"To deal with someone who has no fear of you from the bottom of his heart, complaining to Chairman Chu will only make him more unscrupulous and make it seem Young Master Shun Xin has no authority. We should let him complain, and this time he will definitely do so. However, he won't dare to complain about Young Master Shun yet; instead, he'll complain about me because I accepted fifteen gold coins from Fuyixing and took on all sorts of things. Can Chan Ah-sap swallow this insult?"
"What if he sues you?" Chu Xiaoxin asked Song Tianyao, his eyes darting around.
He didn't blame Song Tianyao for his somewhat insidious words. He had seen plenty of sibling rivalries in wealthy families, and he didn't believe that his elder brother, Chu Xiaozhong had been so sarcastic and cynical towards him, would truly be a respectful brother after their father's passing. However, he was helpless; he was less intelligent, less talented, and far less capable than his elder brother. He couldn't steal his brother's limelight in front of their father, so Chu Xiaoxin played the ostrich, avoiding any competition for the family fortune. He even refused to stay overnight at the Chu Family when his brother was there, instead choosing to come to the Dulles Hotel.
"That depends on your thoughts, Young Master Shun. Do you want to expand this business or continue as it is? Young Master Shun said that the most important thing in life is integrity. If you trust me, now take the fourteen gold bars on the table and go see Chairman Chu. Don't say much, just ask him which gold shop the Chu Family is familiar with. You are prepared to sell the fourteen gold bars to exchange for cash as capital to help Likang Trading Company buy another ship. As long as Chairman Chu knows that the fourteen gold bars are in your hands, and Chan Ah-sap sues me, it will Young Master Shun same as suing you as well. At that time, we don't need to do anything ourselves, we can just sit there and watch how Chan Ah-sap's face swells up." After Song Tianyao finished speaking, he leaned back in his chair and looked at Chu Xiaoxin with a relaxed expression.
Chu Xiaoxin placed the gold bars in front of him and asked with some doubt, "Is it really that simple? Should I take the gold home to show my father? Is that bastard Chan Ah-sap going to be in trouble?"
Chapter Forty-Eight: The Car Reflects the Person
"Someone wants to see how badly I get slapped in the face; that's how badly they'll suffer," Song Tianyao said, taking a cigarette from his pack and putting it in his mouth.
After saying that, he reached for his matches, only to find they were missing from his pocket; he must have forgotten them in his room. So he turned to a Life Buoy -aged white Britain woman at the next table, who was smoking a Sobranie cigarette, and asked in English, "Excuse me, ma'am, could I borrow your matches?"
The woman handed the matches to Song Tianyao, Song Tianyao lit his cigarette and returned the match to her, smiling politely as he said, "Thank you, have a nice day. And by the way, the hat you placed next to me is really beautiful."
The white woman bowed slightly to express her gratitude for Song Tianyao's compliment.
After sitting back down, Song Tianyao looked at Chu Xiaoxin. Chu Xiaoxin glanced at the white woman strangely, then looked at Song Tianyao: "Is this how you pick up white Foreign Girls? Your English was very fluent just now. These white guys are terrible. My English is much worse, so I can only speak very slowly. Then, before I could finish speaking, the white Foreign Girl got impatient and left."
"Young Master Shun, is there something wrong with what you're focusing on?" Song Tianyao chuckled wryly. His boss was really easygoing and carefree. He was just asking about Chan Ah-sap, but now that he saw Song Tianyao borrowing a light from a white woman, he immediately thought that Song Tianyao could date a white woman.
Chu Xiaoxin began to rewrap the bundle, stacking the gold as he asked, "I was going to take you to the trading company today to familiarize yourself with it, but now it seems... wait, weren't you supposed to have fifteen? Why are there only fourteen?"
"I didn't have enough money to pay the singer's tip last night, so I gave her a cigarette temporarily. Do you want it? I'll return the cash to you." As he spoke, Song Tianyao took out his wallet and pretended to hand it to Chu Xiaoxin.
Chu Xiaoxin, a scion of a wealthy family, didn't really consider a gold bar to be anything too valuable. However, upon hearing that Song Tianyao had used a gold bar to reward a singing girl, he frowned and, adopting a wise tone, advised Song Tianyao: "A-Yao, I've been very satisfied with your behavior these past two days. The only thing is, you're even more generous than me? I've known you for two nights, and I've already said this to you three times, more frequently than my Dad does to me."
"After being poor for so long, I naturally want to make myself more comfortable when I have money in my pocket," Song Tianyao said with a forced grin.
Chu Xiaoxin brushed Song Tianyao's outstretched hand, offering him his wallet, back. "Forget it, let me tell you, don't even think about giving you an advance on your salary. It's not that I'm stingy, I'm just saving some money for you so you don't spend it all in the blink of an eye. I've figured it out, if you keep letting yourself spend like this, in less than six months you'll be on par with Li Caifa. He's the emperor of Hong Kong's entertainment industry, and you're the spendthrift child of Hong Kong's entertainment industry."
He complained, but there was no dissatisfaction on his face. If Song Tianyao were truly capable and talented without any flaws, he would unconsciously feel distant and want to stay away from such a perfect person. The current Song Tianyao made him feel very comfortable. He was efficient, intelligent, and not without flaws. He could find a way to advise and remind him, such as telling him not to spend money recklessly.
"I'm going to see my father. Will you wait here?" Chu Xiaoxin wrapped the gold, finished eating the fried egg with a knife and fork, drank some coffee, wiped his mouth, and asked Song Tianyao.
Song Tianyao shrugged. "You told me not to spend money recklessly, and I only have less than a thousand yuan left in my wallet, so of course I have to be careful. How about I hitch a ride with you, wait for you with the driver in the car, and then go to the store to meet the employees?"
"Alright, less than a thousand yuan left. You spend money faster than you print it. I really admire you." Chu Xiaoxin tossed the bundle to Song Tianyao: "Let's go see my Dad."
Chan Ah-sap got up early this morning. His concubine had been teasing him last night, but Chan Ah-sap was in a fit of rage, slapped him so hard that he saw stars. Even after being hit, he didn't know why Chan Ah-sap was so angry. It was all thanks to Song Tianyao.
After washing his face, gargling, shaving, and putting on a long gown, making sure that his outfit could somewhat conceal his rugged appearance, Chen Ah Shi asked his younger brother to call two rickshaws and hurried towards the Meili Daoliheng Trading Company in Central.