blenderwars Chapter 412 The Poison Pill Clause Revealed, Jiang Chen Sees Through the Deception at a Glance
Chapter 412 The Poison Pill Clause Revealed, Jiang Chen Sees Through the Deception at a Glance
Jiang Chen didn't say anything, but simply took the contract and quickly flipped through it.
He didn't look at the terms and conditions that were full of empty promises and enticing commitments.
Instead, they flipped directly to the last few pages, to the densely packed supplementary agreement with print as small as sesame seeds.
When President Li on the stage saw Jiang Chen's action, his smile froze slightly, and a hint of panic flashed in his eyes.
"Boss, what's going on here...?"
Jiang Chen extended a finger and pointed to one of the lines of small print. He looked up and glanced at all the villagers below the stage, whose faces were full of confusion.
He didn't use a loudspeaker, but his voice clearly reached everyone's ears.
"Party B (the farmer) agrees that if the project incurs losses due to force majeure factors such as market fluctuations or natural disasters during a future full fiscal year of farm operation, Party B shall unconditionally transfer the right to operate all the entrusted land under its name for the next fifty years as an asset to Party A (the foundation) to make up for the shortfall."
Jiang Chen read out the "devil's clause" hidden in the corner, word by word, clearly.
The scene was deathly silent.
The farmers in the audience, who were not well-educated, did not understand what "asset compensation" or "loss gap" meant.
But they understood the last few words.
—Fifty-year contract management right!
—Transfer to Party A!
Isn't this just taking their land?!
The old man who had been crowding at the front felt a sudden, overwhelming shock, as if he had been struck hard by a sledgehammer.
He was so anxious that his face turned red, and his withered hands gripped the railing of the stage tightly as he slapped his thighs.
"Huh? What do you mean? This...this land can become theirs?"
"We only get paid for one year, and then the land isn't ours anymore?"
At the opportune moment, Attorney Zhou stepped forward and helped the agitated old man.
Instead of using complicated legal jargon, he explained it to everyone in the simplest, most down-to-earth language.
"Grandpa! Fellow villagers!"
"This thing, to put it bluntly, is called a 'betting agreement'! And it's the kind that's been poisoned!"
"In the first year, he'll give you 100,000 yuan to let you get a taste of success and make you very happy."
"When the following year comes, how he keeps his accounts is entirely up to him. He can just find some excuse, like saying there were heavy rains in Europe or a locust plague in Africa—in short, he lost money!"
"If he says he's losing money, according to this contract, you'll have to give them your fifty-year land use rights for free, without paying a single penny!"
"This isn't poverty alleviation! This is digging up your ancestral graves and cutting off the livelihood of your descendants!"
Attorney Zhou's words were like a thunderclap, exploding above the heads of all the villagers.
The entire square erupted in chaos!
"My goodness! This is a trap!"
"Damn it, we almost sold the land!"
"I knew there was no such thing as a free lunch! Turns out, this was what was waiting for us!"
Farmers who have spent their whole lives cultivating the land may give up everything else, but the land is their lifeline!
Now someone is trying to seize their land using such underhanded methods; this is even more painful than killing them outright!
The crowd was outraged!
When Mr. Li on the stage saw that the situation was getting out of control, his pretense could no longer be maintained.
He angrily pointed at Attorney Zhou and began to curse.
"Stop spouting nonsense and spreading rumors!"
"This is the most advanced financial leverage model in the international capital market! It's a legal commercial bet! You bunch of bumpkins don't know anything about it!"
Jiang Chen sneered.
Holding the contract, he slowly walked onto the stage and went directly to President Li.
To everyone's astonishment, he suddenly raised his hand and slammed the thick contract hard onto President Li's oily face.
"Splash—"
Dozens of pages of paper, like snowflakes, drifted through the air and landed all over the ground.
"Coming to my territory to play tricks on my fellow villagers with dual contracts?"
Jiang Chen's eyes were icy cold, devoid of any warmth.
He leaned close to President Li's ear and spoke slowly and deliberately, in a voice only the two of them could hear.
"Go back and tell that guy behind you named Chu Tiankuo."
"His methods of exploiting people on Wall Street won't work on me."
When Mr. Li heard the name "Chu Tiankuo," he felt as if an ice pick had been plunged into his back.
A bone-chilling coldness shot from the soles of my feet straight to the top of my head.
At that moment, every hair on his body stood on end!
He just couldn't understand this code name of the boss, which even the highest levels of the board of directors kept secret.
How could this country boy, who looked to be no more than twenty years old, so easily expose his ignorance on the spot!
"What nonsense are you spouting! I...I don't know any Chu Tiankuo!"
Mr. Li's reaction was like that of a cat whose tail had been stepped on; his voice was sharp and filled with panic.
His subconscious denial only confirmed Jiang Chen's guess.
However, this Mr. Li is, after all, a seasoned veteran who has seen it all.
After a brief moment of panic, he quickly adjusted his mindset.
He knew that things could no longer be resolved peacefully.
Now that the scam has been exposed, let's just tear off the disguise and lure people in with naked benefits!
He shoved Jiang Chen aside, grabbed the megaphone from the ground, jumped to the highest point of the stage, and roared at the top of his lungs at the villagers who were already in an uproar below.
"Fellow villagers! Don't listen to his nonsense!"
"What business doesn't involve risk? Do you think farming guarantees profits without losses? If a natural disaster strikes, you'll lose everything too, won't you?"
"He can stand up for you today, but what about tomorrow? The day after? Can he take care of you forever?"
"Find your hands in your hearts and ask yourselves honestly!"
Mr. Li pointed to the sea of people below the stage, his voice full of inflammatory rhetoric.
"Besides us! Now! Immediately! Right now! Who else can come up with 100,000 silver dollars and distribute them to each and every one of you?!"
This question struck a chord with everyone.