"We've worked so hard to earn that little bit of money, but you guys just took half of our earnings without a word. That's too harsh!"
Hearing this, Xia Weilan couldn't help but frown. She never expected someone to be so unreasonable. Not paying the rent and still acting as if they were in the right!
The manager looked embarrassed. Just then, he suddenly saw Mo Beichen walking over. His eyes immediately lit up, and he rushed to greet him.
"Mr. Mo, why are you here?"
"Didn't you say there was someone making a scene? I came to take a look." Mo Beichen walked up to the person in charge of the store, his expression displeased.
As soon as the person in charge saw Mo Beichen, his previous arrogance immediately vanished. With a flattering smile on his face, he said, "Mr. Mo, such a trivial matter shouldn't have bothered you. You could have just let your subordinates handle it."
"Trivial matter?" Mo Beichen glanced at the onlookers. If he hadn't come, he was afraid that the bad news about Moying Mall would spread far and wide by tomorrow.
"Mr. Mo, it's a misunderstanding. It's all a misunderstanding. I'll pay right away. Right away." In front of Mo Beichen, the person in charge was like dust. He had just wanted to take the opportunity to get some benefits.
"Someone, I don't want to see this store in Moying Mall tomorrow. A company with such poor quality, our Moying Group disdains to cooperate with them!" Mo Beichen ordered without giving any face.
"This... Mr. Mo... It's just a few days of breach of contract. Mr. Mo..." The person in charge's face turned ashen. He felt as if the sky was about to fall. Entering Moying Group was a sure - fire profitable business. If he messed it up, the head office would definitely hold him accountable.
But before the person in charge could say anything else, the security guards had already come up and told him to move out of the mall immediately.
Mo Beichen then directly took Xia Weilan and left.
Xia Weilan never expected that when Mo Beichen got angry, he would be so uncompromising. She didn't dare to mention the matter of entering the mall anymore, for fear of making Mo Beichen unhappy again.
"What do you think of this location?" Mo Beichen took Xia Weilan for a stroll around. There were well - known jewelry brands all around.
Xia Weilan blurted out subconsciously, "There's a large flow of people here. The decoration is nice, and the service is excellent."
Xia Weilan thought Mo Beichen was asking her about the operation of his mall.
"I'm glad you're satisfied. Then come to the company to sign the contract tomorrow." Mo Beichen hooked the corner of his mouth into a smile. Suddenly, he stopped and looked down at her.
"What?" Xia Weilan's eyes widened, and her breathing skipped a beat. She looked at him in disbelief.
"It means we can cooperate now." Mo Beichen elegantly extended his hand towards her.
Xia Weilan felt as if she was in a dream. In just one short hour, she had been thrown from a great height and then suddenly lifted back up. It felt as exciting as riding a roller - coaster.
"Great!" Xia Weilan shook his hand firmly. Her face was radiant, and her cheeks were flushed.
"I've said that I always handle business impartially. You're just lucky today. Although you're my wife, for the business between the two companies, I won't show any mercy when it comes to the funds that should be collected."
"Of course!" Xia Weilan replied without hesitation. She didn't want to take advantage of him.
Although she was married to him, the Xia family was the Xia family, and the Mo family was the Mo family.
Early the next morning, Xia Weilan took several people from her company to Moying Group.
"Is this Miss Xia? Mr. Mo is already waiting for you in the meeting room."
The receptionist saw Xia Weilan and immediately greeted her warmly.
In the meeting room, Mo Beichen was sitting there, looking at the documents intently. Then he looked up at the people in front of him.
"I'm generally satisfied with this contract." Mo Beichen said, "However, there's one part where I have a different opinion."
Xia Weilan never expected Mo Beichen to say this suddenly. Thinking of his strictness in business and his principle of separating public and private matters, she nervously looked at him.
The others were also waiting carefully for Mo Beichen to put forward his opinion.
"Here..." Mo Beichen pointed at the item about funds and said expressionlessly, "I think we can waive all the rent for this project. All the fees can be deducted from the design fee."
"What design fee? I've never heard of a design fee." A manager beside Xia Weilan asked in surprise.
"This fee is the design fee for the jewelry 'Love in the Sea' jointly launched by the Xia family and the Mo family last time. Miss Xia can get a 5% commission, which can fully offset all the rent for this cooperation."
Xia Weilan's eyes widened. Now she finally understood that Mo Beichen was planning to let her use the venue for free. Her heart was filled with mixed emotions, and she was deeply touched.
When Xia Weilan returned to the Xia Group, everyone looked at her in surprise.
Apparently, the whole company had heard that Miss Xia had gone to talk about cooperation with Mo Beichen and had even had the rent waived.
As soon as Xia Weilan arrived at the company, she was called to the office by someone from Old Master Xia.
"Grandpa!"
"Girl, I'm very happy that you have such a good relationship with Beichen. But for this matter, Grandpa still wants to invite Mo Beichen back to the old house to thank him properly." Old Master Xia knew in his heart that the so - called design fee was just an excuse Mo Beichen had come up with.
"Okay, I'll call him right away."
That evening, at the Xia family dinner table, Old Master Xia kept praising Mo Beichen for his talent and promise. Then he added,
"If Weilan doesn't understand anything about company management in the future, Beichen, you should teach her well."
"Yes." Mo Beichen said little during the whole meal.
After dinner, Old Master Xia called Mo Beichen into the study.
"Beichen, in the future, the company will be handed over to Weilan. Since you two are husband and wife, handing it over to her is the same as handing it over to you. I'm at ease knowing you'll help her." Old Master Xia finally said what was on his mind.
"Yes." Mo Beichen was deeply touched by Old Master Xia's trust.
"I have something to ask you for help with." Old Master Xia said.
Mo Beichen's dark eyes calmly looked at him. His expression was serious as he waited for him to continue.
"There are some people in the company who are already on Xue Zhiqing's side. I'd like you to transfer a trustworthy person from your side to help Weilan." Old Master Xia said. He was really worried about the people in his own company, but it wasn't appropriate for him to directly send his own people to Weilan, for fear that Xue Zhiqing would feel resentful.
"I understand, Grandpa." Mo Beichen called him Grandpa sincerely.
In the kitchen, Xia Weilan was personally preparing a thick soup. Unexpectedly, just as she was carrying the soup out, a deafening shout suddenly rang in her ears: "Sister!"
Xia Weilan's hand shook reflexively. The bowl of soup she had been carefully holding slipped out of her hand.
"Clang!" The bowl smashed to the ground and broke into countless pieces. Part of the hot soup spilled on Xia Weilan's wrist, leaving a red and swollen mark.