Chapter 535 — Young Master Bing Has Arrived
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"No, I won't." Wei Zhao sounded a little helpless.
"All right, then, I'll let you off for now!" Only then was Feng Xiaoxiao satisfied enough to hang up, though once the call ended she pumped her fist in excitement. "Yes! When we get back to school, you're treating me to beef noodles, and won't that just make Tang Zhi furious!"
In Songshan City, inside the finest private room of the Starlight Grand Hotel, Li Cihua bustled attentively around a young man, filling the glass before him and then saying, "Young Master Bing, I don't suppose the boss has sent any new instructions?"
"Oh, my dad didn't say much. He just told you to cooperate with me on this little matter." Zhao Qibing waved a hand carelessly, as though he did not regard Li Cihua at all—this underworld boss whose stamp of the foot could shake Songshan City three times over.
But Li Cihua was not offended. He knew his place: in the eyes of the man behind the curtain, he was nothing but a dog. Zhao Qibing might be his illegitimate son, but a young master was a young master—and if one served him poorly, would one ever come to any good end?
"Naturally, Young Master Bing. Whatever you command, I shall do it!" Li Cihua said respectfully.
"How is the real estate company I asked for coming along? I hear there's money to be made in property—have you got the company sorted out?" Zhao Qibing asked bluntly.
"It's already been established. All the paperwork is in order, and I've notified Jin Gubang—he'll be here shortly." Li Cihua hurried on: "All that's missing is for you to give the real estate company a name, Young Master Bing!"
"Jin Gubang? Has he managed to become the chairman of the Gu Group yet?" Zhao Qibing clearly had some impression of the name.
"Still no match for that old fox Gu Pengzhan—the old fox had him cleared out of the company!" Li Cihua said. "But it doesn't matter; it won't hold up your company, Young Master Bing! Jin Gubang put up his own money to open a real estate company for you!"
"Oh, so the man has some sense after all!" Li Cihua nodded in satisfaction. "Since he funded the whole thing himself, then give him twenty percent of the shares. Make him general manager—he can manage the company for me."
"If Jin Gubang hears that, he'll be overflowing with gratitude and serve you with utter devotion, Young Master Bing!" Li Cihua flattered.
Just as he was speaking, there came a knock at the door of the private room, and Li Cihua called out, "Who is it?"
"It's me, Jin Gubang." Jin Gubang's voice came from outside.
"Come in," Li Cihua said mildly.
At that, Jin Gubang pushed the door open and entered. Seeing Li Cihua standing respectfully beside a young man, he was momentarily taken aback, but at once he realized that this must be the legendary Young Master Bing. He hurried to fawn, smiling, "Young Master Bing, Brother Cihua!"
"So you're Jin Gubang? Have a seat and tell me about the real estate company!" Young Master Bing nodded, gesturing to the seat opposite, and spoke to Jin Gubang.
"Thank you, Young Master Bing!" Though his heart was bleeding, Jin Gubang had no other choice. His earlier maneuver had been a case of losing the wife and the troops besides: not only had he failed to take the high seat of the Gu Group's chairman, but he had been purged from the company, and now every last asset in his hands had gone into founding this real estate company. The moment he walked out of this private room's door, he would be penniless.
"Cihua, tell him what I just said, so he knows where he stands," Zhao Qibing ordered Li Cihua.
Li Cihua nodded and said, "Old Jin, Young Master Bing is a fine master. He will never treat those of us who are loyal badly!"
"Yes! Yes!" Jin Gubang answered aloud, but inwardly he smiled bitterly. That's true for you—he won't treat you badly! You swindled a real estate company out of me to give him as a gift, so of course he'd reward you in his delight. But what about me? I've given you the company, and I have nothing left at all!