Chapter Three: Eight Hundred Sixty Thousand Steals Thirty Million

She ended the call. It was 9:38. Jiming scanned the clauses. “He's right. We can convene the trust, but we cannot fund the exercise.” Yanqiu touched the register. Threads of different colors rose from hundreds of names, most leading to unpaid wages. Beneath them was a line of dark gold. Exercise consideration: 30 million yuan, or—upon consent of beneficiaries holding two-thirds of all interests—an equal offset through matured claims. The amendment was not on the transfer agreement. It lay beneath two water-damaged pages stuck together at the back of the register. Yanqiu separated them. “We don't need cash. Hengchuan owes wages and compensation to more than three hundred former employees.