"Dad, why are you tracking her?" Ji Dongchen was struggling so much lately that he had kept himself locked up in the house since he got home from the hospital. He only ate once a day, if that, and sometimes didn"t talk at all. "That terrible woman left Zhao Jun and now she"s become a favorite of everyone. Her management ability is known to be outstanding, but even better than that is her background. Many people speculate that she has a large network of military contacts. If we can get close to her, it will definitely be beneficial to us," said Ji Jiangshan.
"What? You want to employ her?" cried Ji Dongchen in a hurry. "Dad, she just beat me up!"
"The one who hit you was a guy named Qin Feng, not her. What"s more, even Jia Xuan has given face to Qin Feng. And what has Li Faxian been like? Kneeling in public. So what are we doing? If you can get close to Sister Flower, it means we"re in for a reward. We can become their investors. No matter what, this will have a good outcome for us."
Ji Jiangshan desired to win Sister Flower because of her influence in the Tianhe. Of course, he knew that Qin Feng was not an ordinary figure, but he was likely absolutely submissive to Sister Flower. As long as Ji Jiangshan could control this all-powerful woman in the Tianhe underground, it meant that he had control of Qin Feng. By killing two birds with one stone, he would definitely secure the future development of the Ji family!
"Well, are we not taking revenge? I was beaten! I got hit! Dad! Are you confused?" Ji Dongchen was young and impulsive. He would seek revenge even if he was flicked by a finger, not to mention being hit several times in succession. "Look at my injury here. In Tianhe City, who would dare to do this to me? Qin Feng. Our great feud has not been settled. How can you want to shake hands with him and make peace?"
"You deserve it. It"s time for someone to teach you a lesson. Do you think that if you have me to support you, you can be lawless and do whatever you want? I"m telling you, in the past, you were young and impulsive. Now you are an adult, and you should be responsible for your own words and deeds. You can"t beat others. You have no ability to do anything. Don"t push everything on me. If I were as short-sighted as you, the Ji family would be finished! Do you think Jia Quan is still the same as he always was? People change. As long as the payoff is sufficient, even a father can change his behavior!"
Ji Jiangshan had thought through this very clearly for a long time. What he had done was for the sake of his children"s future and for the future development of the Ji family. The city and country were divided, with groups fighting here and there, and there was no real boss. Even Jia Quan, the underground emperor, yielded to Qin Feng.
The future of the Tianhe was unknown. The Ji family had been relatively powerless in recent years. It was not that Ji Jiangshan had no ability, but that he deliberately weakened his public image. As long as he could steadily run the family"s business, that was enough. The public face and reputation were given to Jia Quan. He was the boss and his position required support. Ji Jiangshan had been coordinating this in recent years. He was very clever and he knew how to manipulate people.
He had determined that Qin Feng and Sister Flower were destined to become indispensable figures in the Tianhe. Anyone who got along with them would have advantages.
"Dad, can"t you let me regain my face before you implement your plan? How can we let a rotten woman from a wh.o.r.ehouse and a wage earner bully us in such a big industry? I"m being laughed at by a lot of my friends now. I can"t even go out in public."
Since ending up in the hospital, Ji Dongchen had been eager to take revenge on Zhao Jun, but after his defeat, his father hadn"t been willing to help. Ji Dongchen had hidden in his bedroom, occasionally trying to force his father to help him, but his father did not care about his life or death these days. He didn"t eat, sleep or go out, but that didn"t matter to his father. Now, he tried begging but to no effect.
"Don"t bother me, Dongchen. If you are really unhappy, go out to look for Qin Feng. Take all the help you can find. You can fight how you want to fight as long as you have the ability. I won"t stop you. But remember, no matter if you die or get injured, I will not help you. If you are really so useless that you"ll let someone else kill you, I don"t care. I won"t think of you as my son," Ji Jiangshan solemnly said. "I have good intentions for teaching you the lessons I do, but you don"t understand. Well, I won"t say anything else. No matter what you do, I won"t interfere. I"ll give you the greatest freedom, okay?"
Ji Jiangshan had never said such a thing to his son.
In Ji Jiangshan"s view, this was actually a good thing for his son. He had been spoiled since an early age and didn"t understand tolerance. He needed to learn that there were people better than him and that no matter how good someone"s condition was, they shouldn"t be too proud of themselves.
Since he wanted to find Qin Feng to seek revenge, he could just go.
After listening to his father"s words, Ji Dongchen was frightened. Although he wanted to run away angrily, reason told him that it was useless to be angry. Eventually, he said, "Well, now that you have said so, I"ll accept your decision. But I have one requirement."
"Requirement?" Hearing that his son had finally compromised, Ji Jiangshan"s worries were settled. It was the first time that he had said such harsh words to his son. But he saw that it led to compromise and that was good. As for what requirement his son had, as long as it was not too big, he could agree. "Tell me."
"Aren"t you trying to open a bar for Sister Flower? I"m going to partic.i.p.ate in the bar as a representative of the Ji Group, and I want to have a certain degree of management and decision-making power," said Ji Dongchen.
Ji Jiangshan thought about it for a while, then said, "We have so many industries. Whichever you want, as long as you work hard, I can give it to you. Real estate, rubber tires, chemicals, financial management, and so on. I"ll even tolerate an annual profit drop of ten percent. But you want to get involved in the bar? No!"
"Why not?" Ji Dongchen asked. "I like that place. I want to take part in it. What"s the matter?"
"if you just like the bar, I"ll open a bar for you. But you want to enter business with Sister Flower? Absolutely not! You think I don"t know what you want? Don"t you just want to use the opportunity to play tricks on them?"
Ji Jiangshan grunted and said, "My son, you are the only heir to the Ji family. We have dozens of industries that you need to take on in the future. You are no longer a child. It"s time to learn to be mature. When can you help me?"
This was Ji Jiangshan"s biggest worry. He earned a lot of money, but what was the use? His only son was not stupid, but he did nothing useful. He only thought of tricks and revenge. Eventually, the estate would be his, but even if he was given all of their money, what good would it do if he didn"t know how to run a business? In a few years, the family businesses would be lost.
"I can learn how to run a bar, and deal with catering and entertainment. I definitely have potential. Why must I go back to the company? I don"t even want revenge on them. I really want to get into the business. Didn"t you say she had management skills? So I should learn from her. Right?" Ji Dongchen said seriously.
Although his son said this, Ji Jiangshan still could not him. But he also could not argue that he had enthusiasm, and he said, "Well, it"s a good thing that you want to learn, and if you really have that intention, I might agree. But right now, they haven"t agreed to work with us. Sister Flower hasn"t come back. I don"t know what they think or whether or not they will agree to our invitation. I a.s.sume that even if they have a business background, they lack money, otherwise they wouldn"t work for Zhao Jun. But there is no certainty at all. I"m afraid Meng Zhaolin will take the lead. We have to do this before he does."
"Yes, I have heard him say that the largest underground night business in the whole Tianhe will be opened by him, and Sister Flower will be asked to manage it," Ji Dongchen said anxiously. "He must not be allowed to take the lead."