Chapter 1992: The Meeting

The person who called Zhao Fusheng was Han Bin.

It was unexpected.

The two had not been in touch for a long time.

"What made you think to call me?"

Zhao Fusheng answered the phone, asking with some curiosity.

Although they were not close friends, Zhao Fusheng had a favorable impression of that shrewd fat man.

Smart people are rare, and smart people who know when to advance and retreat, and understand the limits, are even rarer.

And Han Bin was undoubtedly the kind of smart person who was good at disguising himself.

Zhao Fusheng certainly didn't believe that Han Bin would call him for no reason.

"Someone wants to meet you."

Han Bin, knowing Zhao Fusheng's character, got straight to the point: "I'm acting on someone else's request."

"Oh? Who?"

Zhao Fusheng asked back.

Being able to enlist Han Bin and knowing about their private friendship—it seemed this was no ordinary person.

"Huang Guangyu."

Han Bin said directly: "He wants to see you."

Huang Guangyu?

Zhao Fusheng was genuinely surprised this time. He hadn't expected that Boss Huang would react so quickly. Future Investment had only just released the news, and he had already taken the initiative to come knocking.

And through Han Bin's connections, no less.

What did this guy want?

After hesitating for a few seconds, Zhao Fusheng said to Han Bin: "Do you think I should give you this face?"

After all, it was Han Bin who had brought it up. Zhao Fusheng had to address this through Han Bin.

Unexpectedly, Han Bin smiled slightly: "Don't put yourself in a bind. In terms of relationship, we're certainly closer. He's just a business partner who asked me to help. So if you have time or want to see him, go ahead. If you're busy, I can just turn him down."

He wasn't stupid. Both Huang Guangyu and Zhao Fusheng were business tycoons.

But Han Bin wasn't a fool. Zhao Fusheng was clearly more familiar with him and had a better relationship. Offending Zhao Fusheng for Huang Guangyu's sake would be a losing proposition.

Moreover, even if he helped Huang Guangyu, it might not make the other party consider him a close friend because of it.

Such a losing deal was better left undone.

"Alright, tell him I'll see him."

Zhao Fusheng thought for a moment and finally made his decision: "As for the place, you arrange it."

Since he was giving Han Bin this face, he might as well do it thoroughly.

Zhao Fusheng was well aware of this.

Clearly, Han Bin was somewhat surprised, but beyond the surprise, he was very pleased.

After all, who doesn't like it when someone shows them respect?

Especially someone like Zhao Fusheng.

Putting down the phone, Zhao Fusheng looked at Zheng Yao: "Heh, Boss Huang wants to meet me."

"Huang Guangyu?"

Zheng Yao was slightly surprised, her delicate brows furrowed: "What does he want?"

She didn't understand why Huang Guangyu wanted to see Zhao Fusheng.

"Probably to test the waters."

Zhao Fusheng said casually.

"How about I go?"

Zheng Yao thought for a moment and said to Zhao Fusheng: "After all, we haven't dealt with him before..."

"No need."

Zhao Fusheng waved his hand: "Since he took the initiative to arrange a meeting through Han Bin, rather than through your information channels, it shows that Huang Guangyu intends to see me personally."

As he spoke, he laughed: "Otherwise, why would he bother to meet me? He could have just had his general manager meet with you."

Zheng Yao thought that made sense.

Indeed, that was the logic Zhao Fusheng had laid out.

If Huang Guangyu really wanted to discuss something, he wouldn't need to meet Zhao Fusheng in person, nor go through the trouble of using Han Bin as a bridge.

He could have had the current general manager of Gome meet with her, and she would have had to negotiate with him anyway.

Since he went to the trouble of meeting Zhao Fusheng, it was clearly a king-to-king meeting, intending to have a good talk with Zhao Fusheng.

"That's settled. I'll find some time in the next few days to meet him."

Zhao Fusheng smiled and said to Zheng Yao.

Huang Guangyu didn't have much time left, so Zhao Fusheng wasn't worried about any trouble he could cause.

To be honest, Zhao Fusheng had some vague guesses about why Boss Huang would fall from power, but that level was beyond his reach.

As for politics, Zhao Fusheng had always tried to keep his distance.

Because he knew it was too complicated and not something he could handle.

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Though he said he would find time, Han Bin had arranged everything by the next day.

This showed how eager Huang Guangyu was to meet Zhao Fusheng.

Upon receiving Han Bin's call, Zhao Fusheng gladly went to the appointment.

Both Huang Guangyu and Zhao Fusheng were well-known wealthy men in China, but the former appeared frequently in public, while the latter was so low-key that he had almost no news coverage.

Come to think of it, that was quite interesting.

Because of their special status, both brought a large entourage. As the host, Han Bin simply opened separate private rooms for them next to each other.

And he himself personally accompanied Zhao Fusheng and Huang Guangyu into one of the private rooms.

This was a famous private kitchen restaurant in the capital, which usually had few customers, and today Han Bin had booked the entire place.

"Gentlemen, I suppose I don't need to introduce you?"

Han Bin said with a smile to Zhao Fusheng and Huang Guangyu.

There were only three people in the room; without Han Bin's introduction, both knew who the other was.

"Boss Zhao, hello."

"Boss Huang, hello."

Zhao Fusheng and Huang Guangyu shook hands and took their seats.

Both wore smiles, but their eyes were sizing each other up.

Han Bin smiled: "You two take your time; I'll go make a phone call."

He was an extremely smart man. Since his task was done, there was no need for him to stay.

To be honest, just facilitating this meeting was already satisfying for Han Bin.

Whether Zhao Fusheng and Huang Guangyu would reach an agreement or fall out, he considered it unimportant.

Han Bin left, and the private room was left with only Zhao Fusheng and Huang Guangyu.

"To be honest, I didn't expect you to be so young, Boss Zhao."

Huang Guangyu looked at Zhao Fusheng and said with a smile.

This was from the heart.

Although due to the JD.com matter, Future Investment had stood on the opposite side of Gome, and because of this, Huang Guangyu's people had gathered some information about Zhao Fusheng.

Still, Huang Guangyu found it hard to believe that someone who started from scratch and now had a net worth of tens of billions of dollars, even richer than himself, could be so young.

To be clear, although most of Zhao Fusheng's companies were not listed, just based on the shares he held, it was no exaggeration to say he was the richest person under thirty in the world.

As for Forbes?

Heh, Huang Guangyu knew well that so-called rich lists like Forbes or Hurun were just for public consumption.

The true wealth of every person on those lists far exceeded what was publicly disclosed.

News claiming that tens of billions of dollars made someone one of the top ten richest in the world was just fooling outsiders.

Even Huang Guangyu himself knew that he was definitely not the richest person among China's wealthy.

Being the richest man was just a gimmick.

At the very least, the young man in front of him was richer than himself.

"Boss Huang flatters me."

In response to Huang Guangyu's compliment, Zhao Fusheng smiled slightly and shook his head: "To be honest, I admire you more, Boss Huang. I've read about your entrepreneurial story with your brother in the media. Truly, starting from scratch was really not easy."

This was from the heart.

Indeed, when Huang Guangyu started his business with his brother, they had endured hardships.

Even Zhao Fusheng had to admire him for that.

At the very least, without the golden finger of rebirth, he himself could never have achieved what Huang Guangyu did.

This had been proven by his previous life's experience.

Of course, by now, Zhao Fusheng faced Huang Guangyu with full confidence, because he was indeed stronger.

Both of them knew this well.

Otherwise, given Huang Guangyu's personality, he would never have sat down to eat with Zhao Fusheng.

What is strength?

Strength is when your opponent has no choice but to acknowledge your existence.

Like now.

After Future Group expressed support for JD.com, Huang Guangyu had to personally step in to probe what Zhao Fusheng intended to do.

Was Future Group planning to enter the home appliance retail industry?

If so, Huang Guangyu could be a hundred percent sure that he would have another powerful opponent.

After all, Future Group had strong troops and ample funds; entering the home appliance retail industry would undoubtedly be bad news.

Looking up, Huang Guangyu gazed at Zhao Fusheng, knowing that this young man was harder to deal with than he had imagined.