Sun Xue laughed, "Helping someone in need? I didn't see you helping me when I was in the most difficult time. Now, I don't need you anymore."

Cheng Fugui: “…”

After hesitating for a moment, Cheng Fugui rolled his eyes and said:

"Mr. Sun, if you don't need investment right now, then...how about this? I'll use the money to buy your company's patented technology. What do you think? As for the price, just tell me a number..."

"That will disappoint you even more. Our company's patented technology is not for sale to the outside world."

Sun Xue's attitude made Cheng Fugui very disappointed.

He suppressed his inner anger and continued to persuade, "Mr. Sun, in my opinion, you haven't suffered any loss in this matter. Why are you so serious about it? I still hope you can think about it carefully..."

"Don't think about it."

Cheng Fugui moved his mouth and wanted to say something, but he swallowed his words.

Neither of them spoke anymore, and the atmosphere became dull.

Cheng Fugui, who had been frustrated, could no longer sit still. He stood up and said goodbye with a grim look on his face.

He walked to the door and stopped, struggling to say:

"Mr. Sun, I still hope you can think it over carefully. Deputy Mayor Wang said that we should stick together and not block our own retreat."

Sun Xue said coldly, "Boss Cheng, please take care."

Cheng Fugui left angrily.

Watching Cheng Fugui disappear, Sun Xue muttered, "You want me to sell it to you? Dream on!"

She knew that Cheng Fugui's project was in a critical situation. If he hadn't done those unethical things before, she might have agreed to his request, accepted his investment, or sold him the patented technology to save him from the dire situation.

However, Cheng Fugui's actions made her so disappointed that even if she was short of money, she would not accept his investment, let alone sell the patented technology to him.

With a guy like him, who knows what kind of trouble he will come up with next.

She had already experienced Cheng Fugui's insidiousness and cunningness, and there was no way she could have anything to do with such a person.

Cheng Fugui hit a wall with Sun Xue.

His plan failed. He had originally held out a glimmer of hope because he knew that Sun Xue's company was short of money. However, he did not expect that Sun Xue would refuse so decisively.

He lowered himself in front of Sun Xue and even spoke humbly, but still failed to achieve the result he wanted.

His idea was simple. As long as Sun Xue accepted his investment or sold the patented technology to his company, he would be able to ensure that his company's project was completed on schedule.

He took the opportunity to announce to the outside world that Sun Xue's company deliberately used tampered technology to frame him in order to restore his company's reputation.

His plan was very good, but unfortunately Sun Xue had already seen through his little thoughts.

Gaozhou City.

Due to the frequent occurrence of financial fraud cases during the financial crisis, the country has introduced a series of policies to carry out centralized rectification of illegal and criminal activities in the "black and gray industries" in the financial field.

After the Gaozhou Municipal Public Security Bureau received the document from the higher authorities, the relevant staff of the task force immediately arranged a meeting and investigated and dealt with a number of illegal financial companies in the city.

Pan Biao’s lending company was also included in the list of companies investigated.

Especially in the past year, the Public Security Bureau has received many reports from the public, reporting that Zhifu Loan Company has engaged in fraudulent activities and violent debt collection, causing borrowers to be heavily in debt and suffer mental breakdowns due to intimidation.

Among them, a borrower became mentally ill due to the inhuman torture of the debt collectors. His family took Zhifu Company to court. However, since Zhifu Company was very powerful in the local area, the case was finally settled with a small amount of compensation to the parties involved.

When the public security officers knocked on Pan Biao's office door at Zhifu Company, Pan Biao was not at all panicked. He was drinking tea in the office with great interest.

He put down his teacup, without even moving, and asked rudely:

"What's up?"

The case officer showed his ID and said in a serious tone:

"We've received a report from the public accusing your company of fraud and violent debt collection. We need you to go to the Public Security Bureau with us to cooperate with the investigation."

Pan Biao's attitude was extremely arrogant. "This is ridiculous! You're reporting me for fraud? The economy is in a downturn, and I kindly lent them money to help them out. They benefited from it, but they're ungrateful and are now retaliating. You law enforcement officers, ignorant of the truth, believed their rumors, and yet you still want me to cooperate with the investigation!"

The investigators tried to forcibly take Pan Biao away, but Pan Biao stood up and swung his arms, "Don't touch me, I can walk on my own."

As soon as he left the office, he started to speak wildly and threatened:

"Which department of the Public Security Bureau are you from? I'm telling you, you're going to pay a heavy price for this."

Pan Biao walked aside angrily, immediately dialed the phone, lowered his voice and said something to the other party on the phone.

After hanging up the phone, he actually asked to see the IDs of several investigators. After being rejected, he angrily cursed:

"Okay, okay, don't think I can't do anything to you just because you don't let me see your IDs! I'm telling you, I've memorized what you all look like, so just wait!"

After saying that, he got into the police car arrogantly.

There is a reason why Pan Biao is so arrogant. He has a backer who is very powerful. It is with the help of this backer that he has been able to act arrogantly and domineeringly over the years, and he doesn't take anyone seriously.

Over the years of running a lending company, it has become common for the company to be reported, but he can easily resolve it every time. No matter how serious the situation is, he can still solve it with money. For him, going to the police station is as easy as going to the mall.

But this time, he was not lucky.

The investigators collected many cases related to his company in recent years, and the interrogation lasted for half a day.

Pan Biao realized that things seemed to be more serious than he had imagined.

Before this, he had been invited to the Public Security Bureau, but each time the questioning time would not exceed two hours, it was just a formality.

He immediately became alert and angrily demanded, "I want to call my friend."

However, his request was immediately rejected.

Pan Biao was furious and said, "You are abusing your power and restricting my personal freedom. You are breaking the law! I have the right to make phone calls. I want to hire a lawyer and report you to the relevant authorities!"

The case officer said coldly, "Pan Biao, your only way out is to tell the truth!"

Faced with irrefutable evidence, Pan Biao remained calm. He denied all accusations, insisted that his company's operations were legal, and refused to admit that he had committed any crime.

The investigators were mentally prepared for Pan Biao's cunning. While interrogating Pan Biao, important members of his company team were also taken to the public security bureau for interrogation.

Pan Biao always had illusions. He naively believed that his backers would come to rescue him soon, and he would just pat his butt and walk out of the Public Security Bureau as he did before.

But this time, he miscalculated!