Chapter 502: Painful Choice

Perimont Restaurant, London.

Song Wenchang smiled, put down the knife in his hand, wiped his mouth and said, "Thank you Mr. Barber for your hospitality. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."

After his last proactive visit, Song Wenchang stopped visiting and waited for the other party to contact him. He believed that the other party would not be able to refuse the conditions he offered.

Compared to Tang Shuo, he was no less well-connected in terms of resources. His only shortcoming was that he had no idea what leverage Tang Shuo had over Cribber.

But this is undoubtedly a plus in the eyes of Cribber. I believe no one likes to cooperate with someone who can threaten him at any time.

Unexpectedly, Chris Barber was more patient and called him two days later.

Song Wenchang once again reiterated to Cribber his expectations for cooperation and the ways to control Tang Shuo. The two sides reached a simple verbal agreement, which can be said to be a worthwhile trip.

"No."

Cribber, who was sitting opposite him, shook his head and replied, "Until you completely control Tang Shuo's resources, there will be no cooperative relationship between us."

Song Wenchang frowned, and the smile that had been so bright just now froze on his face.

To be honest, he didn't like working with Kerry Barber, or in other words, he didn't want to play the weaker party no matter what the situation was.

However, in the current environment, he has no choice but to accept such conditions temporarily.

Song Wenchang glanced out the restaurant window. The food was average, nothing eye-catching, but also impeccable. However, the view of London at night was truly unique.

Despite the beautiful scenery, Song Wenchang had no intention of appreciating it.

He knew very well that no matter how he did it, he had to personally seize the evidence that Tang Shuo had in his hands against Cribabber, otherwise the cooperation that Cribabber had agreed to would be completely shattered.

"Mr. Barber, please enjoy your meal." Song Wenchang said politely, "I'll contact you as soon as I have any news."

"Goodbye." Cribbble nodded.

Song Wenchang agreed, turned around and walked towards the exit of the restaurant.

Almost at the same time, as Song Wenchang walked out of the restaurant, a young man at the table next to them stood up and moved to sit next to Cribber.

"Mr. Barber, is he the Chinese you were talking about?" asked the young man.

"Yes." Cribber nodded, looked at the young man in front of him with a complicated expression, and said, "I just pretended to agree to his conditions. Now it's up to you."

"Don't worry, Mr. Barber." The young man raised the corners of his mouth and nodded slowly.

"But..." Cribber hesitated for a moment and said, "I haven't even told them any promises. Will they doubt my sincerity?"

Now, Cribber could no longer look down on the young man sitting next to him. There was no trace of the elder's tone in his speech.

On the one hand, it is because the other party represents the Lawrence family, and on the other hand, it is because of the other party’s personal ability.

Cribber had an extremely difficult time these past two days. After thinking things over carefully, he finally decided to delay the matter for the time being and wait until the situation became clearer before deciding on which side to stand on.

"That's the right thing to do," the young man said. "If you make a promise, they'll start to doubt you."

“…”

…

As soon as Song Wenchang got out of the elevator, Zhang Jingxin, who had been waiting in the lobby, stood up and asked, "Mr. Song, did he agree?"

"I agree."

Song Wenchang nodded and answered, then continued, "But this guy is a bit of an old fox. He hasn't made any useful promises to us. He even told me clearly that he won't participate until we completely control Tang Shuo."

"That's not so bad," Zhang Jingxin said. "Compared to making a lot of promises and then stabbing us in the back, it's easier for us to accept if this is explained at the beginning."

"So you agree with my approach?" Song Wenchang asked with a smile.

In fact, he really thinks so now. If the other party had really made many promises and guarantees just now, he would start to doubt the matter from another perspective.

"I still feel a little uneasy."

Zhang Jingxin shook his head and replied, "Everything here is almost entirely controlled by Cribber. Even if we crush Tang Shuo, it doesn't seem to be that advantageous for us."

Song Wenchang looked at Zhang Jingxin and asked, "So what do you mean?"

"I think we should partner with Tang Shuo," Zhang Jingxin replied. "After receiving our funding, Tang Yun Group will undoubtedly see even stronger growth. Besides, Tang Yun and I have similar backgrounds, so there won't be any cultural clashes. A win-win partnership is undoubtedly better."

Song Wenchang sighed helplessly, shook his head and walked towards the car.

From the perspective of interests, it is naturally better to cooperate.

For example, he had worked together with the Jiang family and the Li family to deal with Huangfu Yuanzhou before. Song Wenchang himself would not believe that Huangfu Yuanzhou had no grudges in his heart.

But later on, the three of them still worked together, and were even closer than before. This was all due to issues of interest.

But dealing with Tang Shuo was the starting point for his cooperation with Huangfu Yuanzhou this time, so he cut off this possibility from the beginning. And with the addition of Jiang Tiantong, there was no room for maneuver.

There are so many people in the world, and he might even be able to cooperate with any one of them, but it is absolutely impossible for him to cooperate with Tang Shuo.

As soon as Song Wenchang got into the car, the bodyguard in front of the car handed him a mobile phone and said, "Boss, it's a call from China."

"Who is it?"

"Li Ruiyi." The bodyguard replied.

Seeing this, Zhang Jingxin hesitated for a moment, but in the end did not choose to get in the car directly. Instead, she took two steps back.

Song Wenchang took the phone, nodded in agreement, and then fell silent.

After a while, he finally responded, "Please keep a close eye on me for the next two days. I'll be back soon."

After hanging up the phone, he immediately said to Zhang Jingxin, who had retreated several meters away, "Hurry up and get in the car!"

After hearing Song Wenchang's words, Zhang Jingxin agreed and then walked forward again and got into the car.

He was a person who paid great attention to details. Even if Song Wenchang didn't say anything, he would pay close attention to many things and would not dare to overstep the line.

Song Wenchang handed over the phone and said, "Please contact Tang Shuo directly for me. I want to see him."

"See him?" Zhang Jingxin asked in surprise.

"Yes." Song Wenchang nodded and said, "The best time could be tomorrow noon. We will return home tomorrow afternoon."

Zhang Jingxin hesitated for a while while holding the phone, then indifferently pressed a set of numbers. After the call was connected, Zhang Jingxin told Song Wenchang that he wanted to meet her.

Tang Shuo on the other end of the phone agreed very readily, as if he had been prepared for it, so the conversation between the two parties was not long.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Jingxin said, "He asked us to meet him tomorrow morning."

Song Wenchang agreed, and then continued, "Book a flight for tomorrow night, and we will return home immediately."

After Zhang Jingxin finished the ticket booking call, Song Wenchang asked with a smile, "Do you want to know why?"

Zhang Jingxin hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded slowly.

"Tang Shuo has someone detained two of our men. I'm going to talk to him." Song Wenchang took the initiative to explain, "I have leverage over him. If we use it well, perhaps this matter can be resolved. We can even control Cribber."

In fact, when Song Wenchang first came into contact with Zhang Jingxin this time, he discovered from the beginning that the other party knew almost nothing about the core things of Tangyun Group. He should have given up on him, but later he saw that the other party was a promising talent, so he brought him with him and trained him as an assistant.

So many times, Song Wenchang is also willing to take the initiative to help the other party explain a few words.

Zhang Jingxin nodded, and wisely did not ask the other party what the specific matter was.

“…”

…

Downtown apartment.

Tang Shuo hung up the phone and said to Jiang Tiantong beside him with a playful look, "Song Wenchang wants to see me."

Jiang Tiantong glanced at Tang Shuo's face and replied, "It seems that your domestic layout is a bit urgent."

"There's nothing we can do about it."

Tang Shuo shrugged and said, "I just wanted to teach Tan Zhuojun a lesson, but who knew Huangfu Yuanzhou would run into the trap."

Jiang Tiantong was silent for a while, then said, "I want to go back too."

"What are you going back for?" Tang Shuo asked.

"Things over at Beichen are almost over." Jiang Tiantong said calmly, "It's time to kick Song Wenchang out."

“…”

You are an outsider yourself, and now you are kicking the legitimate owner out of the house, and you are still saying it so righteously. Tang Shuo suddenly felt that he had underestimated Jiang Tiantong's thickness of face.

"Wait two days and I'll go back with you." Tang Shuo replied, "Su Ran is about to give birth."

"good."

Jiang Tiantong agreed, stood up and walked straight into the bedroom.

Looking at the other person's back, Tang Shuo realized that he had said the wrong thing, but he didn't dare to explain any more and could only pretend that he didn't realize the problem.

The problem that is giving him the most headache now is not Jiang Tiantong, but Li Yihe's matter.

When he first came to London, he met Li Ruiyi alone, hoping that the other party would "reform" and wash his hands of justice in time after his warning.

Otherwise, once the conflict intensifies in the future, some shameful things will inevitably happen between the two sides.

By then, Li Yihe will be caught in the middle and he will find it very difficult to handle the situation.

But that warning didn't work at all. Now the other party still did its own thing, and even became more active when Huangfu Yuanzhou and Tan Zhuojun were temporarily detained. Tang Shuo felt that he needed to have a serious talk with Li Yihe about this issue.

Snap...

Just as Tang Shuo was thinking about how to start the conversation, Li Yihe, who had gone downstairs to buy something, suddenly pushed the door open and walked in.

She looked around and asked, "Where's Tiantong?"

"It's time to go to bed." Tang Shuo replied.

Li Yihe glanced at Tang Shuo suspiciously and asked doubtfully, "Really?"

"How could this be false?" Tang Shuo asked back.

Seeing Li Yihe about to enter the bedroom, Tang Shuo suddenly said, "Wait a minute, I have something I want to talk to you about."

Li Yihe saw Tang Shuo's serious expression and suddenly seemed to realize something. He turned around and asked, "What are you going to say?"

"Come and sit down."

Tang Shuo pointed to the sofa beside him and replied, "It's very important anyway."

Li Yihe hesitated and sat down on the sofa, then asked, "Go ahead!"

"if!"

Tang Shuo asked seriously, "I've had a conflict with your family. What are you going to do?"

“…”

Li Yihe pursed his lips and did not answer Tang Shuo.

But Tang Shuo didn't seem to notice the pain in Li Yihe's eyes. He continued, "Your brother and Song Wenchang are working together to deal with me and the Jiang family. I've warned him before, but it didn't work. So I want to know what you plan to do."