Chapter 1138: Pressing forward step by step
This news was nothing to ordinary people, and was expected by Song Yuanchao, Hu Yaoqing and others . However, it was a bolt from the blue for Lu Shao, who had been eyeing Shi Lei's company and wanted to get it as soon as possible.
In order to acquire Shi Lei's company and gain huge profits from it, Lu Shao has invested a lot of money and used a lot of connections and channels. However, with the sudden changes in the situation some time ago, the price of the stocks that Lu Shao bought with a lot of money has been falling, and this alone has caused Lu Shao to suffer huge losses.
Not only that, when Mr. Lu was planning to take advantage of the low stock price to increase capital investment and complete the acquisition in one go, the capital competition in the secondary market was extremely fierce. Although Mr. Lu continued to purchase a large number of stocks once again, he still failed to achieve the ultimate goal, and the stock price continued to fluctuate. Shi Lei's company was like a bottomless pit that continued to devour Mr. Lu's subsequent funds.
If everything continued like this, Mr. Lu would not be too worried. But when he paid a large amount of money, a fire suddenly broke out in Mr. Lu's backyard.
The source of Lu Shao's funds was problematic. Apart from the normal procedure of Zhang Liming lending money to Lu Shao through the bank, most of the subsequent sources of funds were not regular, especially since these funds should not have entered the stock market at all, let alone reached Lu Shao's hands.
What Uncle Huo was most worried about finally happened. When the old man of the Lu family called Uncle Huo and asked whether Young Master Lu had obtained financial support in this way, Uncle Huo admitted it and told the old man of the Lu family everything.
Upon hearing the news, the old man of the Lu family was immediately furious and sternly reprimanded Uncle Huo for why he didn't stop Young Master Lu when he knew that the money could not be used casually?
Uncle Huo had no answer to this. As an elder of the Lu family, he had no ability to stop Young Master Lu from doing this. Moreover, Young Master Lu had also told Uncle Huo that this matter must not be told to their old man.
What could Uncle Huo do in this situation? Would he report directly to the old man? If he did so, Young Master Lu might be fine, but Uncle Huo would never be able to gain Young Master Lu's trust again, and he would not be able to stay in the Lu family. This result was absolutely unacceptable to Uncle Huo.
In this regard, Uncle Huo can only do as Young Master Lu asked, and hope that Young Master Lu can solve the problem as soon as possible and then return the money. In this way, no one will be in trouble, and Uncle Huo can continue to stay with Young Master Lu.
In Uncle Huo's opinion, with the Lu family's strength and background, this kind of thing is not a big deal. What's more, Young Master Lu is engaged in legitimate business and he is not taking the money to Australia Island to squander. The money is just misappropriated. Even if it is converted into stocks, the money is still there in theory.
It was precisely because of this kind of fluke mentality that Uncle Huo helped Young Master Lu hide the secret from Mr. Lu. But who would have thought that this matter would be suddenly leaked out by someone, and now the relevant departments are ready to intervene. Once it is found out that Young Master Lu has embezzled such a large sum of money, Mr. Lu will be in big trouble.
You have to know that the old man of the Lu family has been sailing smoothly over the years, and he is just being promoted to an important position. If everything goes well, after a few years, when the next term comes, it is very likely that the old man of the Lu family will continue to make progress.
But once something like this happens at this time, it will be different. Don't forget that struggle has always existed at any time and at any level. Even with the current status and position of the old man of the Lu family, he still has opponents from different camps.
If the opponent were to catch him in this regard and then pursue him relentlessly, the advantage of the old man of the Lu family would be wiped out in an instant. This would be a very serious matter, otherwise why would the old man of the Lu family be so angry?
Mr. Lu immediately told Uncle Huo to contact Mr. Lu and find a way to return the embezzled money as soon as possible. Now that the matter has just come out, he can still try to cover it up, but even if he covers it up, it won't last long. Once it can't be covered up, the matter will be leaked, and the consequences will be extremely serious.
Uncle Huo was so scared after hearing this that he broke out in a cold sweat and agreed immediately. After hanging up the phone, he went to discuss with Mr. Lu without any delay. At this time, Mr. Lu was having a good time somewhere and his cell phone was unreachable. Otherwise, Mr. Lu would not have called Uncle Huo directly because he couldn't find him.
After finding Young Master Lu and driving all the girls away, Uncle Huo pulled Young Master Lu aside and told him what the old man had just said. After hearing what Uncle Huo said, Young Master Lu, who was already seven-tenths drunk, suddenly lost his drunkenness and jumped up as if he had been stabbed with a needle.
"You must be joking! I've already spent the money, how can I pay it back? What can I use to pay it back?"
The money had long been invested by Mr. Lu in the secondary market and had all turned into stocks in his hands. If he wanted to pay the money back, he would have to cash in the stocks in his hands, but how was that possible in the current situation?
Not to mention that a lot of the funds invested in the later period have been lost due to the decline in stock prices, more importantly, this is the final stage of fierce competition in Shi Lei's company. This morning, Lu Shao was still thinking about taking advantage of this temporary board meeting to rush into the board of directors first. Even if the shares in his hands do not reach the controlling proportion, at least based on the current situation, it should not be a problem to occupy a seat on the board of directors first and then pursue the victory.
But now the old man suddenly asked him to return the money. How could this be possible? Shi Lei's company had stopped trading its stocks because of the announcement. He had no way to sell them even if he wanted to! Besides, if he sold them at this price, he would definitely lose money. Not only had he wasted all his efforts, but he would also have to pay a large sum of money.
"Mr. Lu, now it's not a question of how to pay it back or what to use. The old man has made it clear that this matter must be resolved as soon as possible. Now the old man is helping to block it to give you some time. If you don't pay the money back immediately, what if the old man..."
Uncle Huo tried to persuade him kindly, but Master Lu frowned and his expression became even more gloomy.
After thinking for a while, he found his cell phone and prepared to call the old man. But when he looked at his cell phone, it was out of battery and turned off. No wonder the old man couldn't find him when he called.
Reaching out to Uncle Huo for his cell phone, Young Master Lu found the old man's number and dialed it. Seeing Young Master Lu talking on the phone with the old man, Uncle Huo got up and went outside, and even closed the door when he left.
He waited quietly in the corridor outside the door, trying to prevent anyone from interrupting the conversation between Mr. Lu and the old man. He waited for more than half an hour, until Mr. Lu opened the door and called him in, and Uncle Huo returned to the room.
In the dim light, Mr. Lu's face looked extremely ugly. He sat on the sofa without saying anything and lit a cigarette and smoked it.
Seeing him like this, Uncle Huo understood roughly what was going on. It seemed that the old man had issued an ultimatum to Young Master Lu, whom he had always loved. Even if Young Master Lu was bold, he would not dare to disobey the old man's words.
Although he promised the old man, Mr. Lu now has no idea how to return the money. It's not that he has no money. In fact, Mr. Lu still has some money in his own account, but this money is Mr. Lu's own money. At this time, he is very unwilling to use his own money to fill this hole.
Besides, even if all the money was put in, it wouldn't be enough! The amount of money that Mr. Lu embezzled was not a small amount, it was a huge sum of money.
While smoking, Mr. Lu thought for a while and told Uncle Huo to help him contact the bank as soon as possible. He planned to use his shares as collateral to exchange for a sum of money, and then make up for it from his own account to finish dealing with the things the old man asked him to do first.
Uncle Huo thought this was indeed a solution. To raise such a large sum of money in such a short time, the only way was to go to the bank. Moreover, with these shares in hand, there might be a chance to turn things around later, so it was a good choice for Young Master Lu to do this.
Uncle Huo agreed immediately and went to contact the people at the bank. Young Master Lu was also busy, using his own network and channels to make calls one after another.
But they didn't expect that after the other party answered the phone and learned that it was Mr. Lu, they were all very polite. But when they heard that Mr. Lu was going to use Shi Lei's company's shares as collateral for a loan, they began to refuse one by one.
There were all kinds of reasons for refusing, which made Young Master Lu very angry. After Young Master Lu asked, a bank president who was close to the Lu family revealed the inside story to Young Master Lu. After learning the inside information from the bank, Young Master Lu was stunned. He never thought that someone would act so quickly and directly cut off his escape route.
For a moment, Mr. Lu began to panic. If this didn't work, he couldn't think of any way to solve the problem. With sweat on his forehead, Mr. Lu paced around the room. After a long time, he called Zhang Liming again, hoping to get help from him.
"Xiao Lu, it's not that I don't want to help you. You've heard about this, right? Someone is deliberately targeting your Lu family. Now no one dares to take action. To put it bluntly, they are just standing by and watching. Who is willing to take such a risk at this time?" Zhang Liming didn't beat around the bush and said this to Mr. Lu directly on the phone.
"Brother Liming, I know about this situation, but I don't have any other solution right now. You have a wide network of contacts and are smarter than me. For the sake of our brotherhood, please help me think of a solution!" It was rare for Young Master Lu to ask for help in such a low-key manner, and he didn't even mention the fact that the old man of the Lu family had helped Zhang Liming before.
This is not the time to say these things, not to mention that everyone got what they needed, Zhang Liming and I were just exchanging interests. Moreover, at their level, some things don't need to be reminded, in fact, they all understand each other, and it would be bad to say it out loud.
Zhang Liming frowned. He knew that if he continued to refuse at this time, he would be completely offending the Lu family, especially since he had just taken office. The old man of the Lu family had made a lot of efforts behind the progress this time. If he did not lend a helping hand to Young Master Lu now, once the news got out, he would definitely be labeled as "ungrateful".
