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Chapter 781: Chapter 784: Something Big Happened!

Lu Qing’s personality was something Qin Tian understood very well.

When Lu Qing was anxious and uncomfortable, it meant things were seriously wrong!

”Sister Qing, speak slowly. What exactly happened?”

Qin Tian, his phone in hand, walked into the garden, and asked intently.

”There is a problem with the cash flow of Qin Real Estate. We are deeply involved in two projects with significant funds. After receiving the prepayments from the homebuyers, I don’t know what happened, but after we signed the contracts and construction had already started, those homebuyers collectively went to our sales office causing trouble and demanding the return of their deposits!”

”We definitely can’t refund this deposit. It’s the same with all real estate enterprises, the funds for building houses mainly come from pre-sales and bank loans. The main issue is that we have already spent the pre-payments and construction has started; we simply don’t have the funds to refund the owners.”

”The situation has been at a deadlock for two days. We haven’t even called the police. Hundreds of homeowners are directly blocking our sales office, hanging banners, insisting on an explanation, or else they won’t let us do business.”

”With them blocking the sales office, we essentially can’t do business at all, no one comes to the sales office. Moreover, with this disturbance, the reputation of Qin Real Estate has been damaged, and it even made the newspapers, which are ridiculously writing about ’homeowner rights.’”

”But because of this, many people who originally planned to buy homes from Qin Real Estate are now opting for properties from our competitors... Qin Tian, it’s so strange. Just after we spent the funds, those homeowners suddenly came to claim their ’rights,’ catching us completely off guard. Worse still, it’s the end of the year, and we are winding up several projects and can’t spare the staff to deal with this. Arguing with them does no good, they are not only demanding money but also claiming compensation for losses...”

Lu Qing spoke with a frazzled and exhausted tone; one could hear that she had not rested at all in the past two days while dealing with this issue, and she was at her wit’s end when she called Qin Tian.

”What exactly are the homeowners complaining about Qin Real Estate’s properties, that they suddenly came together to ask for refunds?” Qin Tian asked.

Lu Qing said, ”These people are just making trouble without cause. Some say the houses are built in bad environments, with smog, and the company did not disclose the impact of smog when selling the houses, claiming we deceived consumers and demanding refunds... Smog, do we even need to state that? When the smog comes, the whole city is affected... It’s completely unreasonable.”

”Others complain that we didn’t provide details about the feng shui beforehand. They had feng shui masters check it and claimed our houses have bad feng shui. No matter whether it’s early or late, as soon as they pay, and we’ve spent the money, it counts... they’re just bullying us!”

The issue of real estate funding is already the most critical problem.

Of ten unfinished buildings, nine are the result of a broken financial chain.

Therefore, the most important risk a real estate company must guard against is the breaking of the financial chain.

Qin Tian thought for a while and said, ”Would these homeowner rights issues lead to a break in our financial chain?”

”Of course, they will.”

Lu Qing worriedly said, ”The key issue now is that apart from the homeowners causing trouble asking for refunds, there are also problems with the banks!”

”What do you mean?”

”At the bank, our people had already negotiated the loan amounts because they are old acquaintances, so we didn’t bother to sign a contract. Now that construction has started and we need funds, we went to sign the contract with the bank, but the two billion yuan they originally agreed to lend us, they suddenly reneged on!”

”Without the banks’ financial support and facing this situation in two newly opened buildings, our financial chain will definitely break, alas!”

Lu Qing’s words left Qin Tian silent.

He always felt that this situation came too suddenly, too coincidentally, as if someone had deliberately orchestrated it.

”Did you not say that there were issues with both Qin Real Estate and Qin Hotels? What happened with the Qin Hotels?”

Recalling Lu Qing’s earlier words, Qin Tian’s heart tightened. How could it be such a coincidence that his companies, if not troubled, were suddenly in trouble simultaneously?

Lu Qing said, ”At the Zhongshan Road branch of Qin Hotels, customers booked a private room for a dinner party in our hotel, and there was a case of food poisoning that killed three people!”

”Three people died? What happened?!”

Hearing this, Qin Tian’s heart clenched, and his brows instantly furrowed.

For hotel and restaurant businesses, the most critical issue is food safety. Three people dying suddenly is not just a matter of tarnishing the hotel’s reputation; it’s also about prosecution if liabilities are investigated!

”I don’t know, the police have already ordered our Zhongshan Road branch to temporarily cease operations, and the related chefs and waitstaff from the hotel are still at the police station giving statements and being investigated. Wang Ziming, the general manager, has also gone there for investigation.”

”The key is, if this issue had been quietly resolved, it would have been manageable, but I don’t know how, one day after the incident, it was exposed in the Zhonghai City newspaper, just a dozen hours after the event. I issued a gag order, and Wang Ziming had also manipulated relationships at the police station to avoid exposure. Yet, just ten hours later, it was on the newspapers!”

”Qin Tian, what the heck is going on... I’m running back and forth, clueless on how to handle this.”

After finishing, Lu Qing felt a helpless despair.

This was the biggest incident, the biggest crisis she had faced since managing Qin Real Estate.

”Why is it always the Zhongshan Road branch...”

Issues at Qin Hotels specifically occurring in the Zhongshan Road branch, Qin Tian immediately recalled how he had harshly dealt with Wang Ziming and several others not long ago, and said:

”Sister Qing, has there been anything unusual with Wang Ziming? I demoted him recently; he wouldn’t be harboring resentment and acting deliberately, would he?”

Lu Qing was silent for a while, then said, ”It’s hardly likely... I’m fairly familiar with Wang Ziming, and he’s not that kind of person. Besides, this issue has become so serious, causing several deaths. If it’s traced back to him, he would definitely face imprisonment. I don’t think he would do such a thing.”

Qin Tian considered carefully and agreed, knowing Wang Ziming to be a capable and shrewd individual who generally had a sense of proportion and probably wouldn’t harbor such intense vengeance.

Qin Tian, holding his phone, thought for a moment, then said, ”For now, just stabilize the situation, and try not to panic. I’ll book a flight back immediately. I’ll handle it.”

After hanging up the call, Qin Tian immediately proceeded to book a flight.

But damn it, the flights were grounded!

Because of severe smog in Beijing these past few days, flights were grounded! The expressway to the airport was closed!

Damn!

Qin Tian was stunned. What the hell was going on? Even the heavens were causing trouble at this critical moment? And it had to be severe smog!