Chapter 720: Chapter 711: Rapid Progress

For the Wen Family, this time seeking favors through connections, it might seem like there was no financial loss, but in fact, the cost was already significant.

Society is like this, no matter who you are, reputation becomes thinner the more you use it, and so does goodwill.

Faced with this situation, Old Master Wen would rather have lost money. But there’s no choice— in today’s society, money isn’t everything once you reach a certain stage; sometimes, goodwill is more useful than money.

After this incident, Old Master Wen will undoubtedly have to make up for it in other areas. Not to mention, if Jiangcheng City has any more support plans, their family needs to take the lead and offer tangible benefits.

For any city, urban development, economy, citizens’ income, and job positions, although the Wen Family doesn’t need these, others do. In such times, mutual support is necessary, helping each other is the way to go.

After all, attracting investment is crucial for any city. Although the Wen Family can’t accomplish it alone, as a leading entity in the city’s construction industry, they carry significant weight. Urban development requires multi-sided cooperation, with construction being a crucial part.

"Hubby, what should we do now?" In the car, Jiang Guimei looked at her husband uneasily and spoke.

She had never seen anyone disregard her husband so blatantly before. This was beyond losing face; it was like riding on their necks, plainly bullying them, and there was nothing one could do about it!

Of course, it was understandable. After all, the people Han Bin usually interacted with, while some were more skilled than him, weren’t exceptionally so. People gather in circles as the saying goes—birds of a feather flock together.

Since everyone is more or less the same, naturally, they’ll be courteous. You might be slightly better, but I’m not much worse and definitely not afraid of you. If we don’t get along, we just avoid each other.

But this time was different. Old Master Wen’s level was way beyond Han Bin, completely boggling him. After investigating in recent days, Han easily understood the Wen Family’s capabilities, knowing Old Master Wen was truthful and capable.

However, knowing is one thing, accepting to leave Jiang City for development elsewhere was hard for him to swallow. Although there would be funding support elsewhere, it wouldn’t render him impoverished, yet he would lose resources and networks, needing to start from scratch.

Additionally, this acquisition price... is too low, thirty percent, is this a joke?

Thinking of this, a flare of anger surged within him, and with a swift motion, he slapped Jiang Guimei.

"What do you mean what should we do? How the hell would I know? You jinx, why on earth did I choose such an idiot like you? It’s one thing to not help me in business, but dragging me down? Let’s get a divorce!"

Upon hearing the word divorce, Jiang Guimei, who was initially covering her face, immediately stopped feeling wronged and quickly pleaded, "Hubby, I... I really didn’t do it on purpose, please forgive me this time. I won’t dare again, I’ll behave at home, for the sake of Jiaze, forgive me, please!"

Han Jiaze, the son of Han Bin and Jiang Guimei, of course, he had another son. However, during the divorce, since the child was grown and due to his affair, the son left with his first wife.

At this, Han Bin glanced at his wife without speaking, drove away but resolved in his heart to divorce. She was a calamity; a single careless sentence of hers nullified his years of effort.

Wen Family

"Dad, I’m back!" Wen Jingqi said.

"Mmm, did you send everything away?"

"No, I threw it out. Don’t know if they picked it up. But Dad, isn’t your plan too harsh? Thirty percent... will he agree?" Wen Jingqi said with a wry smile.

To this, Old Master Wen glared at his son and spat, "What do you know, do you have any idea how many favors your father had to pull in this time? Just your IQ... forget it, you should hang out more with Su Qing and Shen Yi. Even if the movie you invested in fails, you’re not allowed to complain, got it? I’m starting to think maybe I’m too astute, causing you siblings to lack any talent in this area."

Old Master Wen, a shrewd man who flourished in the real estate industry even last century, naturally became adept at maneuvering relationships, yet his children were disappointing.

His youngest daughter had no business sense nor talent, and Old Master Wen couldn’t groom her despite his best efforts. Later, when she married, her husband showed some skill, but unfortunately, lacked integrity.

As for his son, he wasn’t talentless, but definitely not someone to make it big— even maintaining steady growth was tough. Even now, much still relied on Old Master Wen’s decision-making and networking.

Looking at the young Su Qing and Shen Yi left Old Master Wen envious—how could two smart people end up together?

"Dad, I admit Su Qing and Shen Yi are impressive, but your son isn’t that terrible, right?" Wen Jingqi was indignant.

To this, Old Master Wen sighed helplessly, "Do you believe if Su Qing and Shen Yi were here, they wouldn’t ask such brainless questions?"

There’s so much going on inside, including mental games. Our family spent a lot of goodwill this time, which we’ll need to repay in the future. As for whether he’ll agree, I’m telling you, it’s not about whether he will, but about him not having a choice. The acquisition price can fluctuate at most.

If he goes to another place, I can’t reach him, can’t control him at all, but in Jiang City, he has no choice.

Forget it, you wouldn’t understand even if I explained, just go home, visit your sister, and tell your mom to come back tomorrow, I won’t be going!"

With that, Old Master Wen waved his hand dismissively, feeling quite tired to still have to worry about his son after retirement.

Meanwhile, Su Qing was in the interrogation room with Yan Lie questioning one by one.

[Zhang Xiaohu, male, 27, the issues mentioned by his superior were true, the Jiang City channel was concealed, one of them being his relative!]

[Wang Zhidong, male, 29, knew nothing about the upstream, only managed transactions in Jiang City, totaling 19, mainly entertainment venue managers.]

[Yang Cai...]

As he sat by, Yan Lie extracted more and more leads during interrogation. Each time the person lied or concealed, Su Qing would immediately speak up.

Then, using the clues provided through subtitles, he’d reverse the question, quickly breaking the subject’s psychological defenses.

By eight in the evening, Su Qing came out of the interrogation room.

"How’s it going, Xiao Su, any leads?"

Su Qing: "Quite a fruitful harvest!"

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