Zhang Liunian saw him like this and said with a half-smile, "Let's talk when you can beat me!"
"..."
The muscular man choked instantly. Being defeated by Zhang Liunian was the shame of his life. How could he be defeated by such a country bumpkin?
This was impossible, nor should it have happened. How did a country bumpkin like him win against him? Where did he learn his martial arts? Why didn't he look like he belonged to the Fu, Hong, or Liu schools? He couldn't figure out his style at all.
Thinking of this, the muscular man suppressed his hatred and gritted his teeth, "Who did you learn your kung fu from?"
"It's none of your business." Zhang Liunian rolled his eyes when he saw him inquiring about his style. Was it really appropriate to care about this now?
"You have to let me lose clearly."
"Don't you refuse to admit you lost to me? What's the point of asking this now?"
"..."
"Stop babbling here. If you don't leave, you can stay and become fertilizer." Zhang Liunian threatened him when he saw that he was unwilling to leave.
As it turned out, this trick was quite effective. At least after he finished speaking, the muscular man stopped talking.
"Let's go." The muscular man said the three words unwillingly and left with his eighteen injured subordinates.
As soon as they left, Zhang Liunian didn't linger. He took Zhang Qian and headed back to the department store construction site to check the situation.
However, before they could reach the construction site, someone came to inform them that Kang Dafu had found Xiao Kang, and he was at Kang Dafu's home.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Liunian had to let Zhang Qian continue to the construction site and went to Kang Dafu's house himself to check the situation.
When he arrived at Kang Dafu's house, Zhang Liunian immediately saw Xiao Kang sitting in a corner with his head bowed. He kept his head facing away, so no one could see his expression.
Zhang Liunian withdrew his gaze and walked in, asking Kang Dafu as he walked, "Where did you find him?"
"In a desolate place. He was tied up and taken there. If a girl hadn't passed by and rescued him, he might have starved to death there." Kang Dafu closed the door and replied in a low voice.
Zhang Liunian did not ask further after hearing this. Instead, he sat down opposite Xiao Kang and asked with concern, "Xiao Kang, are you okay?"
The other party raised his head, revealing a bruised and swollen face. He said guiltily, "I'm fine, but I've caused the boss a lot of losses. I'm sorry, boss."
He was almost starved to death outside, yet he only felt guilty about the money Zhang Liunian had lost. He was indeed a good comrade.
"It's good that you're back. Don't think too much about it. You should rest well for these few days. After I resolve this matter, I'll still need Comrade Xiao Kang to be responsible for the construction."
His words showed that he trusted him and did not suspect him of disappearing intentionally.
Xiao Kang was very touched. "Thank you, boss, for still believing in me.
But I made a mistake in this matter. It was due to my carelessness that those people were able to succeed so easily, and you lost so much.
This is my fault. You can handle it however you want, and I will have no complaints."
Xiao Kang stood up, looking very apologetic at Zhang Liunian, and then bowed solemnly to apologize to Zhang Liunian.
Seeing him like this, Zhang Liunian had no intention of blaming him, nor would he hold him responsible, because the incident originated from him. If he hadn't offended those Hong Kong businessmen, these things wouldn't have happened.
In the end, it was all his fault, and it had nothing to do with Xiao Kang.
"This has nothing to do with you. It was the Hong Kong businessmen who were up to something. You go back and rest first. I'll notify you to return to work after I deal with them." Zhang Liunian patted his shoulder, silently encouraging him.
Xiao Kang looked at Zhang Liunian with slightly reddened eyes. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end, he said nothing. He just softly said, "Okay," and left.
After he left, Kang Dafu poured Zhang Liunian a cup of tea and asked, "Did you offend those Hong Kong businessmen again?"
Zhang Liunian had already offended the National Chamber of Commerce, and now he had offended the Hong Kong businessmen again. How was Zhang Liunian going to make a living in Pengcheng?
Kang Dafu thought about it and asked, "How are you going to make a living here in the future? You've offended both sides."
Zhang Liunian knew he was concerned about him and said with a wry smile, "I didn't want to, but they only want to rip me off for ninety million, yet they don't want to listen to my opinions or give me what I'm owed. I can't just be a scapegoat."
"..."
There was no fault in his words. If he were Zhang Liunian, he probably wouldn't be willing to just hand over ninety million. Whether it was the national merchants or the Hong Kong businessmen, they didn't take Zhang Liunian seriously and only wanted to get the money in his hands.
What was even worse was that they wanted his money but didn't want to give him what he deserved. This was indeed excessive.
"Since you've offended them, you'll have to handle it yourself." Kang Dafu assumed that Zhang Liunian wouldn't be able to cooperate with either side and could only try to do it himself.
No, he and President Sun were still willing to cooperate with him.
"If you need a partner, President Sun and I will definitely be happy to cooperate," Kang Dafu said with a smile at Zhang Liunian.
Zhang Liunian also smiled and put down his teacup. "I know. If there's a good project, I'll definitely inform you and give you a chance to make money together."
Kang Dafu hadn't changed much in his two lives. He felt at ease cooperating with him and didn't mind bringing him along to get rich, and the Sun family was the same.
"That's great," Kang Dafu said, bursting into laughter.
Zhang Liunian was also quite happy, but at that moment, there was a knock on the door. Kang Dafu got up to open it, and Zhang Qian immediately rushed in in a panic, saying to Zhang Liunian, "It's bad, Brother Liunian. Something has happened at the department store construction site again. Hurry up and come with me to see!"
What? Something happened again?
This Chen Jiayuan was really something. Was he planning to wear him out and make him angry to death before giving up?
"Brother Kang, I'll go check the construction site first. We'll talk next time."
Zhang Liunian didn't dare to delay. He said goodbye to Kang Dafu, got up, and went to the department store construction site. When he arrived, he saw that the place was empty of people, materials, and everything else.
"Brother Liunian, they must be doing this on purpose. They didn't come when we were here, but as soon as we left, they appeared. It seems they also have someone guarding here."
Zhang Qian was furious. They had spent thousands of yuan in the morning to find the people and materials, but before the day was over, they had been cleaned out again. This was simply going too far.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Liunian decided to talk to Chen Jiayuan. "It seems they won't stop. For now, let's not hire any workers. I'll go talk to Chen Jiayuan personally.
Otherwise, this will keep happening, and it's only treating the symptoms, not the root cause."
"But we've suffered such losses today. Are we just going to swallow it all? Won't this make them even more rampant?" Zhang Qian was unwilling to suffer such a loss.
Those Hong Kong businessmen were too much. They kept causing problems at their construction site or their land. They really wouldn't let them go.