Become One With Me

After Lin Qi hung up, it took another two or three minutes before Mr. Patu returned to the table and sat down.

He had given Lin Qi some time to think over and digest the information he had just received from the call. It was a matter of courtesy, and even more so, breeding.

Of course, one person's breeding could not serve as the standard encompassing everyone's rules of conduct. Everyone occupied a different social class, and the way they treated the world—and the way the world treated them—was different as well.

You couldn't expect a worker to give you those two or three minutes to process and digest the information. They might not even choose to turn away before you answered the phone. They might simply stare at you openly.

So when you looked at them, they might even ask in bafflement, "Aren't you going to answer the phone?"

Well-mannered people could indeed make you feel as though you were standing beneath the warm spring sun in March, enjoying a gentle breeze brushing your face. But people without manners were not necessarily the bitter cold of winter.

Not necessarily! "Mr. Wo Delike's call..." Lin Qi smiled and took the initiative to bring up the call. "Where were we just now?"

Mr. Patu's attention had clearly been drawn away by the name "Mr. Wo Delike." It took him two seconds longer than usual to react. "I don't mind paying entirely in cash. Of course, cross-shareholding would work too."

"As long as it allows me to invest in this company, any method is open for discussion."

Mr. Patu had originally planned to "purchase" shares in Lin Qi Company with a combination of cash and equity. But now he had added another option: he was willing to pay entirely in cash.

Exchanging