I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property-Chapter 618 - 616: Swim Back Home

"Has Bingbing's mood been okay these past few days?"

"Much better," Lu Yiyao replied, "after all, she hasn't suffered any substantial harm. It's just that she's still been somewhat traumatized and has been having nightmares often these days. She relies on medication to maintain quality sleep."

Lu Yiyao added, "Didn't Ruoruo and I take her to see a doctor after we got back last time? The doctor said that kind of medication is very special."

"How special?"

"It can paralyze a person's nerves, removing all ability to resist, but it allows one's consciousness to become extremely clear. It feels like your body is being taken away from you, but you can clearly see everything that is happening to your own body."

"Bastard!" Zhang Menglong couldn't help but curse again, what Hu Bufan did was even slightly against human ethics; he really was crazily challenging the moral limits of humans.

"Hong Yi," Zhang Menglong ordered, "mobilize all my resources to find out the origin of this medication, I want an entire shutdown!"

"Yes, Mr. Zhang." Hong Yi nodded, these small tasks were absolutely easy for her.

"What's the situation with Hu Bufan now?" Zhang Menglong continued to inquire.

"All the companies under his name have already been deregistered, most of his assets have also been transferred overseas. After the bankruptcy liquidation, about 5.7 billion yuan in funds are left. He's now preparing to move to California."

"Still over five billion?" Zhang Menglong exclaimed in surprise, "Didn't the losses from those brands bankrupt him?"

"You might not believe this, but despite Hu Bufan being utterly unscrupulous, he is actually a person who pays his taxes in full," said Hong Yi, "The previous estimate of his total assets being 20 to 30 billion was actually incorrect, his total assets are nearly 40 billion!"

"That much?"

"Yes, Mr. Zhang, in the past two years, the fees he received for several endorsements and variety shows have mostly exceeded one billion each. Even just for recording a variety show, his income reached as much as 80 million."

"It really is a mad gold rush," Zhang Menglong remarked, "Those who contribute greatly to national progress are chided for not having scholarly integrity if they live stream and sell millions in courses.

Their wives' medical expenses can't be covered, and you're talking to me about the sentiments of scholars? Why aren't these scumbags criticized?"

"After getting this money, he didn't buy luxury cars or houses like other stars such as Sasha, but hired a professional financial team to manage these funds. Although he always took the 'steady' route, over the years, the operation of these funds could easily double his assets with an annual return of 20%.

"No wonder he still had so much money left after paying off so much!"

"Isn't the police handling this?" Zhang Menglong asked, as online users had tagged many departments, and the relevant departments had already started a thorough investigation of Hu Bufan. With some of the victims bravely stepping forward to cooperate, logically, it should be impossible not to find a breakthrough.

"This involves the issue of nationality," Hong Yi explained, "Although Hu Bufan committed these acts in Huaxia, he is a Californian citizen. Even though we have the authority to deal with domestic crimes, it seems Hu Bufan also has quite a few connections in California. After communicaions between both sides, Hu Bufan will return to California after his visa expires, to be handled by the relevant local departments."

"Well, he really acts like he's above us, can't we touch him now?" Zhang Menglong sneered.

"Yes, if California does not take any action, according to the relevant regulations, we can take sanction measures, but now with their involvement, it's not easy for us to proceed."

"What do you think will happen to him once he gets to California?" Zhang Menglong asked.

"I've already investigated Hu Bufan's background. Many of his relatives in California hold official positions, and through those connections, it's likely that he'll merely receive a light judgment. Moreover, Hu Bufan's popularity globally is very high, and his notoriety in Huaxia won't much affect his reputation abroad."

"Damn!" Zhang Menglong couldn't help but swear profusely, "So we can't let him go back?"

"Mr. Zhang, we can't do that," Hong Yi said, "we don't have the authority to interfere with deportation matters."

"No, no, no, who said I was going to interfere with his deportation?" Zhang Menglong laughed, "He needs to take a flight back to California, doesn't he? If he can't buy a ticket and can't go back, that can't be blamed on me!"

"Mr. Zhang, the sale of airline tickets is beyond our business scope, we can't ask airlines not to sell tickets to Hu Bufan."

"Yeah, I know," Zhang Menglong said. "Whether they sell them or not is up to the airline, but whether we can buy them, that's Hu Bufen's problem now."

Zhang Menglong and Lu Yiyao exchanged glances, then smiled knowingly.

"You always have an endless supply of bad ideas in your head!"

"Hahaha, just average, third best in the world!"

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"What? The tickets are sold out? How is that possible? I ordered as soon as they went on sale, and I'm not even traveling to a high-traffic area. How could they be sold out all at once?"

"I have a very important business negotiation to attend. If I miss it, the company will lose a big deal!"

"What? Can't even get tickets to such a lousy place? Are you kidding me?"

...

The next day, the phone lines of all the national airlines were blown up. Every outbound flight ticket was sold out.

The airlines themselves were puzzled. How could this happen? It was outrageous! All the tickets had been bought at the same instant, but they came from different regions and were purchased by different identities.

If it was some kind of hacking software or a system bug, consider this: buying plane tickets requires real-name registration, so where did all these IDs come from?

But if it was an organized, premeditated plan, how many people would it take? How much funding would it require?

Most importantly, what was the point of doing this? To prevent Huaxia's people from leaving the country?

Since the purchases were all legitimate, the airlines had no choice but to tell the consumers that unless someone cancelled or transferred their ticket, they really had no chance of traveling abroad.

Just when everyone was extremely frustrated, a Weibo post appeared.

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"Anyone needing to travel abroad, please contact the following numbers. All tickets are 20% off the original price. As long as you're not Hu Bufen, the transfer will be immediate!"

"Dammit! Did Zhang do this?"

"I get it! He's trying to keep that Californian, Hu Bufen, from going back!"

Recently, experts had also analyzed what Hu Bufen's eventual fate would be, but the actual outcome disappointed everyone. Once his visa expired and he returned home, it would be hard to sanction him domestically.

Unexpectedly, to prevent Hu Bufen from leaving Huaxia, Zhang Menglong actually did such a thing!

Although it became a bit troublesome for people who really needed to buy tickets, with a 20% cost reduction, why wouldn't everyone be happy about saving money? Moreover, Zhang Menglong had arranged for someone to handle all the procedures; they only needed an ID and money, hardly needing to do anything else.

Most crucially, this move directly trapped Hu Bufen in Huaxia, which was extremely satisfying!

Countless people went to Hu Bufen's Weibo to leave comments.

"Think you're amazing just because you're from California? Now see how you get home!"

"Wait to be sanctioned by socialism, you disgrace!"

"You don't necessarily need a plane to return to your country. We aren't stopping you; why don't you just swim back to California?"

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