Return From The Immortal World
Chapter 1198: Commitment
The experienced William saw Tang Xiu try his best and used almost everything to convince Long Hanwen with various soft and hard arguments and even praise, yet Long Hanwen was unwilling to budge. It made William secretly thank him for doing his best.
“Stop trying to persuade me, Tang Xiu. That person seriously injured my son and he had to pay a terrible price for it. ” Long Hanwen clenched his hands with a grim face.
Tang Xiu exchanged glances with William, then immediately gritted his teeth, stretched out a finger and said in a deep voice, “Uncle Long, you just said that you want them to pay compensation, you said that you wanted them to pay compensation, so this is my offer. What do you think about the compensation of 100 million yuan for Long Zhengyu's medical expenses? ”
Long Hanwen's eyes narrowed and he sneered. “Heh, Longs never short of money.”
“200 million,” Tang Xiu continued in a deep voice.
Long Hanwen was silent for a moment and then sneered again. “I've told you, The Longs is not short of money. 200 million yuan is nothing to us. ”
Tang Xiu's eyes were somewhat red and he shouted, “1 billion! This is the maximum amount I can offer to the Magnificent Tang Corp. Uncle Long, I regard you as uncle and this is me expressing my respect due to my deep relationship with Long Zhengyu. But many things had happened and Zhengyu was severely injured. Even if you insist on burying Cal Solund with him, it is only to dissipate your anger. You will not get a big benefit. We are all entrepreneurs and making a profit is what we always pursue. Long Group is indeed big, but it is still not easy to get hundreds of billions of yuan. I'm giving you face and benefits today, so this must have killed two birds with one stone. ”
Long Hanwen fell silent and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket. After picking one up and lighting it, he took a deep puff before clamping and putting out the cigarette in the ashtray. He then tilted his head to talk to Tang Xiu. “You're right. I'm a businessman and I can't let money pass you by. Because of our close relationship, I don't need 1 billion, Tang Xiu, but 800 million is the lowest I can accept, otherwise you can expect to see Cal Solund's corpse. ”
Tang Xiu took a deep breath and looked at William's complicated expression. Then, he nodded and said, “I will remember this kindness, Uncle Long. You can expect the money to be transferred to you immediately. And ... when will you release this Cal Solund? ”
“When I receive money,” replied Long Hanwen.
Tang Xiu and William no longer stayed and walked out of the villa. As they exited at the front gate of the Long Family villa, William spoke with an apologetic gaze, “I'm really sorry, Boss Tang. We made you suffer a great loss, but I will definitely pass it on to .. ”
“Hold!”
Tang Xiu raised his hand to cut it off. “I have nothing to lose. Don't tell Harbo Group you think that I'll pay a ransom of 800 million yuan for you? ”
“Sorry?!”
William was stunned and his expression instantly froze, looking at Tang Xiu as if looking at a demon. It took him a long time to recover from the shock.
“You just saw that I have done my part and taken help to help your Harbo Group.” Tang Xiu sneered grimly. “But let me tell you something. My Magnificent Tang Corp is a business group, not a charity. Losing money for the lives of others is not our responsibility nor is it our duty. If you want Cal Cal Calund back to life, you should quickly contact the top executives of the Harbo Group or its family members. But if you decide to forget his life, then so far I can help you. ”
“…”
William's mouth opened, but his throat seemed to be blocked by something and he could not say anything.
Tang Xiu lit a cigarette and continued, “Mr. William, you understand Chinese customs and culture very well, so you have to understand how valuable the debt of gratitude is between us. I took this matter on my shoulders and now owe a debt of gratitude to the Long Family. You can expect to see an announcement that I will release to the media that my company has nothing to do with this issue anymore if you don't want to spend 800 million yuan. However, I want to tell you with good intentions. The Long Family has set a fixed number for compensation, so if your Harbo Group refuses to pay for it and the problem continues to grow and get bigger, I believe Long Hanwen will directly blow this matter to the public. At that time, you can expect Harbo's reputation to be a waste and a laughingstock of the international business community. ”
Unbelief overflowed in William's eyes as he responded with a changed expression. She originally thought that Tang Xiu was trying to help her by taking her to meet Long Hanwen. It had never occurred to him that Tang Xiu had actually dug a hole for him to directly plunge into it.
He wouldn't have come with her if he knew it would be like this.
Clenching his fists tightly, William's angry eyes glared at Tang Xiu and said, “You said you'd help us, Boss Tang. Yet you actually dug a hole for me to jump over? ”
“I don't like your tone, William.” Tang Xiu frowned. “Do you think Long Hanwen will promise to release Cal Solund without me? You have seriously injured his son and now he is still in a coma with his fate unknown. He could even die at any time. Eyes for eyes, teeth for teeth, and life for life. That's how the Chinese deal with such problems. Furthermore, Cal Solund might indeed be the one who made Long Zhengyu seriously injured, but you are the one who pulled the rope from behind, am I right? Do you think you can escape responsibility if he dies in China? ”
“Now I am really angry with you talking like that to me, William,” Tang Xiu replied indifferently. “I helped you out out of goodwill, but you replied with a bite. Is this how you do things, huh? Do you think Long Hanwen and his Long Group are really short of money and short of 800 million? As far as I know, only their part in the development of Star City's New Metro will give them at least 8 billion in revenue, he said, yet you yell at me that I've dug a hole for you for 800 million trifles like that? ”
William was speechless and thought that Tang Xiu's argument made sense. 800 million yuan for Long Group was indeed nothing. He had sent some people to investigate the details of the Long Group after he instigated Cal Solund to deal with Long Zhenyu and left him severely injured. But the result took him by surprise as he never expected that a trivial dispute would even provoke such a frightening entity as the Long Group.
Still, he doesn't have 800 million!
It was even possible that the superiors at his company headquarters would skin him alive if he were to bring him to them.
What am I supposed to do?
This thought filled his mind how to solve this problem, and the dilemma for a while.
After observing William's constant change in expression, Tang Xiu lightly said, “I am well aware that this incident is somewhat unexpected for you, Mr. William. But this is a serious problem because it involves one's life. If you feel it's not easy to handle, I've got an idea that can help you. ”
“What is it?” William hurriedly asked after staring blankly.
“Long Zhengyu is a fairly expert martial artist, but Cal Solund can seriously injure him, which means he is a practitioner. Or rather, a cultivator. I don't think he became a cultivator himself, so there must be some strong people or elders in the house teaching him. This has to do with his life, so I don't think you need to contact anyone from the Harbo Group headquarters. Just contact his family directly and I'm sure 800 million such trivia means nothing to them. ”
William's eyes shone and he felt a little excited in his heart. His life was at stake before. He was convinced that he could not bring this to the headquarters of Harbo Group, but he forgot that Cal Solund's father was the main shareholder of the company and also a very powerful Boss.
“Bos Tang ..”
His eyes suddenly showed a complicated expression as William looked at Tang Xiu.
“Money is nothing but important to me, Mr. William.” Tang Xiu nonchalantly said, “Don't one billion, I can easily earn tens of billions if I want. I'm sure you're well aware of how fast my company can make money, right? ”
“Ya.” William nodded without a word.
“Because you understand my company's money-making power, you should also be aware of the fact that I don't need to set you up for 800 million yuan given my identity. If I collude with Long Hanwen to push you into the hole, the amount you have to spend will not be only 800 million. Why do you think Long Hanwen would cut 200 million yuan when I offered him 1 billion earlier? 200 Million is in the account in my face and also the help I use. ”
Indeed indeed!
It was a point that William had forgotten to remember before. Now that she heard Tang Xiu mention it, she carefully analyzed it and felt that Tang Xiu was right. In reality, the difference between 1 billion and 800 million is not much. Tang Xiu offered 1 billion for compensation and Long Hanwen directly cut 200 million yuan, indicating that the amount was only trivial for the two of them.
Could it be .. I misunderstood about Tang Xiu? Means ...he actually had good intentions from the start to help me solve the problem?
William's mind raced fast with such thoughts. Finally, an embarrassed expression was gradually thrown onto his face. He slightly bowed and said, “I'm guilty, yet I treated you unfairly, Boss Tang. I'm so sorry now and I hope you can forgive me. You've done a lot for me, so you can rest assured that I'll be in touch soon with Cal Solund's father, the main shareholder of Harbo Group. ”
“Dad Cal Solund is actually the main shareholder of your Harbo Group?” Tang Xiu asked in surprise. “She has a very high status, but how did she become ..”
“Cal just graduated, so his father ordered him to follow me learn.” William quickly explained, “But he was rather impulsive and, in the two years he followed me, he had already caused a lot of scenes. But I used to help him deal with the problem, so he didn't know how to stop and hold back. I really didn't know that he would cause any big trouble this time. ”
Tang Xiu sneered inside after hearing this, but he looked unperturbed on the outside. “Well, I think you need to contact her father quickly because she has such an identity. I'm afraid Long Hanwen will kill him if he thinks you will delay. You might not believe it, but the Longs were the most powerful family in Star City that even government officials were wary of. There would be no repercussions and major problems for him even if he killed Cal Solund. ”