"Is that so?"
"But you didn't seem interested in this before."
"I was thinking that if there weren't any other reasons, it wasn't out of the question. But now it seems you care quite a lot about this."
His thinking had been fairly simple at first.
He had thought that if it were some other issue, there might still be room to turn things around.
But this turn of events nearly made him lose his composure.
And he had only been acting according to the plan. There really was no other reason.
But Tang Long was simply too imposing. A few words nearly made him lose his composure, so it was even less possible for things to be much like what had been said.
"There are things I don't want to say twice, but I also hope certain people have some self-awareness. Don't think I'm joking."
"And I managed to attain this position. Do you think I'm joking around with you?"
There was a hint of a smile on his face, but the people above had already felt the full force of his pressure.
"I know things really shouldn't be this way, but these are the rules from above, and..."
The Manager was now drenched in sweat.
They had wanted to use this method to restrain Tang Long so that he would do more for everyone.
But Tang Long hadn't played by their rules. The moment he noticed something amiss, he raised it directly.
So now the negotiations had been turned against them.
"If you can't meet my demands, then how the rules are established from here on, and who writes them, will no longer be up to you."
There was a hint of a smile on his face, but the other man felt nothing but endless fear.
"I understand.