Official Career Storm
Chapter 47

Chapter 47: Chapter 47

The meeting ended, and Song Guanchao clearly listed the problems facing Chengda Company.

The company’s main problem was actually just one: money!

Because the chairman had been arrested for financial crimes, and more than thirty senior managers were also taken away for investigation, it led to the involvement of the industrial and commercial tax authorities.

The first thing these two departments did after getting involved was to freeze the company’s accounts.

Generally speaking, even if a company’s leaders commit financial crimes, at most personal assets and some related company accounts are frozen.

It’s very rare for all company accounts to be frozen right off the bat.

If it was just a suspicion before, now he was one hundred percent certain that there had to be someone behind the industrial and commercial and tax authorities’ actions.

They were flying the flag of absolute cooperation with Wu Qiangwei while doing dirty deeds that would ruin her reputation.

Regardless of the final outcome for Chengda Company, the industrial and commercial tax authorities would come out unscathed. After all, to outsiders, they were merely executing Wu Qiangwei’s will.

"Mr. Song."

Sun Mingliang, who had been temporarily appointed as chairman, hesitated before speaking, "There’s actually another quite significant problem with the company right now."

"Please, Chairman Sun, go ahead."

"In a few days, it will be time to pay the company’s salaries."

A chill ran through Song Guanchao’s heart; he knew what was coming.

With the company accounts frozen, finance couldn’t take out a single penny, and naturally, the wages could not be paid.

For such a large company, just the monthly salary expenses amounted to tens of millions.

If it were clear when the accounts would be unfrozen, then delaying for a few days or half a month wouldn’t be a big issue.

But the problem now was that no one knew when the accounts would actually be thawed.

Song Guanchao pinched the bridge of his nose, pondering how to solve this issue.

"Chairman Sun need not worry. Master Song is here with Secretary Wu’s ’Imperial Sword.’ It’s just the salaries, very simple."

He Yong’s voice came out snide and sarcastic.

Song Guanchao narrowed his eyes at him, and He Yong immediately looked away, still speaking in a mocking tone, "Secretary Wu sent you to solve problems, didn’t she? Master Song couldn’t possibly be unable to solve this one, could he?"

Song Guanchao ignored him, instead turning to Sun Mingliang, "Chairman Sun, how large is the shortfall for the salaries?"

Sun Mingliang said, "76 million."

"Okay, I got it."

Song Guanchao said, "Let’s adjourn the meeting. Mr. Yu, please stay."

Yu Lifang raised her eyebrows and huffed, grabbing her purse and standing up to leave, completely ignoring him.

Song Guanchao wasn’t angered; he just lit a cigarette and smoked leisurely.

Soon, only Wu Yun remained in the office.

Wu Yun said, "You’ve managed to offend them all upon your arrival. How are you supposed to carry out the work from now on?"

"Surely you don’t really think that they, of that caliber, can be of any help to Chengda Company?"

Song Guanchao had never expected that they would be of any help, to not add to the chaos was already good enough.

"What did you want with Yu Lifang just now?"

"She’s from the tax bureau. Chengda Company’s accounts were frozen by them; what do you think I’m looking for her for?"

"But she doesn’t have the authority to unfreeze them."

"At the very least, I can find out something."

"But you’ve just seriously offended her. How would she possibly cooperate with you?"

"If I say she will definitely cooperate, would you believe me?"

"I don’t believe it."

"What if she does cooperate?"

Song Guanchao’s gaze swept over her chest.

Wu Yun’s cheeks flushed, "Then I’ll buy you milk tea."

Song Guanchao stared at her shirt, strained to the point of bursting, and said, "I don’t drink tea; I like to drink milk."

"Scoundrel!" Wu Yun’s little face flushed bright red in an instant, as she turned and scurried out, her small buttocks swaying enticingly from left to right.

Song Guanchao smiled, picked up his cell phone, and left the office.

As he went downstairs to the parking lot, as luck would have it, he ran into Yu Lifang, who was also on her way down.

Yu Lifang wore a hip-hugging skirt paired with a white blouse and had tied a dark blue silk scarf around her neck.

Her voluptuous figure was wrapped up smoothly, her honey thighs beneath the skirt not leaving a single gap, and her wavy hair was sexy and mature. It was impossible to tell she was a woman in her forties; she looked more like a mature woman in her early thirties.

Such a woman was fatally alluring to young hot-blooded men.

Upon seeing Song Guanchao, Yu Lifang gave him a cold look and left a waft of perfume in her wake as her hips and waist twisted into a heart-stopping curve, walking straight toward a silver white BMW X5 SUV.

Snap!

She pulled open the car door, and just as one foot stepped in, Song Guanchao’s voice sounded from behind her.

"Mr. Yu, in such a rush to leave, is there something you need to do?"

Yu Lifang retracted her right foot and turned to say, "Master Song, do you need something?"

Song Guanchao lit a cigarette and silently watched her without speaking.

His eyes, like bone-scraping knives, brazenly swept over her sensitive spots.

His gaze made her very uncomfortable.

As soon as he finished smoking, Song Guanchao suddenly went around to the passenger side, pulled open the door, and sat down.

Yu Lifang frowned and said, "Get out!"

Song Guanchao buckled himself in and said, "Mr. Yu, if I were you, I’d first ask why I got in the car."

Yu Lifang’s heart twitched, and she asked, "Why did you get in the car?"

"Because I need to go somewhere."

"Where to?"

"Yunhai Club."

Those four words made Yu Lifang’s heart skip a beat, her pupils contracting slightly.

She sharply turned to look at Song Guanchao, whose eyes were unfathomably deep, as if he could see right through her.

"You, you... What is Yunhai Club? I have no idea. If you want to go, drive there yourself. Now, get out of my car this instant!"

She was panicking, her words making little sense.

Song Guanchao touched the seat cushion and said, "Mr. Yu, as a government official, where did you get the money to afford a car worth several hundred thousand?"

He cocked his head, "Or should I invite the Disciplinary Committee to investigate?"

Yu Lifang panicked further. She usually drove a domestically made car worth about a hundred thousand, provided by her family.

Having learned that she had to visit Chengda Company today, she specifically switched to driving this BMW.

Unexpectedly, despite all her care, Song Guanchao had caught her out.

People like them simply could not withstand an investigation; investigating any of them would surely yield dirt.

It’s just that nobody would do something so offensive.

But from their contact that morning, she already understood how formidable Song Guanchao was and knew that he didn’t play by the rules.

Plus, what did he mean by mentioning Yunhai Club?

Could it be that he knew her secret?

With that thought, Yu Lifang quickly got in the car and forced a smile, "This car belongs to my younger brother. He runs his own business. He just happened to be on a business trip recently, so I took the car to use."

"Oh, I see."

Song Guanchao smiled and said, "Tell me about the freezing of Chengda Company’s accounts. What’s the situation?"

He took out a cigarette and shook it, "You don’t mind if I smoke in the car, do you?"

"I don’t mind," Yu Lifang said. "The freezing of the accounts is a directive from the higher-ups; I’m just a humble office director..."

Seeing her shirk responsibility, Song Guanchao said, "Let’s drive to Yunhai Club and talk about it on the way."

Yu Lifang’s smile stiffened, and Song Guanchao said, "What are you waiting for? Drive."

"Mr. Song..."

Song Guanchao’s smile vanished, his expression turned grave, and he said sternly, "I said, drive!"

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