Chapter 1499: The Old Fox Almost Died of Anger 2

His mind spun, and a devious idea came to him.

Huo Zhenteng, however, remained composed on the surface; no one could tell what he was thinking inside, and he maintained a humble appearance with a face full of smiles.

"Very well, President Sheng. You are a senior in the business world, and I have much to learn from you. Although this is a bidding process and a competition between our two firms, that is not important; let us be friends," he said with a humble attitude.

Sheng Hanyu remained a cold, icy face, as if he hadn't heard a thing, and completely ignored his overture.

Sheng Hanyu, also an old fox in the business world, naturally knew how many tricks were hidden in his belly and what he was planning, but the villagers did not.

The villagers felt Sheng Hanyu was too aloof, while Huo Zhenteng was more approachable.

The scales in their hearts had already quietly tipped toward Huo Zhenteng.

But the good impression he made on the villagers did not last long; after Huo Zhenteng's speech ended, there wasn't much of that good impression left.

Huo Zhenteng's capital investment looked very impressive, and the conditions he proposed were also enticing, spoken of in flowery terms, but the contract price offered was extremely low, and in the sample contract he provided, those flowery benefits were not clearly stated.

Isn't this just fooling people?

No one is a fool; the villagers were in an uproar, and the good impression from just a moment ago plummeted to the bottom.

"Isn't this just robbery?"

"Exactly. When we earn money, he earns more than this in a single month with this contract price; is he trying to fool an idiot?"

"This old guy has bad intentions, taking advantage of a crisis; we can't give it to him."

Huo Zhenteng felt a sharp pang of heartache.

In fact, this was already double his original budget; the price he had originally intended was even lower than this.

He hadn't originally intended to show the sample contract, but he had been requested to do so one minute before the bidding.

Time was too tight, and he had no time to think of a countermeasure, so he had to bite the bullet and show it.

He actually still held a glimmer of hope that no one would discover he was playing tricks in the contract, but it was ruthlessly exposed, and the ones who exposed him were villagers with no experience.

Huo Zhenteng was extremely annoyed.

For many years, this was how his history of success had been built, and it worked well in other places.

That was because no one interfered; he would push his opponents to the brink with no way out, and only then would he appear like a savior to offer a path.

The victims, like someone grabbing a straw to save their life, would cling tightly to the only light before them, and thus he would reap a huge profit.

But in Chen Family Village, he had a bad start.

According to his plan, there were supposed to be no competitors.

But today, not only did a competitor appear, but the opponent was also very strong.

Dingsheng Group was the strongest group in Jiangzhou; in terms of capital, strength... no matter which aspect, he could not compete, and the villagers naturally chose the best when they had a choice.

He had originally pinned his last hope on the speech segment; his persuasiveness didn't work on old hands who had been in the business sea for years, but it was still fine for dealing with villagers who had little experience.

But even this glimmer of hope was now in jeopardy.

When it came to Dingsheng Group's speech, Sheng Hanyu did not speak himself, but let his assistant go up to give the speech.

It was just a small Resort, not worth someone of his status to take the stage personally!

Sheng Hanyu didn't go up personally, and Huo Zhenteng breathed a sigh of relief; he thought that a proud army would surely lose, and since he wasn't being taken seriously, he could find an opportunity in it.

However, the moment Sheng Hanyu's assistant opened his mouth on stage, he realized he was wrong!

This young man, who looked very young, had even stronger persuasiveness and charisma than he did.

A strong general has no weak soldiers; the assistant spoke eloquently, and combined with the golden signboard of Dingsheng Group, the generous conditions, and the attractive contract price, an old fox like Huo Zhenting was clearly not enough to handle it.

Dingsheng Group promised that as long as Dingsheng contracted the Resort, the villagers of Chen Family Village would be members of Dingsheng and enjoy all the benefits that Dingsheng employees enjoyed!

Such as the five social insurances and one housing fund, shopping cards for major supermarkets, gifts for holidays, year-end bonuses... In addition, Dingsheng Group promised to give the villagers shares, and the ownership of the Resort would still belong to the villagers!

It truly achieved a win-win situation, and the interests of the villagers were guaranteed to the highest degree.

"Wow—"

The Dingsheng representative's speech was interrupted by applause several times.

The villagers were incredibly excited; where else could they find such a good thing?

If the process hadn't been ongoing, they would have wanted to vote immediately.

Who would win was a foregone conclusion, plain for all to see!

The Dingsheng representative's speech ended, and they entered the intermission; once the break was over, it would be time to vote.

Huo Zhenteng took the initiative to cozy up to Sheng Hanyu again, his attitude very humble, praising Dingsheng Group for its strength and capability, saying it could be a leader in every industry, that he needed to learn from him, and so on, saying a whole lot of nice things.

If it were someone else, they would have said a few words back to avoid making him lose face.

Huo Zhenteng was proactive and enthusiastic, and his net worth was not low either!

But Sheng Hanyu was not someone else.

He looked at Huo Zhenteng coldly and told him bluntly: "Don't waste your effort. If you put your mind on the right path and do fewer flashy things, your results will be better than they are now."

One sentence killed the conversation.

Huo Zhenting wished he could bite a piece of flesh off him.

This was too disrespectful; the key was that there were leaders nearby, so how would the leaders look at him in the future?

However, the leaders didn't seem to be looking at him either.

Seeing that Sheng Hanyu was impenetrable, he stopped wasting his effort on him.

He decided to break through from Gu Zhihao; there should still be a glimmer of hope!

He went to Gu Zhihao with a grave expression: "Village Chief Gu, could we step aside to talk? I have something very important to discuss with you."

"Alright, let's go to my office." Gu Zhihao did not guard against him; even though his wife had repeatedly told him to be wary of this person, he just didn't think Huo Zhenteng looked like a bad person.

The office door closed.

Huo Zhenteng began to cozy up: "Zhihao, you are younger than me; I treat you the same as my own brother, and I want to tell you some heartfelt words. If what I say is wrong, please don't mind..."

"Brother Huo, what are you saying? Just say whatever you have to say; I won't mind."

"Although we have no blood relation, and I am not as close to you as the Chairman of Dingsheng Group is, I still want to say a few heartfelt words to you. It is true that the price I am offering is low, and on the surface, your village is at a disadvantage..."

"But think about it, what was your original intention when you first became Village Chief and started the Resort? It was to let the villagers live and work in peace and contentment, and also to carry forward the Gu Family cuisine, right?"

"Yes, that is what I thought." Gu Zhihao nodded repeatedly.

Huo Zhenteng had truly spoken to his heart.

Back then, he had sworn before his father that he would never open a restaurant in his life, but he hadn't said he couldn't open a resort!

Being a chef was Gu Zhihao's dream.

This dream, however, had been shattered because of that vow.