NOVEL NEXT Chapter 168 We Have Cooperation Too!
At that moment, hearing Zhang Mengchuang's words, everyone turned as docile as grandsons, no longer daring to spew any more venomous threats.
They were like sick cats.
Even Fang Cunshan, who was now of an age where he was almost buried halfway into the yellow soil, had to respectfully address Zhang Mengchuang as "Brother Zhang" in his presence.
"Is that so?"
Zhang Mengchuang's voice was thick with anger, "Just yesterday, during the banquet, I said that seeing Wang Ye was as good as seeing me."
"No sooner had I said this, and Wang Ye had barely left, than you treated Wang Ye in such a way, does this not show that you have no regard for me in your hearts, and furthermore, that you have an intention to go against me!"
Zhang Mengchuang spoke.
These words made Yang Xing and the other three exchange glances.
Each one could see the deep shock in the others' eyes.
Zhang Mengchuang had actually said such a thing at the banquet yesterday.
The weight of those words was far heavier than any other words, any other favors!
And Zhang Mengchuang had only just spoken these words at the banquet yesterday, yet today, they had directly "invited" Wang Ye to the conference room, confronting him with such words, threatening Wang Ye.
It was indeed a lack of respect towards Zhang Mengchuang.
For a moment, all four men furrowed their brows.
Now that Zhang Mengchuang had spoken like this, it meant that if they continued to go after Wang Ye, it simply wouldn't be possible.
Sigh!
All four of them sighed heavily in their hearts.
Then, they spoke to Zhang Mengchuang on the phone, "Brother Zhang, we weren't aware of the situation before. After all, you are in Zheng He City, and we are in Yun City."
"The news doesn't travel that fast."
"Had we known about your statement yesterday, no matter what, we would definitely not have dared to treat Master Wang like this today, right?"
Yang Xing, Mei Yu, Fang Cunshan, and He Guang, all four of them spoke in turn, their tones sycophantic.
"Fine then," Zhang Mengchuang replied on the phone.
The four, upon hearing Zhang Mengchuang's words, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
If Zhang Mengchuang wasn't going to hold them accountable, then all was well.
Otherwise, given Zhang Mengchuang's status as one of the Family Heads of the Four Great Families of Zheng He City, he was simply not someone that the Family Heads of Yun City's Four Great Families could afford to provoke.
"However..."
Just as Yang Xing and the others were feeling lucky, Zhang Mengchuang changed the subject, immediately causing their hearts to tense up again.
However...
However what?
"I can forgive you for this matter, but since Master Wang was 'invited' there by you, not only did it waste his time, but it also caused him mental distress. Shouldn't there be compensation for these losses?"
As soon as Zhang Mengchuang said this,
Yang Xing and the others instantly realized what Zhang Mengchuang was getting at.
He was asking for money!
Not for himself, but for Wang Ye!
Wang Ye smacked his lips in admiration upon hearing Zhang Mengchuang's words, deserving of being a Family Head among the Four Great Families of Zheng He City, so ruthless.
He thought that Zhang Mengchuang would just intimidate the Family Heads of Yun City's Four Great Families and leave it at that, but he hadn't expected Zhang Mengchuang to directly demand benefits.
He liked it!
He learned something!
"This..."
Mei Yu's face showed discomfort, as he only intended to get some benefits from this trip but had not expected to not only miss out on any gains but now also to be threatened by Zhang Mengchuang into paying up.
His expression grew pained as he spoke, "Brother Zhang, as you know, the Mei Family hasn't been doing well in business over the last few years, we are so poor we can't even pay our workers' salaries, our Mei Family really doesn't have much money."
"The Mei Family, in the 2017 fiscal year, expanded a new business, shared bicycles in Yun City, profiting one billion and thirty million during that year, in the 2018 fiscal year..."
"The Zhang family, in 2019, developed a business of buying groceries online with offline delivery, and although they didn't profit in 2019 due to heavy promotion costs, by 2020, the profit reached thirty billion..."
"The He Family, in 2018, launched cloud car rental services around the university town and also took over the development work around Yun City's Institute of Science and Technology, generating profits..."
"The Fang Family, as always, has been profiting from the Fang Family Jewelry Store..."
Xia Qingxin, upon hearing Mei Yu's words, knew what the Family Heads of the Four Great Families would try to do next, which was to feign poverty, and she straightforwardly spilled out all the profitable projects of these families over the years in great detail.
In the end, she added, "These are just the public figures from the Four Great Families, but I think the actual profits are probably much greater than these."
Wang Ye admired the sight of Xia Qingxin. His elder female fellow disciple was truly worthy of being the most beautiful young entrepreneur in Yun City, truly formidable.
She had managed to articulate the financial clues of the Four Great Families of Yun City so clearly.
Even Zhang Mengchuang, on the other end of the phone, showed an expression of admiration for Xia Qingxin upon hearing her words.
Yang Xing and the others, upon listening to Xia Qingxin's words, looked even more troubled.
Xia Qingxin knew almost exactly about every profitable project in their families, and surely laid it all out right there and then.
This made their attempt to play poor completely unrealistic.
Wang Ye remained silent, Xia Qingxin had just told him to stay low-key during this meeting and not to reveal his sharpness, all he had to do was to keep silent.
However...
Even though Wang Ye kept quiet, there were others who could ensure his victory, overpowering the opposition with the force of thunder.
"So, are you treating me like a monkey to be made a fool of?" Zhang Mengchuang's voice was distinctly unhappy, as he, a single Family Head, suppressed all the Family Heads of Yun City.
Yang Xing's face turned ugly, as he was the most irate among the four.
He wanted revenge for his son, he wanted to take advantage from Wang Ye.
He was the one who hated Wang Ye the most.
And yet, not only was he unable to deal with Wang Ye, he was now going to have to offer Wang Ye a substantial benefit, which was hardly acceptable to him.
"Brother Zhang,"
As Yang Xing spoke, his tone was no longer courteous but carried a cold air of distance, "After all, you are just one of the Four Great Family Heads of Nanhe Province, while we... we are under the jurisdiction of Xijiang Provincial Government!"
"Here, we also have the Four Great Families supported by the Xijiang Provincial Government, and our Yun City's Four Great Families have connections and cooperation with Xijiang Province's Four Great Families."