Yang Jian and Wan Delu got along fairly well at the dinner table.
Although Wan Delu's managers and the celebrity-level beauty invited to sit beside them spent most of their time flattering Yang Jian in every possible way, occasionally asking for key information, they still managed to get down to business.
Of course, in Yang Jian's eyes, that kind of questioning was no different from fishing for information.
Still, that was simply how dinner-table culture worked. Yang Jian did not mind letting them hear a few things. After all, such information was insignificant to people within the circle; only those outside it remained completely in the dark.
Wan Delu showed great interest in buying shares in Yang Jian's company. Perhaps, in the eyes of a businessman like him, only a partnership based on shared interests counted as a true alliance or acquaintance. Empty social pleasantries could not put him at ease.
Meanwhile, the celebrity-level beauty beside them became noticeably more attentive. She no longer even needed Wan Delu's prompting to know what to do.
After truly learning of the horror and terror behind the truth of this world, who could remain calm?
However, while Yang Jian was eating, elsewhere...
At the very top floor of Ping An Building.
Several influential figures from Friends Circle gathered once more. Listening to the intelligence and negotiation details Li Yao had brought back from the hotel, they began another round of discussion.
"The general contents of the conversation were as follows. Yang Jian's attitude was very firm. My public relations effort failed, and he refused to join Friends Circle. However, he did not reject it completely. He said that after becoming a captain, he might reconsider joining." Li Yao held a report as she spoke. "Furthermore, Yang Jian issued us a serious warning. He