Reborn with Consumption System

Chapter 991: Chapter 401: Gaining a Useful Tool (Part 2)

That’s a gesture of 9.

It can’t be 9 million, so it’s 90 million?

Damn!

Really willing!

Everyone present was taken aback, Tang Xintian and Pan Ge were even so shocked they covered their mouths.

It’s not that they’ve never seen money, but they didn’t expect Fang Yuan to be so desperate.

Willing to give up all the profit just to make this deal, what’s the point?

Can’t he just not do it?

Before everyone could guess, Fang Yuan went ahead and explained himself.

"Honestly, Mr. Hu is really hard to deal with. I can’t even get a chance to connect with him. At this rate, my company won’t be able to continue..."

I’m giving up the profit on one deal, just to maintain the reputation, and hopefully next time when there’s a new project, I’d appreciate it if God Lie could be the middleman. I’ll pay commission according to the standard!"

Oh, I see.

Everyone nodded, accepting Fang Yuan’s explanation.

For a project, if it fails at the outset, it’s over. Not every project succeeds.

But if it gets to the final process, after tremendous manpower and resources, yet fails due to external reasons, it’s truly painful.

Fang Yuan’s thinking is very reasonable.

But Han Lie felt something was amiss.

He silently observed all the details on Fang Yuan, and quickly discovered something.

The drooping left hand, fingers constantly rubbing, a thumb-flicking motion.

A flicker in the depths of his eyes.

Left leg supports, right knee turns inward, toes point outward.

During the explanation, his right shoulder moved unnaturally twice.

All these details are minor, subtle instinctive reactions hard to notice, but they couldn’t escape the eyes of the master of psychology, Lie.

Han Lie instantly judged — Fang Yuan wasn’t telling the truth!

As for why...

That’s up to guessing.

The only variable now is the project reassessment Mr. Hu initiated after taking office, which not only audits projects awaiting approval, but also investigates those already underway.

From Han Lie’s understanding, this investigation mainly checks whether the actual project construction matches the project proposal.

If there are issues, then the person responsible as stated in the project proposal would be called back for questioning.

In the most severe cases, it could even lead to criminal liabilities.

Violations related to the project itself must also be addressed, usually by suspending the project or ordering the contractors to make corrections.

Administrative penalties vary based on severity of the situation.

The most direct and unavoidable consequence is... Losing a huge sum of money.

Of course, intermediaries linking projects and funds also face clawback of illicit gains, possibly even years in prison.

With no national crackdown on CT currently, the severe situation may be slightly alleviated, but if Fang Yuan’s previous projects really have problems, things won’t go well.

Loss of gains, punished by family, loss of intermediary reputation, pursued by fund providers and project owners for accountability...

Anyway, it’s bound to be a bloody mess.

Without such a dire consequence, Fang Yuan wouldn’t easily give up such high profits, just to have Han Lie settle the current project.

What he genuinely wants smoothed over are some loose ends from the past.

Using his exceptional talent and genius-like intelligence, Han Lie instantly deduced Fang Yuan’s true intention, which he was trying hard to hide, and couldn’t help showing a slightly excited yet dangerous smile.

Ha, karma came fast!

Just boasting to me earlier, now he’s fallen into my hands...

Guess how I’ll deal with this?

Actually, Han Lie himself hadn’t decided how to maximize benefits; he just realized that this is a rare opportunity.

Fang Yuan’s father, has risen from grassroots to become one of the administrative heads in the government office.

No matter how low the ranking, this is Magic Capital.

And Han Lie doesn’t need to directly leverage Fang Yuan’s father’s strength, simply grasping Fang Yuan can achieve many difficult tasks.

Consequences?

What consequences could there be?

Your family is strong, and Pan is no worse, plus my networking is expanding every moment, as long as I don’t leave a loophole, who could do anything to me?

Normally, Fang Yuan and Han Lie are equally matched.

Even if they have conflicts or fights, it’s not a big deal; it doesn’t escalate to a higher level, merely a child’s squabble.

Thus, there’s a basis for compromise and cooperation.

Moreover, what they can accomplish together is quite different.

Han Lie’s strength is mainly concentrated in the financial sector, currently somewhat weak, needing to wait until the bull market ends to become a true giant.

Fang Yuan’s strength is not worth mentioning, anyway, he’s a very useful tool, coincidentally able to fill Han Lie’s weakness.

Without previous issues, Han Lie and Fang Yuan could have become perfectly synchronized partners, mutually beneficial, leveraging their respective advantages for complementarity, wreaking havoc together...

But due to Fang Yuan’s arrogance, that foundation of mutual trust no longer exists.

Currently, Han Lie only wishes to mold him into his shape.

"Cooperation? Considerable."

Han Lie smiled meaningfully, playing a delaying tactic to temporarily stabilize Fang Yuan.

He needs some time to connect with Mr. Hu again, investigate Fang Yuan’s actual problems.

A true master of strategy never fights unprepared battles.

Fang Yuan didn’t notice anything, still believing his hefty offer moved Han Lie, thus getting very excited.

"God Lie, my reputation is reliable! Let’s treat them separately, and I can even sign an agreement with you before the project is finalized, and get it notarized!"