By the end of December, Dong Shan's "five million debt" and the full payment for one thousand engines had been transferred to Jingnan Group.
Paying tens of millions in one lump sum—Dong Shan really did cut quite a financially imposing figure. It also proved that if he truly wanted to raise funds, he was still capable of borrowing money.
Only Dong Shan knew that this money was not like the "relief funds" previously allocated from above, which could be squandered at will. He had borrowed it by mortgaging Southwest Heavy Truck Company's assets.
If he could not repay the money when the time came, those people would genuinely come and seal up the workshops, equipment, and land, then help him dump it all in a fire sale.
Li Ye had Old Yang from finance list the five million separately, then explained the situation at the meeting.
"This five million was a 'handling fee' I specifically added for Southwest Heavy Truck Company. But we're all one family, and we all know that this five million was the deposit Zhuo Minglan took when she tried to transfer that plot of land by the Sanli River.
"I deeply despise Zhuo Minglan's behavior of a wastrel selling off his father's fields without a pang of regret. But one thing is one thing. Our group received this five million, and Zhuo Minglan did not pocket a single cent, so we must return the money.
"However, Zhuo Minglan must clearly account for the detailed circumstances of that land transfer, as well as issues concerning her personal conduct."
"..."
Everyone in the conference room immediately found it amusing. Li Ye was settling accounts after the autumn harvest, taking the wind out of Zhuo Minglan's sails.
After all, even after Zhuo Minglan had been taken away by the