What left Lu Zhou speechless wasn't how this guy had gone from utterly uninterested one second to shamelessly ingratiating himself the next.
It was... Did I look like someone short of ten million?
"Boss, think it over again, please! Pearl River Ventures has some connections with Shanghai Electric Power Company. You won't lose out by bringing us in! We can find a way to secure the procurement quotas for public charging station sites. Let's get rich together!"
The moment he heard that, Lu Zhou couldn't help laughing.
So what if he had connections at Shanghai Electric Power? I'm a shareholder in East Asia Power. I was the one who drew the lines when the Pangu Reactor project team split up its operations. Did I brag about it? Did I show off?
"Brother Xiang."
"Yes!" The man's face was full of ingratiating smiles.
Lu Zhou sighed. "A gentleman does not take what others love. Since Brother Xiang thinks so highly of this project, why don't I simply give you the entire ten-million opportunity?"
The instant he heard that, the partner surnamed Xiang immediately cowered. His stiff expression shrank back, and he no longer dared mention investing. He hurriedly said with a placating smile,
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I talked too much. You should invest, sir. I'll wait and see during the next round..."
Give him the entire ten million?
What a joke. Without Lu Zhou's ten-million investment, this project was just a worthless sheet of paper.
Forget investing in it himself—even if it were given to him for free, he wouldn't want it...
Seeing the impatience on Lu Zhou's face, he was genuinely frightened.
The big shots in the front rows were fighting over it fiercely. If his chatter annoyed Lu Zhou enough to make him turn around and leave without