Lin Fan held a cup of tea and walked into the meeting room.

Mr. Chen and two of his subordinates were in the meeting room. For some reason, Mr. Chen was scolding his subordinates, and both of them were bowing their heads, not daring to utter a word.

"Hello, Mr. Chen."

Lin Fan greeted and walked over.

The three of them looked up simultaneously at Lin Fan. Upon seeing Lin Fan holding a tea set, Mr. Chen took Lin Fan for a secretary, as Jiang Zhongcheng had mentioned that a secretary would come to entertain them when he went out.

So the secretary is a man after all. Mr. Chen didn't mind too much.

But the two men, upon suddenly seeing Lin Fan, their expressions changed. They immediately recognized Lin Fan. Oh my gosh, was this a coincidence, or had Lin Fan come specifically for them? Instinctively, they shrank back.

Mr. Chen noticed the unusual reaction of the two men, glanced at Lin Fan, and frowned, "What's going on?"

Lin Fan smiled, "Mr. Chen, are these two your subordinates? We had the pleasure of meeting this morning."

Mr. Chen asked, "What do you mean?"

The man who had been thrown out of the store by Lin Fan said, "Boss, he's... he's the one who beat us up this morning!"

Mr. Chen's face changed, "What, it was you?"

The world is really small; originally, he intended to deal with Lin Fan after the interview. His subordinates dared to hit him; given his nature, he wouldn't let Lin Fan off.

Lin Fan said, "Turns out they already told you about this, Mr. Chen."

Mr. Chen said coldly, "A little secretary from Mortal Group, how arrogant you are. It seems Mortal Group really lives up to its name as a big company, President Lin truly is Yun City's richest man!"

His tone was full of sarcasm.

Lin Fan said, "Oh, Mr. Chen, how did your two subordinates explain this to you?"

Mr. Chen snorted, "Do I need to tell you what you did?"

Judging by Mr. Chen's expression, Lin Fan understood that his two subordinates hadn't told him the truth, pinning the blame on him. If they had told the truth, and he still had this expression, there would be a problem.

Lin Fan's gaze fixed coldly on the embarrassed man, "How did you explain it to Mr. Chen? You'd better tell the truth."

"Well..."

The embarrassed man looked at Mr. Chen, then at Lin Fan, a bit conflicted. The situation was different now. Previously, Lin Fan was just a passerby. Now, he was with Mortal Group, and there was a stake in their interest.

Lin Fan chuckled, "I don't know how your subordinates explained it, but how about this, Mr. Chen, I'll recount what happened this morning, and you can compare. This morning..."

Lin Fan truthfully recounted the morning's events and then asked, "Is that what your subordinates said?"

After listening, Mr. Chen looked up at his two subordinates, as what Lin Fan described was completely different from what they said.

Mr. Chen glared, "Is what he said true?"

The embarrassed man's face turned red, "This..."

Lin Fan said, "I mentioned that I like to convince people with reason. Whether what I said is true, if we really need to be serious, we can check with the store owner for surveillance footage, which cannot lie."

Hearing this, the embarrassed man completely gave up struggling. If the matter became serious, and it turned out he was lying, it would be embarrassing. Not only for himself, but more importantly, it would disgrace his boss. The situation was different now; they were negotiating cooperation with Mortal Group, and the matter could affect business if mishandled.

"He... what he said is true..." the embarrassed man admitted with a red face.

Bang!

Mr. Chen slammed the table, jumped up in anger, and cursed, "You two bastards, dare to lie to me!"

The embarrassed man quickly explained, "We were afraid the boss would blame us, so we said that. Anyway, the matter was over, so we thought of letting him take the blame. Who knew..."

Who knew they would so quickly meet Lin Fan again.

Lin Fan smiled, "Now the matter is finally cleared up."

Mr. Chen turned to Lin Fan, looking apologetic, "Young man, I'm really sorry, I misunderstood you before. I was deceived by these two idiots. I apologize to you. You two, hurry up and apologize to him!"

The two men quickly nodded and bowed to Lin Fan, "Sorry."

Lin Fan said, "Mr. Chen figured out the cause and effect, and the matter is over, so I won't hold a grudge."

Mr. Chen laughed heartily, "The young man has a broad mind and impressive skills. Although my subordinates acted like fools, not just anyone can pick them up and throw them out. Hmm, Mortal Group has something to offer. I can't wait to meet President Lin."

At this point, Lin Fan felt it was time to clarify his identity and was about to tell him that he was actually Lin Fan.

But suddenly, Mr. Chen's face turned stern, and he stared at Lin Fan, his attitude changed drastically, as if he were another person, "Young man, do you know who I am?"

Lin Fan said, "I do know, you are Mr. Chen Shihong, the architect here for an interview today."

Mr. Chen chuckled, "Interview? You got it wrong, or should I say, you got the roles reversed. I'm not here to be interviewed; I'm here to interview your Mortal Group!"

Lin Fan: "Oh?"

Mr. Chen said, "I have designed no fewer than fifty architectural projects, won the highest awards in the architectural field, and am one of the top ten living architects. Many people want me to design buildings for them, and recently, there was a big project in neighboring Jiang City. The Mayor of Jiang City personally invited me to design a big hotel for hosting foreign guests, but I directly refused. Do you know why?"

Lin Fan said, "I don't know."

Mr. Chen said, "Of course, you don't know. You, tell him."

Mr. Chen nodded to the embarrassed man.

The embarrassed man immediately showed a proud expression, "That's because the car sent by the Jiang City Government to pick up our boss was late, and the boss walked away then and there."

Lin Fan sweated; this was incredible, a temper too incredible. However, Lin Fan could understand; skilled people tend to have a bit of a temper, which is quite normal.

Mr. Chen said, "I came to meet President Lin today to give face to my old classmate Jiang Zhongcheng, and now that President Lin is late, if it weren't for Jiang Zhongcheng's sake, I could have just walked away. Now you understand, it's not about your President Lin giving me a job, it's about whether I give him a job. The initiative is in my hands!"

The embarrassed man chuckled, "In other words, your President Lin is requesting our boss to assist him."

Lin Fan said, "Oh, so?"

Mr. Chen said, "Young man, you injured my subordinates, yes, you were justified. I am a person of clear distinctions between love and hate, so I had them apologize to you. But after all, they are my subordinates, it can't just end as if nothing happened. You need to pay the appropriate price for that!"

Lin Fan sweated, "Mr. Chen means, I have to apologize to them in return?"

Mr. Chen said, "No, I want you to get out!"