Chapter 64 (1/2)

Chapter 64: Provocation

Translator: GravityTales  Editor: GravityTales

The desire for wealth had crossed the flow of time and ages as the power of money was the main drive that composed the sonata of desires in a human’s heart. People might say that everyone was born equal, but once one had achieved a certain level in life, they would come to the truest understanding that – the world was divided into classes.

Although Gu Yuetao was not at the top of the pyramid’s food chain, but he was the only party municipal first secretary’s son, so he also aware about this truth.

He couldn’t help but probe as he whispered, “Young Master Long seems to pay a lot of attention to this friend of yours. He must be a big shot, right? Is it possible for you to introduce me to him?”

Long Zhengyu nodded. He had long known about Gu Yuetao’s behavior and was very clear about his conduct. Relying on his father’s influence, Gu Yuetao had been running rampant in Star City. He could be described as arrogant, bossy, and frivolous. He had done numerous bad conducts in the recent years, people even lost count of it. Had it not been for his father cleaning up his mess, he would perhaps have to spend his life in prison.

“He came!”

7 or 8 minutes later, Long Zhengyu was happy as he immediately got up and walked forward to greet Tang Xiu.

“Big Brother Long!”

A strange, funny, and amused feeling filled Tang Xiu’s heart. If his 10,000 years of life was to be counted, he was an old Gu monster. But he called a mere slightly over 20-year-old youngster big brother.

Long Zhengyu laughed, “Little Brother Tang, you’re one of the people that is even more difficult to meet than ascending to heaven! Long Zhenglin has been calling for so many times, but you have never answered his call even once.”

With a somewhat apologizing expression, Tang Xiu replied, “Ah, I’m really sorry. I don’t’ have a habit of using my cell phone. Not to mention that the battery runs out and I can’t find it. Anyways, who’s this?”

Long Zhengyu glanced at Gu Yuetao and answered, “He’s Gu Yuetao, my friend. The reason I came to South Gate Town is also because my friend wants to sell his villa, and Gu Yuetao is the one who wants to buy it. So I came over and lent a hand.”

Tang Xiu suddenly realized as he nodded at Gu Yuetao, and then asked, “I didn’t disturb you, did I?”

Long Zhengyu laughed, “It’s fine.”

Gu Yuetao had never once expected that the very friend that Long Zhengyu had paid a lot of attention to would be a youngster. Although he also could tell that this youngster had an extraordinary bearing, however, he couldn’t help but feel contempt inside. He only casually nodded and asked, “Little Brother Tang seems very young. What’s your respected occupation?”

Little Brother Tang?!

Tang Xiu’s brows slightly slanted, as he couldn’t help but feel slightly cold toward Gu Yuetao. He could accept Long Zhengyu calling him “Little Brother Tang”, since he had quite a friendship with him, as well as for the sake of Long Zhenglin. But Gu Yuetao’s look toward him was focused on his surface appearance, and he spoke with such frivolous words and tone, giving him an ill-feeling.

“Student!”

Considering Long Zhengyu’s face, Tang Xiu replied him with an indifferent tone and spoke thoughtlessly.

Gu Yuetao was also keenly aware of Tang Xiu’s attitude. Anger suddenly rose in his heart. However, since he had yet to know Tang Xiu’s real identity, he was still able to patiently tolerate it, and didn’t rage out. He then spoke lightly, “Little Brother Tang, since Young Master Long has acknowledged you as a friend, you should have a very big background, shouldn’t you?”

Background?

Coldness flashed in Tang Xiu’s eyes now.

He was a cultivator in the Immortal World and had killed countless of arrogant young masters because he had a deep disgust about those young masters with a background. As the saying goes, “someone who only relied on their parents, never once will they be able to become a real man”. One could only be a real man if they were tempered with tribulations and constantly strived to improve themselves. Their fighting spirit wouldn’t flinch even if they had to go against the heavens.

Besides, if someone respected him for an inch, he would him ten inches of respect.

Rarely would Tang Xiu take the initiative to provoke others, but if others provoked him, he had always been ready to pay the blood with blood and exchange a tooth for a tooth. Hence, he chose to ignore this kind of chap at present.

“Big Brother Long, about that professional manager issue, is there something wrong?”

Long Zhengyu was also angry seeing Gu Yuetao’s attitude. However, he was a businessman and it was inevitable to have contacts and deals with people from the government. Not to mention that the Long Family’s businesses were quite large and inextricably linked with the government. Even if Gu Yuetao’s father did not have real power, he still was the municipal level party’s first secretary and had a special status, and was not someone who could easily be offended by many people.

But since he saw Tang Xiu directly ignore Gu Yuetao, he was also disinclined to pay attention anymore. He then looked at Tang Xiu and spoke, “There’s nothing wrong, but I have something important to discuss with you.”

Then…

He asked Tang Xiu to sit down and continued, “A few days ago, my 2 good friends from Beijing came to my office. I heard from them that 3 years ago the Gold-ranked professional manager, Kang Xia, who was working at the World Financial Center Wall Street had come back and now has resigned from the Beijing’s Pang Group. If you can, you can go to Beijing and personally invite her.”

“Kang Xia?” Tang Xiu was confused, “Is this person really good?”

“She’s great!”

Long Zhengyu replied with a serious expression.

The middle-aged man’s complexion who stood beside Gu Yuetao changed. He then spoke, “Kang Xia is ‘good’? She’s a legend in the business circles. She has successfully managed a lot of acquisition and financial mergers, developed a lot of new projects as well as established a lot of marketing channels. She has an undisputable reputation, and is very famous in Wall Street.”

“3 years ago, she returned to our country and was hired by the Pang Group as a CEO with an enormous contract price. In less than 3 years, she successfully increased the Pang Group’s total assets 4 times over from before. If it were not because of that idiot Second Young Master Pang, the Pang Group would perhaps have been able to enter into the top 50 enterprises in our country in the next few years.”

Speaking up to there, the middle-aged man then revealed a contemptuous look and sneered, “Even the country’s major enterprises tried with everything they have to hire Kang Xia, which even some of them came up and offered large company stocks, but unfortunately all had failed. Little Brother is this young, I think you see yourself too highly. Kang Xia has been ignoring those high-class people, could she possibly take you seriously?”

Tang Xiu was silent for a few seconds as he then looked at Long Zhengyu and spoke, “Give me her contact.”

“Okay!”