Chapter 1577 - 631: Gotta Pay Extra_2
The basic fee alone for hiring Tyrant Security to help out cost Zhou Wang three million dollars. If they needed to make a move, it would increase by an additional one to two million dollars depending on the situation, and they would also have to cover compensation for any casualties...
For Zhou Wang, who never had abundant cash flow, three million dollars was like slicing a huge chunk of flesh from him.
The cash on his card had suddenly dropped to around fifty million, the lowest in recent times.
However, as long as he could get the ever-lucrative [Promotion Gift Package], Zhou Wang felt that these expenses were worth it.
Furthermore... Perhaps he could also gain some emotional feedback along the way.
While Jin Zhixiu was staring blankly at him, Zhou Wang pinched her firm and resilient crescent moon and thought so.
Jin Zhixiu, either accustomed to it or knowing she couldn’t stop Zhou Wang, ignored the mischievous hand behind her waist, but after snapping back, she couldn’t help but ask:
"You... did you foresee they’d unite against you?"
"Eh, why aren’t you calling me president anymore, where’s your respect?"
Zhou Wang teased Jin Zhixiu and before she could get angry, he lazily said, "I’m not a god, of course I couldn’t predict what they would do. But when going out, it’s always good to be more prepared, after all, this isn’t my territory, who knows what might happen..."
This time, Jin Zhixiu understood. Zhou Wang meant that before coming to Korea, he had prepared both a stick and a carrot. However, the intensity of the stick and the sweetness of the carrot probably exceeded Jiang Xin and Lee Jeong-jae’s expectations, leaving them with no resistance...
Pressing her lips, Jin Zhixiu said with a complicated expression, "Then Rose..."
"Oh, right, that’s exactly what I wanted to talk to you about."
Zhou Wang suddenly recalled, "Everything that happened today, you can’t tell Rose or Jenny. I don’t want my plans disrupted..."
"Why?"
Jin Zhixiu’s reaction was somewhat intense, "They are my sisters, I can’t hide this from them for your sake."
"Then what am I to you?"
Zhou Wang at this moment embraced Jin Zhixiu’s slender waist covered by her silky long dress, leaned forward, and their lips almost touched, then slowly parted.
Jin Zhixiu initially wanted to answer but suddenly couldn’t say a word. That damn shivery feeling swept through her whole body again, even though Zhou Wang hadn’t actually attacked, she felt her strength waning once more, uncontrollably collapsing into Zhou Wang’s arms.
"You, you..."
With her lips biting, Jin Zhixiu tried hard to turn her head, because the room was not only occupied by them; there was also Xiao Wang, doing some kind of self-reflection against the wall, and Sura, glancing sneakily over their way with their head slightly lowered.
At this moment, a few shouts faintly came from downstairs.
"Zhixiu..."
Jin Zhixiu’s face changed instantly, "It’s my parents and sister."
Zhou Wang found it normal. Since the bar was surrounded by his people, Jin Zhixiu’s family would certainly receive the news and rush over; they just came at an awkward time.
Suddenly, Jin Zhixiu found strength, anxiously broke free from Zhou Wang’s embrace, stood up, quickly tidying her clothes. Zhou Wang didn’t mind, just signaled to Xiao Liu standing at the room’s door.
Therefore, Jin Zhixiu’s family, without any obstruction, smoothly came to the second floor.
Zhou Wang took a glance. Jin Zhixiu’s parents were the typical middle-aged couple, but her sister, four years older, caught Zhou Wang’s eye. Although not as pretty as Jin Zhixiu, her intellectual demeanor and the mature charm of a housewife had their own unique appeal.
The hastily dressed Jin Zhixiu went up to them, starting to explain to her somewhat nervous family what had happened there.
Upon hearing it was just a "colleague gathering," and the black-clad men were the chairman’s bodyguards from YG Entertainment, Jin Zhixiu’s family finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, Zhou Wang timely approached, "Hello, I’m Zhou Wang, the chairman of YG Entertainment."
Jin Zhixiu’s family was visibly surprised. Given Zhou Wang’s age and appearance, they thought he was just Jin Zhixiu’s artist colleague. Jin Zhixiu’s father, however, understood the significance of Zhou Wang’s position, immediately bowed, extended his hands, and greeted Zhou Wang with a full smile.
"Your excellency chairman, hello, hello..."
Zhou Wang gently helped him up, warmly smiling, "No need to be so formal, uncle. Even though I’m the chairman, when there are no outsiders, given Zhixiu and my relationship, just treat me as a younger member."
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Jin Zhixiu’s three family members were simultaneously baffled, instinctively glancing at Jin Zhixiu.
Jin Zhixiu’s cheeks turned crimson. She glared angrily at the smiling Zhou Wang, unexpecting that Zhou Wang dared to tease her in front of her family.
But unconsciously, Jin Zhixiu couldn’t help but think, could it be that he seriously means to pursue a relationship with me?
Otherwise, how would he dare to say such ambiguous words in front of my family...
The wild thoughts quickly passed in her mind, but it didn’t prevent the blushing Jin Zhixiu from hastily pushing her parents out of the room, whispering low explanations to them.
Jin Zhixiu’s sister curiously glanced at Zhou Wang, but upon catching Zhou Wang looking right back, she hurriedly averted her eyes, also leaving the room.
In the end, it’s unclear how Jin Zhixiu explained to her family, but she didn’t give Zhou Wang another chance to approach her parents. After persuading her family to leave the bar, she waved slightly at Zhou Wang from a distance, then ran after them without turning back.
For Jin Zhixiu’s sudden display of cleverness, Zhou Wang was slightly helpless. Her family arrived a bit too early; had he known, he would have taken Jin Zhixiu away from the bar earlier.
With Jin Zhixiu’s "softness," Zhou Wang had a seventy percent chance of charming her into bed...
After such prolonged intimacy with Jin Zhixiu, Zhou Wang also felt a bit stirred, but since she left with her family, he could only watch as the cooked duck flew away.
... A misstep. Should have let Xu Wenqian wait for him; she should already be asleep by now, and it’s not quite right to wake her... his conscience would feel a bit uneasy.
Cui Min’er went home, and Qu Peining followed her, can’t really call her back over.
Sura... Zhou Wang inadvertently glanced at the fair-skinned and handsome assistant nearby but reconsidering Qi Jiayi’s possible tantrum, promptly extinguished this risky idea.
Maybe go experience a bit of Korea’s characteristic nightlife?
But Zhou Wang soon shook his head.
It’s an unfamiliar land, being new here, better not to engage in those activities...
Hmm, perhaps head back and settle for manual gratification. It’s been a long time since Zhou Wang used that skill; he wondered if he had grown rusty.
With such scattered thoughts in mind, Zhou Wang had left the bar, and at this moment, the bodyguard Xiao Qi stationed at the bar entrance suddenly approached quickly, whispering something to Zhou Wang.
Zhou Wang raised his head in surprise at the words, considered briefly, then signaled to Sura.
"Sura, head back with the law firm’s people first, and while you’re at it, check on those agreements for me."
"Okay, boss!"
Sura agreed without much thought and left promptly.
After dispatching Sura, Zhou Wang nodded towards Xiao Qi, who then gestured toward the alley behind.
Soon a tall woman emerged from the shadows.
She sported a loose hoodie, her lower half clad in skinny jeans perfectly showcasing her rounded and elongated legs. Her silver-white hair exuded uniqueness, yet was perfectly held by her nearly glowing, mixed-race face.
"Jeon So-mi."
Zhou Wang raised an eyebrow, with an expression of intrigue and surprise, "I heard you’ve been waiting for me?"