Chapter 496: A Favor Worth One Billion_2
This cup is to honor President Chu...! I'll finish mine, President Chu, you take your time."
On this occasion, Han Zhengping was quite serious. He tilted his head back and drank a large portion of the wine from his glass. After Chu Mo hesitated for a moment and similarly downed half a glass, an excited Han Zhengping began to speak:
"I, Han Zhengping, am not just someone who talks big. President Chu, you have really helped me out this time, and I can't let you work for nothing. So, here's what I'll do: I'll knock ten billion off the Guang'an Building for you, down to 380 billion. Let's sign the contract tomorrow, and you can use that ten billion for tea money."
It was clear that Han Zhengping was a person of character. He would not just think about taking advantage of people; when he had a benefit, he was willing to share.
Likewise, Han Zhengping didn't believe that Chu Mo's contribution of at least just a phone call was not worth ten billion in hard work because he knew that without Chu Mo's connections, even with ten billion, he would have nowhere to invest it. Connections are money, which is absolutely a true saying.
Chu Mo had drunk a bit too much tonight. He had already had two cups at the banquet, and now he had downed two more. He could clearly feel his head getting heavy and his feet unsteady.
Even though it was just wine, his tolerance was indeed quite limited. Moreover, this top-grade wine worth millions did not have an immediate kick but did have an aftereffect. Nevertheless, the atmosphere was good, and he wanted to foster a good relationship with Han Zhengping, so he let the young woman beside him pour another glass for him.
To Chu Mo, reducing the price of Guang'an Building by ten billion was really a trivial matter, inconsequential.
Whether it was 380 billion or 390 billion, for Chu Mo, it was merely about entering a string of digits on an infinite credit card. The only difference was changing the digit 9 to an 8.
Of course, regardless of everything, this was Han Zhengping's gesture of good faith, so Chu Mo did not refuse.
However, when he sat up straight again, he suddenly noticed that the long-haired girl named Xiao Yun, who had poured him a full glass of wine, now had her little hands rather improperly placed on him, seemingly by accident.
Chu Mo glanced at the youthful and cute girl beside him. She had introduced herself as a senior at the music university, probably no more than twenty-one or twenty-two, in the prime of her youthful beauty.
While her looks might not have compared with his own female attendants, college girls have their own kind of innocent and lively charm. Combined with the colorful lights overhead and the surrounding atmosphere, plus Chu Mo's own state of slight inebriation, he did not stop her hands.
"Brother Chu... you haven't told Xiao Meng yet, what exactly do you do?"
The girl in the stockings and short skirt leaned against him, and Xiao Meng, the most beautiful girl on the right, also moved closer. The girl with shoulder-length hair must have sprayed perfume, a faint hint of mint that was subtle and seductive, neither sharp nor overpowering.
His clear eyes gradually replaced by a misty haze, on one hand, beauty within his reach, on the other, casually discussing business ventures worth tens of billions, Chu Mo felt a surreal sensation gradually welling up within him, as if floating in the clouds, disconnected from reality.
He turned toward Xiao Meng, leaned close to her ear, and said softly with a chuckle:
"What's your guess about what I do?"
"Brother Chu, you must be a big boss, with hundreds... no, thousands of good employees under you, right?"
The girl named Xiao Meng's face was flushed with the deep color of dawn. She had originally come to the club to dance with a few friends, hoping to unwind because with graduation impending, she and her friends had been busy attending job interviews.
Given their specialized fields and fierce competition in all industries in Capital City, plus their reluctance to lower their own standards, they had been facing consecutive rejections in their interviews, almost to the point of despair.
The four young women had initially come to this largest private room hoping to make connections with some influential people, possibly securing a better job for themselves in the future.
They hadn't planned on anything happening; their intention was simply to meet more people from high society. But now, seeing the ease with which a few heavyweights at the table could invest tens or hundreds of billions, and with the flip of a hand, determine the fate of companies worth billions, the girls were completely enraptured by this easy command of the world.
They didn't doubt whether the men were bragging, because the dozens of black-suited bodyguards around them and the incalculable value of the wine on the coffee table in front of them clearly indicated that these people had no need to go through such lengths for a few young girls.
Xiao Meng, with her ninety-percent beauty score, was sitting very close to Chu Mo. There was a distance of about a fist between them, but as their conversation continued, that distance had been eliminated, and now they were almost pressed tightly together.
As Xiao Meng was having a fierce internal battle, the short-haired girl named Xiao Qing suddenly placed her phone in front of her. Caught off guard, Xiao Meng looked puzzledly at her friend, but after seeing the continuous gestures toward her, she leaned in close to her friend.
Her gaze fell on the phone's opened display, and then she saw an image of an expensive watch on the screen.
Name: Patek Philippe 5002P White Gold Watch
User: Male
Size: 42.8mm
Thickness: 16.25mm
Case Back: Solid
Case Material: 950 Platinum
Dial Color: Silver-white
Strap Color: Black
Crown: 950 Platinum
Crystal: Rare gemstone glass
Price: 17.6 million!
Xiao Meng's gaze finally rested on that 17.6 million price tag, she zoned out for a moment, and when she looked up, she saw her companion gesturing to her continuously.
Following her friend's gaze, the long-haired girl's eyes eventually settled on the wrist of the man beside her. There, despite being partially obscured by a sleeve, the gleaming gemstone-encrusted half of the watch was still unmistakably visible with the man's movements.
She stared at the watch on the man's wrist with wide eyes, carefully comparing it in her mind with the image she had just seen on the phone screen. After a moment, Xiao Meng felt she could clearly hear her own heart beating intensely.
Swallowing hard, when she confirmed that the handsome young man beside her was indeed wearing that top-tier luxury watch, valued in the tens of millions, the last bit of restraint and hesitance in the girl's heart crumbled instantly!
With a man like that, if she could just secure him…
She would never have to put up with the deadpan faces of recruitment examiners or worry about finding a job anymore.
With this man, what kind of job could she not find?
Just as a resolute light flashed in Xiao Meng's eyes, she suddenly discovered that her best friend, Xiao Qing, was almost leaning on the young man, and Xiao Qing's hands were unabashedly roving over him.
If it were any other time, Xiao Meng would have walked away from such a scene no matter how far, never allowing herself to get caught in the awkward situation of competing with her best friend for a man.
But now, faced with a prime-quality, top-tier man, faced with a chance that could change her future, Xiao Meng was not about to give up easily.
She leaned against the man lightly, her eyes sparkling even more dazzlingly.
"Brother Chu, I heard that you had some friction with Xue Ling, the president of Heidi Cosmetics, at the banquet just now? I know this woman; she has some unclear dealings with Yang Tianxia. Brother, if you want to make a move against Heidi Group, I actually have a suggestion.
I wonder if you're interested!" said Luo Hao, the chairman of Tianxin Group from the second-ranked family in Capital City, worth fifty billion, with a smiling face.
Chu Mo's originally somewhat hazy eyes suddenly became alert as Luo Hao began speaking. He sat up slightly, pushing aside the few girls around him, and then asked the man opposite him:
"Chairman Luo has a master plan, I am all ears!"