20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3542 Liu Mingxiong's Choice
Zhao Chang'an arrived at the door of Liu Mingxiong's suite and saw that the door was ajar, with bright light shining through the crack.

He knocked lightly on the door a few times: "Mr. Liu."

"Come in, the door is unlocked."

Liu Mingxiong's deliberately authoritative voice came from inside, as if he wanted to give Zhao Chang'an a warning in advance.

Zhao Chang'an pushed open the door and saw Liu Mingxiong sitting on the sofa in his pajamas. On the coffee table in front of him were a cup of green tea, a cell phone, an ashtray, a lighter, and a pack of cigarettes.

"Mr. Liu, this is not how you treat a guest. You knew I was coming, so you didn't even pour me a glass of water beforehand?"

Zhao Chang'an closed the door, walked to the cabinet, took a paper cup, opened the tea box, and smelled it: "This tea is good, but it must be expensive."

I grabbed a small handful of tea leaves and poured a cup of water from the thermos.

Although there is a water dispenser here, Zhao Chang'an still prefers to use water from a thermos to make tea.

"Last year's pre-Qingming tea from Taohua Lake, produced in the tea garden at the highest peak of Wenjia Village, was all single buds, and cost 800 yuan per jin."

Liu Mingxiong said to Zhao Chang'an, "You should use the water from the water dispenser. I specifically requested that it be Jiti Mountain mineral water, which was brought over from the mountain city. The water in the thermos is suitable for the second soaking. The first soaking is too hot, and the tender buds and leaves will rot."

"There's another saying, but I prefer drinking the large leaf tea. It has a strong flavor and is very flavorful, unlike this tea which loses its flavor after two infusions."

Zhao Chang'an carried the paper cup to the sofa opposite Liu Mingxiong and sat down. He placed the paper cup on the coffee table, took out a cigarette and a lighter from the coffee table, and lit it.

Liu Mingxiong frowned upon seeing this, but remained silent.

“I’ll speak first. Speaking first doesn’t necessarily mean being passive. Sometimes speaking first is like splitting a mountain to pave a road. The position of the first axe is very important, and everyone else is led along.”

Zhao Chang'an said, "One Nanometer will get the rest of the Rose Group's shares from President Shan. In fact, the Rose Group now only holds a partial stake in Shancheng Vocational and Technical College, as well as a limited-scale nursery industry and a sand and gravel plant. The real majority of the shares belong to Rose Culture and Tourism."

"So what?"

Liu Mingxiong said with a smile, "I, Lao Mai, and Lao Lang are very happy that Yi Nanmi has so much confidence in Qiangwei Cultural Tourism, and we also welcome Yi Nanmi and President Zhao to join us."

"Don't rush to welcome us. What I'm about to say might be what Mr. Liu really wants to hear: Rose Tourism will no longer focus on listing in Hong Kong, but will strive to build it into a true aircraft carrier of the tourism industry."

"President Zhao is truly ambitious. We're too old to keep up with the times. So, President Zhao's purpose in coming here tonight is to acquire the shares I hold, thereby gaining absolute control over Rose Tourism. In other words, if I don't agree to the sale, President Zhao will go to Old Mai or Old Lang."

Liu Mingxiong felt relieved at this moment and couldn't help but blush with embarrassment at being fooled by Zhao Chang'an. After all, Zhao Chang'an was just a young man who hadn't even grown his hair yet. He had really overthought things!

He couldn't help but laugh and said, "On behalf of Lao Mai and Lao Lang, I can tell President Zhao that if you want the shares we hold, you can have them for 120 million. Not a penny less, then forget it!"

I couldn't help but feel smug; this was using one's own spear against one's own shield.

"No need for all that trouble. Just arrest you all, and everything will be negotiable."

A cruel smile appeared on Zhao Chang'an's face: "A county magistrate who ruins a family, a prefect who wipes out an entire clan—you should have heard of this idiom, Mr. Liu."

Liu Mingxiong suddenly stood up, angrily pointing at Zhao Chang'an and shouting, "Get out!" Zhao Chang'an casually tossed his half-smoked cigarette into Liu Mingxiong's crystal thermos. Seeing this, Liu Mingxiong's face turned black with anger.

"I wonder if Gui has spent all the 300,000 yuan in kickbacks he received on the Jitishan mountain road project. 300,000 yuan! To General Manager Liu, that's just a drop in the ocean, but for an ordinary wage earner in this mountain town, it would take twenty years of hard work."

Zhao Chang'an said with a smile, "This amount of money should be enough for Brother Lang to celebrate his fortieth birthday in there."

"What did you say? Slander!"

Liu Mingxiong was furious.

"So, under the guise of dating, he got three female waitresses pregnant in just over a year. Could that be considered a crime of indecent assault?"

"Mr. Liu, what about your female secretary in your office? I heard that to appease her and her family, you gave her 200,000 yuan and even bought her a house in Peach Blossom Villa in full."

"Of course, these are nothing compared to the 300,000. What about the comprehensive expansion project of the headquarters at the foot of the mountain? It has an investment of 30 million, and you will each receive 3.6 million."

Upon hearing the exact figure of 3.6 million, Liu Mingxiong immediately sobered up. He glared at Zhao Chang'an, slowly sat down, lit a cigarette, and said, "Wang Deyuan?"

"Correct."

Zhao Chang'an frankly admitted that since he now had the idea of ​​cooperating with Liu Mingxiong, there was no need to deliberately hide these issues, so as to avoid causing unintended harm due to information asymmetry.

“When he first joined the company, I strongly opposed keeping him at headquarters. President Zhao is really cunning; he deliberately set a trap for us back then.”

“If you do the right thing, no matter how I try to trap you, it won’t work.”

"If you want shares, we'll give them to you. Why go through all this trouble? And Mr. Zhao, haven't you considered the consequences of doing this? You have a huge business empire; is it worth risking offending people everywhere for such a small amount of money?"

Liu Mingxiong looked at Zhao Chang'an with a sneer and said, "If you want to stay in the country and not go out, I won't say anything. After all, the country is very safe and you are not afraid. But if you go abroad, it's just a matter of a few hundred thousand US dollars and a bullet."

Zhao Chang'an laughed: "So, if I decide to do something, I won't do it at all. But once I decide to do it, I'll crush the other party completely, leaving them no chance of turning the tables!"

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Liu Mingxiong sat on the sofa, still thinking about the question he had asked Zhao Chang'an before he left.

"Since you're so confident, why did you let me off the hook? Don't say it's because of Liu Cui. I've seen through her. My silly niece was sold out by you and she's still willing to help you count the money. She's just a tool you use."

Zhao Chang'an's reply was, "My goal has been very clear: to build Qiangwei Cultural Tourism into a top-tier tourism industry group in China. I cherish my reputation, so I need you to take the blame and proactively expose them. This is an internal conflict among the three overseas investors and has nothing to do with Shancheng, so it won't affect Shancheng's positive image in attracting investment."

On one hand, it's a betrayal of trust, but it can protect herself and Liu Lang, that good-for-nothing, while the benefits gained are obviously doubled.

On one hand, they were loyal enough to immediately inform Old Mai and Old Lang, and the three families fled overnight.

The problem is that their businesses are all located in China, and they are hostile to the Ye family in Western Europe, so they have no foothold at all.

Liu Mingxiong's choice is actually quite obvious.