Chapter 823: 817. Fear and Submission (Please Subscribe and Vote)

The moment he recognized Zhang Ran, Dong Changhai felt a tremor in his heart; the more one mixed in the business world and the more one understood Zhang Ran, the more one realized the immense power hidden on his side.

To say nothing else, even within the real estate industry, Dong Changhai had heard that many giant corporations had excellent relationships with Zhang Ran.

It was just that in the past, he had listened to all of it as if they were mere stories, and the person telling them was also just telling them as stories.

However, these things that seemed like stories were actually, in fact, true events.

Zhang Ran knew that Huaxia's real estate definitely held infinite potential, and he knew many of the circumstances, yet he had not intervened in it.

If Zhang Ran had no other way out or could not find a direction for development after earning his first pot of gold, then he would likely have set his sights on a real estate company.

After all, his connections, his abilities, and his wealth could absolutely allow him to make a huge profit in this field.

But Zhang Ran did not do so, because he had found a path more suitable for himself, and his development was also more comprehensive.

After finding his own path of development, Zhang Ran gave up on real estate.

It was not that he looked down on this money; Zhang Ran certainly knew how much profit it contained, but Zhang Ran did not want to be pointed at and cursed behind his back.

Although there were many factors for high housing prices and the relationships involved were very complex, it was undeniable that real estate companies played a very inglorious role in it.

High housing prices, which provoked countless people to curse in anger—this was something Zhang Ran did not want to see.

Although he could not stop it, it was better not to earn such money; in any case, if he invested the money intended for real estate elsewhere, the profit obtained would not be lower than that of a real estate company, and might even be higher.

However, since he already knew this general trend, Zhang Ran would of course use it to do some things, such as befriending certain people.

So, it was true that the relationship between real estate giants and Zhang Ran was good; to say nothing else, if Zhang Ran asked them to discipline Dong Changhai, it would likely just be a matter of saying a word.

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang, I was wrong. I had eyes but failed to recognize a titan; please don't hold it against me," Dong Changhai said with some trepidation.

At this moment, his attitude had undergone a 180-degree turn; the previous appearance of a big boss vanished in an instant.

Many people looked on with strange expressions.

However, everyone was more concerned about Zhang Ran's identity.

Especially Meng Gu and Xiaomin.

From the events just now, it could be seen that Zhang Ran and Meng Shu seemed to have known each other for a long time, and Meng Gu discovered that his own father seemed to be a bit afraid of the person in front of him.

Actually, this was Meng Gu seeing it wrong; it was not fear, but shame—he dared not look Zhang Ran straight in the eye.

As for Manager Wang and the others, they were so scared that they didn't dare to say another word; Manager Wang bit his teeth tightly, not daring to make a sound, for fear of attracting this person's attention again.

He regretted it to death now; he shouldn't have tried to be clever just now, otherwise it wouldn't have ended up like this.

Moreover, it looked like his own boss was so scared in front of this person that he didn't dare to say another word, so he wished he could disappear from here immediately.

But fortunately, no one was paying attention to him now; after all, he was just a small fry.

As for the fact that he had just cursed at Zhang Ran, he had already received some punishment, and this matter was not enough to make him pay any further price.

Zhang Ran looked at Dong Changhai, his eyes narrowing slightly, "Wrong? Where were you wrong?"

Dong Changhai looked at Zhang Ran's eyes, his heart trembling involuntarily; although he considered that he had handled things correctly, being weaker than the other party meant he was wrong.

Especially since Zhang Ran only needed one phone call to destroy the foundation he had spent decades building.

At this moment, let alone admitting his mistake, even if Dong Changhai were asked to kneel, he would not have the slightest hesitation.

This was the characteristic of people who had climbed up from the bottom; when encountering people or things that could not be resisted, they could abandon their so-called face.

Of course, Dong Changhai had no thoughts of revenge; he still had that much self-awareness.

Let alone the fact that the difference in strength between him and Zhang Ran was like heaven and earth, just the fact that he still had to survive in Huaxia and continue to make a living in this industry meant he dared not harbor such thoughts.

The most critical thing was that he had occasionally heard people say that Zhang Ran seemed to have power not only in Huaxia, but also quite a bit of power abroad.

Especially in some smaller countries, Zhang Ran's methods had no scruples.

Don't think that these so-called bosses only care about major events every day; they also like to inquire about gossip, and they like to dig for all kinds of inside information about people with higher status than them.

And knowing some information and telling it to some people could also satisfy their sense of achievement.

These were all human nature.

So Dong Changhai remembered very clearly that when that friend mentioned this at the time, his face was full of yearning and a trace of worship.

It was because he had met Zhang Ran once back then, and had even witnessed some of Zhang Ran's might abroad that year.

"Mr. Zhang, I shouldn't have owed money and refused to pay, and I especially shouldn't have deliberately made things difficult for this brother for the sake of face," Dong Changhai said straightforwardly.

As for saying things like he shouldn't have offended Zhang Ran, that was purely nonsense, and saying it would only make people think he was only doing this because he was afraid of Zhang Ran.

Although that was the truth, such things could not be said, especially on this land of Huaxia.

Zhang Ran heard this and didn't show any reaction, only looking at Meng Shu and saying, "You tell me what should be done; I'll leave this to you for now, and I'll wait for you outside."

After saying this, he left directly; he would not concern himself with the matters here.

This counted as another test from Zhang Ran for Meng Shu, to see if his ability to handle matters could reach his expectations.

If not, then Zhang Ran's visit this time would just be considered meeting an old friend, and he wouldn't even mention the matter.

Lianhua Security Company could not afford any mistakes in the coming period; the candidate must reach the goal in his heart, otherwise he would rather leave it vacant for now.

Before leaving, He Yong gave Meng Shu a wink; as for whether Meng Shu understood it, that was Meng Shu's business.

As for Zhao Lei and the others, their eyes were burning with excitement at this moment; although they knew who they were working for and whose rice they were eating, they had been by Zhang Ran's side for a relatively short time and hadn't experienced many things, so they still didn't know much about many of Zhang Ran's affairs.

But now it seemed that their boss was truly full of dominance; following such a boss was also a good thing for them.

At the very least, they didn't want to really just be bodyguards every day, thinking of cowering first when encountering trouble; protecting the boss was something that had to be done, but it certainly wasn't as satisfying as being this dominant.