Chapter 301 Not in the Mood for Jokes
"What you're saying does make some sense, you're already like this, and if he still doesn't agree, it really seems a bit too much." Li Changsheng agreed.
"Dad, then you make the call, I just don't believe he really dares to do anything to me," Li Zixuan said.
"Okay, send me his phone number and I'll give him a call," Li Changsheng said.
"Alright, Dad, I'll send it to you right away." Li Zixuan felt a surge of joy and quickly hung up the phone to send Xu Yang's number to his father.
"Li Shao, Uncle is willing to intervene?" Gu Xing asked.
"Of course, no matter what, I am his son. If he doesn't step in, is he just going to watch me get bullied by Xu Yang?" Li Zixuan said.
Anyway, every time he caused trouble, it was either his father or his brother who stepped in and always helped him resolve it.
"Exactly, that Xu Yang is too much of a bully. You only kicked his father once, and even after you compensated five million, he refused to accept it. With uncle calling, you probably won't even need to spend five million," Gu Xing said.
"Definitely, how can we forget, uncle is a veteran tycoon. No matter what Xu Yang does, he has to show some respect. Now this is great, Xu Yang won't get a penny," Cao Feng said.
"Hehe, you're right, I can save myself five million," Li Zixuan laughed.
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Century Garden, Villa No. 39.
After hanging up with Li Zixuan, Xu Yang continued to look through documents.
This time he was digging up information on Mo Jinxin.
He quickly found it.
It had to be said, Mo Jinxin was truly worse than a beast.
At first, he was fairly normal.
But after becoming a billionaire, his mentality changed.
He particularly fancied women.
Whenever he saw a beautiful woman, he always thought about getting her into bed.
He paid to sleep with several female celebrities.
Later, he felt that female celebrities were just so-so and stopped pursuing them.
Instead, he found ordinary women more appealing.
In Mo Jinxin's company, he had affairs with quite a few female employees.
These female employees included both unmarried and married women.
Some were consensual, others were coerced.
The coerced ones were a minority.
These coerced female employees, due to lack of substantial evidence, and because Mo Jinxin compensated them with amounts ranging from one hundred thousand to a million, stayed silent.
There was one who, after being forced, committed suicide by jumping off a building.
This incident happened a year ago and caused quite an uproar at the time.
But because there was no substantial evidence, they couldn't do anything to Mo Jinxin.
The female employee who attempted suicide didn't sustain serious physical injuries, but the incident greatly affected her mental health, making her extremely resistant to any contact with men.
Xu Yang easily obtained evidence of Mo Jinxin coercing this female employee.
Because when Mo Jinxin did these kinds of things, he liked to record videos to keep as mementos for his enjoyment afterward.
That female employee, after the incident, had already left Mo Jinxin's Jin Xin company.
He still needed to find her and convince her to come forward and accuse Mo Jinxin.
Xu Yang planned to assign this task to Jiang Zhiyong.
With this in mind, Xu Yang made a call to Jiang Zhiyong.
Soon, the call connected.
"Boss Xu," Jiang Zhiyong's voice came through.
"Brother Jiang, come to Yang Xin Investment tomorrow, I have a task for you," Xu Yang said.
Now, Jiang Zhiyong's work was mostly at the security company.
He would only receive calls from Xu Yang when he was needed.
"Understood, Boss Xu," Jiang Zhiyong said.
After hanging up the phone with Jiang Zhiyong and putting down his phone, Xu Yang was ready to anonymously post Li Zixuan's incriminating materials and evidence online, as well as send them to the relevant departments.
At that moment, his phone rang.
It was a number he didn't recognize.
"Who would call me at this hour?"
Xu Yang muttered to himself and answered the call.
"Hello, President Xu, I am Li Zixuan's father, Li Changsheng," said Li Changsheng.
"What do you want?" Xu Yang asked.
It seems that Li Zixuan had no intention of letting things go and must have sought help from his family.
"President Xu, my son is unruly and has offended your father. As a father, I feel very guilty and wish to apologize to you," Li Changsheng said.
"And then?" Xu Yang replied indifferently.
"President Xu, my son has already told me the whole story. I won't beat around the bush—just don't pursue this matter any further, and I am willing to compensate you with any amount you demand," Li Changsheng said.
"Are you serious? No matter how much I ask for, you are willing?" Xu Yang inquired.
"Of course, I am a man of my word. If you don't believe me, you can ask around to see if this is true. This has always been my principle in the business world—if I say something, I will do it," Li Changsheng thought with a hint of joy.
"President Li, saying such things, if I refuse your compensation, it would seem that I am being petty," Xu Yang's eyes flickered, and the corner of his lips curved upward.
"I knew it, President Xu is a generous person and wouldn't stoop to my son's level," Li Changsheng felt very smug inside.
His own phone call had worked, and Xu Yang was going to accept. It seemed his influence was significant.
So what if Xu Yang was as close as brothers with Wang Xiaocong, or chatting amicably with the wealthy Zhang Yimin? He still had to show respect to me, right?
"Fine, then. I'll state the compensation amount," Xu Yang said.
"You say it," Li Changsheng said.
"One hundred billion," Xu Yang stated.
"I didn't catch that... How much did you say?" Li Changsheng thought Xu Yang had said one billion, which, for his son's sake, he was willing to pay.
Otherwise, given Xu Yang's methods, his son would be finished.
Perhaps through this incident, he could also build a connection with Xu Yang.
For him, that would definitely be a good thing.
After all, Xu Yang's investment capabilities were well-recognized by the business tycoons.
Many tycoons wanted to build a relationship with Xu Yang and make money by investing with him.
Haven't you seen Wang Xiaocong making a fortune by following Xu Yang?
But then he realized Xu Yang hadn't said one billion.
This made him think, maybe Xu Yang had misspoken.
"President Li, one hundred billion," Xu Yang said calmly.
"President Xu, you must be joking?" Li Changsheng said.
"President Li, I really have no intention of joking with you," Xu Yang said calmly.
"President Xu, surely you can't be playing me? The market value of my company is in the hundreds of billions, but asking me for one hundred billion, isn't that like asking for my life?" Li Changsheng's face darkened.
One hundred billion was something he couldn't produce unless he sold the company, but that was impossible.
"President Li, what are you talking about? It was you who said not to pursue your son's issue and that you were willing to pay any compensation I asked for. Moreover, you claimed to be a man of your word. Have you forgotten what you've just said?" Xu Yang mocked.
"You..." Li Changsheng's face turned ashen, but he was left speechless.
He did say those words, true.
But when he made such a statement, the other party should know what he meant.
Even if we're talking about a compensation, it should be a reasonable amount.
Even if it was somewhat inflated, he could accept that.
But to say one hundred billion was outrageous.
It was clear to him now that Xu Yang had no intention of letting his son off the hook.
With this realization, Li Changsheng took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "President Xu, do you really need to be so ruthless?"