Chapter 861 - 593: Turning the Tables
This really is a case of 'search high and low only to find it effortlessly'!
"Ahaha, Young Master Yang, you are truly a man of mystery!"
Niu Zhengwu enthusiastically stepped forward and tightly shook Yang Zhiyuan's hand.
Yang Zhiyuan was worried Niu Zhengwu might look down upon his low social status and be angry for calling him over. He feared Niu Zhengwu would complain to his father, but to his surprise, Niu Zhengwu was so warm towards him.
He even praised him!
Han Zihan looked at Yang Zhiyuan with even more admiration!
"Young Master Yang, I didn't expect your connections to be so powerful?"
Yang Zhiyuan felt elated.
"You're too kind, Niu. Where do I hide my abilities?"
Niu Zhengwu continued to shake his hand tightly.
"You managed to secure a dinner with President Xia, such a big shot, yet you've kept a low profile all along. Isn't that being modest? Could you introduce me to President Xia?"
Having said that, Niu Zhengwu looked at Yang Zhiyuan with eager anticipation.
Yang Zhiyuan was dumbfounded.
"President Xia? Which President Xia?"
I have so many strengths, and yet you praise me for knowing President Xia?
Who is President Xia?
Yang Zhiyuan couldn't process it immediately.
"It's Xia Liang here, President Xia, isn't it?"
Niu Zhengwu was equally confused, with a bewildered expression.
"What's the matter? You don't know him?"
Niu Zhengwu looked exasperated.
"Oh, oh?"
Yang Zhiyuan turned his head stiffly and mechanically towards Xia Liang.
Summer Xia smiled slightly.
Niu Zhengwu instantly understood.
A businessman elite, manager of a four-star hotel, was an ace among aces.
Recognizing at a glance!
Turns out you, Young Master Yang, aren't close with Xia Liang?
Don't even know he's the real big shot?
Niu swiftly let go of Yang Zhiyuan's hand and moved enthusiastically towards Xia Liang.
"President Xia! Look at you, coming to dine at your own hotel without giving me a call?"
Niu Zhengwu was incredibly warm.
"Own hotel?"
Everyone in the private room was stunned!
Han Zihan's mouth was agape enough to fit an egg. What is going on?
Xia Liang spoke calmly.
"I'm just here by chance for a class reunion. Didn't want to bother you all."
"What kind of words are those?"
Niu Zhengwu glanced around the room with displeasure.
"The whole hotel belongs to you. How can we be arranged in such a shabby private room? Manager! How did you receive us?"
The restaurant manager rushed in, nodding and bowing, wiping cold sweat.
"I'm sorry, Niu. I really didn't know Mister Xia was here~~"
"Call him President Xia! He's our new boss at Caesar Hotel!"
Niu Zhengwu spoke sternly.
"Hurry up and arrange for President Xia! The top-floor executive bar!"
"What?"
Han Zihan's eyes almost popped out in shock!
Several people turned to stone, trembling in awe, you petty lot.
Xia Liang waved his hand.
"Niu, there's no need to make a fuss. We're fine gathering here with our classmates."
Niu Zhengwu spoke earnestly.
"No way, your status and position demand it. This private room can only fool those who don't know better. It's inappropriate given your standing!"
Yang Zhiyuan was completely befuddled.
"Fooling those who don't know, does that refer to me?"
He had bragged for ages about how awesome and hard it was to book this private room, only to find that in Niu's eyes, it was to fool outsiders.
As a minor shareholder, his mindset crumbled!
Turns out I'm the clown!
Tragic!
Earlier they praised Yang Zhiyuan as impressive, now it seems that in the eyes of a manager showing such warmth to Xia Liang, this private room is nothing but a facade?
Trash! Worthless, losing face.
The four-yuan dishes suddenly seemed unappetizing!
The manager, after hearing Niu call Xia Liang the new boss, trembled with calf cramps, wiping cold sweat: "This, President Xia, please don't hold it against us, we truly didn't know you were the new boss. Plus, we dared to charge you four yuan."
"What?"
Niu Zhengwu was furious, reprimanding.
"The boss comes to dine, and you dare to charge? Quickly return the money!"
"Okay, we'll refund it immediately!"
The restaurant manager quickly ran off, and soon returned with a bag, nodding and bowing.
"President Xia, we worried a direct refund might be slow, so here's the four yuan in cash, returning it to you!"
Xia Liang chuckled.
"Just leave it here."
Yang Zhiyuan was instantly dumbfounded. Isn't there something wrong? Wasn't it Xia Liang who extorted my meal money? I'm the one who paid! Why refund, why give him four yuan?
He was angrily flustered, speech faltering.
"Niu! What, what's going on? How did Xia Liang become the hotel's owner? My family is the shareholder, right?"
Niu Zhengwu glanced at Xia Liang sitting lower down, understanding the relationship between Yang Zhiyuan and Xia Liang, realizing they were not close. It seemed more like a trap for Xia Liang.
He knew.
99% big boss, vs the son of a 1% minor shareholder! Which side would you choose?
Even a child would know who to pick!
He spoke calmly.
"Young Master Yang, your family's investment ratio is 1%!"
He then pointed at Xia Liang.
"President Xia holds 99% of the shares!"
Niu Zhengwu smiled pleasantly.
"Whom should I call the boss?"
Yang Zhiyuan was instantly dumbstruck, Han Zihan too was shocked, Xia Liang? 99% shares?
Doesn't that mean this hundred-yuan four-star hotel belongs to Xia Liang?
Han Zihan regretted it down to her very core!
Messed up!
Completely messed up.
Xia Liang is so handsome and wealthy, absolutely my ideal man!
Such an ideal man, I would chase after, how did it come to this?
It's all Yang Zhiyuan's fault!
What kind of information did he have? What inquiries did he make, claiming Xia Liang was just a regular worker, a poor nobody?
Compared to Xia Liang, it's Yang Zhiyuan who is the poor nobody!
Han Zihan made a decision in a second, stood up boldly!
Glared angrily at Yang Zhiyuan.
Her face turned faster than a page in a book!
"Yang Zhiyuan! I will not permit you to insult Xia Liang that way! Xia Liang is our classmate, and more importantly, my..."
A faint blush of shyness drifted over Han Zihan's face, she glanced at Xia Liang, gently biting her lower lip, reminiscent of a bashful summer lotus.
"More importantly, my secret crush from middle school until now—my idol!"
The whole room was stunned!
MGLBD!
Just now, wasn't that what you said?
Earlier, you seemed to be with Yang Zhiyuan, constantly mocking Xia Liang?
Still cozying up to Yang Zhiyuan, offering drinks?
Li Xuelei seized the opportunity to ridicule.
"Han Zihan, Xia Liang is your long-time crush? Couldn't tell! All I saw tonight was you sitting beside Yang Zhiyuan, offering him drinks?"
Han Zihan's expression changed, she stood abruptly, moved to sit next to Xia Liang, distancing herself from Yang Zhiyuan, and insisted on explaining.
"Xia Liang, please don't misunderstand! It was Yang Zhiyuan who forced me, insisted I sit next to him. He, he has ulterior motives, trying to humiliate you, Xia Liang. Wuwuwu~~"
Han Zihan embraced her inner drama queen, adding theatrics, choking up.
"I, I hate these things! We're all classmates, with the purest of relations, why make things difficult for Xia Liang?"
Seeing the goddess betray so quickly, rushing to Xia Liang's side, even "exposing" him, Yang Zhiyuan was furious.
"Han Zihan! Do you have no shame? It was you who said, that being embarrassed by Xia Liang's social media post today, you wanted me to help restore your reputation. Now that you hear the hotel belongs to Xia Liang, you throw all the blame on me?"