For a moment, Miss Li felt a bit schadenfreude, and she secretly gritted her teeth.
Humph, Zhou Wang, I want to see how arrogant you can be now!
"Everyone, can we catch up later?"
At this moment, Yan Lingchuan, surrounded by many guests who came up to greet him, waved his hand with a smile, "I’ve come here today for some other matters."
The crowd understood, and stopped the momentum of continuing to chat with Yan Lingchuan, and all opened up a path to reveal Zhou Wang, who walked up accompanied by Qiu Zeyu and others.
"Welcome, Mr. Yan, I am Zhou Wang."
As they met, Zhou Wang proactively extended his hand with a smile.
Yan Lingchuan didn’t immediately extend his hand but first glanced at Qiu Zeyu, nodded to him, and then extended his hand to shake Zhou Wang’s.
"Hello, Mr. Zhou, it seems I don’t need to introduce myself."
He was only a second late, which anyone would find faultless in etiquette, but this slight pause seemed to convey something invisible.
Zhou Wang remained calm, only nodding with a smile, "With Mr. Yan’s reputation, I doubt there are many in this circle who don’t know you."
"Then that’s good."
Yan Lingchuan smiled faintly, "I’ve come here unannounced today to discuss some matters with Mr. Zhou. I wonder if Mr. Zhou could find a quiet place for a chat?"
These words sounded perfectly fine, but Qiu Zeyu and Young Master Zhang’s expressions both changed.
Yan Lingchuan mentioned he came unannounced, yet showed no hint of apology, and regardless, today is the opening day of Zhou Wang’s club; even out of basic etiquette, if not a gift, Yan Lingchuan should at least offer some simple congratulations.
But none, nothing at all.
Furthermore, Yan Lingchuan indicated he wanted to chat privately with Zhou Wang, all this already shows... he didn’t come with good intent.
"Mr. Yan, as you can see, there are still so many guests here that I need to attend to, and moreover, according to the schedule, it’s almost time for my speech, I can’t keep everyone waiting."
Zhou Wang at this time showed a look of difficulty, then smiled, "How about this, Mr. Yan, whatever you have to discuss, why not say it here, of course, if it’s brief, that would be better."
Yan Lingchuan probably didn’t expect Zhou Wang to reject his suggestion, and after a slight pause, Yan Lingchuan’s gaze became peculiar.
"Are you sure, Mr. Zhou?"
Yan Lingchuan seemingly kindly reminded, "When I said find a quiet place, I was actually considering Mr. Zhou’s perspective."
"I am sure."
Zhou Wang smiled as if completely unaware, "Between Mr. Yan and me, there doesn’t seem to be any topic we need to avoid discussing in front of others."
"Alright then."
Yan Lingchuan chuckled, pointing at the tables and chairs nearby, "Shall we sit and talk?"
"Of course, Mr. Yan, please sit."
Jiang Qingkui stepped ahead to pull out a chair for Zhou Wang, while many were eager to help pull out a chair for Yan Lingchuan, but ultimately, it was Wang Hai, deputy chairman of Citic, who got there first.
After sitting down, Yan Lingchuan glanced at the newly decorated surroundings of the club and laughed:
"It seems Mr. Zhou has invested quite a bit in the club’s decoration; it must have taken a lot of effort when acquiring the property’s rights back then, right?"
Zhou Wang upon hearing this, didn’t mind the ears around him, nodded slightly:
"Indeed, the total expenditure must be over a hundred million."
While Zhou Wang had spent only thirty million on renovations, the property rights for the Jingwang Club along with the office building were bought with real money by the system. With the average price of office buildings in Beidou, just one floor was already worth over a hundred million, Zhou Wang didn’t exaggerate.
"A hundred million, that’s quite something... what a shame."
Yan Lingchuan sighed.
"A shame?"
Zhou Wang raised an eyebrow.
At this time, Yan Lingchuan collected his smile, nodded earnestly: "It is indeed a shame, I’ve come today with only one purpose, and that is... to ask Mr. Zhou to close doors."
Turbulence instantly spread among the crowd, and everyone showed a look of shock, as did Qiu Zeyu and Jiang Qingkui, whose faces couldn’t help but turn ugly.
Though more than one person present had realized in advance that Yan Lingchuan came to cause trouble, nobody expected Yan Lingchuan to be so direct.
To ask Zhou Wang to close doors during the opening ceremony of Jingwang Club!
Only those unfamiliar with the insider situation, like Ms. Kelly and others, were a bit bewildered, not knowing what had happened.
"I don’t quite understand what Mr. Yan means."
Though others murmured, Zhou Wang remained calm.
"No, Mr. Zhou understands, you’re a smart person, otherwise you wouldn’t have accumulated such tremendous wealth at such a young age, right?"
Yan Lingchuan said indifferently, "Mr. Zhou should also understand, that after I’ve said this, it’s already impossible for you to run this club anymore."
"Is that so?"
Zhou Wang smiled, "I’m conducting legitimate business, why wouldn’t I be able to continue?"
Yan Lingchuan shook his head, took out a briefcase, and from it, took several paper documents, placing them in front of Zhou Wang.
Zhou Wang picked them up and glanced briefly, then expressionlessly placed them aside, while Jiang Qingkui couldn’t help but step forward for a look, and upon spotting the headings of those documents, her pupils shrank dramatically.
"Fire Safety Rectification Order for Shutdown" "Environmental Approval Penalty Notice" "Supplementary Tax Registration Statement"...
Several documents issued by different departments, yet almost covering all aspects of club operation, merely the shutdown period for rectifying fire safety reached a month, and if counting others, according to these documents’ requirements, Jingwang Club couldn’t possibly resume business for at least half a year.