Equity Recovery Plan

Actually, it would have been very easy for Lin Yumo to target the two of them. After all, she was now the chairwoman of Longcheng Biology and had plenty of ways to force them to sell the shares in their hands.

The most direct and brutal method would have been to tamper with the dividends—either withholding them altogether or reducing them.

Or she could shift assets around, transferring profitable businesses to another newly established shell company while leaving all the debts and other bad assets with Longcheng Biology. Then she could stage a planned bankruptcy restructuring, forcing them to sell their shares when they could no longer hold out.

She could also bring in new capital for equity mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring.

There were plenty of methods, but most of them would affect Longcheng Biology itself. Lin Yumo did not want her parents' company to suffer losses for no reason, nor did she want its image to be damaged. That was why she had come to Guo Yuan.

As it happened, Guo Yuan felt somewhat displeased as well. Exactly! Why should those people get dividends? Was there any way to get their shares into his hands? He wanted to hold a larger stake in Longcheng Biology too.

You have Wang Qiu's storage card. Some of the accounts on it are connected to Sun Ming. Although Sun Ming has been arrested, he chose the same approach as Su Yurou and reported the others involved in the money laundering, distancing himself from the crime. He made a major meritorious contribution and will likely receive a suspended sentence.

If you submit those accounts, Sun Ming will have no way to clear himself completely.

Guo Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard that. Wasn't the solution right here?

Sun Ming's shares were as good as secured.

Unfortunately, the narrator gave no hint about Bai Xinshu's shares. They would probably need to find another way.

Guo Yuan then told Lin Yumo about the hint the narrator had given him concerning Sun Ming.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Yumo said, "I understand. Once the judgment comes down, I'll go see Sun Ming. By then, I should be able to buy the shares in his hands at a relatively low price. I'll pay for those shares, and we'll split Sun Ming's shares fifty-fifty."

"Sure, let's do that!" Guo Yuan would never refuse free shares.

"As for Bai Xinshu's shares, Guo Yuan, what do you think about telling my aunt that Bai Xinshu has a mistress—and even a second mistress—outside?"

"You mean make the two of them get divorced, so your aunt can take half the shares first?" Guo Yuan asked tentatively.

"Yeah. My aunt and cousin have always treated me pretty well. When my father first got into trouble, I went back to Bingzhou, and they took care of me for a while.

"But my uncle doesn't like them. My aunt has been married to him for so many years, yet she only gave him one daughter and no son. He has always wanted a son.

"I guess that's one of the reasons he messed around outside.

"But what I'm worried about is this: last time, you exposed the existence of those two women right in front of my uncle. Do you think he might have moved them somewhere else already? Or simply dumped them and found two new ones?"

Lin Yumo's guess was correct. After you exposed the existence of those two women, Bai Xinshu had already moved them. One was placed in Room 1002, Building 7, Splendid Garden, at the northernmost end of Bingzhou; the other was placed in Room 901, Unit 1, Building 9, Vanke City, near the high-speed rail station at the southernmost end of Bingzhou.

Guo Yuan smiled when he heard that. He said to Lin Yumo, "I understand what you mean. Give me some time. By tonight at the latest, I'll be able to confirm the situation with those two women. If they've been moved, I'll be able to find out where they are now too."

"That's good! On behalf of my aunt and cousin, thank you."

"It's nothing, no need to be so polite. But even if they divorce, your uncle should still have 7% of the shares. What are you planning to do about those?"

"We'll acquire them through normal means. He is my mother's biological younger brother, after all, so I can't go too far. I plan to buy back his shares before the successful development of the swine fever vaccine is announced."

"About how long until the swine fever vaccine is developed?" Guo Yuan asked.

"The follow-up experiments will probably take a month. Approval will take over another month, building a new production line will likely take three to four months, and it'll take at least half a year before the product is ready for sale."

"Half a year, huh? Then I want a piece of the pie too."

"Sure! If you have the money, we can split it half and half. That'll ease the pressure on me too." Lin Yumo agreed without hesitation.

"Guo Yuan, when are you coming back?" Lin Yumo suddenly changed the subject.

"I bought a plane ticket for noon today."

"Alright! Then I'll come to your place for dinner tonight. A friend just gave me a bottle of '95 Lafite. Let's finish it together!"

Guo Yuan looked helpless when he heard that. "Just how much do you like drinking?"

Lin Yumo ignored that remark and hung up directly.

Since Lin Yumo's call had woken him up anyway, Guo Yuan simply got out of bed and went to the bathroom to freshen up.

"Only 8:45. Going downstairs for breakfast now should be just about right." With that, Guo Yuan got dressed and prepared to head out.

Just then, Guo Yuan's phone rang again. He took it out and saw that it was a call from his best friend, Shi Ze.

"Hello? Shitou, what's up?"

"Yuanzi, there's an opportunity to make some money. Want in?" Shi Ze asked mysteriously.

"What kind of opportunity? Don't tell me you want me to go to northern Myanmar with you to look for work?"

"Get outta here! My kidneys are worth a lot! Why would I go to a place like that?"

"Then is it one of those things written in the criminal code?"

"Can't you think more positively?" Shi Ze said helplessly.

"Uh, when it involves you, I really can't think of anything good."

"Forget it! I can't be bothered getting mad at you. I'll just say it straight—Yuanzi, I've got some insider information."

"What information?"

"One of my friends told me that several distributors for Fenjiu Distillery here in Bingzhou have gone under. They're looking for new distributors now. How about the two of us scrape together some money and take the Xiaodian District distributorship?"

Shi Ze's information was true. The distributors for three districts in the Bingzhou region of Fenjiu Distillery had been found to be involved in improper benefit transfers with senior management at headquarters, and all of them had been taken in.

There were now three vacant district distributorships, and a public bidding process would soon begin. Quite a lot of people knew about this, so the competition would be extremely fierce. With your and Shi Ze's current financial resources, there was no way you could secure one. It was recommended that you not waste your effort.

Guo Yuan sighed when he heard that. "Sigh! Shitou, it's not that I'm criticizing you, but setting aside whether this information is real or not—even if it is, if you know about it, how many other people do you think know too? How fierce will the competition be? It's not like you're the only one who can see that this project has potential. I think you'd better stop messing around."

Shi Ze fell silent for a moment before saying, "But we have to give it a try! What if it works out?"

"Are you short on money lately?"

PS: This really happened. After it came out last year, a lot of Fenjiu distributors around here were removed. At the time, a friend of mine wanted to get a district distributorship. He ran around for half a month and spent quite a bit of money, but still failed to get it. The competition was just too intense. I was tempted too, but I got locked down for half a month because of the pandemic back then. Thinking about it now, it was a good thing I didn't get involved.