My Son-in-law Is A War God
Chapter 837 - 838: Fake Donation

Chapter 837: Chapter 838: Fake Donation

The equipment cannot arrive on time, so the research and production of the new drug will come to a halt.

For Xinmeng Pharmaceutical, this blow is indeed quite severe.

"Xiao Chen, as you know, it’s not easy to purchase equipment from Europe, especially the advanced ones. It all requires foreign exchange, as well as many channels and connections.

We learned that there’s such a company in Xiongcheng City that specializes in these matters, with extensive connections and people in various places.

So we collaborated with them.

This batch of equipment was provided by them to the March Group.

It’s said that this company even has official backing."

Lin Meng said.

"What company?"

Xiao Chen asked.

"All-Knowing Company!"

Lin Meng replied.

"Did you ask them what’s going on?"

Xiao Chen said.

"I did, and this is what shocked me the most: the All-Knowing Company outright denies any involvement with this transaction. They stated that they just purchased the equipment for March Group, and it has nothing to do with us.

We spent 1.5 billion Euros on equipment and even gave them a 10 million Euro commission, but they flatly denied it all."

Lin Meng said angrily.

"Hmph, it seems that this All-Knowing Company isn’t any good."

Xiao Chen snorted coldly, "What’s ours is ours; no one can take it away. Thinking of gobbling up our possessions, how delusional!"

"Chairman, it’s bad, you need to see this news!"

Secretary Jin hurried in, holding a mobile phone for Jiang Meng to see.

The news displayed the shocking headline "Xinmeng Group Accused of Fraudulent Donations."

The content suggested that Xinmeng Group never actually made those charitable donations; it was just some unscrupulous media helping them with publicity.

Right next to that news was a story about March Group donating a hefty sum, with various regions in Zhili Prefecture rushingly covering the story.

There were even people from local Hope schools, welfare homes, and even official departments speaking out.

In contrast, Xinmeng Group effectively became the villain.

"Others might not be able to investigate, but the last time I managed to get money from Li Long, 5 billion of it went to the Zhili Prefecture Charity Association.

Didn’t they come out to testify?"

Xiao Chen said coldly.

"No, I even called to confirm, and they said they haven’t received any donations from Xinmeng Group, only a 3 billion donation from March Group."

Secretary Jin said.

"Good! Good! Very good!"

Xiao Chen’s face grew even colder: "Do they think they can bully us freely because we don’t have a foundation in Xiongcheng City?"

"Husband, I have to go to Xiongcheng City!"

Jiang Meng couldn’t hold back anymore.

She didn’t care about vanity.

But she absolutely couldn’t tolerate others accusing her of fraud especially when there was also the matter of the 1.5 billion Euros worth of equipment.

This trip to Xiongcheng City must resolve both issues.

"Let’s go together. These people are ruthless and capable of anything."

Xiao Chen’s face was somber.

Seemingly independent incidents were actually happening at the same time, with March Group’s offense being very fierce.

"So be it, I’ve mostly dealt with domestic companies before; this time, I’ll play along with you!"

Xiao Chen summoned the Tiangang Team to arrive in Xiongcheng City ahead of time to prepare everything.

Afterward, he departed for Xiongcheng City with Hong Yi, Ziyi, Ren Jing, and Ghost Blade in tow.

The Sky Net in Blue Sea was mostly complete, with others able to handle the remaining work; now, it was time to establish Sky Net in Xiongcheng City.

Therefore, Hong Yi and Ziyi had to come along.

Upon arriving in Xiongcheng City, with the help of Jianghu Teahouse, Hong Yi and Ziyi began setting up Sky Net.

Xiao Chen and Jiang Meng went to the Charity Association only to be denied entry, with the other party claiming that the senior members of the association were out of town on business and had not yet returned.

After that, they went to the All-Knowing Company.

But shockingly, the place where the All-Knowing Company was located had long been deserted.

Nobody was there.

"A shell company?"

Xiao Chen sneered.

"Have we been scammed?"

Jiang Meng asked.

"The All-Knowing Company has been in Xiongcheng City for at least ten years, always right here. It’s impossible for it to be a fraudulent company. The only possibility for them to have vacated the place is that they got themselves a better deal and have gone into hiding,"

said Xiao Chen. "Don’t worry, Xiongcheng might be big, but they won’t be able to hide."

The two of them temporarily stayed in a hotel.

The next day, they went to the welfare association again.

Still, no one was there.

For four or five days in a row, the senior executives of the welfare association were nowhere to be seen.

"This is freaking suspicious!"

Xiao Chen said coldly.

If it were an ordinary person, they would indeed have no recourse.

But who is Xiao Chen?

He made a direct phone call.

The leader above immediately called the president of the welfare association.

After picking up the call, they immediately called the welfare association: "If your welfare association doesn’t care about its credentials, continue to refuse visitors then. You’ve already been reported. You claim to do nothing wrong, yet for five days straight all the senior executives have been absent. I don’t care where you are, but if within an hour, the guests still say they haven’t seen anyone, then your welfare association’s operating license will be revoked. It’s up to you!"

Forget an hour, merely ten minutes later, a person who looked like a leader drove over.

"Oh dear, my apologies, my apologies, Chairman Jiang Meng, we’ve genuinely been very busy recently. See, I’ve just rushed back from outside. Come on, let’s go inside and talk!"

The speaker was a vice president of the welfare association named Zhang Chao.

The welfare association had a good dozen vice presidents.

But this Zhang Chao was one of the more authoritative ones inside.

His presence showed the pressure the leaders exerted.

Once inside the office, Xiao Chen didn’t speak, and Jiang Meng directly cut to the chase, "President Zhang, I’m sure you’re aware of why we’re here. Not long ago, we donated five billion to your association. Now, the news out there says we’ve committed donation fraud. We don’t ask for much, just that you could speak on our behalf to set the record straight. Otherwise, it would greatly affect our company’s reputation."

"Five billion? With a donation that large, it’s impossible for me not to know about it. But why don’t I recall it?"

Zhang Chao frowned and said, "But don’t worry, I’ll check it out, and we’ll have results soon."

He pretended to turn on his computer and began searching.

Xiao Chen just watched him coldly.

Zhang Chao’s acting skills were truly abysmal. His exaggerated demeanor made it blatantly obvious to anyone that it was all an act.

A moment later,

Zhang Chao shook his head and said, "In the past month, the only donation our welfare association received was the three billion from the March Group. There is no Xinmeng Group, and no amount of five billion either. Could you have made a mistake somewhere?"

Jiang Meng didn’t say a word, but directly took out the receipt and the banner for the donation issued by the welfare association.

Then, she slowly said,

"President Zhang, that was five billion. It won’t just disappear without a reason, nor turn into three billion out of thin air. Our Xinmeng Group has grown step by step from Linhai to where we are today. Initially, all our charitable work was done internally, without a single issue.

This time, out of trust for you, we handed it over to you to handle. And yet, an incident occurred. It’s okay if you don’t acknowledge it, but this receipt, you can’t deny this, can you?"