The black Mercedes-Benz moved slowly through Rong City's somewhat congested afternoon streets.
"Ah? You haven't set off yet?"
"Uh... alright, then we'll do as Tang Song says. I'll head over and wait for you."
"Alright, bye bye."
After hanging up,
Meng Ran leaned back against the soft rear seat and let out a long breath.
Gentle BGM played inside the car, but her mind was still buzzing.
The shock Tang Song's phone call had brought her yesterday afternoon kept replaying in her head.
It was the kind of shock that could overturn one's understanding of the world.
Last night, she had been so excited that she barely slept at all, only dozing off after three in the morning.
Based on her guess, Tang Song must have used connections in official circles—and they had to be provincial-level leaders.
Moreover, Tang Song's relationship with that senior official had to be anything but ordinary.
Otherwise, there was no way a single phone call could have scared the chairman of [Zhongshu Group] so badly.
After all, [Zhongshu Group] was essentially a mixed-ownership conglomerate controlled by the local State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.
Behind it stood the interests and prestige of the local government.
What could make such a behemoth bow its head was certainly not money, but the combined force of power and influence.
This morning, she had heard Little Rain mention on the phone
that [Zhongshu Group] had already offered extremely sincere terms of cooperation.
Not only had it proactively offered to package and sell off its [Coffee and Time] stores at a very low price,
it had also proposed integrating supply-chain resources and fully supporting Glimmer Coffee's expansion across the Southwest.
More importantly, with Tang Song's connections,
[Glimmer Coffee] would face no obstacles in the Southwest and could develop boldly without