When people have benefits dangling before them, they’ll say any nonsense, just like some food bloggers and shop-review influencers. After taking money, they can praise even the worst food as a delicacy, and surprisingly, some people actually believe them.
How much money do those people receive?
It can’t compare to the income from selling land at a premium.
So, it’s not hard to imagine how desperately certain employees within the Shi Group would try to sell off land, bombarding people with offers and sophistry.
Although not everyone could succeed.
But there were always success stories.
Some things are essentially like tricking people; as long as you cast a wide enough net, you’re bound to catch one or two.
Moreover, this couldn’t even be considered trickery.
They weren’t taking money without giving land. This was a genuine transaction, land for cash, by no means a confidence trick.
Under Ding Yun’s strategy of taking losses and employing multiple approaches, the Shi Group’s assets finally began to be sold off in large batches. The money obtained from these sales was all used by Ding Yun to pay off debts.
To be safe.
Even if the debt Shi Group owed her was not counted as an expense.
And not acknowledged by the Multi-Billionaire Card.
Leading to the inability to use a hundred billion within a year.
Ding Yun also had the commercial bonds worth over ten billion, which she had specifically redeemed not long ago, and the ten billion in cash used for investments and paying salaries and overdue payments, all timely requested the Shi Group to continue settling the debt with real estate and shops.
To achieve a clear accounting between them.
Then, her father, mother, and younger brother could no longer hold back. They snuck back, intending to find out what was going on and find ways to revoke the gift.
To reclaim the group that had been revitalized.
Although he had misappropriated billions in cash, what were those billions compared to the entire group?
However, the moment they returned.
Ding Yun received the news.
It was a joke. When Ding Yun first arrived, she might have been unfamiliar with the surroundings, lacked manpower, and had a massive mess in the group to clean up, leaving her no time to search for them.
But now, half a year had passed.
How could Ding Yun still not know their whereabouts?
The reason she didn’t bring them back earlier was mainly because Ding Yun guessed that seeing the Shi Group doing well, they would definitely not give up.
They would surely have other ideas.
So, she didn’t bother with the effort of bringing them back.
Instead, she chose to wait patiently.
Sitting back and waiting for them to come back and deliver themselves to her.
As expected, as soon as Ding Yun received the news of their return, she immediately dispatched people to control them and directly initiated a process of reporting and prosecution. The main charges included misappropriation of public funds, tax evasion, financial fraud leading to excessive personal dividends, and fraudulent debt transfer.
Of course, there were many other charges besides these.
It was more than enough to keep him busy.
It was even questionable whether he would ever get out.
Although they were father and daughter, in Ding Yun’s eyes, the moment Shi Taolin and his wife fled, having misappropriated all the cash flow and left the entire mess for the original owner, their so-called father-daughter relationship should have been completely severed.
Now, eradicating the evil in her own family was only natural.
As for the original intention of handing back the mess to them upon their return, it was because she worried they wouldn't be able to handle it.
Afraid they would run the group into bankruptcy.
Causing the original owner's commission to fail, which Ding Yun had dismissed.
Handing back the mess would be convenient, but with their abilities, they definitely couldn't manage it. Therefore, it was better to send them to jail and resolve the remaining issues herself, eliminating potential problems.
As for the evidence to prosecute them?
Please, Ding Yun was now in charge of the group. It was effortless to collect evidence of their illegal activities. Whether it was the original owner’s father or mother, neither was clean. It was only because the original owner was not allowed to interfere with group affairs at the time that she had no problems.
Her younger brother had some involvement with company matters, but he was unwilling to manage it, so he had no financial crimes.
There were many other issues, but most were moral flaws. Ding Yun wouldn’t go out of her way to frame him, so she had to temporarily abandon that, only sending her parents to jail.
The process, needless to say, caused a huge stir.
But because the evidence was conclusive, it was useless no matter how good the lawyers hired by Shi Taolin and his wife were. Ultimately, a portion of the nearly ten billion funds they had painstakingly scrounged together to abscond with was returned to the Shi Group, while the majority was used to pay taxes and fines.
Both were sentenced to life imprisonment.
Simple misappropriation of public funds usually carried a six-year sentence, but they had a massive amount and committed other crimes, resulting in a combined penalty that reached life imprisonment.
This was considered the maximum penalty for similar cases.
After all, such cases typically wouldn’t result in the death penalty.
Having dealt with her parents through "eradicating the evil in her own family," her remaining younger brother naturally couldn't stir up much trouble. Moreover, Ding Yun also took this opportunity to deal with the employees she had identified as corrupt and engaged in illegal activities within the group. It was a moment of immense relief.
Not only was she refreshed mentally.
With fewer troublesome matters and people, the entire group looked much more pleasing to the eye.
Compared to her improved mood, the minor rumors and the few people who called her unfeeling and ruthless were completely harmless.
After all, she was too busy to bother with them.
Shi Taolin and his wife were arrested, and a considerable portion of the funds they had misappropriated was recovered. However, if those misappropriated funds alone could have saved the Shi Group, they wouldn't have fled.
Therefore, Ding Yun still had to worry about the group.
Relying on the cash flow she had.
Working as a makeshift repairman.
After another half year of this, all the cash flow she had was spent, acquiring a large amount of real estate that was theoretically worth far more than the investment but was actually difficult to sell and convert back to cash. Correspondingly, by using her cash flow and the funds recovered from the efforts to sell off assets during this period, the Shi Group's largest loan was finally settled.
Although some loans remained.
At least the pressure was not as great as before.
The balance sheet had returned to a normal and reasonable debt-to-equity ratio.
Ding Yun, however, did not feel particularly joyous. In fact, on the first anniversary of her arrival, she specifically returned home, anxiously awaiting what would happen next.
She had a feeling that this "Multi-Billionaire Card" golden finger had some issues.
It shouldn’t just be a simple money-dispensing function.
But the instruction manual was too brief, with no other precautions, and no fine print details. It also didn't mention any penalties for not using a hundred billion within a year, nor any rewards for using it up.
It was this uncertainty that made her anxious.
She didn't know what she would face next.