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Chapter 5 Treating Guests (b)

The hall turned into silence. Even with ice trays surrounding them, everyone was still sweating. Three months ago, they received such an invitation in this same hotel. But at that time, none of them had heard of Shen Beixiong. So they didn't care much. There were only 1/3 of people attending the feast three months ago. The guests that night were shocked by the grand of the banquet and there were only two guests turned his requests down. The rest all said they would go back to think about it. Shen Beixiong didn't force people to answer him at that time. He only said he would treat everyone again three months later to get everyone's reply. That was the reason for today's feast.

"All of you are the heads of Jinling's business community." In the silence, Shen Beixiong said, "This time I came to the south is to enter the business community here. So I want to make it big here in Jinling. To start in Jinling, I need to buy property, a few storefronts. After checking all the shops in Jinling, I realized that those stores that I am interested in are mostly in your hands. So I wanted to buy a few from you. Please do a favor to me. I will pay you a good price."

Three months ago, when these wealthy businessmen who attended the banquet heard this request, they felt a little funny. But at the same time they were shocked by the wealth of the master. What Shen Beixiong wanted was not just a few stores, but he wanted several dozens of stores, most of them located in the business center of Jinling. The bosses who owned these stores were the top businessmen in Jinling. They didn't need money. So when they heard Shen Beixiong's request, they didn't turn it down to his face. They only said that they would think about it after they got back. Only boss Zhang and boss Chen refused Shen's request. But during the past three months, boss Zhang and boss Chen failed big in their businesses. Boss Zhang killed himself and boss Chen lost his mind. Their sons and daughters were sold to others as slaves. Now people realized that Shen Beixiong was not just making fun. He had the strength and he had the tool! In the market, it was rumored that Shen Beixiong had already taken a dozens of gambling houses.

Jinling was the most prosperous city in the south of the Yangtze River and the commercial center of the entire Jiangnan. And Jiangnan was the most prosperous part of the country. So to businessmen, those who conquered Jinling conquered Jiangnan and those who conquered Jiangnan conquered the world.

It was precisely because of this that almost every Jinling merchant was well-off. For an old-fashioned jewelry brand and pawn brand to go bankrupt, it required royal power. People suspected Shen Beixiong but nobody knew how he made it. Such a mysterious feeling made people even more scared of Shen Beixiong. Everyone had finally realized that Shen Beixiong's appetite was big. His wealth and means were beyond normal imagination. So today, once they received the invitation from Shen Beixiong, they all came to the feast regardless of the hot weather.

The cicadas outside the window were as usual, but the hall was silent. Everyone was stunned. On the one hand, no one wanted to sell their ancestral treasure, but on the other hand, they didn't want to be the stupid bird that first to say no.

"I've found people to assess the value of your stores. Please take a look. If you think the price is fair, you can print your fingerprint as the evidence of transaction. I can also take over any unsold products in your stores." Just as Shen Beixiong finished talking, the canny general manager Bai handed over the contracts to everyone. The prices on the contracts were good. It seemed that Shen Beixiong had done a lot of research for today's meeting.

Someone coughed a little and asked, "How much money does he need to buy all our stores and the unsold products?"

Shen Beixiong looked at the person who was asking and laughed, "Are you doubting my wealth?" Then he clapped his hands. There were dozens of strong guys carrying a lot of red boxes coming down from upstairs. They put the boxes on the ground and opened them. The boxes were full of gold. None of these businessmen had seen so much gold. They were shocked. Shen Beixiong smiled, "These gold should be enough. If they are not enough, I can give you this." Then he took of the jade ring on his finger. That was a priceless ring!

The jade ring was passed along on each guest's hands and then came back to Shen Beixiong. After the guests sat down again, the old merchant man said, "We don't suspect boss Shen's wealth. The price offered was also fiar. But the business is our ancestors' business. We don't plan to sell it out. No matter how much price you offer. I just want to know what will boss Shen do to us if we don't agree to the deal?"

Shen Beixiong smirked and said, "To me, there are only two types of people in business world. One is called partner and the other is called opponents. If we don't become partners then we can only be opponents. I always push my opponents to death. I never leave a way out to them." Boss Shen smiled again and said, "I believe there will always people who are willing to sell their stores to me. At that time, let the two businesses compete with each other."

Obviously he plans to strike those who didn't sell stores to him. Everyone was stunned. This was only the method a businessman should undertake. Shen Beixiong was not like a proper businessman who did his businesses abiding rules. Such a person was terrifying to ordinary businessmen. There were a few guests already decided to agree to Shen's deal. Anyway, the prices offered by Shen were fair.

Everyone had their own business plan. All of a sudden no one was talking anymore. At this time, one person asked strictly, "Jinling is the key town in Jiangnan. It affects the whole region. Governor Tian will not allow you disturb the business in Jinling."

Shen Beixiong didn't looked at the person who challenged him but walked to the side of the window. He pointed at one tall building and told general manager Bai, "This building blocked my view. Take it down."

General manager Bai took the order and went downstairs. In a short time, there were dozens of workers crowded outside the building. They started to take the building off. Very soon, the originally tall and grand building was taken down in pieces.

All the merchants in the hotel were shocked by Shen's political background. Everyone knew that the building taken down belonged to governor Tian.

"It's getting late." Just as everyone was still in shock, Shen Beixiong said in a cruel tone, "Those who are willing to sell me their stores stay behind to discuss the transfer procedures with general manager Bai. Those who are not willing, please leave."

People were stunned again. It was hard to decide whether they should stay behind or leave. At this time, general manager Bai walked upstairs and came to Shen Beixiong, "Master, Jinling Sumuxian wants to meet you."

Shen Beixiong frowned with unhappiness, "Didn't I say that except for the guests I invited, I don't want to meet anyone else?"

General manager Bai said to Shen's ears, "It Jinling Su family, their sword conquers Jiangnan."

Shen Beixiong had the serious look on his face for the first time. The person who came turned out to be the famous Su family. The Su family was the No.1 family in Jiangnan. Shen Beixiong hurriedly nodded, "Please let him in."

General manager Bai quickly yelled downstairs, "Please let master Su in!"

An old man in white walked upstairs. All the guests hurriedly greeted master Su. The old man nodded and then looked at Shen Beixiong. Shen Beixiong asked with smile, "What attracted Jinling master Su here? It's my first time in Jinling. I am only a little businessman so I think I am not worthy master Su's attention."

"Boss Shen you don't need to be polite." The old man in white said, "I have been out of the business for long. But today I came here only to hand over an invitation to boss Shen for someone."

Shen Beixiong was surprised. "Who would ask master Su to help him send an invitation?"

The white old man smiled, "It is hard for other people to meet you. So I have to come in person. The invitation is right here. You can open and read it."

Then the white old man took out an envelope from his arms.

Shen Beixiong smiled and said, "Please let master Su sit in the top seat."

"No. Since the invitation is given to you, I will leave now." Shen Beixiong opened the invitation and there were only a few words: In the river temple in Jinling suburb, I've prepared nice tea and music to wait for boss Shen.

The invitation was from—Yunxiang.

Seeing the name, Shen Beixiong couldn't say anything. Bai noticed his change and asked, "Master, who sent you the invitation?"

Shen Beixiong gave Bai the invitation and looked outside, "You read it yourself."

Bai took over the invitation and said, "Prince Xiang! It's the prince of the Qianmen, Prince Xiang."

"Prepare the horse! Let's go to the temple right now!" Shen Beixiong said. Bai took a look at the merchants and asked, "How about these merchants?"

Shen beixiong said, "I will put off the deals today. Let them go back home and wait."

The merchants were confused. Nobody knew who Prince Xiang was. Only one old man said, "I've heard of Prince Xiang before. But I don't know if he was a moral or a god, a saint or a devil."

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