Chapter 1490: His Background Identity/ Neither of You Are Wrong
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Chapter 1755: His Background Identity
Caique looked at the Song Jiang International Hotel’s decoration and the quality of the waiters in front of him. He thought that it was not as bad as Chen Zhiye said. Although it was not an elite five-star hotel, it was at least a three-star hotel.
Obviously, the overall building of this international hotel was slightly outdated. It had an architectural style from four or five years ago. It had not kept up with the current development trends of the hotel industry. The decoration inside had obviously been renovated. It was in line with current popular luxury hotels. However, because of structural and architectural limitations, the renovation could only help to momentarily fix the problem. It could not completely change the style of the building.
“It is already not bad to have such a hotel in a second-tier city like Song Jiang,” Caique said to Chen Zhiye in the elevator.
“This hotel previously didn’t belong to that kid. It belonged to a business friend of mine. When I came back this time, I found out that my friend had gone to jail, and the hotel became that kid’s possession. I don’t know how this happened.” Chen Zhiye was a little annoyed at this point. “That kid used to be a punk, so he probably used some despicable means.”
“Lineage does not define a hero,” Caique smiled. “It’s amazing to have such a hotel here.”
“However, they are far behind compared to Boss,” Chen Zhiye quickly said.
In fact, Caique thought the same too. Such a hotel highlighted his honorable status, but he couldn’t talk about it himself, so he hinted Chen Zhiye to talk about it. He did not expect Chen Zhiye to be really smart.
“We are not comparable. I have the power of the entire family. He only has the power of a person,” said Caique proudly.
“Boss, look. When can we start discussing the investment in the hotel?” Chen Zhiye was anxiously impatient. He wanted to deal Yang Ming a blow first. As long as the news was released, Yang Ming would most probably be worried. “It takes a long time to build a hotel. Shouldn’t we hurry up?”
“NONONO!” Caique laughed and waved. “We have the latest modular building technology. We can build a fifteen-story building in two days completely using steel frames without cement!”
“Ah? Really?” Chen Zhiye asked incredulously. Caique’s words were beyond his imagination. How can it be possible to build a tall building in two days?
“Chen, you are only proficient in the foreign trade industry. Our family are experts in the hotel and construction industries!” Caique said proudly. “We have adopted this modular building method from many hotels in many countries and regions. This technology was invented by your engineers. It is more earthquake-resistant than traditional concrete buildings. The indoor air is twenty to a hundred times cleaner than outdoors. Strong walls and windows are completely insulated to ensure constant temperature indoors…”
Caique’s words shocked Chen Zhiye, but he was also excited at the same time! If a big hotel can be built within a few days, Yang Ming’s death is really not far away!
“Boss, is this true? That’s great! What’s our next step now?” Chen Zhiye asked excitedly.
“Now, we need to first contact the local government and ask for some land,” Caique said plainly, but Chen Zhiye did not feel that Caique was lying!
If the average person wanted some land to build a hotel, it was naturally not very simple. The complicated procedures and relationships would cause headaches, but Caique was different. Caique was a foreign businessman and one of the top families in the world’s hotel industry. It would be the city’s honor to have him invest in a hotel here!
Which leader did not want his territory to be more prosperous? Caique’s family generally invests in first-tier cities with economic prosperity. This time, investing in Song Jiang could also be said to affirm Song Jiang City’s status. The locals would naturally welcome it.
At present, Song Jiang did not have any hotels with more than a three-star rating. Caique could invest in a five-star hotel and enhance the city’s image. This was why Caique was so confident.
“Let me handle this. I’ll be in charge of pulling the strings!” Chen Zhiye said as he patted his chest.
“En, I’m at ease with your way of doing things,” Caique nodded and said.
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Yang Ming transferred ninety percent of Ming Yang Entertainment’s shares and forty percent of Ming Yang Security’s shares to Jing Xiaolu. Ten percent of Ming Yang Entertainment and sixty percent of Ming Yang Security’s shares were transferred to Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan so that their dedication to him would not be in vain.
Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan who got the equity transfer book were a little bit puzzled. They kept saying they didn’t want it, but Yang Ming insisted on giving it to them.
“Brother Yang, what do you mean? Did we do something wrong, and you don’t want to use us anymore?” Bao Sanli took the equity book with a green face.
“Indeed, Brother Yang. Since I, Big Hou, followed you, I have never been disloyal. If I lie, I will die tragically by thunder and lightning!” Hou Zhenhan was so anxious that he swore to god.
“Don’t you two get too emotional!” Yang Ming was very touched by the kindness and righteousness of Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan but smiled, “In fact, I give you this share because you deserve it, and I thank you both for being able to stand by my side and work hard for so long!”
“Brother Yang… you really don’t want us anymore?” Bao Sanli listened to Yang Ming’s words and was secretly stunned. He had a sorrowful look like a wronged woman.
“It’s not that I don’t want you… but …” Yang Ming hesitated for a moment. He didn’t want to tell them about his matters so soon. However, Yang Ming couldn’t not talk about it since they had asked. Otherwise, the two of them would probably bother him without giving up.
“Brother Yang, is there any other reason?” Hou Zhenhan asked hesitantly. He was smarter than Bao Sanli. He noticed something unusual from Yang Ming’s words.
“Big Hou, Baozi, since you ask, I won’t hide it from you anymore,” Yang Ming sighed and said. “Or, the two of you have already felt that my identity was more than just that since the start…”
Bao Sanli nodded his head after hearing Yang Ming’s words, “Brother Yang, I always think you are a ruthless person!”
Bao Sanli originally followed Yang Ming because he was associated with “Mr. Y”. Later, after seeing Yang Ming himself, he always felt that Yang Ming did not have a simple background.
“Actually, I am a national agent,” Yang Ming reckoned that he could only use such words to describe his profession. Even if he was not a proper agent, it was still mostly similar.
“Agent? Brother Yang, really? You are an agent?” Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan were surprised at the same time.
Hou Zhenhan originally came from the special forces, so he quite admired this dangerous occupation of agents. At the beginning, agents were selected from excellent special forces personnel in the army. They performed some extremely dangerous and special tasks.
If Hou Zhenhan had not made a disciplinary mistake, he might have become an agent. So Hou Zhenhan was shocked to hear this familiar word and was speechless.
Yang Ming nodded, “Big Hou, you probably know this profession better. You are from the special forces. You should be able to see the authenticity of these army credentials. These are my army credentials. You can see them.”
Yang Ming said as he took out his army credentials and handed it to Hou Zhenhan. “The agent’s credential is confidential. I can’t take it out. Please don’t mind.”
Hou Zhenhan took Yang Ming’s credentials with two hands in shock. He nodded and said, “I understand that discipline is absolute. Brother Yang, we won’t make it difficult for you.”
Originally, Bao Sanli was curious to see what an agent’s credentials looked like. After listening to Hou Zhenhan’s words, he decided not to ask. He didn’t want to make things difficult for Yang Ming.
Hou Zhenhan was a soldier. He took the credentials and closely looked at it. He immediately verified its authenticity, nodded, and handed it to Bao Sanli, “Brother Yang, you actually are an agent! At first, I felt a little grieved about doing these things with you. Although I got used to it later, I am an upright person. I swore that I would follow you all my life after you saved my mother. Today I found out that I am following the kind of person I admire the most, so I have no regrets!”
“Don’t be so emotional!” Yang Ming smiled and said, “Since you all know my identity, Big Hou can probably guess what I’m going to say next…”
Chapter 1756: Neither of You Are Wrong
“Brother Yang, are you going to perform a dangerous mission?” Hou Zhenhan was astonished. He immediately thought of something and asked as he looked up.
Yang Ming nodded, “Yes.”
“Is this task dangerous?” Bao Sanli quickly asked after hearing what Hou Zhenhan said. Although he was an uneducated man, he also understood why Yang Ming had said these words at this moment.
“How can an agent perform a mission that is not dangerous?” Hou Zhenhan explained to Bao Sanli. “The nature of work for agents and the death squad are basically the same; They might be killed in each mission!”
“This mission is indeed extremely dangerous. Until now, I do not have the slightest certainty at all,” Yang Ming nodded with a bitter smile. “I don’t know what I will be facing for this mission, so it is hard to say whether I can return or not. At present, it does not look optimistic.”
“Brother Yang, since it is so dangerous, why do you still go? Let others go!” Bao Sanli said subconsciously.
“Baozi, how can you say that? As a soldier, naturally you come forward when the country needs you most. How can you not go just because it is dangerous? And even ask someone else to go?” Hou Zhenhan heard Bao Sanli’s words and corrected him immediately with a scornful gaze. “Why are you so selfish?”
“How am I selfish?” Bao Sanli was immediately unwilling, “Don’t talk to me about sacrificing myself for the greater good. I’m just a citizen. I don’t want anything to happen to Brother Yang. Big Hou, you are smarter than me and are better at doing business than me, but in this matter, I’m just voicing my opinion!”
“Okay okay!” Yang Ming waved his hands a little dumbfoundedly, “Don’t argue! Big Hou and Baozi, you are all right from your own perspectives. Big Hou’s perspective is based on the public’s interests, and Baozi, you are looking out for me. I understand these things, but whether I go or not is my decision. Which of you can make the decision?”
When Yang Ming spoke, both Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan bowed their heads like two children in trouble. Indeed, they were both Yang Ming’s men. How dare they interfere with Yang Ming’s decision?
“Brother Yang, we were wrong!” Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan both said carefully.
“I already said, neither of you were wrong,” Yang Ming said with a smile. “This time, I have to go. So I have to settle things at home before I leave!”
“But this shares…” Bao Sanli still couldn’t accept this.
“What is the use of shares if I can’t come back?” Yang Ming said, “Otherwise, just think of these shares as something I am keeping with you first. If I come back, you can return the shares. If I don’t come back, you can only take the shares.”
“Brother Yang, what about sister-in-law Mengyan and the others? You should leave the shares to them!” Bao Sanli wondered why Yang Ming only gave the company shares to himself, Big Hou, and Jing Xiaolu, but not to others.
“I left other things with them. It is enough,” said Yang Ming. “This company was founded by you and Big Hou. As for Xiaolu’s shares… you don’t have any opinions, right?”
“Of course not!” Bao Sanli quickly waved his hand, “Brother Yang, what I was about to say is what if you give Xiaolu both my shares and Big Hou’s shares. We really can’t accept it…”
“Do your words also represent Big Hou?” Yang Ming glanced at Bao Sanli and asked with a smile.
“This…” Bao Sanli was immediately astonished.
“Brother Yang, I have the same intention,” Hou Zhenhan listened and quickly said.
“Well, I don’t care what your intentions are, but the current distribution of equity is what I want!” Yang Ming suddenly stopped smiling and said seriously. “Can you two understand? This is my decision!”
“This… yes!” Bao Sanli wanted to say something, but when he saw Yang Ming’s serious expression, he didn’t dare to say more and quickly agreed.
Hou Zhenhan, on the other hand, was much more capable. In an army fashion, he said yes immediately after listening to Yang Ming’s words.
“This matter, you two already know what you need to know, but don’t speak of it,” Yang Ming glanced at both of them and commanded.
“Relax, Brother Yang, we won’t simply talk about it,” Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan quickly promised.
Yang Ming nodded his head. He still trusted Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan. They wouldn’t cause any trouble for him.
Hearing that Yang Ming insisted on giving the shares to them, Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan no longer insisted. Anyway, the shares were kept with them. Yang Ming also said that if he came back, they could just return the shares to him.
If… if Yang Ming really couldn’t return, then Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan also decided to leave the shares to Yang Ming’s family. The two of them looked at each other, and they understood each other’s minds from their gazes.
Yang Ming had given them enough. With their status now in Song Jiang, even if they became poor, it was not difficult to build a new career.
“Brother Yang, can you tell me about the dangerous missions you have performed?” Hou Zhenhan hesitated but still asked. Yang Ming’s career was once his dream. Although he couldn’t do it, it was also fun to hear of Yang Ming’s deeds.
Yang Ming was stunned for a moment. Dangerous mission? I don’t seem to have performed any mission, except for the one with Elder You…
Seeing Yang Ming not talking, Hou Zhenhan thought Yang Ming wanted to keep it secret as he couldn’t say it casually. Hou Zhenhan smiled apologetically, “Brother Yang, I’m sorry. I forgot that it must be confidential. Just forget I asked!”
“It’s nothing!” Yang Ming shook his head, “Since you want to hear about it, I’ll tell you. Just don’t spread it out!”
Yang Ming intended to tell Bao Sanli and Hou Zhenhan about Chen Afu’s incident.
“Brother Yang, don’t you know us? Things that we shouldn’t say, we will never say,” Bao Sanli patted his chest and promised.
“I will thank god if you don’t tell Jing Xiaolu,” Yang Ming glared at him unhappily.
“That… everything I tell Xiaolu is irrelevant. I know what to do when it comes to serious things.” Bao Sanli was immediately a little embarrassed.
“I’m just joking with you. We haven’t hung out in a long time. Baozi, you call the kitchen and ask them to bring some wine and dishes to the room. We shall drink tonight!” said Yang Ming.
“Okay!” Bao Sanli picked up the phone and called the kitchen. They were in the international hotel’s private room, so it was convenient to order something to eat.
The food was brought up soon. Bao Sanli made the call himself, so how could the lobby manager not pick up the pace to deal with it? Manager Liu knew that the three giants, Yang Ming, Bao Sanli, and Hou Zhenhan, were gathered here at the same time, so he delivered the food in person.
Just as he reached the door, he saw the security guard, Captain Little Zhang, rushing over.
“Captain Zhang, what are you trying to do?” Manager Liu also spoke more kindly to Little Zhang. Both were now middle-level managers of the hotel. Although they had no direct relationship, Manager Liu still spoke in a better tone. Manager Liu knew that Little Zhang and Yang Ming’s driver Wang Lin had a good relationship before, so he was kinder to him.
“I have something which I need to find Brother Yang for!” Little Zhang said, “General Manager Liu, is Brother Yang in the room?”
“Yes, but he is talking to President Bao and President Hou. You see, is your business…” Manager Liu said with a little difficulty.