Chapter Four: The First Money—and the Patent Is Not for Sale

Hundreds of workers watched the finance computer through the glass. Yanqiu did not pay the preservation order first. She transferred all 17.6 million in unpaid wages into a supervised account. Each SUCCESS on the screen drew another stifled sob from the corridor. “We have 2.4 million left,” Jiming murmured. “How do we pay the eight million?” “The mold invoices.” “Yunjing classified those as bad internal debt. They'll delay.” “That is why Qiyao isn't paying Hengchuan.” She gave him the new agreement. “The invoices became Xuanheng receivables. I sold eight million of them to Haicheng Commercial Bank at ninety-two cents on the yuan. The bank pays the preservation charges directly.”