"Yes, I'm here to ask for the money. I've found someone to help me now. Have Secretary Ge prepare the investment funds for me tomorrow."
Lu Xi, who was initially happy about Lu Fan's words, was speechless at her brother's response.
She said smugly to Lu Fan that she only made phone calls when she needed money.
"Oh? You found someone? Who is it?"
Only an afternoon has passed; if you were to look for Zhu Qi, it would be impossible to get there so quickly.
So Lu Fan didn't think that way, assuming that Lu Xi had just randomly picked someone from somewhere else.
Having learned from Dongfang Shuo's experience, Lu Fan asked Lu Xi with some unease.
"How dare you say that? You gave me the address but didn't tell me that the person I was looking for was Sister Zhu Qi!"
Seeing Lu Fan pretending to be stupid, Lu Xi also remembered what happened during the day and complained to Lu Fan.
"You didn't ask me back then, so you should know Zhu Qi's true identity by now, right?"
Hearing Lu Xi's complaints, Lu Fan helplessly said to her.
"I see. So Sister Zhu Qi is from the Nangong family, and her name is Nangong Qi. I never expected that."
"You're calling me because Nangong Qi agreed, right?"
When Zhu Qi left, Lu Fan also had someone investigate her identity.
She already knew that the other party was Nangong Qi, the eldest daughter of the Nangong family, but she was still quite surprised to hear that Lu Xi had indeed gone to find her and asked Lu Xi about it.
After all, he only wanted Lu Xi to give it a try, and Zhu Qi's family would never let her out.
"That's right, I'll go with Sister Qi to get the money tomorrow. You'd better be prepared, don't be too surprised when you see Sister Qi."
Lu Xi already knew that Sister Qi had feelings for her older brother, but it was all impossible, so she called him to let her silly older brother know in advance.
"Okay, I understand. As long as Nangong Qi helps you, money is not a problem for me."
After listening to his sister's words, Lu Fan said a couple of sentences and then hung up the phone.
"Chairman, it's almost time. We should set off."
Secretary Ge waited downstairs for a long time but didn't see Lu Fan come down, so she went to Lu Fan's office to see why he hadn't come down yet.
"Has Mr. Liu arrived yet?"
Lu Fan got dressed and walked downstairs, asking Secretary Ge about Liu Shang's situation as he went.
Secretary Ge told Lu Fan about the phone call Zhang He had just made.
"Their business manager just called me and said that he and General Manager Liu have gone inside. He also asked when we would arrive."
Inside the bidding office, the first floor was almost full of people, with several sofas on either side in front of them.
"Chairman, those people over there are from Oriental Investment, who are competing with us for the project."
Zhang He and Liu Shang sat down on a sofa on one side, and Liu Shang looked around.
He saw a few people sitting not far from them and whispered to Liu Shang.
"Oriental Investment? Looks like we're under a lot of pressure! What do these people behind us do?"
Liu Shang's gaze also fell on the people from Oriental Investment next to him, and his eyes became somewhat serious.
Liu Shang had also heard that Oriental Investment was a company of the Oriental family, and after looking at the people sitting behind him, he asked Zhang He.
Having just become a business manager, Zhang He did a lot of research for this bidding process.
Zhang He quickly answered Liu Shang's question.
“This bidding not only includes the projects we want, but also some other smaller projects. These projects don’t actually have a large profit margin, so they can only bid on the smaller ones since they can’t get the big projects.”
"If we didn't have President Lu's support, we might have ended up like them."
Although Liu Shang was a big shot in the underworld, he still couldn't quite command respect in front of these high society figures.
Looking at the people behind him who were even more capable than himself, he couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
"Chairman, we are not lacking in any aspect now. As long as we win that project, we will definitely be able to sit in this position based on our own strength."
Zhang He looked at Liu Shang and could tell what Liu Shang was thinking, then said to Liu Shang.
"Why hasn't Lu Fan arrived yet? It's about to start."
Liu Shang sat lazily on the sofa, not wanting to think too much about it, since he wasn't exactly a businessman anyway.
"These matters can be handled by the subordinates," he said to Zhang He, glancing at the time on his watch.
"When I called Secretary Ge just now, they had already set off and should arrive soon."
Zhang He was also puzzled, since the call had been made ten minutes earlier.
He calculated the time it would take for the Jiang Group to arrive here, and then spoke to Liu Shang.
Seven or eight minutes later, Lu Fan walked in through the door with Secretary Ge and was led to his seat by the staff.
"Mr. Lu isn't very punctual today!"
Liu Shang, who had been sitting for half a day, looked at Lu Fan, who was late, and deliberately teased him with a smile.
"Something came up and I was delayed; it hasn't even fully started yet, has it?"
Lu Fan also laughed and said to Liu Shang with a smile.
Just as the two were talking, the host of the bidding walked to the center of the stage, with the projects to be bid on displayed on the large screen behind him.
"Young Master!"
The people from Oriental Investment who were sitting on the other side all stood up and spoke respectfully to the newcomer.
"Young master, please have a seat."
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