Chapter 914 - 368: Can’t Live Without Him (2)

Chapter 914: Chapter 368: Can’t Live Without Him (2)

Jiang Baichuan didn’t wait for Gao Yuanshan, the leader, to speak first and said: "Li Yang, that’s enough, we just wanted an excuse to invite you for dinner, do you think we would harm you?"

Li Yang tapped the table: "You want to harm me? You don’t have the guts! I’ve always been easygoing, but not today! Before dinner, I’ll make it clear: if Jiang Banxia dares to get involved with others, I’ll walk out with money the next day! There are plenty of places that want me, Li Yang, in this world. Just because I was born somewhere doesn’t mean I have to spend my whole life there! If you don’t believe me, I can leave right now and show you!"

Li Yang was already quite restrained, at least for today and so far, it hadn’t escalated to family history level.

These guys aren’t young either; escalating to family history might cause them health issues.

Gao Yuanshan was silent.

Everyone looked at him.

Dare he say let Li Yang go?

Not to mention the unknowns in the dark, just Li Yang’s status on the surface; if he leaves, everything will fall apart.

Plus, Li Yang has a lot of followers online. He can easily manipulate any narrative.

Who would’ve thought a gamer a few years ago would have such authority now?

Seeing no one speak, Li Yang took out a somewhat squashed cake from his pocket and placed it in front of Jiang Banxia.

"Since you’ve chosen me, don’t think of leaving. Happy birthday!"

After saying this, he placed the small cake down and turned to leave the private room.

He wasn’t going to eat this meal. Eating would mean the issue could be brushed off.

Other jokes can be made, but not this matter.

Everyone exchanged looks, and Bai Qing quickly got up and followed Li Yang out.

Under the blazing sun, Li Yang didn’t get into a car, just walked on the roadside.

Bai Qing caught up and said: "Don’t get so mad. Today, there was really no one else; the friend Jiang Banxia mentioned is me."

Li Yang asked: "Why are you here for her birthday?"

"She called me."

"Are you here in the Capital City just for this?"

"Otherwise? I’m afraid she’d be upset; what if she hits me? I wouldn’t even have the guts to fight back."

"Would she dare?"

"I don’t know, just like I don’t know why she agreed with those leaders to create such a situation."

Li Yang laughed, put his arm around Bai Qing’s shoulder.

Bai Qing was deliberately saying this, essentially getting Li Yang to calm down; indirectly, it also showed Jiang Banxia agreed to such an absurd setup because she cared too much.

"Let’s go eat."

"Should we invite Jiang Banxia? After all, it’s her birthday today."

"No invitation!"

...

In the restaurant’s private room, Gao Yuanshan said awkwardly: "Jiang, I’m sorry, I didn’t expect things to develop like this."

Jiang Banxia shook her head and said: "It’s okay, I agreed myself, I’ll just coax him this afternoon."

"Then... is there anything you need help with?"

"Just help me get a half-day leave."

"No problem, no problem, you’re the supervisor yourself, you don’t need to notify us, you can go to work whenever you want."

This meal, Gao Yuanshan and the others ate without much enjoyment.

About an hour later, they dispersed.

In a small teahouse, several people sat face to face.

Previously, in front of Jiang Banxia, many couldn’t express their anger.

Now only those who had been scolded by Li Yang were left, and the anger surfaced.

"What is this Li Yang? His temper is more explosive than mine was back in the day. Who provoked him? I have to say, Gao Yuanshan, you’re losing your nerve, letting a youngster intimidate you."

Speaking was one of Gao Yuanshan’s old comrades, now in a minor position, fearless.

Gao Yuanshan helplessly said: "It’s not that I was intimidated, but he was telling the truth."

"Truth? I haven’t heard of Li Yang, leveraging Jiang Banxia’s skills in making money, he set up a few companies, it’s doing quite well now, isn’t that all?"

Gao Yuanshan shook his head: "You don’t understand."

"What’s there not to understand? Tell us."

"Let me make a simple example. Most of the luxury brand cars from BBA are produced domestically, but actually, we earn very little. A car costing five hundred thousand, might have a cost of only over two hundred thousand, all sorts of taxes amount to ten thousand, corporate net profit exceeds ten thousand."

"What’s wrong with that?"

"But what we provide is just production lines and cheap labor. Employees work tirelessly, 12 hours a day on the production line, making only seven or eight thousand a month. They buy domestic parts, specifically choosing those with high costs, high technology, low profit margins. They import parts produced abroad, not highly technical ones, like seats, screws, even seals and the like. A car costing five hundred thousand with the same parts purchased domestically wouldn’t cost more than one hundred fifty thousand, possibly even less..."

"What are you trying to say?"

"This is how foreign countries earn our money. Even a small workshop can have a net profit margin of over 30%, whereas domestic companies with hundreds of billions in scale have a net profit margin of less than 3%, some even less than 1%."

"I don’t get it."

"What Li Yang does is different. Extreme Shadow Group lets others produce high-profit parts, and step by step has cultivated the domestic luxury car industry chain. Although Extreme Shadow Group publicly shows just a few hundred billion in output value, behind the scenes, its relationship with many enterprises’ survival impacts tens of thousands of high-salary jobs. If he stops, where will those people find work?