Exposed from the start

"What's going on? Aside from cutting corners, what else have you done?!"

The tone on the other end was urgent, leaving Li Zhaoming, who was still not fully sober, dumbfounded.

"Nothing... Uncle De, you know, those old shareholders in the company had wild ambitions, only eyeing my position, the shares my parents left me. I thought about exchanging them for money to go abroad, so to save money, I started using some recycled materials for the machines."

"Hey, I told you to stop while you're ahead. Just got the document from above, they're coming to check on your end. I managed to call you while sneaking out to use the restroom to give you a heads up—"

At the same time, Li Zhaoming received another notification.

He was banned from leaving the country to facilitate the investigation.

The person on the other end let out a heavy sigh.

"You better think it through. If things blow up, I won't be able to protect you."

After hanging up the phone, Li Zhaoming started to panic.