Papa Zheng stopped in his tracks. Indeed, he had no reason to leave. Was he afraid of being beaten up?
How could a grown man be so spineless?
He paused for a few seconds, and then finally stepped into the office and sat in front of Tang Jinyan with a serious expression.
Tang Jinyan didn't say a word. He was brewing tea.
He used to think that he would never be able to impress anyone in his entire life. But now, he was treating guests more often, and his actions were passable. He looked like a proper gentleman.
Papa Zheng looked at him silently for a while, and his heart was filled with complex emotions.
He had been back in China for a few days, so he naturally knew that the CEO of Tang Dynasty, who was involved in a scandal with Lin Yuner, was called Tang Jinyan.
This name was very familiar to him … But he never would have thought that the person in charge of one of the few large projects in Jeju Island, or even in all of Korea, would actually be the person who, for no reason at all, had tied him up in a nightclub, arrogantly and despotically beat him up, and even tried to rape his own daughter … The person with ulcers on his head and pus flowing from his feet.
He had always subconsciously thought that it was just that the two names were similar in pronunciation. He didn't even think about the fact that Tang Jinyan was a member of the underworld.
The difference between the two was simply too great. It was so great that he was still in a trance, unable to overlap the two shadows.
"Uncle, you've never heard of me?" Tang Jinyan calmly poured him a cup of tea, "China's Longjing tea. Uncle, please have a taste."
Papa Zheng didn't take the tea. Instead, he said indifferently, "I've heard of you, but I didn't pay attention to the photos in the news."
"I thought you wouldn't recognize me even if you saw the photos."
"Unforgettable. I wouldn't dare forget."
Hong He Zhong, who was listening at the side, was dumbfounded. F * ck, this is unforgettable … Are you guys gay?
Tang Jinyan turned around and smiled apologetically at Honghe Zhong, but the meaning behind his smile was quite obvious.
Honghe Zhong was also a shrewd person. How could he not tell?
He immediately got up and said, "You guys continue chatting.
I'll go talk to your business department. "
Tang Jinyan and Papa Zheng were silent. They weren't even in the mood to politely ask Honghe to stay.
After the Honghe Bell left, Father Zheng remained silent for a while. Finally, he picked up the teacup and took a sip. "The tea smells good."
Tang Jinyan smiled and said, "Uncle, if you like it, you can take a few catties back."
Mr. Zheng said indifferently, "I don't dare to be President Tang's uncle."
Tang Jinyan did not insist and asked, "Mr. Zheng?"
"As you wish."
Mr. Zheng put down his teacup. "Since it's you, there's no possibility of us working together. You won't have the chance to call me by my name in the future."
"Why is there no possibility of cooperation?"
Tang Jinyan smiled and said, "At least today, I'm the CEO of Tang Dynasty Company, and Mr. Zheng is the architect."
Father Zheng said indifferently, "No matter where, when, no matter what skin you wear, in my heart, you are still a gangster who needs to be hanged."
Tang Jinyan smiled. "According to Old Hong, Mr. Zheng is working as a foreman in Saudi Arabia?"
"The nature is not quite the same, but you can understand it that way."
"If I'm not mistaken …" Tang Jinyan stopped smiling and said seriously, "The foreman has more dealings with the underworld than the average person.
Many foremen are even involved in the underworld. "
"I said that the nature is not quite the same. I'm not interested in explaining the specifics to you."
Father Zheng said indifferently, "But you're right about one thing. I do have more dealings with the underworld than ordinary people — mainly because of the protection fees."
"You've been holding a grudge for a long time?"
Tang Jinyan smiled and continued to pour tea for him. "I heard that there are no poor people in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Zheng's income must be very high, right?
But why did I hear that when you debuted for Eun-thi, your family owed some money? "
Father Zheng said indifferently, "I don't want to hear the words' Eun-thi 'coming out of your mouth."
Tang Jinyan's hand paused in the middle of pouring tea. After a moment of silence, he said again, "If Mr. Zheng has such an attitude, why were you willing to meet me in the first place?"
Father Zheng sighed. "I can't win."
Tang Jinyan lowered his gaze. "Eun-thi is trying to win you over?"
"I don't care what kind of bewitching potion you fed her. In short … even when you arrived in Pusan, I told you that it's impossible between the two of you. Please stay away from Eun-thi."
"Even though I've already made it to Incheon?"
"Yes, even though you're now in Tang Dynasty.
No matter how glamorous you look, you're still a gangster who does bad things. You're a maggot who hides in the gutter of society, who can wantonly lay hands on innocent passersby and rape innocent girls. "
"I'm not doing that now."
"Your countless subordinates are still doing it. Not only are you unable to break away, you're even inciting them.
You're standing on their shoulders, concealing the blood on your hands and feeling smug. "
Tang Jinyan said indifferently, "I don't deny it … but that's not what I want to say."
"Then what is it?"
"I haven't done that since I met Eun-thi.
I once told her that if I don't become a bad person, she'll be my girlfriend.
I can't avoid being a bad person, but at least … I can avoid doing it with my own hands. "
Father Zheng was taken aback, and he finally looked into Qin Ye's eyes seriously.
Tang Jinyan lowered his gaze once more. "But there's no point in talking about this now.
It's over. "
Father Zheng remained silent.
Tang Jinyan smiled again. "Although many things have changed, and there's no point in saying them now, it's been a wish of mine for a long time to have an exchange with Mr Zheng. I'm very happy that it's come true today.
You must know that I was prepared to meet Mr Zheng with three knives and six holes in my back then … "
Father Zheng frowned and looked at him for a long time.
The impression that Tang Jinyan gave him today was completely different from what he remembered. He found it strange.
Was he acting?
Was he deliberately acting like a gentleman?
Tang Jinyan smiled. "Do you think that I'm different from what you remember?"
Father Zheng nodded.
"Soyeon told me that we're all just playing different roles."
Tang Jinyan took a sip of tea and said calmly, "In the underworld, you need to be like what you saw in the beginning. If you're not so bad, not so domineering, and not so cruel, you won't be able to control the situation, lead the team, and make a name for yourself.
I don't need to act because that's the side of me, and what you're seeing now is also the side of me. "
Father Zheng was silent for a long time before he shook his head and laughed. "So there are actually several versions of Tang Jinyan, and the one that Eun-thi likes is the one in front of me?"
Tang Jinyan lowered his voice and muttered to himself, "Like … I don't know."
Father Zheng looked at him quietly and sighed in his heart.
If he had not personally experienced the darkest side of Tang Jinyan back then and his first impression of him was the same as today, he might not have objected so strongly even if he had heard about his underworld background.
When Father Zheng heard that Park Soyeon had become Tang Jinyan's girlfriend, he wondered if Tang Jinyan had forced himself on her. Now, it seemed that it was because the Tang Jinyan she saw was different from the one he saw.
No wonder Eun-thi liked him so much back then, as if she had been brainwashed. That was because everyone saw him differently …
But there was no going back.
"There's no going back," Tang Jinyan said, "Whether she likes it or not, Soyeon is my girlfriend now."
Father Zheng sighed. "I heard."
"So …" Tang Jinyan picked up his teacup and gestured. "Today, I'm the CEO of Tang Dynasty Company, and you're the architect. That's all."
Father Zheng did not refute his words this time.
After hesitating for a moment, he raised his cup and asked, "You don't hate me?"
Tang Jinyan shook his head and smiled. "It's good enough that you don't hate me. What reason do I have to hate you?
Obstructing my love?
At the end of the day, it's because Eun-thi didn't get into character. Otherwise … "He paused and a strange light flashed in his eyes." Otherwise, you alone wouldn't have been able to stop me, Tang Jinyan! "
Father Zheng found a sense of familiarity in his words. He shook his head and smiled. He did not pursue the matter. Instead, he felt that Tang Jinyan was very honest.
Also … he did not continue to pester Eun-thi after that. Everything had been peaceful. Was it because he really liked her that he did not want to force himself on her?
Was it because he was so proud that he did not want to pester her?
If that was the case, this young man was actually … not bad.
Their cups finally clinked. They took a sip of tea in place of wine and put down their cups at the same time. It was as if they were declaring the complete end of the matter.
Tang Jinyan said seriously, "Mr. Zheng, you're here to see me as an architect. Let's talk about business.
Now, due to some reasons, my company has to redo the design plan that we prepared earlier.
So far, we've approached several design institutes, but the results are not satisfactory.
The third phase of the project is about to start. Time is tight, so we don't have the time to recruit designers.
Mr. Zheng, why don't you submit the design plan? If the board of directors is still not satisfied, then so be it. If they are satisfied, why can't we cooperate? "
Father Zheng's briefcase contained the draft that he had painstakingly worked on over the past few days. Of course, he had to be prepared when meeting the CEO of a big company. But unexpectedly … he thought that he would never have to take it out again.
To be honest, who would want their painstaking efforts to be thrown into the trash can without anyone even looking at them?
Tang Jinyan's attitude today made him feel that if they were to meet purely from a business point of view, it would not be unacceptable. After hesitating for a while, he finally opened his briefcase and took out a stack of draft papers.