The dot matrix printer whirred as it spat out the invoice.
As Manager Liu was digging out the ink pad and stamp from his drawer, there was a banging on the door from outside, accompanied by shouts to open it quickly.
The people inside suddenly became very vigilant!
Manager Liu saw through the surveillance camera that several police officers in uniform were standing at the door. He ignored Chen Yuyong in the shop and quickly unplugged the tax control device and threw it out the window.
Chen Yuyong was so scared he was trembling, not knowing where to hide. Manager Liu pushed open the window, about to run, but Chen Yuyong grabbed his clothes from behind.
Chen Yuyong: "Manager Liu, you can't run at a time like this! If you run, I won't be able to explain myself."
Manager Liu kicked Chen Yuyong in the chest, cursed "Don't get in the way," and jumped out the window, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
At that moment, the door was kicked open with a bang. Chen Yuyong, startled, crouched on the ground with his head in his hands, muttering, "It has nothing to do with me."
Soon, the news of Chen Yuyong looking for an invoice issuer reached Xu Shuming's ears!
After some effort and connections, they found out that although no important documents were found at the company issuing invoices, Chen Yuyong was caught in the act of preparing to issue one.
But regardless, Chen Yuyong had bought invoices for Su's company. To distance himself, this insignificant nobody had to be eliminated.
Yang Dawu: "Little Uncle, what should we do? Chen Yuyong has been taken in for questioning. What if..."
Xu Shuming: "There is no 'what if'!"
Xu Shuming roared, scaring Yang Dawu into falling onto the ground.
Xu Shuming: "Listen to me carefully. No matter what they ask, you say you had no knowledge of this. Chen Yuyong acted on his own accord!"
Yang Dawu nodded frantically.
Yang Dawu: "But I'm the financial director. Will I be implicated?"
Xu Shuming: "You're still thinking about your position now? It'll be good enough if you can avoid going to jail!"
Yang Dawu quickly knelt and hugged Xu Shuming's leg: "Little Uncle, you must save me! I've been following you for so many years, I may not have merit, but I've had hard work. You can't watch me get arrested!"
Xu Shuming: "An investigation will definitely come down from above. Have you done anything else irregular?"
Yang Dawu: "No, no, really no more. I've only misappropriated public funds. I don't know how to do anything else!"
Xu Shuming: "As long as everyone sticks to the same story and pushes all the blame onto Chen Yuyong, Su's company will at most be fined. Fortunately, there's nothing else, otherwise, even my own position wouldn't be safe!"
Yang Dawu: "Understood. I'll go tell the subordinates now!"
***
Three days passed.
There was no unfavorable news about Su's company in the news. Lawyer Ma and Mrs. Su had already anticipated that Xu Shuming had used his connections to suppress the news.
Lawyer Ma: "Damn it, Xu Shuming is using your connections to clean up his own mess!"
Mrs. Su: "It's not the time to confront him directly yet. Have you gotten any news about Chen Yuyong?"
Lawyer Ma: "After the incident, Su's finance department seemed to have been tipped off in advance. They all claimed ignorance, and the accounting matters were indeed handled solely by Chen Yuyong."
Mrs. Su: "Xu Shuming, Xu Shuming. Accountant Chen has been with him for so many years and helped him so much. He really knows how to chill people's hearts."
Lawyer Ma: "This is for the best. I tried to contact him privately several times, hinting at things, but Accountant Chen refused to resign no matter what. After this incident, perhaps Accountant Chen will be disheartened and join us!"
Lawyer Ma: "And it's quite coincidental. Heaven itself seems to be helping us, with the police raiding at this very moment."
Mrs. Su: "There are no coincidences. This was all Ouyang Chen's idea."
Lawyer Ma: "Him?"
Mrs. Su: "You're underestimating him again, aren't you? I told him that you had tried to contact Accountant Chen many times but couldn't get him to resign voluntarily. So he decided to follow him for a while to find out why he wouldn't resign."
Lawyer Ma: "What does this have to do with buying invoices?"
Mrs. Su: "Think about it. If he doesn't resign, it must be because he can't get away. Anyone working for Xu Shuming wouldn't have a clean record, would they?"
Lawyer Ma: "So it was a trap, a perfectly executed plan to corner him. Tsk, tsk, tsk... So it really was like this..."
Mrs. Su: "That's right. When Ouyang Chen realized this was the best opportunity, he immediately called the police. The goal was to force Accountant Chen's hand."
Lawyer Ma: "But if Accountant Chen is branded a criminal, he won't be able to work as an accountant anymore."
Mrs. Su: "He can change his identity. As a foreigner, who can say he can't be an accountant for a foreign company?"
Lawyer Ma suddenly understood and nodded, then shook her head with a smile!
Ouyang Chen's ATL is a foreign-funded enterprise, and its main base is not in China. Therefore, hiring Accountant Chen would be approved by any authority.
Lawyer Ma: "Truly... such a grand scheme!"
Mrs. Su: "My biggest worry now is that Accountant Chen will go into complete hiding. Even if he takes the blame, he might not betray Xu Shuming."
Lawyer Ma: "Is there really such a foolish person?"
Mrs. Su: "If he were a shrewd person, he wouldn't have loyally helped Xu Shuming for so many years. Speaking of which, he is a good person who knows how to repay kindness. ATL needs people like him to manage finances the most."
Lawyer Ma: "How about offering him a better salary? Or perhaps asking Ouyang Chen again to think of a way?"
Mrs. Su immediately shook her head. She did not want Ouyang Chen to have too much contact with the people she needed!
Ultimately, Mrs. Su could not fully trust this exceptionally capable man.
The more astonishing he appeared, the more wary Mrs. Su became. She feared that his power and connections would backfire on her, just like Xu Shuming back in the day, who bit her back without warning.
Mrs. Su: "I need to meet Chen Yuyong in person."