After Returning Home, The Female CEO Gave Me A Daughter Chapter 42

Shen Qingyan lay in bed, staring at the photo on her phone, lost in thought, a faint smile spreading across her face.

She zoomed in on Tang Chen's face in the photo, then zoomed in on Tang Yao's, and finally zoomed in on her own...

No matter how she looked at it, she was satisfied.

She felt that this might be the second most satisfying photo she had ever taken in her life.

The first was the family portrait she took with her parents at her graduation ceremony...

After thinking for a while.

She opened WeChat and changed her profile picture to this photo.

After changing it, she returned to the recent contacts page.

Shen Qingyan couldn't help but freeze.

She saw.

Tang Chen's profile picture had also been changed to this photo at some point.

Their actions were completely in sync!

Lin Qingying was still dreaming of becoming CEO, saving the Shen Group, becoming an industry legend, and doubling his net worth.

Suddenly, a phone call jolted him awake.

"Manager Lin, the investor just contacted me."

"Contacted?"

Lin Qingying let out a long yawn: "When did they say they'd inject the capital?"

"They said... after comprehensive research and consideration, they found that the Shen Group doesn't meet their investment criteria, so the previous investment plan... is canceled!"

Hearing what was said on the other end of the line.

"What?!"

Lin Qingying snapped wide awake in an instant, bolting upright in bed: "Are you kidding me!"

"Canceled?"

"How can it just be canceled like that?"

"Where's their sense of contractual integrity?!"

The voice on the other end of the line was silent for a moment before speaking: "They only met with President Shen to discuss financing matters, but nothing was finalized, and no contract was signed. How does that have anything to do with contractual integrity?"

"How dare you talk to me like that? Do you want to get fired?"

Lin Qingying, already panicked and furious from the news, felt his temper flare straight to his throat. He let out a string of curses, then took a deep breath and said, "Contact them again right now and get them to reconsider the investment..."

"No, contact them immediately and tell them I want to meet with them."

"Tell them the investment proposal can be revised. We can increase the ratio of equity to investment so they can get more shares of the Shen Group with the smallest possible investment!"

The panic in his heart made Lin Qingying's voice tremble, and his words began to stumble over each other.

However.

Before he could finish, a furious roar from the receiver cut him off.

"Go fuck yourself!"

"Let me tell you, I'm the one who doesn't want to work anymore!"

: A bunch of old bastards! Trembling Lin Qingying! Chapter 9, begging for collections

"What did you say?" Lin Qingying was stunned, asking in disbelief.

"I said, I quit!"

"Are you fucking deaf?"

The angry shouting from the receiver grew even more intense, almost hysterical: "You bunch of old bastards, whenever something goes wrong, you all hide away, but the moment there's a chance to take advantage, you all jump out to pressure President Shen."

"Do you think it's been easy for President Shen running the group all these years? Without President Shen, the Shen Group would have collapsed long ago. Where would you shareholders even be?"

"And you want to trade less investment for more shares..."

"Take a good look at the Shen Group. Is there even any point in investing? Do you have good projects? Do you have a solid plan?"

"Let me tell you, if it weren't for the value President Shen's management brought, if President Shen stopped being CEO and all that was left was you old dogs, the company would be worthless, absolutely nothing!"

"And you want to meet with them in person? Who the fuck do you think you are?"

"Over twenty shareholders, every single one of you is a moron. All you do is scheme and plot, never once thinking about how to develop the company better. All you do is screw over your own people."

"I've been sick of you bunch of idiots for a long time. If it weren't for having a wife and kids to support, I would have quit ages ago."

"Now I'm telling you, I've got another job lined up. I'm done serving you!"

"As for that half-month's salary I'm owed, I doubt you'll pay it anyway, so I don't want it. Keep it to buy yourselves some coffins, you bunch of old bastards!"

"Beep-beep-beep-beep..."

The urgent busy tone from the phone sent a numbing tingle from Lin Qingying's neck straight to the crown of his head.

His vision went dark, and he nearly had a stroke. Clutching his chest, he gasped for air. "Bastard!"

"Bastard..."

"Bastard!!!"

He roared hysterically.

But he quieted down just as quickly.

Lying back on the bed, his face was full of defeat.

Gu Yang, who had just been on the phone with him, wasn't wrong at all.

The Shen Group simply wasn't worth investing in.

The other party had pulled out!

Their only option was to find another investor.

But...

Even back when the Shen Group wasn't teetering on the brink of collapse like it was now, they couldn't find any investors.

Now that it was on the verge of bankruptcy, finding new investment was absolutely impossible...

In other words.

The Shen Group was finished.

Thinking of this.

Lin Qingying's teeth started chattering uncontrollably.

Once the Shen Group went bankrupt.

As a shareholder, he'd be saddled with debt proportional to his shares.

And just a few days ago, he had emptied all his savings to keep the group's projects afloat...

His savings were gone, the group was about to go under, and he'd be buried in debt...

When that happened, there was only one outcome for him.

And that was...

Prison!

Lin Qingying's hands and feet turned ice-cold, and his heart was filled with regret.

He didn't want to go to prison...

What could he do...

He frantically searched for a way out.

But how could there possibly be a way in a situation like this?

A long time passed.

He couldn't think of anything...

Lin Qingying's teeth began to chatter uncontrollably again.

But then...

Something struck him, as if he'd grabbed a lifeline. His eyes went wide.

"Right!"

"Buy back the shares!"

"That call!"

Lin Qingying started scrolling through his call log.