472 The Xiao Family in Lin Cheng and the Mo Family in Hai City 1
CEO Zhang looked crossly at Ji Nuan, who was holding the contract worth 300 million yuan after the price increase, and his heart ached as if a piece of meat was cut off. He didn’t expect that this woman was so good at psychological warfare although she was young.
He said no more, put away his briefcase, and walked away with a dark look.
When he came out of the room and saw his wife still waiting outside, he immediately put on a smiling face and didn’t dare to put on airs.
In the room, Ji Nuan flicked the contract gently, smiled, and threw it to Xiao Ba. “Put it away.”
The next day, a video from the surveillance camera of the KTV downstairs MN Group was sent to the computer of some media. Then overnight, all the rumors about Ji Nuan and CEO Zhang were deleted. Let alone photos, not even an insulting word to her was left.
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Ji Nuan was busy these days.
Although the scandal didn’t have any impact on her, the news that she returned to China with the MN Group was widely spread outside of the business circle.
In fact, many wealthy people at home and abroad didn’t partic.i.p.ate in the Forbes ranking, nor publicly disclosed their wealth, since they were low-key.
When she was in London, Mr. Zand helped her run the company. To boost the development of MN Group and its reputation, he disclosed the real strength of MN Group, so that Ji Nuan was selected into the Forbes list of global entrepreneurs.
This ranking was only a gimmick, which she didn’t take seriously. However, she was still at the top of the list of Chinese female entrepreneurs under the age of 25, so the TV stations and reporters in Hai City had been waiting in MN Group to interview her.
Later, to avoid such pestering, Xiao Ba simply asked a TV station to arrange an interview for her. Ji Nuan went to the television station to record the interview in person, which caused overwhelming responses, and she suddenly became famous in China. However, She was hounded by the media every day since then.
She managed to get through for more than ten days; finally, the heat on the media gradually decreased, and her life gradually returned to normal. She no longer had to be chased or followed to her home every day by the press.
She had been busy for many days, and it was finally the weekend, but a special invitation appeared on Ji Nuan’s desk.
When Ji Nuan got back to the office that afternoon, she saw an envelope on the desk. She opened it. It was a gold invitation.
“What’s this?” she asked as she opened it.
Xiao Ba said, “It’s from the Ling Xiao Group. It’s said that their old chairman Mr. Xiao Zhenjun’s fiftieth birthday was coming, so they will invite domestic celebrities from all walks of life to attend the birthday dinner. The Xiao family has been doing business with all the major companies in Hai City, so they plan to hold the birthday party in Hai City and specially invited you…”
“Specially invited me?”
Ji Nuan didn’t remember knowing anyone from the Ling Xiao Group, nor anyone from the Xiao family. The only connection she remembered she had with the Xiao family was being locked up in the mid-hill villa by Xiao Luye three years ago, but then she went to England and never had any contact with China, let alone with them.
Even if they wanted to invite celebrities to celebrate their old chairman’s birthday, why did they especially invite her?
Ji Nuan opened the invitation and took a look at it, which was engraved with ‘Special Invitation.’
“By the way, the person who sent the invitation said their CEO Xiao wanted to invite you to the birthday party as his female companion, and if you have any questions, you can call Mr. Xiao.” Xiao Ba pointed to a black corner that was covered by a pile of papers. “That’s Mr. Xiao’s card. I almost forgot.”
Ji Nuan drew the black card from under the doc.u.ment and saw Xiao Luye’s name on it.
Although the Ling Xiao Group and the Xiao family were not in Hai City but in Lin Cheng, the latter was very close to the former geographically. The Xiao family had had an important position in the business circle for many years. It was said that Xiao Zhenjun, the chairman of the Ling Xiao Group, was on close terms with all the four top families in Hai City when he was young. Ji Nuan had heard that Mr. Xiao Zhenjun had a very good relations.h.i.+p with her father, Ji Hongwen, when he was young, but as long as she could remember, she didn’t see this man appeared in the Ji family. Then she vaguely heard of some things Ji Hongwen did when he was young. At that time, she was still young and didn’t take these to heart, so she was not impressed with the Xiao family.
All she knew about the Xiao family was that the one in charge of the Xiao family was an offspring of China’s political elite. The whole family had been working for China’s rulers for decades, and some members of the Xiao family had high military ranks. It was a family spanning the three fields of business, politics, and army, and its position in China was almost equal to that of the Mo family.
The Mo family used to have this kind of relations.h.i.+p with the leaders of the country but then managed to withdraw from political struggles, because they saw the dangers that lay beneath this advantage. The Mo family became very low-key and focused on business. They gradually transferred the foundation of their family business to the United States. Therefore, although the Mo family seemed to be only powerful in the business circle, the senior figures in the business sector knew both the Mo family and the Xiao family were exceptionally powerful, and it was better not to mess around with them.
Holding the card in her hand, Ji Nuan remembered the days when she had been trapped in the mid-hill villa three years ago. Although this matter was left unsettled, she had never understood what Xiao Luye meant by putting her in that villa for many days without doing nothing to hurt her.
There got to be a reason, but Xiao Luye did nothing afterward. Except that he fought fiercely with Qin Siting to get s.h.i.+ Niange and caused a great uproar in Hai City, Ji Nuan heard nothing about him. In fact, Xiao Luye had been a very low-key and mysterious person. Although the Xiao family was so powerful in China and the Ling Xiao Group was also of great influence, he rarely showed up in public.
She felt strange about what happened three years ago, and now this invitation was even stranger.
Had she ever messed with the Xiao Family?
No.
Why did he especially invite her as his female companion? What was he trying to do?
Why didn’t he continue to fight with Qin Siting for s.h.i.+ Niange, but invited her to be his female companion?
She didn’t know him at all, and he even kidnapped her three years ago. And she didn’t know his father, Mr. Xiao Zhenjun either. Why did he invite her in this way?