Lu Yang remained silent, his gaze fixed entirely on Tang Shimin.
A few days prior, Tang Shimin had called, asking him to get a divorce. Lu Yang had used an excuse to turn off his phone, not expecting to run into her here today.
"Shimin, what brings you here?" Lu Yang asked, looking at Tang Shimin.
"I... I'm here to see Mr. Gates Barron!" Tang Shimin said softly, lowering her head.
"Then let's go, we'll go in together!" Lu Yang said with a smile.
"This lady, Mr. Lu has invited you to come in with him!" Hearing Lu Yang's words, Gates Barron immediately said to Tang Shimin with a smile.
"Ah..."
"This..."
"I'd better not!" Tang Shimin was extremely embarrassed and finally refused Gates Barron.
"This is my business card. If you need anything, feel free to call me anytime!" Gates Barron said, taking out his business card and handing it to Tang Shimin. Then, he entered the Hongfeng Hotel with Lu Yang.
Tang Shimin stood outside, holding Gates Barron's business card, completely stunned, as if in a dream. She hadn't expected Gates Barron to meet her when she came here, let alone to benefit from Lu Yang. This business card held immense significance; not everyone was qualified to receive Gates Barron's card.
Seeing this, Tang Zixuan quickly got up from the ground, snatched the business card from Tang Shimin's hand, and ran to Xiao Wuji and Bai Hao.
"Young Master Xiao, Young Master Bai, this business card is for you!" Tang Zixuan, with a fawning demeanor, handed over the card.
"What the hell do I need this for!"
"Because of your dog-like behavior this time, I lost the opportunity to cooperate with Gates Barron, causing me to lose a project worth hundreds of billions for no reason. You won't get a single cent of your investment in the Ji family back!" Xiao Wuji roared at Tang Zixuan.
"What?"
"Young Master Xiao, you can't do this! That's six hundred million! It's the lifeblood of all of us in the Tang family!" Hearing Xiao Wuji's words, Tang Zixuan immediately knelt before Xiao Wuji, begging with a runny nose and tears.
"Six hundred million? Hmph, do you know that what you've made me lose this time isn't something six hundred million can compensate for? It's the greatest mercy that I haven't bankrupted your Tang family!" Xiao Wuji finished, kicking Tang Zixuan in the face, sending him tumbling to the ground. Then, he and Bai Hao left haughtily.
"It's over, it's over, six hundred million is gone!"
"Six hundred million is gone! Gone..." Tang Zixuan was distraught, as if his soul had been drained in an instant, muttering to himself.
"Let's go. Go back and explain it properly to Grandpa!" Seeing Tang Zixuan like this, Tang Shimin said directly.
"Explain? How can I explain? Six hundred million is gone, Grandpa will kill me!"
"Shimin, I beg you, go find Lu Yang. Since he knows Gates Barron, he must have a way to help me. As long as Gates Barron gives our Tang family a piece of the project, our Tang family can definitely earn back all six hundred million!"
"Shimin, I beg you, if you don't help me, I'm dead!" Tang Zixuan heard Tang Shimin's words and immediately knelt on the ground, grabbing Tang Shimin's leg and begging incessantly.
"I can't help you!" Tang Shimin refused directly.
"If you can't help me, then I have no other choice but death, Tang Shimin, I beg you, you must help me!" Tang Zixuan begged again, with a runny nose and tears.
"I really can't help you with this!" Tang Shimin said, and was about to leave when Tang Zixuan grabbed her.
"You cheap slut, I've been begging you so humbly, and you still won't help me? Then I have no choice but to be rude to you. I'll kidnap you, and I don't believe that trash Lu Yang won't give money!" Tang Zixuan said, grabbing Tang Shimin's hair and directly dragging her to the side, then slapping her across the face, knocking her unconscious.
"Damn woman, if we weren't related by blood, I would have had you long ago!" Looking at Tang Shimin's fair skin and seductive body, Tang Zixuan swallowed and then got into the driver's seat, stepping on the accelerator and driving away.
Meanwhile, Lu Yang was discussing the matter of building the wharf in Jiangbei City with Gates Barron.
"Mr. Lu, rest assured, our Huo Duande Company has ample strength and is well-known worldwide. This time, the Mayor of Jiangbei City has invited us to bid for the wharf project, and it will surely be within my grasp!" Gates Barron said with a smile.
"That would be best. As long as you secure this project, our cooperation will be much more convenient in the future!" Lu Yang also smiled slightly.
"At tomorrow's investment promotion conference, just stand with Black Dragon Capital and Haitong Group!" Lu Yang said lightly.
"Okay, I've noted it down!" Gates Barron quickly agreed.
After finishing his conversation with Gates Barron, Lu Yang left the Hongfeng Hotel directly and drove towards Black Dragon Capital. As for Tang Shimin being captured by Tang Zixuan, he knew nothing about it.
At this moment, a Maybach was parked at the entrance of the Black Dragon Capital building. A woman was standing in Lu Yang's office, shouting abuse at Bai Shumin.
"Bai Shumin, you damn bastard, you shamelessly ran back from the United States. What? Do you still want to get a share of the pie from our Bai family? Get that idea out of your head early. The Bai family cannot tolerate a bastard like you!"
"Now you have two choices: one is to immediately get lost and go back to the United States, and the other is for me to find ways to torture you to death. You choose!" The speaker was a good-looking beautiful woman. Although not as charming as Bai Shumin's chest, she was still decent. However, her foul language made everyone in Black Dragon Capital frown.
"Bai Jingying, what have I done to you in Jiangbei City? Do you have to chase me all the way to Jiangbei City to cause trouble for me?"
"Ever since I left the Bai family at the age of fifteen, I never thought of returning to that Bai family!" Bai Shumin's face was flushed with anger, but due to her long-standing fear of Bai Jingying since childhood, she didn't dare to speak too harshly.
The woman in front of her was Bai Jingying, the eldest daughter of the Bai family in Yanjing. The Bai family's status in Yanjing was on par with the Xiao family in Yanjing. This time, she had come to Jiangbei City at the invitation of Xiao Wuji, wanting to get a share of the pie. Little did she expect to encounter Bai Shumin in Jiangbei City, which instantly enraged Bai Jingying. She directly chased Bai Shumin to her workplace at Black Dragon Capital and hurled all sorts of insults at her.
"Left the Bai family?"
"Don't want to return to the Bai family?"
"Don't want to return, then why did you come back? Why didn't you die abroad? Who would believe such nonsense!"
"You and your mother are both jinxes, idiots, shameless sluts!" Bai Jingying spat out all sorts of vulgarities at Bai Shumin.
"Shut up! This is Black Dragon Capital, not a place for you to throw your tantrum. Get out immediately!" Shen Yiman heard Bai Jingying's words and immediately walked over and shouted loudly.