Chapter 6 (9) To go back on one's word (1)

  Zhu Meier dressed up, put on a light makeup to cover up the fatigue of not resting well. When she walked out of the hall, Peng Haoming, Lin Chaohui and Zhao Gonghui were all waiting for her. As soon as Weng Cai saw her, his eyes were attracted to her again like being sucked by a magnet.

  "What about Wang Licheng?" Zhu Meier swept a glance at Weng Cai, and Weng Cai immediately realized that this was not a place where he could be presumptuous.

  "Mei Jie, I think he's not quite suitable for this job, so I discussed it with Boss Peng and let him take a break." Lin Chaohui said, intentionally or unintentionally glancing at Peng Haoming.

  Peng Haoming didn't say a word, nor did he deny it. Zhu Meier softly said "oh" and turned to Zhao Gongfu: "Zhao Gong, you've worked hard, please sit down, would you like something to drink?"

  After resting for a day, Zhao Gong finally got to see Zhu Mei'er's little kingdom "castle" clearly today. For him, shock was no longer enough to describe his emotions at this time.

  Such a young woman, yet she possesses this utopian kingdom and has her own army! This was something Zhao Gongli had never thought of, from the moment he stepped into the hall, he had changed his mind.

  Zhao Gongwu pretended to be calm and sat down on the expensive European leather sofa, taking the red wine handed over by Zhu Meier.

  "A toast for your safe arrival." Zhu Meier took a light sip of wine and put the cup on the tea table.

  "It's nothing, it's all thanks to Mei Jie's capable subordinates and Mr. Peng." Zhao Gong said with a modest smile.

  "After the pleasantries, Zhu Meier got to the point: 'As per your request, I have prepared the cash and a complete set of passports. Don't worry, these things are enough for you to live a luxurious life in any country around the world...'"

  "Uh... I changed my mind." Zhao Gong said.

  "Hmm? This isn't what we agreed on." Zhu Meier said with some displeasure.

  "Of course, I also know it's not good, but..." Zhao Gongyu looked at Zhu Meier, who was somewhat angry, and thought about whether there was a possibility of haggling.

  "Zhao Gong, don't be too greedy...” Lin Chaohui was clearly dissatisfied with Zhao Gong's flip-flopping. Zhu Meier glanced at Lin Chaohui, and Lin Chaohui swallowed the second half of his sentence.

  Zhao Gongyu looked at Peng Haoming again, and Peng Haoming seemed to have nothing to do with this matter, and was now studying a new piece of furniture in the hall with great interest.

  Zhu Meier wanted to hear what new ideas Zhao Gongfu had come up with, and seeing that he was hesitant, said: "Speak up, business is discussed openly."

  "Yes, business is like that, we need to discuss it properly." Zhao Gongyu estimated that Zhu Meier wouldn't be too difficult on him and said: "The original conditions remain unchanged, but I want to be your chief engineer..."

  "Chief Engineer?" Zhu Meier was somewhat surprised.

  "To put it simply, I want a stake in the technology." Zhao Gong said: "Then I'll divide it according to shares..."

  "This condition is much higher than the original one, Zhao Gong, don't you think it's a bit unreasonable?" Zhu Mei'er was somewhat displeased, but still restrained herself and said: "Alright, hand over the formula and I'll add 10% to your share."

  "What if I don't hand it over?" Zhao Gong suddenly asked with a cunning tone.

  Zhu Meier was momentarily speechless, while Lin Chaohui grew somewhat impatient: "Zhao Gongfu, if we can get you out, of course we can also send you back."

  "Hmm... I've thought it through these days, even if I go back, at most it's just illegal border crossing... the cops won't be able to find any evidence of my crimes, and I can still collaborate with others. The value of this formula, I think you're very clear about it, Charisma Sister, otherwise Peng Boss wouldn't have gone to so much trouble..."

  Zhu Meier glanced at Peng Haoming, but Peng Haoming remained unmoved, holding a bamboo carving and examining it carefully.

  The atmosphere became awkward, Zhao Gongfu fell silent for a moment, then continued: "30% of the shares, isn't that reasonable?"

  Zhu Mei'er still didn't say a word, at this time the best way to deal with it was to ignore her.

  The awkwardness lasted for several minutes before Lin Chaohui spoke up, "Zhao Gongfu, even without you, our business would still be very big. I think this is something you may not be aware of."

  "Money... no one will think it's too much, Mr. Peng, right?" At this moment when wolves are surrounding him, Zhao Gongfu felt that only Peng Haoming could become his ally.

  Peng Haoming shrugged and remained silent, while Zhao Gongfu felt isolated and decided to retreat: "Never mind, you can discuss it further, I'll take my leave first?"

  "Now that you've started, just go ahead and state your demands." Zhu Meier was somewhat tired of this mutual suspicion negotiation, so she decided to be straightforward.

  "It's simple, I want 30% of the shares, I'll be in charge of production, you'll be in charge of sales, the original part will be cashed out first, and the shares will be divided every month......" Zhao Gongli thought for a moment and said: "Also, my safety must be guaranteed..."

  "Do you feel very insecure?" Zhu Meier said coldly, this sentence made Zhao Gong's back rise with a chill, but he couldn't answer well, so he could only smile awkwardly.

  "Let's send Zhao Gong back to rest first, and we'll discuss it later." Zhu Meier waved her hand, and the two mercenaries came forward, making a please gesture to Zhao Gong. He had no choice but to stand up and walk away obediently.

  The scene fell silent again. Zhu Meier glanced at Weng Cai and said, "Ming Ge, don't you think it's better for unrelated people to step aside?"

  "Oh...... okay." Peng Haoming also stood up, put the bamboo carving he was playing with back, and casually said: "This thing is really exquisite, Mei you have a good eye for things."

  "You stay behind, little brother... Let him take a walk around." Zhu Meier felt that Peng Haoming had misunderstood her meaning.

  Weng Cai had no choice but to leave first, Lin Chao Hui's face looked a bit unsightly, he looked at Zhu Mei Er and felt that Peng Hao Ming shouldn't have stayed behind to participate in such an important decision.

  Zhu Meier ignored Lin Chaohui and said to Peng Haoming: "Do you think his terms are excessive?"

  "It's alright..." Peng Haoming said indifferently: "If you charge an exorbitant price, I'll just return the money on the spot. Isn't that how business is done?"

  "But his asking price is too high." Lin Chaohui said indifferently, "Brother Ming doesn't spend your money and indeed doesn't know the pain of heartache."

  "This didn't cost you any money, did it?" Peng Haoming retorted with a neutral tone: "It was spent by the addict's money."

  "Your idea is to accept his terms? And then give him a share of the money?" Zhu Meier asked.

  "That... unless Mei you have a way to get the formula out of his head." Peng Haoming smiled.

  "Send two mercenaries to interrogate him for a few days, I think we won't have to spend a single cent..." Lin Chaohui said harshly: "Mei Jie as long as you agree, I'll go take care of it now."

  "This is indeed a way......" Zhu Meier pondered for a moment.

  "Mei'er, Zhao Gongfu is over 50 years old and has even been to prison. Do you think he would hand over the formula so easily?" Peng Haoming reminded.

  Lin Chaohui felt somewhat annoyed and irritated. The name Mei'er, when spoken by Peng Haoming, sounded particularly jarring to his ears!

  "We can also analyze it in reverse, and chemists are not just Zhao Gongfu alone," Lin Chaohui said.

  "Haha…… General Manager Lin, if reverse analysis is successful, I think you would have started production by now. Zhao Gongliu is very clever, he has the formula and processing methods all in his head, that's something that can't be stolen. I think what he said about guaranteeing his safety is that he wants an independent space to synthesize the product, this is his trump card, it's impossible for him to let us know so easily." Peng Haoming said with disdain, trying to provoke Lin Chaoxiang.

  Lin Chaohui felt a surge of anger, just about to speak up, but suddenly realized that he had fallen into Peng Haoming's trap, who wanted him to lose his composure and thus make Zhu Meier even more distant from him.

  But Lin Chaohui couldn't help but admire that every word Peng Haoming said hit the nail on the head. He had tried reverse analysis before, and each time his theoretical analysis was correct, but when it came to synthesis, he just couldn't succeed, unable to find the key synthesis technique.

  "If he didn't have this trump card, he would be nothing. Is that what you mean, Brother Ming?" Zhu Meier roughly understood Peng Haoming's meaning.

  "If Mei'er believes me, I'd like to go and have a talk with him." Peng Haoming volunteered.

  "Mei jie...this isn't quite right." Lin Chaohui hastily interjected: "I think Zhao Gonghui's formula is dispensable, after all we still have enough goods to hold on."

  "Are you going to be led by the nose for the rest of your life?" Zhu Meier glanced at Lin Chaohui and said to Peng Haoming, "Then go talk about it, I think he still trusts you quite a bit."

  "I understand, after all, it's also related to my money," said Peng Haoming.

  "You must make it clear to him, I, Zhu Meier, hate the most unfaithful and treacherous people." Zhu Meier's eyes revealed a chilling and ruthless aura as she spoke: "I don't want to hear another word about changing one's mind."

  "Mei'er, don't worry, he absolutely won't have the chance to change his mind." Peng Haoming said with confidence: "Then... I'll go take care of it now."

  "Mei jie...... how are you......" Lin Chao Hui said anxiously after seeing Peng Hao Ming leave.

  "Don't you trust Peng Haoming?" Zhu Meier didn't want to argue with Lin Chaohui.

  Zhu Mei'er's question had an obvious answer, but Lin Chaohui shook his head: "We've been so careful to get to where we are today, Sister Mei..."

  "I also don't believe it, but he has great use value." Zhu Meier interrupted him.

  Zhu Meier's words made Lin Chaohui feel a little surprised in his heart, perhaps Zhu Meier was just using Peng Haoming, and everything between her and Peng Haoming was a fake. After thinking for a moment, he asked again: "Then, Sister Mei has already made plans?"

  "Not yet, but there will be. Let Peng Haoming handle it, I believe he won't let me down," Zhu Meier said.

  Zhu Meier was already very tired, she was fed up with this kind of life full of intrigue and calculation. With a slightly tired tone, she said: "From now on, let him handle some things."

  Zhu Meier obviously gave the right to Peng Haoming, Lin Chaohui's little surprise just now was suddenly blown away. He suppressed his displeasure and asked: "It seems that Sister Mei has already talked to Peng Haoming, I don't know if it's convenient to tell me?"

  "You don't need to know anyway, in short, you won't be treated unfairly." Zhu Meier didn't want to continue arguing, her mental state had been getting worse lately.

  "What about...the goods on the other side of Xin Yi? This batch of goods needs to be settled with him, and he just notified me that the next batch is ready and can be picked up at any time."

  "Let's pause for a while on the Xinyi side, the strip over there is like a mad dog, I think we should avoid it first, what about the situation at the processing plant?" Zhu Meier asked.

  "Mei Jie, if we offend Xinyi, I'm afraid..." Lin Chaohui reminded.

  "I'm aware of our situation, otherwise I wouldn't have let Zhao Gongfu be so arrogant. Let's just pretend we're being deceitful this once, after all, he's caused us no small amount of trouble."

  "Alright, I'll go talk to Xinyi then." Lin Chaohui knew he couldn't change Zhu Meier's decision either, and ending the conversation now might be for the best.

  "I want to take a rest." Zhu Meier felt tired and said to Lin Chaohui.

  "Well... I'll go ahead and take care of things first, but there's one last thing I want to say..." Lin Chao Hui thought for a moment before speaking carefully.

  "Go on."

  "Peng Haoming is not trustworthy." Lin Chaohui said: "I think you should be clear about it, Mei Jie."

  Zhu Mei'er didn't say a word, got up by herself and left the hall, returning to her own bedroom. She sat in front of the dresser, staring at herself in the mirror, muttering to herself: "Who is worthy of trust? I don't even know myself..."