Time Travel: The Queen's Coronation

We were anxiously waiting for Xu Jing's message, but there was no reply. Thinking of the time difference, I comforted Rong Zixuan and asked him to wait patiently. Sure enough, I received a call from Xu Jing late at night. I turned on the speakerphone and Rong Zixuan was listening nervously beside me.

"Wei Qing, this contract is fake! How could Rong Zixuan be so stupid as to sign such a contract? Didn't you check it for him?"

"Let's not talk about this for now. Is there any way to save it?"

"If you've signed this fake one, it means you've also signed the real one!"

"Well, I think so." I looked at Rong Zixuan, and he lowered his head in shame.

"Then this matter is very difficult to handle. Rong Zixuan signed this voluntarily. There was no coercion. If you claim that he cheated, it will be difficult to obtain evidence."

"But they deceived me. These are two different contracts. This is a trap. This is a deception!" Rong Zixuan shouted excitedly.

"Do you have any evidence?" Xu Jing's cold words extinguished Rong Zixuan's anger.

"Can't this fake signature he made be used as evidence?" I asked.

"They can also say that this was fabricated by Rong Zixuan to slander them in order to avoid paying the penalty for breach of contract."

"What are the chances of winning if I sue?"

"I can only say that the balance of victory is currently tilted towards the other side."

Rong Zixuan's heart sank when he heard this, and he collapsed on the bed. Later, Xu Jing explained a lot of legal issues about this contract, and Rong Zixuan became more and more depressed the more he listened. I had no choice but to end the call early, otherwise I was really afraid that he would just break down.

"Don't worry, at worst we can just compensate you. It's better to lose money than to suffer a disaster!" I lay on his chest and comforted him.

"But I don't have a penny!" Rong Zixuan answered blankly, like an emotionless robot.

"We are husband and wife. If you don't have it, we still have it at home!"

"But you earned it yourself, I can't use it!"

"We are husband and wife, there is no need to worry about so much, what's mine is yours, and what's yours is mine!"

"no!"

"Are you afraid that others will say you're a gigolo?"

Rong Zixuan closed his eyes. "It seems that Xu Jing was very foresighted at the time. She signed the agreement for me in advance. Otherwise, I would have implicated you and the child! I have to thank her very much, otherwise I really don't know how to explain it to you."

"Don't be so pessimistic! Our family can afford this amount of money!"

"Don't worry about it! I'll handle it myself!"

"How are you going to solve this? Your money has been defrauded, how are you going to compensate?"

Rong Zixuan suddenly sat up from the bed. "I can negotiate with them first about Sun Wei's infringement. If I have to kick Party A out of this project, at least I can get my money back first. As for Sun Wei's infringement and Party A's breach of contract, I will first negotiate with them to see if we can settle it later."

I didn't want to throw cold water on Rong Zixuan, so I just agreed with him, "Sure, you can try all the methods!"

After receiving my affirmation, he happily made his bed and went to sleep, looking forward to tomorrow so that he could put his method into practice. The next morning he went out excitedly, but soon he came back dejected, and his condition was even worse.

"Well? They don't agree?"

"They said I was naive and dreaming! And the computers they gave me were all broken and now I can't use them at all! I finally understand, they were deliberately setting a trap for me to fall into!"

"It doesn't matter! At worst, we can just compensate them. We can earn it back later!"

"Wife, is there nothing you can do? They deliberately set this up to frame me! Can't we just sue each other?"

I avoided his gaze and deliberately avoided the question. "Our family can afford this amount of money! Giving them this money is just charity!"

"Wife, don't you have a chance of winning this lawsuit? I hope you can answer me honestly!"

"Well, the chances of success are very low. Xu Jing and I analyzed the entire process and found that this was a trap designed for you. This scam was tailor-made for you! Every step of their process was perfect, and the evidence was against us, so..."

Rong Zixuan lowered his head, "So I'm doomed to lose!"

"It's okay, just think of it as paying for a lesson! This money is not a big deal for our family!"

"But I implicated you! It could have been avoided, but I implicated you because of my stupidity!" Rong Zixuan was in great pain and annoyance.

"Every failure is a learning experience. Just take it slow next time! It's not like we lack the ability to start over! You're a top student!"

"Top student! I, a top student, have fallen into their trap. They must be secretly laughing over there, mocking me, a top student, for being as stupid as a pig!"

"Don't underestimate yourself! This is just a small episode in life. I'll go with you to give them the compensation tomorrow, and then we'll slowly deal with them later!"

"Then why can't we deal with them now? Why should we give them money?" Rong Zixuan asked in confusion.

"Because that contract is legally binding, you can't back down from signing it. We have to compensate them, even though we know they're scammers! After we give them the money, the contract will be terminated. We'll then slowly gather evidence to sue them for fraud. Think about it, Mr. Huang is a friend of Wang Mian's father. How could they possibly think of trying to scam you?"

"I have no idea!"

"I guess Wang Mian often told his father that you were stupid, a rich fool with nothing but money! His father also bragged and chatted with Boss Huang, making them think it was profitable and set this trap for you."

"Why? I'm so good to her! How could she hurt me!"

"Why? You hired Wang Mian to do sales and bring in business! But has she closed a single sale since she arrived? No! Yet you still act like she doesn't care. You pay her exactly what she's owed every month, not a penny less. And whenever she says, 'Boss, business is so hard!' you just believe her and don't put pressure on her by giving her sales targets. It's hard not to think a boss like that is a tycoon with lots of money! They wouldn't mind taking a little money out of you!"

"We are a small company, so it is really hard to attract business."

"Look, you're still making excuses for her! She only gets paid every month without contributing anything, which is a burden to the company! Companies aren't charities, they're supposed to be profitable! Why should she take the entire salary when she has no business? And the same goes for your employees. The technical staff aren't up to par, and their ignorance of the law has led them to plagiarize, landing the company in lawsuits. The logistics staff spend their days playing on their phones, doing nothing more than going out to buy groceries. I've looked at your company's accounts, and Lin Jiaming has taken plenty of kickbacks, eaten and drank with public funds, and even embezzled public funds. Feng Ping is the only one on your team who acts most like an employee, diligently doing her job. But one good employee can't lead a group of lazy people. Your team is rotten to the core, and they know it. But you, the boss, don't care, paying their salaries as usual. They're just getting by, and behind your back, they say you're stupid and rich. It's no surprise you're being targeted!"

"How do you know this?"

"I went to see Feng Ping. She's the most reasonable and normal person in your company!"

"They are a bunch of bastards, I'm so nice to them!" Rong Zixuan said angrily.

"Here's the key to the problem! You're the boss. If they have problems with their abilities, you can teach them or hire someone to train them. But if they have a bad attitude, are not serious and responsible about their work, you must hold them accountable! Criticize them if they deserve it, and fire them if they deserve it! It's your responsibility to manage the entire team well, and clear rewards and punishments are a must!"

"But it's too late to say anything now!"

"This may teach you a lesson. Let's consider it as paying for a lesson! Everyone makes mistakes sometimes!" I hugged Rong Zixuan's head and comforted him.

"People say you should marry a virtuous woman, and that's true!"

"Then let's deal with these troublesome things tomorrow?"

"Yeah!" Rong Zixuan replied aggrievedly.