Next, Vincent took Bai Xiaosheng around various places for about an hour. Feeling a bit tired, he invited Bai Xiaosheng to the meeting room for a short rest.

At that moment, someone came to Vincent’s side and whispered a few words.

Bai Xiaosheng was sipping his coffee, and whether intentional or not, he noticed the person whispering to Vincent. After two seconds, his gaze shifted away.

"Mr. Bai, everyone, I apologize, a guest has arrived. Please rest here for a while, and I’ll be right back," Vincent said politely to Bai Xiaosheng.

Bai Xiaosheng nodded with a smile.

As Vincent left, he asked two vice presidents to stay and chat with Bai Xiaosheng and the others.

"Weiwei, have you noted down the key points of our discussions on cooperation? You can show them to the vice presidents," Bai Xiaosheng said with a smile, seeing Lin Weiwei organize her notes.

He spoke in Chinese.

Lin Weiwei initially didn’t react, nodded, and handed the notes to the two vice presidents.

As a result, the two of them looked confused.

One of them smiled and, in English, said to Bai Xiaosheng, "Sorry, what did you just say? We don’t understand Chinese."

Lin Weiwei also thought that Bai Xiaosheng had spoken casually and didn’t realize this.

However, Lei Ying looked at Bai Xiaosheng with some suspicion.

With a smile, Bai Xiaosheng still used Chinese and said to Lin Weiwei and Lei Ying, "You know I can lip-read a bit. Just now, I saw the person reporting to Mr. Vincent say the new guest is someone from our group."

Lin Weiwei was slightly surprised, but quickly regained her composure.

Lei Ying remained quietly listening.

With a smile, Bai Xiaosheng looked at the two confused vice presidents of Winsmo Group and continued, "The visitor is quite significant; he’s the executive president of our group’s Africa division!"

Lin Weiwei, and even Lei Ying, were slightly taken aback.

At present, Mr. Vincent’s new guest turned out to be the executive president of the Zhenbei Group’s Africa division!

That... Mr. Tike!

They were well-versed in the group’s high-level personnel list and naturally knew Tike’s name.

Bai Xiaosheng had already switched to English, smiling as he "explained" to the two vice presidents of Winsmo Group, "I was just asking if they had recorded the cooperation points we discussed, and after we’re back, we’ll organize it and send it to your side for confirmation."

With Bai Xiaosheng’s "translation," the two vice presidents weren’t suspicious and promptly smiled, nodding in agreement with Bai Xiaosheng.

While chatting with them, Bai Xiaosheng’s eyes flashed slightly.

This time, the coming Mr. Tike.

Was it a coincidence or intentional?

If it’s the latter, was it also to spoil the cooperation here?

However, it seemed illogical that Mr. Tike didn’t avoid the time and waited until Bai Xiaosheng left before coming.

Thinking about it, a slight chill appeared in Bai Xiaosheng’s eyes.

If Mr. Brown plans to mess up his business this time, he must learn that Bai Xiaosheng is not an easy target to manipulate!

...

At this moment, Mr. Vincent was warmly welcoming Tike’s arrival.

However, Vincent was somewhat puzzled in his heart; Tike and he were somewhat acquainted in the business world and had cooperated several times before, although those were neither significant nor minor. But a sudden, unannounced visit was almost unprecedented.

After leading Tike to the reception room and serving coffee, Vincent smiled and said, "Mr. Tike, what brings you here? Why didn’t you give a heads-up? I wasn’t prepared at all."

Tike had a subtle smile on his round face and said, "Mr. Vincent, you’re too polite. I suddenly dropped by and apologize for the disturbance. It’s inappropriate to pull you away from your distinguished guests."

Old Vincent was momentarily surprised and intriguingly asked, "You knew I had guests here?"

Tike nodded with a smile, without any concealment.

"That Mr. Bai Xiaosheng, right? Since we’re from the same group, how could I not know?"

Old Vincent immediately "understood" and said with a smile, "So you arranged to meet Mr. Bai Xiaosheng here. That’s wonderful; I’ll take you to meet him now."

Suddenly welcoming two high-profile figures, potentially leading to more significant cooperation.

Old Vincent felt naturally happy inside.

"No rush," Tike raised his hand to stop Old Vincent, half-smiling, "I wasn’t really scheduled to meet with that Bai Xiaosheng, nor do I want to meet him."

Old Vincent paused in surprise at these words.

Tike said leisurely, "You are the chairman of a company, and it often happens that people below don’t get along or even fight. Even if you know about it, you might turn a blind eye or perhaps even enjoy watching them compete. Am I right?"

Old Vincent frowned at Tike and smiled, "What do you mean by this?"

Tike chuckled, "Well, my current relationship with that Mr. Bai Xiaosheng is just like that."

This situation? What situation?

Old Vincent was momentarily at a loss, then understood.

Tike meant he was also competing against Bai Xiaosheng.

It’s strange, even across continents, there are internal conflicts?

Actually, the one truly targeting Bai Xiaosheng is Mr. Brown. Tike is taking the conflict on himself to avoid saying too much.

Old Vincent came to his senses and looked at Tike with deep meaning, half-smiling, "Why are you telling me this then?"

Would someone of Tike’s status deliberately go to an external company to tell others about his disputes with colleagues?

Old Vincent was very suspicious of Tike’s real intentions. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

"You don’t need to know the specifics, but I’m here to talk cooperation with you, and to stop your cooperation with that Mr. Bai Xiaosheng," Tike smiled.

This is indeed interesting!

Old Vincent’s gaze was curious.

Colleague rivalry is not uncommon, sometimes he even discreetly facilitates it, letting subordinates compete, but it’s all for the benefit of the company.

A dispute that prevents others from doing business is no longer a conflict but hatred.

"The cooperation Bai Xiaosheng is offering you, our company can provide as well, without letting you earn a penny less, and perhaps even more," Tike said with profound meaning, "Moreover, we are long-term friends on the same continent. Long-term relationships are better than a few big collaborations, don’t you think?"

Tike was clearly out to poach business.

"It’s not appropriate..."

Old Vincent’s gaze had some depth, regardless of the conflict between those two, he wasn’t very interested in what Tike proposed.

First of all, what Bai Xiaosheng provided wasn’t just a few big collaborations but involved the face of a group of Huaxia partners like Lu Yun, and even connected him to world-class Chinese families and consortia.

That value couldn’t be matched by Tike!

"I think I need to consider it," Old Vincent smiled at Tike, "How about this, you rest here a bit while I go finish the inspection with Mr. Bai Xiaosheng, considering it involves the city government, I can’t just let him hastily end the visit, can I?"

Old Vincent neither rejected nor "asked" Tike to leave directly, but responded with a gentle and polite delay.

Tike nodded and smiled, "I rode in a car for a long time, I’ll just rest here, no problem. You go accompany Mr. Bai, I’m fine here. But I hope you can eventually agree to my request. Of course, I can’t let you not gain some benefit. I’ll arrange for a few companies to collaborate privately with you here, we’ll take a loss in business so you can profit more, is that feasible?"

Tike’s words made Old Vincent pause.

He had never seen anyone so "generous" and "transparent," publicly trading off their own interests to sabotage a colleague.

"Let me think about it," Old Vincent couldn’t help but squeeze out a smile.

Tike smiled and made a "please" gesture.

Old Vincent left the meeting room, his gaze somewhat complicated as he walked back.

"Perhaps I should tell that Mr. Bai Xiaosheng," Old Vincent muttered.

After all, Bai Xiaosheng’s network of contacts was enviable, and if this matter earned Bai Xiaosheng’s gratitude, the return could be significant...

In the meeting room, Tike smiled as he caressed the coffee cup in his hand.

Such upfront and overt transfer of benefits was indeed bold.

He could read Old Vincent’s true thoughts.

Tike murmured to himself in a voice only he could hear, "After all, I’m very good at reading people!"