Supreme Hidden Dragon in the City-Chapter 369: Mr. Chen, Please!

The secretary was frightened out of her wits and hastily stepped back two paces.

Liu Yunxi complained, "Dad, mind your mental strength."

Liu Chong ignored Liu Yunxi and glared at the secretary, shouting, "You better explain to me right now what the hell is going on!"

The secretary was so scared she was almost crying, and hurriedly said, "I... I don’t know either, the notice from Zhong’s Investment just stated the rent would triple, with no reason given."

Liu Chong suddenly felt his head had grown a few sizes larger. The current financial situation of Tianyuan Commerce Chamber was already tight, and it was already an accomplishment to have scraped together next year’s rent. Now, with the rent tripling, it was like they were trying to take his life!

"This damned King of Towers, what on earth is he thinking, targeting Tianyuan Commerce Chamber like this all of a sudden? We’ve been paying him rent for so many years, what gives him the right to do this?" Liu Chong was near hysterical.

Meanwhile, Liu Yunxi felt incredibly perplexed, considering the rent hike occurred after Chen Fan was driven out, and a bold idea sprang to her mind, "Could it have been Chen Fan who did this?"

Her eyes gradually widened, feeling more and more certain that Chen Fan was somehow involved in this matter.

Yet, she knew that only the King of Towers could raise the rent on Tianyuan Commerce Chamber, so how did Chen Fan manage it?

Just as Liu Chong was fuming with rage, a phone call from Mu Guangping came through.

Liu Chong picked up to find Mu Guangping’s anxious voice on the other end, "Chairman Liu, can you get the person in charge at Zhong’s Investment to meet with me? I don’t know what I did to offend them, but they raised my rent out of the blue, and I’d like an explanation."

Liu Chong raised an eyebrow, "Your office building’s rent got raised too?"

Mu Guangping was startled, "You mean to say... Tianyuan Commerce Chamber’s office rent has also increased?"

Liu Chong said irritably, "I just received the notice. They’ve actually tripled the rent. This is outright toying with me!"

Mu Guangping said, "Only tripled..."

Liu Chong’s brow furrowed, "What do you mean? Isn’t your rent tripled as well?"

Mu Guangping, on the verge of tears, said, "Our rent has been raised by a whole ten times!"

Liu Chong’s eyebrows eased somewhat, and for some reason, he felt a bit of schadenfreude.

"Then your company is really in a bit of a miserable state. All right, I’ll try to get in touch with Zhong’s Investment’s person in charge to see if we can arrange a meeting to find out what exactly is going on."

Then he hung up the phone and instructed his secretary to contact the people at Zhong’s Investment to see if their person in charge had the time.

It wasn’t long before the secretary returned to the office.

Liu Chong quickly asked, "So, did their person in charge agree to the meeting?"

The secretary shook her head.

Liu Chong clenched his fist and cursed under his breath, "Is Zhong’s Investment trying to drive Tianyuan Commerce Chamber to its death?"

The secretary quickly said, "Their person in charge didn’t agree to meet, but the people from Zhong’s Investment said that the King of Towers wants to meet with you and has asked you to come to the Tenglong Hotel tomorrow."

Liu Chong was momentarily stunned.

The King of Towers, a figure that existed only in legends, always as elusive as the Divine Dragon, even he, the Chairman of Tianyuan Commerce Chamber, had never laid eyes on the King of Towers himself.

"The King of Towers wants to meet me? After all these years of mystery, is this guy finally going to show his face?"

Liu Chong muttered to himself, then told his secretary, "Alright, I got it."

Next, he dialed Mu Guangping’s number.

...

The next evening.

Tenglong Hotel.

Liu Chong arrived at the entrance of the hotel with his secretary, his expression somewhat solemn.

He didn’t know why the mysterious King of Towers suddenly wanted to meet him, but no matter what the other party’s intentions were, he had to persuade them to take back the idea of tripling the rent.

Tianyuan Commerce Chamber was not like other enterprises; if one place was not suitable for an office, another could be found. The office locations of Tianyuan Commerce Chamber spanned the whole country, and most of them were rented from Zhong’s Investment. They couldn’t just be replaced on a whim, so he had no choice but to find a way to change the other party’s mind.

Shortly after, Mu Guangping also arrived in front of the Tenglong Hotel.

Accompanying him were also those from the Mu Family who had just pledged their allegiance.

Liu Chong, seeing Mu Guangping bring so many people over, was a bit puzzled, "Why did you bring so many people here?"

Mu Guangping chuckled awkwardly and said, "They are all from the Mu Family. They pledged their loyalty to me just yesterday, and then this incident occurred; they’re all quite discontented. Hearing that the King of Towers was going to show up, they followed along, wanting to confront the King of Towers."

The members of the Mu Family were each seething with anger.

"Why should the King of Towers increase the rent tenfold? Isn’t this outright bullying?"

"Exactly! He must see that the new Mu Family is on the rise and wants to profit from it, deliberately causing trouble; we must argue this out with him!"

"No one can stop our ascent, not even that mysterious King of Towers!"

...

Liu Chong was somewhat speechless but thought that with more people, their presence would be stronger, so he didn’t say anything.

Mu Guangping asked, "Chairman Liu, do you know why the King of Towers suddenly raised the rent so much? And why only target our two families? What exactly does he want to do?"

Liu Chong gazed profoundly toward the hotel entrance and murmured, "Once we go inside and meet the King of Towers, then we will know."

A group of people climbed the steps, entering the Tenglong Hotel.

Not long after they went inside, a black Mercedes stopped at the hotel’s entrance.

Chen Fan and Su Qingyan got out of the car, and the driver took the vehicle to the parking area.

Su Qingyan looked at Chen Fan with some concern, asking, "Why are we here? The day is almost over; can we really resolve the crisis for the Mu Family?"

Chen Fan smiled and said, "Whether we can resolve it or not, we will know soon enough. Let’s go in."

The two of them entered the lobby of the Tenglong Hotel together.

At this moment, Liu Chong, Mu Guangping, and the others from the Mu Family were still waiting for the King of Towers to appear.

When they saw Chen Fan and Su Qingyan show up, they all couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

Su Qingyan hadn’t expected to see these people here either and turned her head, giving Chen Fan an inquiring look.

Chen Fan, with an unspoken laugh, led Su Qingyan straight to these people.

Mu Guangping stared at Chen Fan and Su Qingyan and snorted, "What are you two doing here?"

Chen Fan responded coolly, "What, you can come, and we can’t?"

Liu Chong sized up Chen Fan and said, "You’re here to beg me to help the Mu Family, aren’t you? I’ve told you clearly that there is no room for negotiation on this matter. Do you really think that by following me here, I’ll change my mind?"

A sardonic smile appeared on Chen Fan’s face, "Don’t be too full of yourself, otherwise, you’ll end up slapping your own face."

Just then, Liu Xingtong, the person in charge of Zhong’s Investment, appeared before everyone.

Mu Guangping quickly said, "Chairman Liu, our matter is urgent. Let’s not bother with these two ignorant youngsters."

Liu Chong nodded and then turned to look at Liu Xingtong, stepping forward quickly and politely said, "CEO Liu, where is the King of Towers? Please, have him come out."

The members of the Mu Family were getting impatient, many of them shouting, "Hurry up and bring out the King of Towers! We want to see the King of Towers!"

Liu Xingtong glanced over the crowd and said indifferently, "Mr. King of Towers is already here."

Everyone had a look of surprise on their faces and began to look around, searching for the King of Towers.

"Is the King of Towers here? Why don’t I see him?"

"Yeah, I recognize everyone present, there is no King of Towers!"

...

Liu Chong and Mu Guangping were also looking all around but didn’t see anyone who could be the King of Towers.

Liu Chong turned to Liu Xingtong, "CEO Liu, you’re not joking with us, are you?"

Liu Xingtong gave him a glance, then walked straight up to Chen Fan, bowed, and with an outstretched hand made an inviting gesture, respectfully saying, "Mr. Chen, please!"