The negotiation between the two sounded brief, but in reality it took a long time. When Eric returned to the company, he happened to meet Mason leaving.

Eric resisted the urge to talk and went back to the office to ask his secretary if Mason had resigned. The secretary was confused and replied yes.

Upon hearing this, Eric scolded Madfak sincerely, and took off his glasses dejectedly, feeling completely helpless.

The last words he and Mason said were true and true. After all, even if you keep a dog for a long time, you will still have feelings, but more of them are still playing the emotional card.

If Mason doesn't leave, leaving the Gaopeng team to Li Zhiyi will leave him with a chance of reorganizing Gaopeng.

But in the end Mason left, completely defeated...

Li Zhiyi, the winner on the other end, was also not in a good mood. He had paid too much in this so-called business war.

1.6 million from the three rating agencies, 3 million from Eric, and 3 million from Mason, not counting the small sums from Heidrick and Struggles, Skadden, and the NRA.

A rough estimate of the expenses was over 9 million, all of which was borne by him personally. Fortunately, he participated in the short-selling of INWK, so he was able to make a small profit to replenish his blood, which was a comfort.

Back on the roadside, Li Zhiyi knocked on the window of the Mercedes-Benz. The old black man lowered the window and asked.

"Sorry to trouble you today." Li Zhiyi omitted the politeness and presented a check for 200,000 dollars.

The old black man smiled and didn't answer: "You're welcome, Mason and I are friends."

"Haha, Uncle Mason once said that he asked me to say hello to you on his behalf."

Li Zhiyi put away the check and said in response, the two of them chatted a few words, and the old black man walked away.

Watching the car go away, Li Zhiyi sighed. It would be even more troublesome to have money and not be able to spend it.

In the eyes of the old black man, he is far from delivering money yet...

Li Zhiyi felt an inexplicable feeling of loss in his heart, and it ended just like that.

There is no life-and-death intrigues, there is no banter and oars being drowned in ashes; there are just two ruthless businessmen, you punch and I kick each other with only a handful of strength, sitting down and arguing with each other with a tacit understanding that nothing can be done.

A few words and then it was over.

Speaking of which, this was Li Zhiyi's first serious business war. In his imagination, it should be like what was shown in the movie, but the result was so bland, as if it was similar to two small pink lantern promotions that opened opposite each other to compete for customers.

"Have you read the historical novel "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" that is very popular on the Tianya website recently?" Xu Jing appeared next to him at some unknown time.

Li Zhiyi squatted on the ground and looked up at him. The sunlight was a bit dazzling and made people dizzy: "Huh?"

Xu Jing knelt down and explained: "There is a passage in it that I particularly like. It is said that in the forty-third year of Wanli, one evening a commoner named Zhang Cha entered the palace in confusion, carried a stick and went straight to the palace where the prince Zhu Changluo was.

Went to Qing Palace."

"He was strutting along the whole way without even hiding. No one stopped him at all. No one escorted him until he reached Ciqing Palace."

"In the end, this guy swung the stick like Lu Bu who was mopping the cloth with shit. He was so brave that he fought from Ciqing Palace East Road to Ciqing Palace West Road. He killed gods and Buddhas when he met them without blinking an eye."

"In the end, I almost sent Zhu Changluo away before he was held down by the eunuch."

Xu Jing talked for a long time like he was talking about cross talk, and Li Zhiyi asked curiously: "What happens next?"

"Then the guy went crazy the next day after he was arrested."

Xu Jing paused and continued: "How do you think he entered the palace? Why didn't the prince of a country even have a guard who could defeat a peasant? The person who assassinated the prince was driven crazy without even being interrogated?

"

Li Zhiyi was thoughtful, and Xu Jing smiled: "A lot of things are actually quite simple. No matter how you strategize and win a victory thousands of miles away, it sounds wonderful, but in the end it doesn't work out in practice, it's just a stick.

"

Li Zhiyi put out his cigarette butt and said, "That's the truth."

"And when you didn't see it, we brothers and sisters stayed up for countless late nights and worked on many so-called high-end business plans."

Xu Jing's last sentence was quite party-state style: "All of this is the result of silent efforts. No contribution is wasted, Brother Zhiyi!"

Li Zhiyi laughed dumbly and his thoughts were clear. Yes, what he was struggling with was that this business war was not ambitious enough, fierce and heroic.

But where does the reality come from with so many ambitions and fierceness, and the assassination of the prince is so arresting. Compared with the temple dispute, his little plot is just a quarrel between villagers in the countryside.

"You're pretty good at history." Li Zhiyi teased with a relaxed mind.

Xu Jing recalled the four little swans and his chrysanthemums tightened: "It's just average, Zhao is even worse than you."

Li Zhiyi smiled: "Do you know Lingyan Pavilion?"

"Know."

"If we have the chance, we'll do one too. You try to be the first."

Li Zhiyi stood up and patted Xu Jing on the shoulder. He was very smart and a wonderful person.

"Well...Boss, can we discuss it and decide if I can die in the end?"

"Okay, but I have to ascend the throne."

"Reliable! I will buy dragon robes when I return to New York tomorrow. I know a tailor shop with very good craftsmanship. It is said that my ancestor sewed foot mats for Cixi..."

The sun was just right and the cold had subsided a little. The two young men were walking side by side on the streets of a foreign country. You and I were talking to each other as if they were crazy, talking nonsense and amusing Meng Zi.

Several cars followed slowly behind, and the two people in front walked briskly towards the hotel, like teenagers returning from a trip, still innocent...

Half an hour later, the group returned to the hotel, and Qiao Yang immediately appeared in Li Zhiyi's field of vision: "How was it?"

"My wife could have been a little thicker." Li Zhiyi said earthy love words without caring about the image.

The eighth mother-in-law, Xu Jing, was the first to have a laser ray in her eyes, and she wished her ears would grow to Li Zhiyi's mouth. Fortunately, Alison was a sensible person and pulled him away by the collar.

Qiao Yang's face turned red: "I'm not ashamed at all."

Li Zhiyi heard the sound of the door closing, and a hungry tiger pounced on the girl in front of him: "I kissed you, and you are talking about this?!"

"Oh, you still have a job, can you be more serious?" Qiao Yang resisted.

Li Zhiyi was like Teddy: "I'm very serious. Didn't you say last night that if I were to..."

"Bang bang bang."

There was a sudden knock on the door outside. Li Zhiyi's movements froze. Alison asked: "Boss, Mason is here and wants to see you."

"No, you and Xu Jing will chat with him for a while first." Li Zhiyi replied after some deliberation.

It's not that his true colors make him faint, it's mainly that Mason needs to be beaten.

Li Zhiyi could hand over the company to Mason and let him unleash his talents, but he couldn't hand over the actual control of the company to an idealist. He had to let Mason know his position.

Corporal Li Xian is true. All the heroes in the world have fallen into my lap, and it is not false. What else can happen when the rice is cooked? Go back to find Eric?

It was quiet outside the room, and Li Zhiyi fumbled around with his hands, while Qiao Yang groaned and stopped resisting.

Just at the critical moment... bang bang bang, there was another knock on the door outside the room.

"What's wrong!" Li Zhiyi shouted angrily.

"Boss... when are we going back to New York? Mason is in a hurry to sign the contract." This time it was Xu Jing's voice.

"tomorrow!"
Chapter completed!