The King of Urban Mercenaries
Chapter 191 - 191 191 There is a Price to Pay for Showing Off Part 2

191: Chapter 191: There is a Price to Pay for Showing Off (Part 2) 191: Chapter 191: There is a Price to Pay for Showing Off (Part 2) Moongaze Building, Mu Group President’s Office.

The noonday sunlight, streaming through the broad floor-to-ceiling windows, shone directly into Mu Shanshan’s office, lending the entire space a touch of gold.

Although the sunlight was pleasant, the atmosphere within the President’s Office did not warm with its radiance.

“Fang CEO and Director Wang, if you have come uninvited, there must be an important matter.

Please, speak freely.” With bright eyes and white teeth, her cold and aloof demeanor remained unchanged, even in the face of such a well-known figure as Fang Wenxi.

In fact, it seemed even colder than usual.

Although Mu Shanshan was not yet aware of the violent incident involving the second security team in the underground parking lot, she sharply sensed something was amiss when she saw Wang Yongsheng and Fang Wenxi arriving at her office together.

If a Director of her own company and the CEO of another made an unsolicited visit together, she did not believe it would be without some ulterior motive.

Based on this consideration, Mu Shanshan dispensed with pleasantries and got straight to the point.

Wang Yongsheng timely stepped forward to shield Fang Wenxi, “Please forgive my oversight in failing to inform you before bringing Mr.

Fang here.

It was indeed lacking in consideration.

However, I can assure you, President Mu, that inviting Mr.

Fang was done entirely for the sake of the future development and overall interests of our company.”

“Since Director Wang is so considerate of the company, I’m sure you would not mind offering some additional shares to support the employee stock ownership plan that the company is about to implement,” Mu Shanshan said with slightly narrowed eyes, quickly setting a trap for Wang Yongsheng using his own words.

“This, this—”

Failing to shield and instead getting counter-attacked by Mu Shanshan, Wang Yongsheng could be said to have shot himself in the foot.

“It has only been a few months since the last Entrepreneurs’ Annual Meeting, but it feels like I’ve endured much longing.

I’ve been looking for an opportunity to visit.

This time, I took advantage of Director Wang’s offer.

President Mu, please extend me some courtesy, and let’s not make things difficult for Director Wang.”

Seeing Wang Yongsheng cornered by Mu Shanshan’s words, Fang Wenxi, the actual focus of the visit, clearly could not continue to lurk behind the scenes.

He rose and casually walked towards Mu Shanshan’s desk, producing a gold-engraved rose seemingly out of thin air and placing it next to Mu Shanshan’s work computer, “Please accept this as an apology for coming unannounced.

I hope you will accept it and not leave this earnest admirer out in the cold.”

He completed the gift-giving without giving Mu Shanshan a chance to reject him, making his feelings known in the process.

The hint of a smile on Fang Wenxi’s lips seemed to deepen.

“Mr.

Fang, have some self-respect, I—”

The blatantly amorous intentions of Fang Wenxi were too obvious to ignore.

Even if Mu Shanshan was inexperienced in matters of the heart, she could not fail to notice.

She immediately prepared to inform Fang Wenxi of her marital status with a cool look in her eyes.

Although Mu, the president of Mu Group, was never very satisfied with her unscrupulous husband, that man did frequently do some absurd things that infuriated her to the core.

Yet, as a legal matter, Mu Shanshan was indeed married to Lin Fei, indisputably his wife.

Mu Shanshan had no intention of denying this fact; the reason she prohibited Lin Fei from revealing their marital relationship within the company was largely due to certain dispositions Lin Fei had that greatly concerned her.

Back when he was just a General Affairs Assistant, he managed to stir up the entire General Affairs Department, and with the title of deputy director of the Security Department, he brazenly recruited female secretaries right in the company.

If their marriage to Lin Fei were to be made public, whether it would affect her image as the president and her daily work was a minor concern; what worried Mu Shanshan the most was that Lin Fei, using her name, would become even more unrestrained within the company.

Of course, the main issue was that Mu Shanshan wasn’t entirely prepared to truly become Lin Fei’s wife.

However, this did not prevent Mu Shanshan from bluntly putting an end to Fang Wenxi’s hopes for her.

Deep down, it was clear that she only acknowledged Lin Fei as her man.

Mu Shanshan intended to make it clear that she was married, yet Fang Wenxi clearly didn’t seem interested in hearing her explanation.

Or maybe, Fang Wenxi mistook her intention, thinking she was rejecting his gift, thus not wanting to give her the chance to turn him down.

In any case, Fang Wenxi waved his hand and interrupted Mu Shanshan, “Our personal matters, I’d rather discuss with you in private, President Mu.

Today, I am here on official business.

I heard from Director Wang that you intend to implement an Employee Stock Ownership Plan within Mu Group, is this true?”

“This plan was voted on and passed at our company’s internal meeting by the directors and shareholders.

However, it has not yet been officially announced.

Director Fang, why the sudden interest in our company’s internal plans?”

Interrupted by Fang Wenxi and dragged into official matters, Mu Shanshan was dissatisfied, but it was not appropriate for her to express this openly, so she deftly turned the tables on Fang Wenxi.

A plan belonging to Mu Group that hadn’t been announced yet had been actively leaked to Fang Wenxi by Wang Yongsheng, although an Employee Stock Ownership Plan might not exactly be a business secret.

But as for Wang Yongsheng’s act of leaking internal company plans to outsiders, even bringing them along to challenge her at the company, how could Mu Shanshan not be angry?

If it hadn’t been for considering Wang Yongsheng’s contribution to the growth of Mu Group in the early years and the presence of Fang Wenxi, an outsider, Mu Shanshan truly wanted to severely question Wang Yongsheng whether he was a director of Mu Group or of the Fang Family.

“I am here on behalf of the entire Fangxing Group, not just myself,” Mu Shanshan’s veiled sarcasm did not affect the subtle smile on Fang Wenxi’s lips, “I don’t think Mu Group’s employees have more money than those of our Fangxing Group.

Mu Group is Uncle Mu’s life’s work; rather than distributing shares to a multitude of employees, unnecessarily adding many uncertain factors, it would be better to sell that portion of shares to us at Fangxing.”

As he spoke, Fang Wenxi gestured to Wang Yongsheng, who handed over a document to Mu Shanshan, “Take a look, President Mu, and see if it’s agreeable or not.”

“You must be joking, Director Fang.

Our Mu Group currently has no plans to introduce new shareholders.

If you genuinely wish to cooperate with Mu Group, perhaps we could schedule a time to discuss this another day.” Just as Fang Wenxi said, Mu Group was the lifeblood of Mu Hong, and based on that, Mu Shanshan could hardly allow Fangxing Group to be involved with Mu Group.

Fangxing Group was much stronger than Mu Group, and the two had numerous overlapping business interests.

To bring in investments from Fangxing Group would be like inviting a wolf into the house!

As for the documents, Mu Shanshan clearly had no interest in looking at them, her sharp eyes icy as she began to show the guests out, “I still have a lot of work to do.

If Director Wang has no other business, perhaps you wouldn’t mind showing Director Fang out.”