The poorest rich man novel (Chen Hao) novel Chapter 437

“It’s so lively in here!” a discordant voice suddenly called out from the door, and an entourage swaggered in with a young man leading them.

“I’m sorry, you’re not invited to this event.” A servant blocked their way.

“Get out of my way!” The man shoved him aside, and there was only silence afterward.

“Long Shaolei?” Madame Yang frowned and stood up, with the entire family following suit and sending Long Shaolei glares. Long Shaolei, the firstborn heir of the Long family, was a young but extremely influential man with the nickname ‘Trump Card.’ Second only to the Long family patriarch, he had also led the charge in battling and subduing all the other families on behalf of his own.

Since returning from overseas four years ago, he had been responsible for almost a hundred buyouts of both big and small enterprises, which further cemented the Long family’s position and brought it to new heights.

“Madame Yang, isn’t it a little rude to leave our family off the guest list for such a lively celebration?” Long Shaolei squinted at her with a small smile.

“The Long family practically has power over all of Yan Jing. A small family such as ours wouldn’t dare trouble a force of nature such as yours,” Madame Yang shot back. “State your business, Young Master Lei. Didn’t we already take care of the debts my son had incurred with your family a few days ago?”

“Of course. To be honest, we wouldn’t have minded even if he settled them a few days late. After all, the Yang and Long family go way back, so we would never hold such a small loan against you people. However, I’ve come to collect a different debt, and this time it’s not a small amount!” Long Shaolei smiled.

“Hmm?” Madame Yang frowned, whereas her children and many of the family members seemed to tense up after hearing Long Shaolei’s words.

“What do you mean by that, Young Master Lei? We do have debts, but they were from Mr. Zhang, Mr. Miao, and Mr. Li…” Yang Yuting raged.

“Yes, of course. That was the case, but these bosses have just reached a deal with us and agreed to let us collect them from you instead! According to my calculations, your family has borrowed quite a lot from at least thirty organisations over the years. Tsk, tsk. Almost ten billion in total, and that is excluding the loans from the banks.”

“Y-You’re bluffing! It’s impossible for my family to be deep in debt as our family’s business is so large!” Madame Yang’s face paled. Long Shaolei’s implications were crystal clear: If he called in all those debts at once, the Yang family wouldn’t be able to scrounge up the cash to repay it unless they mass mortgaged their assets. Since the banks would follow suit and call in their debts as well, the Yang family would likely suffer a fate worse than bankruptcy.

“Heh, you’ll have to ask your children for that!” Long Shaolei laughed coldly.

“All of you, speak!” Madame Yang slammed her cane on the ground. Yang Yuting and Guo Ru gulped in fear, but no one spoke.

“I guess no one wants to say it, so let me tell you why,” Long Shaolei said with a shake of his head. “What makes the Yang family special is that power is divided among the heirs because only the most profitable branch of the family would be deemed worthy of succession, right? Do the math. I think everyone in your family would rather get a loan under the Yang family’s name than risk their own capital.”

Madame Yang was filled with so much rage that it took her a moment to understand Yang Yuting’s actions, and why he said the cash flow issue could easily be solved with a loan. It turned out they had been pulling the same trick for years.

“Mr. Miao and Mr. Li, why didn’t you notify us of the transfer?” Yang Yuting’s face was pale since plenty of people whom he worked with were present. “Do you know how big of a blow you just dealt my family?”