Everyone understands this principle, but everyone understands Zhou Kailun's malicious intentions even more clearly.
Zhou Xuan leaned his head slightly closer and smiled faintly at Zhou Kailun: "Young Master Zhou Kailun, it's true that I'm a countryman and I'm a peace-loving person, but you're the one who started this war. Let me tell you, Young Master Zhou, because of your arrogance and rudeness today, I will kick you out of the domestic market. Get out of here!"
Zhou Xuan's voice was low, but Fu Ying, Xu Juncheng, Wei Haihong, and Li Wei could all hear it clearly.
Zhou Kailun laughed, his eyes narrowed, shooting out an almost green, sinister light, and said, "Zhou Xuan, you will pay the price for those words. Remember, some people's wealth and power are beyond the comprehension of a nouveau riche like you!"
"***Zhou Kailun, you son of a bitch, you think you can show off just because you have a few stinking bucks?" Li Wei jumped out and kicked Zhou Kailun, cursing loudly.
Zhou Kailun was nearly knocked off his feet by Li Wei's kick and onto the elevator floor. Enraged, he'd never suffered such humiliation. He turned to attack Li Wei, but upon seeing Li Wei's cold gaze, he froze, saying, "Third Brother Li, is that you? You must have mistaken me for someone else?"
"A mistake?" Li Wei snorted and said, "I don't even know you. Why are you calling me Third Brother? Do you know who the owner of Zhou's Jewelry is? Let me tell you, the country bumpkin you're dealing with is my uncle. If you want to deal with my uncle, I'll take you down first!"
Zhou Kailun was taken aback!
After Xu Juncheng sold the business, he first investigated the new owner, Zhou Xuan's, background. He only acted after finding out Zhou Xuan had no powerful connections. People like them don't act recklessly; before dealing with an opponent, they first assess whether it's worthwhile and examine the opponent's background. Even if they could win, the kind of situation where they kill a thousand enemies but lose eight hundred of their own is something no business owner wants to do. Zhou Kailun only acted after discovering Zhou Xuan had no powerful backing, but he never expected Zhou Xuan to be connected to Li Wei!
Zhou Kailun certainly understood Li Wei's background. With Li Wei's own abilities, he was not to be feared. As for this playboy-like prince, no one would dare to mess with him. Everyone had to consider the formidable background power behind him.
If it were just Li Wei himself making things difficult for him, Zhou Kailun wouldn't be worried about any major problems. But if it was the power behind Li Wei, then he would be in deep trouble. No matter how rich his Zhou family was, they were far from being able to contend with such a power!
After a moment of stunned silence, Zhou Kailun was both angry and ashamed. How could he possibly save face after Li Wei made such a scene in front of Zhou Xuan, Fu Ying, and Xu Juncheng?
Moreover, he had just spoken with Zhou Xuan to the point of being irreconcilable enemies, so Li Wei's sudden change of heart left him somewhat bewildered.
Today, amidst a heavy snowfall, Zhou Kailun launched his operation against Zhou Xuan's Jewelry. First, he targeted the jewelry regulatory authorities, then the industry and commerce bureau and tax bureau, taking turns in action. His plan was to inflict hefty fines on the new Zhou's Jewelry, then subject it to inspections and restructuring. This process would continue for one or two weeks, causing the customer traffic that Zhou Xuan had just attracted with the new jewelry to vanish again. He would then acquire the company at its lowest point.
Zhou Kailun had long been adept at this method, having used it to acquire countless small jewelry stores in major cities across mainland China!
"Third Brother" Zhou Kailun wanted to talk to Li Wei more and ask for the reason, because he believed that he had never offended Li Wei.
Volume 1, Chapter 233: Embarrassing Moments
"What does this have to do with me, Zhou Kailun!" Li Wei interrupted before Zhou Kailun could finish speaking.
Zhou Xuan didn't want to publicly argue with Zhou Kailun like a shrew in this setting, so he pulled Fu Ying and invited Wei Haihong and Li Wei to take the elevator downstairs. However, on the other side of the slowly ascending elevator, they saw some people in business uniforms coming up, about seven or eight people in total.
Xu Juncheng was a little nervous and quietly asked, "Mr. Zhou, are you going to cause trouble for our store again?"
Wei Haihong smiled and said, "It shouldn't be something like that, Mr. Xu. Why don't you go up and take a look? If it's someone causing trouble for your store, call us immediately and we'll make a decision then."
Xu Juncheng nodded immediately, turned around and got on the elevator.
Wei Haihong then said, "Let's go to Xi Xiaomian instead. There's no point in staying stuck here."
When they arrived at the department store, the car they had been in had already been taken back by the guards, and they didn't have a car at this time.
Li Wei took out his phone to call a car. He wasn't in a hurry to leave anyway, and was waiting for Xu Juncheng's call. He figured he might as well call a car instead of taking a taxi.
The group hadn't been there for five minutes when Xu Juncheng called.
As soon as Zhou Xuan answered the call, he heard Xu Juncheng's joyful voice say, "Chairman Zhou isn't looking for us, he's here to inspect Zhou Daxing."
Ran Xuan immediately hung up the phone and smiled at Wei Haihong, saying, "Brother Hong, the matter is resolved. These people were after Zhou Daxing!"
Because Li Wei had already called a car, Wei Haihong stayed with Zhou Xuan and Fu Ying by the roadside to wait. They didn't hail a taxi.
The car Li Wei called was a friend's car. It arrived quickly. It was an eight-seater minivan. The driver, a middle-aged man in his thirties, clearly knew Li Wei. He got out of the car and respectfully greeted him, "Third Brother," before opening the door and inviting them in.
Once inside the car, Li Wei saw Zhou Kailun and a man with him hurriedly walk out of the department store, while the other man went to the parking lot to get his car.
Zhou Kailun looked annoyed, his face grim. He pulled out his phone.
Because the driver hadn't started the car yet, and their location wasn't far from the department store entrance. Zhou Xuan's icy aura could now reach a range of fifty meters, and their distance from the department store entrance seemed to be less than fifty meters, as Zhou Xuan's icy aura easily reached that distance. Zhou Xuan, without any hesitation, converted and absorbed a tiny bit of the key components from Zhou Kailun's phone. Zhou Kailun was making a call, which was about to connect when it suddenly dropped.
Zhou Kailun was furious. He held the phone up to his eyes and saw that the screen showed no signal. He pressed the buttons a few more times, but still couldn't make a call. In a fit of anger, he smashed the phone!
Zhou Kailun's actions startled the security guard at the door. However, the guard clearly recognized Zhou Kailun and quickly approached him obsequiously, asking, "Mr. Zhou, do you need to make a call? My cell phone is available!"
Zhou Kailun instinctively reached out his hand, but immediately waved it away, saying, "No need!" Because all his phone numbers were in his own phone, he couldn't remember a single number outside of his own phone, including his own!
Li Wei was also staring at Zhou Kailun in the car. He didn't say anything, and the driver didn't start the car either.
Zhou Xuanbing's anger was still directed at Zhou Kailun. After destroying his phone, she went even further and tampered with it.
Zhou Kailun was still angry when suddenly his clothes slipped off his body, tearing in the middle of his shoulders and sleeves. Zhou Kailun was stunned for a moment, but what embarrassed him even more was that he was completely naked; his clothes underneath were gone, and then his pants fell down as well.
Zhou Kailun cried out "Ouch!" and quickly bent down to pull up his pants, but he was immediately dumbfounded, because the pants were now just pieces of fabric, not pants at all.
Today was a snowy day, with temperatures dropping to minus ten or twenty degrees Celsius. Zhou Kailun was only wearing his briefs and a few pieces of cloth he was carrying. He stood at the gate, shivering and stunned!
This place is the entrance to the department store area with the largest flow of people in Dongcheng District. There are so many people coming and going.
Immediately, everyone coming in and out, young and old, was stunned. All eyes were fixed on Zhou Kailun. Then, a deafening burst of laughter erupted!
The security guard was at a loss. He wanted to flatter him, but he couldn't very well take off his security uniform, especially in such cold weather. He himself couldn't bear the cold if he took it off.
Li Wei and Wei Haihong both laughed heartily at Zhou Kailun's ugly appearance, while Zhou Xuan held Fu Ying's head in his arms to prevent her from seeing it. Because they were watching such a good show, Li Wei did not urge the driver to leave, and just watched.
Although the car hadn't driven away, people outside couldn't see in because the car windows were designed to prevent anyone from looking inside. Therefore, no one could see them, and of course, no passersby would notice. And Zhou Kailun at the main gate was even less likely to know.
Zhou Kailun was both ashamed and angry. He had never encountered such an embarrassing situation before and was at a loss for what to do. He cursed in his heart that when he got back, he would definitely find out whoever frequented the "small" mercury clothing store. They had made a lot of money from him, but they had given him such inferior products.
Fortunately, his colleague who was supposed to pick up the car arrived in a Mercedes-Benz. This was because of the heavy snowfall that day. Zhou Kailun hadn't driven himself; instead, he had the company car driven by the driver.
The driver parked the car on the side of the road in front of the door, quickly got out and ran over, taking off his coat and draping it over Zhou Kailun.
Zhou Kailun didn't linger any longer. He immediately dashed to the car, but as he lifted his leg, the sole of his shoe fell off again, revealing his feet comically. His socks were also torn, which caused the onlookers to burst into laughter once more.