When they got back to the hotel, it was already past nine o'clock at night. The two went to their respective rooms, took a shower, and chatted on their phones for a while before falling asleep.
The next morning at ten o'clock, Lu Siyao arranged to meet her client at the hotel. Jia Hong Hotel was a five-star hotel, making it the perfect place to discuss business with her client.
When Lin Xin learned that Lu Siyao was going to discuss business with a client, he specially arranged for the hotel to prepare a small meeting room for Lu Siyao, specifically for guests to use for business discussions.
This was Lu Siyao's first time representing her father's company to negotiate business with clients, and she was a little nervous. To ease Lu Siyao's anxiety, Liu Xiaoyuan stayed with her the whole time.
At 9:50 a.m., the client's car stopped in front of the hotel.
The customer is king, so Lu Siyao naturally went to the door to greet the customer herself, and Liu Xiaoyuan went with her.
The customers got out of the car; there were two of them, one of whom was in his thirties and had a shrewd look in his eyes.
The other young man, whom both Liu Xiaoyuan and Lu Siyao knew, was Zhou Pan.
Lu Siyao never expected that her client would be Zhou Pan; this was truly unexpected.
If what happened last night hadn't happened, Lu Siyao wouldn't have thought much of it, but now Lu Siyao feels disgusted just looking at Zhou Pan, let alone wanting to discuss cooperation with him.
Zhou Pan was also very surprised. He didn't expect that the person he was going to talk business with his father's company today would be Lu Siyao.
Originally, Zhou Pan did not want to come to discuss this business because, in his opinion, Lu Siyao's family company was too small. It would be beneath his dignity to discuss cooperation with such a small company. As the young master of the Zhou family, he should at least be discussing cooperation projects with companies with assets of hundreds of millions.
However, Zhou Pan dared not disobey his father's orders and had no choice but to come with one of the company's business managers.
However, upon seeing Lu Siyao, Zhou Pan was overjoyed and silently thanked his father for the arrangement.
"Hi, Siyao!" Zhou Pan waved to Lu Siyao and greeted her before walking over to her.
Lu Siyao wanted to turn around and leave, but then she remembered that this was not the time to be stubborn and that she couldn't let her father's company's business fall apart because of her.
"Miss Lu, is that right? I'm Jia Tao, the business manager from Hongshuo Company! This is our boss's son, his name is..."
Before Jia Tao could speak, Zhou Pan interrupted him, saying, "Manager Jia, you don't need to introduce us. We all know each other."
In fact, the moment Zhou Pan greeted Lu Siyao, he knew that they knew each other. But since it was a business meeting, it was natural to introduce each other.
"Hello, Manager Jia, it's a pleasure to meet you. Let's talk in the conference room upstairs!" Lu Siyao said.
"Okay!" Jia Tao immediately nodded with a smile!
Seeing this, Zhou Pan smiled and extended his right hand, saying, "Siyao, hello!"
Lu Siyao glanced at Zhou Pan, but didn't shake hands with him. She turned around and led Jia Tao toward the elevator.
Seeing this, Liu Xiaoyuan smiled and shook hands with Zhou Pan, saying, "Hello, Boss Zhou!"
"Hmph!" Zhou Pan snorted coldly, pulled his hand back, and glared at Liu Xiaoyuan.
Liu Xiaoyuan smiled and shook his head. He had originally wanted to give Zhou Pan some face, but he didn't expect him to be so ungrateful. He wouldn't be able to face him later.
Upon arriving at the conference room, Liu Xiaoyuan attempted to enter, but Zhou Pan blocked him, asking, "You are only Siyao's boyfriend, not someone from Siyao's company, so you have no right to enter."
Liu Xiaoyuan smiled and glanced at Zhou Pan, saying, "Do you want me to post what you said last night online so everyone can have a look?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Pan turned pale with anger, but there was nothing he could do about Liu Xiaoyuan.
"Hmph!" Zhou Pan could only glare at Liu Xiaoyuan before letting him in.
After sitting down, the two began to discuss business matters. As expected of someone in business, Jia Tao maintained control of the conversation throughout. Since Lu Siyao had never done business before, she naturally couldn't compare to Jia Tao, a seasoned veteran in the business world.
"Manager Jia, let's not say any more, let's just sign the contract." Zhou Pan said, trying to please Lu Siyao.
Upon hearing this, Jia Tao looked at Zhou Pan with surprise. Was the boss sending his son over to make things worse?
"The price hasn't been agreed upon yet, so we can't sign the contract!" Jia Tao said.
When Zhou Pan saw Jia Tao still haggling with him, he immediately got angry. As the son of the owner of Hongshuo Garment Factory, he couldn't even command a business manager. Wasn't this making him lose face in front of Lu Siyao?
"Manager Jia, does my word not carry any weight?" Zhou Pan asked somewhat angrily.
Upon hearing this, Jia Tao quickly said he dared not. Zhou Pan said, "Since you dare not, then hurry up and bring out the contract to sign!"
Jia Tao said with a troubled expression, "But the boss instructed that we cannot sign a contract unless the price is negotiated to his ideal level."
When Zhou Pan heard Jia Tao use his father to pressure him, he immediately deflated, stood up, and said, "Wait a minute, I'll make a phone call to my dad!"
"No need!" Lu Siyao glanced at Zhou Pan, then said to Jia Tao, "Manager Jia, let's continue discussing the price!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Pan also became angry. He was already furious because Jia Tao had used his father to pressure him earlier. Now that Lu Siyao had taken his good intentions for granted, Zhou Pan was instantly enraged and slammed his fist on the table, saying, "This business deal is off!"
Jia Tao looked at Zhou Pan, wondering what had gotten into this young master this time.
"Manager Jia, let's go back!" Zhou Pan glanced at Lu Siyao, then got up to leave.
“But…” Jia Tao had only uttered two words when Zhou Pan immediately interrupted him, saying, “There are no buts. I take full responsibility for this matter today. I will bear any consequences. I will talk to my dad about it.”
Since Zhou Pan had already put it this way, what could Jia Tao say? He could only stand up.
"Siyao, this is my business card. Remember to call me when you've made up your mind, and we can discuss business matters privately!" Zhou Pan said, handing the business card to Lu Siyao.
Zhou Pan had a clever plan: to use this business deal to threaten Lu Siyao.
"Siyao, I hope you won't act impulsively in business matters," Zhou Pan said again when he saw that Lu Siyao wouldn't take his business card.
Liu Xiaoyuan reached out and snatched the business card from Zhou Buyi's hand. Seeing this, Zhou Pan asked, "What do you want to do?"
Liu Xiaoyuan chuckled and said, "What's the use of such a worthless business card!"
After saying that, Liu Xiaoyuan tore the business card into pieces in front of Zhou Pan and threw the pieces on the table.
Seeing this, Zhou Pan's face turned ashen with anger, because Liu Xiaoyuan's actions were like a slap in the face to him. This was intolerable!
(End of this chapter)
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