My Ceo Husband is Sworn Enemy - Chapter 378
Chapter 378: Chapter 378: Searching for the People of Gu Family_1
During its heyday, Zhenyi Company’s entrance was bustling with cars and horses, guests thronged the doors…
But now, the premises are in disrepair, and it wouldn’t be surprising if a seal were plastered on the front door soon.
The trash bins outside seemed to have been neglected for a long time, emanating a foul odor, causing passersby to cover their mouths and noses.
Inside the tightly closed glass doors, the reception is desolate, devoid of any people.
Not even the lights inside the company were on.
“What happened?”
I asked Shen Yishu.
Shen Yishu spread his hands,
“Ever since Gu Yuanzhou managed Zhenyi Company, it has been struggling. After he was sentenced, a lot of customers worried that Zhenyi would go bankrupt and default, so they rescinded their orders and contracts en masse, as you know, everyone kicks a man when he is down. By that point, Zhenyi was headless, the employees scattered upon seeing this, and it wasn’t long before the company went under. The critical issue at the moment is that it’s still heavily in debt. If you don’t handle it soon, the court may compulsorily auction off the company to pay various debts.”
It was indeed a case of a tree falling and the monkeys scattering.
Seeing the decay of Zhenyi now, I couldn’t help but feel disheartened—it was, after all, the hard work of Gu Yuanzhou and me for over a decade.
From another perspective, it was like the eldest son that Gu Yuanzhou and I had.
I fell silent.
After a moment, I took off my jacket, hung it on the door handle, and started cleaning up the trash at the entrance.
Shen Yishu initially tried to stop me, but for some reason, he eventually decided to join me.
Together we tidied up the trash and put it into bins, then pushed the bins to a nearby waste station to dispose of it.
After I had cleaned the entrance, I opened the company’s main door and started cleaning inside…
But with such a large company, my two hands were simply not enough.
After more than an hour, Shen Yishu pulled me to sit down on a couch.
“Don’t rush to clean now, think of a plan first. I can make a call and get the cleaning staff back here; that’s not an issue. The question is, have you decided how to deal with the situation yet?”
Seeing I remained silent, Shen Yishu pulled me and took me to the CEO’s office.
This is where Gu Yuanzhou used to work.
At this moment, the doors and windows were tightly shut, and the air had become stale and dark.
Shen Yishu opened the windows to let light and fresh air circulate in.
Like the rest of the place, it was quite messy. Drawers were wide open, and papers had been strewn all over the floor and desk like it had been ransacked.
Shen Yishu explained, “It’s said that every few days, a group of debt-collecting clients come and take away anything of value.”
I looked around, and indeed, Gu Yuanzhou’s laptop was gone.
It must have been taken by those people.
At that moment, looking at the mess in the office, my heart felt exactly like it did when I first returned to the Jinshawan Fire Scene.
Indescribably painful.
I thought that Gu Yuanzhou, seeing this state of affairs, would feel the same pain as I did.
It was then and there that I determined to pick myself up and at least manage Zhenyi Company properly.
“Uh, can you help me check how much debt Zhenyi Company still owes?”
“You’ll need to call your finance manager back!”
“Okay, go call them back then!”
“I hear you owe them three months’ salary!”
I was stunned for a long while, “That long?”
Shen Yishu replied indifferently,
“Yes, from the incident of Gu Yuanzhou’s arrest to his execution… until now, it has already been a hundred days!”
“Really? I had no concept of time at all!”
“Do you think you should give her a call?”
“Oh, wait, let me sort things out a bit more!”
I tidied up the office again, leaving it neat and orderly.
Then I called Aunt Shen from finance.
After Aunt Shen came over, I asked her to first tally the occurrences of delayed employee wages.
Once she had completed the reports, I withdrew some funds from my own account,
“Use these funds to pay everyone the back wages they’re owed, and then pay an additional month’s bonus. Then tell everyone to come back to work. Of course, it’s not mandatory, but those willing to return get another month’s allowance,” I said.
“Understood, Miss Song!”
“Additionally, when you have a moment, organize a detailed report of the company’s total assets for me, as well as an itemized list of the company’s debts.”
“Yes!”
After Aunt Shen left, I began cleaning again.
I always felt the floor was filthy and knelt down to scrub it for a long time…
Perhaps because today had been so busy, by the time it was noon, I felt unbearably hungry.
The stir-fried noodles that Shen Yishu brought back were all eaten by me.
After eating my fill, I lay on the couch alone and somehow fell into a deep sleep.
That was the best sleep I had in three months.
I didn’t dream.
When I woke up,
It was already past four in the afternoon.
During dusk, the setting sun shone through the window, bathing the office in golden light.
At that moment, my mind was extraordinarily clear, as if I had never understood anything so well before.
I slowly began to understand Gu Yuanzhou…
Aunt Shen walked in with a stack of documents.
“Miss Song, I’ve notified everyone as you requested. Except for six or seven who found new jobs and can’t come back. The others will be at the company to work tomorrow…”
“Good!”
I wanted to make myself a cup of coffee, searched the desk for a while with my hand, and realized there was only an empty coffee can left, not even a single tea leaf—so poor.
“These are the company’s assets and debts…”
I picked them up and carefully reviewed them.
You don’t know until you look, and it’s shocking when you do.
The company’s assets were almost zero… while the debt amounted to hundreds of millions.
Such a headache!
Just as I was at a loss, Aunt Shen reminded me,
“Miss Song, the late Mr. Gu had some private investments that weren’t processed through the company’s accounts. You could look into that, and it might be used to offset the external debts.”
I vaguely remembered that Gu Yuanzhou did indeed have investments abroad.
The one that stuck with me the most is that he once participated in a real estate collaboration with the Thai royal family.
But these were his private assets, how could I check them?
He never gave me a detailed list.
Moreover, we didn’t have much of a marital relationship before he passed, so even if I knew about these assets considered part of an inheritance, I couldn’t access the money.
After much thought, I still declined Aunt Shen’s kind suggestion.
“I’ll figure something out!”
My first major task upon returning to Zhenyi Company was to repay this hundred million in debt…
I sold Maple Mansion and all other properties under my name, using it all to offset half of the debt.
For the remaining debt, I could only borrow from banks, pay off all the liabilities, and then start afresh.
I wanted to bring Zhenyi Company back to its former glory…
That afternoon, as Aunt Shen was reporting the accounts to me, she also mentioned something miraculous.
“Miss Song, I found Mr. Gu’s private international account on an old computer a couple of days ago and discovered that someone had transferred the assets…”
