Horse power can be seen in the distance, and people's hearts can be seen in the long journey.

Donghua was investigated for suspected fraud, like a sudden cold wind blowing the branches and leaves to pieces.

Some employees were urged by their families to refund their money, and the group also sent notices to various companies and would arrange refunds as soon as possible after the investigation.

Someone who owes Donghua money is gloating about his misfortune.

For example, at Ji Tiancheng Machinery Co., Ltd., Chen Youli told the Finance Department: Donghua’s motor and gearbox expenses were suspended.

Those who need payment from Donghua are frightened, such as Jiji Carbon Factory, which has now been restructured into Huagang Ji Carbon Co., Ltd.

Huagang Jitan's office in Lanshi quickly reported the news of Donghua's investigation to the factory, and the factory acted quickly. The vice president in charge of sales and the chief engineer were sent over.

At present, high-end graphite electrodes are in short supply and prices continue to rise.

High-power graphite electrodes with 400 mm specifications cost 13,000 yuan per ton, and ultra-high-power electrodes with 600 mm specifications cost about 30,000 yuan per ton.

Donghua uses 30,000 tons of electrodes, and consumes nearly 400 tons of electrodes in a month.

The purchase agreement between Donghua and Huagang Jitan is settled monthly. The payment for October has not yet been paid, and the accounts receivable exceeds 10 million. This is going to be bad, and the loss will be huge.

There are also people who are gloating about others' misfortune, such as Zhao Xianghui.

At the town cadre meeting, Zhao Xianghui demanded: "All cadres and employees in the town are not allowed to participate in illegal fund-raising. The Discipline Inspection Commission must investigate whether any cadre has handed over money to Donghua.

Those who participate in fund-raising, we will give you three days to take out the money, otherwise you will be held disciplinary responsible."

Of course, someone else came to the rescue.

Sun Xuesong first asked his brother-in-law how much it would cost. He could still squeeze out more than 800,000 US dollars, but it would take some time to enter the country.

Wu Rongxiang rushed over on behalf of Zhang Xiaohua and Hao Yueming.

Wu Rongxiang told Chen Lidong: "The fourth child (Hao Yueming) was trying to smooth things over in Jishi and didn't come over.

The few of us have raised 30 million. If someone runs against Donghua, we will pay the money first.

We can still spend another 10 million before the end of the month.

Whoever falls, Donghua cannot fall."

A friend in need is a friend indeed, this stall is when Donghua is in trouble.

Chen Lidong could clearly see who was kissing and who was close.

As for pouring...how?

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After the Shen Taifu case, China enacted the Commercial Banking Law.

In the past two years, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Supreme People's Court have also issued some precedents and judicial interpretations, and the criminal law regulations on private fund-raising have been basically established.

The three relevant crimes are: "fund-raising fraud", "illegal absorption of public deposits", and "unauthorized issuance of stocks, companies and enterprise bonds".

Now, the task force is already in a difficult position:

First of all, the funds raised by Donghua from its employees are mainly used to invest in the construction of Donghua Environmental Protection Technology’s tailings pond processing base, Donghua Blue City Building, self-owned power plants and other projects, so as to alleviate the tense situation of bank borrowings that have been delayed.

These are all true facts and do not constitute fraud, so they cannot constitute the crime of "fund-raising fraud."

Secondly, in every Donghua loan, the lenders are all registered employees who have worked in Donghua for more than 6 months, which is not comparable to the situation of "absorbing social deposits".

Third, every fund-raising transaction has a loan procedure, and the rights and responsibilities of both borrowers and lenders are clearly written. Donghua obviously does not involve the issuance of stocks and bonds.

Moreover, not a penny of the over 238 million yuan raised is missing, and it is still in the bank account!

The investigation team finally talked to Chen Lidong. Team leader Zheng first gave Chen Lidong a five-minute legal lesson, including "lenity for confession and severity for resistance".

Then Chen Lidong was informed of his rights and obligations as the person under investigation.

After getting to the main topic, Team Leader Zheng asked: "Mr. Chen, what is Donghua's main purpose of raising funds from employees?"

Chen Lidong said: "The main reason is that bank loans are lagging and the company's funds for key projects planned at the beginning of the year are limited, so we can only raise funds from employees.

When Donghua borrows money from its employees, it is doing serious business, and it is a major matter related to Donghua's future development.

We did not use the money to speculate in stocks or build buildings, nor did we affect the financial order. Please bear witness from the investigation team."

Team leader Zheng smiled bitterly in his heart. This was a mistake. The investigation team had already investigated Donghua's bank statements. Except for Donghua Technology, all subsidiaries were actually profitable.

Water flows back and forth, with more coming in and less coming out.

Donghua Group's asset status, except for the 400 million yuan loan from the China Development Bank, really doesn't have any risks.

Team Leader Zheng and everyone in the investigation team knew that he was being used as a weapon and that he would not be easy to deal with when he returned home, and he might even be laughed at by his colleagues.

However, the record cannot be ignored.

I had no choice but to ask: "The funds raised by employees have been in place for more than a month, why have they not been used for the construction of key projects? Do you have other arrangements?"

Chen Lidong thought for a few seconds before speaking: "According to the situation reported to me by the Finance Department, all companies have been in a profitable state recently.

Several key projects do require investment, but mainly the equipment payment. We have communicated and negotiated with the equipment importer, and the equipment payment will be paid in installments, so the pressure will not be so great.

As for investment in other areas, the profits of steel plants, machinery plants, mechanical and electrical companies, electronic technology, shipping companies and other companies are sufficient to support subsequent investments.

Therefore, we have not touched any of the funds raised by our employees.”

Did you understand, book friends, that Donghua’s funding was relieved because the equipment payment was deferred or paid in installments?

Where did the equipment come from? You have to ask Li Aiguo.

This cousin-in-law of Chen Lidong has been in charge of the business of Far East Trading, and is also responsible for the equipment procurement of various enterprises under Donghua.

Belonging to Donghua, the equipment is absolutely top-notch.

And where do these devices come from?

There is a Sam-based company called Anmei Sen, which purchases advanced equipment from around the world. After shipping it to Bear Island, it is then handed over to Li Aiguo to arrange for it to be shipped to China.

In fact, they are all devices exchanged by Chen Lidong on the system platform.

Almost no one knows that the slag in the Lugang tailings pond is quietly reducing, turned into gold coins, and then exchanged for equipment and shipped into the country.

With one stroke of his pen, Chen Lidong divided the equipment payment into 10-year payments, and Donghua's financial pressure dropped sharply.

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At this time, Team Leader Zheng asked: "What are you going to do with this huge sum of 200 million yuan?"

Chen Lidong pondered for a while and said: "It depends on the national policy. If the investigation team asks us to refund the money, we will refund the money.

We will pay all the principal plus interest to our employees.

But my idea is to establish a Donghua Fund to invest in strategic investment projects of the group. Employees will enjoy dividends and bear investment risks in proportion to their capital contribution.

For example, we are planning to purchase iron ore and open a mining company in Changlong; we are also planning to open an environmental protection technology company in Lanshi to solve the "three wastes" problem for major steel companies.

These decisions will be disclosed to the fund-raising employees and everyone's opinions will be solicited.

Of course, this is our internal matter at Donghua and will not be publicized to the public."

Team leader Zheng looked at several other colleagues in the investigation team and said: I have finished asking my questions. If you have anything to ask, please tell me quickly.

The deputy team leader from the bank looked at the others and said:

“During our investigation, some employees reported that your leaders privately promised employees that the capital raised would be guaranteed and interest paid.

Since it is raising funds, you have to bear risks. Promising to guarantee principal and interest is suspected of deception. This is not allowed. I hope you will pay attention.

I... have no other opinions."

Chen Lidong quickly said: "Yeah, thank you for the reminder from the leader. I will hold a special meeting to make requests to everyone to avoid misunderstandings."

Team leader Zheng finally emphasized: “Although no problems with Donghua University have been found, you have the phenomenon of employees’ relatives and friends giving money to employees and collecting funds into Donghua accounts.

Although you say this is the behavior of individual employees, in fact, you cannot escape the suspicion of absorbing funds from members of the public.

Of course, even gods can’t tell clearly about this situation.

However, we still hope that Donghua will investigate the source of funds raised by employees and strictly review and control them.

Or you can have employees sign a commitment letter.

We have a company in Ji City where employees have promised that all funds will be their own funds."

The deputy team leader from the bank also reminded: "Oh, I remembered one more thing. When you raise funds from employees, you must make sure that the funds are transferred from your own bank card and cannot be transferred from other people's bank cards to the company account. This can also avoid the occurrence of accidents.

Legal risks.”

Chen Lidong was extremely grateful for the opinions of these "professionals" and said repeatedly:

"Thank you to all the leaders and experts. Please continue to pay attention to our Donghua, help us control the direction, and ensure the sustainable and healthy development of Donghua.

Well, all the leaders have been here in Donghua for more than a week. We have prepared a small amount of wine. Please show your respect and let me express my gratitude to you for your insights."

The leaders of the investigation team refused, and after improving the food in Donghua at noon, they went back to their respective homes in the afternoon.

A dark cloud dispersed.

But Chen Lidong would not give up.
Chapter completed!