My Alleged Husband

Chapter 1174 - 1028: The Unexpected Event (Part 3)

Old Master Zhang felt a deep sense of unwillingness. He hoped that someone would invest a large sum of money when he was in his most difficult time to help him overcome the crisis. Old Master Zhang decided to visit friends involved in collaborative projects, hoping these friends could lend him a hand. However, as he visited them, those so-called friends could only offer a small amount of money, which, when combined, was still less than one-tenth of the company’s funding gap. This gave Old Master Zhang a headache. Finally, Old Master Zhang prepared to convene a board meeting to announce the bankruptcy of the company.

"Zhentian, the company can’t hold on anymore. Have you tried asking Li Jiayuan for help? Is she willing to help?" Old Master Zhang called and asked Zhang Zhentian. He was filled with hope waiting for Zhang Zhentian’s response, but Zhang Zhentian’s answer was like a bucket of cold water on him.

"Ha~ Help? You have quite the imagination; you’ve used someone else’s daughter, do you think they would let their daughter be used by you again?" Zhang Zhentian said bluntly to his father. Zhang Zhentian was also quite upset. It wasn’t that he hadn’t reached out to Li Haixiao and Li Jiayuan. He did, and the result was that Li Jiayuan said she liked Zhang Zhentian and wanted to be with him, promising that if Zhang Zhentian was with her, Li Haixiao would agree not to withdraw his investment. But how could Zhang Zhentian, who was so infatuated with Xia Jing, possibly agree?

Old Master Zhang was now resorting to all possible means. To prevent the company’s collapse, he held a press conference and made a promise: "I, Zhang Mo, hereby promise that as long as someone can invest in Zhang Corporation to allow it to operate normally, I can hand over the land, which the company has never been willing to auction, to them." As it turned out, Zhang Corporation still had a piece of land worth a fair amount, but how could Old Master Zhang bear to bring out and auction this land at this critical moment? Old Master Zhang knew that if he brought this land up for auction now, it would definitely lose value. Only by using this land as bait to attract investment could the company be saved. As everyone was coming and going, Xia Jing arrived at the press conference venue. Old Master Zhang was stunned, the friends at the venue were stunned, including Zhang Zhentian. He never expected Xia Jing would return here, and moreover, that she would come to the venue without discussing it with him.

Sigh! With Xia Jing’s arrival, the focus of the entire audience shifted to her. Beneath the venue, people were discussing Xia Jing.

"What do you think she’s here for?"

"Yeah, this is a press conference, what’s a leader of mercenaries doing here?"

"Who knows, maybe she’s here to cause trouble. But who cares, this press conference is convened by President Zhang. Doesn’t everyone know President Zhang doesn’t think highly of Xia Jing? Who would have thought she’d still dare to come here? Isn’t she afraid President Zhang would throw her out in front of so many people?"

"Don’t say that. You know President Zhang loves his reputation. Even if he’s dissatisfied with Xia Jing, he wouldn’t chase her out in front of everyone."

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After hearing these people’s evaluations of him, Old Master Zhang was so angry that his face turned green, wishing he could find a hole to crawl into. But he had no choice but to thick-skinnedly stand on stage.

A quarter-hour later, Old Master Zhang asked once more if anyone was willing to invest to save Zhang Corporation. Not a single person answered him, only the murmurs of whispers were heard.

"What do you think, is there something wrong with President Zhang? Does he really take others for fools? If Zhang Corporation can’t hold on, he will auction off that piece of land then. At that time, we can buy it at a low price. Why spend so much money to help him save the company?"

"Exactly, even if we don’t invest to save Zhang Corporation, who can guarantee that no one else will invest?"

"You think we’re the only smart ones and everyone else is stupid? Since we can think of it, surely others can think of it too, don’t you agree?"

"Hmm~ Makes sense. Let’s just wait and see!"

Hearing these people’s plans, Old Master Zhang was so angry he nearly spat blood. He raised his head, gazing at the ceiling, silently contemplating, "Could it be that this time I really can’t get through this? Will the company I worked so hard to build truly collapse because of a single word from me?" Just as Old Master Zhang was looking helplessly at the gray sky, Xia Jing stood up, gallantly stepping up onto the stage, facing everyone present, and declared, "I am willing to invest, to help Zhang Corporation overcome the difficulties, so that Zhang Corporation can operate normally. At the same time, I do not require Zhang Corporation’s land."