Chapter 1043: Killing the Chicken to Scare the Monkey

Every time Sheng Hanyu went to L Country, he would not use others if he could serve himself, but Wang Yong was simply not the type of person to serve others; just setting out bowls and chopsticks sounded like he was smashing basins and breaking bowls.

"Be gentler when you put them down; there won't be any left after this batch is broken."

Wang Yong's eyes widened into perfect circles: "Brother, how do you know this is the last batch of bowls?"

He gave a light scoff: "How could I not know you? On the surface, you've improved a little, but deep down, nothing has changed. Having suffered such great anger at the mining area, you have to smash some bowls and plates to vent your fire, don't you?"

Wang Yong gave his big brother a thumbs-up: "Big brother is big brother; it's like you can see everything I do."

"Alright, let's eat."

Although it was breakfast, the meal was quite sumptuous.

Everything was prepared according to recipes from Jiangzhou; Sheng Hanyu did not like L Country's food, as they always had to add fruit to perfectly good meals, making them neither fish nor fowl.

Today, the table was set with millet and pumpkin porridge, purple sweet potato and rice porridge, eight-treasure porridge, and century egg and lean meat porridge; in addition, there were steamed buns, sesame paste flatbreads, beef pies, and chive pockets.

Plus tea eggs, fried bacon, and a few dishes of refreshing and appetizing cold side dishes.

Sheng Hanyu only drank more than half a bowl of porridge and took a few bites of side dishes before putting down his chopsticks: "I'm full."

Wang Yong, with half a beef pie hanging from his mouth, asked vaguely: "Brother, eat a bit more. Can you be full from just half a bowl of porridge? Is the food not to your taste? I'll change the cook today."

He turned his head and explained: "It's not good for digestion to eat so much before sleeping. It's not that the cook is bad; you don't care about health preservation at all. Have you taken the fish oil and lecithin I had someone send over?"

"I took it."

He was lying; he hadn't taken it at all.

Wang Yong felt his body was in tip-top shape and didn't need to take those things.

"Remember to take it! I'll have someone send you more when you finish."

Sheng Hanyu returned to his room to sleep.

Two hours later.

Sheng Hanyu, dressed neatly in a suit and leather shoes, appeared in the Chairman's office, looking refreshed.

The photos taken last night had already been printed and organized, made into a map, and hung on the office wall.

The map was made very beautifully; the mountains and plains were covered in red flags!

The corners of Sheng Hanyu's mouth turned up; what made Wang Yong angry to death was seen as an opportunity in his eyes.

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that might topple Minister Chen!

He asked his Secretary to arrange a meeting with people from the Fire Bureau.

The meeting place was right in the office.

Soon, the person arrived.

He was a guy over fifty, fat and greasy.

In L Country, receiving gifts from merchants and demanding bribes was a tradition, but when Qi Xiansheng was Vice President, everyone knew that Dingsheng Group's backer was the Qi Family, so no one dared to make things difficult for them.

But times were different now; the Qi Family had fallen.

Therefore, he took it for granted that he would return home fully loaded today!

The Secretary led the man into the office and then went out, closing the door.

Sheng Hanyu spoke in an official tone: "I invited you here today to ask what we did wrong? Why seal the mine?"

There were no "gifts," not even a glass of fresh juice.

He was very displeased, and his tone was naturally unkind: "The fire safety is not up to standard. Didn't we send you a notice? Can't you read it yourself?"

"Where is it not up to standard?"

"It's not up to standard anywhere."

Sheng Hanyu gave a light scoff: "I cannot accept such an attitude from you. Fire safety is a very rigorous matter; how can you just brush it off so lightly? Last night, I walked through the mining area for an entire night, spending over ten hours going through every place you marked as not up to standard."

"Then I checked the L Country Fire Regulations, and the facts prove that what you said is not correct. None of the places marked with red flags are correct..."

Before he could finish speaking, the person from the Fire Bureau interrupted impatiently: "Don't talk nonsense with me. I say it's not up to standard, so it's not up to standard. I want to seal your mine, and you cannot start work."

"You are all too arrogant. Not only do you not obey the regulations and interfere with official business, but you also dare to hit my people? With this attitude, you will never be able to start work in your life."

Sheng Hanyu: "You are being unreasonable. It was your people who started it first; our people only fought back in self-defense."

He laughed, his tone very arrogant: "I'm just being unreasonable, what can you do about it? Self-defense or not, anyway, on my turf, you have to listen to me. What I say goes!"

"I thought the famous Chairman of Dingsheng Group was such a wise person; it turns out you are so naive. You don't think I came to find trouble with you for no reason, do you? I might as well tell you the truth: you offended someone you shouldn't have offended..."

The "fat and greasy guy" was very cooperative, saying everything he should and shouldn't have said.

Now, things were easier for Sheng Hanyu.

He had only set one of the traps he prepared, and the rest weren't even needed; he just started the conversation, and the "fat and greasy guy" voluntarily blabbered on and on.

He was parched from talking and became even more dissatisfied.

"Bang!"

He slapped the table: "What is wrong with you? Why are you so clueless? I traveled such a long way here; never mind the travel expenses, you didn't even pour me a glass of water?"

Sheng Hanyu then acted as if he had just woken from a dream.

He first apologized, then asked the Secretary to juice some fruit and bring the best mineral water.

Soon, the juice and water were delivered, but after the "fat and greasy guy" drank them, his thirst was quenched, but his anger rose even higher!

This person was too ignorant of social nuances.

How could there be such a stubborn person?

When asked to pour water, he just poured water; he couldn't hear the subtext at all—how does he do business?

Does he still want to do business in L Country?

"Only this?" He decided to give Sheng Hanyu one more chance.

However, he was disappointed once again.

Sheng Hanyu: "Is it not enough to drink? What else would you like to drink? Juice, tea, or coffee?"

"Hmph!"

He stood up huffily and raged, "Since you are so ignorant of how things work, just wait for your business to go bankrupt."

Sheng Hanyu called out to the pot-bellied man, "Please make yourself clear. What exactly is the problem with our fire safety? I will fix whatever is wrong, but what does that have to do with whether I am 'ignorant of how things work'?"

The pot-bellied man:...

He was so angered by Sheng Hanyu that he nearly died on the spot.

"Of course it has to do with it! Do you understand what it means to 'do as the Romans do'? This is L Country, not your Jiangzhou. You must follow the rules of whoever's territory you are on. Don't even think about getting past this without a hundred or eighty gold bars."

"Sheng Hanyu, let me tell you, a person must know how to assess the situation. Right now, L Country is run by Minister Chen, not by that person surnamed Qi. If you continue to be so ungrateful, you won't be able to do business in L Country at all..."

He threw a massive tantrum, yet it was completely useless.

Sheng Hanyu was a total miser who wouldn't part with a single cent.

Not only did he not obediently offer up gold bars or a bank card, but he instead lectured the man with great indignation!

Sheng Hanyu righteously lectured him, saying that the reason L Country's development was slow was precisely because of people like them, and that he would not encourage such corrupt practices; even if his business went bankrupt and he couldn't continue, he would rather take his whole family begging for food than aid and abet such evil.