351: Treat others the way they treat you

On the dark street, only one car was speeding.

Su Yue did not wake up Tao Qingbai; he knew the whole matter had nothing to do with Tao Qingbai.

If he let Tao Qingbai follow behind, it might instead involve him in the whole matter, which would be somewhat counterproductive.

In just half an hour, Su Yue arrived downstairs at the company.

He looked up and saw that only a few individual offices in the company still had lights on; people in the other offices had already left.

The auction was over, and many people had been working hard for several days because of it.

Having finally gotten a chance to rest, there was no way they would stay here doing nothing.

Su Yue worried that Lan Zijun might leave early, so he involuntarily dialed Lan Zijun's number.

After about half a minute, Lan Zijun's voice came through the phone: "General Manager Su, just come directly to the finance office."

When Su Yue heard that the incident happened in the finance office, his heart immediately sank, and a sense of foreboding slowly crept into his mind.

The finance department of Yuantu Investment Company is a dedicated one, and he believed it couldn't be messed with arbitrarily.

However, there were many department Managers in the company, and no one knew if they would arbitrarily allocate funds.

With a destination in mind, Su Yue immediately went to the door of the finance office, poked his head in for a look, and saw Lan Zijun and the finance officer sitting opposite each other inside.

Neither of them had a computer in front of them, as if the matter was already clear.

Su Yue walked in with a serious expression, took off his coat, and hung it on the chair: "What's going on? It's unusual for you to need me here so urgently."

Lan Zijun looked at Su Yue's expression, mistakenly thinking he had other matters to handle, and said helplessly: "I didn't want to call you either, but this matter is of great importance, and I had to find a way to call you here."

Afterwards, Lan Zijun said nothing else, threw a stack of financial statements onto the table, as if wanting Su Yue to look at the data inside.

Su Yue had spent nearly a week dealing with the Huashi Hotel matter, asking him to look at the financial data was somewhat excessive.

Su Yue turned the financial statements around and placed them back in front of Lan Zijun: "You've already read them, so why don't you tell me about it?"

Time is money, and he didn't have time to start studying the content again.

Lan Zijun watched Su Yue put the matter on her, took a deep breath, and said: "I originally didn't want to tell you, but the funds from this auction have been misappropriated."

When Su Yue heard that the matter concerned the auction funds, his eyes suddenly widened: "What did you say? Someone touched our auction funds? Tell him to return it as quickly as possible."

They had publicly declared in front of all the reporters that the list would be transferred to the charity federation within three days, but who knew the money was gone.

Lan Zijun seemed to have known that Su Yue intended to recover the funds and subconsciously shook her head: "I just checked the flow of all the funds, and I'm afraid we no longer have the possibility of recovering all the money."

Lan Zijun took out several forms printed by the bank and slapped them on the table: "Look, most of the funds are in our own projects."

If outsiders traced it, Lan Zijun and Su Yue would be unable to clear their names, even if they jumped into the Yellow River.

Su Yue stared blankly at the list on the table and took a deep breath: "All this money has gone into our projects. I suspect someone has been secretly investigating this matter in the past two days."

Once the media exposes the fund flow of Yuantu Investment Company, he believed they would be unable to provide any explanation at the press conference.

Only with the money in their hands could they fear no rumors.

Conversely, without the money in their hands, they could only be seen as stubbornly refusing to admit defeat.

By that time, Huashi Hotel and Muxin Hotel might collude and make a big deal out of this matter.

Although Su Yue helped a lot with the Muxin Hotel matter, he ultimately took 30% of Mu Ruguang's shares, which was enough for Mu Ruguang to stand up and deal with Yuantu Investment Company.

Lan Zijun finished listening to Su Yue's analysis, took a deep breath, and said: "Then do you have a way to handle this matter?"

The reason she called Su Yue was precisely because she had no countermeasure to deal with this matter.

Su Yue looked at Lan Zijun putting such a matter on him, feeling a faint sense of unease: "We only have a short night to deal with this."

He knew that there should be no reporters coming here for interviews at night, as they could use not being at work as an excuse.

And tomorrow was normal working hours, they had no reason to refuse media interviews.

Lan Zijun understood what Su Yue meant, glanced in the direction of the finance officer, and said: "Look, how should this matter be handled?"

The finance officer looked at Lan Zijun as if she wanted to shift the responsibility onto him and quickly explained: "I strictly followed your requirements and only transferred the money to General Manager Yang with your withdrawal slip; otherwise, we wouldn't have been so bold."

Su Yue heard the finance officer mention a name and walked to Lan Zijun's side: "General Manager Yang? Who is this person?"

Lan Zijun pulled up Yang Kai's name and identity and put her phone in Su Yue's hand: "Look, it's this person. He holds control over more than 80% of our projects."

Precisely because of this, when Yang Kai withdrew funds, very few people were willing to refuse.

It's just that they didn't expect Yang Kai to actually withdraw all the charity funds this time.

Moreover, Lan Zijun had already contacted Yang Kai in advance, and he had transferred all the money to a fixed account.

In other words, as long as they took out all this money, the projects might be on the verge of collapse because of this matter.

This meant they had no retreat and could only find a way to get money from other sources.

While the two were thinking, the finance officer glanced at them, took a deep breath, and said: "Do you have a good solution? I don't want to go in."

Regarding the financial matters, he felt completely uncertain.

Moreover, everything he did followed the rules and regulations, without any problems.

Su Yue understood the finance officer's panic and chuckled: "If soldiers come, block them; if water comes, dam it. If there's no money, find a way to get money. I believe we can achieve this."

The finance officer heard that Su Yue and Lan Zijun were 100% confident they could get the money back and finally felt relieved.

Since the whole matter was a matter of life and death, he had no solution at all, and could only stay in the office waiting for a solution to be worked out.

In just over ten minutes, Su Yue already had a plan in mind. He glanced at Lan Zijun and said: "The only people who can give us money now are Muxin Hotel and Huashi Hotel."

Muxin Hotel had just suffered a setback from Su Yue, so he believed Muxin Hotel would likely not help.

And Huashi Hotel was Su Yue's first target for help. He believed that General Manager Guo of Huashi Hotel would be very willing to help.

It's just that Su Yue needed to help them through this difficult period, as fifteen billion was not a small amount.

Lan Zijun heard that Su Yue planned to ask the two hotels for help and couldn't help but look at the time on her watch: "We only have four or five hours, I'm afraid it's too late."

Flying from here to the Huashi Hotel headquarters would take at least five or six hours, and by then, it would already be working hours.

As soon as it was light, the people who had attacked them behind their backs would definitely invite the media.

By that time, Su Yue would have no solution at all.

Su Yue saw Lan Zijun looking at him and couldn't help but say to Lan Zijun: "Issue a notice now, tell the public relations department to be prepared, and you will be on a business trip for the next few days."

As long as neither of them was in the company, even if the reporters came to the company, he believed it wouldn't have much effect.

When Lan Zijun heard Su Yue say this, she nodded slightly: "That makes sense."

Afterwards, she immediately contacted the people in the public relations department and told them to get to their designated positions as quickly as possible.

After an unknown amount of time, the people from the public relations department came into the office, their faces full of surprise: "What do you mean by this?"

Lan Zijun explained the financial matter completely and accurately, wanting to see if the public relations department had any ideas.

Professional matters should certainly be handled by professionals. Su Yue felt it was only right to hand this matter over to them.

When they heard such a big change had occurred in the finances, they naturally felt a bit uncomfortable.

But they had no solution at all and could only think of countermeasures as quickly as possible to see if they could temporarily distance Yuantu Investment Company from the situation.

In their eyes, Yuantu Investment Company could not become a frequent topic on hot searches, otherwise, the companies they invested in would all be unstable factors.

Lan Zijun watched them start discussing countermeasures and looked at Su Yue again: "General Manager Su, the funding issues with Muxin Hotel and Huashi Hotel can only be entrusted to you."

Originally, they could have completely used Tao Qingbai's ceramics to make a sum of money, but Su Yue felt that Tao Qingbai would definitely not agree to him doing such a thing again.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, Su Yue decided to go to Huashi Hotel to see the situation and hoped to get the answer he wanted there.

Su Yue sent a text message to Tao Qingbai, telling him to stay at the company for the time being as he needed to leave for a few days for something.

He temporarily had no time to manage Tao Qingbai's affairs. After all, Tao Qingbai was his Master, and there was no need for pretense between them.

Unknowingly, four hours had passed.

Exactly as they had expected, many reporters appeared downstairs at the company, as if waiting for Su Yue and Lan Zijun to arrive.

In their eyes, as long as Su Yue and Lan Zijun came here, they believed they could get firsthand breaking news.

By that time, the reporters would definitely be the most profitable.

Conversely, Su Yue would have no possibility of making money, as they hadn't even fulfilled what they had promised.

Back then, they used the company's nature to pressure Muxin Hotel, but now they themselves couldn't manage the donation, so there would definitely be widespread rumors online.

To let Su Yue and Lan Zijun know about this, the people from the public relations department took photos of the area downstairs at the company in advance and sent them to Su Yue's and Lan Zijun's phones.

Looking at the content on his phone, how could Su Yue not know that the public relations department was under immense pressure?

The questions reporters asked were often very tricky, and no one knew how the public relations department would fare.

Su Yue immediately called the public relations department back and asked them to slightly suppress the heat of this matter.

If the information's popularity was too high, they might be forced to come out and accept interviews, and then the issue of no money in the public account might surface.

Su Yue couldn't let those reporters find an opportunity, as he also had his own thoughts in his mind.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Yue arrived downstairs at Huashi Hotel alone.

It just so happened that General Manager Guo was coming out from inside. He saw Su Yue standing at the entrance at a glance and walked over with a smile: "General Manager Su, are you here to stay with us?"

Huashi Hotel was originally a place to stay, and he believed Su Yue had no reason to discuss business matters.

Su Yue saw General Manager Guo looking at him and shook his head repeatedly: "I wonder if you have a quieter place here. I might need your help."

When General Manager Guo heard Su Yue say this, he looked back in the direction of the company and said: "Come here with me."

Su Yue originally thought General Manager Guo should have a dedicated office inside, but who knew General Manager Guo actually took Su Yue to a coffee shop.

Su Yue glanced at General Manager Guo and frowned slightly: "General Manager Guo, if I'm not mistaken, you seem to be in a bit of trouble here."

General Manager Guo heard Su Yue directly state the trouble he had encountered and sighed helplessly: "Oh, let's not talk about that anymore. It was my mistake in the company's decision, and it's normal for me to bear this responsibility."

Afterwards, he nodded to Su Yue: "Putting that aside, do you have any instructions for coming here?"

In his opinion, he certainly didn't come here to play; there must be many things that needed to be handled.

Su Yue awkwardly explained that Yuantu Investment Company needed a sum of money, wanting to see if they were willing to help.

Of course, Su Yue could also give them a benefit, which was to help their company avoid such a large loss.

Nowadays, the losses of Huashi Hotel were all taken out by Muxin Hotel.

Su Yue now owned 30% of the shares, so he believed he should have enough say in Muxin Hotel.

General Manager Guo saw Su Yue looking at him, took a deep breath, and said: "General Manager Su, it's not that I don't want to help you, but I'm currently like a clay Buddha crossing a river, unable to even protect myself, so... alas, I'm out of options too."

According to him, he currently had no power, which meant he no longer held a position and couldn't handle financial matters at all.