Chapter 317

Yang Zhiping raised an eyebrow and smiled: "President Zhao, the important clients you mentioned, could they be these two? That's quite a coincidence."

Anyone who's around Guangzhou knows Zhao Si; he does reselling for a Hong Kong businessman.

Putting aside the question of why Ji Wanmei and Lei Tingjun got together, the fact that they became Zhao Si's important clients is something Yang Zhiping should study.

Yang Zhiping had a gut feeling that there was something fishy going on here.

Zhao Si took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, lit it with a lighter, and looked at Yang Zhiping with an expression that said, "What, you're not happy about this?" He said, "What, you two are pretty close?"

Zhao Si was a local bigwig in Guangzhou, with a wide business empire in the area, and almost everyone knew him.

After being sent to Guangzhou, Yang Zhiping went around trying to build connections. In order to find suitable foreign partners, he invited people to dinner every day.

Having learned that Zhao Si knew many people and had connections with Hong Kong businessmen, Yang Zhiping intended to befriend Zhao Si from the very beginning.

However, Zhao Si looked down on Yang Zhiping, thinking he was a nobody.

Yang Zhiping lowered his stance and invited Zhao Si to dinner several times, trying to build a relationship with him, but Zhao Si didn't go.

Unexpectedly, Yang Zhiping stumbled upon Zhao Si inviting Ji Wanmei and Lei Tingjun to dinner.

Yang Zhiping was initially extremely surprised, and then he began to wonder if the Oriental Factory had made some new moves.

Perhaps Ji Wanmei came here at her father's behest to open up this trade route with foreign merchants herself?

But upon seeing Lei Tingjun, Yang Zhiping immediately abandoned the idea.

Yang Zhiping knew a certain amount about Ji Xingguo, and even if Yang Zhiping didn't, his father, Deputy Factory Director Yang, knew him very well.

Ji Xingguo would never look favorably upon Lei Tingjun, much less entrust his precious daughter to a factory slacker like Lei Tingjun.

At this moment, Yang Zhiping still sees Lei Tingjun as the gangster boss from the Eastern Factory from last year.

When the incident occurred, Yang Zhiping slunk away to Guangzhou, having never heard of Lei Tingjun's development in Pingdong City.

Therefore, he thought that Lei Tingjun was a good-for-nothing, a mere brute, and insignificant.

Yang Zhiping thought disdainfully, "How could someone as proud as Ji Xingguo possibly look up to someone like him?"

However, Yang Zhiping couldn't explain why Lei Tingjun was with Ji Wanmei, and...

And the two of them seem so intimate?

While subtly speculating, Yang Zhiping answered Zhao Si's question with a fawning smile: "Mr. Zhao, you don't know this, do you? This Miss Ji and I are childhood sweethearts. We grew up together since we were little."

When Ji Wanmei heard Yang Zhiping, that shameless bastard, say that, her face immediately turned cold: "I've seen shameless people before, but I've never seen anyone this shameless."

Yang Zhiping was humiliated by Ji Wanmei's direct attack and looked at her awkwardly.

Zhao Si's eyes darted back and forth between them, hesitant: "So what exactly is your relationship?"

Since the matter had already been brought up to this point, Ji Wanmei simply said, "I don't know how Manager Yang told you about his background to General Manager Zhao, but my father also works at the same place where he currently works. We just know each other."

Zhao Si suddenly realized: "Oh, I see."

Zhao Si looked down on Yang Zhiping again. Just now, he kept talking about being childhood sweethearts, which aroused Zhao Si's curiosity and gossip. But the beautiful Ji simply said that they were not familiar with each other, distancing herself from the relationship as much as possible.

Therefore, Zhao Si's disdain for Yang Zhiping can be seen from these small details, revealing a person's character and approach to life.

Sneaky, petty, and calculating—as a man, he has absolutely no magnanimity.

Although everyone is in the same boat and doing business to make money, Zhao Si looks down on a scoundrel like Yang Zhiping.

He followed those foreigners around all day, acting like a lackey, practically wanting to recognize them as his father on the spot. His face was disgusting to anyone who saw it.

Although Zhao Si himself also engaged in reselling for Hong Kong businessmen, he never fawned over foreigners; if anyone was going to fawn, it was the Hong Kong businessmen themselves who did it.

This is often the case; you can't judge a book by its cover.

Despite his nouveau riche and sleazy appearance, Zhao Si actually has a patriotic heart at heart.

As the group was testing each other with their words, Yang Zhiping's female companion, who had been waiting impatiently, swayed over and called out in a sweet, cloying voice, "Darling, what are you still doing? Those foreign businessmen are about to leave, shall we go see them off?"

Hearing that affected voice, Ji Wanmei felt a chill run down her spine and looked up indifferently.

Yang Zhiping's female companion was no longer Tian Jiaofeng, who had come to Pingquan County to see him last time; he had replaced her with another woman.

Ji Wanmei had never met or known Yang Zhiping, but that didn't stop her from feeling even more disgusted with him.

It's disgusting; even looking at her for a second would hurt her eyes.

Lei Tingjun also frowned as he watched the woman dressed like a prostitute sway her hips and walk towards Yang Zhiping. She grabbed Yang Zhiping's arm and twisted and coiled around him like a snake.

In front of Ji Wanmei, Yang Zhiping showed no embarrassment or awkwardness whatsoever; on the contrary, he exuded a sense of pride and smugness.

The way he looked at Ji Wanmei seemed to say, "Look at you, you ignored me back then, but now there are plenty of women throwing themselves at me."

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