366: Visiting Hai Zaizhe in prison

Under Han Xiaoguo's management, his construction company was arrogant and overbearing. Projects he wanted to do, others didn't even dare to look at. He also ran businesses like KTVs and pawnshops, relying on the large number of gangsters he employed, acting tyrannically wherever he went.

He and Cai Chenghan were old acquaintances, so after Cai Chenghan decided to invest in Haizhe Technology, he pulled Han Xiaoguo in. Although Han Xiaoguo wasn't very educated, he knew that mass-producing patents could make a lot of money, so he naturally agreed, and twenty million yuan was nothing to him.

"Dr. Hai has fallen into a gangster's nest, how pitiful," Liu Xiaolin sighed.

The third shareholder: Xiang Guangming, fifty-two years old, a high-achieving graduate from Yuhai City's College of Finance with a bachelor's degree. After graduation, he worked honestly and diligently, but to save thirty years of struggle, he worked hard to pursue and marry his Boss, Wu Yuexian, who was fifteen years older than him, thus soaring into a wealthy family overnight. After marriage, he diligently managed the company's finances. Being cautious and meticulous, he slowly gained his wife's trust, who then gave him a sum of money to start his own business.

After much inquiry, he learned about Hai Zhezhe's project and asked someone to find Hai Zhezhe to request investment. Seeing that the other party had a bachelor's degree and had served as a Financial Manager for many years, Hai Zhezhe thought he would be a good partner and agreed.

Xiang Guangming then invested the twenty million yuan his wife gave him, becoming one of the shareholders of Haizhe Technology.

Facts proved that these shareholders had good foresight; the only one with poor foresight was Dr. Hai Zhezhe!

Six years after Haizhe Technology was established, these shareholders had basically recouped their investments, but the saying 'human greed is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant' will always hold true.

Unlike the other two shareholders who had their own industries, Xiang Guangming only had this company with a twenty percent stake. Therefore, he hoped to earn more money and thus pushed for the company to go public. The other two shareholders, of course, also liked having more money, so they readily supported Xiang Guangming's suggestion to go public.

But Hai Zhezhe believed that Haizhe Technology was developing well and did not need to go public to add extra risk, so he adamantly refused. This angered the three money-grubbing shareholders. Ignoring Hai Zhezhe's hard work over the years, they began to collude to frame Hai Zhezhe.

This is how Hai Zhezhe ended up in his current predicament in prison.

After reading the information on the three shareholders, Liu Xiaolin shook his head: People with such character can really do such immoral things.

Then, Liu Xiaolin looked at the company profile: Dragon Country Haizhe Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as: Haizhe Technology) is a high-tech company primarily focused on technological R&D and the mass production of R&D patents. The company is located in Yongning District, Yuhai City, in a park specially approved by the Yuhai City Development Committee, covering an area of 8000 square meters. The company has an excellent geographical location with convenient transportation, making sea, land, and air transport very accessible.

The company holds multiple scientific research patents, and all products manufactured possess independent intellectual property rights. Haizhe Technology has a group of experienced R&D personnel and management team. The results of R&D patent transformation are products sold domestically and internationally, and have won multiple awards at home and abroad.

Haizhe Technology adheres to the cultural tenet of "Technological R&D, Benefiting the People" and a diligent and pragmatic excellent work style, working hand in hand with partners for a shared future market.

"The profile is written quite well. I think this profile must be Xiang Guangming's work. This person is knowledgeable and intelligent, but unfortunately, he can betray himself for money, let alone betray his partners," Liu Xiaolin said, shaking his head. "He must have lived a very frustrating life; otherwise, how could he be so cruel as to harm someone?"

"These shareholders are all people with significant backgrounds. Two are involved with the underworld, and one is a ruthless scholar. None of them are easy to deal with. How should I proceed?" Liu Xiaolin's mind kept turning. "How about I visit Hai Zhezhe in prison tomorrow before making a decision?"

Having made up his mind, he called Shi Yuer: "Sister Shi, I've finished reading the documents."

"Do you have any ideas?" Shi Yuer asked from the other end of the phone.

"It's like this, after reading these documents, I feel that these three shareholders are not easy to deal with, so I wanted to ask if visitation is possible tomorrow. I plan to see Dr. Hai before deciding," Liu Xiaolin said.

"You can visit tomorrow," Shi Yuer replied.

"Alright then, I'll go with you to visit Dr. Hai tomorrow and see if he can give me some advice," Liu Xiaolin said.

The next morning, Liu Xiaolin followed Shi Yuer to Yuhai Prison to visit Hai Zhezhe.

When Hai Zhezhe walked into the visiting room, Liu Xiaolin and Shi Yuer both stood up to greet him. Hai Zhezhe's hair had already turned gray; he wore glasses and looked calm, neither surprised nor fearful.

"Dr. Hai, hello, I am Liu Xiaolin. I have a cooperation project with the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Environmental Protection Agency. Director Zhao from the Ministry of Science and Technology recommended you as the R&D supervisor for our project. I didn't expect to learn about your situation only after calling you, so I specifically rushed here hoping to do something for you," Liu Xiaolin said after seeing Hai Zhezhe. "But I am new here and don't know where to start. Could you possibly give me some advice?"

"Thank you for coming to help me. Go find Cui Zhenzhong, the Deputy Minister of the R&D Department at Haizhe Technology; he might be able to help you," Hai Zhezhe said softly. "He is a subordinate I trust very much. The reason I didn't ask my wife to find him is that I was afraid those shareholders would cause him trouble. Before I came in, I told him that he must hold fast to Haizhe Technology and not let those people's schemes succeed."

"Schemes?" Liu Xiaolin asked in confusion. "Wasn't their scheme just to frame you and send you to prison?"

"That was just their initial goal. Their ultimate goal is to seize the R&D patents for themselves, so that I can no longer own the patented shares, and naturally, they can kick me out of Haizhe Technology without giving me dividends," Hai Zhezhe said with a sigh. "I never thought that partners I had worked with for over ten years would turn out to be such wolves. Because I trusted them, during the early days of Haizhe Technology, besides leading the R&D Department in technological development, I left other matters to the three of them to manage. I never imagined I would be framed for tax evasion by them. I truly reaped what I sowed."

"Zhezhe, don't talk about yourself like that," Shi Yuer, on the side, held back her sadness and persuaded him.

"It's a small matter that I reaped what I sowed; it's making you worry about me day and night that makes me feel guilty," Hai Zhezhe said with another sigh.

"Don't think that way. You were framed; you are the victim. Why should you feel guilty? The ones who should feel guilty are the bad people who framed you," Shi Yuer kept comforting Hai Zhezhe.