"Ouch!"
Jiang Tian and Jiang Dong were thrown out, wincing in pain.
"Liu Xin, Jiang Meng, you will definitely regret this!"
After dropping that line, the father and son left dejectedly.
"Son-in-law, you really are not quite like what the profile described, huh?"
The astute Liu Xin smiled at Xiao Chen.
"Where, I've always been this handsome."
Xiao Chen laughed.
"Vain!"
Jiang Meng pinched Xiao Chen, saying, "But uncle, you were really impressive just now."
"Your husband, naturally, has to be a bit impressive. Mom, let's go eat."
Xiao Chen laughed.
The three of them went to the western restaurant opposite Zhongjiang Industrial; Liu Xin was treating them to three steaks and three fruit salads.
"I'm worried, how long can we enjoy such good days? Today felt like a dream."
Liu Xin said somewhat anxiously when dessert arrived after the meal.
Happiness had arrived so quickly that it was hard for her to accept it.
"Mom, don't worry; if worst comes to worst, I will just give those two percentage points of shares to Jiang Tian.
Our family of three will live well."
Jiang Meng smiled.
Xiao Chen was a live-in son-in-law in Linhai. In this place, a son-in-law was even more precious than a daughter, considered half a son by the locals.
"Xiao Chen, when will you take me and Mengmeng to meet your parents? You're married now; the elders of both sides can't have not met yet."
Liu Xin suddenly said.
Her bringing this up meant she was really starting to accept Xiao Chen.
She didn't know who Xiao Chen really was, but his attitude towards her and Jiang Meng had warmed her heart like family.
Aside from Jiang He and Old Master Jiang, she hadn't felt this way in a long time.
"Alright!"
Xiao Chen didn't oppose the idea of the elders meeting.
Because even his own brother and sister-in-law didn't know his true identity.
They just knew he was very rich.
That wouldn't reveal too much.
"But before that, Mengmeng, you should get ready to take up the job at Jiang Corporation.
The position of General Manager is yours to take."
Xiao Chen looked at Jiang Meng.
"Uncle really knows how to cheer someone up."
Jiang Meng didn't take Xiao Chen's words to heart, considering it merely a comfort and laughed it off.
Jiang Tian had just managed to drive them out of the company; how could he possibly let them return?
As for the partnership between Zhongjiang Industrial and Jiang Corporation, truth be told, in the business world, interests reign supreme.
If Jiang Corporation was willing to make concessions, Zhongjiang Industrial would probably still cooperate with them.
Moreover, Jiang Tian wasn't wrong; the Jiang Family had wide connections, and it should be easy for them to find someone to help them.
Xiao Chen was being too naïve.
...
The father and son Jiang Tian returned to the Jiang Family home with grave expressions on their faces.
Jiang Dong even kicked his luxury car fiercely a couple of times.
Rich people could act brazenly; if he broke it, it didn't matter—he had money, after all.
"Dad, let's hire a few people and stage another car accident, make Xiao Chen 'evaporate' from this world."
Back in his room, Jiang Dong said viciously.
"Stop fooling around; doing such a thing once was already very dangerous. If we do it again and it gets found out, we're done for,"
Jiang Tian shook his head, "That guy is just a brute, not worth worrying about.
But, he actually can fight.
Even his gaze startled me.
Find someone to make contact with this Xiao Chen alone, bribe him with money!
I refuse to believe that this pauper can resist the temptation of money.
If we can make him work for us, then that mother and daughter are finished."
"Alright, Dad!"
Jiang Dong thought it over, and agreed. Xiao Chen was a formidable fighter, and if they could win him over as a bodyguard, it would be quite advantageous.
"What about the partnership? You're not really planning on bringing back that guy Jiang Meng as the general manager, are you? My mom's in that position right now."
Jiang Tian snorted coldly and said, "They're dreaming, thinking the Earth would stop spinning without them?
Boss Chen is no longer with Zhongjiang Industrial, but I'm familiar with several of the shareholders there.
I originally intended to use them as my trump card, aiming to take over Zhongjiang Industrial. Now I have to put them into play."
As he said this, he took out his phone and dialed several numbers.
The four shareholders together owned forty percent of Zhongjiang Industrial.
They had significant clout—enough to threaten, if not enough to dismiss the chairman.
He had spent years cultivating these four people, at great cost.
A lot of money and antiques had been gifted.
Moreover, it was just a matter of speaking up for them, there was no way they wouldn't help.
"Dad, after this matter is settled, how should we deal with that mother and daughter?"
Jiang Dong asked, "Can I take care of them?
I have a brother who deals in that kind of business; how about we sell them directly overseas?"
"The mother and daughter are both beauties; they should fetch a good price. You decide,"
Jiang Tian also sneered, "Daring to oppose us, they should be ready to be dealt with!"
The father and son discussed how to handle Liu Xin and her daughter while waiting for the calls to return.
At one moment, the phone rang.
It was one of the shareholders on the other end.
A major shareholder who owned more than ten percent of Zhongjiang Industrial.
Jiang Tian smiled and said, "It should be settled, no matter who becomes the boss of Zhongjiang Industrial, the goal is to make money, right?
They wouldn't go against us just because of a Liu Xin."
Little did he expect that before Jiang Tian could speak when he picked up the phone, he was met with a tirade of cursing from the other end, "Jiang Tian, President Liu is in charge of external partnerships.
You should talk to President Liu about this kind of thing.
I'm no longer with Zhongjiang Industrial, and I want to live peacefully for a few more days.
Let's pretend we don't know each other from now on."
After saying this, the call was disconnected.
Jiang Tian hadn't grasped what was happening when another call came in.
The words were virtually identical.
By the last person, Jiang Tian couldn't contain his anger, "What is this? You've taken so many good things from me, and you won't even help out with this little favor?"
"Jiang Tian, do you have the nerve to complain? To help you, we lost our shares.
Now, are the things you gave us worth our shares?
Goodbye!"
The voice on the other end sounded even more furious.
Jiang Tian was utterly stunned.
What was happening, and how had his carefully invested secret weapons been so easily thwarted by someone else? Or had he inadvertently exposed these four?
"It looks like we really might have to ask your mother to step down from the general manager position for the time being,"
Jiang Tian sighed, seeming to age quite a few years in an instant.
He always felt that there was an invisible hand controlling everything from behind the scenes.
He was completely powerless against this hand.
Far too frightening.
"Dad, are you sure about this? My mom just managed to become the general manager, and it wasn't easy. Many people already disagree with her appointment, accusing us of nepotism.
If we make her step down, it's going to be difficult to get her back in that position,"
Jiang Dong said.
"Then what do you suggest we do?"
Jiang Tian was also livid, "I didn't expect that bitch Liu Xin to have such tactics.
A woman in her forties, still able to ensnare people that way.
The new boss of Zhongjiang Industrial is the manager of Tianbin Hotel, named Zhang Qi, only in his mid-thirties.
He couldn't withstand her seduction."