Chapter 1400 - 1415: Precious Dowry
"Yeah, no choice. There’s a school teacher gathering at noon today. They say it’s a gathering, but it’s really the vice principal’s birthday. We have to meet at school and then go out together. After all, it’s the vice principal. I didn’t want to go, but all the other teachers are going, so it’d be awkward if I didn’t go either," An Qi’Er said.
Lin Mu nodded, "I see, well then, I’ll take you to school in a bit."
"Mm, sure." An Qi’Er nodded.
After finishing the meal, Lin Mu drove to the school gate.
At the school gate, there stood a group of men and women wearing glasses, clearly teachers.
Lin Mu couldn’t help but feel frustrated. Damn, it’s just the vice principal’s birthday, does it really need that many teachers? And they all had to gather at the school gate, why not just announce the meeting place and go by themselves? Who knows what the hell the principal is thinking, Lin Mu couldn’t be bothered.
At the school gate, Lin Mu didn’t get out of the car. An Qi’Er greeted Lin Mu, then leaned down and kissed Lin Mu before getting out of the car.
After An Qi’Er got out, Lin Mu drove away alone. With nothing else to do, he went to the Yunhai Mansion, took the executive elevator straight to the top floor to the executive office. After chatting with Sophie, Lin Mu figured it was time to return to Handan City to resolve the issues with the Tang Sect and Celestial Eagle.
The Tang Sect still posed a potential threat to Flying Dragon and Su Weilai. Business is like a battlefield, and Lin Mu, after several business battles, truly understood this. Often, the business arena has even broader effects than an actual battlefield, though it’s a smokeless battlefield.
If the issues with the Tang Sect aren’t addressed soon, the Tang Sect’s substantial business strength might not strip away Su Family and Flying Dragon’s assets, but it could certainly inflict significant financial damage on Su’s Great Enterprise and Flying Dragon Group.
At Yunhai Mansion, Lin Mu found Sophie, and they discussed the matter of the Tang Sect. The main focus was understanding Tang Hongwei as a person.
After all, Tang Hongwei is the founding father of the Tang Sect economic group, having weathered many storms, dealing with him wouldn’t be easy. As the saying goes, old ginger is spicier, if Tang Hongwei didn’t have some tricks, it would have been hard for the Tang Sect to thrive so much in North China.
Sophie had already prepared information on Tang Hongwei. She was thorough in this, "Know your enemy and you will win a hundred battles," as they say. By understanding him, dealing with him would be more assured.
Lin Mu glanced over the information Sophie provided on Tang Hongwei, including various business ventures and life milestones from having nothing, to small successes, and eventually becoming wealthy.
Seeing it was one thing, getting startled was another. Tang Hongwei’s experience was indeed colorful.
From it, Lin Mu could see that damn, Tang Hongwei is really not a simple character! Thinking it over, Lin Mu tossed Tang Hongwei’s information onto the office desk.
"Understood everything?" Sophie asked.
"Yeah, I understand it all. His experiences are quite diverse, hahaha, he has some skills, but it doesn’t seem to affect me," Lin Mu said with a smile.
"Yeah, as long as you have a grasp on things. Don’t forget, he holds a lot of assets in his hands, and in today’s society, money can buy a lot of things. They could find someone else to deal with you!" Sophie reminded him.
"I know, don’t worry." Lin Mu nodded, then continued, "Oh right, I still need you to help look after the Flying Dragon Group’s business. You’re the most experienced and have the final say in this area. It was hard for Flying Dragon Group to get on track, and I don’t want it to suffer major losses. Of course, if you manage well, when we become family, the entire Flying Dragon Group can be part of your dowry!"
"Hmph, I’m not bold enough to accept such an expensive dowry!" Sophie shook her head first, "But, I won’t stand by and do nothing, don’t worry, leave the business to me."
"Ah, my wife is the best! Thank you, executive wife!" Lin Mu said with a bright smile. No doubt, without Sophie’s care, Flying Dragon Group wouldn’t be in its current state. The gradual rise of Flying Dragon Group at every step wasn’t separate from Sophie’s care.
"Why are you being so formal with me? Being so polite doesn’t feel quite like the old you," Sophie chuckled.
"Hehe, then I won’t be so polite, wife! No wonder those pretty boys like to cling to rich ladies. Turns out being a kept man is this comfortable!" Lin Mu said with an extremely cheeky smile.
"Such conduct!" Sophie laughed gently.
Lin Mu chatted with Sophie for a while longer, then called Earth Wolf, asking her to book two plane tickets to Handan. Lin Mu thought it necessary to bring Earth Wolf along, considering the uncertainties ahead.
Still, Lin Mu was confident. A few days ago, while treating Guo Meimei, a stroke of luck significantly boosted his inner strength. It seemed like he was on the verge of breaking through the Eighth-Layer Black Qi. If he took another step, he’d reach the Ninth Layer White Qi Realm. At this moment, Lin Mu’s strength was quite profound, and his inner power extremely thick, feeling not far from the old man’s level.
Of course, to test how strong he really was, he’d have to find a chance to spar with the old man.
Just after Earth Wolf hung up, Lin Mu’s phone rang again. Glancing at the caller ID, he saw it was An Qi’Er, so he picked up the call.
"Hello, An Qi’Er, what’s up?" Lin Mu answered the call, while hearing all sorts of howling singing, damn it, really torturing my ears.
"Brother Lin, are you free right now?" An Qi’Er asked urgently.
"Of course I’m free, what’s going on?" Lin Mu asked.
"Brother Lin, can you come over here? I’m at the Heaven Source Bar on Evergreen Road. Our vice principal keeps forcing drinks on me, and other male teachers are egging it on. I’d like to leave, but I can’t. So, I’m pretending to go to the bathroom for your call, say my boyfriend is here to pick me up, so it’s no problem for me to leave," An Qi’Er said.
Hearing An Qi’Er’s words, Lin Mu was annoyed. Damn, business executives engaging in such things is one thing, that’s normal, but damn it, a university doing this nonsense, and it’s even the vice principal, obviously trying to get An Qi’Er drunk, a really obvious motive, so Lin Mu was displeased.
Such things on others Lin Mu might ignore, but for it to happen to his own woman was something else, things more embarrassing to Lin Mu didn’t bother him as much as this did!
"Alright, I’m on my way," Lin Mu agreed and hung up the phone.
"Okay, when you get here, find the VIP room on the fourth floor," An Qi’Er instructed.
"Got it."
Ending the call, Lin Mu informed Sophie, then took the executive elevator downstairs and drove towards the Evergreen Road Bar.