Chapter 900 - 324: Ye Family’s Offensive (Part 2)

Chapter 900: Chapter 324: Ye Family’s Offensive (Part 2)

Now that the special mission was done, Yang Chen had zero interest in delivering takeout anymore.

So after lunch, he went back to the car to grab a nap.

He had just lain down for a bit when Yang Dami called.

Yang Dami: "Brother Chen, you free tonight? Let’s grab a meal. I’ll introduce a friend to you, guaranteed you’ll be so happy you take off like a rocket."

Yang Chen: "Haha... for real? Then eight o’clock tonight, we’ll meet at Tang Pavilion. I gotta see what kind of person it is that can make me ’take off’ from happiness."

...

At 7:50 p.m., Yang Chen arrived at Tang Pavilion.

Tan Hongkai hurried over to greet him and quietly said, "Good evening, Mr. Yang. Yang Dami and Liu Tianxian are already waiting for you in the private room."

Yang Chen: "Oh, Liu Tianxian, huh. No wonder he said I’d be taking off from happiness."

Tan Hongkai: "There’s one more thing I should tell you. The CEO of Hai City Petrochemical, Wang Baoxi, is having dinner with the young master of Fukang Valve in Room 210."

Yang Chen: "How come those two are eating together? Let’s go take a look."

Tan Hongkai nodded and led Yang Chen toward Private Room 210.

Meanwhile, inside Room 210.

Zhao Fukan: "It’s so damn hard to find a virgin these days. Li Yunxi, twenty-six, a master’s student, and still a virgin. Pretty face, great figure, that scholarly vibe about her—she is exactly my type. That bastard Yang Chen dared to ruin my good thing; I’m definitely going to make him pay."

Wang Baoxi: "Haha... Young Master Zhao has taste. Twenty-six and still a virgin—at this day and age, that’s as rare as hitting a five-million jackpot in the lottery. With us teaming up with the Ye Family, dealing with Yang Chen is more than enough. Come on, cheers—here’s to Young Master Zhao getting what he wants and taking her first time as soon as possible."

"Hahaha..." The two of them laughed lewdly.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Someone knocked on the door.

The two immediately quieted down. After exchanging a glance, Zhao Fukan shouted, "Who is it?"

Tan Hongkai: "Good evening, distinguished guests. I’m Tan Hongkai, the manager of Tang Pavilion. Our boss is here and would like to say hello to you both."

Zhao Fukan chuckled and said, "Must be here to lick your boots, President Wang. I’ll go open the door and let him in. Maybe he’ll send us a few bottles of good wine."

Wang Baoxi smiled and nodded, feeling that what Zhao Fukan said made perfect sense. Whether there’d be free wine or not was hard to say, but the guy was definitely here to flatter him.

Zhao Fukan opened the private room door and asked with a smile, "Hello, Manager Tan, where’s your boss?"

Tan Hongkai stepped back to the left, and Yang Chen slid in from the right, smiling as he said, "Right here."

Zhao Fukan was shocked. "Y–you’re the boss of Tang Pavilion?"

Yang Chen: "Yup. I heard you and Wang Baoxi were eating here, so I rushed over to take a look. If you two are plotting together on how to deal with me, I’ve gotta be prepared in advance, right?"

Yang Chen bumped Zhao Fukan aside with his shoulder and walked into the private room with a grin.

Wang Baoxi stood up, looking stunned. "I really did underestimate you. I didn’t expect you to be the boss of Star Investment and that you’d even bought out Tang Pavilion. But it’s fine—I’m confident I can still get you under my thumb."

Yang Chen: "Just you two?"

Wang Baoxi: "And Ye Xuan from the Ye Family! I only found out this afternoon that you’ve got beef with Young Master Ye too. You beat him up over Tang Xia from the Tang Family, and the Ye Family is already preparing to take revenge on you. With us joining forces to deal with you, never mind freezing your accounts—even whether you’ll walk out of this alive is a big question."

Yang Chen: "Sounds like Ye Xuan asked you, President Wang, to help pressure Tang Group into delivering immediately, or else force them to pay triple liquidated damages. That it?"

Wang Baoxi felt that as a state-owned enterprise CEO and with Ye Xuan being the sole heir of the Ye Family’s next generation, the two of them teaming up was more than enough to crush Yang Chen.

In terms of who has more money, Yang Chen would definitely win.

But money was nothing in front of power. Since Yang Chen dared to injure the Ye Family’s next Patriarch, he was doomed.

Originally, Wang Baoxi hadn’t been all that confident about going up against Yang Chen, but now his old man believed it—so long as they exerted pressure together with the Ye Family, they’d be fine.

So, admitting it in front of Yang Chen now didn’t matter.

"Yeah! You nailed it. Young Master Ye asked me to help screw Tang Group over. But what can you do about me?" Wang Baoxi replied with a smile.

Yang Chen: "Your rank is too low—I can’t even be bothered to lay a hand on you. You’d better call your Secretary or the Chairman and ask about the recent changes in the group’s shareholding."

With that, Yang Chen turned and left.

Wang Baoxi froze for a moment, then hurriedly took out his phone and called the Secretary.

Wang Baoxi: "Hello, Secretary Chen, have there been any changes in our group’s shareholding recently?"

Secretary: "Yes! We just got the notice today—Mr. Yang Chen has acquired 9% of the group’s shares and become the second-largest shareholder. I’m currently working overtime to prepare the announcement. It’ll be released later tonight or after the midday close tomorrow. Why? Is there something you need, President Wang?"

Wang Baoxi: "Y–Yang Chen? Yang Chen, the boss of Star Investment?"

Secretary: "Yes, that’s him. The Chairman is over the moon, and the leaders at the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission are thrilled too, because wherever Star Investment buys in, the stock price soars. We can be sure our group’s stock price is going to skyrocket this round—at least double. It’s a shame you only hold a few hundred thousand shares, President Wang; otherwise you could’ve made a killing this time."

Wang Baoxi let out three awkward chuckles. "O–okay. Got it. I’ll let you get back to work, Secretary Chen, I’ll hang up now."

After hanging up, Wang Baoxi looked a bit dazed as he slowly sat back down.

Seeing that something was wrong, Zhao Fukan hurriedly lowered his voice and asked, "President Wang, what happened?"

In a low voice, Wang Baoxi replied, "The Secretary said Yang Chen acquired 9% of the group’s shares today and is now the second-largest shareholder. The Chairman and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission leaders are all delighted, because wherever Star Investment buys in, that place’s stock price shoots up. Under these circumstances, they’ll all be trying to cozy up to Yang Chen. None of my social connections can be used against him anymore."