Huang Xueli's words shattered the last shred of hope Wang Xiaoliang had clung to.
When the call ended, all the strength drained out of him. The sunlight outside the car window was blinding, yet not a ray reached his heart.
Shut it down?
Why the hell should I!
That was his hard work and ingenuity!
That was the secret to drawing customers that Li Le and the other two had carved out, slice by slice, their fruit knives flying!
It was what gave him the confidence to expand!
It was his secret weapon for topping the sales of every supermarket at Jiang University.
Just because some scumbag named Sun Wenbin said, "It's outside the contracted area and affects the surroundings," all his efforts, all those early mornings and late nights, were over?
He couldn't swallow this.
Wang Xiaoliang refused to accept it. He grabbed his phone, found Zhou Qiang's number, and called him. Brother Qiang was quick on his feet; maybe he would have a solution.
"Ring... ring..."
It rang for a long time. Just as Wang Xiaoliang thought it would disconnect automatically, the other end rejected the call.
He flung his phone onto the passenger seat, reclined his seat, and leaned back.
What could he do? What else could he do?
A name popped into his head-Vice President Song Yi.
But the moment the thought surfaced, he suppressed it himself. Go to Principal Song? And say what?
The Comprehensive Governance Office had a legitimate reason. The contract was there in black and white, and the patch of ground outside the shop wasn't included. They could indeed say it fell outside the scope of the contract. They were following the rules, with sound reasons and evidence. Given Principal Song's incorruptible character, how could he possibly help him break the rules?