Chapter Five: Buying Upstream with Orders

The trust extended repayment to three years, secured by audited order cash flow rather than land. “How can workers and suppliers manage a trust?” the committee chair asked. “A licensed institution will,” someone answered from the door. Su entered with a vice president from the Linhai Industrial Guarantee Group. The group had seen Shen protect public assets in the silver-coin case. It would now share thirty percent of the first-order risk, provided every order and payment flow remained auditable. Gu rose for the first time. “Why would the guarantee group endorse him?” “Not him,” Su said. “Real data.” The committee approved the sale. The original freeze basis disappeared.