Chapter 103: Li Yuncong’s Arrogance

Old City.

The arrival of Mei Liangxin and his group once again caused a sensation.

After all, it’s not that these people don’t want to sell their houses. They just want to see if they can take advantage of the situation, hoping that with Li Yuncong and his thugs in play, they can raise the prices.

This is the wisdom of the common folk.

“Fellow villagers, everyone please calm down and listen to me for a moment. Our Chairman Xu said, as long as you…”

Mei Liangxin stood in the car, holding a loudspeaker and addressing the crowd below.

Xu Shaochen’s face was grim. He couldn’t shake the feeling that Mei Liangxin now had the demeanor of a traitor in a village during an invasion.

After shouting several times, everyone exchanged hesitant glances, unsure. No one stepped forward to say they wanted to sell their house.

“Boss Mei, don’t waste your effort. They won’t agree unless you meet my conditions and raise the price to 12,000 per square meter.”

A yellow-haired young man wearing a red shirt emerged from the crowd. He looked at Mei Liangxin with an air of confidence, and behind him were more than a dozen thugs.

He was the culprit behind this incident—Li Yuncong.

“So, you are Li Yuncong?”

Xu Shaochen walked up to Li Yuncong and asked calmly.

“Who are you? Do you have the authority to make decisions? If not, get lost. You don’t have the qualification to talk to me. Have someone who does come talk to me.”

Li Yuncong glanced at Xu Shaochen’s young face, sneered, and turned away dismissively.

“Watch your mouth, kid! This is Chairman Xu.”

Zhao Qing pushed Li Yuncong with a hostile expression, pointing at Xu Shaochen as he introduced him.

“Hey! Don’t get physical. I’m telling you, I’ve been weak since childhood. If you touch me, I might collapse and not get up without at least a million in compensation.”

Li Yuncong wiped the spot on his chest where Zhao Qing had pushed him and looked at him with a mocking expression.

“You…” At Li Yuncong’s rogue behavior, Zhao Qing was burning with anger, ready to take action on the spot, but Xu Shaochen stopped him.

“Tsk tsk tsk.” Li Yuncong clicked his tongue and insultingly remarked, “See? The boss has composure. As for some people, they’re just destined to be dogs for life.”

“Hahaha…”

The thugs behind him burst into laughter, eyeing Zhao Qing with amusement.

Xu Shaochen narrowed his eyes slightly. Li Yuncong’s arrogance truly exceeded his expectations!

“Since you’re the boss, things just got easier. Raise the price, and we’ll sell. If not, you can leave with nothing. You won’t even secure a single house.”

Li Yuncong looked at Xu Shaochen with a laid-back attitude, full of arrogance, as if he had Xu Shaochen completely under his control.

“Do you think you can threaten me like this, forcing me to raise the price?”

Xu Shaochen looked at Li Yuncong, a faint sneer forming at the corners of his mouth.

“Hmph! What? Not possible? Yes, I am threatening you. What will you do about it? I am coercing you, so what?”

Feeling the ridicule in Xu Shaochen’s eyes, it was as if Li Yuncong had been greatly humiliated. His emotions immediately became intense.

“Smack!”

In the next second, Xu Shaochen raised his hand and slapped Li Yuncong across the face, calmly saying, “Stay away from me. Your spit is about to hit my face.”

“You dare to hit me? Are you looking for death?!”

Feeling the stinging pain on his face, Li Yuncong instantly lost it. Red-eyed, he rushed toward Xu Shaochen but was stopped by Long San.

The dozen or so thugs behind him, who had been acting so recklessly a moment ago, were now looking at each other. None of them stepped forward to help.

After all, they had only temporarily joined forces with Li Yuncong for mutual benefit. They weren’t about to go up against a wealthy man for his sake.

“Let me tell you, you want a price increase, right? I, Xu Shaochen, won’t give you even one extra cent!”

Xu Shaochen pointed at Li Yuncong’s nose and spoke every word with force.

“Pah! Then I’ll wait and see if you can secure even one house today!”

Stopped by Long San, Li Yuncong looked at Xu Shaochen with a mocking expression and gritted his teeth.

“Everyone, I am the Chairman of Chen Yu Company. I now announce that we won’t buy the houses of Li Yuncong and these men behind him. We will only buy yours. Remember, you only get one chance. The Old City is big, and your street is not the only one.”

Xu Shaochen took the loudspeaker from Mei Liangxin and raised his voice, addressing the crowd.

Whoa! This statement instantly caused an uproar among the people.

The most threatening part of his words was that the Old City has more than just their street.

But Mei Liangxin knew it was all nonsense. Although the Old City was large, there was only this one street scheduled for demolition in the initial phase.

But those residents didn’t know that. So they instantly panicked.

After all, the price Xu Shaochen offered was already above market value. They had only been dragging their feet to see if they could raise the price even more.

But if Xu Shaochen abandoned their street in anger, wouldn’t they lose big time?

“I’ll sell! I’ll sell my house!”

“I’ll sell too…”

Once one person responded, everyone started shouting. They were all eager, fearing that if they waited too long, they wouldn’t be able to sell their houses.

“This… this, how could this happen?!”

In an instant, Li Yuncong was dumbfounded by the chaotic scene.

No matter how hard he had tried to predict, he never thought Xu Shaochen would simply decide not to deal with him, leaving him and his followers behind.

It wasn’t supposed to be like this! This wasn’t how the plot should go.

Usually, companies do everything they can to deal with holdouts. These holdouts usually end up making more money than others.

But here with Xu Shaochen, they simply ignored these holdouts altogether.

“I… I want to sell too!”

“Chairman Xu, I want to sell as well. We were all misled by Li Yuncong. Please, give us a chance!”

The thugs who were standing behind Li Yuncong started turning against him. After all, what was Li Yuncong compared to the importance of getting their hands on the money?

“Alright, go and register then.”

Xu Shaochen smiled calmly and said. People, sometimes they just need a little push. Look at that, now they’re begging to sell their houses.

“And you, overconfident fool, do you really think the world stops turning without you? Don’t take yourself too seriously. To me, you’re not even worth mentioning, and you dare threaten me? Haha, did Liang Jingru give you this courage?”

Xu Shaochen lightly patted Li Yuncong’s face, his taunts and cold sneer unapologetically clear.

Feeling Xu Shaochen’s hand on his face, Li Yuncong’s expression turned from green to white. His heart was a mix of rage and humiliation.

“Sigh! Fine, I’ll sell too, okay?”

In the end, Li Yuncong could only sigh in resignation. In the face of the overwhelming force, his resistance was no different from a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Hearing this, Xu Shaochen looked at Li Yuncong and smiled lightly, saying calmly, “Sorry, the price has just dropped. It’s now 9,000 per square meter.”