Reborn with Consumption System

Chapter 894: Chapter 367: The Justice Dog Bastard Duo_2

Han Lie tapped the table, looking thoughtful, and confirmed with Liu Minghao, "So actually, Old Zhang does have the ability to go down together with that prick Gao, it’s just not worth the price, right?"

"That’s my assessment."

Liu Minghao chose his words very carefully.

Han Lie asked again, "So in fact, Old Zhang never personally took part in that prick Gao’s swallowing up of Guofang, and he wasn’t one of the earliest core members of the interest group?"

"Right. By the time Old Zhang came in, Gao Yuan Real Estate was already set up and was developing that Guofang plot."

"Then can he lock onto the key players?"

Liu Minghao patted the folder with a smile. "The list is at the back."

Han Lie opened it, skimmed a glance, then quickly closed it again, shaking his head with a wry smile. "This isn’t something we should be doing... let’s think of another way."

There were no businessmen in the strict sense on that list; if Han Lie made trouble starting from that list, it would be crossing way too many red lines.

Liu Minghao’s eyes narrowed into slits as he smiled. "Your original plan was already very good."

"Mm."

Han Lie just nodded noncommittally, then asked, "Then Old Hu should be about the same, right? Since that prick Gao dared to move against him, he must’ve been sure of himself."

Liu Minghao pulled out another sheet of paper from the folder and slid it over to Han Lie.

Then he drawled, "So, I plan to send some credit to a friend—dig deep, and hit him with heavy sentencing..."

Fuck!

Han Lie picked up that sheet and took one look, and a chill went through his whole body.

On it were Hu’s illegal acts over many years, and it was far more than just embezzlement in office.

There was misappropriation of public funds, bribery and taking bribes, tax evasion, and even a suspected strong-alkali crime against a female intern assistant.

"That son of a bitch is in charge of marketing, PR, advertising and such, and him messing around with female staff in those departments is nothing new. With his personality and image, there’s no way all the women were willing participants..."

"Badass!"

Han Lie gave him a thumbs-up in genuine admiration.

There wasn’t a single piece of conclusive evidence on that sheet, just names and incidents, all inferential.

Or you could call it speculation.

For example, there was a female college intern who started in the advertising department, then got transferred to be Hu’s assistant. A few days before her internship ended, she suddenly resigned. Sensing something off, Liu Minghao found a way to track her down, and once he asked, she immediately broke down sobbing, completely inconsolable.

Another example was Old Hu’s current mistress, who originally had a boyfriend, and the two were about to get married. Then they suddenly broke up, and the guy went to the company and got into a fight with Old Hu. Hu ended up with a bruised face and swollen nose, yet in the end he actually didn’t press charges.

If you handed this stuff to Economic Crime Investigation, it definitely couldn’t serve as direct evidence, but it would absolutely be clear leads for digging deep.

Given Liu Minghao’s status, capability, and connections, he could definitely find the right person to hand over this "favor" and have it taken very seriously. freёweɓnovel.com

And once it was all verified...

Scumbag Hu could look forward to rotting in prison.

What’s the upside?

First, punishing evil, of course. That bastard Old Hu really deserves to die.

Second, cutting off his fantasies and escape routes.

If Hu the scumbag only had a single embezzlement charge and a three-to-five-year sentence, there’s no way he’d go nuclear and drag that prick Gao down with him.

But if he got a combined sentence on multiple charges and it came down as life?

He’d definitely be unable to resist taking a bite out of that prick Gao, dragging him down to die together... which would also count as earning merit with crime.

"How the hell did you even dig this up?"

Han Lie couldn’t hold back his curiosity, and Liu Minghao laughed proudly.

"Each trade has its specialist!

That prick Gao thought the accounting firm’s involvement was just for inventorying assets, doing pre-financing checks and due diligence. But how could that little bit of trickery slip past the old auditors I specifically planted there?

Anywhere that looked off, they circled lightly, and with just a glance from me I knew who’d been up to what..."

Han Lie gave him a thumbs-up, fully convinced. "You’re something else, bro!"

Liu Minghao was truly one devious bastard.

Han Lie already knew about Gao Yuan Real Estate hiring an accounting firm to help tidy up their books.

The suggestion was actually his; at the time, he told that prick Gao, "You’ve got to get the company’s financial statements in order. When you raise funds later, they have to be filed with credit enhancement institutions for review, and I also need a copy, to confirm your company’s real value.

We’re partners; we’ve got to be upfront with each other. We can’t be working together with no idea of the numbers, right?"

"Right, right, that’s exactly how it is!"

So that prick Gao rushed off to do it.

At the time, all Han Lie wanted was to figure out that prick Gao’s real financial standing and see if there were any openings he could exploit, but he didn’t have the energy to keep an eye on it all the time, so he handed the matter over to Liu Minghao.

The result? Old Liu really did come back with a huge surprise...

But Han Lie still had one question he didn’t quite get. "Wait, is that prick Gao’s financial sense really this bad? He didn’t guard against anything?"

Liu Minghao let out a speechless laugh.

"What, you thought he was some top-tier executive?

That prick Gao only has a junior college education, in agricultural machinery. He climbed to the top of a state-owned enterprise by being slick and good at schmoozing and gift-giving, and later got rich by having guts and a black heart, catching the big wave of the times.

It’s not that he didn’t guard against anything at all, but the direction of his precautions was totally off. He thought if he flattened the ledgers and kept the tax side clean, he’d be fine. But I never needed to nitpick his own problems in the first place..."

This was a straight-up beatdown at the level of thinking.

That prick Gao thought that taking care of Old Hu wouldn’t have any fallout, because he’d held back and hadn’t gone all out to destroy him.

Under normal circumstances, Old Hu really could only swallow it, obediently plead guilty, and go in for three to five years, pay some money, and come out still a hero, a carefree billionaire.