Supreme Hidden Dragon in the City-Chapter 370: Adding Some Difficulty for You

Chen Fan adjusted his clothes before walking towards everyone with a smile on his face.

At this, everyone was stunned, gazing at Chen Fan as he approached, as if they had seen some kind of monster.

Even Su Qingyan was dumbfounded, completely unprepared for Chen Fan to be the legendary, mysterious King of Towers.

Chen Fan glanced at the crowd, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "What, surprised?"

Mu Guangping swallowed hard, then shouted loudly, "This is impossible! The legend of the King of Towers has existed in the Capital for decades, and you’ve only recently arrived here. How could you possibly be the King of Towers?"

He then turned to look at Liu Xingtong, "You haven’t been bribed by this kid to come here and put on an act, have you?"

The members of the Mu Family also voiced their doubts, and at the same time, many began to feel uneasy.

"This, this, if Chen Fan is the King of Towers, then our decision to break away from the Mu Family at this time would be..."

"Stop talking nonsense, there’s no way Chen Fan could be the King of Towers, not with his young age."

...

Liu Chong also turned his head to Liu Xingtong, asking in confusion, "CEO Liu, what is going on here, is Chen Fan really the King of Towers?"

Liu Xingtong spoke gravely, "The Old King of Towers passed away not long ago, and Mr. Chen is the new King of Towers who has inherited the Old Building King’s legacy. If not for this, do you really think Zhong’s Investment would be here playing along with someone else?"

Liu Chong and Mu Guangping’s expressions instantly turned solemn—they both knew well that if Liu Xingtong said this, then it was almost certainly true.

"He... He’s the new King of Towers, how is this possible, isn’t he from some small place like Jiang City..." Mu Guangping’s voice trembled with disbelief, slowly realizing the gravity of the situation, he turned to Chen Fan, "So the doubling of our rent, it was your idea?"

Chen Fan smiled and nodded, "Yes. I originally wanted to reason with you and resolve the matter with the Mu Family, but you said I was too green in the business world, so I had to use some business tactics to solve the issue."

He looked towards Liu Chong, "I have had this thoroughly investigated, the Tianyuan Commerce Chamber is currently facing financial strain, just covering rent payments across different locations is a burden for you, and with your numerous office locations, you won’t be able to find suitable office spaces in a short time. So, if I were to triple the rent, Tianyuan Commerce Chamber would face a severe crisis, am I right?"

Cold sweat broke out on Liu Chong’s forehead, and not a single word Chen Fan said was false; Tianyuan Commerce Chamber’s lifeline was now firmly in his grasp.

Taking a deep breath and feigning composure, he said, "Don’t be so sure of yourself. Even if we don’t rent your office buildings, we can still find places to operate."

Chen Fan laughed, "Really? As far as I know, besides Zhong’s Investment, if you were to rent other office buildings, the locations would be inconvenient, and the timing uncertain. Just these two factors would have a tremendous impact on Tianyuan Commerce Chamber. Are you willing to take that gamble?"

Liu Chong’s stance softened immediately, "So, what do you want?"

Chen Fan smiled and said, "I don’t wish to make things difficult for Chairman Liu. I just want you to deal fairly and justly with this matter concerning the Mu Family. If Chairman Liu agrees to return the projects that rightfully belong to the Mu Family and give some punishment to someone like Mu Guangping, not only will I refrain from raising the rent for Tianyuan Commerce Chamber, but I will also give you an annual twenty percent discount off your rent. Take note, every year."

A flicker of temptation surfaced in Liu Chong’s heart. The cost of office rent has always been a major expenditure for the Chamber. If Chen Fan could give them a twenty percent discount every year, it would undoubtedly relieve a significant amount of financial pressure on the Chamber.

Notwithstanding Chen Fan’s mere twenty percent discount, with Tianyuan Commerce Chamber’s scale, that percentage of rent was already an astronomical figure.

Mu Guangping, upon hearing these words, immediately became anxious and hurriedly said, "Chen Fan, even if you are the King of Towers, do you really think you can bribe Chairman Liu with such a trivial favor? Chairman Liu is not that kind of person!"

Liu Chong glanced at Mu Guangping, then turned to Chen Fan and said, "Fine, I agree to your terms."

Mu Guangping’s face turned green. He hurriedly looked at Liu Chong and said anxiously, "Chairman Liu, we had an agreement before, how can you change your mind just for this kid’s small favor!"

Liu Chong said indifferently, "I was willing to agree to your terms in the past because you promised to give my company thirty percent of the profits. I wanted those profits to alleviate the Commerce Chamber’s cash flow problems. Now Chen Fan is offering to cut the rent by twenty percent, which is enough to smooth over our cash flow issues as well, and I won’t be criticized for it. After all, cooperating with you means bearing the pressure of public opinion."

"Moreover, the most important point is that you should also be aware of the value that the King of Towers holds. The benefits of working with him go far beyond just less rent. Therefore, our cooperation must end here."

Su Qingyan stood by, her face full of confusion; she had never imagined that Chen Fan could so easily resolve the Mu Family’s crisis.

Mu Guangping was on the verge of tears, and the others from the Mu Family exchanged glances.

"Without those projects from the Mu Family, does that mean Guangping Group can only fall to the level of a third-tier small enterprise?"

"You’re thinking too much. If the Mu Family survives this crisis, do you think the family head will let Guangping Group off the hook?"

...

Those from the Mu Family who had sided with Mu Guangping instantly started to regret their decision. Had they known it would come to this, they would never have chosen to follow Mu Guangping.

"Mu Guangping, you need to think of something fast. We followed you because you had those Mu Family projects in your hands. You need to persuade Chairman Liu!"

"Exactly, we followed you to achieve greatness. If your company is just a third-tier small enterprise, sticking with you won’t be much better than eating northwest wind!"

...

Mu Guangping thought to himself that even he was tempted by the benefits Chen Fan had offered to Tianyuan Commerce Chamber. What could he use to persuade Liu Chong? This was truly a dead end.

Though this was what he thought, he didn’t let it show. Instead, he smiled at the people from the Mu Family and said, "Don’t be discouraged, everyone. Even without those Mu Family projects, over the years I have accumulated some connections and resources. With these, we can still grow and become one of the top enterprises in the Capital before long!"

The people from the Mu Family were disheartened, obviously not buying the pie in the sky that Mu Guangping was trying to sell them.

At this moment, Chen Fan walked over with a smile and said to Mu Guangping, "Since you’re so confident, I’ll add a bit more challenge for you. That would really demonstrate your capabilities."

"Starting from today, if any of you rent office space owned by Zhong’s Investment, the rent will be ten times higher. Remember, ten times for any one of you here!"

The faces of the Mu Family members turned pale. Chen Fan was clearly trying to cut off their hopes of doing business.

Mu Guangping gritted his teeth and said, "What are you so proud of? Do you really think that if we can’t rent office space from Zhong’s Investment, we won’t be able to find other places to conduct our business?"

Chen Fan smiled, "Since you say so, I’ll add a bit more challenge for you. In a moment, I’ll have someone spread the word that anyone who wants to cooperate with you folks will have to pay ten percent more in rent. On the other hand, those who refuse to work with you will get a ten percent discount. Are you satisfied with that?"