Seeing how confident Ning Wangshu was, Song Guowei still felt a little worried, but he agreed anyway. "All right! Since you're so confident, Young Brother Ning, I'll trust you this once!"
Although Hu Guangji was rather indignant at Ning Wangshu's arrogant words and scoffed at them, Song Guowei had already spoken, so he couldn't very well say anything more.
He merely sneered inwardly. This kid really is clever. If I can defeat Wu Shengtian, he won't have to do a thing and will still get five million!
But if I can't beat Wu Shengtian, heh... I'd like to see how you manage to survive!
At that thought, Hu Guangji suddenly furrowed his brow again.
Although he wanted to watch Ning Wangshu make a fool of himself and get thrashed by Wu Shengtian, he had taken Song Guowei's money. He couldn't very well fail to give it his all.
And he didn't want to lose to Wu Shengtian and look bad in front of Ning Wangshu, either.
"What a damn clever scheme! I wanted to deliberately hold back and watch him make a fool of himself, but now I can't even do that! I still have to fight with everything I've got! Damn it, what kind of mess is this?"
Hu Guangji couldn't help cursing under his breath.
Seeing that Song Guowei had agreed to his terms, Ning Wangshu said, "Since you agree, Manager Song, then it's settled."
"When exactly should we make our move?"
At that, Song Guowei hurriedly replied, "The sooner the better. Let's go tomorrow morning. That fellow Wu is still guarding my mines with people from the Qi Family. We can go there directly tomorrow."
"Sounds good!"
Ning Wangshu nodded slightly, then said, "As for the fee you promised, Manager Song, you can pay me afterward. I trust someone of your standing wouldn't go back on his word!"
"Of course!"
Song Guowei smiled. "As long as you and Master Hu can help me resolve this matter, I'll pay you both every last cent I promised!"
"Mm."
Ning Wangshu gave a quiet acknowledgment, then said, "Well, if there's nothing else, Manager Song, I'll take my leave. Just have Manager Zhang let me know what time we're leaving tomorrow."
As he spoke, Ning Wangshu glanced at Zhang Yong, who was standing nearby.
He was deliberately doing Zhang Yong a favor in front of Song Guowei, so Song Guowei would contact him through Zhang Yong and raise Zhang Yong's standing in his eyes.
Ning Wangshu's younger sister would be staying in Linchuan for the next year. Zhang Yong might come in handy at some point.
This was a chance to do Zhang Yong a favor, which would make it easier to ask him for help in the future.
How could a shrewd man like Zhang Yong fail to realize that Ning Wangshu was deliberately doing him a favor?
His heart leaped with joy, and he hurriedly said, "Manager Song, let me know before you leave tomorrow. I'll go pick up Young Brother Ning and bring him to meet you!"
If even Zhang Yong understood, then Song Guowei certainly did too.
So he didn't ask Ning Wangshu for his contact information. Instead, he smiled and replied, "All right! Young Brother Ning, I'll let Xiao Zhang know before we leave tomorrow and have him come pick you up."
"Mm. Then I'll take my leave, Manager Song..."
"All right. Take care, Young Brother Ning!"
Watching Ning Wangshu turn to leave, Zhang Yong quickly said goodbye to Song Guowei as well, then hurried after him...
Once they were out of the private room, Zhang Yong immediately said to Ning Wangshu, "Young Brother Ning, thanks for what you did back there. I'll remember this favor. If you ever need anything from me, just say the word!"
Ning Wangshu smiled faintly. "Don't worry. If I need anything, I won't stand on ceremony."
"Great, great!"
Zhang Yong was delighted.
Ning Wangshu was already starting to treat him like one of his own!
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If Ning Wangshu really helped Song Guowei resolve his problem this time, then it was easy to imagine how much more highly Song Guowei would regard him.
He was sure to become a Guest of Honor.
And through Ning Wangshu, Zhang Yong could finally get close to a major figure whose influence was enough to shake the whole of Jiangnan Province!
What was more, Ning Wangshu himself could serve as a "backer" in certain situations.
Like this situation, for instance, or the trouble at his construction site last time... The benefits of building a relationship with Ning Wangshu spoke for themselves!
Amid his excitement, Zhang Yong suddenly remembered something and hurriedly added, "By the way, Young Brother Ning, I promised you two million for your travel expenses earlier. Would you still like me to withdraw it in cash?"
Zhang Yong's attitude had clearly become much more polite than before, even verging on reverence.
Ning Wangshu couldn't help smiling. He waved a hand and said, "No need for cash this time. I'll give you my account number. You can transfer it straight in."
"Sure!"
Zhang Yong quickly agreed.
Before long, Ning Wangshu gave Zhang Yong his bank account number.
Zhang Yong immediately transferred the money...
Meanwhile.
After Ning Wangshu had left, Hu Guangji finally couldn't hold back and asked Song Guowei, "Manager Song, you really believe what that kid said?"
Song Guowei smiled and reassured him. "Master Hu, whether he really has that ability or not, according to what he said, if you can handle Wu Shengtian on your own, I only have to pay him five million."
"If you really need him to step in and he still can't handle Wu Shengtian, I only have to pay him five million anyway."
"So I'm not losing out, am I?"
Hearing Song Guowei put it that way, Hu Guangji could only nod. "All right, then. If there's nothing else, Manager Song, I'll take my leave too."
"Of course. Take care, Master Hu!"
After seeing Hu Guangji off, Song Guowei looked at the two palm prints on the coffee table, then glanced at his bodyguards. "Acheng, who do you think is stronger... those two?"
At that, one of the bodyguards hesitated. He looked at the two palm prints on the table and said, "Well... I can't really say."
"Normally speaking, Master Hu is much older, so he should be a lot stronger."
"But that young Brother Ning did make a good point. I've never known much about people like them, but just like those martial arts novels say, you can't judge how strong someone is by their age and appearance alone."
"Otherwise, how would the protagonists beat so many veteran masters? It must come down to each person's talent."
"Even among people like us who train in boxing, Sanda, and the like, someone with great talent and good natural attributes can train for only a year or two and still be stronger than someone with less talent and poorer natural attributes who's trained for five or six years!"
"Besides, just judging by these two palm prints, the young man seems to have the edge. His print is deeper, and the surface is incredibly smooth, almost as if it had been carefully polished."
"But that might not be the case. Master Hu also said he used less than thirty percent of his strength on his palm print..."
Hearing that, Song Guowei laughed in exasperation and chided him, "You didn't say anything at all!"
"Heh..."
The bodyguard gave an embarrassed smile.
Song Guowei looked away and took a deep breath. "It doesn't matter which of them is stronger. As long as they can help me resolve this, a few tens of millions are nothing."
"As long as I can crush the Qi Family's arrogance again this time, let's see who in Jiangnan Province dares to challenge Old Song!"