160: Chapter 16 Those who walk different paths cannot make plans together.

Hearing this, the General Manager of the Finance Department widened his eyes.

"President Wang! If this continues, we won't even be able to pay the Employees' salaries next month!"

Wang Tian said with a face full of impatience, "Didn't I say I already know?! How many more times do you have to say it!"

Seeing that he was completely unmoved, the Finance Department Manager was left utterly speechless.

He picked up the documents, turned around, and left.

Regardless of whether he could find another job now, he had to get out of there first.

After all, if he continued to stay in a company like this, he would either end up unemployed or behind bars!

Once Wang Tian was the only one left in the office, he took out his phone and dialed an unsaved number.

"Hello, how are the preparations on your end?"

"Don't worry, everything is fine here. We'll proceed just as we discussed before."

He hung up the phone.

Wang Tian looked at the sunlight outside the window and let out an ambiguous laugh.

...

On the other side.

After hiring the Private Detective, Shen Yan went straight back to the company to handle his work.

The "Prosperous Appointment" project was still in full swing, and the plan to acquire Fuchen Enterprise was also being put on the agenda.

As long as they continued along the current trend, he believed they would soon be able to use the profits from the Prosperous Appointment project to acquire Fuchen Enterprise.

Just as he was still sorting through his workload, a text message arrived on his phone.

[Shen Yan, it's Yang Jin. Let's meet up and talk again.]

Shen Yan hadn't expected Yang Jin to actually have the nerve to seek him out again.

He thought for a moment and then replied with a text message.

[I have nothing to say to you. Don't contact me again.]

As soon as the message was sent, he received a reply.

[I know you're very resistant to talking to me about Youyou, but I have more of a say in Youyou's matter than Chen Ling. Instead of wasting so much time trying to get your daughter back, why don't we have a peaceful conversation?]

[I hope you'll seriously consider my suggestion. I'll be waiting for your reply.]

After reading the two messages, Shen Yan frowned, utterly perplexed.

He didn't understand why Yang Jin was so obsessed with this matter.

Could it really be because Chen Ling was in desperate need of money, and he wanted to help her get some?

But that didn't seem right...

If it was really because Chen Ling needed money, shouldn't he just give her the money himself?

So what exactly was the reason?

Shen Yan thought for a long time but still couldn't figure it out.

Just then, his phone suddenly rang.

"Ring ring, ring ring..."

He glanced at the caller ID and saw that it was Chen Ling calling.

After hesitating for a moment, he answered the phone.

"What do you want?"

Chen Ling stated her purpose very simply and directly.

"I'm calling for one reason only: I will no longer use Youyou's custody to pressure you for money."

Hearing this, Shen Yan was stunned for a moment.

After all, just ten minutes ago, Yang Jin was still texting him to reconsider the matter.

So... were their thoughts actually inconsistent?

While thinking, he voiced his confusion.

"Don't you and Yang Jin consult each other?"

"I mean, are you two playing good cop, bad cop?"

At first, Chen Ling didn't realize what Shen Yan was talking about.

It wasn't until Shen Yan mentioned one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop that she realized he was talking about Yang Jin.

Her face darkened as she asked Shen Yan, "What did Yang Jin say to you?"

Hearing the question, the corner of Shen Yan's mouth curled up.

It seemed things were exactly as he thought; the two of them were not on the same page.

"What else could he say? Nothing more than telling me to reconsider the matter. Chen Ling, we were married once, after all; you should know what kind of personality I have."

"I don't accept this kind of threat. Tell him to stop texting me so much."

Chen Ling was so angry her teeth itched.

"Don't worry, I'll keep him in line. And you remember what I said: I won't use Youyou's custody to force you for money, but I won't give up her custody to you either!"

Once she finished speaking, Shen Yan rolled his eyes.

"Who gets Youyou's custody isn't for you to decide; it's for the court to decide."

Chen Ling let out a soft huff and replied, "Don't you worry, the court will definitely be on my side. Just wait to taste defeat!"

After saying that, she hung up the phone immediately.

After hanging up, she turned to her secretary, who was cowering like a quail, and asked, "How's the task I gave you coming along?"

The secretary blinked and stepped forward with her head down, answering, "It's all been arranged. In half an hour, they will come to our company's conference room to discuss with us in detail."

At those words, Chen Ling breathed a sigh of relief.

She gave the secretary a rare word of praise, "Not bad. Keep it up. As long as you continue to work hard, I'll definitely give you a promotion and a raise."

The secretary gave a slight smile, thinking to herself: I'm not falling for the empty promises you're feeding me!

Half an hour later.

Chen Ling entered the conference room with her secretary.

Several refined-looking men in suits were already sitting in the conference room.

As soon as they saw Chen Ling, they took the initiative to stand up and shake her hand.

"President Chen, we meet again."

Chen Ling smiled and replied, "Yes, we were meant to meet. It shows we have a lot of fate together lately."

The men blinked upon hearing this, thinking: Didn't you seek us out? How is that fate?

Despite their thoughts, they didn't voice them and simply brushed it off with a smile.

After shaking hands, they sat back down in their chairs.

"It's like this: the main reason I've asked you here again is to ask how your considerations are going."

As soon as she spoke, the men immediately looked at each other.

"President Chen, it's like this. The few of us have considered it seriously and discussed it carefully, and we still feel that the proposal you've suggested is somewhat unfriendly to us."

"At most, we can only accept 80% of the payment upfront, and then the remaining 20% once we've actually started, then you..."

Before the sentence was finished, Chen Ling interrupted them directly.

"Gentlemen, I didn't invite you here to listen to this. I've said before that we will definitely pay you as usual, but due to some capital issues, we can't provide the advance funds that quickly."

"How about this: as long as you come to our company and are willing to work diligently, the funds will definitely be credited soon."

Those men weren't fools; they wouldn't so easily swallow the empty promises Chen Ling was making.

"It seems our views are still somewhat incompatible with yours, President Chen. Since we are on different paths, we cannot make plans together. Since our views differ, there's no need for us to continue this discussion."