Li Family, Hong Kong Island

Before Zhang Tiancheng could react, a size-42 slipper had already slapped him in the face.

With a crisp "smack," a slipper print immediately appeared on his face.

Following that was Huang Lin's verbal abuse, "You think no one would dare curse you in your own company? How impressive do you think you are? Am I not a person? I'm asking you, am I not a person?"

While holding the slipper, he vigorously struck the other man. The people of Tiancheng Entertainment were shocked; they had never seen such a scene. For a moment, the entire office floor fell silent.

Seeing his boss being beaten, a young man felt a surge of joy—his chance to show off in front of the boss had come.

If he rescued the boss, he would get a promotion and a raise tomorrow. Perhaps the boss would see him in a new light, they'd become brothers, he'd meet the boss's sister, become her boyfriend, marry a beautiful and wealthy woman, and reach the pinnacle of life!

But just as he was about to step forward, he was stopped by the female supervisor beside him.

"Sister Liao, what's wrong?"

"Are you crazy? Do you know who that is hitting the boss with a slipper? That's the eldest young master of the Huang Family. This entire building belongs to them. Let alone you, even if the boss gets beaten, he just has to take it."

Hearing this, the young man immediately broke into a cold sweat. He hadn't expected that this ordinary-looking guy wearing slippers would have such a significant background.

Luckily, Sister Liao had stopped him, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.

But he didn't seem to have much interaction with Sister Liao. Her stopping him must mean she cared about him. She... couldn't possibly like me, could she?

Fortunately, Supervisor Liao didn't know what was going on in his head, or she would definitely have been disgusted.

What a turn-off!

On the other side, Zhang Tiancheng didn't dare to fight back against Huang Lin's actions. He repeatedly apologized, "I'm sorry, Young Master Huang. I didn't know it was you. Otherwise, even if I had ten times the courage, I wouldn't dare to offend you."

Hearing this, Huang Lin couldn't help but stop—or perhaps he was just tired from the hitting.

He put his slipper back on and roared fiercely at the surrounding people, "What are you looking at?"

Seeing this, the rest of the people immediately dispersed.

Li Yi and his companion had stood calmly to the side watching the show from beginning to end. It had to be said, if Huang Lin wasn't just putting on a show for them, then this guy's temper was truly explosive.

He was like this downstairs earlier, and even more so now, transforming into a Slipper War God without a word.

Seeing the other party stop, Zhang Tiancheng hurriedly tidied his clothes and looked at Huang Lin with a bruised and swollen face. Even so, he didn't dare to show any displeasure.

He said with a smile, "Young Master Huang, I don't know how I've offended you to make you so angry. You must be tired from the beating; you should at least give me a reason, right?"

"What, I need to give you a reason to hit you?"

Zhang Tiancheng's face darkened, but he still didn't dare to argue. After all, the Huang Family had influence in both the legal and illegal worlds in Shanghai and had a significant relationship with the Emperor of Shanghai. They were not someone he could afford to offend.

"Young Master Huang, what are you saying? I just want to know the reason so I can make proper amends."

Hearing this, Huang Lin got angry again. Wang Shaojun was his idol. If you didn't give him face, you weren't giving Huang Lin face.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He raised his hand and slapped Zhang Tiancheng's face, instantly dazing him.

Before he could speak, Huang Lin pointed at his nose and cursed, "You've got some nerve. It's your honor that Brother Jun wants to buy your IP. You have the audacity to ask for three hundred million for a single IP? It's debatable whether this trash company of yours is even worth three hundred million. I think you don't want to stay in Shanghai anymore."

Hearing this, Zhang Tiancheng instantly understood.

However, what confused him was that wasn't this a matter for Heavenly Palace Media? How did it involve Huang Lin?

He hadn't heard of Huang Lin having any connection with them. Furthermore, he didn't want to ask for such a high price either!

Thinking of this, he glanced over and finally noticed Li Yi and the other man. He couldn't help but groan in his heart. Dammit, why did this person come too?

He then said with a bitter smile, "President Li, let me explain..."

Halfway through, he turned to look at the surrounding people and continued, "This isn't my doing. Come to my office, and we can talk slowly."

Li Yi frowned upon hearing this. Could it be that Zhang Tiancheng was also acting on someone else's instructions?

A moment later, they entered a luxurious office. Zhang Tiancheng locked the door behind them. After they sat on the sofa, he said with a bitter smile, "To tell you the truth, how could I have the courage to try and fleece Brother Jun? Someone else made me do all of this."

Hearing this, Huang Lin immediately calmed down. Someone who dared to treat Wang Shaojun as a sucker must have an extraordinary identity. But who could it be?

He was extremely curious. However, it was completely understandable; after all, Heavenly Palace Group had indeed been very high-profile lately.

Being too high-profile wasn't a good thing here. Some people couldn't tolerate any defiance, and their mindset was: if I don't own it, then I'll make sure it's at my disposal.

But based on what he knew of Wang Shaojun's temperament, it was impossible for him to become someone else's pawn.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be startled. Didn't his actions today represent picking a side?

This was bad. If his old man found out, he'd be lucky to escape with his skin intact. Although Brother Jun was indeed powerful, money alone was useless in some cases.

But... damn, this was exciting. This was the life he wanted.

His previous life was too dull and boring—either driving supercars and playing cards or going out to sea for parties all day.

Li Yi didn't think as much as he did. No matter who it was, if they dared to oppose Brother Jun, they had better prepare an escape route for themselves first.

"Who? If you tell us, we won't make things difficult for you. Of course, you don't have to say, but I must remind you that this was an order personally given by Brother Jun. If I don't finish it, I'll have to go to Xitan Palace to receive punishment."

"As for what happens after that? I think you should have some understanding of Brother Jun's temper. After all, what happened to Xinzheng Group is still fresh in everyone's memory."

Zhang Tiancheng broke into a cold sweat. He was caught in the middle now, and he couldn't afford to offend either side.

But looking at the current situation, the consequences of offending Wang Shaojun seemed even more severe. After all, his methods left no room for survival.

Thinking of this, he swallowed and said tremulously, "It's... it's the second young master of the Li Family in Hong Kong Island, Li Yangqing."

Huang Lin's pupils constricted, and his brow furrowed involuntarily.

Li Yangqing? The Li Family?

This Li was not that Li. This family's attributes weren't entirely commercial. But he still didn't understand; Heavenly Palace Group's reach hadn't extended to Hong Kong Island yet, so why would they do this?

As this thought arose, he suddenly realized something. When Xinzheng Group was targeted and Heavenly Palace Group was warned, could it have been the Li Family's doing?

Other than that, he really couldn't think of any other reason.

On the other hand, Li Yi and Yu Weijie were completely confused when they heard it was the Hong Kong Island Li Family.

However, they understood it definitely wasn't Li the Richest Man. Although he was very wealthy, compared to Heavenly Palace Group, he was far behind.

And they hadn't heard of him having a son named Li Yangqing. They hadn't really heard of this name before. After all, although their families were wealthy, they were only at the ten-billion-yuan level.