The Tongcheng Li family is also one of the top wealthy families in Tongcheng. Its main business is clothing. Not only does it have a huge clothing factory, it also accepts OEM for major brands, etc. It is the largest industrial group in Tongcheng and has great prestige. It often receives official support, which invisibly suppresses other families in Tongcheng.
As the Tongcheng Li family's industry continued to develop, the clothing they produced also occupied a place in the Xia Kingdom and they had a lot of wealth.
When the economic conditions reached a certain level, the focus of the Tongcheng Li family changed. They began to collect all kinds of precious clothes and built a clothing exhibition hall in Tongcheng. Every year, they held a grand clothing exhibition, displaying clothes of different styles from all over the world in a unified manner, and once again gained a lot of fame.
With such an industry and such a reputation, the Li family would be a little proud. Just a few days ago, Song Zhe came to visit with a piece of top-quality cloth, wanting to arrange for their Songji Tailors' clothes to participate in the clothing exhibition held by the Tongcheng Li family today. As a result, after the people of the Tongcheng Li family saw the cloth, they could not take their eyes off it and immediately wanted to buy it from Song Zhe.
Song Zhe had finally gotten this piece of cloth, how could he possibly sell it to the Tongcheng Li family?
However, in Tongcheng, Song Zhe was unable to defeat the Li family. Although the Li family did not use forceful means to acquire the fabric, Song Zhe had to tell them the origin of the fabric, and then Song Lin visited Shen Qi this afternoon.
At 5:30 in the afternoon, people from the Tongcheng Li family came to Jincheng. Song Zhe and Song Lin received the news and followed them immediately.
Shen Hong had received news from the Tongcheng Li family in advance, so he naturally would not show weakness. Not only did he come out early, he also reserved a seat at Baixianglou.
This is Jincheng. No matter what the purpose of the Tongcheng Li family's visit this time is, they cannot weaken their reputation.
After booking a seat, Shen Hong called the people from the Tongcheng Li family and asked them to come to Baixianglou. He arranged Shen Qi to the main seat without hesitation. He sat next to Shen Qi and waited for the people from the Tongcheng Li family to come.
The purpose of the Tongcheng Li family this time was to get the long gown in Shen Qi's hand. They didn't care much about these things and went straight to Baixiang Tower.
Song Zhe and Song Lin followed closely behind.
A black Audi stopped at the door of Baixiang Tower, and two well-dressed men walked out. They were the Li family of Tongcheng.
Li Can, the current head of the Li family, is one of the most powerful people in Tongcheng.
Li Cheng, the son of Li Can, is also the recognized heir to the Li family.
The two of them came to Jincheng, determined to get Shen Qi's robe!
Before the two of them entered Baixiang Tower, Song Zhe and Song Lin hurriedly came to meet them.
"Master Li, this is your first time meeting Master Shen. Why don't you let me and my daughter accompany you so that the atmosphere won't be awkward?"
Li Can nodded slightly. It was good to have Song Zhe and his daughter present, at least there wouldn't be too much embarrassment.
A group of four entered the private room reserved by Shen Hong. Seeing this, Shen Hong hurriedly stood up to greet them.
Although I know that the Li family must have some ulterior motive for coming here this time, I still have to observe proper etiquette before getting down to business, otherwise it would be a laughing stock if it got out.
However, Shen Qi had no intention of standing up. Regardless of seniority or ability, he had no reason to be nice to the Tongcheng Li family, especially after knowing the other party's intention.
Li Can entered the private room and saw Shen Qi sitting in the main seat with no intention of getting up. He knew that this matter today would be difficult to handle.
But this was not enough to make him retreat. If things were really easy to handle, he wouldn't have to come here in person.
When Song Zhe and Song Lin saw this scene, they understood what was going on.
This dinner had a tit-for-tat tone from the very beginning.
Shen Hong invited everyone to take a seat, and Song Zhe took the initiative to stand up and introduce them, because he was the only one present who was familiar with both the Shen family and the Tongcheng Li family.
After some simple pleasantries, Li Can got down to business.
"Master Shen, we came all the way here this time because we have something to discuss with you."
Shen Hong glanced at Shen Qi and nodded, "Master Li, please speak."
Li Can said, "I heard that a distant relative of yours, the Shen family, has come to visit. This distant relative happens to have a very valuable robe. As you know, our Li family specializes in the clothing business and holds a clothing exhibition every year. So, we came here this time to buy this robe and display it publicly at the next clothing exhibition. What do you think, Master Shen?"
Shen Hong was not in a hurry to answer, but picked up the teacup and drank the tea slowly.
"Master Li, logically speaking, since you've come all this way and told me all this, no matter how precious that robe is, I should at least give you some respect. However, you also said that this robe belongs to my second uncle, not me. I can't make the decision on my own, or I might disappoint you."
Li Can had long expected that things would not go so smoothly, but he did not expect Shen Hong to say this right away.
He glanced towards Shen Qi.
According to the information he received, this Shen Qi was Shen Hong's distant uncle. From the moment they entered the private room until now, Shen Qi had been sitting in the main seat, not saying a word, just sipping tea leisurely, as if what they were talking about had nothing to do with him.
So Li Can is now also considering what position Shen Qi holds in the Shen family.
Is it true that just because Shen Qi is older than him, Shen Hong can give up the main position?
Seeing that the atmosphere in the private room was a bit awkward, Song Zhe hurried out to smooth things over.
"Master Li, I can testify to this. Master Shen acts fairly and will never use the power of the Shen family to force others to do something they don't like..."
"Boss Song, from what you said, it seems like my father is forcing some people to do something they don't want to do?"
Li Cheng hadn't said much since he entered the door, and now as soon as he spoke, he choked Song Zhe back.
Song Zhe didn't dare to offend the Li family. When Li Chengye choked him back, he didn't dare to say anything else and could only smile apologetically.
Song Lin was arrogant and didn't care about this at all. He snorted coldly, "Whether it's forcing people or not, everyone knows it in their hearts. Do we really have to say it out loud?"
Li Cheng opened his mouth but said nothing in the end.
Many people knew his feelings for Song Lin. Otherwise, with the size of Song's Tailoring Company, it would probably be difficult for it to catch the attention of the Tongcheng Li family.
However, just because Li Cheng did not refute Song Lin, it did not mean that he would not refute Shen Hong.
"Uncle Shen, I think you are the head of the Shen family. You have the final say in the Shen family. As long as you nod, even your elders will not refuse. What's more, my father came here with sincerity this time and is willing to pay a high price to buy that robe."
Shen Hong chuckled and leaned back in his chair.
"I'm not afraid of being laughed at. Although I'm the head of the Shen family, no matter how big or small the matter is, I have to listen to my second uncle. As long as my second uncle agrees, I have absolutely no objection. But if my second uncle disagrees, then no one can take anything away from our Shen family!"
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