Chapter 150: Chapter 150: Lu Group Collaboration Project

Lu Ming’s eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the computer that was once again issuing an alarm. Finally, he could no longer contain himself and flipped the monitor over in a rage.

At this point, if Lu Ming still didn’t realize that he had been discovered, then he was an idiot!

He had been siphoning cash through the executive accounts hidden within the Qiao Family company, hoping to rob Peter to pay Paul, but his applications had been inexplicably intercepted three times in a row; and the final time, when he used a special channel, even his account was locked!

He had invested a seven-figure sum into this account yearly to maintain it!

Now that someone had blocked his account, it meant that all the money he had invested over the years might as well have been thrown away! Even the assets worth tens of millions in the account itself had all been locked!

Most importantly, he had no way to appeal at the moment, for if he dared to use this account to lodge a complaint, he could guarantee that the other party would surely trace it back to him!

Lu Ming had long suspected this day would come, but he did not expect that Lu Yanchuan and Qiao Yi’s blow would be so ferocious!

Don’t ask him why he knew that the people intercepting him were Lu Yanchuan and Qiao Yi. The ones who could control the Qiao Family’s assets and precisely lock his account when he most needed the funds were none other than Lu Yanchuan and Qiao Yi–he couldn’t think of anyone else!

The monitor fell to the ground and struggled with a few flickers before resignedly going dark. After the rage dissipated, all that remained was panic and despair.

Qiao Yi did well! Lu Yanchuan did well! Like it was nothing to them, they had made his hundreds of millions in assets vanish into thin air!

They were trying to drive him to his death!

Lu Ming couldn’t withdraw money from the Qiao side, and he didn’t even need to think about getting a penny from the Lu Group!

Lu Ming slumped despondently in the chair, his mind alternating between the billions in debt, his vanished efforts, and the despised smiling faces of Qiao Yi and Lu Yanchuan.

After a while, Lu Ming suddenly screamed and kicked the desk in front of him, sending it flying.

He couldn’t just give up like this! So what if he was left with nothing now!

As long as he could take over the Lu Group, as long as he could become the president of the Lu Group! Not to mention five billion, even fifty billion would be easy!

An entire night of struggle finally came to a conclusion as daylight dawned.

“This time, Lu Ming should have suffered a huge loss, right?”

“By a conservative estimate, he’s lost no less than ten billion in assets, excluding fines and compensation. Altogether, Lu Ming will face a minimum loss of fifteen billion.”

Fifteen billion!

This number truly stunned Qiao Yi!

“Fifteen billion! Does Lu Ming have that much money?”

“It’s not that he has that much money on hand, but rather a loss in valuation.”

In fact, without Lu Yanchuan’s explanation, Qiao Yi had already realized her mistake, her face flushing red as she tried to cover up her embarrassment.

“Ah…yeah, I know, it’s just a valuation!”

Qiao Yi was so embarrassed her toes were curling, but Lu Yanchuan was not in the mood to tease her. After shutting down the computer, he came over and pulled Qiao Yi to leave.

“We haven’t slept all night; it’s time to rest.”

Although Qiao Yi wanted to say she wasn’t tired yet, when Lu Yanchuan took her hand, she really didn’t want to refuse his kindness.

When Qiao Yi woke up, it was already past one in the afternoon, and Lu Yanchuan had long since gone to the office.

By the time she got ready to go to the office after having taken a shower and dinner, the company was almost off work.

“Look at her, only been here a few days, and she already knows how to come in late and leave early!”

“I’ve been saying she definitely has a backer, otherwise how could she dare to be so rampant in the company!”

“Tsk tsk tsk, you guys better be careful, I heard these people with backers hold grudges the most, watch out or she might whisper something to make you lose your jobs!”

When Qiao Yi arrived at the office in the afternoon, she sensed something was off.

Even though the staff hadn’t been all that friendly to her, a newcomer, the past few days, it was nowhere near today’s mockery and ridicule.

Even the male staff who were quite friendly toward Jing Se a few days ago were deliberately avoiding Qiao Yi today.

Though Qiao Yi didn’t care much about what others thought of her, the attitude of the entire department’s staff toward her was indeed strange.

Just as Qiao Yi was about to find someone to ask what had happened, she was called away by the department supervisor.

“Miss Qiao, for this year’s collaboration project with Lu Group, the other party hopes that you can take charge of the coordination.”

The moment the department director entered the office, his demeanor changed, and he respectfully asked Qiao Yi to sit down with a fawning smile, causing her considerable discomfort.

“Mr. Zhao, I am just an employee under you at the company, there’s no need to call me Miss Qiao.”

After Qiao Yi finished speaking and seeing Mr. Zhao’s reaction, she knew she couldn’t change it and just sighed, letting him continue as he was.

“Do you know who the other party has appointed to liaise with our company?”

“I heard it’s the Chief Assistant to the President of Lu Group, named…”

“Xiao Ting?”

Qiao Yi interjected, and Mr. Zhao hurriedly nodded.

“Yes, yes, it’s Xiao Ting. I’ve heard from Lu Group that it’s precisely this Chief Assistant who requested for you to follow up on the coordination.”

Qiao Yi didn’t say much, simply flipped through the documents for a bit, and then got ready to leave, but before she left the office, she turned back and looked toward Mr. Zhao.

“I noticed some rather unpleasant rumors in the company after I came in today?”

Mr. Zhao clearly stalled for a moment before realizing what Qiao Yi was referring to.

“Well, it’s like this–since you haven’t signed a multi-year cooperation contract with Dianrui, and its trouble hasn’t affected the company, the department decided to commend you for acting methodically and made an announcement…”

Qiao Yi was speechless; she didn’t need to guess that Mr. Zhao was behind this, willing to go to any extreme to ingratiate himself.

She couldn’t understand why, when Mr. Zhao was quite capable himself, he was so sycophantically obliging toward her?

Although this wasn’t done very well, she couldn’t dampen the staff’s enthusiasm, so Qiao Yi forced a smile, said it was a good job, and quickly left the office.

From the moment Qiao Yi had been called away by Mr. Zhao, the office staff had been buzzing with chatter, which was either jealous of the recognition Qiao Yi received or envious of the better opportunities she got.

The discussions halted the moment Qiao Yi stepped out of the office. She couldn’t be bothered to dwell on these grievances; she needed to consider why Xiao Ting would want her to take over the Lu Group’s collaboration project.

Lu Group and Qiao Family had been cooperating since Mr. Qiao helped Old Mr. Lu back in the day.

The project wasn’t anything particularly important, but it symbolized the goodwill between the two families, so there couldn’t be any slip-ups.

Having to be in charge of such an important project so soon after joining the company, Qiao Yi felt somewhat nervous.