What are you doing, Mr. President? I'm just an extra!

Conference Room 1.

The temperature inside the air seemed to be five or six degrees lower than outside.

The blinds blocked half of the light, cutting it into strips that fell onto the long, narrow mahogany conference table.

Su Feiyan sat in the main seat, and opposite her sat a middle-aged man with a Mediterranean hairstyle.

He sat with his legs crossed, a thick cigar between his fingers, the smoke billowing around him, making the meeting room a smoky mess.

Those tiny, bean-sized eyes would occasionally peek through the smoke at Su Feiyan's chest, which was completely covered by her shirt.

Sleazy.

Extremely sleazy.

At the other end of the conference table, in what is commonly known as the "corner seat," sat two people who should have been in the background.

Lu Li, and Shen Weilan.

Lu Li was slumped in his chair, utterly dejected.

In front of him was a 500ml bottle of Coke that he hadn't finished drinking.

And beside him.

Shen Weilan sat upright with her back straight and her hands folded on her knees, looking like a well-behaved and sensible secretary.

"President Su."

Wang Teng exhaled a smoke ring, his voice hoarse.

"Your Su Group is really riding high lately."

"The spotlight of negative news."

He threw a newspaper on the table and pointed to the headline on the front page.

That was news that Ye Fan fabricated about the Su Group's construction site halting operations.

"Since President Su is so sincere in wanting to talk to me about acquiring raw materials..."

"Then I'll get straight to the point."

"I'm going to raise the price we originally agreed on by 30%."

"This is called... risk premium."

Su Feiyan leaned back in her chair, her fingers tapping lightly on the table.

"Da, da, da."

The pace is very slow.

"Is Mr. Wang taking advantage of the situation?"

"Hey, you can't say that."

Wang Teng chuckled, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth.

"Business is all about mutual consent."

"Right now, in the entire Jianghai City, apart from the batch of goods I have, no one can fill your gap."

"If construction is halted for more than a week, the penalty for breach of contract from the Su family will probably be much more than this amount, right?"

He's got Su Feiyan wrapped around his little finger.

Lu Li sat down next to him and took a sip of cola.

Is this what you call profiting from someone's misfortune?

This is clearly a shameless old rogue trying to cheat.

However, this old man's forehead was dark, and his eyes were unfocused; he was clearly a product of excessive indulgence and bad luck.

Although Lu Li's gaze was fixed ahead, he kept glancing at Shen Weilan beside him out of the corner of his eye.

This girl has been very quiet ever since she sat down.

Sudden.

The 500ml bottle of cola was grabbed and then snatched away.

Lu Li's pupils dilated in shock. He turned his head sharply and saw only a pair of amused eyes.

"What are you doing?" Lu Li asked in a low voice.

"Oh, I'm thirsty, I want a Coke." Shen Weilan licked her lips.

"you……"

[Ding! A sudden emergency has been detected. The system has automatically muted all sounds!]

The system suddenly notified Lu Li, who was slightly puzzled but then understood. Drinking cola so loudly might even cause burps. President Su and President Wang were negotiating and he couldn't disturb them.

Bubbles kept rising, casting shadows on the ground, the dappled light and shadows flickering slightly.

"No... I... I still want to drink." Lu Li tried to stop him, but his words were somewhat broken.

"I was busy moving things and shredding documents, I didn't have time to drink water, so please let me have a sip," Shen Weilan said coquettishly.

"No...we're in a meeting...both President Su and...President Wang are here." Lu Li looked at the two negotiating over there, his heart in his throat.

"Don't you think...this is what makes it interesting?"

"Brother-in-law~"

(Hehe, the thief is here!)