MMB Chapter 2450 - 1548: Pride and Prejudice
Chapter 2450 - 1548: Pride and Prejudice
Brush past each other.
The two men in suits turned around to look, then exchanged a silent glance.
Possible.
They also felt that this young couple was mismatched with the rundown residential building and the impoverished Sanjian Courtyard.
But they didn’t say anything, casually adjusting their ties as they continued downstairs.
"Uncle Fang."
Fang Weiguo paused in his motion to close the door and go back inside, "You’re back."
Soon.
His eyes unconsciously drifted downward, fixating on the two kids holding hands, wanting to speak but hesitating, with an odd expression.
"I thought my uncle came again."
Jiang Chen realized and discreetly let go of his hand quickly.
Jiang Chen only then realized and promptly let go, "I thought my uncle came again."
"Dad, who were those two people just now..."
Fang Qing chimed in, cooperating smoothly.
Fang Weiguo’s attention seemed successfully diverted, withdrawing his gaze, and clearing his throat as if he hadn’t seen anything.
"Come in and let’s talk."
Fang Qing and Jiang Chen entered the room.
"Bang."
The door closed.
"Did you buy Tie Jun’s tobacco and alcohol?"
Pan Hui asked Jiang Chen while taking the groceries from her daughter.
"Yeah, bought it all."
"Good, good, getting married is really quite tiring."
Fang Weiguo couldn’t help but interject emotionally, "It was better in our day, not so many formalities. Just get a certificate and a photo and it was considered done."
"Tsk!"
As expected, Pan Hui immediately reprimanded, "Can you compare then to now? You’re lucky you were born decades earlier. Otherwise, nowadays you’d surely be a bachelor!"
Fang Weiguo was dissatisfied, but although his lips moved, he didn’t argue with his wife.
The couple had lived together for decades; not everything needs to be argued to determine right or wrong.
As the younger generation, Jiang Chen and Fang Qing wisely pretended to be deaf and mute.
"By the way, did you meet anyone from Green Land just now?"
Pan Hui asked.
"Green Land?"
"Yeah, they just left, two men in suits."
Fang Qing’s eyes flickered subtly, instantly thinking of something and looking at her mother without revealing anything, "What did the people from Green Land come for?"
"Go and cook first."
Fang Weiguo indicated he would explain.
Pan Hui nodded and took the groceries into the kitchen.
"That guy Zhang Zhongquan, who knows what nonsense he’s been spreading outside."
Fang Weiguo walked to the sofa with the two kids and sat down.
"Did the Green Land people come because of my uncle’s matter?"
Someone’s acting was once acknowledged by Pei Yunxi, definitely exquisite and flawless.
"Yeah."
Fang Weiguo nodded, smiling, "We should thank your uncle, otherwise folks like us would never get a visit from a company like Green Land in our lifetime."
Fang Qing looked at Jiang Chen, "You hadn’t finished what you were saying earlier."
Qing Gege.
Smart indeed.
Practically intuitive.
One point and it’s clear.
Jiang Chen silently nodded.
Fang Weiguo, obscured and puzzled, "What are you two playing at, speaking in riddles?"
So that’s where the problem lies.
No wonder.
Mom and Dad bear no grievance against anyone, why would they be threatened and intimidated like this?
It’s just that yesterday there was paint splashing, and today someone’s at the door.
Isn’t that a bit too... bold?
"Dad, what do the Green Land people want?"
Fang Qing held back the truth from her father.
"They want to settle with you privately."
Privately?
This professional term is all too familiar to Fang Qing.
"I didn’t buy one of their properties. They want to settle with the wrong person."
Jiang Chen didn’t interrupt.
Consulting Fu Zili is unnecessary; they never intended to keep things under wraps.
As expected of a leading local real estate company, bold and straightforward.
However.
Isn’t it usually diplomacy first, force second?
Going against the norms.
Indeed.
Force first, diplomacy later, more intimidating that way.
"I also found it odd. Didn’t you get another attorney to represent Zhang Zhongquan? How come Green Land found their way here? Zhang Zhongquan must’ve said something outside."
Fang Weiguo rationally analyzed, "Earlier those two were quite straightforward, aimed directly at you. They said as long as you don’t interfere, they’re willing to pay and let you name your price."
If you can’t solve the problem, then solve the person who raised it.
Such tactics have been overly used, hardly surprising anymore.
Yet there’s something Fang Weiguo couldn’t quite grasp.
"... If they’re willing to pay to resolve it, why not directly approach Zhang Zhongquan? Wouldn’t it be easier to buy him off."
Fang Weiguo pondered over it, furrowing his brow.
"During the Great Depression last century, Western capitalists preferred to pour milk into the ground to waste rather than sell it cheap to civilians. Uncle Fang, do you know why?"
Jiang Chen interjected.
Fang Weiguo instinctively shook his head.
He’s just an elementary school graduate, how would he know about this.
"Because capitalists wanted to maintain the milk’s value. Similarly, Green Land coming to find Fang Qing follows the same principle."
Fang Weiguo seemed to have some insights, partially understanding but not entirely, "...Pour the milk away, the price doesn’t crash due to low-price dumping. But how’s this related to Green Land coming to us?"
"If Green Land approaches my uncle, it would be a compromise to the owners. If one owner gets compensation or successfully withdraws, how will other owners react upon hearing this news? Human nature isn’t worried about scarcity, but inequality. When everyone’s property together hits a roadblock, they can barely find solace. But if one person escapes alone, the self-deceptive balance in their hearts is completely shattered. Green Land offers to buy out one property; can they buy all the owners? If they had that capability, the property wouldn’t be stuck unfinished. So Uncle Fang, what would you choose?"