Chapter 424
Isn’t this just a bait thrown out by others?
Shilla Hotel, top floor presidential suite!
Arthur leaned lazily on the leather sofa, his slender fingers lightly resting on the armrest, his eyes slightly closed, as if he was enjoying an undisturbed dream.
However, in front of his knees...
A member of a top female group who is often active on the hot search list in South Korea is kneeling on the carpet, her soft black hair hanging down like silk, carefully massaging his thighs. Her movements are gentle and a little flattering, for fear that her actions will cause displeasure to the man in front of her.
"What? Do you want me to teach you?" Arthur suddenly spoke in a low voice with a hint of impatience.
The woman's fingertips trembled slightly, and then she raised her face, with a flattering smile on her delicately made-up face, "How could that be? It's my honor to serve you!"
Arthur slowly opened his eyes, his ice-blue eyes looking down at her, as if he was examining a well-behaved pet.
He reached out his hand, gently lifted her chin with his fingertips, and slowly stroked her red lips with his thumb, and laughed softly: "It is said that the top girl groups in South Korea have the best service attitude. It seems that they really live up to their reputation!"
The woman's eyelashes trembled slightly, and even her breathing became rapid.
But she didn't dare to dodge at all, but just tilted her face up obediently, allowing his fingertips to playfully brush across her lips.
"Go on!" Arthur withdrew his hand, leaned back on the sofa, and continued to rest with his eyes closed.
The woman lowered her head and responded softly. She gently licked her red lips with her pink tongue and continued to provide Korean service!
"dong dong dong~"
Hearing the crisp knock on the door, Arthur still leaned on the leather sofa, closed his eyes and whispered: "Come in!"
The next moment, Bain pushed open the door and walked in. Seeing the situation in the room, he quickly lowered his head and pretended not to see it. "Master Arthur, there is still half an hour before the time agreed with the Li Group. We can set off now!"
Hearing this, Arthur didn't react, but the woman kneeling on the ground paused. Just as she was about to raise her head, she felt a big hand pressing her head down. A voice with a hint of anger came to her ears, "Continue!"
The room fell into silence, except for one or two occasional muffled groans.
This scene lasted for about seven or eight minutes, and the silent atmosphere was broken only when Arthur let out a sigh of relief.
He stood up from the sofa, without even looking at the beautiful star kneeling on the ground, and walked towards the room. At the same time, a light voice came, "Clean up and get out!"
The woman shuddered all over, and quickly picked up the clothes beside her to wipe the corners of her mouth. She hurriedly got up from the ground, lowered her head, not daring to show any emotion, and just hurriedly tidied up her messy dress.
"Remember to watch your mouth!" Bain said with a gloomy look at the woman in front of him, "Otherwise, you know the consequences!"
"Understandably, Mr. Bain!" The woman's voice was obviously trembling, although she was not very clear about who the young man was.
But she knew the middle-aged man in front of her. He had great power both in Seoul and in South Korea. He often appeared at gatherings of some top chaebols and was treated as an important guest.
Seeing the woman's attitude, Bain nodded with satisfaction, then took out a check from his pocket and handed it to her, "This is a reward from the master!"
The woman hesitated for a moment, but still took the check. When she saw the number on it clearly, her pupils suddenly contracted - there were seven zeros on the check!
She bit her lip, calmed down her inner excitement, carefully put the check into her bag, and then bowed deeply, "Thank you, Master Arthur, thank you, Mr. Bain!"
Bain didn't respond, but just moved aside to make room for the door. Seeing this, the woman quickly left the room, but her walking posture seemed particularly awkward!
Ten minutes later, Arthur, looking brand new, walked out of the bedroom, wearing a tailor-made light blue suit. The diamond pin on his tie sparkled in the light.
"How much time is left?" Arthur asked as he adjusted his cuffs.
Bain quickly lowered his head and said respectfully, "Master Arthur, there are still ten minutes left. Time is a little tight!"
"Haha~ It's almost time! Let's go and see what explanation the Li Group can give!" Arthur sneered and walked towards the door.
Bain hurriedly followed, and at the same time gave a look to the bodyguard beside him, indicating him to notify the bodyguard team downstairs to be ready.
The elevator led directly to the underground garage, where more than a dozen black Mercedes-Benz cars were already waiting in line. Arthur walked straight to the extended version of Rolls-Royce Phantom in the middle. The bodyguard opened the door and Arthur got in directly.
Bain and the many bodyguards behind him also got into their cars one by one.
The convoy slowly drove out of the Shilla Hotel and sped towards the headquarters of the Lee Group.
In the car, Arthur leaned back in his seat, tapping his fingers lightly on the armrest, his eyes gradually becoming deeper, "What are the recent stock prices of Bain and Lee Group, especially their semiconductor shares!"
"Uh" Bane never expected Arthur to ask this question. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something but no words came out.
Arthur raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes suddenly became sharp, "Get the relevant data as soon as possible, and arrange for the group's investment department to be ready to go at any time!"
"If the Li Group really has 10nm chip technology..." Arthur glanced at Bain and said unhappily, "I don't need to say more!"
Hearing this, Bain's breathing suddenly became rapid. If the information that the Lee Group has mastered the 10nm chip technology is true, the day the chip is released, the Lee Group's stock price will soar, especially the semiconductor stock price will soar directly.
For them, this is undoubtedly a good opportunity to make money.
Taking advantage of the good opportunity of information gap, they acquired a large number of Lee Group Semiconductor stocks in the secondary market and made a fortune.
Bane came back to his senses, excitedly took out his cell phone and called his most trusted subordinate to arrange the matter and repeatedly emphasized the importance of keeping it confidential!
Arthur also saw Bane's performance, but there was not much fluctuation in his eyes.
If you can't even handle something like this, what's the point of being the person in charge of this area? You'd better be fed to the fish as soon as possible!
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"Master Mingze, these Morgan people are going too far. It's been ten minutes and they haven't shown up yet. Isn't this clearly a show of force for our Li Group?"
At this time, Li Mingze was standing in front of the headquarters building with several senior executives of the group.
Originally, I wanted to give enough face to the Morgan family, so I came to greet them specially, but I didn't expect that this stop would take twenty or thirty minutes.
Even the agreed time exceeded ten minutes, which made the executives of Li Group complain one by one, and even Li Mingze's eyes flashed a hint of coldness.
He knew that Mr. Morgan did this on purpose, just to embarrass their Li Group.
"Master Mingze, why don't you call the president and explain the situation? We can't just keep waiting here. I feel like I'm losing face!"
At this time, another executive stood up and said with an angry look on his face.
These words seemed to ignite the anger of several other executives, and they all echoed that the great Li Group had never suffered such humiliation!
Li Mingze's eyes moved slightly, and he was also thinking about whether he should call his father to tell him about the situation.
At this moment, a cry of surprise brought him back to his senses, "Here they come, the people from the Morgan Group are here!"
Looking up, I saw a convoy of nearly twenty luxury cars slowly driving towards this side. The extended version of Rolls-Royce Phantom leading the way was particularly eye-catching.
Soon, the Rolls-Royce Phantom stopped not far in front of Li Mingze, and bodyguards in black suits got out of the car and stood guard around.
The door of the Rolls-Royce opened, and a young man in a light blue suit walked out. He adjusted his cuffs casually, looked around, and then set his eyes on Li Mingze and his companions.
Seeing that the person in charge of the Li Group was a young man, Arthur curled his lips without concealing his meaning. Everyone present could see it without saying a word.
"Mr. Arthur, welcome to Seoul, I am Li Mingze, the vice president of the Li Group!"
Li Mingze came forward with a smile on his face and took the initiative to extend his hand to Arthur. However, Arthur just glanced at Li Mingze's outstretched right hand, with a contemptuous smile on his lips, and had no intention of shaking hands.
"Vice President Li?" Arthur raised his chin slightly, his voice full of undisguised arrogance, "It seems that the Li Group really attaches great importance to this meeting. They even arranged for a vice president to come forward. Does this mean they look down on our Morgan family?"
Li Mingze's hands froze in mid-air, and the smile on his face gradually solidified. The faces of the executives standing behind him instantly turned ugly, and some even clenched their fists.
"Mr. Arthur!" Li Ming suppressed his anger, withdrew his hand, and said politely, "My father has important matters to deal with and cannot receive you in person, so he specifically asked me to treat you well!"
"Haha!" Arthur sneered, his eyes sweeping over the executives of the Li Group, "I hope it's really as you said!"
After saying that, he walked straight past Li Mingze and headed towards the Li Group's headquarters building. Bain and a group of bodyguards immediately followed and pushed the people from the Li Group aside.
"This is too arrogant!" an executive couldn't help but whispered angrily.
Li Ming took a deep breath and raised his hand to stop the dissatisfaction of the executives. "Be patient for a while and see what he wants to do. As long as we have the trump card in our hands, even the Morgan family, who have their eyes on the head, will lower their self-righteous heads!"
Upon hearing this, the executives immediately thought of the 10nm chip technology that the group was secretly developing, and their backs immediately straightened as if they were inflated.
"Let's go and see what this Mr. Morgan wants to do!"
After saying that, Li Mingze started to chase after Arthur. The executives looked at each other and followed him.
In the top-floor conference room, Arthur sat unceremoniously in the main seat, his legs crossed, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the table, making crisp thudding sounds.
After Li Mingze and the senior officials sat down, he suppressed his anger and asked, "Mr. Arthur, I wonder if the Morgan family came to South Korea this time to discuss any cooperation?"
Arthur did not answer immediately, but raised his left hand. Bane on the side quickly took out a box of cigars from his pocket, cut off the round end, lit it, and placed it between Arthur's index and middle fingers.
After blowing out a puff of smoke, Arthur slowly said, "Cooperation? Didn't your Li Group break the contract for the port cooperation? I came here this time to ask for an explanation!"
"Tell me, Vice President Li. If you can't give me a satisfactory answer, don't blame the Morgan family for not remembering our friendship!"
Arthur's voice was not loud, but his words always gave people a cold feeling.
Li Mingze's pupils shrank slightly, but he quickly regained his composure. He tapped the table lightly with his fingers and said calmly, "Mr. Arthur, regarding the port transaction, we are completely following the trading rules. We will trade with whoever gives more chips."
"Could it be..." Li Mingze changed the subject and his tone immediately became serious, "Could it be that as long as it is a project that your Morgan family is interested in, no matter whether the price is appropriate or not, we can only sell it to you?"
"You, the Morgan family, are a little too overbearing. Do you think you are the only top chaebol family in the world?"
The air in the conference room suddenly froze, even the sound of breathing was suppressed!
Arthur's fingers suddenly stopped in the air, the cigar smoke spread between the two of them, his light blue eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Li Mingze expressionlessly.
After three to five seconds or even more than ten seconds, Arthur asked without any emotion in his tone: "Vice President Li, are you teaching our Morgan family how to do things? Can I regard what you just said as a provocation from the Li Group to the Morgan Family?"
"I dare not!" Li Ming responded calmly, leaning back, pulling out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lighting one for himself, and puffing away before slowly saying, "I'm just stating a fact!"
"If Mr. Arthur comes here for cooperation, our Li Group welcomes you with open arms. But if you insist on arguing for three points without reason, our Li Group will not be a pushover!"
"Click!" With a crisp sound, Arthur put out the cigar in the crystal ashtray.
This action made everyone in the conference room's hearts skip a beat, and they all felt as if a storm was about to come.
"Interesting!" Arthur suddenly laughed, and that laugh made everyone in the conference room shudder. "I didn't expect your Li Group to speak so toughly. It seems that the rumors are true!"
Arthur's eyes fell on Li Mingze. After taking a closer look, he said with a smile, "It seems that your Li Group really has 10nm chip technology. I didn't expect Su Chen to use this to exchange those docks with you!"
As soon as the voice fell, Li Mingze's pupils suddenly contracted and the cigarette in his hand almost fell. He never thought that Arthur was acting for them from the beginning.
The purpose is to determine the 10nm chip technology, so that he can rely on the port issues and take the initiative into his own hands.
In this way, even if Li Mingze later threw out some of the 10nm chip information that Li Zhexi gave him, it would lose its value as a bargaining chip.
The degree of shock has been greatly reduced, which means that their voice has also been reduced a lot.
If the two sides start to cooperate later, the game of interests will fall into a deadlock.
Before Li Mingze could react, Arthur's voice rang out again, "Let me guess, you must have met Su Chen unexpectedly when you were in Europe."
"It just so happens that China's Xiaxin International announced that it has developed and manufactured 10nm chip technology, and you happen to know that the boss behind Xiaxin International is Su Chen."
"You... No! It should be your father, Chairman Li, who wants to use the port as a bargaining chip to make a deal with Su Chen."
"Do you think you are very smart, or do you think Su Chen does not understand the value of 10nm chip technology?"
"The deal was reached unexpectedly smoothly, and the blame for the port was directed to Su Chen. However, your Li Group got a golden bowl!"
"Do you and your father think that you have gotten rid of a hidden danger and obtained a top-notch technology, so you can hide aside and laugh secretly?"
"Isn't the 10nm chip technology in your hands just a bait thrown out by others to block the attention of us chaebol families or groups?"
"After all... everyone knows that mastering 10nm chip technology is like mastering a money printing machine!"
"Do you think your Li Group has really made a profit?"
Arthur spoke softly, but to Li Mingze and those executives, it was like a deafening thunder exploding in their heads.
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!" Li Mingze's knuckles turned white from being pinched under the conference table. Although he didn't want to admit what Arthur had just said.
But the more I think about what he said, the more I feel that this is true!
The sudden emergence of Xiaxin International was something that no country, royal family or consortium except China wanted to see.
Because they know that the launch of the 10nm chip is like giving wings to the lion that is running hard, and many fields will usher in a leap forward!
It doesn't take much thought to know that Xiaxin International will definitely be subject to an all-round blockade to restrict its development.
But now, people directly throw out a large amount of tempting bait and ask these chaebol families whether they are greedy and want to eat this delicious bait?
As long as you want to eat, there will definitely be a wave of competition. By that time, who will care about the development of Xiaxin International?
Only the meat you put into your mouth belongs to you and is the most delicious.
And their Li Group was just a shield pushed out, and they didn't even know it even though they had the delicious bait in their arms!
The conference room fell into silence again, and everyone's eyes were focused on Li Mingze.
At this moment, the door to the conference room creaked and slowly opened! (End of this chapter)