Novel Bin Chapter 491: Good Alliance!
Chapter 491: Good Alliance!
Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated
Hao Ren turned around and saw Zhao Yanzi standing behind them. She was in a white mini skirt.
Zhao Hongyu was beside her, dressed elegantly.
Second Uncle and his two sons were also there.
New York was a fashion city, and Zhao Yanzi’s mini skirt that had lace and floral prints looked very fresh.
Under the sunlight, it projected many light spots onto her legs as if they were enjoying the bits of sunshine as well.
She was also wearing a black tank top and a pair of black sandals, and they look made her pop out from the crowd.
“Hehe, I didn’t think we would bump into you here.” Zhao Hongyu greeted Hao Zhonghua.
She looked very fashionable and had an elegant temperament. She wore a pair of silver earrings, which was enough to give out the grace of femininity.
“We’re just wandering around and were just about to get coffee,” Hao Zhonghua said with a smile.
Zhao Hongyu looked at Xie Yujia and saw that she dressed up today, making her look prettier.
The short jeans she wore made her legs look long and slender, and the white shirt made her look graceful. She paired her look with runners, which made her look energetic.
Compared to Zhao Yanzi who was pouting, Xie Yujia looked more energetic and mature.
Zhao Hongyu thought to himself that if she were Hao Ren, she would like Xie Yujia more.
“They are Yujia’s mom and dad, Cheng Qian and Xie Ming. This is the boss of LOM Architectural Design Studio, Zhao Hongyu,” Hao Zhonghua introduced.
“Hello.” Zhao Hongyu reached out her hand.
“Hello.” Xie Ming shook her hand.
Xie Ming had a relatively successful business in the U.S. Even though he wasn’t accomplished enough to be in the upper-class here, he was well-mannered so that he wouldn’t turn stiff like how ordinary men do when they saw Zhao Hongyu for the first time. After all, ordinary men were all stunned by her beauty.
“Let me introduce you guys to each other.” After shaking hands, Zhao Hongyu walked to the side and said, “This is my brother-in-law, Zhao Kuan. He’s currently the president of Mingri Group’s international business unit.”
Xie Ming nodded and shook Zhao Kuan’s hand.
Zhao Kuan was in a pair of gold-framed glasses. He looked like a gentleman and an accomplished leader of the Chinese American circle.
“Mr. Xie, you should have worked with Mingri Group’s subsidiary in New York a month ago, right?” Zhao Kuan asked while looking at Xie Ming.
“Yes. Our factory signed a contract with one of your subsidiaries,” Xie Ming said.
“I hope we can work well with each other.” Zhao Kuan nodded and said with a smile.
“Absolutely.” Xie Ming also smiled.
A month ago, his business had received a contract from a subsidiary of Mingri Group, a company that they had never worked with before. That order made Xie Ming’s factories incredibly busy, but Xie Ming reaped hundreds of thousands of profits from it.
He didn’t understand how he got the contract, but now he understood… It was Hao Zhonghua who got him the relationship!
“This Zhao Hongyu is the sister-in-law of this president of Mingri Group’s international business unit, so that means her husband is the CEO of Mingri Group!” Xie Ming thought.
Xie Ming had completed the contract very successfully, delivering the products on time and passing all inspections! That was why Xie Ming was confident that Mingri Group would work with him again.
Others could help him build relationships, but the actual business dealings depend on oneself. Xie Ming learned this principle through tens of years of doing business.
“Zhao Kuan appeared on a magazine cover before,” Cheng Qian whispered after she bumped Xie Ming’s arm.
She read American business magazines often, so she remembered Zhao Kuan. Last week, she bought Fortune Magazine, and it featured Zhao Kuan on its cover as ‘One of Top Ten Business Leaders in America’.
The Chinese in New York had their own chamber of commerce, and Zhao Kuan was its president. Cheng Qian had gone to the Chinese New Year event hosted by them in Xie Ming’s place, and she had seen Zhao Kuan giving a speech there.
If Xie Ming was a small businessman in America, then Zhao Kuan was a business tycoon.
“Zi, you are beautiful today,” Zhao Zhonghua looked at Zhao Yanzi and praised.
Zhao Yanzi smiled happily but then turned unpleased all of a sudden.
It was no use for Hao Zhonghua to say these things to her; it needed to be Hao Ren!
However, Hao Ren just stood stiffly by his dad, and he looked at her but didn’t say anything.
Zhao Yanzi’s two cousins stood by Zhao Kuan’s sides, and they looked at Xie Yujia cautiously.
Xie Yujia looked prettier than when they saw her at the airport. Her appearance today gave out the best of her.
“Hehe, since we bumped into each other, let’s go take a look at Mingri Group’s New York headquarters,” Zhao Hongyu said after everyone finished introducing themselves.
“OK,” Zhao Zhonghua immediately agreed.
He had no interest in the New York headquarters of Mingri Group, but if he went along today, he could help his best friend Xie Ming build a good relationship with them.
Zhao Hongyu nodded with a smile as she moved toward, and Zhao Kuan hurried and walked passed her to lead the way.
Zhao Kuan respected this sister-in-law very much. He knew that he was losing the dragon essence and chose to marry a mortal. His direct family would never step foot in the East Ocean Dragon Palace ever again, and his descendants would probably need to rely on the East Ocean Dragon Clan to protect them.
Hao Ren walked in the back, with Zhao Yanzi on his left and Xie Yujia on his right.
Zhao Yanzi’s two cousins walked slower, trying to talk to Xie Yujia. However, they saw that she was walking with Hao Ren closely, so they walked faster and caught up with their dad.
Hao Ren looked at the backs of Zhao Yanzi’s two cousins and knew that they couldn’t cultivate. They would never know that they were descendants of the East Ocean Dragon Clan, and their future goals would be to become elites in the business world in the U.S. under Zhao Kuan’s watch.
This might be a blessing in disguise.
Since they weren’t eligible of inheriting the throne of the East Ocean Dragon Clan, and Zhao Kuo didn’t have kids, the future of the East Ocean Dragon Clan depended on Zhao Yanzi.
Because of this, Zhao Guang had to find different ways to test Hao Ren to see what his abilities and personality were like.
Zhao Yanzi didn’t realize these things. All she cared about was that Hao Ren was hers, and she didn’t want him to be stolen away by Xie Yujia.
She intentionally walked closer to Hao Ren, forcing him to go a bit more to the right so he would push Xie Yujia away.
Xie Yujia didn’t expect that, and she almost tripped.
She bit her lower lip and walked closer to Hao Ren as well.
She initially wanted to go along with Zhao Yanzi, but the latter was agitated from the moment she saw her.
Hao Ren walked ahead, and his feet moved left and right.
When he bumped into Zhao Yanzi, she didn’t give up and bumped Hao Ren on the shoulder.
Hao Ren was in the middle, being pushed left and right. He didn’t want to be stuck here forever, so he moved forward a little.
Zhao Yanzi missed Hao Ren, so she almost fell and bumped into Xie Yujia directly.
Xie Yujia got bumped and almost collided with someone else on the street.
“Zi!” Zhao Hongyu turned around and scolded her.
Zhao Yanzi wrinkled her nose and massaged her shoulders. Then, she ran a few steps and caught up to Zhao Hongyu.
She didn’t hurt herself from the bump because her head bumped into Xie Yujia’s chest, which was incredibly soft.
However, this bump also told her the gap between her and Xie Yujia, making her felt inferior instantly.
Therefore, she ran back to her mom to prevent further contrast from Xie Yujia.
Xie Yujia and Hao Ren had no clue what weird thoughts were going on in Zhao Yanzi’s mind. Xie Yujia didn’t want to fight with Zhao Yanzi, so she walked a few steps in front to catch up to her parents.
Hao Zhonghua smiled helplessly as he turned around and looked at Hao Ren.
He deeply understood Hao Ren’s troubles… Over 20 years ago at East Ocean University, Hao Zhonghua was the center of attention, and a lot of girls pursued him. Xie Ming, his best friend, was somewhat envious over his charm.
“Genetics, genetics…” Hao Zhonghua repeated this word to herself and continued to chat with Zhao Hongyu.
The New York headquarters of Mingri Group was in the famous Empire State Building, located on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
Such an expensive location and building… One could tell Mingri Group’s status.
Yesterday when Hao Ren and Xie Yujia were touring New York, they had passed by the Empire State Building. However, they only saw the exterior because they didn’t have time to line up to go inside. Now under Zhao Kuan’s lead, they were able to go directly inside without waiting.
Mingri Group’s international headquarters was on the 96th floor, only six floors away from the rooftop, 102nd floor.
From here, they could see the best sceneries of New York.
The entire 96th floor was all Mingri Group’s territory. It was decorated with high-class marble and fancy designs. Everything showed off how powerful Mingri Group was.
“Mingri Group has two headquarters. One is in China at the center of East Ocean City, and the international headquarters is situated here in the center of New York. The one in China oversees the domestic market while the international headquarters is in charge of global expansions…” Zhao Kuan explained as he led them around.
Zhao Guang was the Chairman of Mingri Group and the CEO of the domestic business unit. Zhao Kuan, whose whole family was in New York, was the CEO of the international business unit. He was in charge of everything outside of China, so he was extremely powerful and rich.
One of his sons was still in high school, while the older son had graduated from a prestigious American university and worked under him in the New York headquarters.
Xie Ming wanted to create his own family business, so he had Xie Wanjun’s parents come over to New York to help out. Mingri Group was a huge corporation but was still a large family business.
Xie Ming toured this headquarters and quietly tried to absorb as much information as possible.
He had a daughter and a nephew who was studying at Stanford. He was going to let his brother oversee the San Francisco factory…
Even though his business was far from reaching the size of Mingri Group, the family business structures were similar. As long as he was able to build good relationships with Mingri Group, there would be no problem earning three or four times the profit.
“Mingri Group’s Chairman and CEO, Zhao Guang, must have a headache in choosing the proper successor. Haha, I’m ok because I already have a good candidate…” Xie Ming thought as he looked over at Hao Ren and smiled.