Yao Shengan didn't expect Tao Mu even knew about that matter. He originally thought that given Song Daozhen's temper and personality, he would never tell the old story to an unrelated junior. But even if Tao Mu knew, he couldn't change anything: "What happened back then is a regret of the times. I feel deeply guilty about what happened to the Song family. But young people should still look forward. Let the past be the past. If Song Daozhen really loves you as a grandson, he shouldn't instigate you to try to stop a chariot with a mantis arm. With your current ability, it's tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg if you want to deal with the Sheng'an Group. Young man, you are very talented, and I am optimistic about you. I advise you not to do things that are futile."
Tao Mu sneered. He did not explain to Yao Sheng'an that Song Daozhen did not instigate him to deal with the Sheng'an Group, and did not even tell him about what happened that year. People like Yao Shengan, who only put interests first in their lives, how could they possibly understand the noble character of Mr. Song.
Tao Mu was too lazy to mention the old man in front of Yao Shengan. As the saying goes, people with different ideals cannot work together. He felt that even mentioning the old man's name in front of Yao Shengan would be an insult to the old man.
"Mr. Yao, you don't think that you can reach a reconciliation between Feixun.com, Yese and Yuxiao Media by saying these two ambiguous and meaningless words, right?" Tao Mu raised his eyebrows and said sarcastically, "Let me remind you that this is Yanjing, and it is now the year 2008. When you come out to do business, you must abide by the law. Telling stories and expressing your feelings at the negotiation table is not a good habit."
"Time is precious. We think we should leave the negotiation table to the lawyers on both sides."
Yao Shengan's face darkened slightly: "At such a young age, you are quite eloquent."
"Mr. Yao is still strong and in good shape, isn't he also good at talking?" Tao Mu responded sharply. He was too lazy to say these meaningless nonsense to Yao Shengan, and directly handed the negotiation table to Lawyer Zhou who was sharpening his knife on the side.
"Hello, Chairman Yao," said Lawyer Zhou, pushing up his gold-rimmed rimless glasses, with a typical gentlemanly degenerate posture. "I am the lawyer hired by Liu Yao, the boss of YeSe, and Mr. Tao of Feixun.com. I will advocate for my clients' rights. Yuxiao Media, whose legal representative is your grandson Yao Wenxiao, contacted more than ten newspapers and magazines, including XX Weekly, privately on October 3, 2008, and asked more than ten media to publish false news in newspapers and magazines to discredit my clients in cash bribes. This caused reputational damage and serious economic losses to my two clients, the YeSe chain bar and Feixun.com. Since Yuxiao Media and Feixun.com have many overlapping business scopes, we have sufficient reason to suspect that Yuxiao Media is engaging in unfair competition. The false news reported by Yuxiao Media and the more than ten media that accepted bribes seriously misled netizens, and the resulting online violence caused serious mental damage to my two clients, so we demand compensation for economic losses and mental damages totaling 160 million..."
Lawyer Zhou was well prepared and his arguments were detailed. In the end, he made a huge demand for compensation of 160 million Chinese Yuan from Yuxiao Media. Even the lawyer hired by Yao Wenxiao was shocked.
"This is too ridiculous. Mr. Tao, have you ever seen 160 million in your life? Do you know how much money this is? How dare you ask for 160 million? Do you really think I, Yao Wenxiao, am a sucker?" In front of his grandfather, Yao Wenxiao, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help it. He took off his sunglasses and sneered at Tao Mu without any hesitation.
Yao Wenxiao's representative lawyer couldn't help but speak up: "Lawyer Zhou, I must remind you that we are sincere in asking for an out-of-court settlement. If you are also willing to settle out of court, please show your sincerity. We absolutely cannot accept a compensation of 160 million. Even if we really take it to court, the court will not accept this number. In fact, the amount of compensation we are willing to give is 5 million."
Yao Wenxiao's representative lawyer said this, and couldn't help but show a trace of contempt on his face. Obviously, he also felt that Tao Mu was asking for too much. Even if Feixun.com and Yese.com were added together, they would not be worth the price. He was confident that he could win the case with five million.
"As far as I know, before this incident, Yese and Feixun were just a local chain nightclub in Yanjing, with a limited scale and less than 70% occupancy rate every night; the other was a new Internet company that had been established for less than three months. But after this incident, Yese was packed every night, with a turnover that exceeded 300% over the same period last month. Feixun also had more than 80 million registered users, and the popularity of the website was greatly improved. So your statement of 'serious economic losses caused by false reports' is not true. In fact, it is precisely because my client and more than a dozen other media have actively reported that Yese and Feixun have become so popular now."
"We admit that this is a malicious hype of a slightly worse nature. But the result is still good. A mutually beneficial commercial win-win situation has been achieved. Therefore, we believe that your accusation of unfair competition causing economic losses is not established. Therefore, we can only compensate Mr. Liu Yao and Mr. Tao Mu for their reputation and mental losses, totaling 5 million."
Tao Mu scratched his eyebrows. As expected, lawyers are all ruthless and distort the truth. He almost believed what was said.
He is worthy of being the great lawyer found by St. Ann Group. When he tells lies, he sounds so confident that they seem like the truth. How can you be a lawyer with such acting skills! What a waste of talent.
Yao Wenxiao continued to sneer, pointing at Tao Mu and others with an arrogant attitude: "Did you hear that? I asked someone to report your story in order to promote you. You should be grateful to me. If I hadn't asked someone to report your experience as a MB, Feixun.com and Yese wouldn't have the hot business they have now-"
Before he could finish his words, he heard a loud bang. Liu Yao, who had been sitting next to him without saying a word, looked gloomy and reminded him in a cold tone, "Mr. Yao, please be more respectful when you speak. This is Yanjing, not your home."
Yao Wenxiao was frightened by the violent temper that erupted from Liu Yao, and suddenly he became like an eggplant hit by frost, and he remained silent.
Yao Shengan looked at Liu Yao's actions with cold eyes, and reminded him with a fake smile: "I would also like to remind Boss Liu that this is a negotiation table, not your night. Everyone should abide by the law when doing business, and don't use those underworld methods that are not worthy of being on the table at every turn."
In order to discredit Tao Mu, Yao Wenxiao thoroughly investigated everyone around him. Yao Shengan naturally also knew Liu Yao's past experiences. Saying these words at this moment is just to use force to put pressure on others.
Liu Yao sneered, and even his thick eyebrows exuded a rebellious aura: "We have always been doing business honestly. It is you who don't know the rules. Mr. Yao is old, and it doesn't matter if his mind is confused. But when you speak, you can't only see others and not yourself."
What I mean is, you are fucking blind!
Yao Shengan's expression turned cold, and he said indifferently: "He is indeed a rough man."
Tao Mu sighed leisurely and asked Lawyer Zhou: "They are still attacking me personally during the out-of-court settlement. And insulting my personality. I feel that my fragile little heart can't stand it. Can I ask for more compensation?"
"Sure." Lawyer Zhou nodded and said solemnly, "If you have a heart attack because of the other party's inappropriate negotiation attitude, we can also sue them for personal injury."
Tao Mu shrugged regretfully. It was a pity that he was in good health and had no heart disease.
Yao Wenxiao sneered, "Heart disease. Why don't you say you got mentally ill because of the stimulation? To be honest with you, you are worth five million in my heart. If you agree to settle, I will use this money to pay for your medical expenses. Go back and buy more walnuts to nourish your brain, and don't be impulsive and provoke people you shouldn't provoke in the future. You still dare to ask me for 160 million, are you crazy? Don't you even consider whether you are worth that price——"
"He's worth it." A voice interrupted Yao Wenxiao. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw the door of the exquisite private room being pushed open, and a dusty figure appeared outside the door. The man was tall and handsome. He was wearing a high-end hand-made black wool coat and a classic black three-piece suit underneath, as if he had just walked down from an international negotiating table. Behind him was a long line of other well-dressed scoundrels carrying briefcases. However, most of these gentlemanly villains are foreigners with strange eyes and hair - negotiation experts hired by Xiaoheng Capital with high salaries, as well as a team of world-class lawyers with an hourly wage of 2,000 million gold and some big lawyers specializing in Hong Kong's economic law.
The man strode into the private room and nodded at Tao Mu who was looking at him in astonishment. When he looked at Yao Wenxiao again, his features became even colder and harder.
"Mr. Tao Mu, as my partner and chief analyst, has been responsible for remotely guiding Xiaoheng Capital's trading during the period when Xiaoheng Capital was shorting international oil futures. Now, because of your bribery of the media's false reports, my partner has suffered serious reputational damage and mental injury, which has made it impossible for my partner to concentrate on dealing with the international futures market. This has caused significant losses to Xiaoheng Capital."
"Chairman Yao, I remember that Sheng'an Group was listed in Xiangcheng, right?" Li Xiaoheng said this and suddenly looked at Yao Sheng'an: "My legal team will negotiate with you about the compensation issue later. If the two parties cannot reach an agreement - to be more precise, if your compensation method does not satisfy me, Xiaoheng Capital will use its own method to assert our rights and interests."
"That's all I have to say. Don't say I didn't warn you."
Yao Shengan's old face was uncertain, and he looked at the man in front of him with shock: "Li Xiaoheng!"
The founder of Xiaoheng Capital, the eldest son of the Li family in Beijing, can also be said to be the person who has the final say in this generation of the Li family. Unlike most of the wealthy children in the country, Li Xiaoheng is more famous in the international financial market than he is as the young master of the Li family. This is also the important reason why the elders of the Li family never dared to disobey or force Li Xiaoheng.
Although Yao Sheng'an knew that Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng had worked together before, he never expected that Li Xiaoheng would be willing to confront him openly for Tao Mu.
"Mr. Li, I know your father. Our two families are old friends. If there is any misunderstanding, you can just talk to each other in person. There is no need to be so nervous." Taking into account Li Xiaoheng's ability to make things happen in the financial market and the attitude he just showed, Yao Shengan did not dare to confront Li Xiaoheng face to face and could only smile apologetically.
Although the Saint-An Group is a listed company, if an industrial company were to clash with a financial company in the stock market, there would definitely be no good outcome. Yao Shengan knew this principle very well, so he made decisions promptly and was able to bend and stretch himself.
"Really?" Li Xiaoheng pulled the corner of his mouth insincerely, and said politely but regretfully: "I haven't heard my father mention it."
The sincerity of his attitude and the earnestness of his words are simply unmatched.
Yao Shengan held his breath in his throat and almost passed out.
Li Xiaoheng ignored him and sat next to Tao Mu, saying warmly, "Long time no see."
Tao Mu was a little shocked: "Brother Li, why did you return to China?" At this time, shouldn't Li Xiaoheng stay in Country M and keep a close eye on the futures market? Damn, boss, you are so brave! The international crude oil market is in such turmoil, and you still dare to give up and return to your country! Aren’t you afraid that you might accidentally lose all your money?
——I still have more than 100 million in it!
Li Xiaoheng instantly understood his partner's way of thinking and said helplessly, "Don't worry. I have already handed over the work. I flew back on a special plane when the international market was closed. It won't delay the work."
After a pause, Li Xiaoheng said with some inexplicable resentment: "You haven't taken the initiative to talk to me on the phone for half a month. Those analysis reports were sent directly to my mailbox via email."
Tao Mu suddenly became nervous: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my analysis report? You can call me directly. I am actually keeping a close eye on the international crude oil market here, and the analysis reports I send to you every day are real-time. Theoretically, there shouldn't be any problems." After all, it was an analysis report he carefully made based on the information he had read in his previous life.
"But I can't guarantee that there are no problems at all." After all, the financial market is changing rapidly, and any variable may cause a tsunami or landslide. What's more, he joined forces with Xiaoheng Capital to short international oil - although it was in line with the trend, the huge amount of funds may also cause new changes in the financial market.
But he checked the data before the market closed yesterday, so there shouldn't be any problem!
Tao Mu groaned to himself, scaring himself. Li Xiaoheng was speechless as he originally just wanted to complain to his partner that they had not had any private communication for more than half a month. I could only bite the bullet and say, "There's nothing wrong with the analysis report. I'm just a little worried about you."
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