Chapter 576: Learn to Be Content with What You Have

“That’s right, Young Master Kong. Please wait a moment. I might trouble you for a bit longer. Once my people bring back the item, you can leave.”

Xu Shaochen flashed a smile and then signaled to Long Yi with his eyes.

Long Yi nodded slightly and left the living room with two bodyguards.

Only when the item is in hand will Xu Shaochen let Kong Tianjing leave. Otherwise, who knows if what he just said is true or not.

“Xu Shaochen, you’re playing with fire. If I give you the item, our Kong Family definitely won’t let this go.”

Kong Tianjing glared at Xu Shaochen, gritting his teeth. His fists clenched tightly, and his fingernails dug into his palms, drawing a bit of blood.

Xu Shaochen remained unfazed and shook his head: “Young Master Kong, if I were you, I’d stop making such foolish threats. Being stubborn will only anger me, not scare me.”

“Hmph!” Kong Tianjing snorted coldly and stopped talking.

The item was already handed over; being stubborn now was indeed meaningless.

If he angered Xu Shaochen, the one who’d suffer in the end would only be himself.

Half an hour later.

Long Yi returned and handed a black package to Xu Shaochen.

Xu Shaochen opened it and saw that inside was the Special Medicine Formula for AIDS and a small sample.

“Young Master Kong, a pleasure doing business.”

Xu Shaochen put the items away, stood up, and extended a hand toward Kong Tianjing.

“Can I leave now?”

Kong Tianjing’s face darkened as he flatly ignored Xu Shaochen’s hand, his voice stiff.

Xu Shaochen grinned and withdrew his hand, calmly saying: “Someone, see Young Master Kong out.”

“Xu Shaochen, we’ll meet again. If you’ve got the guts, come to Jingcheng and try your luck.”

Kong Tianjing spat out the words through clenched teeth, then turned and strode out of the living room.

“Is he gone? I’ve packed everything.”

Just as Kong Tianjing left, Liu Rushuang entered the living room.

“We still have over an hour until boarding. There’s still something I need to finish.”

Xu Shaochen glanced at his watch, then made a phone call to Tan Siming, asking him to come to Feiyun Villa.

He had everything ready.

After meeting with Tan Siming and signing a new contract, Xu Shaochen planned to leave Yijing that night.

After all, the Kong Family could show up at any time, and Xu Shaochen currently didn’t want to get too entangled with them.

Otherwise, Kong Tianjing definitely wouldn’t have walked out of Bamboo Garden alive.

Soon enough, Tan Siming arrived. As soon as he entered the living room, he excitedly exclaimed: “Mr. Xu, did you really get the item back, like you said on the phone?”

“Of course it’s true. Chairman Tan, do you think I’d joke about something like this?”

Xu Shaochen chuckled as he tossed two new contracts onto the table.

“Mr. Xu, what… What does this mean?”

Tan Siming was taken aback.

“Chairman Tan, take a look first. If you have no objections, go ahead and sign it.”

Xu Shaochen made a gesture inviting him to sit down.

Feeling uneasy, Tan Siming picked up one of the contracts and began to read.

At just a glance, his entire body went cold. The excitement and joy he had just felt vanished instantly without a trace.

“Chairman Xu! Eighty percent? Aren’t you being a bit too much? This is the Tan Family’s property!”

Before even finishing the contract, Tan Siming could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, furiously questioning Xu Shaochen.

Xu Shaochen remained expressionless as he replied, “Chairman Tan, let’s be reasonable. Yes, it’s the Tan Family’s property. But I was the one who recovered it. Otherwise, your family wouldn’t even see a single hair of it.”

“To put it bluntly, even if I gave you nothing, what could you do about it? As people say, you should be content with what you have, Chairman Tan, don’t you agree?”

He believed he had already done everything he could.

If he hadn’t retrieved the item, the Tan Family wouldn’t get a single cent.

Taking eighty percent, is that a problem?

Tan Siming’s face showed a mix of anger and uncertainty, clearly struggling to accept this reality.

“Chairman Tan, if you don’t sign, your family won’t even get one percent.”

Xu Shaochen applied more pressure, forcing Tan Siming to hurry up and sign. After all, he still needed to catch a flight.

“Sigh.”

In the end, Tan Siming sighed helplessly and signed his name on both contracts.

“Chairman Tan, a pleasure doing business. I’ll be leaving Yijing tonight. Bring the Tan Family Pharmaceutical Company’s researchers over; I’ll be taking them to Jiangzhou with me.”

“The pharmaceutical plant will be set up in Jiangzhou. From now on, your family only needs to take a twenty percent annual dividend.”

Of course, Xu Shaochen’s offer of twenty percent came with conditions. This was one of them. Without it, he wouldn’t have been so generous as to give up twenty percent of the profits.

After all, he had made a powerful enemy of the Kong Family because of this.

“Mr. Xu…”

Tan Siming felt like his heart was breaking. He hadn’t expected the Tan Family to be edged out just like that. He even thought that at least the company would still be nominally theirs.

“Chairman Tan, I got the item back from Kong Tianjing. If we set up the pharmaceutical plant in Yijing, do you think your family would be able to protect it?”

Xu Shaochen asked coldly.

“I…”

Tan Siming hesitated, wanting to reply but ultimately said nothing.

“I understand. I’ll contact the researchers now.”

Tan Siming sighed once again, as if he had suddenly aged ten years.

Although Xu Shaochen’s words were blunt, they were true.

Setting up the pharmaceutical plant in Yijing would be a disaster for the Tan Family.

So even if he was unwilling and dissatisfied, he had no choice but to comply with Xu Shaochen’s demands.

Such is the cost of weakness.

Over half an hour later, Xu Shaochen boarded the plane with a group of researchers from the Tan Family Pharmaceutical Company.

He had reserved the entire first-class cabin, so completing the check-in process for the researchers was easy.

…

“Bang!”

“Crash—”

At the Yijing Grand Hotel, Kong Tianjing was in a towering rage, smashing things left and right until the room was in complete disarray.

He had arranged for a bodyguard to keep an eye on Xu Shaochen. By seven tomorrow morning, when his Second Uncle arrived, Xu Shaochen would be forced to give back everything.

But just now, he received news that Xu Shaochen had already boarded a plane, taking the Tan Family Pharmaceutical Company’s researchers with him.

How could he not be furious?

“Xu Shaochen, you’ve got guts. Let’s see just how long your luck holds out. If you’ve got the guts, don’t ever step foot in Jingcheng again!”

Kong Tianjing raged hysterically, kicking over a chair.

All four bodyguards stood trembling, not daring to say a word, fearing that Kong Tianjing might vent his anger on them.