“General Manager Ouyang, we are both prominent figures. I hope you can speak frankly and not beat around the bush like this. There’s really no point in beating around the bush.”
Hu Yuan put down his knife and fork, and said in a somewhat cold tone.
If this guy has ill intentions, Hu Yuan wouldn't mind taking him down as well.
"It seems Mr. Hu has misunderstood me. I really just admire Mr. Wu's boldness. After all, the Long Group is not to be trifled with."
Ouyang Jierui immediately smiled and said.
His smile showed neither sincerity nor sarcasm.
"So, does General Manager Ouyang mean to help me out, or is he trying to give me a warning?"
Hu Yuan couldn't think of a third possibility.
"Sigh, it seems that if you don't come out soon, Mr. Hu will flip the table and point his finger at me and start yelling."
Ouyang Jierui's reaction was strange. He didn't answer Hu Yuan's question, but just shook his head helplessly, and then said something to someone else.
Sure enough, as soon as Ouyang Jierui finished speaking, a person walked out from the corner of the private room.
"Mr. Liu?"
This person was none other than Liu Mingfang, the president of Mingfang Group.
What's going on here?
Hu Yuan was completely dumbfounded.
But one thing is for sure: Ouyang Jierui isn't here to make things difficult for me.
After all, Hu Yuan and Mingfang Group currently have a good relationship, even to the point of being somewhat interdependent. Therefore, the fact that Liu Mingfang appeared in such a strange way suggests that their relationship is probably not ordinary.
"Hello, Mr. Hu. Actually, I wanted to introduce you two to each other, but I didn't have a good opportunity, so Ouyang came up with this clumsy idea."
Liu Mingfang quickly walked up to Hu Yuan, shook his hand, and began to explain.
This statement further confirmed Hu Yuan's suspicion that the relationship between the two was definitely not simple.
"I also enjoy making friends, but General Manager Ouyang is really too scary. I thought he was going to deal with me on behalf of the Long Group."
Hu Yuan chuckled, easing the awkward atmosphere.
It turns out that the two had known each other for six years. At that time, Ouyang Jierui was still a student, and Liu Mingfang was just a small business owner.
However, the two shared surprisingly similar views on many things, which led them to become very good friends.
Later, although the two saw each other less often, neither of them forgot their friendship.
The reason for today's events is partly because Ouyang Jierui wanted to thank Hu Yuan on behalf of Liu Mingfang.
On the other hand, he also wanted to cooperate with Hu Yuan.
While there's nothing inherently wrong with bringing these things up, they are quite delicate.
In particular, the fact that she thanked Hu Yuan on behalf of Liu Mingfang shows that the relationship between the two is definitely not just a simple friendship.
What puzzled Hu Yuan was that Ouyang Jierui was only in his twenties, at least ten years younger than Liu Mingfang.
Moreover, he is one of the most outstanding young people in the entire provincial capital. Apart from Long Pingsheng's youngest son, probably no one can compare to him.
From Hu Yuan's perspective, there's nothing wrong with ordinary people having relationships with younger men, but it's rather strange that this happened to Ouyang Jierui.
"Perhaps Mr. Hu has also noticed the special relationship between us. This is the first sign of sincerity I've shown in making friends with Hu Yuan. Please keep this a secret for us."
To Hu Yuan's even greater surprise, it turned out that all of this was deliberately arranged by this guy.
He deliberately let Hu Yuan know about this relationship that couldn't be made public, in order to make Hu Yuan trust him more.
This method is quite impressive, to say the least.
"Of course, I don't want to be a gossip."
Hu Yuan smiled awkwardly, wondering why he would go around spreading such nonsense when he had nothing better to do.
Liu Mingfang, who usually presents herself as a strong woman, was unusually quiet tonight, only occasionally offering explanations.
Perhaps this is love—it can completely change a person's habits and personality.
According to Ouyang Jierui himself, he is not yet the official head of Dongyang Group. If he were to make this relationship public, it would inevitably affect his reputation. If someone were to interfere, he would lose a lot.
Moreover, this guy specifically stated that he wasn't after the position of president of Dongyang Group, nor the position of head of the Ouyang family.
Everything he did was to help Liu Mingfang and stabilize the development of the Mingfang Group.
Among the four major groups, Mingfang Group is relatively weak, and Long Group has always been eyeing it covetously.
Even most of the other companies in the top ten actually wanted to take down Mingfang Group.
Because they have been in business for generations, their roots are deep-rooted, and they have felt superior to others since childhood.
Mingfang Group, being of humble origin, is not worthy to be associated with them.
Hu Yuan was willing to believe this, but he didn't take Ouyang Jierui's other words seriously.
Hu Yuan even felt that those sentimental words seemed a bit too fake.
Can people really be that selfless?
Would a business genius like Ouyang Jierui be so selfless?
Of course, Hu Yuan didn't believe it, but he couldn't say it out loud.
Women in love are known to have negative IQs, so if Hu Yuan were to rashly say anything that questions Ouyang Jierui, Liu Mingfang might think he's trying to sow discord.
When a woman goes crazy, she's capable of anything.
Therefore, Hu Yuan could only choose to be a spectator.
"Actually, I have always been optimistic about the development of Dongyang Group. Although Long's Group is powerful now, it will inevitably be no match for Dongyang Group under the leadership of General Manager Ouyang in the future."
The atmosphere became awkward again, and Hu Yuan could only break the awkwardness with such flattering words.
But that's true.
"Mr. Hu really has a good eye. However, I still hope that Mr. Hu can give me the sales rights for flip phones in the North District. This may be the last stepping stone for me to become the president of Dongyang Group."
Ouyang Jierui once again tried to gain Hu Yuan's trust by speaking truthfully, thinking that this would make it difficult for Hu Yuan to refuse him.
In fact, Hu Yuan lost faith in this person after he said those words.
I always thought he was very smart and knew how to be patient, and that he would be a very promising person.
But Hu Yuan now realizes that the reason he wanted to cooperate with him was not because he saw a bright future in flip phone sales, but because he hoped to use this success to oust the old president of Dongyang Group.
This illustrates a very simple point: Ouyang Jierui is a person who puts his own interests first in everything.
Moreover, they place too much importance on power and status.
To put it bluntly, such a person is nothing more than a hypocrite who is particularly good at pretending. His heart is extremely dark, and his vision is naturally affected by it.
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