Chapter 85

Chapter 85: Could He Really Be a Genius?

Du An Rao understood the hidden meaning in Xi Jing Yue’s words, and her eyes lit up: “Is President Li very busy lately? What is he busy with?”

“Oh, there is a lot. His company has run into quite a few problems. To be honest, it has something to do with you, Miss Du.”

“With me?” Du An Rao was shocked. “How could it be about me? Don’t tell me…”

“Did you forget? Last time you and your sister came to visit my cousin’s company, you pointed out quite a few problems for him. After he went back, my cousin thought carefully about what you said. In the end, he decided to swing the axe and do a big clean-up of the company. He did not expect that once he started cleaning, he would uncover a whole lot of issues.”

“What kind of issues?” Du An Rao’s eyes grew even brighter. That day, when she and Du Yu Xi visited Xisheng Entertainment, she really had seen many problems.

But she could not be too direct. To avoid making people suspicious, she only gave a few hints to Li Zhao Yang and stopped there. What happened after that all depended on his own understanding.

Now, hearing what Xi Jing Yue said, it sounded like he really had found a lot of problems inside the company from her hints and was actively trying to fix them.

[Could he really be a genius?]

The smile on Xi Jing Yue’s face stiffened a little, and he suddenly felt uncomfortable. With how stupid Li Zhao Yang was, he had almost forgotten everything she said the moment he heard it. He never took it to heart.

If Xi Jing Yue had not reminded him, he would still be stumbling around in the dark.

In the end, the one who did all the work got no credit, and the one who lay down and cheated his way through the whole thing ended up getting all the praise. No matter how he looked at it, Xi Jing Yue felt he had lost out.

The Du family did not know what he was thinking. When they saw his expression change, they all thought it was because of something Du An Rao said.

“An An…” Mother Du gave Du An Rao a look, warning her not to keep asking.

These internal clean-ups inside a company were usually secret. They did not want outsiders to know. It really was a bit rude for Du An Rao to ask about it in detail.

Xi Jing Yue also realized he had slipped, so he quickly made up for it: “It’s fine. It’s not something that absolutely cannot be said. And strictly speaking, Miss Du is actually the biggest hero here. Miss Du, do you still remember that Deputy Director Shao who had the hourglass outside the finance department?”

“I remember…”

[Of course I remember. Isn’t he that “short of virtue” rat who only got the job through connections?]

Mother Du and Du Lian Shuang: Pfft…

The corner of Xi Jing Yue’s mouth twitched. “The more Zhao Yang thought about it, the more wrong it seemed. In other companies, the finance department is supposed to bring money back in. How come, in his company, the money was always flowing out? That hourglass had been sitting there for so long. Who knew how much money had already flowed away? So he could not sit still anymore and secretly ordered a check of all the finance records from the past few months…”

Du An Rao listened like she was watching a drama series. When the story hit the most exciting part, she got fired up: “And then?”

“And then he found several large transfers for investments that did not match the records. When they looked closer, they saw problems with a lot of smaller transfers too. After checking everything carefully, they found that all the missing money had gone into that Deputy Director Shao’s own pocket. In just a few months, the amount involved was close to eight figures. Isn’t that money flowing right out of the company?”

When he heard this, even Liao Yu Qian was shocked: “Close to eight figures? That is enough to get him locked up for a long time. And it was only a few months. That Deputy Director Shao really has guts.”

“Exactly. Since the amount was so big, Zhao Yang had no choice but to call the police. But Deputy Director Shao is distantly related to his father’s side of the family. Once Zhao Yang called the police, they started to make a fuss. So this whole thing will probably drag on for a while.”

Everyone instantly understood. No wonder his courage was so big. Turned out he had family connections.

“Besides that, there is also a problem with Director Hong.”

“What problem?”

No one knew Hong Shi Tao’s problems better than Du An Rao. What she wanted to know was how Li Zhao Yang had figured him out and what he did after.

“Remember that pretty vase in his office? That vase belonged to a friend of Zhao Yang’s who likes antiques. He left it with Zhao Yang for a while because he was on a business trip out of town and had not had time to take it back. But Director Hong used his job to switch it. He secretly took the real vase outside to sell it and then had someone make a fake one the same shape to put in its place.”

“After you left that day, Zhao Yang told him to pack up the vase and send it to his office. By coincidence, when it was delivered, a partner who knows Zhao Yang very well happened to be there. That partner is also an antique lover and could tell at a glance that the vase was a fake.”

“That partner told him the truth?”

“They are both partners and friends. Telling him the truth was also doing him a favor.”

In fact, there was no partner. There was only a cousin who did all the hard work.

But to avoid being suspected, Xi Jing Yue could only push the credit away with tears in his heart.

Not knowing any of this, Du An Rao muttered in her heart.

[Looks like this cousin of Fourth Sister’s is not only a genius but also very lucky. Is this what people mean when they say a fool has a fool’s luck?]

Xi Jing Yue: “…”

[Wait, how did you even reach that conclusion? How can someone be both stupid and a genius?]

“Then how did they deal with it in the end?”

“Before my cousin’s friend could find out, Zhao Yang paid to buy back the real vase. After all, it was swapped under his nose and he did not notice at all. He had some responsibility too. But because of this buying and selling, the price of the vase doubled. So of course Director Hong had to pay for that extra half.”

“And, Zhao Yang later found out that the reason Director Hong sold the real antique was because he had gotten hooked on gambling. Before this, he already owed over a million. To pay back his debts, he worked with a rival company and earned money by attacking the entertainers under Zhaoyang Company. Zhao Yang has already sued him for stealing company secrets. If nothing goes wrong, he should also be heading inside.”

[Oh, nice, well done. It has not even been a week, and he has already sent two company executives off to eat free meals in prison. The employees at his company, especially the higher-ups, must all be shaking now, scared they will follow in their seniors’ footsteps. No wonder he is so busy that he does not even have time to come see Fourth Sister. Oh, and on top of that, there is still Li Qian Xi’s mess…]

Just thinking about it made Du An Rao feel that Li Zhao Yang probably had his hands full with lawsuits right now and was annoyed to death.

But sometimes you had to destroy something before you could build it again. If you left an infected sore alone, it would only rot deeper and cause more damage.

Only by cutting it open, draining the pus, and removing the rotten flesh could it heal.

Once Li Zhao Yang dealt with all this, he could bring her Fourth Sister back without any worries. That way she would not have to clean up his mess later.

“Right, there is one more thing I think Miss Du will be interested in.”

“What is it?”

“It is about that Miss Tang.”