Chapter Five: Buying Upstream with Orders

“He paid for a lesson,” Shen said. “He has not learned it yet.” By ten a.m., Dongrui’s operating gap had fallen to seven million. The ¥5.1 million in customer escrow converted into remediation funding. Ma pledged his villa for a further ¥1.9 million facility. The shortfall disappeared. Under the rescue agreement, fifty-one percent voting control should not have activated. Ma reached for the repurchase letter. “A pleasure doing business, Mr. Shen. You need not trouble yourself with control.” Shen kept his hand on the document. “The condition requires resolution of all operating shortfalls and disclosure of all related liabilities. You omitted one.”