Chapter 8: The Legendary Fool

  His lips were bitten by Jiao Siyu and soon swelled up like a pig's mouth, his neck and face also scratched by Jiao Siyu. Long Bao's handsome face had become difficult to look at, it was estimated that he would not be able to appear in the group headquarters building for a short time, for now, all he could do was stay in the confidential meeting room. Kang Dingzhuang and Zhou Jing guessed that something romantic must have happened between him and some girl from the group at a certain location, but they didn't dare say it out loud.

  Long Bao had made up his mind to launch a large-scale personnel war, but it was far from enough to get the promise of Jiao Siwei, the support of new forces such as Duan Pingchun and Zhao Siwen, and the superficial goodwill of grassroots workers. Long Bao repeatedly weighed and speculated about the psychology of high-level personnel in the group. He then had to clearly understand the true thoughts of Xue Guowei, Zeng Haichang, Qian Suxue, Qian Yuhui and others on the reorganization of the group's high-level leadership, and respect their opinions as much as possible within a reasonable range.

  Long Bao's first move was to promote Xue Bingying as the deputy head of the Human Resources Department, while Xue Zong remained in name only as the department head. However, Xue Bingying took over the duties of the department head. Xue Zong did not support Long Bao's decision and hoped that there would be no major changes to the management team. He advised Long Bao to interact more with external business partners such as other group CEOs and chairmen, and not to make decisions impulsively without consulting others.

  Long Bao naturally knew that in an enterprise, the most sensitive and easily irritated high-level contradictions were personnel changes. Everyone had their own personnel forces, and he also deeply felt this from Zeng Haichang's conversation. Qian Suxue and Qian Yuhui were even more indifferent to Long Bao's visit.

  To develop the group in accordance with one's own thinking pattern, it is necessary to purge the chaotic forces within the group, not allowing disobedient people to stay in the enterprise, not allowing the existence of other voices, and absolutely dominating the group, holding all power, highly concentrated power can more effectively dispatch the group's limited resources for expansion.

  Fear of the curse and escape made Longbiao more and more determined to take drastic measures, his power expanded terribly. Mr. Xue advised him to slow down, but Longbiao had already decided that it was better to suffer short-term pain than long-term pain. He had also repeatedly thought about whether he had become fanatical like the Great Leap Forward, and whether this would lead to the consequence of "haste makes waste". Just then, something happened that made Longbiao determined to unwaveringly carry out the reform plan.

  On September 18th, Long Bao arrived at the CEO's office early to work. After 10:30, he suddenly wanted to visit each department in the headquarters building. The headquarters building was built according to modern office building aesthetics theory, with a row of bright glass walls on both sides of the corridor. When Long Bao walked into the asset management department, the employees stood up in twos and threes to show respect for their boss.

  Long Bao stood up and smiled, nodding at the employees of the Asset Management Department. He then turned into the office of the head of the department, whose surname was Qin. Long Bao had dealt with him a few times before and had a general impression of him, but he knew that Qin had a very close relationship with Zhu Ben Tong. The door was not fully closed, and when Long Bao pushed it open, he saw Director Qin sitting in his swivel chair on the phone with Zhu Ben Tong: "Director Zhu, this ignorant kid going to Hong Kong is just trying to test the attitude of those giants towards him! I think he's trying to get rid of us old-timers by all means, we need to make our opinions clear to Director Xue again!"

  Long Bao heard the voice and frowned, raising his hand to knock twice. Director Qin heard the knock on the door and casually replied, "Come in!" But he really didn't expect that this Long Bao, whom he thought was a naive kid who knew nothing, would come to his office. He continued speaking, "Don't let him be completely defeated! Zhuo Zong, you should also strike your gong, hasn't Mr. Yamaki from the large corporation arrived? You can arrange for Mr. Yamaki to give him a warning shot, haha..."

  Long Bao heard these words, a fire suddenly surged up: Director Qin was one of the first batch of high-level employees hired by Qian Lao after Li Heng landed in the mainland, and his work performance has not been good over the years. He has always been loyal to Qian Lao, without openly following Ye Zihen and Qian Tonghua to mix with them, belonging to the category of mediocre officials. Unexpectedly, this time he actually heard Director Qin secretly colluding with Zhu Ben to manipulate right and wrong!

  Long Bao's mouth corner slightly curled up in a cold smile, his icy voice interrupting Director Qin's phone call, saying: "Oh? Director Qin, is it? Then I'd like to see what kind of opening move this is!"

  This sentence was like a thunderclap to Minister Qin, he immediately turned his back on Longbiao's body, looked at the phone in horror and got up hastily, stuttering: "Long...Long...Chairman..."

  Long Bao swept a glance at the middle-aged man's fearful eyes, but his heart couldn't help but feel a wave of disgust and nausea. He sneered and said: "What? Director Qin, are you and General Zhu planning something? Speak up, how much investment do you want? I can arrange for an investment company to make an investment plan!"

  "Director Qin, why are you so nervous? Am I not just a kid who doesn't understand anything?" Long Bao smiled slightly and immediately turned to leave, with the same smile still on his face.

  Minister Qin was sweating profusely in Longbiao's office, explaining that he had been chatting with an old friend the day before and hadn't seen Longbiao come in, and the topic hadn't involved Longbiao at all.

  Long Bao let him use such lies to deceive, he didn't say a word, only with an icy smile hanging at the corner of his mouth, until Director Qin left in despair. That afternoon, Long Bao instructed Xue Bingying to issue personnel orders, temporarily relieving Director Qin of his duties as head of the Asset Management Department. The new appointment will be arranged in a few days, and Wei Deputy Minister will act as the department head. However, Xue Bingying pushed it off, saying she had to ask her father first.

  Long Bao is waiting for someone to come forward and plead on behalf of Director Qin.

  As expected, on the second day at noon, Zeng Haichang called to ask Long Bao about the situation in a calm tone, and finally said, "Chairman Long, please consider carefully before making a decision. Minister Qin is an old man who has contributed to the construction of the domestic headquarters." At 4 pm, Qian Suxue's secretary, also her younger daughter Ye He, called on behalf of Qian Suxue, asking Long Bao in a very impolite tone why he wanted to remove Minister Qin from his position. Long Bao simply replied with "work requirements".

  Qian Yu Hui immediately questioned Long Bao, why because of a diligent old employee's careless words, he would remove him from his position? Why treat Father Qin's trusted subordinate so overbearingly? Before Long Bao could respond, Qian Yu Hui slammed down the phone with "She absolutely cannot allow Long Bao to behave so arbitrarily!" Afterwards, several department managers from headquarters personally apologized to Long Bao on behalf of Director Qin.

  After dinner, Mr. Xue finally called, and he seriously asked for details before repeating the same old words about hoping that Long Bing would consider carefully and be magnanimous as a CEO should be able to tolerate, but Long Bing still didn't give a direct answer to Mr. Xue, saying he needed more time to think it over.

  At 9 o'clock in the evening, just as Long Bao was browsing "Zizhi Tongjian", Ye Ziheng, who hated him to the bone, suddenly called. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Ye Ziheng said: "Chairman Long, I've long wanted to invite Minister Qin over to help me out, but unfortunately, Minister Qin has always been reluctant to give up his position in Li Heng. Now that I can finally get my wish, when will you let Minister Qin go?"

  All the signs indicate that handling Minister Qin is like touching a sensitive nerve in the hearts of these high-ranking officials, making them issue a warning to themselves. It seems possible that this may lead to becoming isolated and alone.

  Is Longwang afraid of being alone?

  Zhū Běn Tóng, who is closely related to this matter, has not made any response. At midnight, Zhū Běn Tóng still hasn't called. He doesn't know that his lack of reaction and expression in Lóng Bó's eyes is actually an ironclad response and attitude.

  Long Bao sternly ordered Xue Bingying to immediately issue a personnel order removing Qin from his position as department head. A few days later, Zhu Bentong reported back to Long Bao that according to the schedule, Mr. Yamaki, Vice President of Japan's largest conglomerate, would be arriving at headquarters on a certain day at 10 am for business talks with Long Bao.

  This was a long-negotiated matter, Long Bao and the planning department staff, as well as the management of Heavy Industry, had studied it many times. Long Bao had read Zhao Siwen's research report on mechanical heavy industry and listened to his prospective analysis of the industry. If the cooperation is successful, Li Heng Mechanical Heavy Industry will receive strong technical support from this giant multinational mechanical heavy industry group, thereby gaining huge development opportunities. However, Long Bao always felt that the cooperation conditions proposed by the Japanese group were too harsh, so harsh that it seemed to imply that there might be a conspiracy or a dark box deal behind the scenes.

  Indeed, as Ryota Yamaki felt, this vice president of the large Japanese machinery and heavy industry company, who was a classmate with Shu Bentong at Waseda University in Japan, wanted to take advantage of the chaos and secretly make a big profit from this cooperation opportunity. He not only wanted to gain personnel capital within the group but also enough material wealth to support his retirement! He had already agreed on a division of spoils with Yamaki.

  The formal confrontation on the negotiating table, Longbiao patiently listened to Yamaki's explanation of this draft plan, feeling that the project idea was still good, but the large company was obviously a bit arrogant. Longbiao clearly remembered that Qian Lao had told him before that Japanese people were a bit like cunning wolves, and when doing business with Japanese people, he must be careful not to make rash decisions. He also reviewed the group's development cooperation history, and it seemed that Qian Lao had not cooperated with the Japanese many times. Longbiao demanded to lower the conditions of cooperation, but Yamaki did not give in, and the negotiations fell into a stalemate.

  The negotiations had become awkward, and Long Bao felt that they couldn't continue for now. He needed to ease the tense atmosphere, so he raised his wrist to glance at his watch and said: "Mr. Yamaki, it's already time for lunch. If you don't mind, we've prepared a simple meal in the group's cafeteria. Would you like to join us for a casual lunch?"

  This was just an informal banquet, but Ryōhei still specially arranged for two head chefs from a large hotel to come to the office, showing his respect for the company. At the banquet, Yamaki repeatedly praised the dishes as delicious and raised his glass in thanks to Ryōhei, while Shisui and others made small talk and chatted. A few tables away were other employees of the company, including Yamaki's son Yamaki Yūichi, and Tanaka Haruaki was seated next to him.

  The atmosphere was a bit dull, especially at the table with Long Bao and others, who were being overly polite. Just then, Yamaki Yuichi said to someone next to him in Japanese, "Kawashima-kun, Chinese food is as delicious as Chinese women! When I eat such good food, I think of the 500 Chinese women my cousins and I played with in Zhuhai a few days ago! It was so comfortable! We booked all the rooms from the 13th to 18th floor of that hotel and wildly played with Chinese flowers for two days and two nights! Haha, I alone had nine!"

  Several people couldn't help but join in immediately:

  "Are you bragging?"

  "Have you ever fucked that Chinese woman's ass? Have you ever pissed and told her to drink it?"

  "Are there three of you playing together?"

  Yama Kiichi laughed proudly and said: "It's not three men playing with one, haha, it's us Japanese taking control of three Chinese women! Pissing? Haha, of course! Give her a few hundred dollars and she'll eat shit for you! Haha, that Hashida Kenji is a waste, can't even get hard, watching us do it makes him anxious, so he forces the Chinese prostitute to give him a blowjob, still doesn't work, ties up the Chinese woman, whips her, pisses on her face and body, puts cigarettes, bananas, and feet in their ***, drips wax, tortures them in every way! It's truly exhilarating!"

  Then he actually said with an extremely nostalgic expression: "I really don't know how great the Imperial Japanese Army was sixty years ago!"

  Someone chimed in: "At that time, the imperial army could only rely on comfort women to solve problems, it was not pleasant! Who had a comfortable comfort trip like your cousin this time?"

  Someone said, "Hey, let's organize a comfort trip for tonight too. How about it? Chinese women are beautiful and cheap, just two million (Vietnamese dong) for one night, which is only $200 in US dollars! If we don't play with several Chinese women, isn't that equivalent to wasting this trip to China?"

  Yama Kiichi smiled complacently and said: "Chinese women are stupid! They're pigs! If you show them money, they'll do anything for you. I'm not telling you again, my cousins came to China on September 16th to 18th to receive the reward from my fourth uncle, it was to commemorate the glorious military exploits of the Imperial Army 72 years ago! Unfortunately, the current government is too weak and incompetent, unable to restore its former glory, can only use money and economic means to trample on these Chinese stupid pigs. We can only play with China's cheap women!"

  He then made a gesture and said, "Everyone, don't worry about the expenses tonight. This General Manager will definitely treat everyone's hard work and let you have your wish! Haha!"

  His words brought the Japanese at the same table to raise their glasses and loudly shout "Cheers!"

  Duan Pingchun was fluent in Japanese, and it just so happened that he had learned about the September 18 Mukden Incident in Japan's Pearl River Delta the day before. This time, he completely understood what they were saying. He couldn't control his anger, suddenly stood up, grabbed a wine glass, rushed to Yamaki Yūichi's face, and splashed the wine from the cup onto his face!

  Then Duan Pingchun pointed at Yamaki Takeo and the Japanese at the table, using a strong tone in Japanese: "You Japanese pigs! Why didn't America use atomic bombs to kill all of you back then?!"

  The scene suddenly became chaotic!

  Young and vigorous Yamaki Yuichi and several Japanese people who felt humiliated by the angry Duan Pingchun started fighting, Kang Dingzhuang stepped forward with one step and separated them with his arm, trying to prevent the situation from escalating. Unexpectedly, he was misunderstood by the Japanese as assisting in the fight, and their collective consciousness suddenly made everyone at the table surround him, shouting loudly and beating him up!

  The scene was extremely chaotic!

  Shan Mu and Long Bao immediately stood up and shouted in unison: "Stop! Stop!"

  It was not easy to separate them, and Yamaki Yuichi's face had scratch marks from Du Pingchun, while Du Pingchun's clothes were torn apart, his nose bleeding, and his face had several bruises. Kang Dingzhuang, who didn't know the situation, also received a few wild punches and hid his anger. The wine glasses and dishes were scattered all over the floor, making a mess.

  Yama Kiyoichi was still shouting and scolding, but he was stopped by Yama who was furious. Yama immediately asked Ryōkan repeatedly, "What's going on? What's going on?"

  Long Bao is the host, but Shan Mu is the group's noble guest. Long Bao stands there with a pale face, enduring Shan Mu's questioning. He is also extremely angry at the scene before him, and in such an important occasion, in his own group, such a major event will bring what kind of consequences in the future!

  Long Bao fixed his piercing gaze on Duan Pingchun, who was covering his nose, and shouted: "Duan Pingchun! Come here!" Long Bao got up and walked towards the door, took two steps and then turned back to Shan Mu, saying: "Mr. Shan Mu, please wait a moment, I'll give you an answer right away!"

  Yamaki Yūichi watched as Duan Pingchun was about to follow Ryōhō out, and the consciousness that Chinese people were nothing but inferior Shina pigs made him furious again, shouting insults and trying to force his way through the crowd to teach this Shina pig a lesson!

  Long Bao's face was gloomy as he listened to Duan Pingchun explain the cause of the whole incident, and he gradually calmed down. He believed that Duan Pingchun would not deceive him, because only for this reason could the usually cheerful Dr. Duan Pingchun have possibly initiated the matter first! To be on the safe side, Long Bao called over the group's translator again, and the translator hesitated before repeating what Yamaki Yuichi had said.

  Du Pingchun didn't even bother to press the acupuncture points to stop the bleeding, and with a nose full of blood, he wiped it off and said angrily: "Chairman Long, I am a Chinese! I have my own conscience, I have my national dignity. The Japanese are humiliating us like this, I cannot just sit back and do nothing, I cannot remain silent! Every Chinese with a conscience cannot remain silent in the face of this matter! No matter how the company deals with me, I think my actions are not wrong, even if I pay the greatest price, I will still do it!"

  Five hundred Chinese prostitutes voluntarily debased themselves to Japanese people on September 18, the National Humiliation Day. Among these Japanese people was the son of the group's honored guest, Yamaki. The organizer of this comfort trip happened to be a relative of Yamaki. Employees of this large company were also planning to take a comfort trip. And Yamaki Yūichi even shouted that he would thank the company for giving them such comfort. Is this something we can tolerate? We have backbone! We have national dignity, national spirit! Du Pingchun did the right thing. Even if it costs us dearly, I will do it too! We don't need partners like this!

  Long Bao took a deep breath, heavily patted Duan Pingchun's shoulder, turned around and walked in front of Shan Mu, and said very calmly: "Mr. Shan Mu, I have already understood the situation. Now I have two sentences to say to your son." Long Bao didn't wait for Shan Mu to respond, also very calmly told Shanmu Yuichi: "I'm telling you, I can't control what other Chinese people are like, but I can control this company! Now please ask you and these people at the table to get out immediately! Don't dirty our Liheng's territory!" Long Bao turned his head and said to the translator, "Go! Translate for him, don't miss a single word!"

  Ryūjin looked at Yamaki and Shobenzo, who were already shocked, with no expression, quietly waiting for the translation. The translator did not dare to disobey, and translated it into Japanese word for word, telling it to Yamaki Yōichi.

  Yamaki Yūichi suddenly flew into a rage, pointing at the interpreter and Ryōhō and cursing "You eight-headed...!" But before he could finish, Yamaki slapped him in the face!

  Yamaki had already calculated that as long as Longbiao agreed to sign the agreement, according to his and Zhu Bentong's agreement, the large company would return 1.2 billion Hong Kong dollars to Zhu Bentong, and Yamaki could get 500 million! Moreover, once the project is built and put into production, Li Heng will be in a difficult situation, and in the future, he can hold back Li Heng's neck in many aspects such as zero parts and new technology development, bringing more profits to his own company. He didn't expect that after contacting Zhu Bentong's lucky boy Longbiao, who didn't understand the industry, he would find out that he was not as easy to deal with as he had imagined, and now it would be even harder to negotiate an agreement.

  I'm glad Ben Tong has already sensed the determination to stop negotiations and cooperation from Long Bao's seemingly calm but actually furious words. He is anxious with worry, and it's really hateful that Duan Pingchun, this arrogant and ignorant Chinese pig, and Yamaki Yuichi, this Japanese pig who speaks without thinking, have carelessly created the current dangerous situation! It was not easy for him to persuade newly-promoted Yamaki to accept his proposal, a painstakingly thought-out plan involving hundreds of millions in kickbacks. It absolutely cannot be aborted halfway now!

  Everyone, please calm down! This is just a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding that can be explained clearly!" He then leaned in close to Long Bao's ear and requested in a low voice: "Chairman Long, this project is too important, it concerns the future of Li Heng Mechanical Heavy Industry, those were just some irresponsible remarks made by some ignorant kids during the negotiations, let's not make foolish decisions because of this misunderstanding!"

  Long Bao felt that Zhu Ben's words were particularly piercing, he thought for a moment and then coldly said: "I have no interest in such misunderstandings, such business!" Long Bao walked up to Mr. Yamaki and calmly said: "Mr. Yamaki, I need to take my deputy general manager to the hospital for treatment, so I won't accompany you! Goodbye!" Long Bao turned around and supported Duan Pingchun as they walked out, leaving Yamaki and Zhu Ben and others standing there.

  The negotiations ended, and Yamaki returned to the hotel in a huff. Zhu Ben Tong hurriedly came back and forth to persuade Yamaki and Long Bao, but he didn't know that Long Bao was thinking about how to get rid of Zhu Ben Tong and push Zhao Siwen into the position of Heavy Industry CEO.

  At this moment, Jiao Siyu knocked open the door of Long Bao's room. Long Bao got up and poured ice water while sizing her up, who was dressed in an exceptionally charming manner. Actually, when Jiao Siyu smiled, she looked very beautiful, with a unique charm flowing between her eyebrows, lips, and teeth. This made Long Bao recall the strange encounter a few days ago, and his cheeks seemed to be still slightly burning.

  He sneered twice, but involuntarily compared her with Qiu Ya and Jing Er, staring at her absent-mindedly.

  "Dragon President, have you seen enough?"

  "Vice Chairman Jiao, don't try to use the same trick on me again. We're alone in this room, and it's already late at night. You're not going to try to seduce me with your charms, are you? Ha ha."

  With a curl of her lip, she said: "Are you trying to trick me with your good looks? You don't even understand romance, I don't want to waste my expressions and ruin my acting skills! Today I came to talk to you about something serious!"

  "What's the point?"

  "Tell me honestly, have you decided not to cooperate with the Japanese?"

  "Yes."

  "Are you also going to drive out Zhu Ben Tong?"

  Long Bao paused for a moment: "You guessed it right, I did have this idea."

  "So have you thought about how to deal with the mechanical and heavy industry affairs? Who will take over Zhu Ben's work? What are you going to do with Zhu Ben's old team? How will the mechanical and heavy industry develop in the future?"

  Longbiao was very unaccustomed to having his own thoughts seen through by others, and a feeling of discomfort suddenly rose up in his heart. After a while, he finally spoke up: "The world is so big, I don't believe there's no Zhang butcher, just eating hairy pigs!"

  Jiao Siwei couldn't help but smile and say: "I knew you weren't a fool, but neither are you a good guy! Whoever offends you or doesn't obey you will be unlucky!"

  This remark struck a chord in Long Bao's heart, and he burst out laughing: "Vice Chairman Jiao, you once said that you would fully support my personnel reform plan. Tell me, how can we avoid the interference of those old men and safely and effectively remove that stone?"

  Jiao Siwei deliberately said: "What can I do? Aren't you full of plans and strategies? Why ask me?"

  Long Bao guessed that since Jiao Siwei had said this to him, she must have already made up her mind and was just pretending in front of him. So Long Bao said: "You say it's hard enough for me to remove a department head, let alone a provincial governor! Wouldn't that stir up trouble?! Vice Chairman Jiao, I'd like to remind you, you're the second largest shareholder of Li Heng Group, if you don't give me some ideas, who will?!"

  Jiao Siwei still deliberately showed off her feminine charm, and the more she did so, the more it stirred up Long Bao's determination to achieve his goal at all costs. The two of them bickered back and forth like a couple!

  Long Bao surprisingly didn't notice anything! He even felt happy about it!

  Just then, Long Bao's phone rang. It was Kangding Village calling. Kangding Village said on the phone: "Chairman Long, I'm just outside your office door. Vice Chairman Jiao has been there for more than half an hour. Do you need me to come in?"

  "Long Wan remained silent for a few seconds before responding: 'No need.'"

  After a brief interruption by the phone call from Kangding Village, the two people remembered their unforgettable past and identity, and the atmosphere immediately lost its original harmony. After thinking for a long time, it seemed like he was savoring something, and slowly said: "Chairman Long, if you want to get rid of Zhu Bentong in a legitimate way, you can only start with his economic problems! Let me tell you a secret, Zhu Bentong is not clean, but his methods are very covert, so you can't find out! I've already sent someone to investigate, and he embezzled at least 30 million yuan from the three-dimensional garage project two years ago!"

  Long Bao had always suspected that Zhu Ben Tong must have embezzled a large sum of money from the company by taking advantage of his position, but no evidence was found in the previous audits. The failed 3D garage project was the focus of his suspicion, but he couldn't find any evidence. To be clear, suspicion alone is not enough to remove a CEO! If Jiao Si Wei's news is true, then he can remove Zhu Ben Tong, that old fox who dares to look down on him and disobey him, without any obstacles!

  Long Wan was about to ask in detail about the source of Jiao Siwei's news, but Jiao Siwei said: "Don't be impatient, as long as you are ready to take action, I will immediately hand over some evidence to you! In addition, I'll tell you a piece of information. One of my classmates' father is the CEO of the German Krauberg Heavy Industry Group in the Federation. I just contacted her and also called her father. They will send someone to inspect the group in ten days! Don't look at me with an expression of disbelief. You're not a fool, you're a smart person, that's why I'm telling you this. I'm leaving!" Jiao Siwei turned around and left without looking back.

  Long Bao was still pondering the authenticity of those words, and at the same time thinking to himself: Am I stupid? Am I smart? Who is stupid? Who is smart? What criteria are used to distinguish between stupidity and intelligence?

  Although Jiao Siwei had left, Kangding Village was also resting, but Long Bao was still in contemplation. He sat on the sofa in his bedroom, and the light from the floor lamp beside the sofa cast his shadow, which was immersed in thought, onto the sofa and the ground, forming a dark shape that remained motionless for a long time, as if it had solidified. The room was soundproof, with no external sounds entering or internal sounds escaping, an absolute silence, to the point where he couldn't even hear his own breathing, as if everything had come to a standstill, except for the life functions which continued to move ceaselessly beneath the stillness.

  To all of this, Long Bao had no awareness, his entire consciousness was placed in the thinking activity of his brain, he was building numerous scenes in his brain, simulating and rehearsing various changing processes, he was like playing Go, rapidly demonstrating the position of the pieces and various paths, this game of Go was the comprehensive reform of the Li Heng Group!

  Time passed minute by minute, and Long Bao suddenly felt his thinking was a bit stuck. This game of chess hadn't been thought out thoroughly, and it seemed like there were loopholes everywhere. He turned his head to look at the bright desk lamp, and an idea involuntarily emerged in his mind: he was just like this desk lamp, and everything in the room was like the chess pieces. His current thinking was like the light from the lamp shining into the room, but the room was filled with objects, so the light couldn't shine into every corner. Underneath the objects were shadows everywhere, and even when the light shone on himself, it revealed dark shadows. What lay in those shadows was unknown. These objects were just like the existing factors that hindered his reform of the chess pieces now. But could he move all these objects away?

  Moreover, aren't you also an object that blocks the light from shining through? What does one look like under the light? Without a mirror, one can never see their true self clearly. But who can give oneself a mirror? Who else can be one's mirror? Hasn't one had a mirror before but deliberately shattered it?

  Long Bao couldn't help but think of many people, how are they doing in the human hell on that day? Do they have a mirror?

  Smoke and fog swirled, stinging Long Bao's eyes. His eyes were a bit sour, his nose was also a bit acidic. That not-so-distant distance had become so distant, but all these distances were deliberately created by himself. Was this self that deliberately created distance, deliberately shattered mirrors really a fool?

  Long Wan sat dry for another night, and he seemed to no longer need sleep.

  Ben Zhong seemed to have sensed something, and he especially strongly promoted the cooperation of this project. He decided to put pressure on Qian Yu Hui and Qian Su Xue by moving them against Long Bao. That night, he used his silver tongue to describe the prospects of cooperation in front of them as extremely beautiful, exaggerating the beginning and end of the restaurant incident, making it seem like all the mistakes were made by Long Bao and Duan Ping Chun. Finally, he asked them to stand on the side of protecting Qian Lao's heartblood assets to salvage the negotiations that were about to break down.

  Qian Yuhui and Qian Suxue believed the words of Li Heng Group's high-ranking official, and on the morning of September 20th, they drove from Hong Kong to Chang'an. As the daughter of the former chairman of the board of directors and a senior executive of the group, they first apologized to Mr. Shanmu, and then expressed their determination to make every effort to promote this cooperation. Shanmu, who had already conspired with Zhu Ben, naturally expressed his willingness to forgive Duan Pingchun's insulting behavior and agreed to continue negotiations.

  Long Bao had thought that Ben Tong would not easily give up, but he thought that as the vice president of a multinational conglomerate, Yamaki from Japan would definitely not be able to tolerate his attitude and automatically terminate the cooperation negotiations. He did not expect Qian Yu Hui and Qian Su Xue to actually come to the headquarters for this reason, and even use such a tone to question him in person!

  At that time, Long Bao was sitting in a chair browsing the group's corporate website. Qian Yuhui and Qian Suxue entered his office and asked directly: "Can you really manage an enterprise? What does it have to do with Japanese people having fun with geishas? What is the relationship between project cooperation and the private life of Japanese people?"

  "You think the Japanese have humiliated your mainland women, but do you know how many of your mainland girls are selling themselves for money? Do you know how many mainland girls are working as dancers in Hong Kong and Macau? Do you know that all the second wives of Hong Kong men are cheap women from your mainland?"

  "They sell themselves to make money, others pay to play with them, it's all consensual, what are you angry about? Even if the Japanese shouldn't have said that in front of your mainland people, why did Duan Pingchun pour wine on someone's face? He deserved to be beaten! Where is Duan Pingchun now? He's one of your trusted aides, I'd like to see what qualifications he has to be CEO!"

  "You brought your personal emotions into the negotiations that concern the fate of the company, and you even allowed your subordinates to be rude to our Japanese guests. Have you considered how much profit this cooperation will bring to the group? Let me tell you, the group is not yours, it's my father's! You're just a substitute manager, don't get too full of yourself just because you've had some small successes! I won't allow you to behave so recklessly! Today you must give an explanation!"

  "Mr. Yamaki will arrive at 1 pm this afternoon! He has agreed to continue the negotiations. Long Bao and Duan Pingchun must apologize to Mr. Yamaki, otherwise it's pointless even if we do negotiate, I advise you to seize this opportunity well! The Da Zhu company is a professional group with assets worth tens of billions, now it's us who are seeking them out, not the other way around! As soon as we establish a cooperative relationship with Da Zhu, we can immediately turn around the mechanical and heavy industry's business situation, you must be clear on this point! I hope you will take care of yourself and never do anything foolish again!"

  Long Bao calmly accepted their reprimand, looking as if they were the CEO of the group and he was just an ordinary employee being scolded. Long Bao had guessed who was behind it all.

  This move is indeed very damaging, just from the simple business operation perspective, Longbiao has lost his reason. He should not have mixed his personal national emotions into important business negotiations. So Longbiao could bear this accusation and did not refute them, even agreed to let the two women participate in the afternoon meeting; however, they ignored or disregarded Longbiao's temperament, these words are no different from a challenge letter to today's Longbiao, no different from a poisonous medicine!

  Watching Qian Yu Hui and Qian Su Xue leave with an air of superiority, Long Bao's eyes finally emitted two icy glints!

  The scene that took place in Long Bao's office spread rapidly among the headquarters staff, with everyone waiting for the next development with their own complex emotions. Kang Ding Zhuang couldn't find the right words to comfort Long Bao, so he just delivered lunch and left. On the other hand, Jiao Si Wei was very thoughtful, bringing a cup of milk at just the right temperature to Long Bao, gently telling him that she would support all his decisions, and also gently urging him to eat well in preparation for the verbal sparring match in the afternoon.

  Her cleverness earned her a dragon's reward of a grateful smile.

  Yamaki still had confidence in today's negotiations because he had received a promise from Qian Yuhui's sister, who had come to apologize earlier, that she would definitely facilitate cooperation between the two parties. At this moment, he sat in the same negotiation seat as yesterday, with a typical Japanese social smile on his face, humbly chatting with Long Bao and others. In order to avoid provoking Long Bao, he only brought his deputy today and left everyone else including his son Yamaki Yuichi at the hotel.

  Qian Yuhui and Qian Suxue thought they were the daughters of Old Money, so they took charge with an air of superiority, ignoring everyone else. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, they took over the negotiations without hesitation, pushing Long Bao to one side and unilaterally discussing cooperation terms with Shan Mu, as if they had become the masters of the deal and the decision-makers of the negotiation.

  Long Bao's face was calm, and he seemed to ignore the words of Qian Yu Hui and others, with a faint smile on his lips as he flipped through the documents. Zhu Ben Tong initially still had some reservations about Long Bao's silence, remembering that Qian Yu Hui and her sister were just high-level figures in the group and didn't have the final say. Only Long Bao, as the chairman and president, could decide the fate of this negotiation. However, he was gradually infected by the intense atmosphere of the negotiation, and his last bit of clear consciousness disappeared. When he saw that Long Bao remained silent, he concluded that Long Bao must be intimidated by the pressure from the Qian family and had retreated in fear. So, when the conditions for cooperation were basically agreed upon, Zhu Ben Tong also became somewhat arrogant.

  Yamaki still remembered Longbiao's identity, and during this time, he took the initiative to ask about Longbiao's thoughts in order to take care of his emotions. Longbiao smiled calmly and said that he had no opinion at present, asking everyone to speak freely. Yamaki also looked down on Longbiao a bit, thinking that he wouldn't dare to offend the Qian family and veto this negotiation.

  Jiao Siwei had already withdrawn from the negotiating team as soon as she learned that Qian's sisters were involved. When Long Bao found her in her office two hours into the negotiations, she was alone drinking coffee. She saw Long Bao coming and stood up to greet him with a delighted expression, but intentionally said: "Why did Chairman Long come here instead of attending the negotiation? If you're not at the negotiating table, what's the point of calling it a negotiation?"

  "Heh heh, aren't they discussing it? Whether I'm here or not, it's all the same. Some people take the initiative to bear this burden, don't you think, Vice Chairman Jiao?"

  Jiao Si said with a smile: "Only fools would think it's the same! Don't take me for that kind of fool, if you don't sign, no matter how hot they talk, it's all in vain!"

  Long Bao smiled and didn't respond, Jiao Si Wei continued: "What you think in your heart others don't know, but I'm crystal clear! If you don't sign this contract how can it take effect? I'd like to see how you'll deal with them later, hehe, no, I suppose you want me to support you?"

  "As you wish, so I ask!"

  "Then let's go."

  The two of them chatted a bit more before walking into the conference room together, at which point the negotiations had already entered their final stage and were just waiting for Longbiao to review them before both sides formally signed.

  Long Bao picked up the contract printed out by the secretary, glanced at it, and then handed it to Jiao Siwei. After reading it, Jiao's expression remained calm, without saying a word. Mr. Yamaki felt a little uneasy in his heart, so he spoke to Long Bao in an extremely humble tone: "Chairman Long, this is the agreement that I have reached with everyone. If you think there are any places that need to be revised, please let me know."

  Qian Suxue thought Shanmu was being too troublesome, and she reckoned that this "usurper" Long Bao wouldn't dare to veto the agreement, so she said coldly: "This is just an intention agreement, the formal agreement must be signed in Japan, it's almost time, everyone is tired, don't delay it!"

  Long Bao burst out laughing and said, "Vice Chairman Qian, even if it's a letter of intent, it must be within the reasonable range of conditions. This is to ensure the seriousness of the agreement, which is a big deal that affects the image and reputation of the group!" He turned to look at Yamaki again and said, "Mr. Yamaki, I know that under the efforts of all colleagues, your company has made many concessions compared to the conditions you mentioned yesterday, but looking at this agreement, it's still far from my idea, sorry!"

  Shan Mu Dao said: "Please tell us about your idea."

  Long Bao looked at Shan Mu's eyes and calmly repeated the cooperation conditions he had opened yesterday.

  Shan Mu's expression changed upon hearing this, and he regretted underestimating and neglecting Long Bao earlier. After a moment, he said: "Chairman Long, we're all friends, please understand the positions we're in! We've already made the greatest concession within our bottom line tolerance range, I implore you to consider carefully!"

  Qian Suxue never thought that Long Bao's words would completely overturn the negotiation results he had worked so hard to obtain, and he almost fainted on the spot. Zhu Ben also stared at Long Bao with his mouth agape, and it wasn't until a while later that he managed to speak up: "Isn't this just a joke? Can negotiations be so frivolous?"

  Long Bao met the gaze of everyone with a calm tone, "Mr. Shan Mu, my idea is like this, and I also hope you will consider it carefully. Since you have only made concessions on some minor issues, then I can only make concessions on some minor issues as well."

  Seeing Shanmu not responding, Longbiao said: "Mr. Shanmu, you do as much as I do, my cooperative principle is balanced benefits and equal conditions, and our group is also called Liheng Group, this is the motto of our group's founder Mr. Qian, it is also my negotiation creed."

  Is the benefit balance condition equal? Isn't this a joke? If we didn't think there was an opportunity to take advantage of you, who would negotiate with you? What a joke! Shan Mu's face twitched slightly as he finally realized that Long Bao had never taken the Qian family seriously, and all his words and actions were in vain. He felt like a fool being played by Long Bao, and even thought that reaching an agreement with Zhu Ben Tong was a ridiculous mistake. This Long Bao was not the ignorant child Zhu Ben Tong said he was, but a strong man with a will of steel! He was shaken to his core: "Mr. Long, do you mean to overturn the results of our previous negotiation and start over?"

  Mr. Long smiled and looked at Shanmu, calmly replied: "Mr. Shanmu, the previous negotiation does not represent my opinion, if you can understand the situation of our group, I hope we can continue to negotiate with a bit more sincerity."

  He was thoroughly disappointed and looked at Zhu Ben Tong and Qian Jia sisters with disdain, saying maliciously: "I thought the opinion of Mr. Qian, the founder of your group's daughter, was your opinion, it seems I was completely wrong, didn't distinguish who is superior or inferior, nor did I expect such intense internal contradictions within your group!" Then he stood up, "Sorry, Mr. Long, I have a principle, which is not to conduct business negotiations with companies that are not united internally, you Chinese people always like infighting and can't make it big, this project I'll leave for others, sorry, I'm leaving!"

  After that, he bowed to all the negotiating personnel of Liheng Group, then got up and walked out. Zhu Ben hurriedly caught up with him in an attempt to retain him, but Yamaki didn't respond to him at all. Finally, he threw a sentence "Mr. Long, I hope you are not holding grudges against children's words and taking it out on our negotiations with the Japanese" and left.

  Long Bao puffed out smoke and gazed at the Qian sisters' expressions through the haze, waiting for them to make their move. Qian Suxue and Qian Yuhui's faces were deathly pale, while Zhu Bentong narrowed her eyes, glaring at Long Bao with a gaze that seemed to want to slice him into a thousand pieces!

  The air all around seems like it would explode with just a spark!

  Several employees who participated in the negotiation could not bear the oppression, quietly got up and retreated to the door, leaving only Qian Yuhui, Qian Suxue, Zhu Ben, Long Bao and Jiao Siwei in the room.

  The gunpowder smell is getting stronger and stronger, it's about to explode at any moment!

  It just so happened that at this moment, the leopard slipped away from Zhou Jing's feet and followed the scent left by Long Bao to find this conference room. It took advantage of the few employees who opened the door and left, flashed into the conference room, and excitedly ran to Long Bao's face, put its forelimbs on the armrests of Long Bao's chair, stretched out its neck, stuck out its tongue, and tried to lick Long Bao's face.

  Qian Yuhui had long heard that Long Bao brought a vicious dog that bit people to the headquarters, and now she found an excuse to vent her anger. She immediately scolded: "Long Bao, good! You are the chairman and president, you have the right to handle all group affairs according to your preferences, you can ignore the life and death of mechanical heavy industry, you can ignore the hard work and dedication that Zhu invested in this cooperation, you can also disregard us, I have no complaints, I admit it, who made my foolish father hand everything over to you, who made you the chairman and president! However, I tell you! This is a company, not your doghouse! Your kennel! You know that this beast has bitten two security guards and you still let it run around in the headquarters building, I tell you, I absolutely cannot allow you to make the headquarters a mess!"

  Qian Susu also lost her temper: "What's so great about you? Ahn? A mainland dog who deceives my father, and now you think you're above the law? You think just because one person has power, everyone else is beneath them? Can anyone enter and exit the office without being stopped? Don't we have any rules or regulations?" Qian Susu took out her phone and dialed a number, shouting: "Security department of the office building, are you all dead?! Come immediately and get this wild dog out of the group!"

  Qian Suxue was always a kind and gentle big sister in front of her employees, never speaking harshly. When the office staff received Qian Suxue's phone call, they were shocked and quickly notified Kangding Village.

  Kangding Zhuang and Zhou Qing rushed to the conference room, where they saw Long Bao sitting expressionlessly, Qian Jia sisters with angry faces, while Zhu Ben Tong's face was slightly pale, only Jiao Siwei's expression was very calm.

  Just then, several security guards and Deputy Director Tian Junyao of the office arrived. Qian Suxue asked loudly: "Kangding Zhuang, who is in charge of the Security Department? Who allowed this wild dog to enter and exit the group building? Is this dog an employee of the group? Don't let me see this wild dog again in the group, otherwise I will ask you for it!"

  Kang Ding Zhuang was not pleased with this sudden scolding, he knew that Zhou Jing must have been playing computer games again and didn't notice the leopard escaping from his room. So he glared at Zhou Jing fiercely, who knew he was in the wrong and quickly walked to Long Bao's side, trying to take the leopard away from him.

  The leopard and other dogs are different, there is no collar on its neck. It's because of Long Bao that the leopard doesn't have a collar. Long Bao didn't want to put a collar on the leopard, thinking it wasn't necessary and wouldn't be good for the leopard. Without a collar, the leopard finally found Long Bao and didn't want to leave. It completely ignored Zhou Jing's gestures. Zhou Jing was getting anxious and prepared to grab the leopard's neck skin to force it to obey. Unexpectedly, the leopard suddenly turned its head, stood up its hair, and showed its terrifying dog teeth, as if warning Zhou Jing: Don't think that just because we've played together for two days, you can consider yourself my master. If I get angry, I won't be polite!

  Zhou Ding was at a loss for what to do next and could only look at Long Bao, hoping that Long Bao would give him some instructions.

  Unexpectedly, Long Bao didn't give any instructions but instead put his hand on the leopard's head and stroked it back and forth. This made Qian Suxue even angrier, she slapped her hand on the table and pointed at these employees, shouting: "Which department is in charge of the office? Immediately write a report about this incident, I want to make a presentation to all the directors at the board meeting!"

  Tian Jun's eyes were fixed on Long Bao, and he didn't dare to say a word. Long Bao still didn't speak, but his expression was cold and handsome in a terrifying way.

  Qian Yu Hui's anger surged to the extreme, and she stood up, saying: "Long Bao, you really have a set! I didn't expect that we, the Qian family, couldn't even control our own employees in our industry! You're willing to go against us for your dog, and you're willing to sacrifice the fate of the group for your own face. Today, I finally see your true colors! Big sister, let's leave, this is already a world ruled by wild dogs, where do we have the qualifications to speak or stand?!"

  Qian Suxue was so angry that her whole body trembled, and she suddenly grabbed the documents in front of her and tore them to shreds. She got up angrily and walked away. Qian Yuhui's face was icy as she walked to the door and suddenly turned back to stare at Long Bao's eyes with a voice that sent chills down his spine: "Long, don't be smug, you'll pay for your foolish behavior today!"

  With a dejected look on his face, Zhu Ben Tong also wanted to get up and leave, but then he realized something and hastily sat back down. Sitting there, however, made him feel like he was sitting on pins and needles, and he felt uneasy all over. It wasn't until much later that he finally worked up the courage to look at Long Bao and think about how he could explain himself and get out of taking responsibility. It wasn't until then that he realized Long Bao was a formidable person who looked down on everything and everyone, with a heart of stone, and would not tolerate anyone infringing upon his authority. This Long Bao kid was stupid, truly stupid - for a simple reason, he didn't mind risking offending the whole world. But was he really stupid? An eighteen-year-old kid wasn't pressured by external circumstances, insisted on his own terms, avoided the risk of an agreement, and also blocked his own path to wealth. This guy was truly a monster!

  He now realizes that as the chairman and president of the group, Longbiao can remove his position as CEO of mechanical engineering if he wants to. Moreover, the second largest shareholder of the group, Jiao Siwei, is also fully supporting him. The real fool is not Longbiao, nor is it Shanmu or the Qian sisters. The biggest fool is himself! He put himself in a position where he was against Longbiao, and he foolishly thought he could take advantage of the power transition to gain huge profits by exploiting Longbiao's ignorance. How foolish is that?!

  Zhu Bo was just about to speak up and make a sincere declaration, but Long Bao took the initiative to smile at him and say: "Director Zhu, there's been some misunderstanding between me and Vice Chairman Qian Suxue and Deputy General Manager Qian Yuhui. This has nothing to do with you, so don't take it to heart. The reason we couldn't reach an agreement on this project cooperation negotiation with Mr. Yamaki of the Da Zhu company is that I thought it was unfair to our side. I have no personal feelings towards Mr. Yamaki whatsoever. How about this? After a while, I'll organize an inspection team to visit some affiliated enterprises abroad for observation and learning. You can collect some materials and make a plan to report back!"

  "Alright, don't worry, I'll go and arrange it right away."

  "Director Zhu, you are a veteran of the group and have invested a lot of effort in making this cooperation happen. Although it may fall apart now, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. Mechanical Heavy Industry is one of the pillar industries of the group, and you are a true expert in the field. Both Vice Chairman Jiao and I will rely heavily on you going forward. After some consideration, Vice Chairman Jiao will take over as the vice president of the group, specifically overseeing the Mechanical Heavy Industry Company. From now on, if you have any matters to discuss, you can report directly to Vice Chairman Jiao. What do you think?"

  Ben Cong heard Long Bao's gentle and pleasant words, the stone in his heart was put down a bit, secretly rejoicing that he had not been discovered by Long Bao's inner evil intentions. It seems that this kid is still a bit tender, and he may have been intimidated by him, unknowingly looking up to him, but it turns out that he is nothing special!

  After Dai Zhuo and others left, Long Bao invited Jiao Siwei to his confidential meeting room.

  Jiao Si sat in the chair, but his eyes couldn't help but glance at the tightly closed bedroom door of Long Bao. He said with a smile: "Chairman Long, why are you being so generous today? You actually allowed me to enter your top-secret center and decision-making hub. Is it to thank me for my support?"

  Long Bao smiled and replied: "There are also your shares in the facilities here, aren't there?"

  Jiao Si Yu stopped talking and continued to inspect the room, only speaking after a while: "Speak up, why did you suddenly say I'm going to be appointed as the deputy CEO of the group? What are your intentions?"

  Long Bao laughed and said, "Vice Chairman Jiao, what intentions could I possibly have? As the second largest shareholder and a management genius from a world-renowned university, can't you even be the vice president of your own company?"

  "Are you not afraid that I will use the power of vice president to grasp the core secrets of the group, build my own forces and shake your position? Are you not afraid that others will gossip about you even more? Are you not afraid that in the future it will be even easier for me to take revenge on you?"

  Long Bao looked at Jiao Siwei calmly and said after a long time: "Actually, I'm a very stupid person and have little experience. I don't know how to interact with others, I'm not afraid of what others say about me, but I'm worried that I'll make a joke that damages the group's reputation in social situations, so I need your support. As for revenge, we've had an agreement between us long ago. Maybe there was or still is hatred between us, but I believe this hatred will be resolved in the future. You and I won't be eternal enemies, on the contrary, we'll be partners with a common goal in group affairs. I trust you, you won't plot against me, and I even appreciate your open tactics in front of me. You can rest assured to be your vice president."

  Her mind became extremely complicated, feeling that her heart was being strangled by something, a surge of acid intention rolled in her throat, she tried to swallow it down, and with great effort suppressed the choking sensation. After a while, she said: "If you really think so, then you are the biggest fool and the most stupid person in the world. You want to gain absolute power over the group, but you don't believe those friends who have helped and supported you before, instead, you try every means to exclude them from your life. Not only that, but you also believe me, your greatest enemy, who poses the biggest threat to you. Are you not the biggest fool and the most stupid person in the world?"

  Long Bao didn't speak, took out a cigarette and lit it, taking two deep puffs before slowly saying: "For power? Didn't you say that power is just a means to an end? Am I seeking absolute power? Maybe, maybe."

  The secret meeting room was extremely quiet, as if only Long Bao and Jiao Siwei, along with the vicious dog Leopard, were left, their blood flowing with the sound of breathing that sustained life. However, amidst this silence, a nameless thing mixed with that faint sound, gradually simmering and emitting wisps of green smoke, which invisibly stirred up the seemingly quiet room.

  Long Bao faintly felt a series of tearing pains in his heart, this pain rapidly spread to every muscle, every bone, and every cell through the pulsating blood flow. Every muscle involuntarily responded to the stimulation of pain, going crazy... Every bone emitted a terrifying, muffled cracking sound under the friction of pain, and every cell was tumbling under the strange grinding of this pain...

  ……

  Long Bao suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, like needles piercing through. He sat on the sofa, his eyes empty and dull, his low voice barely audible as he asked: "Tell me, am I too powerful?"

  "Hmm, there's some truth to that. Ambition isn't a bad thing, it's just that you're in too much of a hurry," Jiao Siwei had always thought that Long Bao's ambition stemmed from an "extreme inferiority complex" within him, but she didn't need to say that out loud. She said with a hint of shyness, "Actually, you can take some time out to enjoy life, don't always be so tense and strain your nerves, it's not good for your body either. Can't you just enjoy the joys of life? Isn't it better to strike a balance between work and rest?"

  "Life? What is life?"

  "I think, life is actually a series of performances. Think about it, in a person's daily life, every moment is filled with performances - speaking is a performance, sleeping is a performance, eating is a performance, watching TV and reading books are also performances, working is a performance, making money is a performance, socializing is a performance... even going to the bathroom and thinking and having ideals are all performances. It's just that everyone has different requirements for these performances in life. Hmm, actually, power can be seen as one of these performances too, it should also belong to the category of life." Jiao Siyu said softly.

  "What is that? Is it just a need? Is life just that, is living just for satisfaction? If not, if life isn't just about needs, what are they then? What is life then? Can life and living be without needs? If so, what kind of life would that be, what kind of living?"

  He sighed and said, "I remember a friend once wrote an article saying that to survive, to live, we are always in the midst of life, and life is actually made up of countless different needs. That means we are always in need, every need affects our behavior... Hmm, but Maslow's theory says that only unmet needs can influence behavior, while met needs cannot serve as a motivating tool, cannot become an inner driving force for self-improvement. Doesn't this mean that as long as I'm still striving, there must be one or many needs motivating me? Even if I've satisfied my desires and achieved my goals, as long as I'm still alive, there will always be many needs existing within me..."

  Long Bao has thought too much about the logical relationship between life and death, he clearly remembers that he once wrote in his diary: "It's really the city wall of life, and I will never be able to peek at the world outside this city wall, I will never know or experience the situation of a life without existence. The world is always full of all kinds of things, we are always buried in various kinds of relationships, one kind of relationship connects with other relationships, also restricts other relationships, together forming a net of relationships, a city wall that tightly binds up life, living, the world, and this hard life, circling us inside, we cry, laugh, rejoice, get angry, grieve, and lament in our own way, expressing the seven emotions and six desires, searching for comfort in the midst of restriction and confinement.

  That piece of writing was still swirling in his mind, when another latest sentence suddenly covered everything: I will never be able to escape the net!!!!!

  Jiao Siwei gazed at Long Bao while softly humming a folk song, and to Long Bao, the voice was so beautiful that it left him dazed...

  Suddenly, a strange and indescribable sense of joy rapidly enveloped him, completely replacing the tearing pain. In that instant, he saw with utmost clarity how the muscle cells on his body dispersed one by one, floating into the air in front of him, combining in an extremely evil and bizarre way to form five large characters full of intimidation - "Foolish **"!

  ……

  "Sleep, go to sleep, you should have a good rest." Jiao Siwei gently patted Long Bao's arm.

  Long Wan felt exhausted and his head was spinning, muttering to himself: "Sleeping... is also foolish..."

  "Right, everything is like that, the difference between people is just finding a comfortable goal for themselves... You rest well, I'm leaving." Jiao Siwei lightly touched Long Bao's lips and left. When she reached the door, she saw Kang Dingzhuang staring at her with piercing eyes. She smiled, "Chairman Long has such a child with a loyal bodyguard like you, it's really his good fortune."

  Kang Ding Zhuo slightly nodded and said: "Vice Chairman Jiao is overpraising me. There's an old Chinese saying that goes 'a gentleman would die for one who understands him.' You may take your leave."

  He immediately walked into Longbiao's room and saw that Longbiao had already fallen asleep...