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"Fly, drive!"

After getting into the car, Dong Tianbao noticed that it wasn't starting and called out.

The fly said angrily, "Brother Bao, are we just going to let him go like this?"

"Fly, you've been following Brother Bao for so long, have you ever seen him suffer a loss?" Mai Tishuang asked with a smile from the passenger seat.

The fly thought about it and realized that there really wasn't one.

"Brother Bao, do you want me to do it? I'll bring it to you in no time tonight." Tian Yangsheng was also quite angry earlier.

Dong Tianbao smiled and said, "No rush. When Wu Ying arrives in Kwai Tsing, he'll call Ji Zhengxiong and the other two to come over. Aren't they rich? If we don't make the Li family bleed money this time, I'll take their surname."

Their eyes lit up immediately.

"Alright!" Fly shouted excitedly, quickly started the car, and sped off towards Kwai Tsing.

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Li Daju did not go home immediately, but instead went out to drink to bolster his courage.

It was already 8 p.m. when I got home.

He walked into the study that terrified him, reeking of alcohol.

Li Huanggua sat on the sofa chair with his back to the study door, holding a jade pipe in his hand, his face revealing neither joy nor anger.

On the coffee table was a fax, a building transfer contract, and the printed paper was Li Daju's purchase contract.

Five hundred million US dollars, with a three hundred million US dollar deposit clearly stated.

"Father!" Li Daju knocked on the door and came in, standing at the doorway, his voice a little weak.

"Kneel down!"

Li Huanggua’s unquestionable voice came from the study.

"Father..." Li Daju still wanted to resist, but when he saw Li Huanggua's stern face as he turned around, he instantly gave up resisting and knelt down on the floor with a thud.

The study returned to silence after a while.

Li Huanggua lit the tobacco in his pipe, took a deep drag, and exhaled the smoke before speaking: "Do you know how much the Haoting Building was valued at last year?"

Li Daju lowered his head: "...One hundred and eighty million US dollars."

"Then tell me, why did you spend five hundred million US dollars? Do you think the Li family's money comes from thin air?"

Li Daju gritted his teeth: "I can't stand that short mule..."

"Don't like it?" Li Huanggua suddenly laughed, his eyebrows and eyes crinkling together. "How many times have I taught you? The worst thing you can do in business is to act impulsively."

I told you before we went that we'd give up if it exceeded 300 million, but you just went to spite someone...

They gave them an extra $2 million for no reason.

Two hundred million US dollars is the limit for the Grand Mansion, and three hundred million is the final price he can afford, because he knows that the Grand Mansion will far exceed three hundred million US dollars in the future.

However, spending an extra 200 million US dollars will tie up the group's cash flow and prevent it from taking any further steps.

"Father, I know this will reduce our working capital, but given the Li family's current status in Hong Kong, wouldn't it be easy for us to borrow some money from the bank?"

"A bank? Ha!"

Li Huanggua laughed angrily, "Have you forgotten what Dong Tianbao said before he left? Ever since Baolong Bank changed its general manager, even Shen Bi has to think highly of that guy named He Xian. How many banks in Hong Kong would dare to lend you billions at once?"

You think all the banks in Hong Kong are owned by the Li family?!

Li Daju, who had raised his head high, lowered it again, no longer daring to argue.

Li Huanggua stood up, walked to the French windows, and exhaled a puff of smoke: "Tomorrow you go to Kwai Tsing and apologize to Dong Tianbao in person."

"Why?!"

"Heh, what a fine 'why'!"

Li Huanggua turned around with incredibly sharp eyes, then roared, "Why? Because they were able to snatch the construction and trade rights of Pengcheng Port from me four or five years ago, and because they earned more money by themselves than an ordinary person could earn in several lifetimes!"

With the Huo family, Bao family, He family of Macau, and Ye family, one of the four most powerful families in Hong Kong, standing behind them...

With the entire continent backing them up, would you, Li Daju, have your current status if you weren't the eldest son of the Li family?

Putting aside your status as the eldest son of the Li family, Li Daju is not even as good as Dong Tianbao.

"And you still have the nerve to yell at me about 'why'!"

"Tell me now, what gives them the right?!"

Li Daju's face turned from red to white, and he was covered in cold sweat.

Li Huanggua took a deep breath and dropped a bombshell that Li Daju found hard to accept.

"The Li family is able to be among the four major families in Hong Kong because Dong Tianbao disdained to compete with us. If he were to list all of Tianbao Group's subsidiaries..."

Do you think the Li family can compete with him? You know he comes from humble beginnings, and you still dared to belittle him in front of so many people. It's a miracle he didn't kill you.

Li Daju was covered in cold sweat before, but after hearing his father's words, he broke out in a cold sweat all over again.

After Li Huanggua finished speaking, he returned to his seat.

Pick up the fax paper on the table and slowly tear it in half.

"That $200 million deficit will be deducted from your future trust funds, and you'll have to hand over all the projects you're in charge of. You'll have to start from the bottom and do menial tasks for me, climbing up the ladder layer by layer without ever getting anywhere..."

Li Huanggua's words were always unquestionable. Although he didn't finish his sentence, the meaning was clear: if he couldn't climb up, he would lose his right to inherit the Li family patriarchship.

Li Daju cried out in panic, "Father..."

"go out."

Li Daju visibly trembled, then obediently walked out.

After the study door was closed.

Li Huanggua picked up the miniature mobile phone on the table and dialed a number.

It rang for a long time before being answered.

"Mr. Dong, I'm from Cheung Kong Holdings..."

Before Li Huanggua could even introduce himself, Dong Tianbao's teasing voice came from the other end of the phone: "Mr. Li, still up so late? Looks like the Yangtze Group is really busy!"

"Mr. Dong, you are too kind. I am really sorry to bother you so late. The young man is ignorant, so please don't hold it against him. He will come to your door tomorrow to serve you tea and apologize."

"Mr. Li, you are joking. The business world is like a battlefield, where the highest bidder wins. The Li family is large and powerful; I was simply blind."

Dong Tianbao's words seemed humble and polite, but the barbs in them stung Li Huanggua.

If Li Huanggua has managed to get to where he is today and still can't understand the meaning behind Dong Tianbao's words, then he's lived in vain.

He paused for a moment, then said, "Mr. Dong, please state your conditions directly."

"Conditions? How dare a nobody like me negotiate with the Li family, one of the four great families of Hong Kong, or with Patriarch Li?" Dong Tianbao paused after speaking, "Mr. Li, please, spare this nobody..."

After saying that, Dong Tianbao hung up the phone.

Hearing the busy tone from his phone, Li Huanggua put it down and slowly closed his eyes.

He knew that this feud was now unresolved, and there was no way to resolve it.

The most troublesome thing was Dong Tianbao's words: "How dare I, a short mule, negotiate terms?"

The meaning couldn't be clearer: since you, the eldest son of the Li family, called me a short mule...

Okay, I won't openly touch you.

Then I'll play the mule's game with you.

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