Chapter 14
Chapter 14 — After Firing Me, My Husband Lost the 6 Billion Dollar Project!
Seeing me, she smiled, but the smile was imbued with coldness.
"To Van, long time no see. You still look bored."
I ignored her, walked straight to the empty chair next to Luu Kien Binh and sat down. Ha Tinh followed closely behind, sat on the right side of me, opened his briefcase, and took out his laptop. There were fifteen people in the meeting room. Co Canh Tham, Lam Nhuoc Khe, Secretary Trieu, Ms. Vuong, Liu Kien Binh, three independent directors, five shareholder representatives, Ha Tinh, and me. Co Canh Tham cleared his throat and spoke: "Today's extraordinary Board of Directors meeting has the main content of approving a brand promotion investment worth 50 million yuan. Everyone has read the documents, let me briefly summarize..."
“Slow down.” Liu Jianping raised his hand and interrupted, "President Gu, before approving this investment, I have a problem."
Co Canh Tham frowned: "What problem?" Liu Jianping opened the document clip in front of him: "In the past year, the group has approved a total of six 'brand promotion investments', with an amount of up to 180 million yuan. I want President Lam to explain clearly the actual cash flow of these six investments and the profits." The smile on Lam Nhuoc Khe's lips disappeared. She glanced at Co Canh Tham. Co Canh Tham nodded slightly.
“Liu Dong,” Lam Nhuoc Khe replied, “All of these investments have detailed financial reports, which I have submitted before.”
"I've looked," Liu Jianping said, "But of the investment recipients listed in the report, there are three companies I can't find any records of business activities. Their registration is in the Cayman Islands, no offices, no employees, no revenue. May I ask, what are those companies doing?"
The entire meeting room fell silent for a few seconds. Mr. Truong - the representative of the old shareholder - frowned and said: "Mr. Lam, what is this?" Lam Nhuoc Khe picked up a glass of water and took a sip, slowly explaining: "Mr. Truong, these companies are distribution channel partners that we are building in the overseas market. They are currently in the start-up phase, so they do not have business records for the time being. This is very normal."
“The company is in the start-up stage and you guys are pouring in 180 million yuan?” General Ly - another independent director - spoke up, "General Lam, is this number too large?"
“Brand promotion itself inherently requires a huge investment in the early stages…”
“General Lam,” I said.
All eyes immediately turned to me.
“The three companies you just mentioned, I have already looked them up for you.”
I opened the clipboard in front of me and took out three copies of business registration information.
"The first company, Silver Moon Marketing Limited, was established in March this year, and the legal representative is a person named Lisa Wang. This person's passport number is only two digits different from the old passport number of her cousin - Jenny Chen."
Lam Nhuoc Khe's face changed slightly.
"The second company, Pacific Bridge Consulting Limited, was established in May of this year, the registered address is on the same floor as the first company. Interestingly, this address is actually a postal mail station, with absolutely no actual office."
There began to be whispers in the meeting room.
“The third company, Golden Peak Investment Limited, was established in December last year. This company's bank account has received four money transfers from the Co Group in the past six months, totaling 70 million yuan. This amount of money was transferred to a personal account in Singapore within just three days."
I raised my head and looked straight at Lam Nhuoc Khe.
“Mr. Lam, do you want to guess whose personal account in Singapore belongs to?”
Lam Nhuoc Khe's face turned pale. Co Canh Tham tightened his grip on the pen in his hand, his knuckles turning pale.
“To Van, that's enough.” He gritted his voice through gritted teeth, "You are no longer part of the company, you have no right to be here..."
“General Gu,” Liu Jianping interrupted, “Miss To is an advisor invited by me, she has the right to speak. Furthermore, what she just presented is closely related to the safety of the company's assets, every member of the Board of Directors has a duty to listen."
Mr. Truong sat up straight: "Mr. Su, please continue." I turned to the next page.
“This is Ms. Lam Nhuoc Khe's personal bank statement for the past three years. Every three months, her account would transfer 400,000 yuan to an account in Hong Kong, with a note saying 'Brand consulting fee'. The owner of this Hong Kong account is a company called 'Hang Huy Consulting', the legal representative's name is Truong Tieu Yen."
I stared at Lam Nhuoc Khe.
“Truong Tieu Yen, my best friend from college. She told me that her ID card was lost three years ago. She used her friend's identity to open this company, turning it into a money-dispersing network."
The entire meeting room was as quiet as paper. All eyes swayed between Lam Nhuoc Khe and Co Canh Tham. Co Canh Tham stood up and raised his voice: "To Van, what is your purpose? She carried a pile of documents of unknown authenticity to the Board of Directors meeting and caused chaos..."
“Real or fake?” I pulled out a piece of paper from the file, "This is the official statement provided by the bank, each transaction has the bank's red stamp. Chairman, if you find it is fake, you can immediately call the bank switchboard to verify on the spot."
I pushed the paper to the middle of the table.
“Or,” I looked into his eyes, “Can you explain where the two million yuan in the offshore company account that you personally registered in the Cayman Islands came from?”