Hugh Dong’s familiar voice came from the other end of the phone, “Are you still sleeping?”
“Uh-huh. …” Christine White rolled over.
Hugh Dong, “It’s almost ten o’clock and you’re actually still sleeping?”
Christine White’s brain hurt a little from his loud voice, so much so that the veins on her forehead jumped out of control, “What the hell is your business?”
Perhaps hearing the impatience in Christine White’s tone, Hugh Dong coughed lightly and hurriedly adjusted his attitude, “So what, there’s bad news.”
“What’s the bad news?” Christine White asked with a yawn.
Hugh Dong sold his story, “Do you remember the land that President Lane bought some time ago? It’s Mr. Wang’s piece.”
“Remember, what’s wrong?” Christine White opened her eyes.
Hugh Dong gloated, “Something happened to that land!”
“What?” Christine White sat up violently from the bed, her mind, which was still chaotic, now completely awake.
She gripped the cell phone tightly with both hands and eagerly inquired, “What happened?”
“That plot of land was dug up by an excavator last night for an ancient tomb complex and has been reported.” Hugh Dong replied.
Christine White froze, “Ancient … Ancient Tomb Group?”
“Yeah, surprised, huh?” Hugh Dong laughs.
Christine White, however, was alarmed, “How could there be a tomb complex? Obviously Baird even let Gates specifically check out the land before he bought it, and there was no problem at all, so how is it … now?”
“That’s not an absolute.” Hugh Dong interrupted her.
Christine White was a little confused as to what he meant.
He explained, “Mr. Wang’s piece of land is passed down from his ancestors, even Mr. Wang himself does not know that there is an ancient tomb complex below, and the people who buy the land know even less about it, and the people who generally buy the land at most check out the surroundings as well as the feng shui problems, and they simply won’t go to explore the underground, so …”
“So what?” Christine White pursed her small lips.
Hugh Dong let out a low laugh, “so it is difficult to find out whether there is no ancient tomb group below, and then this situation, although it is not unheard of, but it is very few, and without exception, every time the excavation of the land with a tomb group can not be carried out any operation, so President Lane invested more than a billion dollars, is considered to be a bleed. ”
“How did this happen …” After hearing this, Christine White murmured with dull eyes.
Two times in a row, there were problems at the site, and also the eyebrow was billions and billions of dollars of wear and tear, even if The Lane Family Group is big and rich, it can’t afford to be like this!
“Hugh Dong, can that land be resold to someone else now that we can’t do construction work on it?” Christine White asked.
Maybe Baird Lane can recoup a little bit of his losses if he can sell it to someone else.
However Hugh Dong regretfully told her, “Can’t, no one will still take this hot potato after learning that there is an ancient tomb underneath that piece of ground, just now I have already said that someone has reported this matter up, so next this piece of land will be expropriated by the state, but the state should give President Lane some compensation, right? ”
“How much?” Christine White bit her lip, “Is it compensated at market value?”
Hugh Dong laughed out loud, “How can it be, you are thinking too much, the one who receives that piece of land is mostly the state’s archaeology department, that is the poorest department, how can it give market price compensation, at most it is tens of thousands of dollars plus a banner hahahaha …”
Listening to the gloating laughter on the other end of the phone, Christine White was quite angry inside, “You stop laughing!”
“Good … Okay, I won’t laugh anymore hahaha …” Hugh Dong agreed with a mouthful of words, but his mouth still let out intermittent laughter.
Christine White was exasperated, “What’s so funny!”
“Funny, really funny, you know? I’ve never seen President Lane suffer a loss and do business at a loss, and now that I’ve seen it twice in just one month, of course I’m going to have a good laugh, it’s fortunate that I had my eye on another piece of land in the first place, and I let President Lane have this piece, or else I would be the one who’s losing money right now.” Hugh Dong said with immense gratitude.
Christine White couldn’t listen anymore and just hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, she rubbed her hair in annoyance before clicking on the webpage, ready to search for any news on the matter.
The final search results are indeed there, and still the headline, the following retweets and comments are more than 100, 000.
Christine White took a cursory glance at the comments, there were those who gloated like Hugh Dong, those who sympathized with The Lane Family, and those who watched the fun, all in all, these comments were mixed together and it was hard to watch.
“I wonder how he’s doing now, he must be so angry.” Christine White muttered, mentally worried about Baird Lane.
This tomb incident is sure to shake up The Lane Family’s stock market again.
And those directors of the group, too, would surely raise a ruckus, doubting his management as well as business abilities.
In a more serious case, maybe those directors would even want to jointly remove him as president.
Thinking about this, Christine White gripped her cell phone tightly and decided to make a personal trip to The Lane Family Group; she wasn’t comfortable until she saw Baird Lane with her own eyes.
So Christine White jumped out of bed quickly and ran towards the restroom.
Half an hour later, she arrived at the headquarters of The Lane Family Group.
Outside the door to the president’s office, Christine White raised her hand and was just about to knock when the door opened.
Gates came out of it and was slightly surprised to see her, “What brings you here, ma’am?”
“I already know about that land, and I came here because I was a little worried about him …” Christine White didn’t hide anything and told the purpose of her visit.
Gates pushed his glasses up in a daze, “So, but unfortunately, President Lane isn’t in the office.”
“He’s not here?” Christine White frowned, “Where did he go?”
“It’s in the conference room, after this incident, the group lost another billion or so, those directors are clamoring for President Lane to give them a statement.” Gates smiled bitterly back.
Christine White’s hands on either side of her clenched.
Sure enough, she’d guessed it, and the board members had really gone after Baird Lane.
“I’ll go check it out!” Christine White turned, about to head for the elevator.
Gates stopped her, “Hold your horses ma’am, I know you’re worried about President Lane, but what can you do if you go now? And this is not something you can get involved in.”
“I know, but I’m worried they’ll depose Baird.” Christine White frowned sadly.
Gates laughed lightly, “Madam you are overthinking, President Lane is the person with the most holdings in The Lane Family Group, the shares in their hands together are not as much as President Lane, how can they depose President Lane, so don’t worry about it, Madam. ”
Upon hearing this, Christine White calmed down a little, and put back the one foot that had stepped out, as well, “You’re right, I was too impulsive and forgot about this, but after this, the group won’t be Baird’s one word anymore in the future, right?”
Gates was silent for a split second and nodded, “That’s right, those board members will definitely start questioning some of President Lane’s decisions in the future, but that’s okay, President Lane was able to make The Lane Family his one and only in the past, and he will definitely be able to in the future as well.”
“Really …” Christine White tugged at the corners of her mouth, barely comforted, “Assistant Gates, go about your business, I’ll go in and wait for him.”
Gates nodded, “Okay, I happen to be on my way to deliver information to President Lane, I’ll let President Lane know about your arrival.”
“Uh, thanks.” Christine White smiled gratefully at him, then walked into Baird Lane’s office.
She didn’t have to wait long in her office before she heard movement at the door.
Christine White stood up in a hurry, her eyes fixed on the office door.
The door opened and the tall figure of Baird Lane walked in.
Christine White looked at him and took a deep breath before taking the initiative to speak, “You’re back?”