Cao Mo used a knife to cut open the roasted lobster and sprinkled it with cumin powder. When he saw Shen Ji coming back after making a phone call, he filled a cup for him and said,
"One lobster for each person. Today I went to the fish market and bought it according to the head. You have to eat it quickly, otherwise your share will be gone in the blink of an eye!"
Shen Ji raised the phone to indicate that he had sent the message, but it was unclear what the conclusion would be.
The most difficult thing to establish between people is trust, and the easiest thing to destroy is trust.
Yang Deshan and Song Yuqing were on tenterhooks at this moment. They didn't know whether Shen Ji had told the truth, or whether Cao Mo would believe that Shen Ji had told the truth.
If this trust relationship is completely destroyed, how can we work together in the future?
"What happened?" Abacha and Ochosan both noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere and asked Cao Mo in Yoruba.
"Dongsheng wants to acquire the shares held by Mr. Shen and I, and the price is very low," Cao Mo told Abacha and Ochosan in English. "Ding Zhaoqiang, the chairman of Dongsheng, is a very powerful person. He does not hesitate to destroy We have a trusting relationship with Mr. Shen, and we also want this matter to succeed. I just asked Mr. Shen to reply to the chairman of Dongsheng. His plan will not work with me. If it really doesn’t work, I will destroy Dongsheng’s card. All investments in Naim, according to an old Chinese saying, are called Dongsheng's "chickens flying eggs" in Kanem, and "water in a bamboo basket is all in vain". Mr. Shen is worthy of our trust, but we now have to talk to the directors of Dongsheng Let’s have a show of arms and see who can bluff whom.”
Although Cao Mo excused Shen Ji, Abacha and Ochosan looked at Shen Ji with some distrust.
They also knew about Shen Ji's relationship with Dongsheng Chairman Ding Zhaoqiang.
Even if Dongsheng takes away his shares from Shen Ji without paying a penny, Shen Ji may eventually receive sufficient compensation from his uncle privately.
From a common sense point of view, it is impossible for Shen Ji to sit in his current position because he is a good man. Why do you believe that he did not cooperate with Dong Sheng and forcefully buy the shares from Cao Mo at a low price?
Since Dongsheng has raised the price, it shows that it has conducted an in-depth investigation into Cornero Energy. Apart from Shen Ji’s voluntary confession, where did Dongsheng Chairman Ding Zhaoqiang know these things?
Of course, Abacha and Ochosan also thought of another possibility mentioned by Cao Mo.
That is the chairman of Dongsheng deliberately destroying the trust relationship between them.
Obviously, once mutual trust no longer exists, Shen Ji, Yang Deshan, Wang Jianzhong, Li Qilu and others will inevitably have no choice but to act from Dongsheng's standpoint.
The deeper the rift between the two parties, the more serious the confrontation. The structures finally formed by Cornero Energy and Cornero Lake Industrial Park will become shaky and fragmented. In the future, there will be no extravagant talk about development or retrogression. Thank God.
This directly constituted the pressure that forced Cao Mo to finally give in.
However, in these two situations, how could Cao Mo confirm that it was the latter and not the former?
Abacha and Ochosan could not confirm. They looked at Yang Deshan and Song Yuqing who were sitting and eating.
Unfortunately, they obviously can't confirm it either.
At this time, even if Shen Ji wanted to defend himself, his words were feeble.
Trusting relationships are not easy to establish and maintain. Even Shen Ji himself found it hard to swallow at this moment.
Cao Mo didn't care, and commented on the cook's skills with gusto.
Cao Mo's cell phone vibrated on the dining table, and everyone was startled.
Cao Mo picked up a napkin to wipe his hands, tilted his head and took a look, and said with a smile: "I guess Ding Zhaoqiang saw that Old Shen couldn't handle me, so he should ask Chen Rong to take action - let's guess what Chen Rong will say, and whether it will Will you let me return to China to interview Ding Zhaoqiang?"
Cao Mo didn't pick up the phone, but put it on speakerphone and asked, "Mr. Chen, why do you think of me, a little person, at this time?"
"No kidding, can you go back to China with Shen Ji in the next two days?" Chen Rong asked directly on the other end of the phone.
Cao Mo pointed to his cell phone triumphantly and showed off to Abacha, Ochosan and others how accurate his guess was.
Abacha and Ochosan laughed. Cao Mo's judgment was correct. This showed that Shen Ji was still on their side. This was very important. After all, Shen Ji was the one who knew their details better.
"I don't have a vacation. The group deceived me into returning to China without sending an email. Then the group will accuse me of being absent from work without permission and returning to China without permission, and will fire me. Where can I find such a good job in Dongsheng?" Cao Cao Mo asked into the phone.
"I'm in Director Ding's office, and the phone is on speakerphone - you still think of yourself as an employee of Dongsheng, how can you say those words?" Chen Rong scolded.
"What a coincidence, I'm also pressing hands-free here - I shouldn't have said that, so what should I say? I'll give you another 50% off Dongshengkai's quotation, and try to win the Group Outstanding Employee Award this year, so that Ding The chairman will give me a bonus of 100,000 yuan?" Now that he knew Ding Zhaoqiang could hear it, Cao Mo's words became less airy.
"Okay, I won't talk to you anymore on the phone. You can go back to China first - I'm hanging up!" Chen Rong said.
Chen Rong hung up the phone, and Cao Mo continued to pick up the knife and fork and cut open the lobster tail shell, and said to Shen Ji: "I am most afraid of taking such a long-distance flight. This time, the group should be able to reimburse the first-class cabin, right? Sister Yuqing is coming with us. go back!"
"What should I do when I go back?" Song Yuqing asked with her eyes wide open. She didn't want to blatantly be Cao Mo's travel companion.
"You know the accounts of Cornero Energy best. Ding Zhaoqiang is determined to get a bite of fat with this attitude, but Shen Ji and I can't suffer. We have to find someone to help us settle the accounts!" Cao Mo really didn't want to deal with Shen Ji. Ji and the two elders took a thirty-hour flight together, so they had to find an excuse to drag Song Yuqing along, otherwise the journey would be too boring.
"Okay." Song Yuqing saw that Cao Mo had made such a high-sounding excuse, and she was embarrassed to say it back, so she could only nod and agree.
…………
…………
Cao Mo still felt a little tired after traveling first class all the way back to China. He didn't follow Shen Ji directly to the company to meet Ding Zhaoqiang because he wasn't that urgent.
Cao Mo didn't go home, so he called his father and told him that this time he had to go back to China because of something urgent at the company. So he took a taxi back to Tianzifang with Song Yuqing and asked Stali to go to her place.
Meet inside.
"Why did you suddenly return to China?" Stari rushed back from school and saw that Cao Mo was a little tired and asked curiously.
Cao Mo lay on the bed with his legs crossed and closed his eyes to rest.
Abacha and Ojosan teamed up with Blake, Oppenheimer, and Rupert to form a new power grid company. He had always been prepared for the three major families to covet him, but he did not expect that the first person to reach out would be him. Ding Zhaoqiang, chairman of Dongsheng Group, who was not qualified to meet him in the past.
Song Yuqing sat aside and told Stari about the sudden new situation.
"This is too bullying. Why didn't Ding Zhaoqiang go and rob him?" Stali said angrily, "Your response is right, and your attitude should be tougher. At worst, we can't let them succeed."
"Things are not that simple," Cao Mo said with a headache as he rubbed his temples. "In order to build the Longta-Draculamo Highway, we initially signed a gambling agreement with the three major families. We acted under the guise of Dongsheng. With the development speed of Nero Energy and Sika Aidet Power Grid Company, the profit next year can theoretically reach 20 million US dollars. The three major families must be unwilling to abide by the gambling agreement and only get 1.2 million US dollars. dividends. If Cornero Energy can unite internally and use Dongsheng Hu's fake power, we can also forcefully require the three major families to fulfill the gambling agreement. If we really want to fight with Ding Zhaoqiang, Shen Ji, Yang Deshan, Li Thinking about it together, Wang Jianzhong and the others do not dare to fight against Ding Zhaoqiang. Cornero Energy is divided internally. Do you think the three major families will want to overturn the gambling agreement? If Dongsheng in turn joins forces with the three major families, we will face another What kind of situation is it?”
"So, you are not sure when you return to China this time?" Starly asked, "Are you sure that Shen Ji is on your side?"
"Shen Ji did not lie. He may have told Ding Zhaoqiang the true financial situation of Cornero Energy, but he did not reveal all the details behind the gambling agreement. The situation is still good for us now," Cao Mo said, " If Shen Ji hadn't still been on our side, we wouldn't have had many bargaining cards!"
"Other than Shen Ji, who else would leak information about Cornero Energy to Ding Zhaoqiang?" Stari asked doubtfully.
"You don't know what you want, unless you don't do it yourself - we are doing such a big move in Longta, so there is no airtight wall." Cao Mo knew in his heart that Guo Jian, Lu Yan, Lu Jianchao, and Huang Hebin were all staring at them. The news may have been leaked to Ding Zhaoqiang's ears through some channels, and he said, "I still don't know how much Ding Zhaoqiang knows about us from other channels... We can only wait until we meet tomorrow!"
Song Yuqing's cell phone rang, she took it out and patted her forehead and said: "My mother must have asked me where I am. I have to go home first. My mother has been feeling a little unwell recently, and I have to accompany her to the hospital in the afternoon. I can’t come out today—why don’t you rest here for a while?”
Cao Mo thought that if he went home at this time, Jiaying might be waiting at home, and she might drag him to the Muxiang B&B, which was only officially opened after the Spring Festival. He would definitely not be able to relax.
Now he needs to calm down and sort out many details again. Starry's place is the quietest place.