Chapter 2933 — Atonement by Death
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As for the finer details, he did not know them either and could only fill in the blanks himself; then he relayed his deductions and guesses to Liu Jinghan.
When he came to the part about the bank seizing the company's assets, Liu Jinghan, normally so composed, was shaken: "What?! The company building has been sealed off too? Just how much did my father borrow? And what sort of business was he running with that President Lang?!"
"Vice President Liu, I'm not entirely clear on that myself. I heard it was some kind of cigarette venture, but Secretary Zhang doesn't know much either. President Liu never told anyone else, because he negotiated this deal personally, without going through any of us subordinates," Director Chen said.
"I understand. Keep an eye on my father, don't let him do anything foolish. As for the rest, I'll think of something!" Liu Jinghan drew a deep breath. She had never imagined that with her away from home, such a catastrophe could have struck the family!
"Understood, Vice President Liu," Director Chen answered.
Liu Jinghan hung up, her brows knitted tight as she sank into thought...
Meanwhile, in Yanjing, word that Liu Tianli of the Liu Group had botched his investment and lost the family's entire fortune spread as though on wings to the ears of everyone connected to them. The Liu family's losses this time were nothing short of devastating—the capital and real estate sunk into the venture totaled more than five billion!
Not only had they lost the payment for goods and procurement funds belonging to Guan Dafu Pharmaceuticals, they had even lost their own family's original money! The distributors' calls came pouring into Guan Dafu Pharmaceuticals one after another, lodging complaints against Liu Tianli and demanding either delivery or refunds.
But Fatso Lai had only a small portion of medicine on hand that had been produced but not yet shipped out, and Liu Tianli had not delivered any new raw materials, leaving Guan Dafu Pharmaceuticals utterly unable to resume normal production! Nor had the payment for the medicines been passed on to Fatso Lai—even if he wanted to issue refunds, he had no money to give those distributors!
In no time, Guan Dafu Pharmaceuticals had halted production across the board, dragged down by Liu Tianli, and its reputation had plummeted overnight!
The truth of Liu Tianli's drug use could not be hidden from those with eyes to see, and before long after his bankruptcy, the matter spread once more.
Old Master Liu Zhenhu trembled with rage from head to toe. Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that Liu Tianli would take to drugs—and that was not all. Having lost the company, the man had made no effort to find a way out; he had secretly sold off cars to keep feeding his habit!
"Wretched son... you wretched son..." Liu Zhenhu's health had been much improved of late thanks to Wei Zhao's treatment, but this time the shock had struck him down, leaving him slumped in his wheelchair, unable to rise.
Liu Tianli knelt on the floor, his eye sockets sunken and black, his expression dull, utterly deaf to Liu Zhenhu's roar! It was not that he truly ignored it—he was still trapped in the hallucinations brought on by the drugs, indifferent to everything else around him.
"Father, please calm yourself... Brother is probably in the grip of his addiction right now; whatever we say, he won't hear it. I think we should send him to a rehabilitation center first, for compulsory detox," Liu Tianyi said, having noticed something abnormal about Liu Tianli.
He knew his brother. Liu Tianli was a conservative man who ran the company steadily and reliably, and in family matters he always followed the lead of their father, of himself, or even of Liu Jinghan—he had never had many ideas of his own. This time was utterly strange. How had Liu Tianli suddenly become a different person overnight—using drugs, losing money?