Chapter 140 - Step 3 (IV)
Xian Tao was looking back and forth from the entrance door and the elevator.
He was afraid that the two people he was tailing would left. This was the place that his boss assumed good for striking a deal.
The entrance door opened and a girl in her teens with a middle-aged man in tow slowly walked inside.
'Boss!'
Xian Tao waved his hand with enthusiasm.
Xiong Zhi saw him and nodded.
"How have you been, boss?"
"Good. You?"
"I'm great. Mr. Qi hasn't come out yet."
"How long has he been there?"
"Almost an hour."
"Hmmm.." Xiong Zhi sat in one of the seats in the lobby.? This hotel was a middle class one.
According to the Xian Tao report, Qi Hier's lover was temporarily living here.
And they must have been doing a rated SPG scene in their room.
After a while, Xiong Zhi stands up. She was afraid that the person they were looking for would take his time there for the whole day. She doesn't have that patience and schedule to wait for him.
"Let's go."
"Eh.. yes!" Xian Tao followed Xiong Zhi.
The owners of the SHM have a blind trust in Xiong Zhi. They thought that as long as Xiong Zhi wants it, she could have it. So even though, Xian Tao doesn't know the plan, he did not question Xiong Zhi of what they about to do and followed her to the elevator.
The three people with their chin held up passed by the receptionist. The receptionist just glanced at them. Since they looked rich enough to have their own room at the hotel, the receptionist did not block them.
Xian Tao felt like he was a great man by trespassing the hotel.
"What's the room number?" Xiong Zhi asked.
"2645."
Mr. Ji pressed the 26th floor.
Xiong Zhi was calm as she was thinking of how to make a deal with the person they would meet today.
The Qi brothers have a 15% share of the ArtWorld. They are the second among the highest investors in the ArtWorld. Since they are contracted for that 15% it shows how well-off the Qi brothers are.
In terms of finances and influence, the Qi family is not lacking. So after a week of investigation, Xiong Zhi could only come up with one effective solution.
'Ting.'
They arrived at the 26th floor. They looked for 2645. Mr. Ji pressed the doorbell.
However, after five consecutive of ringing doorbell, no one answered.
"Young miss.." Mr. Ji looked at Xiong Zhi.
Xiong Zhi just nod. Gesturing to him to continue pressing the doorbell.
After some time, a man's hoarse voice sounded in the intercom.
"Who's there?"
"I'm here to look for Mr. Qi Hier."
"..." There was only silence in the other line.
"I know he is in there. I just want ten minutes of your time."
"..I-I don't know what you're talking about. You got the wrong house."
Xiong Zhi with a straight face said.
"Are you sure? I have a picture that you and Mr. Qi enter together in this building. Do you want me to give this to the media? They must be thrilled."
"...t-that...I don't know who he is.. Who are you?"
"Let me come in. We will talk. "
"...t-that..I-m sorry. I dont know you. The security is on the way. Please go."
Xiong Zhi looked at Xian Tao.
Xian Tao got the signal and hand her the phone with a voice recorder.
Xiong Zhi played the voice clip.
[ "Q-Qi Hier..w-we s-should not ah! S-should not do i-it ah! A-anymore ah!"
"What are you saying..huff..you can't even.. huff.. speak properly. Is it so huff..nice to be once more huff connected with me..?"
..... ]
The sweet whispers of the two people echoed in the hallway.
Xiong Zhi tapped the pause button.
"I can send it anytime to any media company. Are you sure you will not talk to me, Mr. Qi Hier?"
"...You!" Another voice, different from earlier shouted from the intercom.
"I bet that's you, Mr. Qi Hier. I'm willing to delete this once you let me in and have a talk."
"...."
Footsteps echoed in the hallway. It seemed the security team was on their way.
Xiong Zhi furrowed her brow.
"Are you sure you will not think it twice? If that's the case, I'll send it to..what's that called? SHM media? They are widely known this day. It's good I know one of their employees." Xiong Zhi said while tapping on her phone.
Xian Tao who was one of the owners of SHM Media Company just looked askance at her.
"W-wait! I-!" The voice from the intercom started to get fl.u.s.tered.
The security team already reached them.
"Excuse me-" the security guard started to talk to Mr. Ji to find what's going on when the door of 2645 opened.
"Sorry. I am wrong. I thought it was a prank. They are actually my friends. Sorry, I must have frightened you." A tall man with shoulder-length hair comes out. He smiled politely to the security team.
Xiong Zhi looked at the handsome man and she found him familiar.
The tall man bowed and gave excuses to the security team.
When the security team left, the tall man ushered the three of them to come in.
Xiong Zhi looked around at the room. The condo was good enough for at least two people to live. It has one master bedroom and one guest room.? It was not extravagant but simple for rich people.
There's another person in the lounge. He was wearing robes and looked pissed.
"Mr. Qi." Xiong Zhi called out to him.
"Tch." Qi Hier was a young man in his late twenties. He was handsome as well but since he was furrowing his brow too much that his handsomeness got lessened.
"How much do you want?" Qi Hier asked directly.
"I am Xiong Zhi. And this is how much I want. " Xiong Zhi sat in front of him and put the folder in the table. If the person wants to talk directly and finished it as soon as possible, she would be happy to oblige.
However, the people around them are not.
"Um. Excuse me. What's the reason for you doing this? And who are you? How did you get the recording earlier?" The tall handsome man sat beside Qi Hier. He was really nervous about the people in front of him. This was the first time someone knew of his secret relationship. And if it goes out, things would go bad for him and for Qi Hier.
"I am Xiong Zhi. I am here to discuss a business proposal. I got the recording through tailing you." She answered directly.
The tall handsome man paled.
"If we agreed to your proposal you will delete this one right? " the tall man asked carefully.
"Yes. All the evidence we have gathered that the two of you have an explicit relationship will be gone."
" And if.." The tall man looked at Qi Hier who was silently reading the folder.
"And if we don't agree what will you do?" The tall man nervously asked.
Xiong Zhi did not answer. And just looked at Qi Hier who has a nasty expression on his face.
"That depends on him." She finally said.
Qi Hier put down the folder.
"Xiong Zhi? How are you related to the Xiong family?"
"I'm the young miss."
"Ha." Qi Hier laughed mockingly.
" I can't believe that the young miss of Xiong is fond of threatening people. I don't care if you are from the legendary Xiong. But what you did today is crossing my bottom line. " Qi Hier said with a dark look.
"So? Have you forgotten who is in an advantageous position here?" Xiong Zhi did not back down.
Qi Hier turned silent. He was angry. He doesn't like being threatened. What's more infuriating was that the person on the front of him hold so much power that he could not do anything about it. Added to the fact that she was holding a secret that might destroy him.
"I wonder what your fiance will think about when she heard you like sucking another man's d$ck?"
"..!!!" The four people who heard it were shocked.
Mr. Ji was so shocked that such vulgar things came out of his young miss mouth.
'My pure young miss! She had to be this threatening to let this guy sign the paper. Oh, pure young miss.' Mr. Ji wiped his invisible tears.
Xian Tao covered his open mouth.
'It was so vulgar yet so cool! As expected of the boss!'
The tall man was fl.u.s.tered.
"You better not-!" Qi Hier holds him the tall man down. His face was so dark and he looked like he could kill a person at any moment.
"So what do you want me to do? Wasted money on the ArtWorld? Do you think my brother won't stop me?"
Qi Hier was not the only one who was investing in the 15% share of ArtWorld. They are investing together with his brother, Qi Gan.
"It's your job to convince him, not me. All I want you is to sign that paper."
Qi Gan has clear records. If he has some dark secrets like corruption, he hid it well. One week is not enough to dig his secrets. And Time was Xiong Zhi's greatest enemy in this trial. So she comes up to this solution, which is threatening Qi Hier and making him convince his brother to continue investing in ArtWorld.
'If I have other ways to convince you and your brother, I should have not used this method.'
But since she was lacking in time, she had to go through this.
She had learned her lesson in her last life. If she have to threaten someone she have to be convincing to the point that the other person would not think of backstabbing her. So she has to be rude and push the other person in the corner.
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