Chapter 525 - This Person Is Asking For a Beating
Chapter 525: This Person Is Asking For a Beating
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Zi Yi and Dou Xiangling had no objections.
Thus, the three of them headed to the X road near the downtown area.
Mr. Chang was already waiting for them over there. He was wearing a green feather jacket and he was currently leaning against the door, making him appear like broccoli.
Many passers-by could not help but sneak a peek and pointed their fingers at him.
Clearly, he did not care about the opinions of other people.
‘When the three of them arrived at the location, he merely said, “You’re here.” Following that, he turned around, took out the key, and unlocked the door, before he went inside.
When the three of them were inside, only then did Mr. Chang turn to look at them.
His gaze first fell on Zi Yi’s beautiful face for a few seconds, before he turned to look at Dou Xiangling. “If not for your boyfriend who came knocking several times and if I had not been annoyed by his patient persistence, I would not have rented the place to you at such a price.”
Dou Xiangling subconsciously glanced at Zhang Hanyu. Her eyes revealed how touched she was and she said to Mr. Chang, “We can sign the contract now.”
“Cousin,” Zi Yi called out to Dou Xiangling.
The three of them looked at her.
Zi Yi casually said, “We can sign the contract at a later time. I haven’t brought so much money with me today.”
“Uhh…” Dou Xiangling was a little surprised. She knew that Zi Yi had the money with her, but she did not say anything else as she waited to see what she planned to do.
Zi Yi looked at Mr. Chang and asked, “Can we come over and sign the contract tomorrow?”
“Nonono~” Mr. Chang wagged his index finger at her. “I am going abroad to travel after signing the contract today. I’ve already booked the flight tickets and if you don’t sign it today, then I’m not going to rent it out anymore.”
“This…” Zhang Hanyu furrowed his brow and he was clearly a little angry. “Mr. Chang, your rental isn’t cheap and it isn’t too much to give us a day or two to prepare the money, is it?”
“It’s indeed not too much… If you are willing to help me pay for the plane ticket for the flight I’m going to miss today, and buy another ticket.”
Zhang Hanyu was about to agree.
“In your dreams.”
Zi Yi said, “You were the one who didn’t plan your time properly. Why should we buy a plane ticket for you? What’s more, you were the one who agreed to rent the place. We don’t exactly trust that you will keep your word after renting such a large space to us, so there’s still a need to get a formal
organization to certify the rental.
Otherwise, you can take back the space as and when you like or increase the rental. Aren’t you treating us as easy targets to bully?”
Mr. Chang was unhappy at Zi Yi’s words. “Since I’m renting the space to you, I would not go back on my word. If you don’t trust me, there’s always the option of not renting it.”
“Little Zi.” Zhang Hanyu was a little surprised that Zi Yi would suddenly be so stubborn.
He turned to look at Dou Xiangling.
Her lips were pursed together and she said nothing, clearly agreeing with what Zi Yi said.
Zhang Hanyu pursed his lips for a moment before he smiled and said to Mr. Chang, “Mr. Chang, what Little Zi said is reasonable too. In the event you go back on your word, we still need something that we can fall back on.”
Mr. Chang thought about it for a second and muttered in displeasure, “So troublesome.”
However, he still ended up agreeing. “Alright then, we’ll do it according to what you say.”
Dou Xiangling looked towards Zi Yi.
Zi Yi nodded her head and said, “I believe Mr. Chang has already prepared the contract. We can head over to the relevant department right now.”
Mr. Chang responded, “The contract is in my car.”
Zhang Hanyu checked the time and said, “The relevant department only opens at 2 p.m, and it’s 1 p.m right now. Why don’t we head over to a nearby coffee shop to wait?”
Zi Yi and the other two had no objections.
As soon as the four of them took a seat in the cafe, Zi Yi received Lu Jingye’s phone call.
It just so happened that he was also in the downtown area for some matters and he had seen her car parked there. And so, he gave her a call.
Zi Yi told him about the situation and their plans. She recalled that he was familiar with these types of things and so, she asked, “Are you free at the moment? If you’re free, come over and take a look at the contract for us?”
Lu Jingye would make time for his wife even if he was busy.
“Tl be right there.”
After hanging up the phone, he said to the person seated in the passenger seat, “For those who left the Lu Group, arrange for them to go to Quanxin Technology first. I will arrange other jobs for them at a later time.”
The other person responded with a ‘yes’ before he opened the door and alighted from the car.
After looking at the person leaving, he looked away and said to the driver, “To XX cafe.”
He came out today to arrange work for the group of executives from Lu Group who had been kicked out by Lu Zhiheng.
Lu Zhiheng always felt that there were an increasing number of problems in the company and that the hackers attacking the company was because Lu Jingye had gotten those executives to do it. Therefore, he had been trying to get rid of them ever since he came to this conclusion.
Lu Jingye had already anticipated such a move from him, but it was just that he did not expect for Lu Zhiheng to be so impatient and kick them all out within such a short period of time.
It just so happened that he was in need of manpower and the reason why he had not poached them over was that he respected their choices.
After all, the Lu Group was the largest international group and it was better to stay there than to start anew together with him.
Right now, those people were all disappointed at the treatment they received and it was timely for him to take them in.
By the time Lu Jingye arrived, Zi Yi and the rest were all discussing the contract.
He simply took a seat next to Zi Yi and did not interrupt right away.
Mr. Chang glanced at Lu Jingye several times before he finally asked in a tentative tone, “Are you Second Young Master Lu?”
“I’m not. I’m Lu Jingye. You can call me Mr. Lu.”
‘When Lu Jingye introduced himself like that, Mr. Chang suddenly thought of the recent rumors surrounding him and did not continue to say anything else.
The few of them continued to discuss the contract.
“Since it’s a three year contract, I certainly will not question anything during the span of three years. But there’s something that I wish to mention. I don’t want you to transfer or rent out the space to anyone else.”!
“That won’t be a problem.” Dou Xiangling guaranteed.
Mr. Chang spoke again. “I’ve also added the clause that I won’t raise the rent or intervene with the space but I have a condition. If you demolish those partition walls in the building, you have to restore it to the original state when you return the space to me.”
Even though his condition sounded strange, Dou Xiangling still nodded and agreed to it.
Mr. Chang leaned back on the chair and lifted his cup of coffee before he calmly sized Lu Jingye up. “I’ve mentioned all my conditions. You can bring up any requests if you have them.”
Dou Xiangling did not have anything to say and she looked at Zi Yi.
Zi i fell into deep thought.
Just then, Zhang Hanyu asked a question, “Mr. Chang, I have something I don’t quite understand.”
Mr. Chang motioned for him to speak his mind.
“Didn’t you mention that the partition walls were renovated by the previous tenant? Why do we have to restore it to its original state if we demolish it?”
Mr. Chang spread out his hands and shrugged his shoulders, while he revealed an expression as if Zhang Hanyu were asking for a beating. “Because I like it.”