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"I'm sorry, President, I know I was wrong!"

"It's no use apologizing to me. You need to earn the forgiveness of our distinguished guests from the Motor City!"

At this point, Li Shuo looked at Han Xiaozhou, and the latter's expression softened significantly. "Clarifying the misunderstanding" was only one of the reasons. More importantly, Li Shuo's actions made Han Xiaozhou realize that Nan Guili's boyfriend was indeed not an ordinary person. He seemed to be the president of that huge auto city!

"I'm... Bring your people over here and offer them a compensation plan. If you can gain their forgiveness, you can be demoted directly to deputy store manager. Otherwise, pack your bags and get out!"

With a beep, Li Shuo hung up the phone and said apologetically to Han Xiaozhou, "Ms. Han, the matter has been clarified. I'm really sorry..."

Before he could continue, Han Xiaozhou smiled and interrupted, "The problem is with the auto city, it has nothing to do with you. Well, I just heard the tone of Mr. Li talking to the store manager just now. What are you doing..."

"Oh, I'm a shareholder of which car city..."

This time, Li Shuo did not hide anything and revealed his true identity very frankly. Han Xiaozhou did not say anything after hearing this. Instead, Nan Guili, who had been watching the show, felt that her boyfriend was too modest. So she rolled her eyes and said in surprise:
"Oppa, why didn't you tell me that you have property in South Korea?"

"Han Xunren will probably be here for a while, should we go back first?"

Li Shuo pointed to the shop behind the three people and replied as he walked with the two Korean Wave stars, "I told you before that when I first came to South Korea, I developed some industries here..."

"Tsk, you only said you came to South Korea half a year ago. Who knew you could create such a big industry in such a short time? It's a car city, and all they sell are high-end supercars!"

"Haha, business doesn't just rely on capital, it also relies on connections and relationships. Auto City is Han Dazhi's industry. I just like playing with cars, and I took some shares for the convenience of changing them. So, it's not actually my industry... Well, as you know, my industry is mostly in the Shuoguo Group..."

After hearing this, Han Xiaozhou finally understood that the huge automobile city was not even Li Shuo's asset!

Looking at Nam Gyuri's expression filled with joy and a hint of pride as she looked at Lee Seok, Han Hyojoo had an incredible thought: Could it be that Lee Seok was a chaebol from abroad? A billionaire? No way, he still looked so young.

Han Xiaozhou interrupted with a thought, "I was just listening to you guys talking about the Shuoguo Department. How come I haven't heard of it?"

Nan Guili had been chatting for most of the day, exactly waiting for these words. She raised her head proudly and smiled, "My oppa started a consortium from scratch. Because it covers various fields such as finance, technology, trade, and construction, and has achieved great success, it's called the Shuoguo Group in China. Actually, it's what we call a chaebol. Moreover, compared to domestic chaebols, oppa's companies are almost all controlled by himself, and have already expanded internationally..."

Nam Gyuri talked a lot, and because many of them were her own hearsay and personal beautification, she described the Shuoguo Group as extremely huge, giving Han Xiaozhou the feeling that it was a super conglomerate that could rival Samsung!

Well, although Shuoguo does have the potential to rival Samsung, it is ultimately a consortium that was established just one year ago and is still immature in all aspects. It cannot be compared with a behemoth like Samsung.

The main difference is that the Fruit series is very solid, while the Three Star series has been heavily watered down.
Li Shuo holds a 99% controlling stake in the Shuoguo Group as a whole. He has not distributed any profits to international capital or Wall Street capital, and none of his companies have been listed so far, so his wealth is relatively "real".

Mature chaebols like Samsung have all listed companies under their umbrella and numerous shareholders. Although their market capitalizations are in the tens or hundreds of billions, the assets that truly belong to the Samsung Lee family are actually all bubbles.

Of course, even though it's all a bubble, the Samsung Lee family's wealth is definitely over 300 billion US dollars, and Li Shuo's wealth, if converted into US dollars, may only be 3 billion...

However, these figures are inaccurate as the Shuoguo Group is still rapidly developing and growing. Even in terms of the industries it is involved in and its market share in those industries, the Shuoguo Group is actually not much behind the Samsung Chaebol...

Li Shuo's thoughts were very profound. Compared to him, Han Xiaozhou naturally didn't have such deep considerations. She just blinked in surprise. Whenever she felt that Nan Guili's description was too exaggerated, she couldn't help but ask Li Shuo: "Chairman Li, is that so?"

At first, Li Shuo would modestly say, "There's still a little distance to three stars..."

But when Nam Gyu-ri talked about the construction industry, she said, "...Shuoguo Real Estate, although it was only established six months ago, its scale in the South Korean capital has already surpassed Samsung Construction..."

These words sounded ridiculously exaggerated. This time, Han Xiaozhou didn't ask Li Shuo, but directly retorted, "Are you kidding me? That's Samsung Construction, and not just anywhere, but in our capital! This is Samsung's strongest area! How could its scale be caught up by some unknown new real estate developer?" However, before Nam Gyu-ri could say anything more, Li Shuo casually nodded and said directly, "According to the data I have, last month, Shuoguo Real Estate surpassed Samsung Construction in the number of properties it owned in the South Korean capital, as well as in sales data and turnover. Well, April is almost over, and when the data for May comes out, Shuoguo Real Estate's data will only be higher!"

Han Xiaozhou suddenly stopped talking. Although she still didn't believe these words, she was not a fool. She knew that even if Li Shuo was not a super chaebol as Nan Guili said, his status in China was definitely not low. Moreover, he had come to South Korea and had built a business of a certain scale here.

The possibility of such a person bragging is very, very low...

Nan Guili looked at Han Xiaozhou, who was silent and pursed his lips, with a beaming eyebrow. She felt as if she had really tasted Li Shuo's... and felt comfortable all over her body!
The two were very close friends two years ago, until Han Hyo-joo starred in "Shining Legacy" and his popularity exploded, directly jumping to the top of the list. The relationship between the besties became a lot duller, and even because Han Hyo-joo's career developed by leaps and bounds, the contact became less and less...

Until now, they only retained the title of best friends, but in reality, as Li Shuo just saw, Nam Gyu-ri was envious and jealous of her best friend Han Xiaozhou from the bottom of her heart. Now seeing her stunned look, she naturally felt very relieved!

"President!"

Just when the atmosphere was silent and cold, two men in suits pushed open the door of the restaurant and quickly came in front of Li Shuo and the other two. The leader was Han Xunren, and he was followed by the deputy manager. The two men came in front of Li Shuo, and with a "whoosh", they bent down and bowed 90 degrees, and then just stood there stiffly, not getting up!
Is this considered traditional South Korean etiquette? Li Shuo didn't quite understand it, so he didn't immediately ask the two to stand up. He just frowned and said, "The person next to me is the original owner, Ms. Han Xiaozhou. Get her forgiveness, and then come talk to me..."

"Yes"

Han Xunren then straightened up and turned to Han Xiaozhou: "Hello, Miss Han, I would like to express my sincere apologies..."

He repeated his apology for about a minute, then waved behind him. The deputy store manager immediately stepped forward, took out a contract, handed it to Han Xiaozhou, and explained:

"Ms. Han, in light of your situation, our store has prepared two compensation plans for you: First, you can take the Aston Martin outside and receive permanent VVIP treatment for it. Well, this treatment is only available to specially invited guests, and it covers all aspects of the sports car, such as maintenance and roadside assistance..."

"Secondly, within the next week, we will prepare a brand new Aston Martin for you and compensate you for your waiting time..."

South Korea is a country of capital. Here, ordinary people face huge capital like the Auto City. Not to mention just waiting for a few more days, even if they have to wait for half a year, ordinary people can only accept it with a pinch of their nose, and they can't even get their deposit back.

Therefore, the compensation plan provided by Han Xunren is naturally very generous.

Han Xiaozhou didn't really care about how much money she could get. She just couldn't swallow the anger of Li Shuo "stealing her car". In fact, this anger had gradually subsided since Li Shuo called Han Xunren to scold her. Until now, she nodded easily, even smiled, and said politely, "I'm not that particular. Since I ordered this Aston Martin, you can just transfer it to my name now..."

The implication is that the first option was chosen.

"Okay, Miss Han, thank you so much!"

Han Xunren was overjoyed and thanked him profusely before turning back to look at Li Shuo, who said indifferently, "Have you arranged everything?"

"President, it's all arranged!"

"Well, let's go out together?"

Li Shuo looked at Han Xiaozhou and Nam Gyu-ri. The two girls were a little confused, not knowing "what arrangements have been made". Seeing Li Shuo stand up and walk out, Nam Gyu-ri called out "Oppa, wait for me", walked quickly forward and put her arm around his.

Seeing this, Han Xunren naturally took a step back and followed Han Xiaozhou side by side. Seeing this, Han Xiaozhou asked in a low voice: "I heard that the boss of your Auto City is Han Dazhi, why is he called Chairman Li Shuo?"

Han Xunren respectfully said, "Chairman Han is the founder of the Auto City, and Chairman Li is the founder of the Auto Trading Company. In reality, the operation of the Auto City still depends on Chairman Li. Moreover, he is also the second largest shareholder of our Auto City..." (End of this chapter)