Imposter Young Master
Chapter 177 - 180: This is not Scientific! _1

Chapter 177: Chapter 180: This is not Scientific! _1

Just as he was wondering, Yang Gang’s cell phone rang again.

It was a local Hangcheng number he didn’t recognize.

Yang Gang answered the call and a middle-aged man’s voice came through.

"Is this Young Master Yang? I am Chen Tiantang, the Chairman of Tianlong Entertainment Group."

"Um... Nice to meet you." Yang Gang responded indifferently: "What does Mr. Chen want? Surely you don’t want to lend me money?"

Yang Gang indeed knew this Chen Tiantang.

He was part of a fairly powerful emerging family whose main business was entertainment. The foot massage parlour where Xue Lei worked was one of Chen Tiantang’s Tianlong Entertainment stores.

Chen Tiantang was a business competitor of the Yang family.

Upon hearing Yang Gang’s words, Chen Tiantang laughed loudly, "Young Master Yang, you guessed it right, I do want to give you money."

"Mr. Chen, speak clearly. Beating around the bush is a waste of phone bill. It costs to answer your call." Yang Gang replied casually.

"Alright, Young Master Yang is so straight forward, then I’ll just get right to it. I want to buy your Yang family’s Haibo Foot Massage City on Fengyang Road."

Chen Tiantang paused, then continued, "I know that the Yang family is having a bit of a financial problem and it needs funds to turn things around. But in the current situation, borrowing from the bank is not possible, and private lending is also difficult. The only solution is to dispose of non-performing assets and raise funds to let the Yang Group see a glimmer of hope again. Otherwise, if the entire group’s cash flow breaks off, it would only lead to bankruptcy."

Yang Gang scoffed, "Non-performing assets? The Haibo Foot Massage City on Fengyang Road is our Yang family’s biggest foot massage parlour, and the most profitable. How can it be considered a non-performing asset in Mr. Chen’s eyes? On the other hand, why is Mr. Chen so interested in it if it’s a non-performing asset?"

Chen Tiantang was somewhat embarrassed, "I have a good relationship with Mr. Yang. I’m only trying to help him out."

"Hmm...I see. So, Mr. Chen, how much are you planning to spend on the merger with Haibo Foot Massage City?" Yang Gang asked blandly.

"Um, business at foot massage parlours is quite hard now due to crackdown from the national government. My intention to take over Haibo Foot Massage City is purely to help Mr. Yang. Let’s say... 10 million, how does that sound?" Chen Tiantang proposed.

Yang Gang sneered, "Mr. Chen’s sentiments towards us are truly touching. Just two months ago, you offered my father 50 million for this deal, and now the market value has plummeted by five times in less than two months. Even if you’re taking advantage of a disaster, isn’t this a bit too ruthless?"

Yang Lin never told Yang Gang about this. He found out from Zhao Wei.

"Well, um, Young Master Yang, the foot massage parlour business is really not doing well..."

Yang Gang interrupted Chen Tiantang, "The ownership of all businesses under the Yang family is not in my hands, so it’s pointless to talk to me about it. You should keep your 10 million to beef up your body, so you don’t starve your wife and make her stray."

Young Master Yang’s words were getting increasingly crass.

"Wait, forget about the foot massage parlour’s purchase for now. What’s wrong with my wife? Do you know something?" Chen Tiantang got anxious.

"Why don’t you hire a private detective?" Yang Gang responded sarcastically.

With that, Yang Gang hung up the phone right away and blocked Chen Tiantang’s number.

In fact, Yang Gang didn’t know Chen Tiantang’s wife, he was just trying to mock him a bit.

What Yang Gang didn’t know was that although Chen Tiantang was in his forties or fifties, his new bride was only in her twenties, a distinctly attractive age.

Chen Tiantang was rather suspicious, and Yang Gang’s casual comment directly hit Chen Tiantang’s sensitive nerve.

The Chen family ended up in turmoil because of this, which was not something Yang Gang had expected.

After that, Yang Gang received several more calls, all of them trying to take advantage of the fire and acquire Yang family’s businesses at a low price.

Yang Gang was puzzled.

What the hell is going on? Even if you want to play opportunists, it’s pointless talking to me, right? I’m just an impostor. I don’t own any of the businesses, how on earth can I sell them?

In the end, Yang Gang couldn’t help but ask one of the callers.

The person was taken aback, then said, "Doesn’t Young Master Yang know? Mr. Yang has already given you all the power to handle the Yang family’s businesses."

Yang Gang was stunned, "What do you mean?"

"That is, Young Master Yang, you can now manage any asset under the Yang family according to your own will." The man explained further.

Sheesh--

Yang Gang took a deep breath.

Mother of God!

Really??!!

Given Old Master Yang’s suspicion of him, how could he possibly entrust the power to manage the Yang family’s assets to him?!

This is not logical.

There’s a trick behind this!

Yang Gang immediately called Yang Ya: "Sis, since a while back, I’ve been getting calls about people wanting to buy our family’s businesses. What’s going on?"

"Oh, I came to Aunt Lian’s house looking for you but I didn’t see you, I was just about to call you. Dad has already signed a letter of authorization permitting you to handle our Yang family’s assets on his behalf. I have the document here. Please come and get it." Yang Ya responded.

What the--!

Turns out, it’s true.

But, this is not logical.

Yang Gang was even more certain that there was a trick behind this.

Then, Yang Gang directly returned to Chen Lian’s place and surely enough, Yang Lin’s signed authorization letter was there.

Yang Gang looked through the letter of authorization a bit, but nothing suspicious popped up.

Yet, the more natural it seemed, the more suspicious Yang Gang became.

Because he simply couldn’t believe that Yang Lin would entrust all of the Yang family’s assets to him.

What if he sold the businesses, pocketed the money instead of paying off bank loans, and then ran away? Given that, the legal representative of the company, Old Master Yang, would likely spend the rest of his life in prison.

Yang, knowing his father’s cautious nature and coupled with Zhao Wei’s betrayal this time, found it hard to believe that Yang Lin would trust him so much.

Yang Gang looked at the authorization letter, feeling as if it were a hot potato.

But he couldn’t just not accept it.

At the same time, the whole matter made Yang Gang understand that the Yang family’s financial deficit was not just the 5 billion tax evasion and tax shortage, but the entire group’s cash flow had been cut off. If he wanted the business to come back to life, it would require a lot of borrowing or new investment, otherwise, there was only one way, bankruptcy.

For this fund, Yang Gang made a rough estimate, and it was probably at least 20 billion.

For the current Yang family and Yang Gang, this amount was more or less astronomical.

It seemed that the Yang family’s bankruptcy was just a matter of time.

Yang Gang collected his thoughts, looked at Yang Ya and asked, "Sis, do you have a place to live now?"

Yang Ya smiled and said, "Previously, I rented an apartment with a colleague, a two-bedroom flat, didn’t think I’d need to use it now."

She paused, then looked at Yang Gang and said, "Gangzi, do you have a place to stay?"

"Yes, Sis, don’t worry." Yang Gang replied.

"Oh, it’s pretty late now, you should hurry back." Yang Ya suggested.

Yang Gang nodded.

After Yang Ya left, Yang Gang wandered the streets, feeling depressed.

"Where should I sleep tonight?" He wondered.

Yang Gang went through his contacts list, and his eyes landed on one number. He gave a sly smile.