Chapter 207: The Queen

"Mr. Tang— " Xie Jun was about to say something when he saw Long Yi held his hand, a signal for him to stop talking and let him handle this. Xie Jun pursed his lips.

"Mr. Tang… would you like to go to a VIP room with me? I would tell you about my propositions."

"Proposition." Tang Xi reiterated. "Sounds interesting, but that it's still a no," she smiled, her gaze landed at Zhang Zhi and Xie Jun before settling towards Long Yi.

"Mr. Tang… I am from the Long— "

"Listen, Mr. Long. I am well aware of your identity. I am also… well aware of your involvement with my cousin's unfortunate fate." Lyca smirked at Long Yi's reaction. Of course, she needed to mention Lyca in this conversation, or it would sound so staged. "While what happened in the past… does not involve me in any way, I tend to stick to my own rule."

"What rule is that?" Zhang Zhi asked, frowning. He didn't like Tang Xi's tone, but he was forced to control his outbursts because he knew how important this deal is to Long Yi.

"No idiots allowed."

"You— " Xie Jun gritted his teeth. He was about to walk towards Lyca but Long Yi, once again, stopped him.

"So you think I am an idiot?"

"Are you not?" Lyca lifted an eyebrow. Her eyes darted towards Long Yi's corporate attire and sleek hairstyle. "I heard about what happened in the Long Company. You should have expected something like that to happen, yes?" Her words made Long Yi's face darkened, but he quickly calmed his nerves and went back to giving Lyca a gentle, knowing smile.

"I don't know where did Mr. Tang hear about something so ludicrous. I would assume it was one of the rumors aimed to target our company. After all, the competition is coming. Many people turned their greedy eyes towards our company, trying to drag us down to bring their own company name up. I would say, all these rumors were futile. After all, we have worked so hard for what we have now. The only reason why I wanted the bullet is because we wanted to further improve what we currently have."

"Sounds… enticing." Tang Xi beamed at him. For some reason, this smile didn't give Long Yi a good feeling. This Tang Xi looked a little more like a fox who was smiling towards its prey. Good thing, Long Yi was already aware of what kind of person this tang Xi was.

"Yes. As you know- "

"But I am still not interested." Tang Xi continued beaming. "Tens of companies already scheduled a meeting with me for their own proposition. You can schedule one if you want to, but either way… convincing me to sell the formula would be very hard. Unless of course… you are willing to use hundreds of Millions for the formula. Then I am very much willing to listen." Tang Xi said but his eyes were already on the other people who were eying them. 

"Hundreds of millions…."

"The highest offer that I receive was four hundred million dollars." Tang Xi uttered. War is, after all, a business. Anyone who would hold such a powerful weapon would have the ability to excel in warfare. After all, everything about the bullet is top class. It would easily kill hundreds of people.

"Four hundred— " Xie Jun squinted. "Someone actually offered such a price?"

"I heard the bullet from the Long Company is not doing its proper job?" Lyca turned towards Xie Jun. 'That must be the reason why they would want to pay something so big for the formula, right?" Lyca remembered giving some people the formula of her previous bullet— the one that the Long Family had. However, all this vanished. She figured this was because of the Long Family's influence on the black market.

Right now, the only company that had the formula was the Long Family. This is the reason why the news of another formula attracted a lot of attention. After all, many companies wanted to have a contract with the military in this country— something that the Long Family obtained because of the bullet.

With the current involvement of Country Xu in conflicts outside of the country, and against the rebels, the bullet had been a necessity since the Long Family 'created' it.

While what happened with the Long Family's company was a one-time thing. It had compromised all the ingredients and all the newly manufactured bullets. The malfunction was enough to make the government doubt all the bullets produced by the Long Company. As a result, they had actually pulled out all those bullets that were issued to their soldiers and demanded an explanation from the Long Family.

"I understand." Long Yi uttered after a few minutes of silence. "I will schedule a conversation with you. I am willing to outbid anyone and give you some benefits such as shares and even an additional percentage from the contract that we have from the government. As long as you give us the formula and transfer all its rights to our name."

"Interesting." Tang Xi uttered as he shoved his hands into his pockets. Shares and percentage? Lyca didn't anticipate that Long Yi would be this desperate. Is it possible that the only thing keeping the Long Company afloat is the bullet? "What an interesting offer." Tang Xi added.

"The Bullet is important for our research. As a company who was aiming for the perfect weapon that the government could use against our countries enemies, we are always generous to people who could create new things." Long Yi's gaze darted towards the silent Lai Su, who was sitting, playing chess with Tang Jingyi. "Talented people." Long Yi added, he made his voice a little louder, attracting Tang Jingyi and Lai Su's attention. 

Seeing that he finally got their attention, Long Yi added. "Mr. Lai… if you capture his knight, you would win the game."

Lyca looked back at his cousin and Lai Su. "Wrong." She glanced at the chessboard before turning her gaze back to Long Yi. "If Mr. Lai would capture the knight that would leave his Queen open. Once Mr. Tang Jingyi captures Mr. Lai's Queen… everything is over." She sent a mocking smile at Long Yi. "Mr. Lai would lose the game."