fu Xiuheng won't refuse.
So Shen Pei'an thought about it for a while and came up with an idea to invest in a business that benefits people's livelihoods, which he then presented to Fu Xiuheng.
Because the investment cost was not high, and because it was indeed an opportunity to enhance the prestige of his company, Fu Xiuheng agreed. He was unaware of Shen Pei'an's true intentions.
However, by sheer coincidence, the up-and-coming Shenghai Group, after breaking through the encirclement, actively transformed itself and also set its sights on that piece of land in the south of the city.
After Lin Qingran preemptively reached a cooperation agreement with the Nancheng government, purchased the land use rights of multiple plots of land, and acquired several abandoned factories, Shen Pei'an could no longer sit still.
If Shen Pei'an hadn't met with an accident, Sheng Hai Group would have encountered numerous obstacles once its projects in Nancheng began.
"If that really happens, it won't be as simple as just the factory being vandalized."
Lin Qingran's expression was solemn. Although these things had not yet happened, she could foresee how serious the consequences would be for Shenghai Group if things really went according to Shen Pei'an's plan.
With multiple projects encountering problems, Sheng Hai Group's transformation has encountered significant obstacles, with insufficient funding and no returns in sight for a long time.
In this situation, unless a miracle occurs, Sheng Hai Group will be on the verge of bankruptcy within a year.
In order to recover funds and reduce losses, the group will have no choice but to sell all of its projects, including those in Nancheng, at a low price.
Although Shen Pei'an couldn't win openly, the obstacles he secretly created were entirely beneficial to him.
Moreover, Shen Pei'an's move was inevitable, because if what Su Mian said was true, that Shen Pei'an's investment in such a shady project had unique advantages, and Nancheng, which was adjacent to the border, was indeed a strategic location that Shen Pei'an considered a place of great importance.
“Fu Xiuheng was kept in the dark; he didn’t know the truth. But Shen Pei’an had already leaked the information to the foreign companies he was cooperating with during the initial stages of the operation. They wanted to bring down Shenghai Group, so naturally they had to use multiple methods. Therefore, even though Shen Pei’an was no longer around, Lin Beichen couldn’t stop things from developing. By the time he found out, it was too late.”
Therefore, the best way to resolve this is to let Lin Qingran, who has been kept in the dark, take the stage herself.
Fu Xiuheng and Lin Qingran's reunion was indeed not an accident.
Lin Qingran is determined to return to the capital and the Lin family. Through her repeated encounters with Fu Xiuheng, she discovers his wolfish ambitions and uncovers more and more truths that he had previously overlooked.