Chapter 58: Allegation of Fraud
Although the company had given annual leave, Qin Hehai still had a lot of things to deal with. He locked himself in the study until Shen Jun knocked on the door and called him for dinner. After dinner, he locked himself back in.
"I've never seen Dad so busy during the Chinese New Year. Is there any trouble in the company recently?" Kong Nanzhu asked.
Shen Jun glanced at Qin Qi, "There are troubles every day, but your father doesn't have anyone under him who can be reused and share the burden. Shang Jie suddenly said some time ago that he wanted to set up a self-media industry chain. Originally, he could help your father with public relations matters, but now that he is gone, the new person who was promoted has insufficient experience and messed up two contracts. He has been holding meetings behind closed doors for the past two days."
Qin Qi did not respond and remained indifferent to Shen Jun's hint.
After taking a nap, Kong Nanzhu went to the kitchen to help. Qin Qi had some free time, so he asked his college friends to go out and chat. As soon as Qin Qi left, Shang Jie came to visit with a holiday gift.
"Aunt, happy new year to you. Is my uncle at home?" Shang Jie's expression became very stiff when he saw Kong Nanzhu was there too. He didn't dare to look into her eyes like a guilty thief. When he glanced at her, there was a hint of resentment in his eyes. Kong Nanzhu was always very careful in observing people's facial expressions and didn't understand why there was any resentment between her and Shang Jie.
Shen Jun pointed upstairs calmly, "There's a meeting in the study, do you think it's convenient for him?"
Shang Jie rubbed his hands and placed the gift box in front of Shen Jun in a flattering manner, "Aunt, this is the wild ginseng I specially asked a friend to find for you from the Northeast. Please take good care of it."
Shen Jun took a look and said, "Thank you for your kindness. If you have anything to discuss, you should discuss it with your uncle. I have long stopped caring about the company's affairs."
Shang Jie nodded in agreement and turned to go upstairs.
Kong Nanzhu was still thinking about Shang Jie's resentful look when he heard Shen Jun complain, "He must have failed to complete the deal, so he came back to ask your father to give him a chance. He was not vague at all when he left, and he didn't even give him a buffer period in advance. It's only been a short time, and he's already begging for a job again."
Kong Nanzhu stuck out her tongue in her heart. She had always kept a respectful distance from Shang Jie.
As Shen Jun expected, ten minutes later, they heard Qin Hehai's furious scolding in the kitchen downstairs, "You don't even consider your own worth. Someone dug a pit and threw out bait for you, and you jumped in! You have to solve this problem by yourself. I won't help you pay a penny!"
Shen Jun and Kong Nanzhu looked at each other, wiped their hands and hurried over to see what was going on.
Shang Jie stood at the door of the study with a sad face, "You can't just stand by and watch me die! Twenty million, I can't afford to pay so much money even if I lose all my family assets! Please help me one more time, for the last time!"
As he said this, he actually knelt down.
Qin Hehai was irritated by his action, "Get up! No need to kneel! Kneeling won't help you! You have been with me for four years, don't you even have the most basic legal awareness?!"
Shang Jie burst into tears, "Uncle, I know I was wrong, I will never dare to do it again. You helped Brother Yan Ke to fill such a big hole before, this time, please help me too!"
Qin Hehai was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick, and the hand that was pointing at Shang Jie's nose was shaking a little.
Shen Jun quickly went up to pull Shang Jie up from the ground, "Let's talk it over nicely, don't kneel on the ground all the time. What kind of trouble did you get into this time? Did you lose money? Or was you cheated?"
Shang Jie hugged Shen Jun's legs and said, "Aunt, I was deceived. I really just wanted to do something practical..."
Shang Jie turned around and saw Kong Nanzhu. His eyes changed and he stood up and rushed to Kong Nanzhu. "Nanzhu, Nanzhu, please help me. You have a good relationship with Song Linyuan, right? You are friends with him. Ask him to return the money to me. I was cheated by him!"
Kong Nanzhu was frightened by Shang Jie's crazy state. Shen Jun immediately ran downstairs and stopped Shang Jie. "Xiao Jie, please explain clearly what's going on."
Shang Jie held his head in pain, as if telling his story was torture. "This guy surnamed Song is the second son of the president of Jiqi Entertainment. We met at a party a month ago. I said I was Nanzhu's cousin, and he enthusiastically introduced a project to me. He said he was going to build a media industry chain and wanted me to be his partner. I agreed on a whim. He asked me to look for people everywhere. I thought, I'm good at public relations, so I just found someone..."
Shen Jun was impatient: "Speak to the point!"
"He drafted a contract for me and gave me a company seal. He told me to sign the contract once I found a potential anchor or self-media operator, and to write my own name as the representative. He said that although the company had not yet been established, the contract would not take effect, but would automatically take effect after the company was registered. I believed him..."
"But now a month has passed, and he has no intention of registering the company. Those who have already signed the contract said that I committed contract fraud and they will sue me if I don't pay the penalty. I don't want to go to jail. I don't want to go to jail!"
Kong Nanzhu frowned when he heard this.
Even she, who had never been to a shopping mall or done business, could tell that the situation was unreliable. How could Shang Jie fall for such a stupid trap? And why did Song Linyuan lie to him?
Shen Jun immediately discovered the problem, "The company hasn't even been established yet, why are you in such a hurry to find someone to sign a contract?"
Shang Jie's face turned pale, and he avoided looking at Shen Jun, "For every person I sign, Song Linyuan will give me a reward..."
"Did he give you the rewards?"
Shang Jie nodded and explained randomly, "He only gave it to the first few people, and then I couldn't contact him..."
Shang Jie's words made sense. After listening to them, Kong Nanzhu felt that there were two words written on Shang Jie's face, which was not very wise to begin with: "legal illiteracy".
Kong Nanzhu couldn't help but ask, "You said you were my cousin, so Song Linyuan deliberately lied to you and tricked you into doing this illegal thing. But we have no grudges against each other, and our relationship is acceptable. I can't understand why he did this."
Shang Jie's expression was a little ferocious, "Nanzhu, tell me the truth, is it because I pursued you before that you have a prejudice against me, and deliberately instruct Song Linyuan to do this to embarrass me!"
Shen Jun raised his voice by eight degrees, "What nonsense! Shang Jie, you couldn't resist the temptation and believed in the good things that fell from the sky. Can you blame others for this? Get out now, you are not welcome in our house!"
After Shang Jie said this without restraint, he immediately slapped himself hard in his heart. The purpose of his coming here today was to gain sympathy by playing the victim, but he couldn't help it and actually made Shen Jun disgusted. Then, his request for help from Qin Hehai would be in even greater danger.
Shang Jie immediately apologized to Kong Nanzhu, but Kong Nanzhu was not the kind of person who could be easily bullied.
She is only tolerant towards those close to her.
Kong Nanzhu immediately picked up her phone and called Song Linyuan. She turned on the hands-free mode. After three rings, the other party quickly answered, "Hello, Sister Nanzhu, why did you think of calling me when you have time? How are you thinking about the cooperation?"
Shang Jie thought Kong Nanzhu was going to call Qin Qi, so he didn't respond. He never expected that Kong Nanzhu was actually calling Song Linyuan. But when he heard the word "cooperation", his eyes suddenly became fierce when he looked at Kong Nanzhu.
Even though he was worried that Song Linyuan would say something unfavorable to him, he wanted to prove that Kong Nanzhu had instigated Song Linyuan to frame him, so he remained quiet and did not interrupt.
"I have something to ask you first." Kong Nanzhu got straight to the point. "Is your cooperation with Shang Jie true or false? He said you tricked him into signing a contract with someone else, and now he is blackmailing him and saying he will report him for 'fraud'. What's going on?"
Unexpectedly, Song Linyuan burst into laughter. "Ah? He actually believed it. Did he really use that toy stamp to sign a contract with someone? My god, he didn't even know this kind of common sense that even high school students know. I thought he was joking with me."
Shang Jie was shocked and couldn't help cursing, "Song Linyuan! You son of a bitch! How dare you lie to me!"
After hearing Shang Jie's voice, Song Linyuan was silent for a few seconds. When he spoke again, his tone became cold and hard, "It was you who lied to me first. I thought you were just a joker, so I was just joking with you like this."
Shang Jie cursed, and Song Linyuan's voice was clearly heard by everyone present through the loudspeaker. "You even said that Sister Nanzhu and the great actor Qin are not siblings but husband and wife. You also said that this matter will definitely suppress Qin Qi for several years and make Qin Qi an extra-curricular artist of our company and let us control him. What? You can't afford to play tricks on me if I lie to you."
Everyone in the room looked at Shang Jie with scrutiny. Kong Nanzhu held onto his phone, his chest rising and falling rapidly. "Is what he said true?"
