After Lü Jiansheng quickly left the conference room with Studwell and a somewhat confused Tang Boqi, Uncle Bing closed the door, Lin Xiaoze finally spoke to Lin Xiao qia was glaring at Lin Xiaokang with hatred:
"A Qia, what happened?"
Lin Xiaokang, wiping the water stains from his face with barely suppressed anger, looked at Lin Xiao qia, waiting for him to explain why he had splashed tea on him.
Lin Xiaosen's demeanor was completely different from when he was in the meeting. When his elder brother Lin Xiaoze asked a question, he immediately fell silent.
"I remember I asked you to be in charge of the food expenses for Ah Jing and her daughter." Lin Xiao qia stood in front of Lin Xiaokang, not answering Lin Xiaoze's question, but staring at Lin Xiaokang and saying, "What I told you to do, and what did you do? Brother, A-Sen is here right now, tell them what you did."
"Second brother, it wasn't me..." Lin Xiaokang tried to explain with a bitter face after hearing that Lin Xiao qia was angry because of the money spent on food by Lin Yujing and her daughter. However, Lin Xiao qia grabbed Lin Xiaokang by the collar and shoved him hard, pressing Lin Xiaokang's upper body directly onto the conference table. "I told you to explain how you did it, not to hear you say I didn't do it!"
His eyes were fierce, and his words were harsh!
"When I found out that Sister Jing was going to return the money she had spent on groceries over the years to the Lin Family and take Yunzhi away, I did say that I would charge interest, but that was just a joke. If I wanted to keep her and Yunzhi, would I let her leave with her daughter and suffer outside? If I kept her, she would still have a stable life in the Lin Family." Lin Xiaokang was restrained by Lin Xiao qia and said honestly.
Lin Xiao qia said with a dark face, "Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me by taking away the more than 20,000 yuan she's saved? Are you kidding me by telling her that her monthly grocery allowance will be halved? I asked you to take care of Ah Jing and her daughter because you're her half-sister, and you're also in charge of the Soda Factory and all the household expenses. Is this how you take responsibility?!"
"Second brother, calm down. This couldn't possibly have been decided by A-Kang on his own. It was probably my mother who gave the order, and A-Kang just did as she was told," Lin Xiaosen said with a wry smile after Lin Xiao qia finished speaking.
Hearing Lin Xiaosen mention his mother, Lin Xiao qia stopped glaring at Lin Xiaokang and could only snort, "The First Madam doesn't like Ah Jing. What's wrong with A-Kang agreeing on the surface and secretly giving Ah Jing extra money? How much is his monthly allowance? Or he could just tell me, and I'd help him out. Is that so hard? In the end, it's because A-Kang is afraid that if the First Madam finds out he has even the slightest intimacy with Ah Jing, she'll blame him. As a man, he has no sense of responsibility at all; he can't even take care of his own sisters!"
"A Qia, stop talking." Lin Xiaoze spoke again, "There's no need for you to rush to talk about such a small matter here. Tomorrow, have A-Kang apologize to Ah Jing. When I have some free time, I'll go see Ah Jing and explain things clearly."
"No need to explain, I already said that Ah Jing is Song Tianyao's third aunt, and Song Tianyao's third uncle is Song Chunren, the dockworker foreman whom Ah Jing married with Yunzhi. I went to Ah Jing's place today to visit Ah Jing, and Song Tianyao happened to be there as well." Lin Xiao qia said as he sat down in an empty seat at the conference table.
As he spoke, he recounted in detail his meeting with Song Tianyao at Ngau Tau Shan, and how Song Tianyao said he wanted to buy Xizhen Properties.
"This young man has a big mouth," Lin Xiaoze said softly after listening.
Lin Xiao qia said somewhat seriously, "He should have a large cash order he snatched from the wig industry, and most importantly, everyone knows he started out with the backing of the Chu Family. If the Chu Family supports him, this matter..."
"Chu Yaozong, would he dare to support him? Isn't Song Tianyao determined to take over Xizhen Properties? Fine, let him take it. I estimate he currently holds Hong Kong dollars 30 million in cash. Let's lure him in first, make him convert all his money into stocks, give him hope. Tomorrow, we'll make arrangements with all the banks in Hong Kong, whether Chinese or foreign. When Song Tianyao wants to borrow money later, we'll block him. Then we'll drive down the stock price, trapping his shares. He'll either have to sell his stocks and cut his losses, or he'll continue to hold on, watching his cash flow dry up, and ultimately losing even his wig business." This time, it was Lin Xiaosen who spoke, his voice not loud, but full of confidence.
As he spoke, Lin Xiaosen looked at the somewhat disheveled Lin Xiaokang: "A-Kang, how much cash can the Soda Factory come up with right now?"
Lin Xiaokang was wiping the water off his face with a handkerchief when he heard Lin Xiaosen's question. He immediately replied, "There's 5.2 million in cash in the bank, and Coca-Cola Soda Company and Yuk Chuen Soda Company will receive nearly 3 million in final payments next week."
The Lin Family's income mainly comes from renting out their vast land and properties. However, the return on rental income is slow. The Lin Family's current cash mainly comes from the United Soda Factory, which is controlled by the Lin Family. The Soda Factory produces for Coca-Cola and Yuen Chun Soda and earns processing fees. Although the cash of more than five million seems like a lot, it is actually a drop in the bucket compared to the large number of idle land plots and hotel projects that have already started by the Lin Family.
"I'll transfer five million from the Soda Factory, and then have A-Jie transfer three million from the trading company. We'll give that to Studwell and have him drive up the stock price. Let's see how much of a splash Song Tianyao, with his big mouth, can make in the stock market if he doesn't have a bank loan to him. Young people get arrogant just because they've made some money," Lin Xiaosen said.
Lin Xiaoze took a sip of tea, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, but simply asked, "Should we tell A He?"
"Don't bother Third Brother with such a trivial matter," Lin Xiaosen said to Lin Xiaoze. "Thirty million Hong Kong dollars, and you think you can show off your skills in front of the Lin Family? It's good for young people to have some ambition and courage, but they should also know their place. If I need to inform Third Brother about something like this, it would just make him laugh at me for not knowing how to handle things."
Lin Xiaohe, the third son of the Lin Family in this generation, is the biological son of the first wife, just like the fourth son, Lin Xiaosen. The fact that the Lin Family has been able to maintain its status as one of the four major Chinese families in Hong Kong since Lin Xizhen's death is inseparable from Lin Xiaohe's status and position.
The second son, Lin Xiao qia, was unable to attend university and helped manage the family business at a young age. The eldest son, Lin Xiaoze, graduated with a degree in civil engineering but did not pursue postgraduate studies before returning to Hong Kong to take over the family business after his father's death. Regardless of his studies, he ultimately stayed at home managing the assets left by Lin Xizhen.