“Lu Yang, you good-for-nothing, who told you to sit in the Haotong Group chairman's chair? Get off it right now!”
Li Xiumei, seeing Lu Yang occupying the chairman's seat, immediately berated him loudly.
Upon seeing Li Xiumei enter, Lu Yang offered no explanation and rose from the chair.
“Get out and wait by the door!”
Li Xiumei yelled again.
Lu Yang dejectedly walked out and stood by the main entrance, smoking alone.
At this moment, Qi Jiangtao, clad in a security uniform, approached.
“Qi Jiangtao? Gone into security?”
Lu Yang looked at Qi Jiangtao and asked with a cold smile.
“What I do, is it any of your business?”
“Even as a security guard, I’m still a Haotong Group security guard. Unlike you, you can’t beg for anything, nor can you even manage to be a security guard. You’re only fit to be a useless live-in son-in-law!”
Qi Jiangtao said to Lu Yang with a chilling tone.
“Yes, indeed. Haotong Group security guards are different. Keep up the good work!”
Lu Yang patted Qi Jiangtao on the shoulder with a smile.
A few minutes later, Li Xiumei, with Tian Shimin, came out holding the contract, but her expression was not good.
“Mom, was everything handled?”
Lu Yang asked Li Xiumei with a smile.
“Handled your ass! It’s all your fault, you jinx! If you hadn’t come, it would never have turned out like this!”
Li Xiumei looked at Lu Yang, growing angrier the more she looked, as if it were all his fault. Though, it was indeed because of Lu Yang.
“Go to the Tang family villa and see what the old man thinks!”
Li Xiumei said coldly, then drove off with Tang Shimin towards the Tang family villa, while Lu Yang leisurely followed behind on his electric scooter.
By the time Lu Yang arrived at the Tang family villa, it was in an uproar.
The ten billion yuan investment from before had now been reduced to only five billion, with numerous stringent conditions attached, and the profits were significantly slashed.
Tang Yuan’s expression was clearly somber upon seeing such a contract.
“What’s going on? Wasn’t it a ten billion yuan contract before? How did it become five billion?”
Tang Yuan asked Li Xiumei.
“Do you think the Haotong Group is a public bus, that you can get on and off as you please? Our Tang family didn’t follow the rules before, and they canceled the cooperation. It’s already very good that they’re giving five billion yuan in investment now!”
Li Xiumei said with a frigid expression.
“Hmph, I suspect this is some trickery on your part. You deliberately turned ten billion into five billion and embezzled who knows how much of the investment funds yourselves!”
Tang Zixuan suddenly stepped forward and shouted at Li Xiumei.
“What kind of nonsense are you spewing? If it weren't for you, how could the investment funds have become five billion? And you have the audacity to question me now? Who gave you the nerve?”
Li Xiumei, naturally in the right, was merciless in her scolding of Tang Zixuan.
“Pfft, don’t keep bringing that up. It’s all in the past. Grandpa said before that only if you brought back ten billion yuan in investment would your family be given the position of vice president. Now that you’ve only brought back five billion, don’t even think about the vice presidency!”
Tang Zixuan continued.
“Old man, please speak plainly, will this contract be signed or not?”
Li Xiumei ignored Tang Zixuan and asked Tang Yuan.
“The contract should still be signed. Although it's only five billion yuan and the profit is reduced by ten percent, for our Tang family, as long as there is hope, we should hold onto it tightly. As long as we do this project well, we still have a chance to become a prominent family!”
“However, Xiumei, your family did not handle this matter well. We will not give your family the vice president position this time. I will have Mingde serve as the deputy manager for the new project!”
Tang Yuan said directly.
“Alright, since you, the old man, have spoken, so be it!”
Li Xiumei had no choice. Giving Tang Mingde a deputy manager position for the new project was already good.
At the very least, their family had a stake in the new project of the Tang Corporation.
Soon, Tang Yuan signed and sealed the contract, then handed it to Li Xiumei.
“Alright, send the contract over as soon as possible, and don’t make any more mistakes this time!”
Tang Yuan said to Li Xiumei.
“Old man, please rest assured, our family handles matters with absolute no mistakes!”
Li Xiumei smiled slightly, took the contract, and handed it to Lu Yang.
“Old man, I remember you gave Tang Zixuan several million before. Now that our family’s Shiming has handled this matter, shouldn’t we also be rewarded with some money?”
Li Xiumei had been waiting for this opportunity with Tang Yuan. Finally, having a chance to get some money from the Tang family, Li Xiumei would absolutely not miss such a good opportunity.
“This, once the project officially starts, I will naturally reward your family with two million yuan!”
Tang Yuan’s expression changed, and he said coldly.
“Then thank you, old man!”
Li Xiumei’s eyes lit up, and she then said to Lu Yang, “Go, take Shiming and deliver the contract to the Haotong Group!”
As for herself, she drove off to enjoy herself.
After delivering the contract to the Haotong Group, Lu Yang found that there was still plenty of time. Judging by Li Xiumei’s habits, she wouldn't be eating at home today, so he wasn't in a hurry to go home and cook. Thus, he decided to take Tang Shimin shopping.
Although Tang Shimin was as beautiful as a hibiscus, her clothes had been worn for half a year, and Li Xiumei was always reluctant to buy her any decent clothes.
As for Lu Yang himself, he had been wearing the same outfit for three years. Ever since he came to the Tang family, he had been wearing this outfit, and it was still the same one. No wonder he was often mistaken for a beggar when he went out.
Today, Lu Yang planned to buy a few nice clothes for himself and Tang Shimin.
Lu Yang led Tang Shimin directly to the top floor of the Century Jin Hua Mall. The clothes here were all imported designer brands. A normal piece cost over ten thousand yuan. However, Lu Yang now had plenty of money; forget about a piece of clothing, he could even afford to buy the entire mall.
Moreover, this mall was an industry under the Haotong Group.
Lu Yang felt the Supreme Card in his pocket. He remembered that Lin Guoxiong had told him before that with the Supreme Card, any property under the Haotong Group could be obtained without paying.
“Shimin, pick any clothes you like here. Anything you fancy, I’ll buy it for you!”
Lu Yang said to Tang Shimin with a smile.
“Really?”
Upon hearing Lu Yang’s words, Tang Shimin immediately dashed towards a children’s clothing store. After all, her intellect was only equivalent to that of a seven or eight-year-old, so she still preferred the brightly colored clothes with various cartoon patterns worn by children.
Seeing Tang Shimin run into the children’s clothing store, Lu Yang realized he had made a wrong decision.
However, since Tang Shimin liked it, buying a piece of children’s clothing was not out of the question.