I'm back in 1990

Chapter 1031: Preparing an Escape Route

Zhao Yaoxian escorted He Jiaxiang to the company building. Although Li Xu was there the whole time, he didn't say another word to him. In this situation, even a fool would know that this attempt was in vain.

Li Xu had no choice but to leave with He Jiaxiang, feeling rather dejected.

On their way back to Jinling, He Jiaxiang said to Li Xu, "President Li! This matter is not as simple as you think. It is indeed a requirement from their headquarters, and Yaoxian has no choice."

"I understand, I understand. I'm so sorry to have made Director He come all this way for nothing." Li Xu swallowed his anger, still wearing a forced smile.

He Jiaxiang shook his head and muttered to himself, "Looks like Huang Xiaochuan is quite strict with his subordinates!"

The name Huang Xiaochuan struck Li Xu like a thunderbolt, and at that moment he seemed to know why.

Cheng Qi originally said he wanted to cooperate, but the day after he went back that night, he said he wanted to terminate the cooperation. So that's where the problem lies!

After much thought, it turned out that only Cheng Qi and his wife knew about that matter. It seemed that the couple must have told Huang Xiaochuan. After all, they were both people in the Shanghai business circle and had the opportunity to meet each other. Using their family's matter as a pledge to gain favor with Asia's richest man was a very worthwhile deal!

At this moment, Li Xu was also cursing his wife Fang Linghua in his heart. She had no tact at all and told everyone everything. Now look what happened, her counterattack came, and she made a move that he couldn't stand.

Li Xu respectfully escorted He Jiaxiang home and personally carried the gifts inside before leaving. Before leaving, he mentioned that he would arrange a get-together with some people from the industry over the weekend.

As soon as he left the He family, Li Xu's face fell.

After getting in the car, I told the driver, "Take me home!"

Seeing the boss's expression, the driver didn't dare utter a word. He just wanted to get the boss home as soon as possible so he wouldn't have to hang around in front of him anymore. His boss wasn't someone easy to serve.

However, when he got home, he didn't see Fang Linghua, and the nanny didn't know where she was either.

Li Xu could only sit on the sofa, sulking.

Not long after, his phone rang; it was his finance manager calling.

He asked impatiently, "What is it?"

"I just received a call from my friend who works at the tax bureau. He said that his bureau will be conducting a tax audit at our company next week."

"What?" Li Xu's eyes widened like saucers.

"I asked why, and he said we might have inflated costs and shifted profits," the finance manager's voice trailed off.

Li Xu felt a sharp pain in his chest. He knew more about tax issues than anyone else. Over the years, in order to pay less tax, he had instructed the finance manager to manipulate the accounts. If he were caught, he might be fined a lot of money. At this critical moment, this was just adding insult to injury!

At that moment, the sales manager's voice came from the other end of the line; it seemed he was with the finance manager.

"Mr. Li, if we don't get any new orders next month, two-thirds of our production line will have to stop. Right now, the raw materials are still coming in steadily, what do you think?"

Li Xu rubbed his forehead weakly and, with all his might, issued an instruction: "Notify the warehouse manager to stop accepting goods immediately. Send them back to where they came from."

At this moment, the sales manager said to him, "Mr. Li, HR Manager Qu wants to speak with you."

Before he could finish speaking, the HR manager took the phone: "Boss, the labor inspector called and told us to prepare the employee contracts and attendance records. They're coming to inspect tomorrow."

Li Xu now understood the gap between himself and Asia's richest man. Huang Xiaochuan didn't even need to lift a finger; he only needed to say a few words, and someone would take care of everything for him.

But he had no time to think about anything else. He immediately instructed the finance manager to quickly review the accounts for the past three years and deal with any problems as soon as possible.

He also instructed the sales manager to contact all available clients, even if it meant losing money, to secure orders and find a way to overcome the immediate crisis first.

After finishing all of this, he felt completely exhausted and had no energy left.

Fang Linghua returned at that moment.

Li Xu asked unhappily, "Where did you go?"

Seeing the man's appearance, Fang Linghua quickly asked, "I went to deliver something to my son. What's wrong? You look so pale. Are you feeling unwell?"

Li Xu raised his hand and pointed angrily at Fang Linghua: "You!"

"What happened to me?" Fang Linghua knew nothing at all.

With a stern face, Li Xu told Fang Linghua his guess: "What you said to Cheng Qi's wife that day may have been told to Huang Xiaochuan."

"No way?" Fang Linghua didn't believe it.

"Let me tell you, Hengtong Technology has already clearly informed us that the contract is expiring and will not be renewed. Furthermore, the order they were supposed to give us in January has been cancelled. Do you know who Hengtong Technology's major shareholder is?"

Fang Linghua realized the seriousness of the situation and cautiously asked, "Who is it?"

"Do you know about the Hong Kong Highway Group?"

Fang Linghua nodded. After all, her family was a merchant family. If they didn't even know about Hong Kong Avenue Group, they shouldn't be in the business world.

Suddenly, before Li Xu could continue speaking, Fang Linghua realized what was happening.

Her face turned deathly pale: "What...what should we do?!"

Li Xu said dejectedly, "What can we do? Just let it be!"

Fang Linghua was still somewhat unconvinced: "We didn't do anything to him, so why is he targeting us?"

Li Xu laughed angrily: "Why? You went around asking around and ended up telling Xu Jia everything. Now look what happened, you're satisfied, but now that they know, they're coming to settle accounts with us."

Fang Linghua tried her best to defend herself: "I thought it was possible at the time! Besides, I didn't do anything bad."

"Heh! What's the use of saying that now? In their eyes, our family is just scheming against them. Who is Huang Xiaochuan? If he wanted to get rid of us, he could find a hundred ways to make me die without even knowing why!"

"What should we do?" Fang Linghua was scared now.

"How about I go and ask Tang Ruixuan to tell her uncle that it's a misunderstanding?"

Li Xu rubbed his forehead: "Aren't you worried about things not being chaotic enough? If you go to see her now, you'll only make things worse. Besides, it's questionable whether she even wants to see you."

Fang Linghua also became anxious: "Then what do you suggest we do?"

Li Xu gritted his teeth and pondered for a moment: "Now there are only two paths. First, I'll go to Shanghai, find Tang Jianhua, and apologize to him in person to see if I can salvage the situation. Second, if the first path doesn't work, then we'll have to quickly sell our assets and the whole family go abroad!"

Over the years, the Li family has acquired numerous properties overseas, so this is also a fallback plan for them.

But Fang Linghua was reluctant: "Selling off assets? Wouldn't that result in a significant loss?"

Li Xu exploded: "If we go bankrupt and don't even have these things, you're not even as good as a pig. Pigs are smarter than you."

Fang Linghua was stunned. In her memory, the man had never yelled at her like that before.

This clearly shows that things are probably not as she imagined.