Chapter 336: Harmony is Most Precious
"Zheng, what do we do now? If we keep refusing to issue refunds, it's going to cause trouble," the assistant said anxiously.
Zheng Kaiyang naturally understood the assistant's meaning.
The people who had come were all seniors.
In a state of heightened emotion, they had scuffles with the staff, pushing and shoving.
If by some misfortune a few of them were to die, it would be very troublesome.
After thinking it over, Zheng Kaiyang said, "Agree to refund them. With so many people here, let them form a line and make it orderly. Tell the company's people, by all means, do not get into conflicts with those elders."
The assistant complained bitterly, "Director Zheng, are we really going to refund? We don't have much funds in our accounts, we won't last long."
Zheng Kaiyang said, "I know. Under normal circumstances, it only takes a few minutes to process one person's refund. But you can tell finance to drag their feet a bit, go through a few more procedures, make everything look legitimate. If it takes half an hour to handle one refund, we won't be able to process many in a day, and no one else can complain.
These old folks probably won't come back tomorrow."
The assistant's eyes lit up, nodding again and again, "Director Zheng, you're brilliant. Why didn't I think of that? I'll arrange it right away."
"Go ahead," Zheng Kaiyang hung up the phone.
After a moment, he dialed Xu Yang's phone number again.
Soon, the call connected.
Zheng Kaiyang sneered directly, "Xu Yang, I must admit you're quite capable, marshaling so many seniors to create trouble at my company in such a short time. But if you think you can defeat me this way, you're sorely mistaken."
Xu Yang asked, "It seems you have a way to deal with their refund demands?"
Zheng Kaiyang said proudly, "Of course. Your little tricks are too simple for me to unravel. I don't believe you can organize them to come again tomorrow."
Xu Yang laughed, "I'm not organizing them tomorrow. This kind of thing, it's enough to do it once. Doing it too much is pointless."
Zheng Kaiyang sneered, "Good to know you find it pointless. I'd advise you to stop, since all your efforts are in vain. My promise of five million still stands. As long as you give up and stop pursuing Li Changsheng and his son, I'll transfer five million to you right away."
Xu Yang said coldly, "Sorry, I don't need the money."
Zheng Kaiyang sneered, "In that case, carry on."
With that, he hung up the phone.
No sooner had he hung up than the phone began to ring again.
"Brother Wang," Zheng Kaiyang answered the call.
"I forgot to ask you earlier, who is behind this against you?" Wang Tongshan asked.
"It's Xu Yang," Zheng Kaiyang said.
"Xu Yang? That name sounds familiar," Wang Tongshan furrowed his brow.
"It's the owner of Jiang Dilaou, Xu Yang," Zheng Kaiyang said.
Xu Yang owned many companies, but Jiang Dilaou was the most famous.
When introducing Xu Yang to those unaware, they generally referred to him as the owner of Jiang Dilaou.
"Him? How did you offend him?" Wang Tongshan was puzzled.
They should be unrelated to each other.
Why would Xu Yang target Zheng Kaiyang?
He could not figure it out.
"Brother Wang, here's the thing..." Zheng Kaiyang explained the situation.
"I see, Xu Yang does seem to have some tactics. Better to make peace if you can, otherwise even if he doesn't wreck you in the end, you'll still lose a lot," Wang Tongshan advised.
"I would like peace. I'm willing to pay him five million as long as he stops going after Li Changsheng and his son, but he doesn't want it," said Zheng Kaiyang.
"He keeps saying that he wants the Li father and son to be punished. What else can I do?"
"I don't care about Li Changsheng, but Li Zicheng is my nephew, my sister's child. He's already inside. I can't let my older nephew go in as well. Otherwise, even if my sister knew about it from the beyond, she would blame me."
Zheng Kaiyang didn't hesitate to speak his mind.
Even if Li Changsheng was there, he wouldn't have minded.
Li Changsheng didn't think there was anything amiss, as this was simply the truth.
He knew his brother-in-law was like that, if it weren't for his son's sake, he definitely wouldn't bother with himself.
"I see," Wang Tongshan said after a moment of silence, "In that case, call him and arrange to meet up, I'll accompany you to see him and see if I can help mediate a bit."
"Meet up? Wang Brother, is that really necessary?" Zheng Kaiyang frowned.
"Of course it's necessary. Otherwise, if he keeps messing with you from time to time, it would be very uncomfortable for you," Wang Tongshan said, somewhat speechless.
"That's true, I'll call him to set up a meeting." Zheng Kaiyang thought Wang Tongshan had a point and agreed.
It was better to resolve things peacefully if possible.
After ending the call, he immediately dialed Xu Yang's phone number.
Soon, the call connected.
"What's up?" Xu Yang's voice came through.
"Xu Yang, I've been thinking, our issue hasn't escalated to a life-or-death situation yet. Let's find a time and place to meet up and have a good talk, what do you think?" Zheng Kaiyang said.
"Sure," Xu Yang didn't refuse, "I'm at Jinmao Industrial Company on Binjiang Road in Fengcheng waiting for you. Come over."
"You're in Fengcheng?" Zheng Kaiyang was somewhat surprised.
"Yes, come over," Xu Yang said.
"Alright, I'll be right there."
Zheng Kaiyang hadn't expected Xu Yang to be in Fengcheng. Xu Yang's presence in Fengcheng was even better, this was his turf, he wasn't afraid of Xu Yang causing trouble.
After finishing the call, Zheng Kaiyang dialed Wang Tongshan to inform him of the situation.
Then he drove to the base of Wang Tongshan's company building, picked up Wang Tongshan, and together they headed for Jinmao Industrial Company.
In the car.
Wang Tongshan said, "I just did a bit of digging on this Jinmao Industrial, it's a small failing company, selling toys, went bankrupt and was closed down, got bought out yesterday, and Xu Yang arranging to meet there indicates that it was Xu Yang who bought it."
Zheng Kaiyang frowned, "Why would he buy such a company?"
Wang Tongshan shook his head, "I don't know."
He was also unclear on why the other party would buy such a tiny failing company.
Soon, they arrived at Jinmao Industrial.
Jinmao Industrial was located within an old office building; the company was small, just about fifty to sixty square meters in size.
At the moment, there was only a receptionist present at Jinmao Industrial.
"My name is Zheng Kaiyang, and I'm here to see Xu Yang," said Zheng Kaiyang.
"Alright, our President Xu has been waiting for you," came the reply.
The receptionist led the two men to an office inside.
Upon entering, they saw Xu Yang seated behind a desk.
The receptionist poured a glass of water for both of them and then left.
"President Xu, I'd like to introduce you, this is my Wang Brother, Wang Tongshan. He came here mainly to mediate the situation between us, thinking it's better for us to amicably resolve our issues," Zheng Kaiyang took the lead in speaking.
"I also think amicable resolution is best, and I'm eager to hear how Mr. Wang would mediate," Xu Yang's gaze settled on Wang Tongshan.
"President Xu, I've already gotten to the bottom of the situation, and what's done is done. There's no point for both sides to dwell on those things now."
"I believe in one thing: there's no problem that money can't solve. If it's not solved, it just means the money isn't enough."
"Zheng Kaiyang has promised to compensate you five million, you don't agree, you can raise the price."
"As long as it's not excessive, even if Zheng Kaiyang doesn't agree, I will. I'll pay you out of my own pocket. What do you say?"
Wang Tongshan felt that if Xu Yang didn't agree to a settlement, it was simply a matter of the money not being enough.