Chapter 1606 - 1620: Befriending Young Master Fang

Chapter 1606: Chapter 1620: Befriending Young Master Fang

"Still not getting off?" Sophie shoved Lin Mu off her with force. Her pretty face flushed scarlet, her eyes so shy they looked like they were about to drip water. Luckily, the bosses all thought she was just overexcited, and didn’t think in *that* direction.

After a round of fake lively congratulations, Sophie had already regained her composure and calm.

Just then, Young Master Fang finally made his grand entrance. Say what you will, the tiger really doesn’t sire dogs. This Young Master Fang was handsome and well dressed. As he walked over, his smile was gentle, his manner elegant, making people feel like a spring breeze was washing over them. Compared with those arrogant, domineering official brats, he was obviously way, way better.

"I didn’t expect Governor Fang’s son to be this handsome. Hey, don’t you think he looks like that South Korean star, what’s his name again? Right, Hyun Bin." Sophie whispered in awe, her face full of amazement.

"Hyun Bin took drugs**** and raped underage girls. He was arrested by the South Korean police last year."

"Really? Still, Young Master Fang is seriously good-looking."

"You nympho." Lin Mu’s little face darkened, his teeth itching with hatred. This woman was just too much. He had just helped her out, and she immediately turned around to bat her lashes at another man. Damn it! So what if he’s handsome? Tomorrow I’ll go get plastic surgery, turn myself into An Qi Xuan’s look-alike, come back and drool you to death.

Once Young Master Fang made his sparkling entrance, he naturally became the main character on the course. After a round of flattery like the rising tide, the idle hangers-on withdrew according to the prior agreement, keeping their distance, while Young Master Fang and his two companions, led by Boss Guo, headed to a relatively quiet lounge.

"This is the president of Liu’s Company, Liu Guodong, and Mr. Zhou. This is Zhuang Youwei, chairman of Gaoqiang Construction Co., Ltd. As for this beautiful lady, she is the current head of Su’s Great Enterprise, Sophie..."

"Pleasure, pleasure!" After the pleasantries and taking their seats, Fang Zhimin took off his sunglasses and said with a smile, "Boss Guo, these three should be the most powerful and best-funded entrepreneurs in the Pearl River Delta, right?"

"Hm?" Sophie’s heart stirred; that sounded like there was something behind the words. She lifted her eyes to look at Liu Guodong and Zhuang Youwei, and saw that although both were trying hard to stay calm, deep in their eyes a flash of joy still spilled out, and that reaction made Sophie even more suspicious.

"Heh heh, if Boss Guo recommended them, then of course there’s no problem. I’ll just be blunt and get straight to the point."

After getting Boss Guo’s confirmation, Fang Zhimin’s expression grew serious as he said, "You’re all probably clear on the construction of the Tianfeng Expressway. That expressway starts from the Capital, connects all thirteen cities in the province, and finally links up with Yangcheng’s Dayun Expressway. The goal is to ease Dongguang’s increasingly strained land transportation system. Of course, that’s a national affair and has nothing to do with us. What I want to talk about is the section from Dongguang to Yangcheng..."

Once she understood what Fang Zhimin meant, even Sophie couldn’t help her heart speeding up, her palms beading with sweat.

They say "murder and arson bring a golden belt, building bridges and roads leaves no corpses behind," but that’s in ancient times. Nowadays, as long as you can get the construction contract, building bridges and roads is absolutely top-tier business. Young Master Fang clearly had methods that were anything but ordinary, just like other official brats; he had actually carved out nearly a hundred kilometers of expressway contract from this vast project. Of course, what was involved in this was very complicated and couldn’t be explained in just a few words, but one thing was certain: Fang Zhimin was holding a very big cake in his hands.

"No wonder Liu’s Company spared no expense last month to acquire a large construction firm in Yangcheng. And Zhuang Youwei hurriedly took out loans, ran everywhere for connections, and upgraded his construction qualification to Special Grade. So they were prepared all along... Damn it, I should have thought of this earlier. Young Master Fang’s visit—supposedly to attend the event—is actually to discuss possible cooperation..."

One thought after another flashed through her mind, and Sophie was regretting herself to death.

At current market rates, one kilometer of expressway costs on average more than seventy million. If you can get first-tier contracting rights—no, even second-tier rights—you can absolutely rake in money by the bucketful. This was a golden chance for Su’s Great Enterprise to step out of the Pearl River Delta and rise spectacularly. But right now, none of the conditions were in place.

Robert’s investment had only just barely reactivated the massive Yunhai conglomerate. Many subsidiaries had shrunk their operations, some even temporarily stopped. Even the company that Grandpa had left behind with Special Grade construction qualifications had already become a shell. People say even the cleverest housewife can’t cook without rice, but Sophie still didn’t want to let this opportunity slip by.

However, just as her thoughts were spinning, pondering how to respond, Boss Guo’s voice sounded by her ear.

"President, Young Master Fang is asking you a question. Does Su’s Great Enterprise still have the qualification to undertake expressway construction?"

"Well, we do, but..."

"But right now, the construction company under Yunhai has long since become an empty shell. Apart from that qualification, it no longer has the ability to undertake any actual construction. And more importantly, the President’s finances are very tight; I’m afraid you might not even be able to launch the initial work."

Liu Guodong picked up the thread and laid out Yunhai’s current situation like it was his household register. Sophie’s expression changed, but she couldn’t get a word out for a long while.

Seeing the look on her face, Fang Zhimin clearly lost interest in Yunhai. He waved his hand and said, "If that’s the case, then you don’t need to participate, President. Boss Guo, Boss Liu, Boss Zhuang, if you’re free tonight, let’s find a place to talk about the details of our cooperation. Let’s leave it at that for now. Heh, I haven’t played golf in ages, shall we go have some fun?"

"It’s a rare treat that Young Master Fang is in the mood; how could we dare refuse? After you!"

The group stood up one after another, essentially leaving Sophie off to the side.

"Let’s go already! I told you not to come, didn’t I? Look, you’ve gotten slapped in the face again."

Lin Mu yawned and shouted in a rather loud voice.

"You..." Sophie, already in a foul mood, glared with her beautiful eyes and was about to snap, when suddenly, Fang Zhimin, who had already taken a few steps, turned around sharply. His gaze locked straight on Lin Mu, and after a long moment, he suddenly shouted, "It’s you!"

"Jesus! Are you sick or something, jumping like that? If you scare me to death, can you afford it?"

Lin Mu rolled his eyes impatiently. In his eyes, this Fang Zhimin guy was just a third-rate princeling, only slightly better than a brain-dead idiot. He was casually and boldly taking on this shady business of contracting expressways, and even dragging in a few bumpkin partners he barely knew. If everything went smoothly, fine, but if anything went wrong, his dad, Governor Fang, might have to go down with him.

What was this? Classic "screwing your own dad."

Of course, what Lin Mu was thinking was something no outsider could know. Just as Liu Guodong was about to step forward and angrily bark out a line like "Insolent brat, hurry up and apologize to the Young Master," Fang Zhimin’s eyes suddenly lit up. He strode over to Lin Mu in two long steps, excitement in his voice as he said, "Master, I finally found you."