Chapter 20: Bullied

Very soon, Yang Chen returned home.He just wanted to take a shower when an unfamiliar call came in.

He answered the call, and the person on the other end claimed to be the Secretary of Peninsula Hotel Group, notifying him to attend a meeting at the Peninsula Hotel Group headquarters at three o’clock tomorrow afternoon.

Yang Chen had become the second-largest shareholder, so he needed to attend any group meetings.

It was already one o’clock in the morning, so Yang Chen quickly took a shower and went to bed.

At eight in the morning, Yang Chen was still sleeping when SF Express arrived.

Yang Chen quickly brought the package inside and opened it for inspection.

The title deed for Binjiang Villa No.1, the transaction contract, keys, etc., all arrived.

Now Yang Chen was the owner of Villa No.1.

The house Yang Chen currently lived in, although 120 square meters, was already over 20 years old.

Plus, it’s a walk-up apartment, which made the living environment poor and inconvenient.

The court initially found this house too old to auction off, so they left it for Yang Chen, while all his family’s newly bought houses were put up for auction.

Now that Villa No.1 was in hand, Yang Chen decided to sell this house.

Yang Chen quickly changed clothes and headed to Villa No.1.

It had been vacant for over a year, with dust covering the yard and the house.

Yang Chen searched a local website for housekeeping staff to clean up, then found a moving company and negotiated a price for them to send people over to help with the move.

Yang Chen himself didn’t have many belongings, but his parents had lots of things.

Their photos, clothes, frequently used items, etc., Yang Chen couldn’t bear to throw them away.

To Yang Chen, these things represented his memories of his parents, and he would never throw them away in his lifetime.

It took two full trucks to move everything to Villa No.1.

Under Yang Chen’s direction, the housekeeping staff organized everything appropriately.

Yang Chen paid them quickly, hurriedly drove off to the Peninsula Hotel Group.

When he arrived, it was five minutes past three.

"Sorry, sorry, I’m here for the first time, the road conditions are unfamiliar, delayed a bit. Everyone, I’m very sorry. I’m Yang Chen, it’s a pleasure to meet all the shareholders." Yang Chen said with a smile.

After all, being the second-largest shareholder of the group, being five minutes late wasn’t a big deal.

Everyone promptly gave a friendly response.

"Hello, Mr. Yang."

"I didn’t expect our new second-largest shareholder to be so young, I thought he’d be a seasoned veteran."

"Young people these days really are impressive, making us old guys feel pressured."

"Haha..."

After a brief exchange, the Secretary quickly introduced everyone present to Yang Chen.

Yang Chen didn’t need to know the others, he only needed to recognize two people.

The major shareholder, which is Peninsula Group’s Chairman Li Wanhong.

Sky Curtain Investment’s President Zhang Wu.

Clearly, the main topic of this meeting was Sky Curtain Investment’s funding of the Peninsula Hotel.

Li Wanhong laughed and said, "Everyone knows Mr. Yang now, let’s get to the point. Mr. Yang, I know about the issue between you and President Zhang’s son at the hotel. President Zhang is here too, would you like to discuss it?"

This implied Yang Chen should reconcile with Zhang Wu so that the grudge between Yang Chen and Zhang Long wouldn’t affect the major investment.

Zhang Wu laughed and said, "Kids can be immature, I hope Mr. Yang won’t mind."

"That’s not the right thing to say. Your son was really something at that time; one sentence from you to make me not mind, what am I then? A Ninja Turtle? To be bullied and still tolerate it?" Yang Chen replied very seriously.

Seeing the situation going a bit off track, all the major shareholders quickly intervened to mediate, persuading Yang Chen not to take Zhang Long seriously.

However, Yang Chen wouldn’t listen to them, he absolutely wouldn’t let Zhang Wu’s one sentence make him dismiss the matter.

Everyone knew the 28% share Yang Chen held was very important, as long as he disagreed, Sky Curtain Investment couldn’t fund the Peninsula Hotel.

So, they all persuaded Zhang Wu to show some sincerity to resolve the conflict between both parties.

Zhang Wu felt very uncomfortable, he had always been the one pursued for investment, he had never begged anyone.

Li Wanhong promptly said, "President Zhang, for the sake of our bright future prospects, could you inconvenience yourself this time? If absolutely necessary, ask your son to apologize to Mr. Yang. What do you think?"

Zhang Wu replied grudgingly, "But my son didn’t do anything wrong. His date was bullied, should he not stand up for her? That’s illogical, isn’t it?"

Yang Chen turned to Li Wanhong and asked, "Chairman Li, besides the discussion regarding Sky Curtain’s funding, is there any other business to discuss at today’s meeting?"

Li Wanhong shook his head and said, "None!"

Yang Chen nodded, immediately stood up and said, "Then let me make my stance clear to everyone, I disagree with Sky Curtain funding the Peninsula Hotel. I have other matters, I’ll leave now."

After saying that, Yang Chen really left.

The shareholders were all stunned, was this guy really so bold?

Not giving any room for communication?

Zhang Wu said angrily, "He is too arrogant! I’m offering money to invest in the Peninsula Hotel, shouldn’t you all be pleasing me? Why do I feel like I’m begging him?"

Li Wanhong laughed and said, "Don’t be angry, President Zhang. Young people, you know, they can be hot-headed. This matter cannot be rushed, I’ll have a good chat with him later. We’ve been preparing for nearly a year, it’s almost time to reach a deal, we can’t let him ruin it. However, President Zhang, please also discuss with your son. If an apology will solve the problem, then it’s clearly better than trying various ways to please him, right?"

If Peninsula Hotel weren’t the most suitable investment target, Zhang Wu definitely wouldn’t compromise.

"Alright, I’ll go talk to my son. But, I absolutely won’t force him. As long as he doesn’t agree, I’ll never push him. After all, he wasn’t wrong in this matter." Zhang Wu replied, feeling aggrieved.

Yang Chen drove away from Peninsula Hotel headquarters, arrived at a real estate agency not far from home, and entrusted the old house to the agency for sale.

After signing the authorization letter, the agent brought a camera and followed Yang Chen for an on-site photo shoot.

Once Yang Chen parked the car, a group of people suddenly charged at him, surrounding Yang Chen and his car together.

The agent behind him was frightened, hurriedly retreated a bit.

At this moment, Zhang Hengzhi with patched head walked over.

"Damn, still caused trouble!" Yang Chen couldn’t help muttering.

There’s nowhere to hide, so Yang Chen got out of the car to face the situation.

"Haha... Sun Thief, we meet again! I told you last night, if you dare take her away, I’ll dig three feet in Hai City to find you. You thought I was joking?" Zhang Hengzhi said arrogantly.

"So what? Want a fight?" Yang Chen was fearless.

Zhang Hengzhi laughed loudly and said, "Don’t rush, I’ll surely beat you, but not now. I’ll get you one day when you’re walking at night. Right now, I’m going to smash your car. Why are you all standing there? Smash it for me!"

Zhang Hengzhi’s people immediately started destroying Yang Chen’s car.

Yang Chen took out his phone to record the vandalism.

Zhang Hengzhi laughed and said, "No need to record, I can afford it. But, you have to sue me in court, I’ll compensate only after the court’s judgment. I’m deliberately stalling, making sure you can’t even drive online ride-hailing services. Let’s see what you live on! Oh, by the way, if you’re not satisfied, you can smash my car. Go ahead, smash it, I definitely won’t stop you!"

As he spoke, Zhang Hengzhi shoved a stick at Yang Chen, then led Yang Chen in front of his newly bought GTR.

"Go! Smash it as you like! Haha..." Zhang Hengzhi said boldly.

Yang Chen’s car is a Buick, Zhang Zhiheng’s is a GTR.

Clearly, it wouldn’t be worth it for Yang Chen to smash his car.

Seeing Yang Chen unmoving, Zhang Hengzhi laughed loudly and said, "What, afraid to smash? You were acting all high and mighty with me last night, weren’t you? What were you showing off for, being an online ride-hailing driver? I smash your car, you have no livelihood. You smash mine, if I don’t go home for three days, my dad will send money to my card. You think you can compete with me?"