Night.

A private high-end club in the suburbs of Zhonghai City.

In a luxurious private room on the third floor, the lights are dazzling, the fog is rising, and on the dance floor in the middle, a few foreigners and a few young girls dressed in personality are stepping on the beat of the music, swinging their bodies to their heart's content.

On the sofa, a handsome western man with blond hair drank a small wine, and looked at the passionate crowd on the dance floor with a faint gaze, only slightly coping with the persuasion of the innocent girl next to him, and he didn't look very interested.

As tonight's host, Xiao Jianhao has already noticed his state, and can't help but be anxious, the latter is the second person in the Lange Pharmaceutical delegation, Maxim, the assistant director of the global purchasing department of Lange Pharmaceutical, whether Shaw Group can replace Huayuan Group as a partner of Lange Pharmaceutical in the next three years, Maxim has a very important right to speak.

Although there are cultural differences between the East and the West, in the shopping mall, the order of becoming a "friend" first and then a business will not change.

In order to achieve their goal, the Xiao family has put a lot of effort into Maxim before, and has also sought the common interests of both parties.

As for the reason for Maxim's defeat tonight, he also knew it in his heart, but he was helpless, all to blame for Du Li's three-eight...

After hesitating again and again, Xiao Jianhao pushed away the girl who was accompanying him, took the initiative to come to Maxim's side, raised his wine glass, and expressed in fluent English: "Mr. Maxim, tonight's hospitality is not good, and I hope you will bear with me." ”

Maxim glanced at him, also raised his wine glass, took a symbolic sip, and shook his head: "Young Master Xiao, in private, just call me by my name, to be honest, I thought you were a good friend before, but now it seems that I have to have reservations." ”

Xiao Jianhao chuckled in his heart, not as direct as the other party, he still kept a smile on his face, and glanced at the innocent girl: "Maxim, in the first half of this year, "Flying Dragon and Hidden Tiger" starring Xinlan exceeded the 600 million mark at the domestic box office, and the company intends to let her go to Hollywood for development in the next step." ”

The implication is that the person who accompanies you is a popular domestic actress, and she may be an international actress in the future, but she has not slackened in the slightest.

"Young Master Xiao, it's too noisy here, let's go out and smoke a cigarette." Maxim was not moved, got up boringly, and walked towards the outside of the private room, Xiao Jianhao hurriedly answered, and followed, like a follower, no way, no wonder foreigners dragged him, who let him ask for help.

When he came to the tea bar outside, Maxim found a secluded seat, lit a cigar, and threw one to Xiao Jianhao opposite.

"Maxim, I'm really sorry..."Xiao Jianhao only smoked when he was occasionally socializing, the cigar was too rushed, and after taking a puff, he couldn't help coughing, and his face was bitterly smiling.

"Young Master Xiao, the one I asked for by name was Murphy. Maxim nodded to the coffee table without buying it, looking unhappy:" Don't think I'm because of her identity as a first-line actress in your country, and I'm not a loyal fan of her, I'll tell you the truth, more than a year ago, I met her at a yacht party in Malaysia, when I asked her to dance with me, she refused me, but accepted the invitation of another Asian man, coincidentally, the Asian man happened to be the director of a local herb merchant in Malaysia, and happened to have trade dealings with Lange Pharmaceutical, guess what, what the result was?"

Xiao Jianhao was very cooperative with a gossip expression on his face.

Maxim smiled a little smugly and held up a finger: "A month later, Lange & Söhne Pharmaceutical broke off its cooperation with that herb merchant, and a year later, that herb merchant was acquired by its peers because of the broken capital chain. ”

Xiao Jianhao's face stiffened slightly, he had no way to verify the truth of what the other party said, but he understood one thing, that is, Maxim was a very small-minded and extremely resentful person.

It's a warning to yourself.

"Maxim, I really didn't know that you and Murphy had a relationship, according to the original arrangement, she should have gone to Zhonghai City this afternoon, and she really changed her itinerary after receiving an announcement at the last minute. ”

Maxim frowned, and his face fell: "NONO, YOU ARE STILL EMPHASIZING OBJECTIVE REASONS, IT SEEMS THAT YOU REALLY DON'T REGARD ME AS A FRIEND, BUT AS A FOOL, SO BE IT." ”

After that, he got up to leave, this time, Xiao Jianhao was in a hurry, if he really wanted to go away so unhappily, the cooperation between Xiao and Lange Pharmaceutical was completely blown.

"Maxim, you listen to my explanation, yes, it is Miss Du who refuses to agree, she is the president of Xingchen Entertainment, Murphy is the head of Xingchen Entertainment, she has to nod her head in this matter, you can rest assured, I will definitely persuade her when I turn around, Murphy will definitely be there at the weekend event." "Stopping Maxim, Xiao Jianhao finally has a good understanding, knowing that going around in circles with foreigners will only backfire, so it is better to go straight.

Looking at Xiao Jianhao's anxious and apologetic face, a trace of disdain flashed in Maxim's eyes, but he didn't insist anymore, sat back down, and spit out a cigar: "At the dinner just now, you also saw what kind of attitude she had, I was very puzzled, has the Du family always been so condescending in business? Or do you think Lange & Söhne Pharmaceutical should not be taken seriously?"

Xiao Jianhao heard such a question, only felt a little bitter in his mouth, and greeted Du Li's ancestors for the eighteenth generation in his heart, your eldest lady's temper, usually look high, you at least keep the same level in the face of foreigners, who will always look up and show it?

Toast to the bar, people drink a glass and you take a sip, chat, ignore it, three or two sentences to send people away, even more excessive, the banquet is not halfway, a greeting does not hit the direct scattering of people, I know that you are very disgusted with sending a few female stars to compensate these foreigners, but you don't have to show it on your face, you know, as a global company, the scale of assets is not smaller than your Du family.

"Maxim, don't get me wrong, Miss Du died of her husband seven years ago, and her whole personality has changed since then. ”

Although he despises and hates Du Li, Xiao Jianhao will not be stupid enough to announce it, and uses Du Li's sad past as an excuse, hoping to make Maxim feel calmer.

But I don't want to, Maxim's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he stretched out his tongue and licked his lips: "I became a widow at a young age, and I really can't see it..."

Xiao Jianhao saw his strange performance in his eyes, and his heart jumped suddenly, and an incredible evil thought came to his mind, which scared him into a chill.