1072: Chapter 1073: Make Him Crawl Out!
1072: Chapter 1073: Make Him Crawl Out!
“Heh, so confident.
Since that’s the case, go on in.
Just don’t blame me if you end up embarrassed, I didn’t warn you beforehand.”
Xiao Chen laughed, lifted his foot, and walked in.
“Dad, don’t let that kid fool you.
If we win the bid and aren’t present, it’s the same as voluntarily giving up.
Another company will take it away.”
Duanmu Yun hurriedly said.
“Do you think I’m a three-year-old child that can be easily fooled?”
Duanmu Lin gave Duanmu Yun a piercing look and said, “Let’s go and see.
I want to know where this kid gets his confidence from, claiming that our Duanmu Family won’t win a single bid.”
The people from the Duanmu Family entered the venue and took the most conspicuous seats.
“Patriarch Duanmu!”
“Brother Duanmu!”
The entrepreneurs around them greeted Duanmu Lin one by one.
After all, this was the head of an aristocratic clan interested in black gold; they might not pander to him, but at the very least, they couldn’t offend him.
They wanted to make a good impression.
“Hmm.”
Duanmu Lin nodded arrogantly, as if a proud predator.
“How many bids did the Duanmu Family submit?”
A representative from the Ye Family asked with a smile.
“We submitted bids for a total of twenty-five projects.
I reckon we should be able to win them all.
Here, other than your Ye Family and the Empire Group, it’s just our Duanmu Family whose strength is the most formidable.”
Duanmu Lin said proudly.
“Is that so?
But how come I’ve heard that your Duanmu Group has had quite a few quality issues these past years, complaints about serious environmental standards violations, and even delayed wages for workers?
If the person in charge finds out, I’m afraid you won’t get a single project.”
Ye Jianye said with a smile.
Only he dared to say these words.
After all, he was the brother of Ye Family Patriarch Ye Jianguo, a person from a top-ten aristocratic clan.
“That’s impossible.
Mr.
Ye, you shouldn’t believe everything you hear outside.
If we can’t get those twenty-five projects, then I, Duanmu Lin, will crawl out of here.”
Duanmu Lin said loudly.
Ye Jianye laughed and replied, “Make sure to remember what you just said, and don’t regret it later.”
Others didn’t know who the head of the Preparatory Committee was, but he did.
Duanmu Lin snorted coldly and sat down: “I, Duanmu Lin, always keep my word.”
Soon, the bid unveiling ceremony began.
The ceremony was presided over by Bai Xue, while Xiao Chen was in the back, drinking tea and chatting.
The Ye Family won a total of twelve projects.
The Empire Group did even better, winning twenty projects.
Guangfu Prefecture Group won five projects.
Xiao Chen treated these people all the same; if you had the capability, you would win.
Many smaller companies also won bids and were overjoyed, hugging each other in celebration.
“Impossible!
Why isn’t there any for my Duanmu Family!”
Duanmu Lin yelled angrily.
The fact that his Duanmu Family didn’t win a single project was inconceivable.
He couldn’t accept it.
“Heh, maybe the person in charge has realized what the Duanmu Family really is.
Now then, Patriarch Duanmu, are you going to crawl out of here?”
Ye Jianye joked.
“I…”
Duanmu Lin’s face turned crimson with anger.
So many people around were watching, and the words he had just boldly spoken couldn’t just be taken back on the spot.
“Get your person in charge out here!
I want to see who dares not to give our Duanmu Family any projects.”
He yelled towards Bai Xue.
“Is this guest planning to cause trouble here?”
Bai Xue gave Duanmu Lin a cold look and asked, “Or are you planning to offend Xiao Corporation?”
“I just want to know why we weren’t awarded any bids.
I suspect that there has been foul play.”
Duanmu Lin said coldly.
“What a joke!
Whether or not you win a bid is entirely up to my Xiao Corporation to decide.
Besides, we have detailed material on each bidding company.
Do I really need to spell out what your Duanmu Family has been up to?
Forget the distant past, let’s talk about the recent past.
You even had the audacity to collaborate with a shady company like Xiongcheng City Construction Group to build a school, claiming it to be in the name of the War God.
Are you trying to tarnish the reputation of the War God or planning to doom those students?
Just for that alone, your Duanmu Family has no chance of getting any project.
Now, get out!”
Bai Xue, with Xiao Chen’s backing, was naturally assertive.
Moreover, she represented Xiao Corporation and couldn’t lose face in public: “Please, all the companies that didn’t win a bid, leave the venue.
Shortly, we will be signing contracts with the winning businesses, and your presence is not suitable here.”
A chorus of sighs echoed as the people started to leave.
After all, they didn’t win the bids, and they knew where their own problems lay.
“We hope you can rectify your issues.
Xiao Corporation will gradually increase investments in Dragon Country, and there will still be opportunities for cooperation in the future.
Don’t be discouraged.”
Bai Xue added another line.
Those people were somewhat comforted.
But there were still those who were unwilling to leave.
They all looked towards the Duanmu Family.
If Bai Xue couldn’t handle the Duanmu Family today, they certainly wouldn’t be leaving either.
At this moment, Duanmu Lin was extremely embarrassed.
What Xiao Chen had said came true; the Duanmu Family didn’t win a single project.
What the heck was going on?
Was that kid working in the Preparatory Committee?
“Security, escort those who are unwilling to leave out!”
Bai Xue saw that Duanmu Lin didn’t budge and immediately shouted.
At this moment, Xiao Chen walked out with a group of people.
He was even wearing a security uniform.
“Heh, Duanmu Lin, I was right, wasn’t I?
I told you not to come in, but you wouldn’t listen.
Now, aren’t you embarrassed?
Hurry up and go, don’t disrupt our work!”
Xiao Chen laughed.
“So you’re working here as security!”
Duanmu Lin suddenly understood everything.
This kid was really working here; no wonder he knew who had won the bids.
“Wrong, I am the security manager.”
Xiao Chen said with a smile, “So are you going to leave on your own, or shall we make you leave?”
“Heh, I’m not going, what can you do about it?”
Duanmu Lin got fired up.
He didn’t believe that Xiao Corporation would dare offend an aristocratic clan involved in black gold like theirs.
After all, many things within the country needed help from such families to be better accomplished.
As for the few security guards, he didn’t take them seriously at all.
“Take action!”
Xiao Chen waved his hand, and a group of fierce-looking security guards promptly picked up the people from the Duanmu Family and threw them out of the Preparatory Committee.
However, they didn’t touch Duanmu Lin.
“Heh, I knew you wouldn’t dare touch me.”
Duanmu Lin sneered.
But these people dared to throw out members of his Duanmu Family; that was bold indeed.
“Wrong again.
I want to see you crawl out.
Didn’t you promise that gentleman earlier, or is Patriarch Duanmu someone who goes back on his word?”
Xiao Chen laughed.
“You!
You scoundrel!”
Duanmu Lin was furious.
“Better than you, abandoning your wife and children, even sending your own offspring to suffer in Africa.
A person like you should go to hell.
To make you crawl out from here, is that really too much?”
Xiao Chen said coldly.
“I just won’t crawl.
What if I’m someone who doesn’t keep his word?”
Duanmu Lin yelled.
“Take action, make him crawl out.
Otherwise, beat him to a pulp.”
Xiao Chen said coldly, “It’s been a while since I’ve been active in the country, perhaps some people have forgotten just how fearsome Xiao Corporation can be.”