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Chapter 955 - 949 Three Parties Reach an Agreement

Chapter 955: Chapter 949 Three Parties Reach an Agreement

"Huo Hongxing’s mind raced, and he somewhat misunderstood Huo Yongming’s intentions. He thought, ’Could it be that Uncle Ming chose to align himself with him because he knew of Li Changlin’s impressive background, with the intention of gaining support for his own bid for the Family Head position of the Huo Family?’"

In fact, what Huo Yongming wanted to convey was that Huo Hongxing should absolutely not cooperate with Li Changlin. Even if the Huo Family were to withdraw from Shanghai City, they should not have any dealings with the man surnamed Li.

His tactics were truly frightening; eventually, he would swallow the entire Huo Family without leaving a trace.

Although Huo Yongming didn’t care about the life and death of others, he was, after all, a member of the Huo Family, and he didn’t want to see his family annihilated.

Cooperating with Li Changlin was like dancing with wolves. If Huo Hongxing did well, so be it, but if he ever crossed Li Changlin, he would likely face a fate of death and obsolescence.

While attending to Huo Dexuan’s corpse just now, Huo Yongming had a lot on his mind.

He realized that he was already on board the ship of thieves and somewhat helpless, but truly, Huo Yongming did not want the Huo Family People, especially Huo Hongxing, to have any interaction with Li Changlin.

Unfortunately, Huo Hongxing clearly misunderstood his meaning.

Believing that he had understood Uncle Ming’s hint, after a brief internal struggle, Huo Hongxing finally nodded in dejection, "I am willing to pledge allegiance to Young Master Li. Once I, Huo Hongxing, become the Family Head of the Huo Family, our whole family will certainly follow Young Master’s lead!"

"Good, very good!" Li Changlin was overjoyed that Huo Hongxing had agreed so readily to his request, so he then began to discuss Rongguo Education with him.

Originally, Huo Hongxing had a vendetta against Rongguo Education, but now that he had become Li Changlin’s subordinate, his enemies were instantaneously transformed into friends, which significantly relieved Xia Wan’an.

However, as for the future development of Rongguo Education, Li Changlin still reached some kind of agreement with Huo Hongxing.

After all, Li Changlin couldn’t stay in Shanghai City forever. He had invested ten billion yuan, which was not meant for Rongguo Education to squander.

If, due to his absence, Rongguo Education deviated from his initial intention and eventually turned him and Xia Wan’an into enemies, that wasn’t the outcome Li Changlin wanted to see.

Therefore, his idea was to bring Huo Hongxing into the fold so they could work on the market together; in fact, it also meant letting Huo Hongxing keep an eye on Rongguo Education.

Huo Hongxing, who truly deserved to be called a business prodigy, immediately began to applaud after hearing Li Changlin’s development suggestions.

This model would require substantial capital investment in the early stages, but once the school settled down, the profits it would generate could be considerable.

Ultimately, at Li Changlin’s request, Huo Hongxing represented the Huo Family by investing two billion yuan. Li Changlin gave up nine percent of the shares, Xia Wan’an gave up five percent, and the three of them reached a genuine strategic cooperation.

Thereafter, Li Changlin owned fifty-one percent of Rongguo Education, becoming the largest shareholder, Xia Wan’an owned thirty-five percent, and Huo Hongxing owned fourteen percent. Li Changlin entrusted Xia Wan’an with the management and operation while Huo Hongxing did not participate in direct management but held supervisory powers, which could constrain the general manager’s authority, a point Xia Wan’an had no objections to.

After reaching an agreement, the three of them couldn’t sign a contract right away, but there was no rush. Li Changlin and Huo Hongxing would be staying in Shanghai City for a while. They could simply wait until they all had time again to meet and finalize the contract.

Afterward, Li Changlin called in Huo Yongming and asked him to invite the officials from the education bureau to private room number nine. He then announced Huo Hongxing’s investment in Rongguo Education. This matter was resolved smoothly, much to the relief of the officials from the education bureau.

However, regarding the future development plans of Rongguo Education, on Li Changlin’s suggestion, everyone refrained from sharing details with the staff of the Education Bureau.

This was a development proposal of great political achievement, and these officials from the Education Bureau really weren’t qualified to be involved.

Of course, once Rongguo Education had established connections with the top echelons of Shanghai City, the cooperation of the Education Bureau would inevitably be necessary.

Li Changlin had no interest in getting involved in these matters; he had delegated the management to Xia Wan’an, intending to be a hands-off owner.

The three parties had reached an agreement, and the subsequent matters were left to Xia Wan’an and Huo Hongxing to handle.

Although neither of them needed the officials from the Education Bureau for the time being, it was already late, and the necessary communication still needed to take place.

Thus, Xia Wan’an and Huo Hongxing invited a group of officials from the Education Bureau to dine with them, while Li Changlin left Huawei with the others.

Huo Yongming stayed behind; he was Huo Hongxing’s personal bodyguard, and of course, Li Changlin couldn’t take him away.

Leaving Huo Hongxing behind was partly to ensure his safety.

Even though Huo Hongxing’s life or death wasn’t of much concern to Li Changlin, Rongguo Education’s development still required Huo Hongxing’s support.

Moreover, Huo Hongxing was part of Li Changlin’s clever strategy for dealing with the Huo Family. Knowing that Huo Hongxing’s cousin, Huo Honglong, was harboring ill intentions towards him, Li Changlin couldn’t afford to take away the only person with Half-step into Void Energy.

Even after they reached the ground floor, Li Changlin gave it serious thought and requested that Fang Xiaowei specially leave two members of the Mo Family’s younger generation to find Huo Hongxing, also as a form of close protection.

Of course, while protection was one aspect, the notion of surveillance was not absent.

Li Changlin naturally didn’t need to hide this, as an old-timer like Fang Xiaowei could certainly understand Li Changlin’s intentions.

Afterward, Li Changlin had Mo Dongqiang drive them to the hotel where he was staying.

The vehicle they used was naturally Huo Yongming’s business van; once Mo Dongqiang had parked the car, Li Changlin led everyone straight to the eighteenth floor of the hotel.

Li Changlin and his party were staying in the hotel’s presidential suite, and Bai Ziyu and Liao Momo were also staying there. He asked Fang Xiaowei and the others to sit in the living room briefly while Li Changlin went into the bedroom.

Before long, he came back out, now holding an exquisite carry-on bag.

"Holy Fruit!"

Fang Xiaowei and the other two swallowed hard as Li Changlin placed the carry-on bag on the coffee table and spoke in a low voice, "Elder Fang, you eat 150 of them right here. Once your strength has stabilized, I’ll need you to make a trip to the Jiangnan Huo Family."

"Yes," Fang Xiaowei quickly stood up in response, and Li Changlin gestured for him not to stand on ceremony, so Fang Xiaowei sat down again and reached out to unzip the carry-on bag.