Chang'an, city center, Edge Flower Building, sky rotating restaurant.
"Director Long, Edge Flower is one of the few five-star restaurants in Chang'an. Whether it's the decor, the service, or the taste of the food, it's top-notch, worldwide even. The floor above is a five-star hotel."
"A al here costs at least a million, beyond the reach of ordinary people. To host you, I specially pooled together the last five hundred thousand from ho and took out loans of over a million to book this table."
"Co, let's toast to the cooperation between our two companies!"
Beside a square table at the restaurant's center, Li Fan Jian smiled heartily, holding up his wine glass, suspended in mid-air.
Long Xiang lightly furrowed her brows, raised the goblet filled with red wine from the table, clinked glasses with him, took a sip, and said mildly, "President Li, you've spent lavishly, but the wealth of your Li Family surely exceeds five hundred thousand, right?"
"Yesterday, during dayti, my family still had a wealth of five billion."
"But after Lu Beibei announced as your spokesperson and boosted your group's reputation, our Blade Security Group's stock price plumted beyond recognition, turning utterly into waste paper that nobody wants. A large number of our group employees also left, halting company operations. Plus, the high-interest loans I borrowed during gambling with my dad urged us to repay."
"After paying off, there's only fifty thousand left, turning us from high-status to ordinary folks overnight."
"All thanks to Xiangye Group."
Beneath Li Fan Jian's smiling expression lay a deep mask of displeasure and hatred.
"President Li, in business, it's winner takes all."
"Moreover, although I aspire to grow Xiangye Group and want Xiangye to replace Blade as the new leader in the security industry, I truly have no intentions to ruin you completely."
"Your debt from gambling is self-inflicted; I can only express regret for your situation."
Long Xiang's deanor was calm, not bothered by Li Fan Jian's display of hostility.
Li Fan Jian's hostility did not warrant her concern.
The defeat of Blade Group was assured, unable to stir much trouble.
Xiangye Group shall be the ultimate victor.
"Alright, President Li, let's not discuss those trivial matters any further."
"Let's get to the main topic. What conditions do you wish to set for the rger of Blade Group into Xiangye Group?"
"And also."
Long Xiang squinted slightly, her gaze sweeping over the two individuals beside Li Fan Jian: "Who are they?"
"Oh, I forgot to introduce them."
Li Fan Jian concealed the venom within his eyes, introducing the two similar-looking young n sitting to his left and right: "They are my good friends, direct descendants of the Liu family among the Eight Great Ancient Martial Clans in the southwest, and they're twins. The older is Liu Tian, and the younger is Liu Di. Upon hearing from about your arrival in Chang'an, they specially ca to et the future Huaxia Security Queen."
"Director Long, nice to et you."
Liu Tian and Liu Di, after Li Fan Jian's introduction, laughed heartily, lewdly eyeing Long Xiang before raising their wine glasses.
Long Xiang's delicate eyebrows furrowed instinctively, feeling a slight aversion toward these two, she didn't clink glasses but drank a sip herself, then said blandly: "President Li, should we start discussing the cooperation?"
"Director Long, why rush, it's our first eting, let's have a few drinks first."
Li Fan Jian made a vague remark and again raised his glass, drinking it down.
Liu Tian and Liu Di did the sa, finishing their glasses.
Seeing this, Long Xiang couldn't refuse, feeling irritated, she wanted to drown her sorrows in alcohol and drank a large glass.
For the next ten minutes, Li Fan Jian and the others didn't say a word, just kept drinking.
Every ti a large glass.
Long Xiang drank half a glass each ti, and after nurous half glasses, she had consud about two whole bottles of red wine.
Even though she had road the Jianghu for years and was good at drinking, she was feeling a bit dizzy now.
In that dizziness, she recalled on the airplane the happy ti Ye Huan's family enjoyed while she could only hide in the front row and eavesdrop.
Her mood worsened!
Next, she didn't even use a glass, directly picked up the bottle, and chugged down a whole bottle.
"Fan Jian, does this special one have so kind of trouble?" Seeing Long Xiang pour wine for herself, Liu Tian asked Li Fan Jian eagerly.
"I guess so, when I picked her up at the airport, she was just like she'd lost her father, with a sour face. It's probably just a bad temper after being dumped by a guy, haha."
Li Fan Jian seed rather gleeful, feeling a bit excited.
Actually, he and the Liu brothers drank nothing but grape juice, rely resembling wine, while Long Xiang's was genuine red wine.
This was their ploy to entice Long Xiang into drinking, managing to drink multiple glasses without displaying any drunkenness.
According to Li Fan Jian's plan, the goal was not rely to get Long Xiang drunk, but at least to tire her out to hinder her from walking too far.
This way, the subsequent plans could proceed.
Initially thinking they might need to continue drinking a few more bottles of grape juice to achieve their aim.
Who would have thought Long Xiang herself would burst into a binge, saving them a task, haha.
At this mont, the more Long Xiang drank, the more she thought of Ye Huan, making her more troubled.
The more troubled she was, the more she drank.
Li Fan Jian catered to this, ordered ten bottles of high-proof red wine.
The waiter elegantly placed the ten bottles of red wine on a cart in front of Long Xiang and then frowned, leaned forward, and whispered to Li Fan Jian: "President Li, there's a guy staring at you from over there."
Upon hearing this, Li Fan Jian and the Liu brothers both furrowed their brows, following the direction pointed out by the waiter.
In the restaurant corner sat a man wearing a black hat, mask, and sunglasses, staring fixedly in their direction. When they turned their heads, he continued to stare without averting his eyes.
Li Fan Jian was sowhat panicked: "Brother Liu, could this guy have noticed sothing?"
"Nothing to worry about, I guess he just hasn't seen soone as exceptional as Long Xiang and can't peel his eyes away."
"Let him indulge his eyes for a while, anyway, all he can do is feast his eyes, we're going to take action ourselves later."
"Besides."
Liu Tian dismissed with a sneer: "Even if he notices sothing, what of it? With us here, what waves could he stir?"
Hearing this, Li Fan Jian breathed a sigh of relief.
Indeed, Liu Tian and Liu Di, the brothers, were disciples of an Ancient Martial Clan, practicing martial arts from a young age with formidable strength.
Rumor has it, backing them apart from the Liu family is a trendous pillar: Dragon Gate's Twelve Dragon God - Di Qiankun!
With these two big shots staying, there wasn't much to worry about; if the kid were to court death, then let him have it.
Li Fan Jian thought viciously.
At this mont, Long Xiang finished drinking the newly arrived ten bottles of red wine, unable to handle the alcohol, feeling weak all over, slumped onto the table, her pretty face flushed.
At this instant, she deeply understood a truth: drinking away sorrow only makes it worse!
These many bottles of red wine didn't extinguish the disarray in her heart, but rather aggravated her agitation, sinking her mood further.
Just thinking about rely having unrequited love for Ye Huan in this lifeti, unable to truly be with him, was unbearable, utterly unbearable, even entertaining thoughts of ending it all!
She dearly wanted to continue drinking, only with alcohol could she suppress these emotions for just a mont, but she knew she couldn't drink anymore.
Otherwise, she would beco completely incapacitated.
"President Li." Long Xiang's speech slurred due to intoxication, her tone still cold: "Drink...drunk enough, let's discuss the rger now."
"Yes, yes, yes, about ti, here's the rger's conditions, Director Long, take a look."
Li Fan Jian took out the pre-prepared contract, his eyes unrestrainedly evil, scanning Long Xiang thoroughly before slapping the contract beside her cheek.
Long Xiang rubbed her throbbing head, forcibly gathering strength, sat upright, and began reading the contract.
The next instant, her delicate eyebrows raised, provoked to slightly sober by the contract's terms, she slamd it onto the table, glaring angrily at Li Fan Jian: "Is this your attitude for discussing a partnership face-to-face?!"
On the contract, it stated conspicuously:
If Xiangye Security Group wishes to acquire Blade Security Group, it must agree to the following conditions:
1, Giving 51% of Xiangye Group's shares to Blade Group's Vice Chairman, Li Fan Jian.
2, Xiangye Group shall not be publicly listed, Li Fan Jian permanently holds a 51% stake, serving as Xiangye's Chairman, and Long Xiang demoted to President.
The combination of these two conditions ans that from now on, Xiangye Group is permanently controlled by Li Fan Jian, making Long Xiang his puppet and subordinate, working for him.
Thus, the two groups can rge!
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