Hao Ren towered over the groaning Shun Yang. His actions caused the people to open their eyes wide in shock. This scrawny looking guy just took on a macho man like Shun Yang, and tossed him over his shoulder while breaking the latter's arm.
Someone exclaimed, "Shit, Shun Family will cause trouble now."
Han Lingshi was shocked by Hao Ren's skill but at this moment, she came back to reality and frowned. She turned to look at Hao Ren, who was surrounded by the guards. She spoke in a cold voice, "What the hell do you think you are doing? So many people saw that it was Shun Yang who started all this, and it was him who took the initiative to attack us. We only acted in self defense.
Does Magnolia really take us so lightly?"
If it was someone else, then the people would have laughed but the speaker was Han Lingshi. The manager of the event rushed over from the side, and yelled, "What the fuck are you doing here by surrounding Chairman Hao? Go away, call the ambulance for Young Master Shun."
Han Lingshi said, "Ren, we are leaving, I do not wish to participate in an event where such people are invited."
Her words caused everyone to scrunch their noses as if they have been wronged. After all, they did not even get the chance to interact with Han Lingshi. Hao Ren patted Han Lingshi on the shoulder and said, "Lingshi, the rest of the people did not do anything wrong, we should not judge them as such. The event is organized for charity, and that is what we came here to do."
He looked at the event manager who was asking a few emergency medical staff to attend to Shun Yang, "Excuse me, please tell the hospital to send the bill to the Thunder Technologies office, I will personally compensate Registrar Shun."
The people were shocked to see this, someone asked, "Will you not file a lawsuit against him?"
Hao Ren smiled and shook his head as he said, "Unless, Young Master Shun gives me a reason to. His broken hand is a lesson enough I think."
The people nodded, and then a young lady dressed in a white gown stepped forward to greet the two of them, "President Han, President Hao, it was our mistake that caused you to run into such a situation. As an apology, I would like to invite you to the VIP Galore."
Han Lingshi asked calmly, "Who might you be?"
The lady smiled and replied, "Please forgive me for the late introduction, I am Millie Grand. The director of Magnolia in the Han Nation."
Han Lingshi nodded, and said, "Well, since you have come forward in person, I will say otherwise, but Miss Grand, you need to be picky about your guests. Some people can really leave a stain on their family and others."
Hao Ren smiled and replied, "It never bothered me. On the contrary, Young Master Ye, are you people ready to take an action? I hope there won't be a delay."
Young Master Ye shook his head and said, "The Shun Family is a special enemy President Hao, we will go down if we have to but we will not let them grow stronger then what they already are."
Hao Ren nodded and said, "I look forward to the cooperation."
Young Master Ye nodded, and then followed them upstairs. Hao Ren and Han Lingshi talked to him about the future of the jade capital. They did not lower their voices, and Hao Ren went on to discuss the details of economic effect of his projects on the capital.
Young Master Ye may look young but he was a civil servant and his position in the system was the same as Shun Yang. This was why the people were respectful towards him. Many of the smart brains had put one and one together. The alliance was becoming very obvious.
Young Master Ye had a lot of connections and some of them were big shots invited in the gathering. Young Master Ye made introductions and Hao Ren began to charm anyone who was polite and sophisticated enough.
The soothsaying skill and the yin-yang eyes were used to the maximum limit. He was filtering people easily, the detection of fortune was much significant than what Hao Ren thought. Many people had come over to his side because of Han Lingshi. The name and fame of the Empress International carried a lot of weight.
If these people knew about how the Crown International also belonged to Hao Ren and Han Lingshi, they might go crazy. While the people were mingling, suddenly the lights dimmed and only a spotlight was left focused on the stage set up on a balcony which was neither on the first floor and nor the ground. It was a specially created structure.
A young lady walked out under the spot light and Hao Ren appeared surprised. Han Lingshi noticed this and frowned, she asked, "What is it? Do you know her?"
Hao Ren leaned close to her ear and whispered, "She used to be my high school classmate. I heard that she was up and about in the entertainment sector, but never expected her to become so popular to be invited in such a place."
Han Lingshi nodded and said, "Emily Parkins sure is a top star. However, she has refused endorsement projects, saying capitalism was evil. That landed her in bad books of the top shots. This happened half a month ago, and now her career has come to a pause."
Hao Ren smiled and said, "Looks like, we will go back with a lot of profit this time."
Han Lingshi did not understand his meaning but she knew Hao Ren was thinking of something. What she did not know was that Hao Ren saw a green light flashing around Emily Parkins, this lady was very fortunate for him, and he would definitely use her to the best that he can.
Emily Parkins smiled at the people, and said, "Dear guests, welcome to the Magnolia Annual Charity Auction & Dinner, tonight I will be your host. Are you all ready for the auction?"
The people cheered and the auction began.