Ch 193: You’re Drunk, What About Them?

Eldest Sister wasn’t a pushover either.

She jumped up and chased Young Master Cao to beat him.

She directly pinned Young Master Cao to the sofa, baring her teeth and claws, her fists flying.

Until the phone rang.

It was Lingling’s piano piece—《Moonlight in Dreams》!

It was extremely pleasant to the ear.

It sounded good.

I didn’t even want to answer the phone.

After a moment, the phone went dead, then rang again, and Cao Cheng answered.

“Sorry, Paul, I was busy,” Cao Cheng said.

“My friend, I know you must be very busy now,” Paul didn’t mind that he didn’t answer the first call.

Cao Cheng laughed: “From the sound of your voice, your health is pretty good? Are you healed?”

“I’m not healed, but I’m not going to die for the time being. The doctor said I might have a few more years, of course, on the premise that I take good care of myself. If I don’t take good care of myself, I might go to meet God.”

“No, you may not see Him. After all, you’ve lived here for so long, you’re no longer under God’s jurisdiction. You might meet the King of Hell.”

“…”

Paul chuckled bitterly: “You’re still so mean, but I’m happy. Since I left the company, I’ve had very few friends, and very few people joke with me. Recently, people from the company have been looking for me, hoping that I can contact CEO Li. They think that CEO Li and I have some private… personal feelings. That’s the only use I have now.”

Cao Cheng raised an eyebrow and patted Eldest Sister, letting her get down.

It’s really inconvenient to make phone calls like this.

Eldest Sister got up and adjusted her clothes. She had really used a lot of strength beating this kid.

Cao Cheng sat up straight: “Paul, you should go to CEO Li, not to me. You know I don’t have the formula and raw materials. My inventory has been stored for a long time, after all, I’ve been blocked by you, right?”

Paul pondered: “But I think there are some problems.”

“What problems?” Cao Cheng asked back.

Paul said: “The appearance of X essence extract is too coincidental, and you are the first one to use it. Your relationship with CEO Li is definitely better than mine, but for money… for such a small amount of money, he can actually betray our friendship? It’s only a few hundred thousand, right?”

Cao Cheng smiled: “Everyone has their price. Maybe CEO Li is just too cheap?”

“…” Eldest Sister.

“…” Paul.

The two were speechless.

That’s really a dig.

Paul didn’t refute, nor did he explain, he said to himself: “At first, I thought I had done something amazing, but…”

“During this time, I’ve been lying in bed, and I’ve thought a lot.”

“I always feel that something is wrong, but I can’t tell what’s wrong. You know, I always thought that people in the European Region weren’t as smart as people in your country. When it comes to playing the Art of War, we can’t beat you.”

“Until…”

Paul suddenly shouted: “Until this incident happened, CEO Li announced bankruptcy liquidation, everyone was short of goods, the scalpers went crazy, and the consumers went crazy, but you…”

“Only you and your Miracle Cosmetics haven’t had any news or actions, and I knew where the problem was.”

“My friend, I have to say, your methods are very clever, very powerful.”

“Especially when I think back to when I left China.”

“I called to apologize, I’m truly sorry. I shouldn’t have cut off your supply of raw materials. This method is not good.”

“At that time, you casually said ‘You really think you can cut it off’?”

“It was very noisy outside at that time, I didn’t hear clearly, nor did I think much about it, because all my thoughts were on getting better.”

“Now I understand, you weren’t worried at all at that time, and you told me to take care of my health and then help you expand the market in the European Region.”

“Everything was under your control.”

“Right?”

The phone was silent for a while.

Cao Cheng laughed: “I don’t even know what you’re talking about, rambling on and on. Do you think your Mandarin is very good?”

“…”

Paul was stunned for a long time, then suddenly laughed.

Paul said: “In the Analects, it says, ‘The superior man is slow in speech, but quick in action,’ I understand!”

You understand what?

The Analects is something you can understand?

I don’t even understand.

However,

Cao Cheng also knew what this meant: You can be slow in speech, but quick in action.

Or in plain language, don’t do what you can say, and don’t say what you can do.

“Paul, you should study the Analects more, don’t be so imprecise in your words. You should say, ‘Be quick in action and cautious in speech!’ Be cautious in speech!”

“…”

Paul pondered: “You’re right. So, can we discuss the issue of raw materials and formulas? My friend.”

“We’re not friends yet, don’t get too close.”

Cao Cheng scoffed: “I won’t be especially kind to you because you’re a patient, even though you apologized to me when you were leaving, and I forgive you for what you did, but that doesn’t mean we can reach any cooperation agreement. Besides, what is your status now?”

Paul said: “I’m now considered a special consultant for Olay.”

“Meaning you have no real power?”

“Yes.”

“Then what’s the point of talking? Instead of talking about raw materials, let’s talk about you changing jobs. As long as you come to work for me, I’ll give you everything in the European Region. You’ll be the captain, the helmsman of the entire European Region, and I won’t send anyone to restrict your actions. You’ll be the European Emperor.”

“…”

Paul sighed: “I’m very tempted, but my body can’t handle such high-intensity work. I’ll die.”

“I know Traditional Chinese Medicine,” Cao Cheng said.

Paul smiled: “I know Traditional Chinese Medicine is magical. I’ve had acupuncture and cupping, but I have stomach cancer. Even Western medicine, which is so good, can’t keep me alive well. Traditional Chinese Medicine… is even harder.”

“You’re talking too much, Paul. Since I’m asking you to change jobs, I naturally have the means to cure you. Don’t forget, I was the one who saw your problem.”

Paul exclaimed: “Yes, you, you really have a way?”

Cao Cheng didn’t answer the question: “Let’s talk about changing jobs first?”

Paul said urgently, losing his previous composure: “If I can really be cured, I’ll give you my life, help Miracle Cosmetics expand its territory, and I won’t be any European Emperor. You’re the Emperor, I’ll be at most an imperial envoy, even a eunuch supervisor will do.”

Look.

Who says this guy doesn’t understand human relationships?

This flattery is so satisfying.

“Okay, you three should come over. I’ll wait for you in Zhonghai.”

“We’ll buy plane tickets right away.”

“Good.”

The phone hung up.

Eldest Sister asked: “Do you really believe him? Aren’t you worried at all that if he’s cured, he’ll betray you?”

“If I can cure him, I can make him sick again, quickly, and die more painfully. I have a rudimentary understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and at this realm, murder doesn’t require a knife,” Cao Cheng said with a smirk.

Eldest Sister felt a chill down her spine. Fifth Brother’s smile seemed more poisonous than before.

Before, Fifth Brother liked to joke.

But now, Fifth Brother wasn’t joking.

Fifth Brother is really ruthless towards the foreign devils.

“Of course.”

Cao Cheng immediately smiled gently: “Paul is a smart man, smarter than I imagined, and having experienced despair, he has also experienced the coldness of the world.”

“At this time, he won’t talk to you about loyalty, he wants benefits.”

“In this cosmetics industry, who can give him more benefits than me?”

“Benefits, respect, face, including life, I can give him everything.”

“He’s a bald man, a very smart bald man.”

“And, I said, let all three of them come. He knows how to be a eunuch supervisor, if he dares to rebel, his whole family will be implicated.”

That’s harsh.

Eldest Sister also knew that this wasn’t a threat, but a fact.

From the conversation just now, we can hear that Paul is really smart, and he is also really helpless.

After getting this disease, his remaining value is not much.

Otherwise, Olay Group wouldn’t have found him until something happened, simply because he is fluent in Chinese and has been in contact with CEO Li.

It’s conceivable that

Before the incident happened, Paul must have been abandoned, no one cared about him except his wife and daughter.

…

The next day.

Cao Cheng saw Paul.

He was travel-worn!

Obviously, he didn’t stop for a moment, spent more than ten hours in the air, and didn’t delay after getting off the plane.

“My friend, you look a lot thinner,” Cao Cheng laughed heartily.

“Yeah, I hope I can get a little fatter in the future. My wife says I don’t look good when I’m thin, she’s sharp-tongued.”

“Haha, yes.”

Cao Cheng smiled, then reached out to the woman beside him.

This is Paul’s wife, a Chinese-American.

And his daughter, mixed-race.

She’s not young.

Impressive!

“Would you like a drink?” In the private room of the hotel, Cao Cheng asked.

Paul pointed to his stomach: “I dare not drink.”

“Don’t worry, with me, you won’t die.” Cao Cheng threw out a prepared bottle: “Take this pill, you can feel like your old self, the strong Paul.”

“Thank God.”

“You should thank me.”

“Yes, barring accidents, you are God.”

Another flattery.

Paul looked at the pill, it had a medicinal fragrance.

Paul looked at Cao Cheng again.

He seemed to want to ask something, but finally, Paul gritted his teeth and threw it into his mouth.

His wife was very nervous and subconsciously wanted to stop him.

At least ask first, why didn’t he ask anything before eating it?

Even if you go to the hospital for medicine, you have to ask the doctor what it is and how to take it, right?

Paul’s mixed-race daughter, however, was focusing on Young Master Cao.

This guy is so handsome.

Paul was overjoyed soon: “God, no, the King of Hell… no, the Jade Emperor, you are truly my Lord, I feel it, it feels very, very good.”

Cao Cheng smiled: “Don’t rush, this is only a short-term medicine, it can maintain your peak state for a while. Long-term pills are exorbitantly priced, but I won’t ask you for money, I want to see your ability to work.”

“Don’t worry, I will make Miracle Cosmetics famous throughout the West!”

“Very good, would you like to drink? Red wine? White wine?”

“White wine, I want to get drunk today.”

“Good.” Cao Cheng nodded.

However,

He was a little speechless.

These words reminded Young Master Cao of a plot… He subconsciously glanced at Paul’s wife and daughter.

If you get drunk, what will they do?

I remember that there is this plot in a movie, right?

Which one?

I can’t remember at all!

Help~