Song Jiaping could only swallow his anger and nodded.
He wanted to get revenge on the Hong family not for himself, but to vent Mengyao's frustration.
Ever since he woke up and saw Mengyao exhausted from the Hong family's torment, while he still needed a long time to recover, his heart was filled with unspeakable grievances and resentment!
But he also understood that for Mengyao's safety, he could only go abroad to hide for now, and then settle accounts with the Hong family when he was fully recovered!
Mengqi and Mengyao were relieved when they saw him agree.
"I'll go notify Old Yao to prepare everything, and you should pack your things as soon as possible," Mengqi said, then rushed off after reminding Mengyao.
She didn't tell Mengyao that to deal with the rampant rumors online, she had to return to the group and have the public relations department hold a press conference to clarify. It was already difficult to find time to visit the hospital room at this moment.
As for sending them abroad quietly, that would be Old Yao's responsibility. She had to be busy at the group dealing with potential emergencies during this period.
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Aoxiang Group,
After Tianyi and An Jing finished their high-level regular meeting, An Jing called out to Tianyi after everyone else had left the conference room. "Did you see today's trending searches? The third young lady of the Huangfu family has caused negative news again. Will it affect our ongoing cooperation project?"
"What negative news does Huangfu Mengyao have?" Tianyi hadn't paid attention to the trending searches today, thinking that Mengyao had been in the hospital taking care of Song Jiaping, so how could there be negative news?
An Jing said, "You can check online later. It says she was unfaithful in her previous marriage and relied on her status as marrying down into the Hong family to force her ex-husband to do whatever she wanted, which led to the collapse of the Hong family's pharmaceutical company and caused many employees to lose their jobs."
Tianyi shook his head and smiled, saying, "The Hong family is truly shameless. The collapse of that pharmaceutical company was entirely due to Hong Jiaxi's poor management, and they can blame it on Mengyao."
"This is still the mild part. Some places even showed indecent videos of the third young lady of the Huangfu family. Although they were quickly deleted, they still caused a very bad impression."
Tianyi frowned and said, "It seems this incident will bring another storm to the Huangfu Group. The previous scandals have not subsided for long, and I'm afraid their group shareholders and the public will lose confidence in the Huangfu family and no longer support them."
"Then what should we do about the projects we are cooperating with them on?" An Jing worried that Aoxiang would be affected, while also seeing it as an opportunity. "If we fan the flames and take this opportunity to launch another acquisition of the Huangfu Group, becoming the largest shareholder of the Huangfu Group, then the ongoing cooperation projects can be completely controlled by us, and occupying that financial building will be a piece of cake."
Tianyi also knew that what An Jing said was correct. The incident where Huangfu Sisong and his wife had an accident had already severely weakened the Huangfu Group. If it weren't for Mengqi holding up the crisis and Yao Feili supporting them from behind, they might have become the largest shareholder of the Huangfu Group long ago.
But after reaching a cooperation with Mengqi, they had transformed from competitors into friends.
The charity fundraising initiated by Susu was also relatively smooth thanks to Mengqi's help. It would be rather ungentlemanly for Aoxiang to suddenly turn hostile and take advantage of the situation.
Seeing Tianyi hesitate, An Jing couldn't help but say, "You've changed. If it were before, you would have seized the opportunity without hesitation and taken down the Huangfu Group in one fell swoop."
"Yes, the me of the past only wanted to win, and had to win. I wouldn't show mercy to any opponent," Tianyi also knew that he was different from before. "But now, I have no desire for money, fame, or status... I also have people and things to consider."
"Don't forget what we promised the old man before his death, and you even swore a poisonous oath," An Jing reminded him. "We can't miss the opportunity to become the largest shareholder of the Huangfu Group again and again. Do we really have to wait? If we wait any longer, someone might swallow the Huangfu Group before us."
Tianyi said, "Let's wait and see. I don't want to rush into a decision."
"The Huangfu Group is not in our hands right now. Due to the cooperation, we might even be implicated by them. Not to mention in Lancheng, there are many powerful groups abroad who are coveting them. If they are taken over by other groups, we will suffer along with them," An Jing reminded him one last time before leaving the conference room.
Tianyi remained seated alone in the conference room, knowing that An Jing was right.
Aoxiang had invested a large amount of capital in this cooperation project. Either they would be implicated by the Huangfu Group and suffer huge losses, or they would turn passive into active and control the Huangfu Group themselves.
If they kicked all the Huangfu family members out of the Huangfu Group and became the actual controllers and managers, both the internal shareholders and the outside world would calm down.
However, if he did this, it would be a betrayal of trust and a reneging on the terms previously agreed upon with Mengqi.
His original plan was to use the current large cooperation project to cripple the Huangfu Group, but this would take a long time.
An Jing's impatience was also due to the fact that he was letting go of the current opportunity and continuing to wait for an uncertain future.
After returning to his office, Tianyi checked some negative news about Mengyao online. Indeed, rumors were rampant.
It was obvious that someone was suppressing these trending searches that were unfavorable to the Huangfu Group, but the effect was not significant, and the matter was still escalating.
As night fell, when he was about to leave the group after work, he unexpectedly received a call from Yao Feili.
"Mr. Yao."
The other party said, "Are you free to come out for a drink?"
"I'm free."
"I'll wait for you at the winery," Yao Feili said and hung up.
Tianyi knew the location of the winery. It was invested by Yao Feili, and some business events were often held there. He had also been there a few times.
He left his office and sent a text message to Susu, saying that he wouldn't be back for dinner and would be back late.
On the way, he preemptively wondered what Yao Feili wanted to see him about. Could it be that Yao Feili had realized that they might launch an acquisition of the Huangfu Group and wanted to warn him not to act rashly?
He also wanted to ask if Yao Feili had any way to resolve this crisis.
When he arrived at the winery, a waiter led Tianyi to a round table at the innermost part. There were no other guests in the winery tonight, only him and Yao Feili.
After he sat down, he looked around and said, "Your business here is very quiet. Can this winery be profitable?"
Yao Feili smiled and turned the glass on the table that was tilted for decanting, saying, "I canceled all guest reservations tonight."
"Then I am truly honored," Tianyi said, elegantly holding the cup in front of him.
Yao Feili smiled and explained, "I didn't do it for you, I just hope that our conversation tonight will not be leaked at all."
Tianyi stared at him with sharp eyes and said, "How do you want me to help Mengqi get through this crisis?"
"You really intend to help the Huangfu Group?" Yao Feili said disbelievingly. "We are all businessmen, and with such a good opportunity in front of you, will you still wait?"