Urban Super Medical Saint-Chapter 687 - 686: Apply Pressure [2nd Update]
Yang Zhonghui saw that Liu Jiayao had rejected his proposal without a second thought, and his face couldn't help but darken, a flash of anger visible in his eyes.
"President Liu, why must you reject people from a thousand miles away? You can set your terms. Matters of money and shares are both negotiable. We from Hesi are very sincere," Park Yu-ji said with a forced smile, seeing that Yang Zhonghui's words had been ineffective.
"This isn't a matter of sincerity but of whether I am willing or not. It's not as if, just because you are sincere, I must agree," Liu Jiayao said, her pretty face finally growing colder as she noticed Park Yu-ji's insincere grin.
These past few days, Park Yu-ji had been pestering her, which she already found very distasteful, and now he was even using connections to pressure her, making her even more repulsed and quite angry.
"So, President Liu, are you saying you won't give face to my friend?" Zheng Qingli finally spoke up, his tone arrogant and brash.
"This is business, not about giving face! I have other matters to attend to at noon, please excuse yourselves," she said. In the past, the nephew of the deputy provincial governor and the director of the Public Security Department, and the son of the deputy director of the Health Department, would have put great pressure on Liu Jiayao, making her afraid to offend them. But times have changed, and now that Ge Dongxu was the real owner of Qinglan Cosmetics, Liu Jiayao naturally wasn't afraid of them anymore. Hearing this, her pretty face turned completely cold, and she swept the three men with a cold glance, speaking in a cold voice.
"It seems that President Liu really isn't giving any face to Young Master Yang and President Zheng," Park Yu-ji said with a sneer upon seeing this.
Yang Zhonghui and Zheng Qingli, hearing Park Yu-ji's words, both felt humiliated and their expressions became quite difficult.
Hesi Cosmetics' first step into the Huaxia market was to acquire a cosmetics company in Linzhou City, and it could be said that Linzhou City would be the headquarters of Hesi Cosmetics in Huaxia. Therefore, Park Yu-ji, who was very familiar with Huaxia, made a point of befriending some officials' children upon arriving in Linzhou.
Park Yu-ji, being the CEO of a Korean company and his grandfather the leader of the global top 500 enterprise Xianxing Group, was quite a figure wherever he went. He intentionally befriended people like Yang Zhonghui, who naturally felt honored, and Park Yu-ji, being very generous, even frequently invited them to Korea.
Once in Korea, with Park Yu-ji's status among the younger generation in Korea, it wasn't an exaggeration to say he could summon the wind and call the rain. After Yang Zhonghui and Zheng Qingli arrived in Korea, Park Yu-ji naturally did not hesitate to show off to them and arranged plenty of entertainment for them.
The urban prosperity and richness of entertainment life in Huaxia in the late 1990s still couldn't compare with Korea.
Yang Zhonghui and Zheng Qingli naturally felt as if their eyes were opened and began to hold Park Yu-ji in even higher regard, considering him a good friend.
This time, when Park Yu-ji flew to Linzhou City and repeatedly sought Liu Jiayao out for partnership discussions, Liu Jiayao had directly refused, prompting Park Yu-ji to start leveraging his network of connections established over the past couple of years.
Although Qinglan Cosmetics had some fame and market share in Huaxia, it hadn't yet launched the "Flower Spirit" and still relied on low-end products, inevitably leading Yang Zhonghui and Zheng Qingli to look down on it somewhat. And since Hesi Cosmetics was an international brand, when Park Yu-ji approached them, they thought that with just their intervention, Liu Jiayao would immediately nod in agreement, and so they confidently assured him of success.
But now, Liu Jiayao showed no intention of even sitting down to discuss, and Park Yu-ji deliberately added fuel to the fire with his sarcastic remarks, naturally making the young men, Yang Zhonghui and Zheng Qingli, feel greatly snubbed by Liu Jiayao.
"Face or no face is secondary, fire safety is extremely important, wouldn't you agree, President Liu?" Zheng Qingli said with a grim face, a mobile phone appearing in his hand at some point. freēwēbnovel.com
"Not only safety, but the quality of the product must also be top-notch!" Yang Zhonghui added quickly, also holding a mobile phone in his hand.
"What do you mean by this? Are you threatening me?" Liu Jiayao's pretty face suddenly turned cold as frost.
"President Liu, how could that be? We are just fulfilling our civic duty and preparing to report to the relevant departments, asking them to come and conduct a thorough inspection," Zheng Qingli replied.
Seeing Yang Zhonghui and Zheng Qingli infuriated and ready to use their family backgrounds, Park Yu-ji's lips curled into a cold, smug smile. He didn't hurry to leave, but instead sat down leisurely on the sofa facing the large desk, legs crossed, exuding a confident air of having Liu Jiayao in his grip.
Yang Zhonghui's call was naturally not to his own father but to a minor leader responsible for the coordination and supervision of cosmetics under the Health Bureau.
Similarly, Zheng Qingli's call wasn't to his uncle but directly to a captain under the Provincial Fire Brigade, also known as the branch of the Fire Department under the Public Security Department.
One was the son of the deputy director of the Health Bureau, and the other was the nephew of the vice governor and the director of the Public Security Department. Their calls naturally demanded attention from the subordinate leaders, who quickly responded that they would conduct a surprise inspection at Qinglan Cosmetics Company.
After receiving the reply, Yang Zhonghui and Zheng Qingli hung up the phones, then looked at Liu Jiayao and said softly, "President Liu, we are actually acting in good faith. You might want to reconsider."
"Reconsider what?" At that moment, the door to the director's office was pushed open, and Ge Dongxu walked in from outside.
"Dongxu, you're here." Liu Jiayao's eyes brightened as she saw Ge Dongxu come in and greeted him.
"Who are you?" Yang Zhonghui and Zheng Qingli frowned. Park Yu-ji also furrowed his brow but remained seated with his legs crossed on the sofa, looking arrogantly at Ge Dongxu and said lightly, "Young man, we meet again!"
"What's going on?" Ge Dongxu asked Liu Jiayao, ignoring Park Yu-ji, a faint glint of chill visible in his eyes.
"President Park, having been rejected in his attempt to fully acquire Qinglan Cosmetics Company, did not give up. He recently came to discuss a joint venture with me. I've refused several times, but he's persistent. Today, he specifically invited the son of the vice director of the Health Bureau and the nephew of Vice Governor Zheng to persuade me. I just refused again, and then they made calls, informing that people from the Health Bureau and the Provincial Fire Brigade would soon come for a surprise inspection," Liu Jiayao replied.
"Oh, no wonder I heard them asking you to reconsider just now! Leave it to me," Ge Dongxu said as he patted Liu Jiayao's shoulder, giving her a comforting smile. He then turned to Park Yu-ji, his smile fading from his face as he turned, replaced by an expressionless calm.
"President Park, in fact, I've been very displeased with you since our last encounter in Hong Kong! However, I let it go; do you know why?" Ge Dongxu asked calmly, staring at Park Yu-ji.
