A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 214 Help The Song Group

Seeing his daughter fall silent again, Chandler took a moment to gather his thoughts. "Was it Mr. Xi who told her?"

Carolina shook her head. She knew nothing about Maria and what was going on with her.

"There's no use talking about her now. What's done is done. What are we going to do next?"

"Borrow money from some bank." That was the only way.

"Alright, fine. Say you apply for a mortgage loan, but what will you pledge as a collateral? The Song Group?" Chandler asked.

It seemed that this was the only one way indeed. Given the current situation, it was likely that no bank would be willing to lend them money.

James strode into a restaurant quickly, Lorenzo at his heels.

When they reached the door to a private dining room, Lorenzo walked ahead to push the door open for his boss.

"Good evening, Mr. Xi," Carolina greeted him.

James stepped into the room. He glanced at the woman in front of him briefly and said, "You'll only have ten minutes."

Carolina nodded. She looked at Lorenzo gratefully, as he arranged the short dinner meeting for her.

In order not to waste time, Carolina cut straight to the

point. "Mr. Xi, you must have heard that my investment mistake has caused Song Group to fall into a crisis of capital turnover. I need to ask you for a loan, with the Song Company as collateral, of

course. As for the amount we need, I want five billion dollars."

'Five billion dollars?'

Without batting an eyelash, James said ruthlessly, "Even if the Song Group wasn't in a financial crisis, it wouldn't be worth five billion. If you're really only after securing a loan for the Song Group, Ms. Song, why don't you follow the normal application process?"

Carolina's heart ached as if though she had been stabbed in the chest. Forcing herself to keep calm, she pressed on. "Mr. Xi, I know my request is a little excessive. If five billion is too much, we can settle for three billion."

Ever since Daniela's scandals had gone public and put the company in ruins, Carolina constantly found herself regretting not having been the one to marry into the Xi family.

If she had married James, she wouldn't have had to stress herself every day trying to save her family's company. Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

"Ms. Song, you know the situation of Song Group best. I'm sorry. I never take a loser's deal. Once again. If you need a loan, please apply for it according to the normal process.

If there is nothing else, I will go now."

The man stood up. Carolina watched the man leave.

Lorenzo shot her a quick glance before following James out, but said nothing.

When Carolina was left alone in the room, she buried of face in her hands and tried to suppress her sobs. There were eight delicate dishes sitting prettily on the table, untouched.

James had come and gone, with few words exchanged in between.

If the HL Group wouldn't lend her money, no company would.

The fact that the land in South District was sealed up made Jonathan's position in the company on the verge of collapsing. His proposal of acquiring the shares of RC New Energy was approved by the shareholders. But, his twenty proposals, such as raising ten billion matched funds, were not successful under the joint efforts of the shareholders.

The value of the shares of YL Group dropped at the opening of the market, falling a total of ten points at the end of the day. The market value lost two billion dollars within just one day.

Several shareholders of YL Group were distraught, ready to kick Jonathan out of the office and vote for the next chairman of the board.

The bystanders in the financial circle of H City could more or less see that Jonathan had been secretly set up by someone, and they all agreed that it was harsh.

But it was difficult to tell who was behind all of it.

Although Jonathan didn't have a high position in the financial circle of H City, he still had a little impact, which was not something that ordinary people had.

Everyone guessed who that person was, and everyone had different guesses.

Maria, on the other hand, was busy dealing with erasing all traces left after setting up Jonathan, because he had paid a hefty sum to hold a secret investigation.

In her apartment, Maria whipped up dinner while waiting for James to come over.

She had called him earlier that day and he had agreed to come after work.

She also opened a bottle of red wine for the Westernstyle food she prepared tonight. When everything was ready and set up, her phone rang.

Thinking it was James, she picked up the phone without glancing at the caller ID. "Where are you now?"

"Maria, it's me."

It was Carolina's voice.

Maria glanced at the caller ID. "Oh, what's up?"

"The Song Group invested in the land in the South District."

"I know." Maria sneered. Carolina didn't listen to her, and Maria was under the impression that she had done all she could to warn them.

After a moment's silence, Carolina took a deep breath and said, "I know I shouldn't say what I'm going to say next, but I have no other choice." The woman's voice was full of exhaustion.

Maria didn't say anything. She already knew what Carolina was going to say.

"I asked Mr. Xi for a loan, but he refused. Other banks have heard that Mr. Xi has refused me. You know how it works." Many of the banks that had cooperated with the Song Group before began to avoid meeting their employees.

If she couldn't get the money, Song Group would really go down in flames.

"So, Maria, I'm begging you. Please help me and the Song Group."

Maria sneered. She knew it.

While she knew what she was going to say, she still found satisfaction in how Carolina, who had always been arrogant, had to step down from her high horse.

She answered in a low voice, "Carolina, you may have asked the wrong person. I can only run a coffee shop or a small company. What can I do to help you?"

"Can you talk to Mr. Xi for me and ask him to loan some money to the Song Group? I know I ask for a lot, Maria, but really—I have no choice." Carolina, in that moment, wanted to crawl into a hole and die.

"So you know you ask for a lot, huh? Do you think James will listen to me? Why don't you just go and ask Alina for help? Don't forget that she is James's fiancee. I'm just his ex-wife."

'Alina?' "Mr. Xi didn't help the Tang family when Ronald got in such a big trouble," Carolina pointed out bluntly. "She is not that important to James."

If James truly was willing to help, he would've found a way to get Ronald out of trouble, even if he killed a person.

But James didn't do that.

Besides, it was rumored that Ronald had kidnapped Maria.

It didn't rule out the fact that James was trying to get Ronald back on the right, moral track, but the truth was, he was protecting Maria. So Carolina believed that Maria was the one in James' heart. Only she could convince James.

Maria turned over what Carolina said in her mind, and she found that it was reasonable. If James had insisted on getting Ronald out, she wouldn’t have had a say in the matter. Her powerful surveillance evidence would've been buried by money and power.

"I can help you, but just because it was the Song family who raised me."

Tears started to stream down Carolina's cheeks.

"Thank you, Maria."

"Don't thank me now. You and I both know that James clearly draws the line between public and private interests. All I can do is put in a good word for you. As for whether he will agree to help or not, I can't guarantee it."

Carolina nodded. "Okay."