klisemfg Chapter 602: Bankruptcy
Chapter 602: Bankruptcy
Zhou Yuwen and Su Qing discussed the matter and concluded that instead of letting Jiang Xinyi's father launder away the massive wealth of the Jiang family, it would be better for them to intercept it. When the truth finally came to light, they could simply return it to Jiang Xinyi and her mother.However, the thought of letting Jiang Xinyi's father make off with over four billion genuinely bothered Zhou Yuwen. Therefore, after plotting together, the two devised a flawless plan. They would present him with a legitimate futures contract worth over four billion, but shortly after he took over, this deal would crash, causing him to lose everything. If he sold it immediately after the transaction concluded, he would walk away with four billion in cold, hard cash. But if he got greedy and held onto it for even a single day, he would bleed out every last cent. It all depended on what choice he made.
After they finished chatting, Su Qing asked, "Then I should continue dumping the market according to our original plan?"
Zhou Yuwen told her to go ahead. "We might as well. Even if we don't, Xinyi's father won't leave that money for Xinyi and her mother anyway."
With the cooperation of Jiang Xinyi's father, Su Qing's market dumping went even more smoothly. In just a single day, the Jiang family's assets in the futures market shrank by fifty percent—a staggering loss of six hundred million.
When she saw the massive deficit on the books, Liu Jing's face went pale. In that moment, she was no longer the aloof and haughty wealthy madame. She simply could not understand it. She had watched Zhou Yuwen grow into his current position, and while she acknowledged his overflowing talent and capability, this was still unimaginable to her.
In Liu Jing's mind, their Jiang family was an unshakable behemoth, while Zhou Yuwen was merely a rising star.
Only now did Liu Jing realize that Zhou Yuwen possessed the power to overthrow her family at any given moment.
Six hundred million represented the accumulation of three generations of the Jiang family. It was not just the Jiang family's wealth, but also the assets she had brought from her maiden home. She and Jiang Xinyi's father had fought hard for thirty years to build their current fortune. Who could have imagined that in just two days, their total worth would shrink by ten percent?
Furthermore, her husband had called several times in a row to berate her, blaming the entire disaster on her for offending someone she shouldn't have. Now look what happened—not only was the futures market under a sniper attack, but their other businesses were also suffering to varying degrees.
"If this continues, all my years of hard work overseas will be for nothing! Listen to me, mortgage the domestic factories first. We absolutely must have enough cash on hand right now! Otherwise, we are going to bleed out and die!"
In the past, whenever they faced unexpected business emergencies, they would also choose to mortgage some domestic assets, but it had never been this urgent. However, Jiang Xinyi's father was right—she was the one who triggered this crisis. Liu Jing had no room to argue.
When Jiang Xinyi's father sent over the mortgage contract, Liu Jing signed her signature without a second thought.
Watching helplessly as her family's business suffered blow after blow, Jiang Xinyi felt a pang of distress. She turned to Liu Jing and said, "Mom, why don't we go and talk to Su Qing?"
"She might not truly want to drive us to our deaths. After all, we were indeed in the wrong."
Liu Jing, however, cast a sharp glance at Jiang Xinyi and declared with absolute resolve, "Even if our family truly goes bankrupt, I will never bow my head to that wretched lass!"
A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Liu Jing had been pampered her entire life. She used to be a rich young lady, and now she was a noble madame. How could she possibly lower herself before Su Qing?
At this moment, her hatred for Su Qing ran bone-deep.
Naturally, she no longer had any good impression of Zhou Yuwen either.
This whole affair definitely had Zhou Yuwen's tacit approval. If he were not backing Su Qing with his funds, how could that wretched lass possibly have the means to snipe their family's assets?
If anyone was to blame, it was herself for taking a liking to an ungrateful wretch.
Liu Jing still maintained a certain level of arrogance. If she had known Zhou Yuwen was such a fickle man, absolutely nothing could have convinced her to hand her daughter over to his mouth on a silver platter.
The more critical the situation, the more Liu Jing could maintain her composure.
Mortgaging their domestic assets would secure at least three billion in liquid funds.
By then, her husband would have nearly four billion at his disposal. For Su Qing and her crew to continue suppressing their family, they would need a minimum of forty billion to crash the market.
Liu Jing refused to believe that Zhou Yuwen would actually force a fish die and the net breaks scenario.
He had only been building his business for three years. If he genuinely had the ability to casually mobilize forty billion in cash...
Then, Liu Jing thought, she deserved whatever came her way!
But if they failed, Su Qing's tens of billions in capital would be wiped out entirely!
This was no longer about the romantic affairs between Jiang Xinyi and Zhou Yuwen. It had escalated into an all-out war between two families.
Liu Jing kept staring at the capital flow in the futures market without blinking. She refused to believe that her family, using their entire collective strength, would lose to an inexperienced youth like Zhou Yuwen.
Just as Liu Jing was gearing up to fight Zhou Yuwen to the bitter end...
Zhou Yuwen and Jiang Xinyi's father had already finalized their contract. The Jiang family's domestic assets were all mortgaged—this included three factories and their associated land in Jinling, a comprehensive office building constructed in the 1990s located in Xuanwu District, the three-story small Western-style house where Jiang Xinyi and her mother currently resided, and three additional commercial apartments.
Among them was a two-bedroom apartment measuring nearly a thousand square feet.
Looking at the list of assets, big and small, Zhou Yuwen felt that Jiang Xinyi's father was truly ruthless. He did not even spare a small apartment of a thousand square feet. Did he genuinely intend to leave Liu Jing and her daughter sleeping on the streets?
Jiang Xinyi's father had initially asked for 4.5 billion.
Zhou Yuwen, however, countered that his futures contract was only worth 3.8 billion, and he could not scrape together any more than that.
"Take a look. If we have a deal, then we have a deal," Zhou Yuwen had said.
"If we don't, then you can go find someone else to take your mortgage."
Jiang Xinyi's father reviewed the details of the contract. Relying on his years of experience, he felt that although the contract was valued at 3.8 billion, the transaction was still worthwhile. The commodities market reflected in the futures contract was looking incredibly optimistic. In a month, it could potentially soar to 4.5 billion or even more.
Therefore, Jiang Xinyi's father signed his signature without any hesitation and smiled through the video call as he wished Zhou Yuwen a pleasant cooperation.
After the contract was signed, Jiang Xinyi's father smiled and told Zhou Yuwen that whenever he visited the United States, he should reach out, and they could share a few drinks.
By this point, Jiang Xinyi's father was already treating Zhou Yuwen as his son-in-law. He did not hide the truth from him—he had long established a new family abroad and even had a seven-year-old son.
With his massive estate, how could he possibly pass it all down to a single daughter?
He had wanted to have another child with Liu Jing.
But Liu Jing had refused. Left with no other choice, he could only have one with someone else.
Liu Jing would never understand a man's desire for an heir. When it came to matters like this, Jiang Xinyi's father felt that Zhou Yuwen should be able to relate.
Zhou Yuwen merely smiled and said, "The transaction is complete. You can finally lay your cards on the table with Aunt Jing now, right?"
"Let's wait a little longer,"
Jiang Xinyi's father replied, and then hung up the phone.
After acquiring the futures contract, Jiang Xinyi's father had professionals evaluate it. He even tried to use it as collateral for a loan at several firms, and they all confirmed that the contract could easily secure a loan of at least three billion.
Hearing this, Jiang Xinyi's father was finally at ease.
He kept up his act with Liu Jing for a few more days, claiming that the market trends were phenomenal and mocking the opposition, "Those brats actually think they can challenge me!"
"We have a total of six billion in funds on hand. If he wants to drag us down, he'll need at least sixty billion. But as long as we hold out through this period, we can retreat unscathed and turn around to drag his capital down instead!"
Hearing Jiang Xinyi's father say this, a look of relief finally washed over Liu Jing's face.
The person suffering the most at this moment was likely Jiang Xinyi, because no matter who lost, she couldn't bear the thought of it. Listening to her parents' conversation and learning that Zhou Yuwen's tens of billions were about to be dragged down, she hurriedly pleaded with Liu Jing, "Mom, why don't we just let this go? It wasn't easy for Zhou Yuwen to make his money either. Besides, this is just a conflict between you and Su Qing. There's no need to drag Zhou Yuwen into it." Hearing this, Liu Jing was immediately displeased and retorted, "Why didn't you say that when he was trying to drag us down!?"
Just thinking about the matter made Liu Jing furious.
She had kindly and generously offered to marry her daughter off to Zhou Yuwen, but what did he do? He actually dared to play a game of deception right under her nose!
She hadn't despised his humble origins and had wanted to bring him in as a live-in son-in-law. Even if he refused, that would have been fine, but why did he have to remain entangled with other women?
And he even dared to expect her daughter to be his mistress!?
He really didn't look at his own status.
Liu Jing certainly had a bone to pick with Zhou Yuwen. Any mother-in-law would be upset with a son-in-law like him. The only difference was that other mothers-in-law lacked the standing to confront him.
But Liu Jing was a wealthy madame of an elite family; there were very few people worthy of her regard.
It must be known that the only reason she had looked favorably upon him was because he had demonstrated genuine capability.
If Zhou Yuwen had been like You Changjin—nothing more than a university teacher who had accomplished nothing—Liu Jing would never have given him the time of day, no matter how handsome he was.
Now the tables had turned. That Su Qing insisted on fighting her to the end, trying to crush their billions with her tens of billions. Did she really think their family only had two billion in funds?
Heh, how painfully naive.
Liu Jing's mind was completely clear now—she was going to drag down all of Zhou Yuwen's tens of billions!
If six billion wasn't enough, she would go out and borrow another billion, or even two billion. She wanted to see if Zhou Yuwen truly had enough assets to keep fighting her!
Hearing her mother's words, Jiang Xinyi truly panicked. She couldn't help but say, "Mom, it wasn't easy for Zhou Yuwen to make money."
"And I still want to marry into his family..."
"Marry? You still want to marry him!?"
That sentence almost made Liu Jing die of anger. She snapped, "He's trying to drive our family to a dead end, and you think I would still agree to let you marry him?"
"Even a Bodhisattva has a temper! Did he think I was made of clay?" Liu Jing said coldly. This was no longer something that could be resolved with just a word or two.
Zhou Yuwen had chosen this path himself. There was no way she would let him off the hook so easily.
She told Jiang Xinyi that even if Zhou Yuwen knelt down and begged her right now, she would never forgive him.
"Stop thinking about him. I'll find you a man who's a thousand, no, ten thousand times better than him!"
Even after saying this, Liu Jing's anger wasn't satiated. She suddenly sneered, "In the end, he's just someone raised in a poor family—completely unpresentable! All he knows is how to crawl under women's covers every day!"
Hearing this, Jiang Xinyi almost died of frustration.
Without a second thought, she wanted to make a phone call to Zhou Yuwen and tell him everything.
But right now, the two families were incompatible like water and fire. How could Liu Jing possibly allow Jiang Xinyi to contact Zhou Yuwen? She ruthlessly cut off Jiang Xinyi's internet and confiscated her phone!
Liu Jing's attitude was crystal clear: Zhou Yuwen was permanently blacklisted. Any future between Jiang Xinyi and Zhou Yuwen was absolutely impossible.
No matter how much Jiang Xinyi cried, it was utterly useless.
And so, another two agonizing days passed. The futures market had slowly started to rebound. Seeing this, Liu Jing instantly breathed a sigh of relief. Both sides had employed heavy leverage, and Su Qing was shorting Liu Jing's positions. This meant that for every ten million Liu Jing earned, Su Qing would lose a hundred million.
If Liu Jing's side regained a hundred million, Su Qing would suffer a crushing loss of one billion!
The more she thought about it, the more ruthless Liu Jing felt. She was determined to make Su Qing understand the terrifying price of offending her.
However, what she did not know was that her husband had long since sold all their assets to Zhou Yuwen, and Zhou Yuwen had already finalized and retrieved the contracts.
In other words, the logic wasn't that Liu Jing was making ten million while Su Qing lost a hundred million.
Rather, on the market, Zhou Yuwen was raking in a combined total of a hundred and ten million.
Over in Jingcheng, Zhou Yuwen was keeping an eye on the futures market trends. He suddenly felt a twinge of sympathy for his mother-in-law. She probably still had no idea that her old husband had already taken the money and run.
Then again, Jiang Xinyi hadn't called him recently either.
Zheng Yanyan had been staying by Zhou Yuwen's side all this time. She was well aware of the current battle between Su Qing and Liu Jing, and she felt immensely delighted, certain that the old witch Liu Jing was suffering catastrophic losses.
She clung to Zhou Yuwen every day, constantly asking how much money he had made.
Zhou Yuwen pulled her into his arms and replied, "Not that much, just a little over a hundred million."
Hearing this, Zheng Yanyan beamed with joy. "Yay! Hubby, does that mean you can buy me another bag today?"
Zhou Yuwen was left speechless. "You buy so many bags, can you even carry them all?"
"Hehe, even if I can't carry them all, they look gorgeous just sitting at home!"
"..."
Watching the futures market improve day by day, color returned to Liu Jing's face. She couldn't resist calling Su Qing to mock her, sneering that she knew Su Qing was the one behind all this mischief.
"You actually think you can bring down our Jiang family? Take a good look in the mirror and see what kind of trash you really are!"
Liu Jing spoke with immense arrogance, but Su Qing was only left utterly dumbfounded by her words.
"I really don't understand," Su Qing said. "Looking at the market boards, your family has already lost at least a billion or two. How are you still laughing?"
"What do you mean?"
Hearing this, Liu Jing froze. She opened the market data and stared at it for a long time.
Su Qing didn't bother wasting breath. "Instead of finding the time to call me, you'd be better off questioning your irresponsible husband."
"It is not your place to speak on our family matters!"
Liu Jing barked furiously, immediately cursing Su Qing as a wretched lass. How dare a girl of her age speak to her in such a manner!
In response, Su Qing simply hung up the phone.
The more Liu Jing thought about Su Qing's words, the more she felt something was wrong. After a moment of hesitation, she called her husband to ask about the current situation.
"Who told you I was betting on the market to rise? I shorted it! Don't bother me! Our family is going bankrupt!"
Those words from Jiang Xinyi's father struck Liu Jing like a bolt of lightning.
"You!"