Chapter 576: The Richest Man Got Tricked
Facing Lu Yiming's impassioned speech, many people felt the same way. After all, those who can come here in this era have all suffered a lot in their childhood and worked hard to climb out.
There are all kinds of birds in a big forest. In such a big country, people's hearts are unpredictable. Who can control the huge amount of money? Therefore, it is reasonable to establish a review and supervision mechanism.
After the press conference, Lu Yiming returned to Zhonghai with the signed documents. The content of the press conference was circulated in the form of television news, newspapers and magazines.
Upon learning that Lu Yiming was going to donate money to improve education in poor areas, many people praised his good deeds, and his reputation as the best philanthropist spread quickly.
Even Ning Xuehua, who was far away in Baiyun City, knew about it and mentioned it during a phone call.
"I heard you donated again?"
Lu Yiming did not hide it and said, "Yes, I plan to donate it to the Hope Project. The money will mainly be used to improve the conditions of rural schools, and Future Capital will be the main donor."
Speaking of Future Capital, Ning Xuehua remembered that she seemed to have invested some money in it, so she joked: "You have to be careful with your money. Now that the business has expanded so much, you have to plan carefully, otherwise if there is a problem in one link, it will be a disaster. By the way, the money in my Future Capital is still there, right? Don't lose my pension."
"How is that possible?"
Lu Yiming replied confidently, and then asked, "Mom, do you want to buy something? Tell me how much you want and I'll transfer it to you."
Ning Xuehua quickly said, "I have money, why should I ask you for it? Besides, you are doing something that benefits the country and the people, so you must not have much money, so there is no need to spend money on me."
Lu Yiming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "If I really were short of money, it would be tens of billions, hundreds of billions, or even trillions. How could I be short of a few hundred million?"
"You guy, a few hundred million is just a small amount of money? Help me check how much money I have in my account."
"All right."
Lu Yiming picked up another mobile phone, called Wei Liqun, reported Ning Xuehua's ID number, and quickly found it.
"Mom, I just asked for you. The current balance in your account is 80 million. How much do you want to withdraw?"
"Eighty million?"
Ning Xuehua was shocked and asked, "That's not right. I remember that I didn't invest so much before. The big ones were when your father's business was doing well. The total was only 10 million. It has increased eightfold in just over a year? Did you make a mistake?"
Lu Yiming was quite proud and said, "That's right, it's 80 million. Don't you see who I am, your son? After all, I'm called the stock god of Xia Country, so I have to have some dignity."
After all, she is Ning Xuehua’s biological mother, so Lu Yiming will definitely take special care of Ning Xuehua’s account profits.
After listening to Lu Yiming's explanation, Ning Xuehua finally felt relieved and said, "Then, I'll take out 5 million first."
Lu Yiming thought that it was Lu Ding who wanted to spend money. After all, as a father, asking his son for money would undermine his parental dignity. So he asked Ning Xuehua to come out and he didn't ask any more questions. He immediately said, "Okay, I'll send someone to contact you and bring the money back to you when the time comes."
Lu Yiming didn't think much about Ning Xuehua asking for money, but just a week , Lu Yiming suddenly received a call from Lu Ding.
"Son, your mother is in the hospital."
"ha?"
Lu Yiming was startled and asked quickly: "What's going on? Are you sick? Where are you now? I'll be there right away."
"Baiyun Military District Hospital."
"Okay, I'll call you when I get there."
Lu Yiming quickly called Zhao Tiezhu and drove to the airport. On the way, he called the crew members of the Yiming and asked them to report the route and prepare for takeoff.
A few hours later, Lu Yiming arrived at the Baiyun Military Hospital and saw Lu Ding, who looked worried, at the door of the ward.
"Dad, what's going on? Why are you suddenly hospitalized? Didn't I tell you to have a physical examination every six months? Nothing was found last time."
Lu Ding sighed, pulled Lu Yiming aside, and said, "You know your mother. She wanted to go back to her hometown a few days ago. In fact, I think she just wanted to show off. She took five million cash back to show off, and she worshipped her ancestors and treated everyone to dinner. It was quite a big deal. In just a few days, she spent more than one million."
Lu Yiming could understand Ning Xuehua's feelings. After all, returning home in glory is what rich people like to do.
Lu Yiming frowned slightly and asked, "But what does this have to do with hospitalization? Is it exhausting from the long journey?"
"no."
Lu Ding explained: "After we came back, your mother felt that it was not safe to keep the money at home, so she put it in the bank. I told her that it was not necessary. It was only 5 million in total. After spending more than 1 million, there was 3 million left, which could be stored in a leather shoe box. I said to just keep it at home and withdraw it whenever I needed it. I was too lazy to go to the bank all day."
Lu Yiming nodded slightly and said, "That's right, there's no point in saving this little money."
Lu Ding said, "But your mother wouldn't let me. She insisted that the money should be put in the bank because it was not safe at home. She also said that the money should be classified into different categories, living expenses should be kept as living expenses, and other expenses should be kept as other expenses. As a result, she heard from someone that the interest rate of depositing money in a financial company was high, so she ran to a financial company to open an account and deposited the money in it because the company offered a very high interest rate."
"And then?"
Lu Yiming frowned, gradually realizing that something was wrong.
Lu Ding said, "This morning, your mother went shopping with a few sisters, saying they were going to buy clothes, and they wanted to withdraw a few thousand yuan. When they took the receipt to the company and asked , the people at the financial company said that the receipt was fake and the money had not been deposited into your mother's account at all."
"What's going on?"
Lu Yiming couldn't help but frown.
Although before his rebirth, Lu Yiming had heard of many inhumane things happening in financial companies and their various operations were outrageous, he never thought that such a thing would happen to his family.
Lu Ding said, "I asked someone to investigate, and they said that the lobby manager who received your mother at the time, together with the colleague who handled the deposit procedures, set up a scheme to replace the original with the fake one."
This familiar smell made Lu Yiming furious.
In fact, the procedure was not complicated, and Lu Yiming knew it all. It was nothing more than that the lobby manager saw so much money coming in at once, so he asked the salesperson to take a blank voucher to open a new account and help Ning Xuehua deposit the money. Although the money arrived at the financial company, it was not entered into the system, and the information on the voucher was also false. The salesperson deposited the money in batches into several other accounts, and then dispersed it to various outlets to take it all away.
Lu Yiming asked: "What about the person who was in charge at that time?"
Lu Ding said helplessly: "He ran away. He took several million and still didn't run away. Are you waiting for the police to come?"
More than three million is indeed not a small sum of money for ordinary people, and it can even be said to be a huge fortune.
How many lifetimes would it take to earn a salary of three million yuan from working at a branch of a financial company ?
Lu Yiming frowned and asked, "What does the company say?"
Lu Ding said angrily: "The company said that this was the personal behavior of the employees. They have already fired the two people. This matter has nothing to do with them."
Lu Yiming blurted out, "Bullshit! It's obvious that their company should bear the main responsibility! They want to get away with it? That's a good plan. I'm going to find Li Qiu right now and sue them."
Lu Ding said, "It's useless. I've looked for them. Li Qiu also got the employment contracts of those two people. Those two people signed a labor contract with a third party and were dispatched to work. They are criminals. The company said they are also victims and the weaker party, and they also want to hold the two people accountable."
Lu Yiming couldn't help but take a breath and felt a slight toothache.
Just at this moment, there was a noise in the ward. Lu Yiming and Lu Ding hurried in, only to find that Ning Xuehua had woken up.
When Ning Xuehua saw Lu Yiming, a smile appeared on her pale face, and she said in a hoarse voice, "Xiao Ming, why are you here?"
Lu Yiming said, "Mom, Dad has already told me about it. It's just two or three million. If it's gone, it's gone. Don't take it to heart. It's not good to get upset and ruin your health."
Ning Xuehua had lived through hard times, so she didn't have such a clear mind. She said sadly, "That's more than three million. How can it be considered a small amount of money?"
Lu Ding said to Lu Yiming: "I have advised your mother about this matter eight hundred times, but she just won't listen and is very stubborn."
Although Lu Yiming is now the richest man in Xia Country, a few million is indeed nothing compared to his huge assets, but Ning Xuehua feels very sad when she thinks that with so much money, she can buy two buildings.
Lu Yiming had no choice but to say, "Mom, don't be sad. I'll go and get an explanation for you, okay? I'm the richest man in Xia Country after all. They're just a small company and they don't dare to bully me. Don't worry about it for now. Dad, go buy some delicious food to supplement Mom's nutrition."
Two days later, Ning Xuehua was finally persuaded and she was discharged from the hospital. As soon as Lu Yiming returned home, he took Li Qiu to the financial company.
In the company office, the person in charge Xu Guojun said terrifiedly: "Boss Lu, why are you here? Why didn't you say hello in advance? We could have held a welcoming ceremony..."
Lu Yiming interrupted him rudely and said, "Alright, don't say those nonsense. I already understand the situation. My mother went through the deposit procedures in your VIP reception room according to your regulations. Now you tell me that you have no responsibility?"
Upon learning that Ning Xuehua was actually Lu Yiming's biological mother, Xu Guojun broke out in a cold sweat and quickly explained, "Boss Lu, there must be some misunderstanding here. We are a formal company, how can we shirk responsibility?"
Lu Yiming said coldly: "My mother's money was lost from you, and now you tell me it's a misunderstanding?"
Facing Lu Yiming's gaze, Xu Guojun had no choice but to grit his teeth and insist: "It's like this, President Lu, the company was indeed unaware of this matter in advance. It was the personal behavior of the two company employees. Because the money was not deposited into the real account, it has no connection with the financial system. Now we have called the police, and we will definitely assist the police to solve the case as soon as possible."
How could Lu Yiming not know Xu Guojun's little trick? He sneered, "Assisting the police to solve the case? What? It's obviously you who hired people recklessly and shielded criminals, but now it's like helping others? Do you take me for granted? The problem is your employees, what does it have to do with us depositors? You can arrest them slowly. I only have one request now, pay me back!"
Xu Guojun said sternly, "Boss Lu, the money was definitely not taken by our company. Your request is unreasonable, isn't it? Once the case is solved, the perpetrators are arrested, and the stolen money is recovered, we will definitely return the recovered money to you intact."
More than three million! Xu Guojun is just the head of a small branch company. He doesn't have the authority to move so much money. Now that Lu Yiming wants him to take the money, of course he can't give it out.
No matter how much Lu Yiming tried to persuade Xu Guojun, he just wouldn't give in. Lu Yiming had no way to deal with him for the time being, so he had to take Li Qiu away.
Although the money is not much, for Lu Yiming, a few million is actually not a big deal. But for a man like him, it would not be good if his own mother was taught a lesson by a financial company.
In the office, Xu Guojun seemed a little panicked. He spent most of his time walking around the office with an anxious look on his face.
It was finally time to get off work, and Xu Guojun rushed out of the door like a wild dog that had broken free from its leash and quickly left the company.
On the way home from get off work, Xu Guojun passed by a newsstand and bought a pack of cigarettes from the boss. He opened the package directly, took out his lighter to light one, and chatted with the boss in a casual manner.
After finishing a cigarette, Xu Guojun left the newsstand.
At this moment, a public telephone not far away suddenly rang. Xu Guojun walked over and picked up the receiver.
"Hello?"
A voice came from the other end of the phone: "It's just a phone call, why are you blushing?"
Xu Guojun looked around and said, "I feel refreshed."
The tone on the other end of the phone seemed much more relaxed: "Why is it yellow again?"
"Anti-cold wax."
The person on the other side immediately smiled and said, "Brother, Xiao Min and I have successfully arrived in Nanyang."
Xu Guojun couldn't laugh, but said nervously: "Hongji, we are in big trouble this time."
It turned out that Xu Guojun was in cahoots with them.
Hong Ji smiled and said, "How could that be? Didn't you fail before?"
Xu Guojun said coldly: "Do you know who is being tricked this time?"
Hong Ji said assumingly, "She's just a middle-aged woman who knows nothing. It's rare to come across such a fat sheep, so we can't just let her go, right?"
Xu Guojun chuckled and said, "You don't know anything? Fat sheep? Let me tell you, she is the biological mother of Mr. Lu! Do you know her biological mother?"
“Oh my god!”
Hong Ji, who was traveling on a boat on the sea, was so scared that he almost threw his cell phone into the sea.
"Are you sure that's Mr. Lu's biological mother?"
"How can you not be sure? Mr. Lu just came to the company to cause trouble."
"Oh shit!"
Although he was far away in Southeast Asia, Hong Ji's hands and feet still felt cold in an instant. He had completely regarded Ning Xuehua as a lucky middle-aged woman, so he set a trap and waited for her to fall into it.
Now that he knew the truth, Hong Ji suddenly felt dizzy.
"We have offended Mr. Lu, which is a big problem. Brother, what should we do now? Mr. Lu will not put us on a global wanted list, right?"
Xu Guojun consoled him, "Wanted worldwide? It's only two or three million in total. I don't think he can even hire Interpol with that little money. Don't worry. So what if he's the richest man? You're abroad now. What can he do to you? I'll take care of things here first and make sure you're fine."
Afterwards, Xu Guojun could not help but complain: "This is also the case with Mr. Lu, the richest man. He is worth hundreds of billions and has donated tens of billions of dollars casually. He is still haggling over a mere three million yuan. It is really speechless."
“Rich people are stingy.”
Hong Ji said. However, with Xu Guojun's comfort, he felt relieved and said, "Okay, then we will wait for you here."
After finishing the call, Xu Guojun hung up the phone and found that no one was looking at him, so he left boldly.
On the other side, Hong Ji also took out the battery of his mobile phone, pulled out the SIM card and quietly threw it into the sea, then replaced it with a new card.
Not long after walking, Xu Guojun took out his cell phone, dialed two numbers, and asked two people to come out.
As soon as Xu Guojun walked into the agreed hotel box, two men dressed mysteriously, wearing baseball caps and masks, walked in, looking around furtively all the way.
After entering the box, the two people took off their hats and masks, revealing their true faces.
They are Xu Chaofan and Yu Zhendong.
Yu Zhendong said unhappily, "Why did you suddenly call us out? Don't you know that the higher-ups are keeping a close eye on us now?"
It was obvious that both of them were very nervous. They were both branch presidents, but they have been transferred now, and they had agreed to avoid meeting each other unless there was something important.
Xu Chaofan said impatiently: "Is there anything that can't be said on the phone?"
Faced with the two people's rather complaining looks, Xu Guojun had to tell the truth and said, "The original plan will be brought forward."
Xu Chaofan and Yu Zhendong became anxious when they heard this. Yu Zhendong asked, "How could it be so soon? Didn't we agree before that we would go abroad together in May next year?"
It turned out that the three of them had long conspired to embezzle up to US$483 million of the company's interbank funds. As long as no one from above investigated, the three of them had cooked the accounts together, and there would be no problem at all. Even if Xu Guojun's successor was dragged into the water, the matter could be concealed for even longer.
Unfortunately, word came from the head office that computer network monitoring would be implemented nationwide for the first time in October 2001, which is next year.
By that time, the higher-ups will inevitably discover that there is a problem with the branch, after all, the accounts don't match and the funding gap is too large.
So the three of them decided to go abroad, since their wives had already immigrated to the United States through fake marriages a few years ago.
Fleeing to the United States was the escape route that Xu Guojun and the other two had carefully prepared long ago, because at that time there was no extradition treaty between Xia Kingdom and the United States, and fleeing to the other side of the ocean was the safest option for them.
