"What did you say! Those big clients we found in Europe and Arica all refused to sign contracts with us? Said they... won’t do this deal anymore?!"
Hearing the butler report this, Lu Yun exploded on the spot, rushed up, grabbed him by the collar and barked the question in shock.
At that mont, Lu Yun looked like he was about to skin the man alive, scaring the butler into shrinking back.
In fact, it wasn’t that this number-two figure of Yang Corporation was too poor at keeping his cool, it was that the matter the butler had co to report was simply too "shocking and horrifying."
Even Yang Junluo’s eyes abruptly narrowed as he sucked in a breath of cold air.
Even though Yang Junluo hadn’t been in charge of the family business for a long ti, he still cared about this matter.
Earlier, he had already gotten a detailed account of the entire process from Lu Yun’s elder brother, the chairman of Yang Corporation, and this ti he had specially asked Lu Yun about the progress, enough to show how invested even he was in this decision of the Yang Family.
When he learned that everything was progressing smoothly, Yang Junluo finally relaxed and didn’t show any excessive concern.
After all, he had already let go of family affairs and didn’t want to put too much pressure on his sons.
Precisely because he knew how important this was—related even to Yang Corporation’s future fortune—once he heard that sothing had gone wrong, a chill instantly crawled up Yang Junluo’s spine and a grim coldness surged in his heart.
Next to him, Yang Yishan’s face turned even paler, her breathing quickened.
In the end, ginger gets spicier with age; Yang Junluo quickly cald himself, then snapped in a harsh voice, "Xiaoyun, calm down!"
Lu Yun was jolted awake by that shout, stared blankly at his father for a second, then let go of the butler he was gripping.
"What exactly is going on, Old Zhang, speak slowly!" Yang Junluo looked at the butler surnad Zhang and said in a deep voice.
The butler hurriedly nodded, organized his wording, and then said, "I also just received word from the Eldest Master."
The "Eldest Master" in the butler’s mouth was Lu Yun’s elder brother, the chairman of Yang Corporation—Yang Xiaoyu.
He was currently still in North Arica; the one negotiating cooperation with all those financial groups and old families was also him.
"The Eldest Master said he was originally about to formally sign contracts with those few in North Arica, and then fly to Europe to sign with the others. Everything had been negotiated perfectly before this, but in the end, those consortium families suddenly changed their minds." Butler Zhang said.
"Was there a reason, did your elder master ask them why!" Yang Junluo pressed anxiously.
Lu Yun and Yang Yishan, father and daughter, also stared at the butler, eager to know the inside story.
Lu Yun clenched both fists so tightly that his fingernails dug into his flesh, yet he didn’t even notice the pain, his eyes bulging at Butler Zhang, not daring to miss a single word.
Facing the old master, the butler surnad Zhang hesitated for a mont, but still repeated the original words: "Those consortium families who refused to sign all said that our Yang Family goes back on its word, lacks business ethics; with a partner like that, they don’t feel at ease working together..."
As he spoke, Butler Zhang was both cautious and full of bewildernt.
The Yang Family had always enjoyed a good reputation in business; how had they beco so disgraceful in the mouths of those white folks in Europe and Arica.
These words left Yang Junluo, Lu Yun, and Yang Yishan all stunned.
"They really... said that!" Yang Junluo exclaid.
Butler Zhang hurriedly nodded, absolutely certain.
"But our Yang Family has always abided by the rules doing business with Europe and Arica; our reputation over there is excellent." Yang Yishan couldn’t help saying.
But as soon as she finished, she froze for a mont, then couldn’t help glancing at her father, her eyes widening.
Lu Yun’s face had gone green.
If there was anything they had done recently that violated the ethics of the business world, it was that not long ago they had screwed over the Huaxia Business Group. But how could that possibly have reached the other side of the ocean so quickly, and been known by all those partners in Europe and Arica.
Unless...
"It was the Huaxia Business Group that blew the whistle on us?!" Lu Yun rasped, his voice hoarse with shock.
"But could they really, in the first instant, reach every single consortium family we’re negotiating with and let the top brass know? Those are all top-tier consortiums, great families! Since when did Huaxia businessn have such terrifying connections? Even Lu Yun and Jia Chengshan, at most they could get in touch with one or two in the short term!" Yang Yishan cried out.
On this point, Lu Yun had no answer either.
If the Huaxia Business Group had that kind of clout, they would never have dared act that way before.
They wouldn’t have dared even if Lu Yun and Jia Chengshan were both involved.
Yang Junluo pressed his lips together, his gaze flickering between gloom and light. After a long mont, he slowly said, "Rather than say it was those Huaxia businessn, it would be better to say..."
Yang Junluo glanced in a certain direction. "It was Bai Xiaosheng! He has that kind of capability!"
Bai Xiaosheng’s relationship with the Wei Family went without saying, and he had multiple ties with the Bai Family, the Luo Family and even the Qin Family—this much, Yang Junluo knew.
If Bai Xiaosheng leveraged the connections of those powerful clans, he could pull sothing like this off.
"But why would those families help him like this! Just because of his relationship with the Wei Family? My relationship with those families is even more special, and helping him like this is harming my Yang Family!" Yang Junluo muttered in a low, heavy voice.
Then his eyes flickered slightly. "Perhaps those families had no intention of targeting my Yang Family at all; it’s just that Bai Xiaosheng had them build the bridge, connecting him to those financial groups and companies!"
This muttering of Yang Junluo’s was not entirely clear to Lu Yun and his daughter.
However, they both found it unbelievable that Bai Xiaosheng was the one orchestrating this.
If Yang Junluo believed that, he must have his reasons—but could Bai Xiaosheng really wield that kind of power?!
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