Chapter 25: One Spark Sets Off a Prairie Fire

  Jin Longyi is over 40 years old, wearing a pair of brown glasses, looking plump and kind-hearted, just like most people who have been struggling since their youth, he can be considered to have achieved some success.

  The morning air in Seoul was fresh and the sunshine, though not brilliant, was invigorating. But Kim Shin-woo had never felt this way before. His father, who had always spoiled him, was now smoking with his head down, occasionally looking up at him with a fierce gaze that still intimidated this pampered son despite being deeply hidden.

  Last night, Jin Xinyu's arbitrary behavior caused trouble. Jin Longyi naturally knew that the dozens of people who made trouble had been detained, and for a time, many stores under Jin Longyi were unattended, and it was a hassle to get those people out again.

  Jin Xinyu, who was the first to make the move, stood aside and remained silent.

  It was early in the morning, and he had already smoked half a pack of cigarettes. For someone over 40 years old, this could be considered extremely harmful to his health. After a long while, Jin Long slowly raised his head and said, "About last night's incident, how do you explain it to me?"

  Jin Xinyu was silent, how to explain? How can it be explained? Originally thought that he could deceive Jin Long and give a good lesson to that arrogant Chinese person, but Jin Xinyu, who had been watching from afar last night, did not expect that Chu Jingyan would be so resistant to being scolded. Until the four old overseas Chinese went in, Jin Xinyu still thought that he could vent his anger properly.

  Jin Long stood up and walked in front of Jin Xinyu again, asking: "Give me an explanation."

  "Dad, he's just a small-time hoodlum, I didn't know things would turn out like this, it was my fault for being impulsive, I promise next time..."

  "Next time?" Jin Long glared at his incompetent son, finally bursting out in anger, "You still want a next time? Who do you think you are? **Who do you think you are?**"

  "Calling dozens of people to make trouble at Qingtandong, awesome! Jin Xinyu, you're really something!"

  Jin Xinyu looked up and said, "Dad, it's that bastard's own fault."

  Snap

  Jin Long raised his hand and slapped Jin Xinyu in the face.

  Jin Xinyu covered his cheeks and looked at his father, his eyes filled with resentment: "What did I do wrong?"

  Snap

  Another slap in the face.

  "I always thought you were mature, at least in my eyes as a father I've always thought so." Jīn Lóng Yǔ raised his arm for the third time and struck again, "But now I have to admit, the son I've raised for twenty years is a good-for-nothing."

  Jin Xinyu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said, "Dad, I know you two have never gotten along. Although we failed this time, there's always next time. We'll get him in the end."

  "His backer is the president," Jin Long said quietly.

  Hearing this, Jin Xinyu's mouth twitched slightly, and he said in a low voice: "If I go to apologize now, he definitely won't accept it, right?"

  Snap

  Another slap in the face.

  Jin Xinyu's mouth corner flowed out blood again, but Jin Long's eyes showed no pity.

  Jīn Lóng yī zài xīn dǐ chéng rèn zì jǐ de ér zǐ què shí zuò le yī jiàn zì jǐ hěn zǎo qián jiù xiǎng gàn de shì qíng, dànshì hěn kě xī yǒu zhòng bù zhǎo dé gòu de dǎn liàng hé xìn xīn qù zuò, ér shìjiàn yě zhèng míng, zhēn de bú shì yī jiàn jiǎndān jiù néng gòu dìng de shì qíng.

  "Stay home and reflect on your actions, don't take a single step out of the house without my permission."

  As he sat in the car, the driver started the engine. Jin Longyi took off his glasses and slowly wiped them with a cloth. This morning's meeting was hosted by that person. What would that Chinese kid do? Jin Longyi took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it.

  Several years ago, after the first financing was completed at Oriental International, the entire group had already begun to have voices opposing the management team led by Chen Shuo and Bai Jiming. After several years, this voice has become louder and louder, and it has already begun to pose a threat to Chen Shuo and Bai Jiming.

  Jin Long is one of those opposing voices and also a backbone of the middle class.

  When Chen Shuo arranged for Chu Jingyan to enter his own Youshe Palace, Jinyu had already had suspicions, but due to Chen Shuo's still dominant position at the time, he didn't dare say much. Over the past five years, Chu Jingyan's actions have proven Jinyu's concerns, this seemingly harmless and even a bit simple-looking young man is indeed not an easy role to deal with.

  Jin Long secretly suppressed Chu Jingyan, even saying that when Chu Jingyan first started exploring Qingtandong, he had been beaten by many hidden sticks in the dark, but unfortunately, each time was resolved by Chu Jingyan.

  But what's comforting for Jīn Lóng Yī is that the efforts he put in weren't entirely useless. After five years, Chǔ Jǐngyán was still tightly suppressed in Yāo Shé Gōng and couldn't leave. If possible, Jīn Lóng Yī naturally hoped to resolve Chǔ Jǐngyán properly within Yāo Shé Gōng.

  However, contrary to expectations, Chu Jingyan humiliated Jin Xinyu in a situation that Jindragon didn't anticipate, and then patted his butt and swaggered out of the Demon Snake Palace, following Chen Shuo.

  Even though Chen Shuo's prestige is no longer the only one in the Dongfang International, it is still not an existence that Jin Long can provoke. So he thought of enduring it, but unexpectedly, the first to endure was neither Chu Jingyan nor Chen Shuo and Bai Jiming, but his own son.

  At this thought, Jin Long couldn't help but shake his head.

  Even if I'm not a tiger, I'm still a wolf that bites people's heads. Why did I give birth to a dog that only knows how to bark?

  Even if he's a disappointment, he's still his own son. Even with Chu Jingyan standing behind Chen Shuo and Bai Jiming, this child must be brought back; otherwise, how can he establish authority among the many officials in the future?

  This related meeting of course cannot be a gathering of all the directors, but rather a quarterly settlement of the entertainment industry under Oriental International, which Chu Jingyan presided over for the first time.

  But after five years of crawling and rolling in the highest-end entertainment venues like Qingtuan Cave and Yao She Palace, Chu Jingyan naturally didn't put up with these old slickers' offensive.

  Of course, today's main event is naturally not about where the funds of those industries are going or checking their shares.

  Chu Jingyan spoke from the top seat, chatting fluently, while Qi Qingrong supplemented seriously on one side. The group of managers below had initially been watching with a mocking attitude, but as they listened, they found that these two young people understood their own industries even better than they did, and soon lost interest, one by one dozing off to sleep.

  The only spiritual one is Jindragon.

  At last, Chu Jingyan finished speaking and took a sip of water. Jin Long loosened his tie and said, "Chu Shuzhang, I have some things I want to clarify with you."

  The people on the table suddenly became spirited, last night Jin Long was caught by one hand and dozens of people were taken away, it is said that all of them were from Chu Jingyan's hands, such a big stir-fry not to watch, it would be a waste.

  "Alright, Director Jin, let's not bring this up in public. Don't worry, I won't hold your son responsible." Chu Jingyan said with a serious expression, as if he already knew what Jin Longyi was going to do, and waved his hand solemnly.

  Jin Long frowned and asked: "What?"

  Chu Jing spoke softly and sighed, saying: "Director Jin, to be honest with you, since I took on this position, I knew that the road ahead would be fraught with difficulties. I had anticipated encountering such situations and had made the necessary mental preparations."

  "Chu Jing said, 'The room is long'"

  "You are still young, Master Gu. Young people are prone to acting on impulse, and as someone who has been through similar experiences, I can understand that it's unavoidable. A famous person once said that even God would forgive the mistakes of young people. Although I don't have the same magnanimity as God, Jin Xinyu is still my junior, and I am treating him with great tolerance."

  "Chu Jing said, 'The room is long'"

  "Xīn Yǔ can do whatever he wants to me, I can accept it all. After all, who made me his elder? Later on, I'll find an opportunity to have a good talk with him and let him know the mistake he's made this time."

  "Chu Jing said, 'The head of the room'"

  "Director Jin, you don't have to apologize to me in such a manner. Everyone present here has status and position. You shouldn't humiliate yourself like this. To be honest, I'm quite terrified. As a man, I can still handle this kind of thing, and I've managed to not fight back or retort."

  "Chu Jingyan!" The Golden Dragon let out a rough breath as he stared at Chu Jingyan. This guy was still playing this trick on him?

  "Director Jin, let bygones be bygones. When you go back, don't punish Xinyu either. We elders should also learn a lesson from this and not beat or scold children at every turn. At most, just break one of their legs; if you really can't let it go, then add one arm, but that's the limit. If it's more than that, I'll get angry. The child is still young, and I'm afraid they might be left with a lifelong disability."

  "Shut up, Chu Jingyan!" A loud slap landed on the table.

  Chu Jing stared at Jin Longyi in shock. This uncle had something wrong and didn't say it clearly, why was he so angry? Wasn't he afraid of high blood pressure?

  Jin Long glanced around and then looked at Chu Jingyan, saying: "Chu Jingyan, the head of the room, yesterday's matter was excessive on my part. I also hope that you will not hold it against me, a minor character. Let me first bail out those dozens of useless subordinates from the detention center. We are all one family, why make things so absolute."

  Jin Longyi had planned to use his seniority and prestige to suppress Chu Jingyan, but unexpectedly this bastard played a trick of taking the initiative, putting all the grievances on himself, and Jin Longyi could only swallow it.

  "What?" Chu Jingyun said in a daze, "I simply dare not believe my own ears, did Jin Xinyu really do that thing yesterday?"

  "After saying that, Chu Jingyan's face was filled with sadness and grief. He looked at the directors present and said: 'Everyone, now you know the importance of educating your children, I am a bloody lesson.'"

  Keep pretending, and Jin Longyi sneered coldly in his heart.

  "If it's really Jin Xinyu who did it, President Jin, don't you think you owe me an explanation?" Chu Jingyan sat in the upper seat, looking at Jin Longyi with a stern tone.

  The atmosphere suddenly turned gloomy.

  Jin Long took a deep breath and said: "If the head of Chu Jingyan's room still feels unrelenting, I'll bring Jin Xinyu here and let you handle it, how about that?"

  "No need." Chu Jing waved his hand and said, "I'm a person who fears seeing blood the most. Just breaking off a leg would be fine."

  Jin Longyi looked at Chu Jingyan and said: "I hope Chu Jingyan's room will be a bit more serious."

  Chu Jing said with a smile: "You mustn't want me to really get serious."

  Jīn Lóng's eyes narrowed slightly.

  Chu Jingyan said, "What Jin Shachang said is very right, we are all one family. Even if there were some unexpected events and mistakes, we can't just let the dozens of people under High Shachang stay in the detention center. The food there has been bad for a long time."

  "There are many times when some things we'd rather not say much about, after all, we're family."

  Chu Jingyu bit down on the three words "one family" with particular emphasis.

  "But I regard everyone as family, if some people don't think so, I will be very sad." Chu Jingyan smiled and said, "I'm actually a person with a very bad temper, once I'm sad, it's easy to get angry."

  "When angry, it's easy to make mistakes."

  "So I hope you all will treat me like a family member from now on, thank you."

  The tone is icy and makes people's hair stand on end.