159: Chapter 159 Imminent

Shen Yan nodded and sat down on the sofa.

After he sat down, the other party poured him a cup of tea.

"Mr. Shen, who are you looking for me to investigate today?"

Shen Yan didn't expect the other party to be so direct.

After a brief moment of surprise, he also directly told the other party the person he wanted to investigate.

"I want to investigate a man named Yang Jin. I wonder if you've heard of him."

Old Fang tilted his head and waited for several seconds before answering his question.

"I think I have heard of such a person. Is he in the financial industry?"

Shen Yan didn't expect the other party to actually know Yang Jin. He nodded and replied, "That's right, it's him. He's the owner of a financial company."

As he spoke, he opened the wiki page he had saved earlier and handed it to the other party to look at.

The other party took the phone, glanced at it twice, and then handed it back to him.

"I do know this person because he has been in financial magazines before. You want to investigate him?"

Shen Yan nodded without hesitation.

"Exactly. Can you investigate him? If you can, I want you to be as thorough as possible."

Old Fang chuckled twice and picked up the tea on the table.

"Investigate? I can certainly do that. The key lies in how you want to investigate and how much money you can offer."

Shen Yan asked in return, "How much money do you want?"

Hearing the question, Old Fang sighed.

"It seems you really haven't looked into our industry."

"It's like this: the price for every order we take in this industry is different. The reason it's different is that the targets of our investigations are different every time."

"To put it bluntly, it depends on who the target of your investigation is and how much their value can be sold for. The person you want to investigate is considered a celebrity, so the price will be very high. Are you sure you can accept that?"

Shen Yan smiled.

He picked up the tea on the table, took two sips, and said to Old Fang, "Shouldn't you tell me the price you've set first, and then ask me if I accept it?"

Old Fang raised an eyebrow, understanding Shen Yan's meaning.

"Fine, then I'll give you a brief overview. The base salary for completing the investigation task you've given us is two million. If there are extra clues to investigate, you'll need to pay additional money."

"Deal!" Shen Yan agreed very readily. "As long as you can find what I want to find, then I think this price is worth it."

Hearing this, Old Fang burst into laughter.

Previous clients, no matter their net worth, would always haggle with him as soon as they heard the price.

He hadn't encountered such a straightforward client in a long time.

Thinking this, he said to Shen Yan, "Fine! For the sake of your straightforward personality, I'll throw in an extra piece of information for you when the time comes!"

"By the way, before we cooperate, you have to pay us a deposit of five hundred thousand first. Is that a problem?"

Shen Yan nodded and directly took out his phone, saying, "Of course no problem. Please give me the card number now, and I'll transfer it to you immediately."

Old Fang was stunned when he heard this.

"You really are the most 'more money than brains' client I've ever met. I haven't even given you a contract to sign, and you want to transfer money to me?"

Shen Yan shook his head while replying, "I don't have more money than brains. I just trust Lü Yan. Since she knows you, I believe you won't scam me."

As soon as Lü Yan was mentioned, Old Fang understood.

He raised his hand and slapped his own forehead.

"Look at me, my brain just doesn't work well as I get older. I got so caught up in the conversation that I forgot you were introduced by that child, Little Lü."

"Come, come, come. I'll go call my assistant to print a contract for you. Once it's signed, you can transfer the deposit to me."

Shen Yan replied with a smile, "Alright, no problem. Take your time, I'm not in a hurry."

...

On the other side, Wang Tian was handling a major matter in full swing at the company.

"Mr. Wang, I really think this is too risky..."

Wang Tian was about to sign a document when the door was pushed open by the General Manager of the Finance Department. He frowned and scolded the manager, "Do you not need to knock before entering my office now?!"

After being scolded, the Finance General Manager took a deep breath, backed out, and knocked on the door again.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Wang Tian heard the knocking, but he simply didn't say "come in."

Only after the knocking had sounded dozens of times did he reluctantly say, "Come in."

Finally getting permission, the Finance General Manager hurriedly ran into the office with a stack of documents.

"Mr. Wang, regarding the notice you just issued, I have many things I want to discuss with you."

Wang Tian replied impatiently, "I have another meeting to attend in a moment. If you can't finish what you want to say within five minutes, then we don't need to talk today. We'll talk later."

Hearing there were only five minutes, the Finance General Manager paced around anxiously.

"Mr. Wang, regarding what you said about inserting advertising ceremonies into all projects, I think there is still room for discussion on this matter..."

Wang Tian looked up and glared at the Finance General Manager.

"This is my company. What I say goes. Is it your place to tell me what to do?"

The Finance General Manager simply had grievances he couldn't voice.

It wasn't that he wanted to tell Wang Tian what to do; it was that this matter simply shouldn't be done!

They had been warned once before because Chen Ling had planted low-quality, illicit advertisements.

If they were caught again this time, the company would really suffer.

"Mr. Wang, previously President Chen... no, Chen Ling had already planted illicit ads in a software, and we were warned once for that."

"If we are caught again, our company is very likely to face a suspension notice from the authorities."

"When that time comes, we..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Wang Tian slammed the documents onto him.

"I hired you, but not to come and say these things to me!"

"Just say whether you can do it or not. If you can't, then get lost!"

If it weren't for the current bad economic climate and the difficulty of finding a job in middle age, the Finance General Manager would have quit long ago.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and said to Wang Tian, "Fine, Mr. Wang, then let's not talk about that. Let's talk about the company's financial status."

"I don't know what's happened this month, but the return of funds for several projects has been delayed. Right now, the company's book balance only has a little over one million left."

"If the return of funds for those projects doesn't arrive in a short time, the company's capital chain will break!"

Wang Tian had known about this for a long time.

He stood up, walked to the sofa, and calmly waved his hand at the Finance General Manager, saying, "Mm, I know. You can leave now."