Hearing this string of numbers, Qi Xingchen finally understood why Tao Tao had instructed Director Li to run away with the money.
After Director Li ran away, the deficit of the branch company could only be filled by the head office. After the head office filled the gap, the available liquidity on the books would definitely decrease.
When they encountered a fine, they would definitely not be able to fork out that much money.
If a company failed this kind of inspection and had to pay a fine of a few million yuan, it would happen almost every year. For example, during the fire in Tiancheng City at the beginning of the year, the Qi Corporation was fined a few million yuan and compensated nearly ten million yuan for the losses of the merchants.
However, the sky-high fine of a few billion yuan was not something that the Qi Corporation, which was in a tight liquidity situation, could handle.
Qi Xingchen took a deep breath. "Sister, we didn't do those things. Why are we fined?"
"Xing Xing, this is not a matter of whether you did it or not."
"… I understand." Qi Xingchen paused for a moment. "You don't have to worry about the money. I'll ask the lawyer. If we have to pay, I'll get the money."
Qi Yuji replied, "Mm."
How could she let her brother bear such a huge amount of money alone?
After hanging up Qi Yuji's call, Qi Xingchen did not go to the detention center. Instead, he asked Bai Ye to go directly to the law firm. The Qi Corporation had a professional lawyer, but Qi Xingchen could not wait to meet him at home. He went straight to the law firm to look for him.
In the end, he became even more irritated after hearing the analysis.
The lawyer said that if he was not satisfied with the fine, he could apply for administrative review. However, once he applied for administrative review and went through the judicial process, the case would take longer and longer.
In other words, the Qi Corporation's assets would be sealed and Grandpa Qi would be detained.
Qi Xingchen could bear other things, but he could not stand his old father continuing to suffer.
Therefore, whether he had done it or not, he had to pay the money.
Bai Ye had more or less heard the conversation between him and Qi Yuji. After arriving home, Bai Ye called his financial advisor and Mother Bai while he went to the bathroom.
When Qi Xingchen came out, Bai Ye called him, "Baby, come here."
Qi Xingchen sat beside him obediently.
"Why aren't you wiping your face after washing it?"
"… I forgot." She was so focused on the money that she forgot to wipe her face after rinsing it with cold water.
Bai Ye pulled out two pieces of tissue and helped him wipe his face while asking, "How much can you afford?"
Hearing this, Qi Xingchen lowered his eyes.
When Qi Yuji spoke, he deliberately lowered the volume so that Bai Ye wouldn't hear it. She didn't expect Bai Ye to find out.
"… The money that I've transferred overseas and the money that An Ran hasn't taken out is less than two hundred million. I should be able to raise some money by selling my car, plane, and yacht."
It was just a fraction of 5.2 billion.
He had only started his business for less than a year, and it was already good enough that he could consciously save up 200 million yuan. Bai Ye nodded. "I asked the financial advisor to calculate my money, and it adds up to about 700 million yuan. My mother's liquid assets are less than 500 million … You know, with my father's status, it's not suitable for my family to have so much money. I still have a few houses that I asked A Lun to help me put up for sale. I should be able to sell them for three to four hundred million yuan. Don't worry, I'll put them up for sale with my friends. "
Qi Xingchen didn't expect Bai Ye to sell his house for him. He quickly refused. "No need! It's okay! I can get the money myself! "
"Don't be stubborn. Where are you going to get so much money?" Bai Ye threw the paper into the trash can and covered his cold little face with his hands. "And I can earn it back … Don't wash your hands with cold water in the future. It's not good for your health."
"But, but," Qi Xingchen didn't know what to say. "You have a reason to help me, but if I trouble Aunt Bai, it's too …"
"It's okay. Your business is my business," Bai Ye said firmly. "Say no more, listen to me. Eat something and rest for a while. We'll think of a way in the afternoon. "
At this point, Qi Xingchen couldn't refuse anymore. He thanked him in a low voice. Bai Ye's heart ached when he saw how helpless he was. He hugged him gently. "We can definitely get through it."
It was like this every time. As long as Bai Ye said "you can do it" or "you can", he really thought that they could do it.
He hugged Bai Ye back. "My biggest confidence is that the Qi family is clean. The innocent will know that they are innocent. I also think that we will definitely be able to survive."
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They said it was dinner, but none of them had the mood to eat. The chef made a few dishes. Qi Xingchen didn't want to waste them, so he asked the driver to send them to Qi Yuji.
After dinner, he and Bai Ye called their close friends separately, trying to get as much money as possible. Halfway through, they heard Aunt Zhang call from afar. "Young Master, slow down!"
Qi Xingchen was wondering who the Young Master was when he saw Qi Jiaze running in with his shoes on. He threw his bag on the sofa and held Qi Xingchen's hand tightly.
Bai Ye slapped his hand away and pulled Qi Xingchen to his side. He asked, "This is?"
"I'm his brother," Qi Jiaze answered for Qi Xingchen. "You're my brother, right?"
Brother … Where did this nickname come from?
Qi Xingchen wanted to laugh. He looked up and saw that Qi Jiaze's hair was dyed black. He was thinner and paler. His eyes were red as if he had just cried.
"… He's my boyfriend," Qi Xingchen whispered. "Young man, don't cry. I didn't cry. Why are you crying?"
"I went to the closed training camp. I don't have a phone or a computer. I only found out about our family this morning." Qi Jiaze sniffed. "Brother, is there anything I can help you with?"
What could a kid who didn't even graduate from high school be of help? Qi Xingchen shook his head. "Just prepare for the college entrance exam and take care of Tao Xuan."
"No, wait for me. I'll go back and take a look!"
With that, Qi Jiaze ran out again. Like a gust of wind, he came and went quickly.
Qi Xingchen couldn't catch this gust of wind. He sat back down helplessly and looked through his contacts to see who else he could borrow money from.
Unexpectedly, just as the sky turned dark, Qi Jiaze really came back. He brought back a piece of news. Qi Jiaze's father, who was also his uncle, took out all the money that his family and his company could use. It was about 1.2 to 1.3 billion yuan.
Qi Xingchen's nose twitched.
His uncle's company was a subsidiary of the Qi Corporation. Its business development was not as good as the Qi Corporation's. 1.3 billion yuan was almost the sum of money that the family had to fork out.
"Say thank you to your uncle for me." Qi Xingchen held back his tears. "After this matter is settled, I'll pay him back as soon as possible."
"It's okay, brother. There's no rush. I still have a few hundred thousand yuan that I've saved over the years. I'll transfer it to you tomorrow … Although it's not a lot, it's still a little. "
Qi Jiaze usually didn't stay in the dormitory or eat in the cafeteria. He liked to buy clothes, shoes, and electronic products. Qi Xingchen was about to say that there was no need …
The door was pushed open and Liang Jing came in. "I heard that your family was punished this morning. My parents pooled some money from the company. Together with my own money, it's about 700 to 800 million yuan. Give me your account number. I'll transfer it to you tonight. "
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They weren't related, but the Liang family was willing to help. Qi Xingchen couldn't hold back his tears.
He was so embarrassed to cry in front of so many people that he quickly lowered his head and hid behind Bai Ye. Bai Ye held his hand and thanked Liang Jing on his behalf. "Thank you. I'll return it to you as soon as the matter is settled."
"There's no hurry. The Qi family is willing to help because they've always done a good job." Liang Jing looked at Bai Ye for a few seconds. "Also, treat him well."
After that, Liang Jing turned and left. At this moment, Bai Ye only had respect for his former competitor.
Qi Jiaze had self-study every night as the college entrance examination was approaching. He stayed for a while before going to school. Qi Yuji came back from the company at eight o 'clock in the evening. She had borrowed some money from her classmates during the day and put up some valuable jewelry and luxury goods for sale. She could make some money.
Raising money wasn't something that could be done overnight. It was already good enough that she had gained so much today. Qi Xingchen rubbed his temples and remembered all the people who had helped him.
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The next morning, the subsidiary company sent a video to Qi Yuji's email. It was probably to make up for the mistake of losing the receipt. The video showed that a month ago, the deputy director of finance who was in charge of the account reconciliation left with a whole bag of account books and receipts.
Because the head office carried out a quarterly audit policy for the subsidiary companies, which was once at the end of March, once at the end of June … and so on, the head office did not find that the receipts were missing in April, which was the period when the previous audit was completed and the next audit had not been completed.
The subsidiary company was supposed to check the receipt every week. Maybe the director of finance wasn't serious about his work, and he didn't dare to report it because he was afraid of being responsible for the loss of the receipt, so he didn't realize the problem until now.
Losing the receipt and account books was not a small problem. After Qi Yuji asked about the deputy director who left, she removed him from the position of the head of the subsidiary company. The task of looking for the deputy director naturally fell to Qi Xingchen.
Qi Xingchen didn't have the time to go to S Province to arrest him for the time being. He remembered the private detective who had helped him follow Tao Tao. After contacting him, the private detective said that someone who could become the deputy director of finance of a big company couldn't be a nameless person. It should be easier to find him. After the two of them agreed on the price, the private detective immediately bought a plane ticket and set off.
At the same time, Qi Xingchen received a few virtual phone numbers from Xu Changlin. They were all used by Tao Tao to contact him, and each one was different. Qi Xingchen and Bai Ye didn't know anyone who could dig up IP addresses. In the end, Qi Xingchen logged into his side account, "Yearning at Dusk", opened the core management group of Last Night's Stars couple station, and quietly sent a series of messages: [Does anyone know how to check the IP address of a virtual phone?]
The 23 people in the core group rubbed their eyes and were furious:
[You thief, how dare you steal my brother's account. I'll report you to death!]
[I advise you not to court death. Be careful when you go 200 yards!]
[@ Group Leader, quickly contact Nuoya and ask him to take down the thief.]
[@ Group Leader, quickly, quickly!]
Looking at everyone's agitated expressions, Qi Xingchen had no choice but to use the various doujinshi and doujinshi videos saved in his phone to prove his identity.
Everyone was stunned for a while before they started typing again. Among the countless comforting words, an administrator privately messaged him in the group chat: [Virtual phone numbers are usually sent by overseas operators to the domestic virtual number, disguised as a domestic mobile phone number to roam overseas, and then sent back to the domestic operator. The interception technology is more complicated, but I happened to learn this as a graduate student. You can contact my friends at the operator and try it together.]
Qi Xingchen added her QQ number and made an agreement with the fans in the group not to leak this matter. He was slightly relieved.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. During these three days, unexpectedly, good news came one after another.
The first good news came from the fans. After checking the IP addresses of the virtual numbers and checking the locations according to the IP addresses, it was confirmed that the IP addresses were distributed in different cities, and all of them could be matched with Tao Tao's itinerary or photos.
The scary thing was that one of these days was the day of the fire. It was most likely that Tao Tao didn't trust the people she sent to destroy the route, so she went to the vicinity to supervise and saw the fire with her own eyes.
With this evidence, Qi Xingchen immediately contacted the transportation department in T City and obtained the videos of all the places Tao Tao went after she got off the plane.
T City was very far from H City, and they didn't know much about the Qi Family's current situation. They thought that the Qi Family would quickly turn the tables, so they agreed very quickly.
The second good news came from the private investigator. On the condition that they wouldn't pursue the culprit, after half a day of game, the deputy director finally confessed the person who instigated her to falsify the accounts and left with the account books and tickets.
It was a man. The two didn't communicate over the phone. Usually, when the man needed to find her, he would wait for her on the way home from work.
Qi Xingchen frowned and said, "Can you find out the man's information?"
"The other party only knows the man's appearance. There's no other evidence."
"What about the money? How did you pay?"
"Two million yuan, all in cash."
If the mysterious man used a card to transfer the money, his personal information could be found through the bank card number. If he used cash, there was no way to find out. Qi Xingchen was about to hang up when Bai Ye suddenly stopped him. "Wait, I'll ask my mother. Her company works with the bank. Maybe she can find a new idea. "
Qi Xingchen waited as he said. Not long after, Bai Ye came back with the phone. "Such a large sum of money must have been withdrawn from the bank. You can find the counting machine that counted the money by looking at the crown on the banknote. Through the information of the counting machine, you can also find out which bank it belongs to. The bank stores the customer's personal information. Ask the detective to stay there for two more days. My mother has already started to contact the People's Bank to check the number. "
Qi Xingchen didn't expect such an operation at all and quickly relayed it to the detective.
The third good news came from Mr. Bai. After checking the communication records, it was found that the owner of the car had close contact with a female celebrity. Obviously, this female celebrity was Tao Tao.
The tricky thing was that the owner of the car was single, so it wasn't against the rules to have contact with women.
Instructing the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the China Banking Regulatory Commission to investigate the Qi Corporation wasn't against the rules either. The bigger the business, the more loopholes there were. It was normal for loopholes to be caught and reported. The "people below" were just trying to figure out the "people above" to act. All the actions were taken by the "people below".
The other party did it flawlessly, and Mr. Bai couldn't find a reason to punish him. However, he had warned the other party not to stretch his hand too far with a show of force. Judging from the other party's attitude, he probably didn't dare to act rashly anymore.
Although he couldn't get rid of Tao Tao's backer, for Qi Xingchen, it was already very difficult for him not to let the Qi family's situation worsen.
The pressure of external public opinion, the falling stock market value, his father and brother who were locked up in the detention center, the company that his sister was struggling to support alone, the frozen assets, the huge fines and debts they owed …
Even if there was one more straw, the Qi family wouldn't be able to withstand it and would collapse completely.
It was Mr. Bai who pulled him back from the edge of the cliff.
Qi Xingchen choked and said, "Thank you, thank you, Uncle."
"You're welcome, child. We're family." Mr. Bai's tone was kind. "You've been wronged during this period. When you're done, come to Uncle. Uncle will make you delicious food."
Of course, there was also bad news besides the good news. The money borrowed over the past few days had been transferred to Bai Ye's account. Qi Xingchen tabulated the account.
He had sold things, borrowed money, and transferred the money from Liang Jing's overseas laboratory, which was 400 million yuan. The Liang family transferred 800 million yuan. Uncle Qi and Qi Jiaze contributed 1.3 billion yuan. Bai Ye sold the house too quickly and didn't ask for a good price. In the end, he and his family forked out 1.6 billion yuan.
Qi Yuji had many rich friends. Many of her jewelry were worth quite a lot even if they were sold cheaply. They managed to scrape together almost 300 million yuan.
In the end, they managed to scrape together 4.4 billion yuan. They were still 800 million yuan away from 5.2 billion yuan.
It wasn't easy to scrape together 4.4 billion yuan in three days, but the fines were too large and the funds were too short. To the friends around them, forking out three to five million yuan to help was already a great honor and friendship. However, to them, it wasn't even enough to fill the gaps between their teeth.
"My mother still has a few houses," Bai Ye said. "She doesn't dare to sell them openly to strangers. She needs to sell them to someone she knows. Give me a few more days."
"No, we can't let the Bai family throw in all their money for me." Qi Xingchen's tone was firm. "Besides, a few houses can't fill the 800 million yuan hole. Don't sell them. I'll think of another way."
Bai Ye thought for a moment. "We've borrowed from everyone around us. If we want money again, we'll have to get it from strangers."
Bai Ye's mention of "strangers" reminded Qi Xingchen. He had an idea. "Brother Ye, I forgot to tell you. I bought a listed company on the New Third Board. It changed its name to Night Star Media at the beginning of the month. The legal person and actual controller is An Ran. It's not frozen this time. We can use it for financing! "
"Financing … This is a good way to get money from strangers," Bai Ye said. "But financing requires a project, and it can't be a production project where you get paid later. It's best to do something that you get paid for first, like research and development, scientific innovation, and so on."
Money first … Qi Xingchen thought for a moment and inexplicably remembered the movie script An Ran had shown him when he was about to finish filming "Grey Track".
The script was mainly about an acrobat from the bottom of society. The theme was very profound, but because the theme was too niche, no one had invested in it.
If he invested in it, then he would have a director, a screenwriter, and a lead … Wasn't it just a project?!
Qi Xingchen excitedly told Bai Ye about the movie. Bai Ye pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "Your idea is very good, but as you said, no one has invested in this book for two years. Even if you include the lead actor who is an acrobat, with your qualifications and popularity, the chances of getting 800 million yuan in investment are slim."
Qi Xingchen was speechless.
He said awkwardly, "I think so. Then pretend I didn't say anything."
"But —"
Bai Ye changed the topic. "But it'll be different if there's an element."
Qi Xingchen's brain didn't catch on for a moment. "What element?"
"Last Night's Stars — the first film we've made together after we started dating. It'll definitely be a gimmick."
“！！！”
That's right! Qi Xingchen was so happy that he almost jumped up!
However, he couldn't help but think of another problem. "The script needs to be changed. Change it to two male leads and add a character suitable for you. I hope it won't take too long."
"No need."
Bai Ye said, "No need to change it. I'll do it for you."
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