Old Zhou felt a bit surprised and said, "Not yet, because many creditors' debts haven't been settled. The creditors have banded together to prevent the Huangfu Group from splitting up Xie's, and they insist that the assets must be auctioned first."
"Good, that's good, that's good." Zhan Jiayi felt that Xie's might still be saved, and she wouldn't let the Huangfu Group off the hook.
"President Zhan, are you alright?" Old Zhou still didn't understand what she was talking about. "Why are you suddenly asking this?"
Zhan Jiayi stared at the documents in front of her and said, "I'm fine. I'm going to sue, and Xie's bankruptcy application is illegal."
"What? President Zhan, what are you saying? I don't understand," Old Zhou asked.
"Come to the Xie family mansion, and I'll explain it to you in detail." Zhan Jiayi hung up and immediately contacted Gui Nan.
She wanted a professional like Gui Nan to examine these documents and see if they could be used for a counterattack against the Huangfu Group.
Gui Nan was also eager to see the documents Zhan Jiayi held. What kind of preservation measures had Xie Zhendong put in place to save the already bankrupt Xie's Group from bankruptcy?
He had handled many commercial bankruptcy cases in his career, but he had never encountered such a situation. He agreed to meet Zhan Jiayi the next day.
...
Meanwhile, Xi Xianya, through a period of secret investigation, learned from several former employees of her father's company.
Before the incident, the imported goods were always transported to a fixed warehouse, and the person receiving the goods was surnamed Bai.
Several drivers in the company had seen this person surnamed Bai. They assumed he was the warehouse manager and didn't pay much attention.
Xi Xianya went to the sealed warehouse to inquire. According to the people working there, none of them were surnamed Bai.
A warehouse manager said that the person surnamed Bai was likely a boss. However, this boss surnamed Bai would come and go in a hurry each time he came to pick up goods, only taking a portion of the goods himself, while the rest were collected by others after some time.
Xi Xianya only remembered that Zhao Jianhua had one assistant, and no one else. Who was this person surnamed Bai?
She was perplexed and felt an urge to find Zhang Yuyun.
It was impossible to get any more information from Zhao Jianhua now. She also regretted her impulsiveness at the time, forgetting that to investigate her father's affairs thoroughly, she should have kept Zhao Jianhua, the person who knew the whole truth.
Perhaps Zhang Yuyun, as Zhao Jianhua's wife, would know something, or at least know who the person surnamed Bai was, and whether he was an employee of their group.
She couldn't find any other clues, so she decided to try her luck with Zhang Yuyun.
Taking advantage of the fact that Yi Feng was away at a branch company these two days, she decided to try her luck at Zhao Jianhua's group.
...
Early in the morning, Zhang Yuyun parked her car in the underground parking lot of the group and was about to close the car door to leave.
Xi Xianya suddenly appeared and stopped her, saying, "Hello, President Zhang."
Zhang Yuyun was startled, stepped back to the car, pressed herself against the door, and stared at her vigilantly. "What do you want? You injured Old Zhao so badly, and I didn't appeal the verdict. What else do you want?"
"President Zhang, you misunderstand," Xi Xianya said. "I have no ill intentions. I just want to ask you some things."
Seeing her calm expression and her slightly bulging belly, Zhang Yuyun thought she wasn't there to seek revenge. Could she be pregnant with Old Zhao's child?
"You're pregnant? Then I advise you to have an abortion. I won't take responsibility for Old Zhao, nor will I give you money to raise this child," she said coldly.
Xi Xianya placed her hands on her belly and shook her head. "You misunderstand again. This child is not Zhao Jianhua's. And I'm not here for this child."
"Then why are you here?" Zhang Yuyun asked, puzzled.
Xi Xianya said, "It's about my father's affairs. I just want to find out how my father died. Was it suicide?"
Zhang Yuyun was startled, but she calmly replied, "How would I know? I never get involved in Old Zhao's messy business."
"Do you have any employees surnamed Bai in your group?" Xi Xianya asked, staring at her. "Zhao Jianhua can't tell the truth anymore, but his assistant Xia Ming should know something. Can I meet Xia Ming?"
Xi Xianya's string of questions made Zhang Yuyun vaguely suspect that her father's death was not suicide. However, she was, after all, in a community of interest with Zhao Jianhua.
If Zhao Jianhua's dirty deeds were exposed, it would have a significant impact on her and her children.
"Our group has hundreds of employees; I can't remember everyone's name. As for Xia Ming, he has already resigned, and I don't know where he is now. I'm sorry, I can't help you." Saying this, Zhang Yuyun tried to bypass her and enter the building ahead to the group.
Zhang Yuyun's answers were all reasonable, and Xi Xianya couldn't stop her.
Seeing that she didn't seem to be lying, Xi Xianya could only watch her leave.
Now there were no more clues to investigate. Xia Ming was no longer in Zhao Jianhua's group, and if he had gone elsewhere, he would be even harder to find.
She felt a bit dejected and also felt she had let her father down.
Zhang Yuyun went to her office in the group. After putting down her bag, she thought irritably that Zhao Jianhua's past misdeeds were truly endless.
She had searched for Bai Chengyi online and found out he was a descendant of the Bai family and Xie Zhendong's son-in-law.
She also inquired through acquaintances and friends. This person was incompetent, and the Bai family's company had completely failed under his management.
He was arrested for leaking Xie's commercial secrets and illegally raising funds under the guise of Xie's.
It seemed this person surnamed Bai was not a good sort, and he wouldn't do anything good by associating with Zhao Jianhua.
After she finished dealing with the group's affairs, she would divorce Zhao Jianhua and send him to a nursing home to completely sever ties with him.
...
Early in the morning, Zhan Jiayi met Gui Nan at the agreed-upon coffee shop and showed him the documents left by Xie Zhendong.
After reviewing the documents, Gui Nan sighed and said, "It seems President Xie had the idea of restructuring for a long time and had also predicted that Xie's might face bankruptcy due to its debts."
Zhan Jiayi nodded and said, "He didn't want to go bankrupt and hoped the court would support his restructuring. Therefore, he made this preservation agreement with the relevant departments to ensure the job opportunities and welfare of employees, as well as the interests of small shareholders."
"However, the court has already accepted Xie's bankruptcy application, so this preservation agreement is like waste paper..."
Zhan Jiayi quickly said, "The Huangfu Group has touched upon the conditions where the preservation agreement takes precedence over the bankruptcy proceedings. Look at these: the Huangfu Group has dismissed most of Xie's former employees, and after auctioning Xie's assets, the priority for repayment is to the major creditors, not the small shareholders."
Gui Nan recalled the news he had recently seen about the protests by dismissed Xie's employees and felt that it was indeed the case.
Yesterday, Zhan Jiayi had asked Old Zhou in detail about Xie's bankruptcy situation and had also found a lot of negative news online about the consequences of bankruptcy.