Volume 1: The Fierce Tiger Leaves Its Leash Chapter 3: Da Heng Returns Home (Part 2)

  Sydney, the 24th floor of the Wollongong West Hotel, the outer hall of the luxurious presidential suite, a sudden phone call woke up the female secretary who was dozing off on the table. She rubbed her eyes and hastily picked up the phone when the phone rang for the second time.

  A young man under thirty years old walked out of the inner room. "What's going on, making so much noise? Don't you know that President Huang is sleeping?"

  "Secretary Li, this is a domestic call, secure line 4."

  The middle-aged man was startled in his heart and immediately pointed inside. "Turn in, I'll receive you inside!"

  The phone was answered immediately, and the middle-aged man in the living room listened to two sentences before putting down the receiver and quickly walking into the bedroom, where he woke up a sleeping middle-aged person.

  "Xiao Li, what's the time?"

  "It's almost six o'clock."

  "Have I slept for four hours?" The middle-aged man sat up, and the young man with the surname Li immediately placed a pillow behind him and handed over the water cup on the bedside table. The middle-aged man took a sip. "It's almost dawn, aren't you supposed to meet with the chairman of Foster Corporation today?"

  "Huang, just received a call from domestic."

  A middle-aged man with the surname Huang immediately looked at the secretary next to him, and as soon as he made eye contact with the secretary, his expression changed. "Who is calling from inside the country?"

  "Mr. Zhou called and said it's something important."

  A middle-aged man with the surname Huang immediately got out of bed and quickly walked out of the bedroom without even putting on his slippers, picking up the microphone placed next to the sofa in the living room.

  "I am Huang Longfei" A middle-aged man started with a self-introduction, and then Zhou Guohui's voice came from the receiver. "Big brother, what's up so early? It should still be midnight on your side, right?"

  "Second brother, I'm at third brother's place now. There's something we both think you should know."

  "Uh-huh, I'm listening." Huang Longfei covered the receiver and beckoned to a young man standing by the bedroom door, saying in a low voice, "Minghan, go record the contents of this phone call."

  "Second brother, you must make mental preparation first."

  "Big brother, don't joke around. Today I still have to discuss the merger with Foster's CEO. If it's about treating you to a drink, then when I get back to China, I promise to take you and Old Three out for a good time."

  "Old Second, drinking is a small matter..." At this time, the voice on the other end of the phone was interrupted, and then another voice came through. "Second Brother, I'm Old Third. This matter is important, it's related to Tian Xiang."

  "Tian Xiang?" Huang Long Fei was slightly stunned, "Did that kid violate discipline in the army?"

  "Not if it's something against discipline, we wouldn't disturb your rest at this time. Actually..."

  "Go on, I'm listening."

  Li Minghan walked over, using sign language to tell Huang Longfei that he was already recording, then he took out a cigar from the wooden box on the tea table, cut it well and handed it to Huang Longfei.

  "What did you say?" Just as Li Minghan lit the match to help light up his cigar, Huang Longfei's face suddenly changed drastically, and he waved his hand. "Old Three, this is no laughing matter, are you sure?"

  "I'm absolutely sure that now I and my elder brother are thinking of a way, we both think that such an important matter should be told to you as soon as possible, after all Tian Xiang is also..."

  "I know, I'll be right back!" Huang Longfei didn't even wait for the other person to finish speaking and directly hung up the phone. Then he said to Li Minghan beside him, "Contact the airport as soon as possible and confirm when my plane can take off."

  Li Minghan hesitated for a moment, then picked up the phone and dialed the Sydney Business Jet Airport's number. After getting an answer, he said to Huang Longfei: "The earliest flight can take off in an hour and a half."

  "Then pack your luggage and contact the capital airport for us to arrange a flight number, the sooner the better."

  "But..."

  "You, me, and a few secretaries and bodyguards will go with this flight. The others will take another flight back." Huang Longfei seemed to have not heard Li Minghan's words, seeing Li Minghan still stunned there, he raised his voice. "What are you still stunned for? Hurry up and contact!"

  "Huang Zong, we still have to meet with..."

  "I know this matter also needs to be handled, tell Foster's side and postpone the meeting. Once I've arranged my schedule, I'll contact them!"

  Li Minghan sighed silently and turned around to make arrangements outside.

  What Li Minghan couldn't understand was that Huang Longfei had spent two whole years planning and implementing the acquisition of Foster Oil Exploration Company in Australia. If the acquisition negotiations were successful, it would be the largest commercial activity in the history of the Republic to acquire an overseas oil exploration company, and more importantly, it would allow the Huang Group to obtain all the offshore oil fields in southeastern Australia, making the Huang Group the world's third-largest oil explorer. From a higher level, this acquisition would also open the door for the Huang Group to enter the Western oil exploration industry, which would be a victory of extraordinary significance for both the company and the country behind it. Now, with only one step away from the acquisition, more than half of Foster's shareholders had agreed to the acquisition plan, and all that was left was to sign the acquisition agreement tomorrow. But now Huang Longfei was returning to China, which meant that all his previous efforts might be in vain. Those individuals, companies, and even governments that did not want to see the Huang Group acquire Foster would take advantage of this opportunity to sabotage the acquisition, and it would be difficult to make up for the loss in the future. So what was making Huang Longfei so eager to return to China?

  What made Li Minghan even more puzzled was that Huang Longfei could become the country's number one businessman and the world's fourth richest man in less than fifteen years, from an unknown small merchant. He must have known the pros and cons of things and couldn't be unclear about what to do at what time. There were still a few hours before the formal signing of the acquisition agreement, couldn't Huang Longfei wait for just a few more hours?

  With these doubts and incomprehension, Li Minghan quickly arranged the relevant matters. Without a doubt, those dozen or so shareholders who had received benefits were extremely dissatisfied with Huang Longfei's sudden cancellation of the merger negotiations. Li Minghan could only grit his teeth and bear it. By the time he finished handling these matters and returned to the hall, Huang Longfei had already put on his coat and was ready to leave.

  "Huang, it's all been arranged."

  Huang Longfei nodded silently, his eyes not leaving the window facing north. Li Minghan noticed that in the few years he had followed Huang Longfei, he had never seen him with such a calm and collected expression as if Mount Tai was crumbling before him.