Chapter 354: 350. Zhang Ran Makes a Call (Please subscribe, monthly tickets!)

Zhao Lifeng felt a heaviness in his heart as he watched this scene; he could tell that Zhang Ran was truly angry, and for a moment, he did not know what to do.

He was now also afraid that Zhang Ran would simply flick his sleeves and leave, in which case he would have absolutely no hope left.

"Xiang Lianshun, can you shut your mouth?" Zhao Lifeng barked.

Xiang Lianshun immediately pointed his gun at him, "What kind of thing do you think you are, Zhao Lifeng? You came to us when you were short on money, and now that the company has grown, you want to kick us to the curb?"

"Don't put it so nastily. Just tell me, what have you done for the company over all these years? Besides holding the company back during meetings, what else have you done?

It's been so many years, and because of constant meetings, constant discussions, and constant research, have you ever thought about how many opportunities we have missed?" Zhao Lifeng was also furious.

"Heh, and who is that because of? If you hadn't been so headstrong about pursuing internet payments back then, would we be in this state now?" someone spoke up.

From the moment he spoke, a glimmer of joy appeared in Xiang Lianshun's eyes; he knew he had done the right thing.

Now that he had stood out so forcefully, those who were unwilling to accept the status quo would surely follow him.

They might feel a bit guilty if they had to face the newly emerged Zhang Ran head-on, but they were not afraid of Zhao Lifeng in the slightest.

"That's right, the key is that even though things were done using Fengli Group, you were the ones who ended up eating the meat. We lost our interests, yet we didn't even get to drink a drop of soup." This was the representative of an investment bank from the United States speaking.

This was indeed a fact, and Zhao Lifeng had nothing to say; although their Fengli payment platform was registered under their name, these foreign investment banks had not gained any benefits at all.

While they were busy arguing, Zhang Ran had just connected a phone call on his side.

"Brother, when are you coming over? I've already prepared everything on my end," a magnetic male voice said excitedly, using fluent Huaxia language; if not for a slight sense of awkwardness, others would have truly thought it was spoken by a Huaxia person.

From the moment Zhang Ran returned, he had called Zhang Ran wanting to come see him, but Zhang Ran had stopped him.

His status was different now; if he came over, Zhang Ran would immediately be noticed by many people, so Zhang Ran said he would go find him when he had time.

Some time ago, Zhang Ran had also returned his call, saying he would go find him recently.

Hearing his words, Zhang Ran said, "I can't go for the moment. I've run into a bit of trouble here and need to ask for your help."

Zhang Ran had no intention of being polite with him at all.

And the person on the other end did not waste any breath with Zhang Ran either, saying directly, "Just tell me what the matter is. As long as you leave a bloodline for our family, you can just give the orders for the rest."

Zhang Ran said, "It's not that serious. It's just that I was pointed at and cursed by someone just now. Tsk tsk tsk, I, Zhang Ran, have never been cursed at so miserably in my life, so I wanted to see if you, brother, could help me vent my anger."

Hearing Zhang Ran say this, the person on the other end was clearly stunned for a moment.

"Who has such guts? Are they still alive?" the person on the other end asked bluntly, without the slightest hint of teasing in their tone, as if that was truly what they were thinking.

"I am a law-abiding citizen, why would you think that?" Zhang Ran feigned a look of confusion.

"No, I mean, how could Brother Dayong tolerate it? Didn't you say last time that Brother Dayong was by your side?" the voice on the other end was full of doubt.

He Yong had left such a deep impression on him back then that even now, the scene from that night would occasionally echo in his mind; at the time, the number of people who died at He Yong's hands was at least two handfuls, yet He Yong hadn't even frowned, and that cold, indifferent demeanor was something he remembered to this day.

So he couldn't understand, had He Yong been living a life of abstinence and prayer all these years?

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Dayong isn't by my side. Fortunately, I had him take my grandson and granddaughter out to play this morning, otherwise the scene right now..."

"Alright, I understand. By the way, what exactly happened?" The person on the other end brought the conversation to the main point.

Zhang Ran said softly, "I am making some preparations here, and someone felt uncomfortable about it and started cursing, even saying that once I go to Russia, they won't let me come back."

"Who?" Zhang Ran could clearly feel the tone on the other end turn gloomy all of a sudden.

Zhang Ran said, "Xiang Lianshun."

He then seemed to realize that the other party might not know who Xiang Lianshun was, and explained, "The son-in-law of the Nekrasov family."

"Wait for me for two hours," the person on the other end said in a deep voice.

Zhang Ran said, "I've troubled you this time."

"If you talk like that, you really are treating me as an outsider. If it weren't for you, I would have died long ago, and I wouldn't be where I am today, let alone have disgraced the family's face!"

"Heh, you know I didn't mean it that way. I have never been polite with you, otherwise I wouldn't have made this call, nor would I be going to your side," Zhang Ran chuckled.

"Hmm! By the way, if it's convenient when you come, bring your family along to meet ours," the person on the other end said.

"Alright," Zhang Ran said.

After saying this, the person on the other end hung up the phone.

Zhang Ran also closed his eyes to rest his mind; at this moment, he was truly a bit glad he hadn't brought He Yong along, otherwise he felt that some blood would have to be shed today.

Zhang Ran could choose not to care about the things Xiang Lianshun had cursed him with earlier, but He Yong would not.

As for the later threat that Zhang Ran wouldn't be able to leave Russia, that would only make He Yong harbor murderous intent!

Because He Yong knew that Zhang Ran would indeed be going to Russia before long.

"Ming Xuan, don't tell Dayong about today's events," Zhang Ran instructed without even opening his eyes.

Meng Mingxuan looked at Zhang Ran and said in a low voice, "I understand."

Although he didn't know why Zhang Shu had given him such an instruction, he could clearly feel that Zhang Ran was in a very bad mood at this moment.

Zhao Lifeng took a moment to glance at Zhang Ran and found that he hadn't left, which made him breathe a sigh of relief; as long as he hadn't left, everything was still manageable.

As for Xiang Lianshun, he looked at Zhang Ran with disdain; even at a time like this, he was still putting on airs, and he even used Huaxia language to make the call—who was he trying to fool?

Next, they went back to their arguing and causing a scene, as if it had nothing to do with Zhang Ran.

Some of those who had been watching from the sidelines earlier now saw that Zhang Ran seemed to have backed down, and one by one, they began to feel tempted.

Zhang Ran's intention was very clear: he wanted them to hand over their decision-making power and become idle shareholders.

But this was not what they wanted; although some of them understood in their hearts that they were indeed hindering some of the company's development.

But power is not something that is easy to let go of, especially for people like Xiang Lianshun; once they lost this, they would truly have nothing left, so some people also began to join Xiang Lianshun's side to force the issue in return.