Chapter 130: Chapter 130: Beware of Spies_1
The next day.
Yu Keqing called Qin Feng and summoned him to her office.
Looking at the loan contract Yu Keqing handed him, Qin Feng showed a face full of confusion and asked, "The loan term has changed from half a year to one month, is this your idea, Mrs. Yu?"
"It’s Qin Dongrui’s idea."
"Qin Dongrui? What does he mean by this move?"
"He’s probably eager to cash out Huanmei Group. After all, Huanmei Group now is not the same as before. In his eyes, it might no longer have any investment value. He said that if Huanmei Group can recover within a month, he would pay the ten billion yuan loan himself. If there’s no improvement, I’ll owe him ten billion yuan. Then he wants me to take Huanmei Group and join Haiyun Group."
"From what you’re saying, Qin Dongrui would be willing to sell Huanmei Group just for ten billion yuan?"
"He only invested ten billion yuan to begin with. Selling for ten billion yuan, he’s already getting his principal back. The dividends he had taken before amount to a whole one hundred and eighty billion yuan. He knows very well that Huanmei Group has been squeezed dry. So when he says one month, it’s because he wants to make a quick final profit. After cleaning out everything, Huanmei Group will have nothing to do with him anymore."
"Then at that time, won’t Huanmei Group even lack an office space? After all, the office you currently have, Mrs. Yu, belongs to Sanrenhe Group."
"The most valuable part of Huanmei Group is the research and development team. As long as the R&D team is there, finding office buildings is easy, they can be rented anywhere."
"Do you still have confidence in Huanmei Group’s R&D team, Mrs. Yu? Whether it’s Tianlong Group’s Youth-Keeping Cream or Shencao Ji’s Imperial Concubine’s Beauty Cream, you should have compared them. I believe you must have had your R&D team analyze and compare the ingredients of both products. In the end, your R&D team probably hasn’t found out anything substantial."
"I admit that I had the R&D team analyze the ingredients of both Youth-Keeping Cream and Imperial Concubine’s Beauty Cream. And indeed, as you said, they didn’t find out much of value. However, my R&D team specializes in development. Researching the product ingredients of rival companies is not their expertise. In one month’s time, Huanmei will definitely develop a new product. Once the new product is launched, it will surely beat Imperial Concubine’s Beauty Cream and Youth-Keeping Cream completely. I’ll take back all the market share we’ve lost."
Yu Keqing was very confident.
Now that Duoduo was fine, she had no more worries.
For the upcoming month, she could devote herself entirely to her work.
"If Qin Dongrui really wants to invest another ten billion yuan in you, why wait a month? He can invest right now! So, Qin Dongrui does not want you to revive Huanmei Group. Whether Huanmei can be reborn relies on your R&D team. Knowing Qin Dongrui’s character, he will definitely play dirty tricks. So be careful, Mrs. Yu, there may be a mole in your R&D team!"
"The R&D director of Huanmei Group is my best friend, Xiao Manlian. Even if the whole world betrays me, it’s absolutely impossible for her to betray me."
Qin Feng said no more and, after leaving behind ten billion yuan, he took the loan contract and left.
Haiyun Group.
Looking at the loan contract Qin Feng brought back, Xue Xiaochan’s face was filled with confusion and incomprehension.
"Wasn’t the loan period half a year? Why has it suddenly changed to one month? You bastard, are you playing some kind of trick again?"
"The one playing tricks is not me, it’s Qin Dongrui. The one-month term was proposed by Qin Dongrui."
"Qin Dongrui? What’s he trying to do?"
"Yu Keqing says that Qin Dongrui thinks Huanmei Group is no longer of any use and wants to get rid of it quickly. So, Qin Dongrui made a condition. If within one month, Yu Keqing can revive Huanmei Group, he would repay the ten billion yuan loan. If she can’t, then she gives him ten billion yuan. After that, she can take Huanmei Group into the embrace of Haiyun Group."
"You’re saying that just for ten billion yuan, Qin Dongrui is willing to sell Huanmei Group?"
Xue Xiaochan’s delicate eyebrows were tightly knit; she felt that something wasn’t quite right about the situation, as if there was a trick involved.
So, without waiting for Qin Feng to respond, she continued her analysis.
"Even though Tianlong Group and Shencao Ji have snatched a considerable market share from Huanmei Group, they’ve only taken the market from Huanmei Beauty Cream. After all these years of development, Huanmei Group’s product matrix is very comprehensive. Their other products are still selling well. Selling Huanmei Group for just ten billion, Qin Dongrui can’t be that foolish, can he?"
"If it were to be sold to anyone else, Qin Dongrui certainly wouldn’t do it. But selling to Haiyun Group, that’s exactly what he’d wish for!"
"What do you mean?"
"Haven’t I told you before, wife? Qin Dongrui running from the Capital to Zhonghai isn’t simply for the sake of sleeping with Yu Keqing. Last night, when Yu Keqing went to him with the loan agreement, he immediately stopped sleeping with her. Obviously, his interest in swallowing up Haiyun Group is far greater than sleeping with Yu Keqing."
"Knowing that Qin Dongrui is eyeing Haiyun Group, you still willingly walked into his trap? Are you stupid or what?"
"If I weren’t stupid, how could I have fallen in love with you? And so desperately at that, I wouldn’t want any other women who throw themselves at me in bed, just you."
Qin Feng was just spouting nonsense, but Xue Xiaochan took it seriously.
Her fair, egg-shaped face suddenly darkened as she asked sharply, "Which woman has been in your bed?"
"A woman who is not only beautiful and sexy but also has an especially pleasant voice. You have no idea, wife, but when she’s in bed, whether it’s a frown or a smile, or the way she plays coy, it’s all so seductive."
Qin Feng deliberately acted like a scoundrel.
"Who is she, exactly?"
"I forgot her name, but I have her picture."
Qin Feng pulled out his phone and flipped through to the photos he had secretly taken of Xue Xiaochan sleeping in bed.
"You bastard, how dare you tease me?"
Naturally, Xue Xiaochan began to pummel Qin Feng gently as a greeting.
After hitting him, she scolded fiercely, "Delete them now! Not a single one should be kept!"
"Why should I? I managed to sneak these photos only after much difficulty; I won’t delete them. If you ever dare to divorce me one day, I’ll upload these photos to the internet. The bed photos of Miss Xue will be enough to trend as a title alone."
"You wouldn’t dare?"
"If you’ve divorced me, life would have no meaning left, so what wouldn’t I dare do?"
"I’ll beat you to death, you little bastard!" Xue Xiaochan gave Qin Feng a light pat and asked with irritation, "Are you really that scared of losing me?"
"Yeah! You’re the first woman I’ve fallen in love with, and I’ll pester you for the rest of my life. I’ll cling to you desperately, never leaving you. Anyway, you’re not allowed to leave me!"
"I never realized you could be so lovesick."
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