Chapter 2372 - 2365: Reporters Besiege
But what Wang Dadong said next made that trace of emotion in Ying Mei’s heart vanish completely.
"President Ying, I’m kinda sleepy too. How about we sleep together? The bed’s huge anyway."
"Go to hell!" Ying Mei chucked a throw pillow at Wang Dadong’s head.
"Sister Mei, are you not coming back tonight?" Ying Mei had just finished her shower and was lying comfortably on the bed when she got a call from Li Chen.
In fact, Li Chen had already called several times; she’d only just picked up.
"Yeah, Chen, I have to deal with this until very late. Don’t wait for me to come home."
"I’m sorry, Chen. If I accept you, I’ll only end up hurting you..." Ying Mei hung up and sighed softly.
As for Wang Dadong, he didn’t stay to sleep with Ying Mei, he went over to Han Shasha’s place instead.
"Uncle, I’ve sounded out the station director. His asking price might be more than eight digits." Han Shasha gently stirred the coffee in her cup with a spoon and spoke in a low voice.
Eight digits—that’s at least ten million.
For an average construction company, ten million is indeed a terrifying figure, but for Dongyan Construction Company, it actually doesn’t count for much.
Han Shasha had no idea that Dongyan Construction Company’s assets had already exceeded a hundred million by now, so she was worried Wang Dadong wouldn’t be willing to accept that number.
Wang Dadong didn’t respond to Han Shasha, his expression remained with that faint smile.
Han Shasha was a bit annoyed. She frowned her pretty brows and said, "Uncle, are you even listening to me?"
"I’m listening." Wang Dadong said, looking very innocent.
"I mean, Uncle, the fire’s practically up to our eyebrows already, how can you still be this calm?" Han Shasha said irritably.
Wang Dadong smiled slightly. "Sasha, you don’t need to worry about this. I can handle it."
Seeing Wang Dadong treating it so lightly, Han Shasha couldn’t say much more.
Early the next morning, while still in a deep sleep, Wang Dadong got a call from an unknown number.
Wang Dadong had been in the middle of a sweet dream; being woken up put him in a foul mood. He snapped into the phone, "Who is it? Don’t you let people sleep?"
"Mr. Wang really lives up to the name Mr. Wang—disaster’s about to hit you and you can still sleep like a baby." The voice on the phone had a mocking tone.
Wang Dadong could live with being woken up, but being told disaster was about to hit him made him even more pissed. "You’re the one with disaster coming. Are you sick in the head? If you’re sick, go see a doctor. I may be a doctor too, but I’ve got no time to treat you right now."
"Kid, do you know who I am? I’m Hu Fan!" The voice on the phone sounded unhappy too.
"I don’t care if you’re Hu Fan or Hu ’Not’-Fan. Wake me up again and I’ll make sure disaster really hits you!" Wang Dadong cursed.
"Kid, you’re pretty arrogant. I’ll cut to the chase then: I’ve got dirt on your Dongyan Construction Company in my hand. If you know what’s good for you, transfer one hundred million to this account, or else you know the consequences."
Wang Dadong blew up. "One hundred million my ass. I’m more likely to give your face a hundred-million-yuan beating."
He hung up right after saying that.
Just as he hung up, Wang Dadong got a call from Han Shasha.
"Uncle, now you’ve really kicked the hornet’s nest..."
Wang Dadong yawned. "What hornet’s nest? I just cursed out some idiot named Hu Fan."
Han Shasha was utterly speechless. "Uncle, do you know who Hu Fan is?"
"Hu Shi’s dad?"
"..."
"He’s our TV station’s director!" Han Shasha said crossly.
"Oh, so that’s who. No wonder he dared to ask me for a hundred million. When I see him, I’m gonna beat him till he’s seeing stars all over the sky. We’ll see if he still dares to ask me for a hundred million." Wang Dadong said angrily.
"Uncle, have you actually understood what I’m saying? Hu Fan is our TV station’s director. You’re supposed to be buttering him up right now, how can you afford to offend him?"
Wang Dadong said, a little puzzled, "And why exactly should I butter him up?"
"You’re not afraid of Dongyan’s mess getting exposed?" Seeing Wang Dadong acting like he couldn’t care less, Han Shasha was anxious on his behalf.
Han Shasha was frantic, but Wang Dadong was totally unconcerned. "If he wants to expose it, let him expose it."
"..."
Han Shasha was completely lost for words.
Cutting corners is the ultimate taboo for construction companies. Even though everyone does it, once it’s exposed, it turns into a huge deal. Even if the building’s finished, forget about selling it.
And the construction business runs on reputation. Once there’s a cutting-corners scandal, no real estate company will dare sign with you again.
You could say that once this gets exposed, Dongyan Construction Company is as good as finished.
...
The next day, Wang Dadong completely disappeared. Dongyan Construction Company and Eastern County Villa couldn’t find him anywhere.
His cell phone was turned off too, and Yong Limei was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
"Have you heard? The company’s in big trouble, it’s probably going under."
"Don’t talk nonsense. If President Yong hears you, you’re dead."
"I’m not making it up. I’ve got a friend working inside, he told me."
Rumors started spreading within Dongyan Construction Company, and for a while everyone was on edge.
Project manager’s office.
"This is all your damn fault!" Zhou Li Ping sat in her office chair and unloaded a torrent of curses on Xiong Zi.
Now that Zhou Li Ping was project manager, all of Xiong Zi’s work came from her, so he was naturally very respectful toward her.
"Sis, is the company really going to go under?" Xiong Zi hadn’t realized the mistakes he’d made could have such a huge impact on the company.
He’d only been turning a blind eye while supervising, letting things slide. People under him slipped him money—why not enjoy it?
If he’d known this would happen, you’d have to kill him before he’d take that measly few hundred grand.
Zhou Li Ping sighed. "I don’t know either."
As soon as Han Shasha got to the TV station, she immediately called Wang Dadong, and tried all morning without getting through.
"Bad news—the TV station people are here. They’ve cordoned off the site, saying Dongyan Construction Company cut corners and they’re going in to verify."
Bad news kept coming in one after another.
"Send people to block them. Whatever happens, don’t let them in." Yong Limei had a pounding headache.
Right then, outside the Moonlight Stone development, the place was already packed with reporters—not just from Jiangdu TV Station, but other TV stations and major online media had all sent people.
"This is the Moonlight Stone Real Estate site. According to an insider tip, there are serious corner-cutting issues in Moonlight Stone’s construction... Jiangdu TV Station bringing you on-site coverage."
"As you can see, the place is already packed with reporters and furious homeowners. Just what kind of corner-cutting has this black-hearted real estate company done? Let’s wait and see."
Even though the TV reporters hadn’t entered the site yet, they’d already started their live coverage.
"We firmly oppose the developer’s fraudulent behavior!"
"Is this the deathtrap we’re buying with our life’s savings?"
"We strongly demand a refund!"
Besides the reporters, the homeowners were also marching and protesting, holding banners with all kinds of slogans...