Chapter 4150 - 4138: Prestige

Chapter 4150: Chapter 4138: Prestige

After hanging up, he drove the car to the building of Shengda Group.

He had just parked when his phone rang.

"Director Lin, this is Pan Zhiyuan. I heard from President Ji that you’ve taken a liking to the apartment at Fenglan International and want to come have a look."

"I do have that in mind. I’m coming over to get a feel for the situation."

Lin Yi didn’t nail the words down. A project of more than three hundred million wasn’t a small deal; there were still some tricks in it. He definitely couldn’t just tell him he wanted to buy it right now – he had to take it step by step.

"You’re more than welcome. I’ll come down to pick you up."

"No need. Just wait for me in your office, I’ll come find you. No need to be too formal."

With Lingyun Group’s reputation in Zhong Hai, anyone who saw him had to be very polite, and Lin Yi wasn’t someone you could just meet whenever you wanted.

"Alright, I’ll wait for you in the office."

"Mm."

After parking, Lin Yi walked into the building and headed toward the elevator.

Just then, the front desk girl’s voice came.

"Sir, you are...?"

Lin Yi glanced around. Everyone passing by had a company badge on them; at a glance you could tell he was an outsider.

"I’m looking for your President Pan."

The front desk girl’s expression turned a bit more serious.

"And you’re looking for our President Pan because...?"

"Isn’t the apartment at Fenglin International going up for sale? I’m here to get an understanding of the situation."

"That matter isn’t handled by President Pan. It’s handled by our President Liu."

"President Liu?"

"Yes, President Liu Wenju, Liu."

Tap tap tap—

Just then came the sound of high heels, and a woman in a black long dress stopped behind them.

The woman’s name was Xu Yilin, general manager of Hang City Xingkai Group.

She was here for the same purpose as Lin Yi—also for that apartment building at Fenglin International.

The front desk girl looked back, and her expression turned polite and respectful.

"You must be Chairman Xu."

"Yes, I made an appointment with your President Liu today to discuss something." Xu Yilin nodded with a smile in response.

"Then let’s go upstairs together."

Just then the elevator arrived, and the front desk girl made a gesture of invitation.

"Please come with me."

With no other choice, Lin Yi followed the secretary into the elevator, and Xu Yilin walked in behind him.

But once inside, she kept sizing Lin Yi up.

When they’d been waiting for the elevator just now, the front desk girl had said "let’s go upstairs together," which meant this man in front of her might also be here for Fenglin International.

Looks like she had a competitor today.

Then the first step today was to knock him out of the game—absolutely couldn’t let anyone come in and stir things up.

When they reached the 17th floor, the elevator doors opened and the secretary made a gesture of invitation.

Xu Yilin stepped out first, intending to get ahead, but Lin Yi didn’t move.

"You might have misunderstood. I’m here to see your President Pan, I won’t be talking to your President Liu."

"You made an appointment?"

Only then did the secretary realize that this man might not be ordinary; otherwise it would be unlikely for someone to just directly come to see President Pan.

"Then you just need to go to the 21st floor."

"Alright."

The elevator doors closed, and the front desk girl led Xu Yilin toward Liu Wenju’s office.

"President Liu."

She knocked on the door, and Xu Yilin pushed open the office door. Inside sat a man in his forties—the general manager of Shengda Group, Liu Wenju.

"Chairman Xu, you’re here."

Liu Wenju stood up and shook hands with Xu Yilin.

"President Liu, I just saw someone who seemed to also be here to talk about this project, but he went straight to President Pan. What’s going on? Is President Pan also in charge of this project?"

"Impossible. I’m the one fully in charge of this project. President Pan’s schedule is so packed, he simply doesn’t have the bandwidth to handle this kind of matter."

"But that person said so himself, said he was here to see President Pan."

"That’s nonsense. Is President Pan someone just anyone can see!" Liu Wenju’s expression turned sour. "These reception girls we’ve hired are one worse than the other. They can’t even handle such a trivial matter properly."

Liu Wenju stood up again. "Chairman Xu, wait here a bit. I’ll go deal with this and come back to you in a moment."

"Alright, President Liu, go ahead."

Liu Wenju nodded and left. A smile appeared on Xu Yilin’s face as she thought of Lin Yi she’d just run into.

He was obviously a hotheaded rookie—just went straight to look for the boss without even thinking whether the boss would have time to see him. In the workplace, someone like that would get weeded out sooner or later.

With that thought, Xu Yilin felt much more relaxed. She’d casually taken care of a competitor. All she had to do now was wait for Liu Wenju to come back; once both sides signed a preliminary letter of intent, no one would have a chance to fight her for it.

Ring ring ring—

Just then, Xu Yilin’s phone rang. It was a call from her company’s boss.

"Have you arrived at Shengda? How are the talks going? Any competitors?"

"Ran into one, but I’ve already taken care of him. President Liu went off to deal with something else and will be back soon. There won’t be any problem with this project, President Gao, you can rest easy."

"Good, with you saying that I’m reassured."

They exchanged a few brief words and hung up.

A smug smile appeared at the corner of Xu Yilin’s mouth.

She wondered if anyone else would show up; the project was being taken too easily—there was no sense of accomplishment at all.

Meanwhile, Liu Wenju had already reached the 21st floor. His face didn’t look too good, but he was still trying to manage his emotions.

He believed that the person who had rashly gone to see President Pan had already been sent away, but he still had to go and say something.

Knock knock knock—

Liu Wenju knocked on the office door.

"Come in."

Pan Zhiyuan’s voice came from inside.

Liu Wenju pushed the door open and saw Lin Yi sitting across from Pan Zhiyuan. His expression changed instantly.

Lin Yi didn’t know him, but he certainly knew Lin Yi.

This was a leading figure in Zhong Hai’s business world, the top authority in the semiconductor industry.

He never imagined that someone like this would appear in President Pan’s office.

"Director Lin, let me introduce you. This is our company’s general manager, Liu Wenju."

Lin Yi stood up and shook hands with Liu Wenju.

"Just now your front desk asked me to come talk to you about the apartment building at Fenglin International, but I had already made an appointment with President Pan beforehand, so I didn’t go to you. My apologies."

Liu Wenju froze for a second. He never expected that the famous Director Lin was here to buy an apartment building!

"You’re too kind, Director Lin. Since you’re here to talk with our President Pan, I won’t intrude."

With that, Liu Wenju looked over at Pan Zhiyuan.

"President Pan, I’ll step out first."

"Wait a moment."

Pan Zhiyuan stopped Liu Wenju.

"From now on, if anyone contacts you again, just say it’s already been sold. Don’t meet with them."

Liu Wenju nodded. It seemed the two had already reached an agreement.

"Got it, Pan Zhiyuan. I’ll have someone issue an announcement."

"Don’t issue any announcement."

Pan Zhiyuan stopped him. "Director Lin isn’t someone who likes to be high-profile. Just handle this quietly."

"Alright."