Chapter 92

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"Uncle Jiang, why are you here?"

Annie blurted out in surprise when she saw the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man probably didn't expect to meet Annie here and was a bit embarrassed: "Annie, why are you here too?"

"I'm here for recuperation."

At this point, the middle-aged man, known as "Uncle Jiang," had nothing to hide: "Mr. Lei, I was afraid of misunderstandings before, because there were some unpleasant things between you and my son... I am Jiang Shengli from Xi Hai Group."

There were conflicts between him and his son? Xi Hai Group?

He is Jiang Bin's father, Jiang Shengli?

This... the difference between father and son is too great.

Jiang Bin, although a returnee, has an extremely narrow and arrogant personality.

But Jiang Shengli? At least from what can be seen so far, his personality is very easy-going.

The question is, what did he come here for? To take revenge? To get back at his son?

"Mr. Lei, I am indeed here to discuss cooperation with you," Jiang Shengli replied, returning to his normal state. "I hope the misunderstandings between my son and you won't affect our cooperation."

Lei Huanxi felt a bit relieved but still didn't understand what kind of cooperation the other party wanted.

Cooperate to develop Fairy Stone?

"Annie being here makes me a bit awkward..." Jiang Shengli didn't avoid these issues: "But anyway, this can't be hidden forever... Before we talk about cooperation, I must explain that Wei Sen was spoiled by me, so he caused a lot of trouble with you. As a father, I should hate the person who broke my son's arm. But as a businessman, these issues shouldn't bother me... If necessary, I am willing to apologize on behalf of Wei Sen..."

Lei Huanxi and Annie looked at each other, seemingly not quite believing these words from Jiang Bin's father.

Is this what a true businessman is like? Completely separating public and private matters, Lei Huanxi suddenly thought.

Jiang Shengli had apologized, and finally got to the point: "Mr. Lei, I know you have established a company and obtained the contract for Fairy Mountain, so I plan to develop Fairy Mountain with you..."

Develop Fairy Mountain together? His purpose is indeed this.

Annie's face looked a bit unhappy... After all, she and Zhu Guoxu are father and daughter. Coming to snatch her father's business in front of her daughter would make her feel awkward, wouldn't it?

Jiang Shengli glanced at Annie but didn't pay much attention to her attitude: "Mr. Lei, I know you and President Zhu have some verbal agreements, but no formal cooperation contract has been signed, so I think we still have a chance to cooperate..."

"How do you want to cooperate?" Lei Huanxi felt himself become calm.

"Xi Hai Group will jointly develop Fairy Mountain with Fangcun Company," Jiang Shengli said, gathering his spirit. "We will use Fairy Stone as the starting point to tap into the potential of Fairy Mountain and Xiantao Village... Investment, packaging, and operations will all be handled by Xi Hai Group. In terms of equity, we will show the greatest sincerity..."

Jiang Shengli spoke eloquently, outlining his ideas.

It must be said that his words were very attractive to Lei Huanxi. At least in terms of the cooperation method, he indeed expressed his greatest sincerity.

"Mr. Lei, do you have anything to say?" Jiang Shengli asked after finishing.

Lei Huanxi was silent for a moment: "President Jiang, I'm curious, the Fairy Mountain project shouldn't be a priority for Xi Hai Group. Why do you attach so much importance to it? And why did you personally come to Xiantao Village?"

When he raised this question, he suddenly thought of something else.

Why are both Xi Hai Group and Jun Cheng Group so interested in Fairy Mountain?

For him, Fairy Mountain will be the starting point of his career, but for those two large groups? Would the profit from the Fairy Mountain project really be significant to them?

As the leaders of the two groups, they both personally came to negotiate with him?

Why?

There must be a reason, something is definitely wrong.

Not just Jiang Shengli, but Zhu Guoxu as well. He must have something he hasn't told him.

"I like to support young people," Jiang Shengli said, a statement he probably didn't even believe himself: "And I also see great potential in the future development of Fairy Mountain and Xiantao Village. A good investor needs to have foresight beyond the ordinary."

Is that true?

Lei Huanxi was skeptical.

For some reason, despite Jiang Shengli's humble and easy-going demeanor in front of him, he didn't believe a word he said.

Is this what they call intuition?

"Mr. Lei, we have put forward our conditions," Ding Jianguo, clearly working for Jiang Shengli, said. "Now it's up to you."

Annie's gaze also focused on him...

Jiang Shengli looked at Annie and then slowly said: "I'm saying these things in front of Annie. As President Zhu's daughter, you must not be happy. But family is family, and business is business. In the business world, if you only talk about feelings, I don't think such people can succeed... Mr. Lei, what do you think?"

Lei Huanxi held his chin, deep in thought.

Annie opened her mouth but said nothing...

Everything needs to be figured out by Lei Huanxi himself.

"President Zhu, your proposal is very tempting," Lei Huanxi finally said. "If this contract can be truly signed and implemented, I think it will be beneficial to me... As for Jun Cheng, I still need to wait and see what kind of cooperation terms they will propose..."

A smile appeared on Jiang Shengli's face, while Annie's expression darkened...

"Business is business, absolutely," Lei Huanxi said to himself. "People who talk about feelings find it hard to succeed. But..."

He paused slightly and then slowly said: "President Zhu, why don't I trust you?"

Jiang Shengli and Ding Jianguo's faces changed abruptly: "What did you say?"

"President Zhu, don't be angry, I'm just being honest. I don't trust you, not at all," Lei Huanxi said without avoiding their gaze. "My intuition tells me. It's ridiculous, it doesn't make any logical sense, I know. It's not because of Jiang Bin, it's not."

"Then why?" Jiang Shengli's eyes were piercing.

"I don't know..." Lei Huanxi muttered. "If you force me to give an answer, I think there's only one. You want to cooperate with me but won't even tell me your name. Yes, you're worried that the relationship between Jiang Bin and me will affect our cooperation, but I feel uncomfortable, very uncomfortable."

Jiang Shengli found this reason hard to accept: "Just for that?"

"Not entirely," Lei Huanxi said with a bitter smile. "You and President Zhu are both powerful figures, in terms of business skills, ten of me can't match you. In the future development of Fairy Mountain, you might dig many pits for me to fall into. Since there are traps everywhere, I might as well choose a familiar one."

What kind of reason is this?

Jiang Shengli and Ding Jianguo were both amused and puzzled.

But Lei Huanxi spoke with a serious face: "Think about it, you've made me fall into a trap. Given my bad relationship with Jiang Bin, you would definitely try to finish me off, wouldn't you? Which father doesn't love their son? What about President Zhu? I've saved his son and his daughter. From a normal human perspective, even if he harms me, he would leave me a way out, right?"

Jiang Shengli unexpectedly fell silent after hearing this.

After a while, he said: "I've heard about you from Wei Sen and Yan Yan. They didn't say nice things, but now that I've dealt with you, my son doesn't match up to you at all. If you and he were both in a dire situation, he would panic, while you would find a way to choose..."

"Choose the most comfortable way to die," Lei Huanxi smiled. "Since I'm going to die anyway, why should I complain about fate?"

"You're pretending to be foolish, Lei Huanxi," Jiang Shengli sighed and stood up. "You've already thought about what to do... Can I talk to you for a moment?"

Lei Huanxi walked to him, and Jiang Shengli whispered something in his ear.

"What are you saying, President Jiang?" Lei Huanxi smiled innocently. "I'm just a country boy, I don't know anything, I've never thought about what you're saying."

"Country boy, a country boy like you..." Jiang Shengli's expression was very complex. "If my son were half as smart as you, I'd be content... My child, President Zhu's children, none of them can match you. You can pretend to be foolish better than that fatso Mo."

After saying this, he stared at Lei Huanxi: "Are you really refusing to cooperate with me?"

"President Jiang, I said before, I don't trust you at all," Lei Huanxi said solemnly. "So we have no basis for cooperation."

"No cooperation means enemies," Jiang Shengli said casually. "Now let's talk about my son. You and my son have a big conflict. At least one thing you said was right, which father doesn't love their son? When a son is bullied, a father will always find a way to help him. Goodbye, Mr. Lei Huanxi."

"Goodbye, President Jiang." Lei Huanxi politely saw the "guest" off.

"Brother Huanxi, you're amazing," Annie immediately hugged Lei Huanxi. "I've never seen anyone talk to Jiang Shengli like that. 'I don't trust you'—that's brilliant."

Lei Huanxi's face became unusually serious: "Annie, I think we need to talk about some things."

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