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Chapter 2235 Knowing Yourself but Not Your Enemy

Ma Xiaotian looked at Fu Chun and said, "If you quit now, it will be good for you and your company."

Fu Chun smiled and said, "I don't think so."

"I'm telling the truth. It's decent for you to leave now. I may arrange for you to be the CEO of a bigger company. And Huachang will be revived in my hands."

Fu Chun said calmly: "You may not know me very well, but for me, even if you put a knife to my neck, I will not let go."

Ma Xiaotian said: "I admire your persistence, but I cannot praise your behavior. As your fellow villager, if it were not for the sake of fellow villagers, I would file an application with the court."

Fu Chun smiled and said, "My fellow villager, even if you are my father, I can't do it!"

"If it was your father, I would not meet him at all and would file a petition in court immediately."

Fu Chun asked in surprise: "Why?"

"If I have the chance, I will tell you how your father Fu Qingshan persecuted my parents."

Fu Chun didn't expect that he had such a connection with Ma Xiaotian. After asking clearly, he felt uncertain about what to feel.

"Mr. Ma, my father has also paid the price for what he did, so you don't have to pay for your father's debt."

Ma Xiaotian took off his sunglasses and said, "No, I am definitely not seeking revenge. I just want you to understand one thing. Your generation has fallen behind the times. The world you dominated no longer exists. Daxia needs to develop its economy, and its enterprises need to take the path of modernization and integrate with the world. What about you? You can only be spectators!"

Fu Chun looked at him with amusement and said, "Without you, Daxia will still develop. And we will not be the audience, but will continue to stay on the stage. Don't worry, I acted on impulse before, and now I will do it again, no matter what method I use to raise money. I can owe other people's money, but I won't owe you money!"

  Ma Xiaotian looked at Fu Chun's back and felt that he had said something wrong and shouldn't have confronted him so quickly. He actually knew Huachang's situation very well. He didn't know where Fu Chun got the courage to say that he didn't owe him money. Was he going to start selling off Huachang's assets?

Thinking of this, he hurried back to discuss with Li Wen how to cut off Huachang's livelihood, so that Will could truly merge Huachang instead of forcing Huachang into bankruptcy. In that case, even if they could finally take over Huachang, they would not be able to continue to operate the listing, and might even have a bad reputation, affecting the company's subsequent plans.

After Fu Chun returned to the company, he asked Sun Feifei to come to the office and said, "Feifei, please contact Will Company and discuss with them directly about paying off the debt."

"Why? Didn't you say before that you could accept part of the other party's debt-for-equity swap?"

"The situation is different now, so we should not get too involved with the other party. Besides, we have enough funds for the operation of our business now, so it is always better to have less debt."

Sun Feifei knew that Fu Chun was not telling the truth, but she also knew that if part of the debt could be repaid, it would be a good thing for Huachang, as it would give the creditors confidence in Huachang.

Ma Xiaotian was still waiting for Fu Chun to make another move, but in his opinion, all this was just a desperate struggle. He even told the other party about the origin of their two families, which might cause Fu Chun's brain to become disordered and make irrational judgments, thus making Huachang move towards the path of merger faster.

However, what he didn't expect was that he didn't wait for Fu Chun to auction the land and sell off the assets. Instead, he received a call from Huachang, asking them to go to Huachang to discuss debt repayment.

This surprised Ma Xiaotian. After all, Huachang should not be able to take out 140 million yuan on its books. But if it really entered the negotiation stage, if Fu Chun could not come up with the money, Huachang would suffer a heavy blow and might even be directly swallowed up.

He told Li Wen about this matter and asked for her opinion.

Li Wen hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you think it is possible that Lei Dongbao supported Fu Chun and lent money to Fu Chun to repay his debts?"

"This is impossible. Even if Lei Dongbao is willing, can he come up with so much money?"

Li Wen said, "Why not? Even if he can't come up with the money himself, what about the Xiaolei Family Group? I've learned about their business operation model. They've never taken out a bank loan. They've always used their own funds for development, so they have zero debt. They have a good reputation in the bank, too. If they're willing to lend money, they should be able to raise a large sum of money."

"That's impossible. I don't think Lei Dongbao would suddenly change his corporate management philosophy because of Huachang's incident, or even bear a heavy debt crisis because of it."

Ma Xiaotian could not accept this result, and was also worried that if Huachang was really unable to get out of the predicament because of such a thing, then everything he had done in Hai City would be in vain.

Unfortunately, the outcome of the matter did not depend on Ma Xiaotian's will. The two companies soon entered the negotiation stage. The financial departments of the two companies jointly calculated the principal and interest of the Zhongchang debt in Will's hands and agreed on the repayment time.

Ma Xiaotian was naturally unwilling to fail like this, and in order to avoid Zhao Shucheng really lending money to support Fu Chun, he gave a strict repayment time, requiring Fu Chun to repay the loan within three days, otherwise he would file a court application and even pay interest every day according to the highest interest rate of the bank during the same period.

Fu Chun didn't want to continue to argue with the other party, so he agreed readily. He even transferred the money directly to Will Company the next day after signing the contract.

After receiving the notice from the finance department that Huachang had paid off all its debts, Ma Xiaotian was stunned.

"How could he really have the money to pay off his debts so quickly? Could it be that Xiao Lei's family had already taken out a loan? But even if it was a loan, why is there no news from the bank, and no rumors about the movement of Xiao Lei's funds?"

Li Wen walked in at this time and said, "Xiaotian, I know where Fu Chun got the money."

"How did it come from? Did Zhang Dapeng help the bank to lend money to Fu Chun?"

"No, we guessed wrong from the beginning. Lei Dongbao's assets are not just an instant noodle factory."

Ma Xiaotian said: "I know this. He also has some shares in the Xiao Lei family, and has invested in real estate and antiques in many places, but these assets are not enough to make so much money."

Li Wen said: "He has assets in Hong Kong, which is something we have always overlooked. It was only when I met Sun Feifei that I inadvertently found out that Lei Dongbao had another woman besides his wife, and this woman was Dai Jiaofeng who lived in Hong Kong."

"Dai Jiaofeng? Who is this? Is she the daughter of some wealthy family?" Li Wen shook her head and said, "No, she was arranged by Lei Dongbao in Hong Kong. That's why I noticed that Lei Dongbao still had assets in Hong Kong, so I asked someone to investigate. She has a great influence in Hong Kong and was once known as the stock god of Hong Kong. Her assets in Hong Kong are greater than the market value of the Lei family in China, and can even be ranked in the top 20 of the rich list. I think the money Fu Chun got should have been transferred from Hong Kong by Lei Dongbao, so we didn't get any news in China."

Ma Xiaotian was stunned when he heard this. He had planned everything, but he never expected that he would end up falling into the hands of a peasant.

"Are you sure this is all true and not just a trick?"

Li Wen also closed her eyes in pain and shook her head, saying: "No, in order to ensure the authenticity of the news, I asked many people to investigate and confirmed that he can indeed take out the money, and even directly repay all the debts for Huachang without any problem."

"It seems that I didn't deserve to lose this time. After all, if I don't know myself and my opponent, and ignore my biggest competitor, how can I not fail?"

Li Wen asked: "Xiaotian, since we failed in the merger this time, should we give up?"

Of course Ma Xiaotian couldn't give up, and he soon came up with a new idea.

"Don't give up. They thought they could get out of trouble by paying off our debts, but Fu Chun thought it was too simple."

Seeing Li Wen's curious eyes, Ma Xiaotian smiled and said, "Fu Chun was acting on impulse, but he ignored some of the problems that Huachang itself has."

Li Wen was still a little confused about this, but seeing that Ma Xiaotian was unwilling to explain, she could only wait for the final result.

On this day, when Fu Chun was working in the company, Xu Chunli told him that people from the tax department, bank and court had come to Huachang to discuss something with him.

Ma Xiaotian and Li Wen parked the car in front of the gate of Huachang Company, waiting for a good show.

"It seems that these people in uniform are your backup?"

"I would like to see how they safeguard national interests and the economic order of Hai City."

"I hope it's not for your own personal use!"

Ma Xiaotian said: "From the perspective of Daxia's policies and laws, they not only serve the national interest, but also serve any company that invests in the island, including you and me."

Fu Chun didn't expect that these people were here to ask for money. The tax department required Huachang to pay 30 million yuan in back taxes, 50 million yuan in bank loans, and more than 20 million yuan in claims from other debtors. They asked Huachang to transfer the money as soon as possible, otherwise they would freeze Huachang's funds or auction off Huachang's land.

Sun Feifei and Fu Chun looked at each other and felt that they were taking advantage of someone's misfortune.

However, the other party said that Fu Chun could pay off Will Company's debts in one lump sum, so he must have other funds, and these debts and taxes must be paid off within the deadline.

Fu Chun originally wanted to use part of the money Zhao Shucheng lent him to repay debts and part of it to revitalize the company's assets, but now he has to pay off these debts first.

Fortunately, there was still a part of the funds that Zhao Shucheng had lent to Huachang, which was enough to pay the taxes and repay the debts. However, Fu Chun knew very well that if the debt-to-equity swap could not be carried out as soon as possible, then when other creditors came to collect the debts, Huachang would really be in a difficult situation.

"Fei Fei, go check the accounts with them and transfer all the money."

"Mr. Fu!" Sun Feifei looked at Fu Chun anxiously.

"Go ahead. The money on our books should be enough to pay for it, and there should be some left over for business operations. As for the rest, we'll talk about it in detail later."

"Okay! Come with me!" Sun Feifei said as she led those people to the finance department to check the numbers and prepare to transfer money.

Fu Chun sat in the chair, thinking about what had happened during this period. He always felt that there was a mastermind behind the scenes, manipulating everything and even constantly trying to cut off Hua Chang's life.

Not long after, Sun Feifei came back, looked at the dazed Fu Chun, and asked carefully: "Mr. Fu, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, but we need to speed up our actions. Debt-to-equity swap is imperative. Please contact other creditors and hold a formal debt-to-equity swap negotiation meeting in two days." Fu Chun hesitated for a moment and said, "If possible, invite Mr. Lei to attend the meeting."

"Okay, I'll notify them right away!"

Zhang Dapeng knew what Huachang had encountered, but he had no intention of lending a hand or delaying the situation for Huachang. He talked about the reform of state-owned enterprises and the separation of government and enterprises, but in fact he felt that Huachang was now a big burden for Haishi, and he wanted to get rid of the burden right away.

Ma Xiaotian also knew that Fu Chun was going to hold a meeting to swap debt for equity, but he no longer had much leverage to stop this from happening. After all, Will Company made a lot of money by acquiring Huachang's debt, while the companies that originally held the debt lost a lot of profits, which made the CEOs who sold the equity very anxious.

Therefore, those corporate CEOs who still hold shares in Huachang dare not easily sell Huachang's debt claims, and even want to come to Haishi right now, either to urge Huachang to repay the debt, or to let Fu Chun give them a clear explanation.

Fu Chun was prepared for this, so he emphasized at the meeting that Huachang would not default on its debts and would not do such a thing. Although Huachang's current debt is still as high as more than 600 million, Xiao Lei's family is preparing to swap debt for equity, and most of the company's taxes and mortgages have been recovered. If these people agree to swap debt for equity, Huachang will have a market value of more than 1 billion, and will soon be able to complete the construction of Huachang Building, successfully turning losses into profits.

While others were still discussing this, Zhao Shucheng, as Huachang's largest creditor, took the lead in expressing his support for Huachang's debt-to-equity swap, and could even provide Huachang with another bridge loan to allow Huachang to pay off other foreign debts and move forward with ease.

The others were a little hesitant at first, but after hearing what Zhao Shucheng said, they began to think about it. They all knew Zhao Shucheng and his achievements over the years. They didn't believe that Zhao Shucheng was an impulsive person, nor did they believe that Zhao Shucheng would do something that would be thankless.

Therefore, Huachang’s debt-to-equity swap is definitely profitable, but they are not clear yet where the profit lies and how much profit it will bring to them.

"Boss Lei, Boss Fu, can you tell me in detail how Huachang will move forward and develop after the debt-to-equity swap?"