Chapter 97 What Are You Anyway?
Chapter 97 What Are You Anyway?
This was a small private room with three men sitting inside.
The one facing the door of the private room was a somewhat fat fellow, who was puffing on a Zhonghua cigarette with his head tilted slightly upward, the very image of a petty grassroots official who thinks he's exceptionally important just because he holds some minor authority, an insufferably arrogant type that just begs to be thrashed.
A real high-ranking official would never adopt such an attitude!
The three of them had been talking when suddenly the door to the private room was flung open; they immediately fell silent, turning their eyes toward Ge Dongxu with a mix of confusion and dissatisfaction as they barked, "Who are you? What are you doing coming in here?"
"You must be Chief Liu, right?" Ge Dongxu walked over, pulled out a chair, and sat down, looking at the man puffing on the Zhonghua cigarette across from him with disdain as he asked.
"You little punk, who the hell are you? Get the fuck out!" The other two men, seeing a young guy barge in and speak to Chief Liu with such arrogance, immediately stood up and pointed at Ge Dongxu, scolding him.
"I'm sorry, Chief Liu, this is another one of our shareholders, Ge Dongxu, he's young and doesn't understand how things work." Seeing that an argument was about to break out, Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin had already rushed in and hurriedly explained.
"Dongxu, we told you not to involve yourself in this kind of thing, why won't you listen to us?" Wu Qianjin's face darkened slightly as he reprimanded.
"Who doesn't know the rules here? Can you involve a kid whose hair isn't even full-grown yet? Get him out!" Liu Shang, upon hearing this, initially showed a flash of surprise, but then his brows furrowed, and his expression became stern, pointing at Ge Dongxu with the fingers holding his cigarette, and scolded sharply.
"Smack!" No sooner had Liu Shang's voice fallen, Lin Kun had already stepped forward, slammed his palm down on the table, and pointed at Liu Shang, cursing, "Fuck, who do you think you are to tell Xu Brother to get lost?"
Seeing Lin Kun barge into the fray with an even more arrogant posture than Ge Dongxu, Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin were so frustrated they were nearly in tears.
The situation had already been tricky enough, and now this hot-blooded youth was slamming the table and yelling at Liu Shang; weren't they just adding fuel to the fire?
"Dongxu, you and your friend, get out!" Originally, Cheng Yazhou had been quite concerned about keeping face for Ge Dongxu. Even when Wu Qianjin had spoken up to scold him, Cheng Yazhou had held back. But seeing that things could escalate further, potentially leading to the factory shutting down for good, Cheng Yazhou also hardened his expression and scolded.
Initially, Liu Shang had felt slightly intimidated by Lin Kun's aggressive stance, unsure if the latter had some significant backing. However, seeing Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin clearly looking to avoid trouble, Liu Shang's courage swiftly returned.
"Smack!" With a loud slap on the table, Liu Shang also pointed at Lin Kun and Ge Dongxu, speaking with an air of superiority, "Who the hell do you think you are? If I tell you to get lost, you better fucking get lost! Piss me off, and you can kiss your factory goodbye!"
"You think you can close down Xu Brother's factory just because you say so? Who do you think you are?" Lin Kun, upon hearing this, didn't slam the table again, but looked at Liu Shang with the eyes one reserves for the dead, full of disdain as he mocked.
Others might not know Ge Dongxu's background, but would Lin Kun be in the dark?
The very life of a Standing Committee member of the county party committee, the director of the County Public Security Bureau, was saved by him, and whether he could have a child in the future still depended on this man before him. And you, a mere deputy director of the public security department in Songyang Town, not even a legitimate section-level cadre, but merely a deputy section-level clerk, have the audacity to threaten the life savior of a Standing Committee member of the county party committee, the director of the County Public Security Bureau, to close down his factory? You're literally asking for death!
"Heh, don't worry about who I am, just know that if I want to shut down your factory, then there's no way you'll continue running it!" Liu Shang replied arrogantly, then turned to Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin, saying, "Elder Cheng, Elder Wu, do you still want to run your factory or not? If you do, then get these two out of here pronto! Damn it, what trash! Their beards haven't even fully grown in, and they dare slam tables and shout!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Kun was naturally about to flare up again, but with a slight raise of his hand from Ge Dongxu, Lin Kun immediately quieted down.
"Dongxu! Stop being," Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin naturally wouldn't bother with Lin Kun, but instead, they spoke to Ge Dongxu with somewhat troubled expressions.
"Uncle Cheng, Uncle Wu, you know I'm not the kind of person who acts without considering the consequences. Don't worry, I have a plan," Ge Dongxu once again interrupted Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin with a raise of his hand, then looked at Liu Shang and said, "Director Liu wants to talk about shares, right? I am one of the major shareholders after all, if I don't agree, how could you possibly get any shares?"
"Kid, what do you mean by that?" Liu Shang's expression faltered slightly, then he asked discontentedly.
"No particular meaning, I just want to tell Director Liu that I disagree with you owning shares in the business," Ge Dongxu replied indifferently.
"Smack!" Director Liu slammed his hand on the table and stood up, his gaze swept over Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin as he coldly said, "Elder Cheng, Elder Wu, seems like there's nothing left to discuss. Your Yaxu Trademark Factory better brace itself for closure!"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin's faces went pale, their legs going weak.
This was related to their hard-earned investments and their very livelihood!
"Such arrogance! Such authority! Can you tell me, who gave you this power? To just shut down the people's factories on a whim?" Just as Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin were feeling despair, even beginning to resent Ge Dongxu, the door to the private room was suddenly pushed open, and an authoritative voice filled with anger resounded in the room.
"Zuo, Director Zuo!" Liu Shang, seeing someone else push open the door and about to unleash a tirade in his arrogant manner, looked up and immediately shuddered, the words on his lips stumbling out into a stuttered "Director Zuo."
"Director Zuo?" Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin both didn't recognize Zuo Le and were slightly confused, but they did recognize Lin Jinnuo of the Changxi Grand Hotel who came in with Director Zuo. His hefty figure was hard to forget once someone had pointed it out. So when the two saw the owner of the Changxi Grand Hotel, Lin Jinnuo, also come in, they couldn't help but shudder.
Compared to the owner of the Changxi Grand Hotel, they, as shareholders of a small factory, were like minnows before a whale, incomparable.
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"Elder Zuo, you've arrived! Let me introduce you, these are my partners, shareholders of the Yaxu Trademark Factory, Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin," Ge Dongxu stood up from his seat as he saw Director Zuo arrive, pointing to Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin as he introduced them.
"Elder Zuo!" Upon hearing Ge Dongxu's address to Zuo Le, Liu Shang and the other two nearly collapsed to the ground.
Damn it, they had tried to extort from the head honcho himself!
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