"That'll cost extra!"
Andre said with a serious and righteous expression, a remark that made Wang Yu chuckle knowingly.
So, all the previous prevarication, the endless talk, and all those considerations, were just for this in the end?
"Price is not an issue, we can discuss it properly. However, it's getting late, and you've all traveled a long way and must be tired. Why don't you rest first?
We can talk slowly tomorrow, how about that?"
Wang Yu smiled and proposed to everyone.
This suggestion was, naturally, met with unanimous agreement from the Ice Bear Kingdom entourage.
After all, the barren land they were in was not suitable for negotiations.
So, the group followed the cars to the county's most upscale hotel, the Jiangyang Grand Hotel.
Wang Yu arranged for rooms to be booked for everyone. All the preparations for accommodation had been made in advance by Boss Zhao.
Yes, Boss Zhao, the same boss who was previously involved with the "Nine Dragons and One Phoenix" on Changhe Street, who had lent money at exorbitant interest to Liu Lu's husband, and later revealed information to help Liu Lu find Wang Yu.
Perhaps envying the good treatment Brother Hu and the others received after defecting to Wang Yu, Boss Zhao and his crew demonstrated their goodwill and loyalty through the matter with Liu Lu.
After Wang Yu returned, he made contact with them.
Wang Yu discovered that although these guys were also hooligans like Brother Hu, they were much more sophisticated and adept at handling people and affairs. In simple terms, they were extremely slick, saying whatever suited the person they were talking to.
Therefore, Wang Yu decisively recruited... scratch that, he *hired* them as public relations personnel, offering a not-low salary.
Boss Zhao and his crew were quite satisfied with this arrangement. After all, being a hooligan really had no future; it was better to work for a wealthy boss and earn a living.
So, this time, when Wang Yu gave them advance notice, they were tasked with hosting the guests from the Ice Bear Kingdom, and Boss Zhao and his crew immediately busied themselves with the arrangements.
They booked the best rooms at the Jiangyang Grand Hotel, thoughtfully contacted a food supplier to prepare bread, and also placed two bottles of "Lao Baigan," the highest proof variety, in each room.
And to prevent these guests from causing disturbances if they drank too much, they even booked out an entire floor where their rooms were located.
Wang Yu expressed his great satisfaction with Boss Zhao's arrangements. Although it cost a bit more money, it was very proper and thorough, truly saving him a lot of worry.
Wang Yu then led the Ice Bear Kingdom group to complete the check-in procedures, exchanged a few pleasantries, and prepared to bid farewell.
However, as they were passing by the lobby's front desk, a commotion erupted.
"What? No rooms available? What are you people doing? This big hotel doesn't even have rooms?"
The sharp and harsh voice carried a long distance. Wang Yu and his group could clearly hear it even from outside the main entrance.
The voice was incredibly familiar – it was actually the voice of Yang Song, the factory director of the steel mill!
At the lobby's front desk, Yang Song was aggressively yelling at a young female server with a condescending and arrogant demeanor.
Behind him, several people followed, all appearing to be arrogant.
"Sir, it's not that we don't have rooms, but the highest-class rooms are gone. An entire floor has been booked by someone."
The server was a very young girl. Facing the ill-tempered Yang Song, she could only explain with difficulty.
"What? Booked by someone? Then make them get out."
Yang Song rudely roared at the server, "Do you know who these people behind me are? They are experts from the Tianyi Steel Company of He Island. They are important figures who are going to bring significant investment to our county!
If they are treated poorly and it affects our county's investment attraction, can you, a little girl, take responsibility for that?"
Yang Song yelled at the girl, spittle flying.
"I... I... but they already booked the rooms, they reserved them in advance," the girl stammered, only able to repeat her explanation with difficulty.
"Then have them cancel or change it! I refuse to believe that there's anyone more important than the experts from Tianyi Steel Company!"
Yang Song ordered without hesitation.
"But..." The server still hesitated.
"But what?"
Yang Song directly raised his hand, about to slap her.
However, before his palm could descend, his arm was caught. He couldn't complete the action.
"Who? Who the hell dares... Ah? Wang Yu?"
Feeling someone stop him, Yang Song instinctively wanted to curse. But upon turning around and seeing Wang Yu, he was momentarily stunned.
"Those rooms were booked by me. I need them to entertain guests. If you have something to say, say it to me,"
Wang Yu said directly to Yang Song, asking him to speak to him instead of making things difficult for the server.
"Wang Yu, what the hell do you think you are? You think you're worthy of occupying so many high-class rooms?"
Yang Song directly cursed at Wang Yu, completely devoid of the servility he had shown when begging Wang Yu to acquire the steel mill.
"Oh? Director Yang thinks I'm not worthy of occupying them? Then who do you think should have the right to stay in these rooms?"
Wang Yu asked playfully, looking at Yang Song. He possessed a recording tape of Yang Song confessing his misdeeds at the Red Moon Dance Hall back then.
However, he had never exposed it, as he wanted to maintain stability. He didn't want to oust Yang Song, which would have led to the already precarious steel mill disintegrating further due to a lack of leadership.
This guy had constantly fawned over Wang Yu, hoping he would acquire the steel mill. But now that he had latched onto the Tianyi Steel Company, he had clearly become arrogant again.
"Hmph, Wang Yu, who do you think you are? You thought you were somebody just because I gave you some face before?"
Yang Song said with a cold sneer. But before he could finish speaking, one of the men from He Island behind him suddenly spoke.
"You are Wang Yu? The Wang Yu who issued us a challenge? The Wang Yu from the Jiangyang County Automobile Factory? Was the previous challenge letter written by you?"
The speaker was Yamazaki, the supervisor from Tianyi Steel Company.
Huh, his Chinese is quite good?
Wang Yu looked at Yamazaki with some surprise and then nodded without any hesitation, "That's right, it was me. I also requested someone to handwrite the challenge letter."
"Challenge letter? What challenge?"
Yang Song looked confused. As the director of the steel mill, he was still unaware that Wang Yu was going to fulfill the gambling agreement on behalf of the steel mill!
"Heh, I thought you were some formidable figure. Turns out you're just a brat who hasn't fully grown. You, of all people, dare to challenge Tianyi Steel Company, which represents the world's leading smelting technology? How laughable!"
Takemoto, standing beside him, looked at Wang Yu with disdain. "Didn't you already run away? Why have you reappeared?"
Run away? What the heck was that?
Wang Yu naturally didn't know that these people had specifically come when his automobile factory moved and had misunderstood the situation.
But even if he had known, he wouldn't have cared. He simply chuckled.
"Heh, whether I'm laughable or not is my business. But I wonder if the world's number one Tianyi Steel Company dares to accept my challenge?"
Yang Song interjected, "What exactly happened?"
Ignoring Yang Song, Yamazaki stared intently at Wang Yu.
"We accept your challenge. I was actually planning to find you. But since we've run into each other now, it saves us the trouble.
We can agree to the challenge, but there must be some stakes involved."
"Stakes? What do you want?"
"We want you to kneel and apologize!"