Chapter 531
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Chapter 531 Who’s Threatening Who?
“The three members who had originally decided to attend the negotiation meeting all changed their minds… they’re not coming anymore,” Tang Mingde said with an extremely unpleasant expression.
Originally there were only five people attending, and now with the other three changing their minds and standing them up, only he and Ji Rumei remained as members of the chamber of commerce for the negotiation.
“How could they do this? We represent the interests of all merchants in Jiangnan!” Ji Rumei said, her face pale with anger.
“Mr. Tang, should we also…” the assistant following behind hesitantly asked.
“We will absolutely not desert in the face of battle!” Tang Mingde coldly refused, “I don’t believe that Xiangcheng Chamber of Commerce can truly control everything!”
Ji Rumei’s eyes showed not only anger but also determination.
With Fang Yu standing beside her, she felt not a trace of fear.
“Let’s go in.” Tang Mingde took a deep breath and led the way into the building.
According to previous negotiation meetings, the entire Xiangcheng Chamber of Commerce delegation should have been standing at the entrance to welcome the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce.
But this time, there was only one assistant responsible for receiving them.
Xiangcheng Chamber of Commerce’s attitude was already very clear.
Tang Mingde and Ji Rumei were filled with anger, but didn’t say anything, instead following the assistant upstairs.
The negotiation meeting was being held in the conference room on the seventy-eighth floor.
“Mr. Tang, Miss Ji, the conference room is just ahead, please enter,” the assistant bowed slightly, gesturing with his hand.
Tang Mingde and Ji Rumei, along with two assistants, plus Fang Yu, a total of five people, walked into the conference room.
Upon entering the conference room, they could immediately see fifteen people sitting on the opposite side of the conference table.
These people were the representative members of the Xiangcheng Chamber of Commerce.
Seeing Tang Mingde, Ji Rumei and the others enter, these people revealed mocking expressions.
“Director Tang, where are the other members of your chamber?” one person asked.
Tang Mingde glanced at him without answering, instead walking to the conference table and sitting down in the middle position.
Ji Rumei sat in the position beside him.
On the Xiangcheng Chamber of Commerce side, many men stared intently at Ji Rumei, their gazes unrestrained.
Ji Rumei’s face showed displeasure, her brows tightly furrowed.
“Director Tang, you’re not joking, are you?”
At this moment, the man sitting in the middle position opposite them spoke.
He was a handsome-looking middle-aged man, about forty years old.
His gaze was sharp, his presence powerful, clearly someone who had long held a high position.
“Chairman Gu, what joke are we supposed to be playing?” Tang Mingde asked with a gloomy face.
“You’re attending the negotiation meeting with just two people, isn’t that a joke?” Gu Rong said, narrowing his eyes slightly.
“That’s right, all of our people are here, but you only have two people. This shows disrespect to our Xiangcheng Chamber of Commerce!” a member sitting nearby chimed in.
Tang Mingde’s expression became extremely unpleasant, his brows tightly locked as he suppressed his anger and said, “The reason we have few people, you know better than anyone.”
Gu Rong’s face sank as he said, “Director Tang, I don’t understand what you mean. I know that Chairman Dong had an incident, and I’m very sorry about that, as I had a good personal relationship with Chairman Dong… but your words seem to imply some blame toward us?”
Tang Mingde took a deep breath.
He knew that discussing this matter further would be meaningless at this point.
He needed to calm down for the negotiation meeting to proceed.
“The negotiation meeting can begin now.” Tang Mingde looked at his assistant, who took out a stack of documents from his briefcase. These were the explanatory documents prepared by Chairman Dong for use in today’s negotiation meeting.
“Wait.” Gu Rong extended his hand, signaling Tang Mingde to stop.
Tang Mingde looked at Gu Rong.
“Your Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce has only two people present, this negotiation meeting simply cannot proceed!” Gu Rong said coldly.
“Cannot proceed? We…” Tang Mingde’s expression changed as he tried to speak.
“With just the two of you, how can you represent the entire Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce? This negotiation is of great importance, and I don’t want any mistakes,” Gu Rong said.
“Our negotiation content has been approved by all chamber members and can fully represent their intentions!” Tang Mingde said.
“Then why didn’t they come to participate in the negotiation? Isn’t it obvious they don’t agree!” a member of the Xiangcheng Chamber of Commerce interjected.
“They’re not participating because…” At this point, Tang Mingde stopped.
Although he knew that the Xiangcheng Chamber of Commerce had definitely sent people to do that thing, without evidence, saying it would only result in being accused in return and wouldn’t achieve anything.
“Because of what?” Gu Rong pressed.
Seeing the other party’s unbridled demeanor, the anger in Tang Mingde’s chest was about to explode.
Ji Rumei was also so angry her face turned pale, but she couldn’t say anything.
“How about this, you can continue with the negotiation if you want. But the content of the agreement must be exactly the same as the previous one, because at least that agreement can represent the intentions of all your chamber members from five years ago,” Gu Rong smiled.
Hearing this proposal, Tang Mingde could no longer contain his anger.
With the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce’s current strength, how could they be willing to take only 30% of the profits!?
“Chairman Gu, you’re being unreasonable!” Tang Mingde said angrily.
“You’re the one being unreasonable!” Gu Rong’s face suddenly turned cold as he slammed the table and stood up, staring directly at Tang Mingde, saying coldly, “There is nothing wrong with my proposal. If you don’t agree, you can leave directly, consider the negotiation meeting canceled, and wait until next year to convene again. During this year, everything will be divided according to the previous agreement.”
“If you agree, then we will sign another five-year agreement identical to the previous one.”
“The two choices are actually the same, it’s up to you to choose.”
“I won’t choose either of them!” Tang Mingde stared directly at Gu Rong, saying firmly.
Gu Rong’s gaze was icy and sharp as he stared at Tang Mingde, suddenly revealing a cold smile, saying, “Director Tang, I heard that Chairman Dong’s entire family was brutally killed in their home, in a miserable state. Is this true?”
“Are you threatening me?” Tang Mingde’s face twitched as he asked.
“Threatening? Not at all, I never threaten anyone.” Gu Rong sat back down in his seat, tugging at the tie around his neck.
At this moment, a figure walked into the conference room.
This person wore a hat on his head and sunglasses on his face.
It was Long Quan, whom they had met once before!
Seeing this person, Tang Mingde’s face changed dramatically.
He hadn’t expected that Gu Rong would dare to openly call this person to the conference room!
“Mr. Long Quan is your friend, right? He visited your home for tea a few days ago,” Gu Rong said.
“Yes, although there was a small accident during the tea,” Long Quan picked up the conversation, looking at Tang Mingde. Even through the sunglasses, the killing intent in his eyes was visible.
Hearing the threat in Long Quan’s words, the anger in Tang Mingde’s chest burned to the extreme.
“Long Quan, I treated you as a friend, yet you tried to harm my entire family!” Tang Mingde could no longer tolerate it, suddenly standing up and pointing at Long Quan in anger.
“Director Tang, I think you still don’t understand the situation,” Long Quan said leisurely.
As he spoke, his right hand reached into his pocket, as if to take something out.
But just at that moment.
“Bang!”
With a muffled sound, Long Quan was pulled from across the conference table to Tang Mingde’s side as if by some suction force.
Fang Yu, who hadn’t spoken since entering the conference room, grabbed Long Quan’s neck with one hand and held him suspended in mid-air.
Long Quan struggled desperately, his sunglasses flying off, revealing his true face.
His lower eyelids beneath both eyes were completely black, looking quite bizarre.
“What are you doing!?”
Gu Rong and the other Xiangcheng Chamber of Commerce members reacted, all slamming the table and standing up.
Especially Gu Rong, whose face turned ashen.
“Director Tang, you dare to let your subordinate use violence!? Do you know where you are!? Do you know the consequences of your actions!” Gu Rong stared at Tang Mingde, coldly questioning.
“How should this person be dealt with?” Fang Yu turned to look at Tang Mingde and asked.
Tang Mingde looked at Long Quan, whose face had turned purple-blue, desperately flailing like a duck about to die, with a complicated expression.
On one hand, he was filled with hatred and anger toward Long Quan, but on the other hand, killing someone here would have unimaginable consequences.
This was Nandu, the territory of the Xiangcheng Chamber of Commerce.
With Gu Rong’s influence in Xiangcheng, killing his man would certainly come at a huge price.
“Dr. Fang, it’s still…” Tang Mingde was about to speak when four security guards rushed in from outside, all drawing their weapons and aiming at Fang Yu.
