Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 992 0977 [On the verge of breaking out]

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yan!"

Jiayi Television, President's Office.

Jiayi CEO He Zuozhi sat on the sofa, rubbing his hands, and said helplessly to Yan Xiong who came to sign the contract: "It happened suddenly, and I haven't had time to call you to inform you that we have new suggestions on our acquisition agreement."

Yan Xiong had made a promise with Du Yongxiao and came here with great confidence to sign the contract so that he could go back and claim credit later. However, he did not expect to be met with such a rejection when he came here, and the other party actually went back on his word at the last minute.

"Hmph, Boss He! That's not how you do business!" Yan Xiong sat on his chair, fuming. He was so angry that he didn't even give He Zuozhi face. "We've already discussed everything before, and all the agreements have been drafted. We were just waiting to sign the contract today, but now you guys are going back on your word. What do you mean?"

"Haha, isn't it? Before the contract is signed, everything is still pending, isn't it?" He Zuozhi was originally friendly, but when he saw Yan Xiong getting angry, he stopped hiding his anger and directly confronted him. "After all, you are half a businessman. You should understand that before the contract is signed, you and I still have room to maneuver. Besides, most of our previous agreements were verbal agreements, weren't they?"

Yan Xiong slammed the table and stood up.

His movements were so big that the tea placed next to him splashed out.

"Boss He, let me tell you, the one you're working with this time is not me, but Mr. Du! If you have anything to say, save it for him in person!"

When He Zuozhi heard Yan Xiong mention Du Yongxiao, his face twisted a little, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times and he smiled: "Inspector Yan, don't be so angry, let's talk it over nicely!"

"What are you talking about? You've already said you want to go back on your word, right?" Yan Xiong said angrily, "Anyway, I've already called Mr. Du. When he comes, you can say whatever you want to say." After saying that, Yan Xiong sat down again. He was so angry that he had no place to vent, so he picked up the tea and poured it into his mouth without caring whether it was hot or not.

He Zuozhi was still very wary of Du Yongxiao.

Du Yongxiao's identity is obvious. Apart from being the president of the Du Group, he is also the Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong. What if Du Yongxiao gets angry and someone tries to make things difficult for him?
As one of the three largest shareholders of Jiayi Television, Luo Wenhui had no choice but to speak up: "Inspector Yan, please be patient! Anyway, something has happened here, why don't you drink your tea first, and we can discuss it later!"

After saying this, Luo Wenhui winked at He Zuozhi and another major shareholder, Deng Zhaojian.

The three of them left the office together, stopped in the corridor and started talking.

"Hey, Zuozhi, when Jiayi was founded, it was you who dragged the two of us into it, and you boasted that it would make a profit--" Luo Wenhui said.

"It's not just about making a profit, his original words were gaining both fame and fortune," major shareholder Deng Zhaojian corrected.

"Yes, that's what he said." Luo Wenhui said, "But now Jiayi is in a quagmire. Not only did it not make any money, it also lost a lot. This time Du Yongxiao is willing to pay for the acquisition, so we should support him. Why did you change your mind at the last minute?"

It turned out that Luo Wenhui and Deng Zhaojian only found out today when they came here that He Zuozhi had changed his mind and did not intend to cooperate with Du Yongxiao.

He Zuozhi exhaled and said, "I know you two have great doubts in your hearts, just listen to me and I will explain it slowly--"

He Zuozhi whispered a few words, and then said: "Well, this is why I changed my mind at the last minute. Compared to the eight million offered by Mr. Du, do you think it would be better if someone offered ten million?"

Luo Wenhui and Deng Zhaojian looked at each other, then looked at He Zuozhi together: "Can you trust me?"

He Zuozhi laughed: "Of course I can trust you. I have already signed a temporary agreement with the other party. The 10 million is a done deal!"

"But people with the surname Du are not easy to mess with!"

"Yes, we broke the contract at the last minute this time, which was a bit unfair!"

"If Mr. Du gets angry, I'm afraid it will affect our other businesses..."

Luo Wenhui and Deng Zhaojian were well aware of how powerful Du Yongxiao was and were afraid that innocent people would be implicated.

He Zuozhi sneered: "What do you mean by this? You agreed to pay an extra two million, but you are afraid of the consequences. What do you mean? You take the money, and I will deal with Du Yongxiao alone."

"Of course we didn't mean that." Luo Wenhui said hurriedly, "It's just that the incident happened suddenly. Besides, that Li guy is not a good person. He already owns a large stake in TVB and now he's targeting Jiayi. Is there something fishy going on?"

"I've said before that I have signed a temporary agreement with him. He has already transferred 3 million of the 10 million. If he changes his mind, I won't return a single cent of the 3 million!" He Zuozhi vowed, "Now we just have to wait for Du Yongxiao to arrive. Then we can say a few nice words to coax him into a good mood."

"The Du guy isn't that easy to fool, is he?"

"Yes, he is famous for his shrewdness, known as the Silver Fox of Hong Kong!"

"Uh, isn't he the Bloody Hands Man-Slayer, the Street Cleaner Tiger?"

"They are all the same, none of them are human!"

"Yes, it's easier to deal with if it's a human being, we can persuade them with emotion and reason. But it's difficult to deal with if it's not a human being, because it wants to drink blood and eat flesh!"

Luo Wenhui and Deng Zhaojian fell into deep thought again.

He Zuozhi couldn't help but roll his eyes when he saw his two old friends like this.

These two bigwigs are at least "Executive Councillors" of Hong Kong and are also the best among the Chinese bigwigs. However, it is surprising that they are afraid of Du Yongxiao at this moment.

"Okay, there's no point in talking any more!" He Zuozhi interrupted them and said, "Now that things have come to this, we can only work together. If we are defeated by Du, we will definitely be doomed."

"Ah! It's the only way!"

"I hope that Du is easy to talk to."

While the three were talking, He Zuozhi's ghost girl secretary suddenly came over and said hurriedly: "Boss, Mr. Du is here!"

"Ah, here they come?" He Zuozhi was stunned.

"Do you want the three of us to go out and greet them?" Luo Wenhui asked.

He Zuozhi hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No! We must win in momentum first! If we go out to greet him, wouldn't it make us look humble?"

"No, wouldn't it be rude if we didn't go to greet him?" Deng Zhaojian said, "We are councillors and he is the Commissioner of Police, so it's okay for us to greet him!"

He Zuozhi snorted coldly: "Are you guys that weak?"

The two were stunned and shrugged: "Okay, then we'll be tough this time."

……

"Mr. Du! Hello!"

"Ah Xiao, oh no, Mr. Du!"

The first person to greet Du Yongxiao was the famous director Xu Ke.

Du Yongxiao was very kind to him, and Xu Ke had already regarded Du Yongxiao as his boss.

The second person to greet Du Yongxiao was Fang Feihong.

He and Du Yongxiao were junior high school classmates, attending Huangren Junior High School together, and they even got together during class reunions.

To him, Du Yongxiao represented identity, status and strength, which forced his old classmate to work hard to curry favor with him.

Du Yongxiao nodded to the two of them, glanced at the others, and didn't see He Zuozhi. "Where's your boss?"

"Boss He is waiting for you in the office!"

Although he didn't know what was going on, Xu Ke vaguely felt that He Zuozhi and others were going against Du Yongxiao.

Logically, when someone of Du Yongxiao's status came here, He Zuozhi would definitely take the initiative to bring people to welcome him, but now he doesn't show up.

"Boss He may be too busy, Mr. Du, don't worry!" Fang Feihong laughed, but he was thinking in his heart, did something unexpected happen during the acquisition? Du Yongxiao wanted to suppress him, if he failed to acquire him, then wouldn't he still have a chance?
Thinking of this, Fang Feihong continued: "In fact, every time an important person comes to visit, our boss He and the other two directors will come out to greet him, unless the other party's status and position are not enough and it is not worthy for him to do so..."

Fang Feihong thought that this would anger Du Yongxiao, or at least provoke him.

unfortunately,

Du Yongxiao didn't even look at him, but said lightly: "Since he is very busy, I will go to see him!" After that, he walked towards the president's office on the third floor of the TV station.

Fang Feihong was stunned. When he came to his senses, Xu Ke and others had already followed Du Yongxiao and left.

Fang Feihong hurriedly chased after him, saying, "Walk slowly! Be careful, the road is slippery, we just mopped the ground!"

……

Crunch!

The door to the president's office opened.

Du Yongxiao appeared in the office surrounded by people, like a star surrounding the moon.

He Zuozhi, Luo Wenhui and Deng Zhaojian were sitting on the sofa and had originally planned not to stand up to greet them in order to demonstrate their dominance.

But the moment they saw Du Yongxiao, Luo Wenhui and Deng Zhaojian immediately gave up the idea, hurriedly stood up, forced a smile and greeted him with a respectful attitude: "Hello, Mr. Du!"

He Zuozhi didn't expect his two companions to be so impatient, and cursed in his heart: "Useless!"

He also hurriedly stood up and said, "Mr. Du is here. We were just discussing some issues in the agreement with Inspector Yan. I hope we can forgive you for not welcoming us in person!"

Du Yongxiao smiled and said, "You three are busy with official business, I know what's going on." He then glanced at Yan Xiong and said, "Yan Xiong, how are things going?"

Yan Xiong had already come to Du Yongxiao's side when Du Yongxiao came in. Seeing Du Yongxiao asking questions, he said, "They changed their minds at the last minute, and you still need to handle it!"

He Zuozhi said: "What do you mean by a last-minute change of heart? It's just that some details haven't been discussed yet, so we are a little more cautious here."

"Oh, really?" Du Yongxiao glanced at the three of them.

He Zuozhi didn't want to discuss this matter in front of so many people, so he asked everyone else to go down and asked his secretary to bring tea to Du Yongxiao.

Soon, the office became deserted.

Du Yongxiao leaned against the sofa, taking the main seat without hesitation.

Seeing him like this, He Zuozhi and the other two didn't know what to say, after all, he was of such high status.

"Okay, now everyone can talk. What details should we talk about?" Du Yongxiao glanced at He Zuozhi.

He Zuozhi did not shy away from the offer and smiled, "Of course it's about the purchase price. We have considered it over and over again and feel that eight million is still too little. The minimum price should be twelve million!"

"Twelve million?" Du Yongxiao smiled. "If you take into account your debts, as well as the salaries of the TV station staff and actors, then I will have to pay twenty million, right?"

"Haha, Mr. Du is wise!" He Zuozhi said, "That's how business works. There are gains and losses. Maybe you will make money after taking over?"

"Yes, Mr. Du! How much you earn by then will have nothing to do with us. We can't do anything even if we are jealous." Luo Wenhui said.

"So twelve million is not a lot. Considering your current wealth, Mr. Du, it is just a drop in the bucket," said Deng Zhaojian.

Before Du Yongxiao could speak, Yan Xiong could not help but stood up and pointed at the three people, saying, "You are talking nonsense! Even if you really want to do business, you shouldn't do it this way! We have already discussed the details, but now you change your mind at the last minute. This is not fair! Besides, we were supposed to sign the contract today, and everyone's time is precious. But you suddenly did this. It's obvious that you came prepared and it was premeditated! Mr. Du, don't believe them. They are all unruly people. There is no point in talking to them!"

"Ahem, Inspector Yan, it's really serious if you say that! Let's just talk about the facts!"

"Yes, Inspector Yan, no matter how loud you are, it will be useless. We are sitting down to negotiate, not to quarrel and argue about who is better."

He Zuozhi said: "Inspector Yan, we are now talking to Mr. Du. Please sit aside and listen carefully, OK?"

"You——" Yan Xiong was furious.

"Yan Xiong, sit down!" Du Yongxiao ordered him.

Upon seeing this, Yan Xiong sat down again with an indignant look on his face, and looked at He Zuozhi and the other two with anger.

After all, he had been a Chinese detective and had seen all kinds of people, but he had never seen anyone as shameless as these three!
"Twelve million? That's only half more..." Du Yongxiao tapped the table with his fingers, and He Zuozhi and the other two looked at him.

"It's not that I can't come up with so much money—"

"Huh?" The three of them were stunned.

In particular, He Zuozhi's face changed. He didn't expect Du Yongxiao to say this. He thought Du Yongxiao would hold on to the first 8 million.

For this purpose, he deliberately added two million to the ten million.

"Like you said, I'm rich and powerful, 10 or 20 million is just a drop in the bucket for me--"

Luo Wenhui and Deng Zhaojian were both ecstatic.

He Zuozhi also showed a look of surprise.

If Du Yongxiao is really willing to pay out 12 million, then wouldn’t they... make a lot of money?
Du Yongxiao changed the subject: "It's a pity that I'm not the one who got sucked..." He looked at the three people provocatively, "Let's let the buyer behind the scenes come out. Since he wants to compete with me, he's hiding his head and showing his tail. Isn't it against the rules?"

"Hehe, Mr. Du, what do you mean by this?" He Zuozhi was shocked and quickly looked at Du Yongxiao and said.

Luo Wenhui and Deng Zhaojian were also shocked and looked at Du Yongxiao.

"You know best what I mean..." Du Yongxiao stopped tapping on the table suddenly, his eyes burning, "A business worth millions or tens of millions is too small. If I'm not mistaken, there must be a business worth hundreds of millions to discuss, right?"

Without waiting for He Zuozhi and others to speak, someone applauded!

immediately--
A crunch!
The door opens!

A familiar voice said, "Mr. Du is indeed very perceptive! He sees deeply and far! Indeed, these are just child's play, our appetizers before the war. You and I - we still have a war worth hundreds of millions to play! How about it, do you want to start?"

As they were talking, Li Zhaoheng and his men walked in with smiles on their faces.

(End of this chapter)