371: Pull you into the water

In just half an hour, Lan Zijun sent the investigation results to Su Yue's phone.

Listening to the sound from his phone, a smile involuntarily appeared on Su Yue's face. He knew Lan Zijun was always the most meticulous in her work.

Indeed, when Su Yue opened his phone, he found the details of the rival force's real estate company displayed.

Su Yue carefully read the content, pondering, "Ouhuang Real Estate Co., Ltd., person in charge Xiao Ou..."

Based solely on the details, Ouhuang Real Estate Co., Ltd. seemed to have no issues.

However, Lan Zijun found problems from other angles and specifically sent Xiao Ou's weaknesses to Su Yue's phone.

It turned out Xiao Ou had a gray industry under his name, an industry that couldn't be made public.

If it weren't for the capable investigators Lan Zijun sent out, they likely wouldn't have known this information either.

Now that Su Yue had this leverage, why couldn't he directly cause trouble for Xiao Ou?

Soon, he got out of the car and walked towards the company's front desk with a smile on his face.

When the front desk of Ouhuang Real Estate Co., Ltd. heard that Su Yue wanted to see their Boss directly, they immediately contacted the Boss's Secretary and asked her to come down to receive him.

Because Su Yue directly pointed out the company's connections, Xiao Ou couldn't pretend not to know anything, fearing Su Yue would report everything he knew.

In just a few minutes, the Secretary arrived in front of Su Yue, sizing him up. "Are you the liaison person arranged by Greenland Real Estate Co., Ltd.?"

In her eyes, the only people who would visit now were from Greenland Real Estate; she hadn't considered other companies at all.

When Su Yue heard them mention Greenland Real Estate, a smile involuntarily appeared on his face. He shook his head, "Sorry, I'm not from Greenland Real Estate. I was arranged by Yuantu Investment Company."

Initially, they were unwilling to negotiate with Su Yue, but when the Secretary heard that Su Yue held such a position, she immediately led Su Yue to the office.

Strictly speaking, the two real estate companies were pawns in the hands of Yuantu Investment Company and Huasheng Group.

It wouldn't matter much to them if both sides simply discarded all their pawns.

However, Ouhuang Real Estate Co., Ltd., as one of the pawns, was anxious. He didn't want to push his company into the spotlight.

In just a few minutes, Su Yue arrived at the Boss's office at Ouhuang Real Estate.

At this moment, Xiao Ou was sitting in the office, seriously sizing up Su Yue. "General Manager Su, I don't care about the game between your two companies. I just hope you don't harm the innocent."

He knew Su Yue was here for the project. If they handed over the project, Huasheng Group would definitely cause him trouble.

And if Xiao Ou didn't hand over the project, Yuantu Investment Company would most likely cause them trouble, putting him in a difficult position.

Su Yue initially thought it would take some time to secure Xiao Ou, but who knew Xiao Ou was completely unwilling to be a pawn in the game.

He had been seeking a breakthrough, wanting to see if he could become an independent company.

When Su Yue realized Xiao Ou had no intention of bidding, he couldn't help but size up Xiao Ou. "How do you plan to proceed? I'd like to hear your solution."

Xiao Ou looked at Su Yue giving him the choice and sighed, "My solution is very simple: whoever can help me escape this predicament, I will follow."

As a small company just starting out, they were very clear about their own weight.

If they truly stood against Yuantu Investment Company, Xiao Ou believed he would most likely be locked up, with no other possibility.

Su Yue heard Xiao Ou's stance and pondered, "I have a way to keep you safe, but I hope you can withdraw from the bid and let Greenland Real Estate successfully obtain this section."

Seeing Su Yue say this, Xiao Ou immediately stood up and extended his hand, "Everything is up to you, but let's be clear upfront, if you can't handle my matter, I will only defect and stand under Huasheng Group again."

If it weren't for his leverage falling into Su Yue's hands, he wouldn't have negotiated properly at all.

Su Yue heard Xiao Ou was willing to align with Yuantu Investment Company and readily agreed, dialing Lan Zijun's number in front of him.

Xiao Ou looked at the information on the phone with a serious expression, wanting to see what game Su Yue was playing.

In just a few seconds, Lan Zijun answered the call.

Su Yue directly brought up the gray industry matter, wanting to see if Lan Zijun could handle it.

In his eyes, as long as the matter wasn't made public, they still had a possibility of resolving it.

If the entire matter was brought to the table, then Ouhuang Real Estate Company would lose its leverage.

Soon, Lan Zijun agreed, promising to resolve and withdraw the gray industry matter within half a day.

Of course, this required Xiao Ou's cooperation; not everything could fall on Yuantu Investment Company.

Otherwise, if Xiao Ou defected, Yuantu Investment Company would definitely be implicated, and they might become the scapegoat.

As Su Yue hung up the phone, Xiao Ou immediately told his Secretary, "Have the bidding department retrieve all the bid documents for that section. We are withdrawing from the bid for that section."

The Secretary quickly agreed and walked out.

Since the two had spoken frankly, Su Yue couldn't help but size up Xiao Ou. "Why aren't you willing to follow Huasheng Group and become a force against us?"

In Su Yue's eyes, Huasheng Group being able to find Ouhuang Real Estate must be because they had some understanding of Xiao Ou.

When Xiao Ou heard Su Yue ask this question, he shrugged indifferently, "Because Huasheng Group's attitude is completely different from yours. I like your attitude; they only force us to do things."

It turned out Wang Pai's method was always to threaten people with leverage and force them to comply.

If it weren't for Xiao Ou's leverage falling into Wang Pai's hands, he wouldn't have been willing to participate in this project's bidding activity at all.

Now that Su Yue had cleared up his gray industry, Wang Pai had no way to use that leverage even if he had it.

To reassure Xiao Ou, Su Yue specifically sat in front of him, waiting for Lan Zijun to handle the entire matter.

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As luck would have it, the Secretary was late in returning, and no one knew if the bid had been withdrawn.

On the surface, the two people's negotiation was very reasonable.

However, both of them had hidden agendas, deliberately leaving a point for the other party to mutually restrain each other.

In just three hours, Lan Zijun's call came through to Su Yue's phone.

Su Yue didn't want to waste time. He placed the phone on the table and glanced in Xiao Ou's direction. "General Manager Xiao, listen carefully now."

Xiao Ou nodded slightly and leaned his head towards the phone, as if wanting to see if Su Yue had anything to say.

Soon, a voice came from the phone. Lan Zijun had already arranged for people to handle the entire matter.

When he heard that Lan Zijun had already handled this matter, he picked up the office landline. "You can come back now."

Although he didn't say anything explicitly, Su Yue knew their bid documents had not been returned yet.

About an hour later, the Secretary walked in from the doorway, standing in front of Su Yue, holding their bid proposal for this time.

Su Yue laughed heartily seeing them even retrieve something like this. "With these things here, we can rest assured, haha."

Speaking of this, Su Yue stood up from his seat. He now needed to take this news to Greenland Real Estate Co., Ltd. and let them bid with confidence.

At the same time, Xiao Ou saw Su Yue planning to leave and couldn't help but say to Su Yue, "We have completely offended Huasheng Group this time. If they cause us trouble in the future, I hope you can lend a hand."

Although they were previously affiliated with Huasheng Group, defecting at a time like this, Su Yue had no reason not to help and immediately agreed.

Anyway, Yuantu Investment Company and Huasheng Group had become rival forces. Those they wanted to deal with were naturally Yuantu Investment Company's allies, so this matter was not a problem at all.

In just half an hour, Su Yue arrived at Yuantu Investment Company again and found Song Hai, who was waiting for information inside.

As the Boss of Greenland Real Estate, Song Hai was now on pins and needles. They had placed all their hopes on this project.

If even a small problem occurred with the project, Song Hai's company could potentially face bankruptcy.

When he saw Su Yue enter from the doorway, he immediately came to Su Yue with a nervous expression. "General Manager Su, look... can we... talk?"

Hearing Song Hai's dispirited words, how could Su Yue not know that he had no confidence at all.

To prevent others from knowing about this matter, Su Yue pointed towards his office. "Give yourself some confidence. Let's talk in my office."

In just a few minutes, Su Yue brought Song Hai to the office.

Since it was already after work hours, Song Hai glanced at Su Yue and couldn't help but ask, "General Manager Su, how is the project going?"

Su Yue looked at Song Hai's gaze on him and chuckled, "Put your mind at ease. Ouhuang Real Estate Company has withdrawn their bid. You don't need to worry about them competing with you."

As long as no other real estate company interfered, Greenland Real Estate would surely win this project.

When Song Hai learned that Ouhuang Real Estate had been dealt with, he was ecstatic and came to Su Yue. "General Manager Su, if you can help us get rid of Ouhuang Real Estate, that menace, the other real estate companies are nothing to fear."

They had already investigated all the bidding companies, and only Ouhuang Real Estate was competitive; the other companies had virtually no competitiveness.

Given this, Song Hai had no reason to worry about his bid not being successful.

Just then, Lan Zijun came into the office and immediately saw Song Hai sitting inside.

Instantly, Lan Zijun stopped the words she was about to say.

Without asking, Lan Zijun must have had something to discuss with Su Yue; otherwise, she wouldn't have come.

Su Yue glanced at Song Hai and chuckled, "If there's nothing else, you can go and attend to your matters. I probably have something to deal with here."

Yuantu Investment Company and Greenland Real Estate were merely in a cooperative relationship. They had no reason to disclose core secrets to their cooperation partner.

When Song Hai heard Su Yue say this, he subconsciously looked in Lan Zijun's direction and nodded repeatedly. "No problem, I'll leave now. You two be busy."

Perhaps because Song Hai felt that Yuantu Investment Company had helped them, they decided to include Yuantu Investment Company's name on the groundbreaking ceremony.

As Song Hai left the office, Lan Zijun came to Su Yue with a worried expression. "Isn't Ouhuang Real Estate Co., Ltd. defecting too quickly? Have you investigated this matter?"

As the actual controller of the company, she felt that every matter required her participation.

Su Yue saw Lan Zijun was subtly worried about other problems with Ouhuang Real Estate and pondered, "It shouldn't be the case. I have such confidence."

Because they handled Xiao Ou's gray industry, their leverage was only likely to increase.

If Xiao Ou defected, Su Yue could completely take out all the evidence and severely trample Xiao Ou underfoot, leaving them with no options.

Lan Zijun sighed, seeing Su Yue's confident look. "I hope the bid goes as planned."

Since tomorrow was the project bidding day, Lan Zijun had placed all her hopes on tomorrow's bid.

Suddenly, Lan Zijun seemed to think of something and looked at Su Yue. "Oh, right, for tomorrow's bid, do you have time to accompany them? I heard that Huasheng Group will arrange someone to accompany Xiao Ou."

Although Su Yue didn't know where Lan Zijun got her information, Su Yue knew what Lan Zijun meant.

Before long, Su Yue called Song Hai and asked him to send over the bidding location.

Since the bidding location was already in his hands, Su Yue felt they had no need to worry and chuckled, "Next, just watch the show."

Unconsciously, a night had passed.

Su Yue opened his eyes from the sofa, looked at the number on his phone, and pointed outside. "Another refreshing day."

Just then, Song Hai's call came through to Su Yue's phone.

Because Song Hai was still worried about his bid not being successful, this time he chose to personally come and pick up Su Yue, wanting to see if Su Yue could control the overall situation.

Su Yue didn't delay. He went downstairs immediately and sat in the car.

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