Chapter 79 (1/2)

This Woman Is Arrogant

Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

Liao De-Sheng looked at his watch and sneered, “Punk, your friend? Where is he?”

Li Yu-Lan responded, “Chief Liao, young people are like these nowadays, looking down upon their elders. They are still lacking experience in society and social interactions. It’s good to let them be disadvantaged so they will acknowledge that the world is not such an easy place to live in. Once they know that there are people they should not offend, they will become more mature.”

These words were aimed at Xia Lei, hinting that he had offended someone he should not have offended.

Liao Si-Yao was also getting worried, thinking and suspecting that Xia Lei was just blowing hot air to try to make Liao De-Sheng approve his application. She did not voice her thoughts, however. She was not too familiar with Xia Lei and did not know his character very well.

Xia Lei, on the other hand, was calm. He was not worried at all that Zhou Wei and Jiang Xin from China Industrial Group would not come to help him at the Trade and Commerce Bureau, and not worried that they would be unable to help him.

What is the identity of China Industrial Group? It was a company which manufactured tanks for the country, one of the fundamentals of China! He was of unique value to China Industrial Group - would they stand by if he ran into a spot of trouble? Solving this problem was like using an insect spray to kill a fly.

With the lockdown on technology from Europe and America, Xia Lei was the only person in the whole of China who could manually produce parts which they needed to import from Europe and America. Based on this, Xia Lei was not worried at all that he would not be able to get this application done.

“How about calling your friend again to ask him to hurry up, punk? You have time but I don’t, and my time is precious,” said Liao De-Sheng sarcastically.

Zhou Wei and Jiang Xin appeared in the doorway of the office right after he spoke.

Liao De-Sheng’s guard went up when he saw Zhou Wei and Jiang Xin.

Li Yu-Lan also observed Zhou Wei and Jiang Xin, trying to guess their identity. However, they were strangers to her and she had never seen them before, so there was no guessing that they were from China Industrial Group.

Xia Lei got up from the sofa and welcomed them, “It’s a good thing that you’ve come, Mr Zhou and Mr Jiang. This Chief Liao De-Sheng was just mocking me, saying that I’d invited some shady friends to help and he wouldn’t approve the company registration no matter who turned up.”

Liao De-Sheng started to feel a little guilty. He stood and asked probingly, “And the two of you are…?”

Zhou Wei and Jiang Xin just looked at him and didn’t even bother to greet Liao De-Sheng.

Zhou Wei spoke, “Mr Xia, is he the chief who is giving you trouble?” He pointed at Liao De-Sheng.

Xia Lei smiled and nodded, “It’s him.”

Jiang Xin spoke angrily, “A small bureau chief dares to do such a thing with his capabilities?” He looked at Liao De-Sheng, “Do you have any respect for your country’s laws at all?”

Liao De-Sheng froze, then flared up, “Who are you? How am I not respecting the law? If you don’t say who you are I’ll call security to escort you out.”

“You want to know who we are?” said Zhou Wei.

Liao De-Sheng did not say yay or nay, but looked at Li Yu-Lan.

Li Yu-Lan smiled as she spoke, “Gentleman, let’s talk it out. The Chief is a respectable man after all. He can’t talk to you if you behave this way. Even an outsider like me can’t help but get involved. Are you here to help this young boy solve his problem or to cause trouble?”

Zhou Wei spoke, “Okay, I’ll introduce ourselves. I am Zhou Wei, I am the head of the Procurement department at China Industrial Group.” He then pointed at Jiang Xin and said, “This is Jiang Xin, head of Human Resources at China Industrial Group.”

Liao De-Sheng’s face turned ashen at their introduction.

As a person in the trading industry, how could he not know the great entity that is China Industrial Group? He not only knew what China Industrial Group manufactured, and what status it had in China, he also knew that the people of management level in the company were all high-ranking military personnel!

“China Industrial Group?” Li Yu-Lan was not aware what sort of company China Industrial Group was and said, “Do you people at China Industrial Group have influence over the registration of business at the Trade and Commerce Bureau?”

Zhou Wei and Jiang Xin’s gazes turned to Li Yu-Lan and they did not look friendly.

Liao De-Sheng quickly spoke, “Madam Li, um, that… You should leave. We can talk another day.” He then gave her a look.

Li Yu-Lan, however, had no intention of leaving but she took note of the look that Liao De-Sheng had sent her and thought to herself, ‘Do these two people actually have some sort of powerful backing?’

“Who is she?” Zhou Wei asked Xia Lei.

“Li Yu-Lan of the Chamber of Commerce. She and her husband are Hai-Zhu City’s tricksters. My application was not approved because I had offended her husband, Huang Yi-Hu. There was nothing wrong with my application but it was rejected the moment this Madam Li turned up.”