"What explanation do you want the Group to give you?"
"This explanation."
Li Ye likewise took out a sheet of paper, except this was not a letter of accusation, but a "payment demand notice."
"The day before yesterday, I received proof of project fund payment sent by Southwest Heavy Truck Company. It showed that several months ago, Southwest Heavy Truck Company's finance department had paid eighteen million yuan in loan repayments to Group Headquarters, and the guarantor for that loan was actually First Branch Factory."
Li Ye raised his voice several octaves and barked sternly, "I need the Group to give me an explanation right now. Since when had First Branch Factory guaranteed anyone else's loan? Eighteen million yuan! If this is fraud, how many years would that get them?
"Southwest is even demanding that we repay the money within one month. Why don't you just rob us? Do you think robbing people is slower than scamming them?"
Li Ye's accusation was extremely harsh, but Shang Bin merely furrowed his brow. He seemed unconcerned, yet also as if he had known all along.
Ma Zhaoxian, however, took the "payment demand notice" and read it over. The more he read, the tighter his brow furrowed.
Then he asked Old Yang from Finance, "Old Yang, have you ever seen these eighteen million?"
Old Yang shook his head. "No. When Deputy General Manager Li went to D School for further training, Cong Jinhong did receive a transfer of four million from Southwest, but within days, it was all used as payment for construction material purchases."
Ma Zhaoxian said gravely, "So you only saw four million, not eighteen million?"
Old Yang nodded with certainty. "Yes, only four million."
Everyone around them fell silent.
They looked at one another, and some people's feelings