Zhang Zilong’s face turned completely dark. He had already arrived, yet Qi Dengxian still dared to knock his assistant unconscious!

“You’d better give me an explanation I can barely stomach. Otherwise, the Qiao Corporation will go bankrupt today!” Zhang Zilong walked into the office and said coldly.

Qi Dengxian was too lazy to speak. He threw the cigarette he had been playing with back onto the desk, then sat down casually in a chair, sprawling out.

Seeing Qi Dengxian’s utterly nonchalant attitude, a faint fire began to smolder in Zhang Zilong’s eyes.

Qi Dengxian waited for a moment before speaking, “I’ll give you a chance too. Wear this outfit yourself, run three laps around the bank building, and solve the Qiao family’s loan issue for me.”

“Then, I’ll pretend this never happened!”

As soon as Qi Dengxian said this, Zhang Zilong couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

The staff outside also laughed, shaking their heads one after another, thinking this person had lost his mind.

Zhang Zilong was President Sun Xingzhang’s confidant, holding a pivotal position in the bank with many big clients under his hand!

A tiny Qiao Corporation, with assets of only a few hundred million—how dare they be so rampant in front of Zhang Zilong?

Forget about the Qiao Corporation owing the Bank of Zhonghai a hundred million right now, even without that, Zhang Zilong could use his connections to make the Qiao Corporation suffer consequences they couldn’t handle.

“Who is this guy? I didn’t know the Qiao Corporation had such a reckless fool. Does he think he’s some underworld big brother?”

“Even an underworld big brother wouldn’t work here. Daring to provoke Manager Zhang like this leads to only one outcome: bankruptcy and closure!”

“The people at the Qiao Corporation must have rusted brains to send such an idiot to solve the loan problem. I think he’s purely here to seek death!”

Everyone looked at Qi Dengxian as if they were looking at a fool, feeling that his jumping around was purely to bury the entire group.

Zhang Zilong smiled and said, “What if I say no?”

“Then I’ll just have to ask President Sun to handle this matter.” Qi Dengxian shrugged, looking completely indifferent.

Hearing Qi Dengxian say he would bring out President Sun Xingzhang, everyone was stunned, then startled.

“This guy said he’d let President Sun handle this? Real or fake? Did I hear that right?”

“Hehe, trying to use a tiger’s skin as a flag here! Look at him, could he know President Sun? Truly hilarious!”

“If he knows President Sun, I’ll chop off my head and let you kick it like a ball!”

“Hmph, even if he really called President Sun over, President Sun wouldn’t side with him. Manager Zhang is President Sun’s confidant!”

“Knowing is one thing. But whether President Sun knows him, that’s unknown.”

Zhang Zilong looked at Qi Dengxian, then laughed and said calmly, “Alright then, call President Sun over to handle it!”

Qi Dengxian said calmly, “Don’t say I didn’t give you a chance.”

“If you can call President Sun here, fine. But if you can’t, I’ll let you know the price of acting tough in front of me!” A ruthless glint flashed through Zhang Zilong’s eyes. He waved his hand, and several security guards were already standing at the door.

Qi Dengxian couldn’t be bothered to waste more words. He took out his phone directly and dialed Huang Wenlang.

“Hahaha, Master Qi, you finally called me! Are you preparing to come over and treat my daughter’s illness?” Huang Wenlang laughed loudly as soon as he spoke, showing great respect.

“Mayor Huang, I’m currently handling some business at the Bank of Zhonghai. Could you please give me President Sun’s number? I have something to discuss with him.” Qi Dengxian said with a faint smile.

Hearing that Qi Dengxian was asking him for a favor, Huang Wenlang felt no displeasure in his heart.

After interacting with him twice, he knew Qi Dengxian’s temperament well. Such an expert couldn’t be forced.

Now that Qi Dengxian was asking for a favor, he was more than happy. This way, Qi Dengxian would owe him a favor! When he asked for help later, Qi Dengxian wouldn’t be able to refuse!

“A trivial matter. Where are you? I’ll call Old Sun directly and tell him to go over.” Huang Wenlang said boldly.

“Mm…” Qi Dengxian agreed.

Hearing Qi Dengxian address the person on the phone as “Mayor Huang,” the surrounding people all sneered.

“See that? This little punk doesn’t know our President Sun at all; he doesn’t even have the number!”

“Hehe, he can’t find President Sun, so he’s pretending and calling Mayor Huang? Truly laughable!”

“Can’t call President Sun, so he wants to use Mayor Huang’s name to scare people? Ridiculous. If he doesn’t even know President Sun, how could he know Mayor Huang?”

“Hahaha, I could say I know the Provincial Governor of our Donghai Province too!”

Seeing that Qi Dengxian’s call was allegedly to Huang Wenlang, everyone expressed disbelief, thinking this guy was a pretentious braggart with no bottom line.

Sitting on the sofa, Zhang Zilong laughed out loud directly. He slowly took out a pack of expensive cigarettes from his pocket, pulled one out, and put it in his mouth.

Click!

A subordinate with quick eyes and hands rushed up immediately, holding a lighter with both hands to ignite it, carefully shielding the flame as he brought it to Zhang Zilong’s mouth.

Zhang Zilong didn’t even bother to make a gesture of shielding the flame with his hand. He crossed his legs casually, leaned in to light the cigarette, and took a deep drag.

This style was truly something ordinary people didn’t have.

“Kid, don’t say I didn’t give you a chance! Whether you’re pretending or really calling, you’d better find someone who can suppress me within ten minutes.” Zhang Zilong said nonchalantly while smoking.

“If you can’t suppress me, then sorry!”

“The Qiao Corporation will go bankrupt tonight. Whether Qiao Qiumeng wears this maid outfit or not will be meaningless.”

“Then, you little punk who dared to hit my subordinate in my office won’t have a good ending either!”

“I will break your limbs and make you crawl out of my office like a reptile.”

Zhang Zilong’s words made the surrounding staff gasp, followed by another wave of flattery.

“Manager Zhang is truly magnanimous, giving this punk a chance to call for help before dealing with him. No wonder he can become a manager-level figure and even President Sun’s confidant!”

“If I had half, no, one-tenth of Manager Zhang’s bearing, I might have been promoted to team leader by now!”

“Manager Zhang is worthy of being Manager Zhang. Truly my idol. I hope one day I can become a big shot like Manager Zhang.”

The staff all expressed their admiration for Zhang Zilong at this moment, making the smile on Zhang Zilong’s face even stronger as he took another deep drag of his cigarette.

Qi Dengxian smiled, playing with his phone in his hand, waiting for Huang Wenlang to call Sun Xingzhang over.

NOTES

Tiger’s skin as a flag: An idiom meaning to use someone else’s power/influence to intimidate others or boost one’s own status falsely.

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