Chapter 424 What!? You actually want to be a human!?
Hu Shuhui said: "Lu Chengwen! You dare curse me!?"
Lu Chengwen spread his hands: "Damn it, I put the most money in here and got the least back. Except for Mayor Zhao, I'm the biggest boss in this room. I just came in, haven't even settled my ass down, and you stand up yelling at me. Who should I curse if not you?"
Secretary Wu said: "Boss Lu, watch your words, watch your words."
"Okay, Secretary Wu." Lu Chengwen was always polite to Secretary Wu.
Secretary Wu sighed in relief, thinking, this living demon king finally gives me some face.
Hu Shuhui said: "You old immortal disappeared for almost twenty days in one go, all our project progress here is messed up! Who is responsible for this loss? You?"
Lu Chengwen said: "This Hu Shuhui standing up with an ass on his neck, I invite you to sit down! Secretary Wu said, watch your damn words!"
Secretary Wu scratched his forehead: This bastard.
Mayor Zhao said: "Alright, alright, Boss Lu is back. You all saw today's press conference. The project matters will be resolved as soon as possible. If anyone has any thoughts, you can also speak slowly."
Lu Chengwen came in firing on all cylinders, seemingly full of anger.
This made these people somewhat afraid to speak.
It had to be said, the press conference was super successful.
Lu Chengwen returned at full health almost like a rogue or gangster.
But damn it, the market ate this up!
With Lu Chengwen returning like this, everyone felt relieved instead.
The stock market began to recover, banks also started actively approaching, thinking the credit rating issue could be put aside for now...
All the problems seemed to not be problems anymore.
As long as this unscrupulous merchant Lu Chengwen was alive, things would gradually develop for the better.
The only ones who suffered losses were this group of investors in the room.
Those who invested less knew they had little influence, their words lacked weight, and could only hope the big investors would stand up to fight for benefits.
There were only a few big investors. They looked at each other, all wanting someone else to take the lead first while they observed the situation.
Best if someone takes the lead, and I beat the side drum.
Anyway, in the end, everyone gets a share of the benefits. Lu Chengwen, this guy, best not to offend him if possible.
This guy's relationship with Mayor Zhao recently was very tacit; clearly, they were colluding to screw us over.
Neither he nor Mayor Zhao could be offended.
And Hu Shuhui, clearly, he would stand up even if no one poked him.
He and Lu Chengwen had no friendship to begin with; instead, he got beaten up by Lu Chengwen quite a bit during school.
Hu Shuhui insisted that he and Lu Chengwen were the same kind of person.
And that he was even smarter, wiser, more capable, and also more handsome than him.
The only thing inferior to Lu Chengwen was that comparing his family assets to Lu Chengwen's was like comparing an elephant to a puppy.
If my dad were Lu Guanghong, hmph, I would definitely be a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times stronger than you, Lu Chengwen!
Hu Shuhui was the most unconvinced by Lu Chengwen. Standing up at this moment, he said angrily: "Your actions alone caused everyone to suffer losses. How will you take responsibility for this loss? I'm asking how you will take responsibility?"
Lu Chengwen stared at him with wide eyes: "What responsibility should I take?"
"You disappeared!"
"I disappeared, so what responsibility should I take? I disappeared, I didn't kidnap all of you. What responsibility do I owe you?"
Hu Shuhui said: "Because of your absence, the entire project is messed up!"
Lu Chengwen said: "Where is the project messed up? Did Dasheng Group stop paying money, or stop sending people? Did work stop, or was investment withdrawn?"
Lu Chengwen pointed at Leng Qingqiu: "During the days I was away, Qingqiu took charge. Was any necessary work delayed?"
"But there's a main road, it should have been completed over half a month ago, until now..."
"That whatever Du Hui messed up himself and ran off, what does it have to do with me? Is this my responsibility? Then in the future, if any of you want to quit, do I have to take responsibility? Do you call me daddy or not?"
"Hey you!"
An old man said: "Boss Lu, that's not how you put it. That road was an unexpected issue with the construction party, leading to project delays. But you are, after all, the overall person in charge of this project! Your sudden disappearance had a real impact on the project! We indeed suffered losses because of your disappearance."
"Oh, I understand."
Lu Chengwen said: "Uncle Zhao, you think that as long as you paid money, Lu Chengwen has to guarantee you make money, right? Because you paid, this project cannot have any problems, no communication problems, execution problems, procurement problems, delay problems, work injury medical problems, drawing modification problems, vehicle coordination problems, overspending problems, legal problems caused by worker alcoholism... etc., etc., all problems are not allowed to occur, right?"
"Ai you... you this... problems arise, how can you have this attitude?"
"Otherwise!?" Lu Chengwen said: "Doing business is either profit or loss! Do you treat me as the Supreme Emperor, or as the God of Wealth? Such a huge project, is it strange for some delays, some minor fund recovery issues to occur? I had an accident, did Dasheng Group go bankrupt? Did my wife not work? Didn't she handle it? She stayed up for days and nights without sleep. This morning I held a press conference, she went to the construction site wearing a safety helmet, did you know?"
"Boss Lu! You can't be unreasonable. Yes, as long as you do projects, there will definitely be these unexpected interludes and accidents. Those of us doing this are constantly handling and responding to these sudden events and unpredictable temporary tasks. But we have to talk about a responsibility system, right? Whoever caused the trouble should be responsible!"
"Hahaha!"
Lu Chengwen said: "Old Zhao, it's you! Do you remember, when the third residential complex was almost built, the road for block four wasn't paved properly by you. Do you remember the consequences?"
"I..."
"Want me to say it for you?"
"Don't, Chengwen... at that time, you know I had difficulties."
"Ah, when you had difficulties, you ran to my office door to block me, pretended to have a heart attack, crunching calcium tablets, making my VP afraid you'd die in my building, forcing me to agree to meet you once. Now you have no difficulties, you start standing up to oppose me? You're quite impressive!"
Lu Chengwen said: "At that time, because of your project delays, did everyone here also suffer losses? Right?"
"Aiya Chengwen, look... wasn't this... hey, consider it unsaid, consider it unsaid! I... I I... I have no objections, I'll listen to you."
At this moment, a big sister stood up: "Lu Chengwen, I know you have money, I know you're tough enough, ruthless enough. But we didn't not pay either! Doing business is either loss or gain, well said, but who here does business to lose money? Ultimately, I think Big Brother Zhao is right, there must be someone responsible! You are the overall person in charge, person-in-charge, person-in-charge, if you're not responsible, how can you be the person-in-charge?"
Lu Chengwen narrowed his eyes: "Sister Liu! Is being the overall person in charge because I have a sense of responsibility?"
Lu Chengwen himself laughed, looking around: "Is it because I, Lu Chengwen, am responsible, dependable, morally upright, wise and brave that everyone chose me as the overall person in charge? Was I elected by your votes?"
Lu Chengwen pointed at the table and roared: "That's damn well because I paid the money!"
Secretary Wu grimaced: "Boss Lu... watch... watch your wording, this is... a special meeting for the municipal government project..."
"Okay Secretary Wu." Lu Chengwen smiled and agreed, turned his head and roared: "Who the hell knows how much money I paid? Sister Liu, just you! After the shantytown residents moved in, the first batch of residential complexes recovered some funds. At that time, several of your projects had failed, you were tight on cash. Wasn't it you who personally came to my villa, bringing two little sisters, winking at me, saying just give you some dividends on account first, let you catch your breath, anything was fine? Right?"
Sister Liu was also懵了 (dumbfounded/confused): "Boss Lu, you... why bring this up on the table? You're breaking the rules, Mayor Zhao and the others are still..."
"Sister, if you talk about righteousness, Chengwen is your good younger brother! If you have problems again, younger brother will still help you! If you don't acknowledge me as this younger brother, and undermine me in front of so many people, then younger brother also has to state his own reasoning clearly!"
"Aiya, enough! Our sibling matter, sister will talk to you alone later."
Another bald man stood up: "Lu Chengwen! Others fear you, I don't! I have no leverage in your hands, you have to compensate my losses."
Lu Chengwen shook his head: "How dare you stand up? So many people here, you are the one who should sit quietly the most, keeping your tail between your legs."
"What do you mean!?"
"With the little money you invested, you have the face to stand up? Uncle Zhao invested 5.2 billion, Sister Liu invested 3.7 billion! You only invested over 730 million, what are you standing up for?"
The bald man's eyes widened: "Those who invest more are human, those who invest less aren't human!?"
"You are human!" Lu Chengwen said: "Hahaha, good! You want to be human in front of me, right? You actually have such crazy thoughts, I give you a thumbs up!"
The people around looked at each other, thinking, what kind of talk is this?
Is being human such a great sin?
Lu Chengwen said: "During the initial approval, your qualifications weren't enough, don't you remember? Later you went to ABM College to study for a Master's in Business! Reviewing by date, all your damn investments should be confiscated, belonging to unqualified investment!"
That person was instantly懵了 (dumbfounded/confused).
Lu Chengwen said: "And were you studying at ABM College? You were networking everywhere, handing out business cards, you went there to damn well expand your circle, build connections! Even got a pair of college students for a threesome in a hotel, got caught by the police during a room check. It was damn Fatty Chen who bailed you out from the police station. Relying on the old Chen family, you avoided having a criminal record, enabling you to continue studying at ABM, have you forgotten?"
That person's face turned pale: "Mis-misunderstanding... I and the comrades from the Public Security Bureau... had a misunderstanding, all... explained clearly..."
"Nonsense, if it weren't a 'misunderstanding', could you continue studying? Could ABM still issue you a certificate?"
Lu Chengwen stared at him: "You want to be human? Who gave you the courage?"
That person sat down, crying: "Didn't you also play with quite a few girls, wuwuwu..."
Lu Chengwen laughed heartily: "I play with girls without spending money! Big Brother! Different style! Compare with me?"
Lu Chengwen scanned the room: "Anyone else... wants to be human in front of me, stand up. I'm very angry today, I guarantee, today here besides me, no one else damn well gets to be human!"
Mayor Zhao was taken aback, rolled his eyes. Secretary Wu quickly coughed.
Lu Chengwen looked back: "Ah, our Mayor is definitely human! Everyone don't misunderstand."
Secretary Wu lowered his head.
I shouldn't have reminded him.
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