She listed all the accounts receivable that could be recovered quickly and analyzed the stock market situation in detail again, believing there was still a chance to recover a considerable number of retail investor shares.
Combined with the Huangfu Group shares she held, no one could surpass her equity.
After a night of hard work, hope rekindled in her heart.
As dawn broke, she fell asleep on her desk.
It wasn't until the secretary arrived for work that she found her still in the office and gently woke her, "Miss, Miss."
Mengqi woke up, turned her head, and saw the glaring sunlight outside the window. Realizing it was already bright daylight, she immediately came to her senses and said, "Is everyone here yet? Call the finance department."
"Okay," the secretary replied, "Miss, I'll get you a cup of coffee."
Mengqi nodded, tidied the documents on the desk, checked the time, and personally dialed Qin Tianyi's mobile phone.
As soon as it connected, she said, "Mr. Qin."
However, a woman's voice came from the other end, "Hello, I'm Mr. Qin's secretary. He's on a business trip abroad and has forwarded his calls to this machine."
"On a business trip? When will Mr. Qin be back?" Mengqi asked.
Qin Tianyi's secretary said, "I'm not quite sure. Is there anything you need? I can take a message and relay it to him when he returns."
"What about Mr. Xiao? I can talk to Mr. Xiao too."
The secretary paused and said, "Mr. Xiao went abroad with Mr. Qin."
"Neither of them is here?" Mengqi hadn't expected both Qin Tianyi and Xiao Anjing to be abroad at this time.
"Yes, is there anything important?"
"Never mind." Mengqi hung up.
Qin Tianyi's secretary felt a sense of relief. A few days ago, Mr. Qin had specifically instructed her to say they were on a business trip abroad, no matter who asked about him and Mr. Xiao.
Just as Mengqi was about to contact Susu, the finance department she had called for had arrived. She first instructed the finance department to collect some of the outstanding accounts receivable.
When she was alone in the office again, she picked up her phone and saw the apology message from Yao Feili.
She didn't reply for the moment. In fact, she had been under too much pressure last night and had spoken harshly due to her bad mood. She didn't blame Yao Feili; it was just a matter of different perspectives and positions.
Mengqi called Susu again, hoping she could help contact Qin Tianyi so that Aoxiang Group could pay the project款 they owed as soon as possible, at least to alleviate the urgent need.
"Susu, is Mr. Qin on a business trip? Can you contact him?"
Susu didn't know what had happened and heard the urgency in Mengqi's voice. "Yes, he's abroad. He's been contacting me actively these days, but I can't see the caller ID from my end."
"Then when Mr. Qin contacts you, could you please tell him that the second phase payment for the cooperation project is due? If it's convenient, could you please pay our group as soon as possible?"
Susu readily agreed, "Okay. Is Huangfu Group in urgent need of money? Did something happen?"
Mengqi vaguely replied, "Nothing serious, just a bit tight on cash flow."
Susu thought it wouldn't hurt to help relay a message to Tianyi. "It's good that it's nothing major. By the way, a few days ago, the director of the orphanage wanted to apply for funds for the children's medical treatment. She found that although the foundation had been established, the amount in it was different from what we had raised, and it was too much less..."
"This is the usual practice of Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Yu, calling it the cost of establishing the foundation." Mengqi advised her, "Don't argue with them about this anymore, or I'm afraid things will get out of hand."
"No, I must investigate this matter thoroughly and make them return the money they've swallowed. This is the children's life-saving money for the orphanage!" Susu had already made concessions on the charity foundation matter, but Mrs. Huang and the others were too greedy.
She would not tolerate it any longer and had already reported the issue of Mrs. Yu's charity organization being fishy to the relevant authorities.
Just as Mengqi was about to persuade her, the secretary entered her office, indicating something important.
She had to end the call with Susu and asked, "What is it? Can't you knock before entering?"
"Several major shareholders want to see you. They said... they said the group's stock price has hit the daily limit since the market opened."
"What?" Mengqi felt her head buzzing.
If it hit the daily limit, it meant she wouldn't even have a chance for a counter-acquisition...
...
Susu hung up the phone, vaguely feeling that something was not right.
A few days ago, Tianyi suddenly told her that he and Anjing were going abroad to discuss a big project. She found it strange that such a big project would require both of them.
Usually, if one of them had to travel, the other would stay at the group, which was their tacit understanding from years of working together.
But she didn't ask further, thinking that she hadn't been involved in the group's affairs for many years, and they must be discussing a very important project together.
She didn't know when Tianyi would contact her. Mengqi's tone on the phone was a bit anxious, and she must have encountered some difficulties. Susu thought she should help if she could and tell Tianyi about it as soon as possible.
So she called Lan Yu to see if she could contact An Jing. Lan Yu gave her a phone number that An Jing had recently used to contact his family.
Moreover, they both felt that these two men were being a bit mysterious, and they didn't know what they were up to. Lan Yu also found it strange and said, "Yesterday, I was tidying up my room at home and found An Jing's passport in a drawer in the closet. Susu, have they really gone abroad? How can they go abroad without passports?"
"No way, An Jing didn't bring his passport, is the passport at home expired?" Susu asked.
Lan Yu said uncertainly, "Then I'll go and check again. He might have gotten a new passport."
With that, Lan Yu hung up. Susu felt that this matter was too strange.
If Tianyi and An Jing hadn't gone abroad, why would they lie to them and say they were going abroad?
Without waiting for Lan Yu's reply, Susu called Kang Xi and asked him to check Tianyi's entry and exit records.
Kang Xi happened to be at the police station and immediately helped her check. He replied, "Sister Susu, Mr. Qin hasn't been abroad recently. Why are you suddenly checking this? Aren't you by his side and don't you know if he has gone abroad?"
"Oh, he said he was going on a business trip, but he didn't say where. So I just wanted to see if he went abroad, so I asked you to check casually." Susu couldn't explain the situation clearly to him now.
Kang Xi asked disbelievingly, "Just check casually?"
"Don't ask so many questions for now. Don't worry, I'm fine. I just want to confirm something," Susu said and quickly hung up.
Susu checked the time. It was twelve noon. She tried dialing An Jing's number.
The call was connected quickly. Before An Jing could speak, Susu asked, "An Jing, sorry to disturb your rest. Is Tianyi with you?"
An Jing didn't expect Susu to call his mobile. He glanced at Tianyi, who was sitting in front of the computer in the room, and pretended to be woken up, saying, "Tianyi is in the other room. Is there something urgent you need him for?"
Susu felt that An Jing was quite the actor, clearly pretending to be affected by the time difference.
"It's not urgent, just something I wanted to discuss with him, but I couldn't reach him."
"If it's not urgent, I'll tell him tomorrow morning and have him call you back."
"Okay." Susu said no more and hung up.