SLAP!
A heavy hand landed on Manager Wang’s shoulder. Before he could even react, President Li’s voice rang out.
"Don’t feel like you lost face. The man has the means to back it up. You need to get that look out of your eyes. Take this as a word of advice from a future business partner!"
Manager Wang froze when he heard this. He glanced at the young man chatting with Chen Peng, then turned to President Li. "President Li, please, enlighten me!"
"I wouldn’t go so far as to say ’enlighten.’ I’ll just tell you what I know." President Li shot a complicated look toward Su Chen, who was a short distance away.
Manager Wang quickly pulled a pack of Su Yan Platinum Crystal cigarettes from his pocket. He offered one to President Li and lit it for him before lighting one for himself.
*Pfft.* A cloud of white smoke billowed from President Li’s mouth. He finally began to speak slowly. "The first time I met Mr. Su was at an executive training program at Peking University in the Imperial Capital. Seeing how young he was, I thought he was just a staff member the university had assigned to us."
Scenes from that day flashed through President Li’s mind, and he shook his head with a wry smile.
"Uh, President Li... and then what? Is this Mr. Su the son of some business tycoon?" Manager Wang was dying of curiosity about Su Chen’s identity, but President Li was drawing it out, and he didn’t dare press him for more.
"And then... and then a tycoon worth tens of billions, who was a special guest of the program, was following him around like a lackey!" President Li fixed his gaze on Manager Wang, wanting to see his reaction.
"GULP." Manager Wang swallowed nervously when he heard about a ten-billion-dollar tycoon acting like a lackey. If anyone had been looking at his legs, they would have seen his thighs trembling slightly beneath his suit pants.
"President Li... you’ve got to be joking, right? How could a tycoon worth tens of billions follow some young brat around? That’s impossible!" Manager Wang said with a forced smile, staring intently at President Li, as if hoping to see a "just messing with you" expression on his face.
But alas... upon seeing the unwavering look in President Li’s eyes, even though Manager Wang found it unbelievable, he began to slowly accept the truth.
’If Chen Peng exaggerated or twisted my words when he talks to Mr. Su... I’ll be skinned alive, even if I don’t wind up dead.’
As if his very life force had been drained by a succubus, his body went limp. He staggered and began to fall sideways. Fortunately, President Li had been watching the color drain from his face and quickly reached out to grab him as he fell.
"Manager Wang, are you...?" President Li had a good idea of what was happening, but he had to feign ignorance. ’After all, how humiliating would it be to admit the truth?’

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