Chapter 63 Personally Collecting the Debt
Liu Ran stood in the office, her fists clenched tightly.
She paced back and forth anxiously for two rounds.
Then Liu Ran said, "Immediately send people to Zhongyuan Company to demand repayment of this thirty million debt. We must get this money before the end of the workday today!"
Liu Xiaomei, standing nearby, heard this and said cautiously, "Director Liu, I called Zhongyuan Company before to urge them to repay the thirty million as soon as possible, but the people from Zhongyuan Company directly cursed me out. Why don't you have the public relations department go in person to try and ask for it?"
Liu Ran nodded and said, "That's the only way!"
Liu Ran temporarily had no energy to deal with Chen Yang's position issues.
She immediately rushed to the public relations department and asked them to do their best to go to Zhongyuan Company immediately and get that thirty million back.
As for the ten percent interest generated by the thirty million, it didn't matter if it could be recovered.
They had to overcome the immediate crisis first.
The public relations department staff exchanged glances.
At this moment, a female supervisor spoke to Liu Ran, "Director Liu, Zhongyuan Transportation Company is not easy to deal with. This company got its start by transporting slag and monopolizing various stone and cement.
"Many of their people are thugs. They made their fortunes by monopolizing the stone materials at construction sites. Although it is a formal company now, their entire company, from top to bottom, still retains the habits of thugs. It will probably be very difficult to collect debts from them.
"I'll send a few people to try and collect it first, but I feel it's going to be difficult."
Liu Ran couldn't help but frown upon hearing this. She quickly said, "No matter how difficult it is, we must get the money. Hurry up and send people to urge them to pay, and if they don't pay, then serve them with a lawyer's letter."
The supervisor nodded and immediately instructed her subordinates to go and collect the debt.
It was just over an hour later.
The public relations personnel from Tianliu Commercial Building returned one after another.
There were three men and two women among them.
The men still had clear handprints on their faces, and the women had red eyes and disheveled clothes. It was obvious they had been beaten and insulted at Zhongyuan Company.
Seeing this scene, Liu Ran gritted her teeth and said, "This Zhongyuan Group is too much. Do they really intend not to repay the money?"
The supervisor of the public relations department said helplessly, "I'm sorry, Director Liu. If you want to get money from their company, you must be prepared to go to court. And now, you want to get the money before the end of the workday, which is likely to be very difficult, and impossible to accomplish."
At this moment, one of the female public relations staff members raised her head and timidly said to Liu Ran in a low voice, "Ms. Liu, those thugs also said that if you want to get the money, you must show sincerity and go there in person to collect the debt. They also said that if Ms. Liu's sincerity is enough, then they can repay the thirty million plus the 10% interest of 3 million to the commercial building today."
Liu Ran's face turned ashen upon hearing this.
If the money was not collected before this afternoon, the salaries of the employees of Tianliu Commercial Building would be delayed.
Setting aside the issue of accountability, once the employees' wages were delayed, her grandmother and Liu Xin would have an excuse to force her out.
And now, for them to ask her to personally collect the money was clearly a trap. They would surely seize the opportunity to humiliate her and her commercial building, and then use it to evade the debt.
However, at this moment, Liu Ran had no other choice.
She gritted her teeth, then turned to Du Xiaoyou, the supervisor of the public relations department, and said, "Supervisor Du, let's go to Zhongyuan Company together! I don't believe that in broad daylight, in a society governed by law, there is still a place for these shameless scoundrels!"
Du Xiaoyou trembled all over upon hearing this and repeatedly shook her head, "No, Ms. Liu, please don't make things difficult for me. I'm just an employee, and I don't want to risk my life with you! I'm not going!"
The other public relations staff also retreated.
It was clear that all of them knew the notorious reputation of Zhongyuan Company and were unwilling to provoke them.
Liu Ran's brows furrowed deeply upon seeing this.
She suddenly realized that even though she was the director of the commercial building and treated these people very well.
However, there were too few loyal subordinates in the commercial building!
At this moment, Liu Xiaomei timidly said, "Ms. Liu, I... I can accompany you. I've been to Zhongyuan Transportation Company once, so I know where it is!"
Liu Ran turned to look at Liu Xiaomei, somewhat surprised.
Liu Xiaomei immediately said, "No matter what, this money is related to our finance department. Ms. Liu, let's go."
Liu Ran patted Liu Xiaomei's shoulder and said, "Good! Let's go! Chen Yang, can you drive?"
Chen Yang nodded, "Of course."
They went downstairs.
Chen Yang drove the Tianliu Commercial Building's Buick straight to Zhongyuan Company.
In the public relations department of Tianliu Commercial Building, the employees exchanged glances and all shook their heads with disdainful smiles.
Du Xiaoyou said helplessly, "It seems that our position as Director Liu is coming to an end!"
"She's still too young. Liu Ran, a young girl, can't possibly compete with Granny Liu and the others."
"Don't they realize that in Tianliu Commercial Building, besides our public relations department maintaining neutrality, the heads of the finance, security, and planning departments are all Liu Xin's people? They will definitely bring Liu Ran down."
Du Xiaoyou chuckled and said, "Alright, we can probably finish work today. Tomorrow, we'll be ready to welcome a new director of the commercial building."
The crowd burst into laughter.
In the car.
Liu Ran held her phone and searched for information about Zhongyuan Transportation Company.
Beside her, Liu Xiaomei said in a low voice, "Ms. Liu, no need to search. Zhao Dahai, the general manager of Zhongyuan Transportation Company, and Duan Lili, the supervisor of our finance department, seem to be from the same hometown. Also, Duan Lili is Miss Liu Xin's cousin."
"What? What did you say?"
Liu Ran put down her phone, her face completely changed.
At this moment, she finally understood why Duan Lili had planned to deal with her so early in the morning!
Liu Xiaomei continued, "Ms. Liu, going to Zhongyuan Transportation Company this time will definitely be dangerous. You stand back, and I'll go and demand it forcefully. If they detain me, you must call the police immediately. If both of us are captured, it will be dangerous."
Chen Yang was driving and had a good impression of Liu Xiaomei.
Although this woman was not sophisticated or cunning, she was undeniably a responsible woman.
Chen Yang coughed and said, "Don't worry, ladies. I'll go with you. Zhongyuan Company will give us thirty-three million."
Liu Ran frowned tightly and sighed, "Chen Yang, don't be careless. That company is full of thugs. And, please don't get into a fight. There are too many of them, and you'll get hurt."
Chen Yang's lips curved upwards, "Don't worry!"
Ahead, Zhongyuan Transportation Company was in sight!