rau approaches lipichi owner, page-20

Excerpt from court documents state:

(a) John Kelly ("Kelly), a director of Republic, met personally with Yang on February 26, 2008;

14.loss of the benefit of the contract with Baoshun Lu Chen,"...................................................................................


so, as i understand it , Chen is the owner , so what's the bit about JK meeting with Yang, with the previous owner ?

i am a bit confused here, can someone explain it
to me ?