1 8: Chapter 8: Emperor’s Sea Pavilion No.
1 ‘Take my own life?’
‘Is there really no chance of salvaging this?’
Deng Wenbin of the Qihui Conglomerate could easily deal with him, let alone Lin Haochen, a man who was entirely beyond Deng Wenbin’s league.
Li Hongrui knelt on the ground, his spirit broken, while Deng Wenbin gestured for his bodyguards to come and take him away.
If Li Hongrui had the courage to end his own life, it would save him some trouble.
But if he lacked that courage, Deng Wenbin would just have his own men do it for him.
‘The Netherworld King’s command must be carried out!’
「The main conference room of Muchen Group.」
“Chairman Lin, we’re all aware of what happened this morning.
We’ve now made enemies of the Zhao Family and Wansheng Group, which just makes our situation even worse.
Things have reached this point entirely because of you and your younger brother!”
“That’s right!
We invested in Muchen Group because we valued your abilities.
But now, your skills are a far cry from what they used to be.
We have to consider replacing the person at the helm, or else we’re pulling out our investments!”
“Yes!
If you can’t come up with a solution that satisfies all of us, we will sell off our shares within three days!”
The shareholders in the conference room were furious.
Muchen Group was already in an exceptionally difficult position, and now, today, they had provoked Zhao Shaocai of the Zhao Family and Li Hongrui of Wansheng Group.
They couldn’t sit still any longer.
Muchen Group was their cash cow; they were counting on it to make them money.
Liu Hong, Muchen Group’s second-largest shareholder, stood up and signaled for the others to be quiet.
Then he said, “Everyone has witnessed Chairman Lin’s abilities.
I also believe that Chairman Lin can lead us through this crisis.
Therefore, I suggest we give Chairman Lin one day to resolve this.
If, within one day, Chairman Lin can’t produce a solution on par with, say, a partnership with Qihui Long Country, it won’t be too late for everyone to act then!”
Lin Mushu shot Liu Hong a cold look.
She was long accustomed to his passive-aggressive jabs.
She simply said in a low voice, “Since you’ve all said your piece, I’ll make my position clear.
Within one day, I will absolutely come up with a perfect solution!”
After saying this, Lin Mushu slammed the door and stormed out, paying no mind to the shareholders’ thoughts.
‘Muchen Group has faced plenty of difficulties and disasters since its founding.
We’ve been in similar predicaments before and always pulled through.
This time won’t be any different!’
After Lin Mushu left, a cold smirk appeared on Liu Hong’s face.
‘I’d like to see how long you can keep up that arrogance!
Once I’ve brought down Muchen Group, I can become the vice general manager at Wansheng!
HAHAHA!’
「Celestial Lake Island Villa District.」
This was a luxury villa district built by Chuangrong Real Estate.
The three villas on the mountaintop were modeled after the Emperor Sea Pavilion in Shanghai.
To date, the people of Jin City only knew that Emperor’s Sea Pavilion No.
2 and No.
3 had been purchased by two prominent families from the Capital City, while the identity of the owner of the central villa, Emperor’s Sea Pavilion No.
1, had always remained a mystery.
Nearing noon, Lin Haochen drove back to the Celestial Lake Island Villa District, heading straight for the mountaintop.
He stopped right in front of the main gate of Emperor’s Sea Pavilion No.
1!
‘I had Chuangrong Real Estate build this Celestial Lake Island Villa District three years ago.
I can finally come back and see it today.’
Lin Haochen got out of the car.
As he walked up to the main gate, it opened automatically.
“Welcome home, Master!
Activating home mode!”
Listening to the AI’s voice, Lin Haochen nodded slightly and walked into the courtyard.
With every step he took, a faint light glowed from the ground.
When he entered the villa, a satisfied smile spread across his face.
The interior decor and furnishings, while luxurious, were also deeply tasteful.
Most importantly, the design and layout were based on the fond dreams he and Lin Mushu had shared as children.
‘My sister’s twenty-sixth birthday is in two weeks.
I’ll give her a huge surprise then!’
Thoroughly satisfied, Lin Haochen left the central mountaintop villa.
He had just come over to inspect the renovations and see if they matched his vision.
When Lin Haochen got back to Lin Mushu’s villa, he happened to run into Lin Mushu and Wu Qingqing returning home.
“Huh?
Why are you coming down from the mountain?
Don’t tell me you got lost?”
Lin Mushu said with a smile as she watched Lin Haochen get out of his car.
Lin Haochen had always had a poor sense of direction as a child.
“Nope, I just went up to check out the villas on the mountaintop.
They seem pretty nice.
The interior decor is a lot like what we used to dream about when we were kids.
I plan on moving there in two weeks.”
Lin Haochen said with a grin.
He knew Lin Mushu wouldn’t believe him, but that didn’t matter.
He would just take her there when the time came.
Lin Mushu looked at Lin Haochen and let out a laugh.
“You silly boy, do you not know that the villas on the mountaintop are the Emperor Sea Pavilions?
Money can’t buy those.
If you don’t like the decor here, I can buy you a villa next door and have it renovated however you like.
As for the Emperor Sea Pavilion, we really can’t afford that right now.”
But Lin Haochen just giggled and said, “So, Sis, do you want to live there?
If you do, I might have a way to make it happen.”
Lin Mushu gently patted Lin Haochen’s head.
“Alright, stop daydreaming.
Let’s go inside.”
With that, Lin Mushu opened the villa’s main gate, and the three of them went in.
Just before she entered, however, Wu Qingqing glanced at Lin Haochen a couple of times and thought to herself, ‘What a big talker.
That’s the Emperor Sea Pavilion he’s talking about!’