Just after the so-called governance group withdrew, Old Hou personally led a team to several companies for research, with quite a grand entourage, including not only a crowd of accompanying personnel but also many official media outlets.

Guanghui Group, inside the office.

Upon hearing that Old Hou was about to lead a team over, Liu Guangxin dismissed his assistant and then chuckled at Zhao Weilin across from him, "Little Qi’s move isn’t bad, huh? They came knocking so soon."

Zhao Weilin shook his head with a smile, "It’s all thanks to your support, Director Liu."

Liu Guangxin waved his hand, "Hey, we’re all going to be family in the future, no need for these polite words."

"Old Zhao, you’ve found yourself a good son-in-law."

Hearing this, Zhao Weilin’s smile deepened, but his eyes carried a hint of imperceptible complexity.

"Ah, he’s still too young and can’t bend his back. Such behavior can only happen once; if it happens again, they’d really overturn the table."

Some rules of the game are implicit, and some bottom lines cannot be lightly touched; they can happen once but not again.

If anyone dares to do this again, regardless of the reason, it will cause a lot of discontent.

Liu Guangxin also put away his smile and nodded seriously, "This time is a special situation and cannot become the norm. Although Little Qi is young and impetuous, I think he is a man of discretion and very capable." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Zhao Weilin’s brows slightly relaxed, and he unconsciously nodded along.

If it weren’t for the future father-in-law’s relationship, he would greatly appreciate Qi Yun’s tactics, but precisely because of the close relationship, he hopes that the latter can proceed more steadily and go further, with fewer thrilling setbacks.

After all, a single lucky victory does not mean every time can avert danger.

In their conversation, the convoy also arrived downstairs at headquarters, the assistant came in to report, inviting Liu Guangxin to go down to greet them.

However, Liu Guangxin had no intention of standing up. He exchanged a look with Zhao Weilin and then instructed the assistant, "Ask President Ma to go, tell them I’m not at the company."

The assistant was stunned for a moment but still bowed and left.

Liu Guangxin didn’t have much reaction and continued drinking tea with Zhao Weilin.

He was in legitimate industrial business, already reaching a very impressive scale, unlike Ji Liyang’s kind of white gloves, did not need to humbly accompany anyone in an act.

This approach was not simply out of spite, but clearly telling Zhao Weilin and Qi Yun that he, Liu Guangxin, would stand firmly with them.

If intentionally not appearing only made Old Hou unhappy, then when he arrived at the entrance of Dawn Technology’s factory area and found the gates locked, his blood pressure went through the roof.

Although he still maintained a gentle smile in front of the cameras, the coldness in his eyes was unmistakable.

The staff around him obviously felt the repressed anger, each as silent as a cicada in winter, even the accompanying media journalists subconsciously stepped back half a step.

"Sorry, our factory is undergoing large-scale disinfection and does not accept visitors temporarily." Niu Da, playing the role of security at the gate, was firm. No matter what Secretary Wang said, the answer remained the same.

Old Hou knew this was intentionally embarrassing him, awkwardly laughed, and said, "Since they have special circumstances today, let’s come back another day." With that, he got into the car without looking back.

In the factory area office, Tao Ziming stood by the window looking out, "President Qi, could this offend them too much?"

Qi Yun, with a cigarette in his mouth, was editing a message, casually replied, "He’s not afraid to offend me, so why should I be afraid to offend him?"

"Even if I went down and knelt to invite him in, it wouldn’t change the fact that he’s long held a grudge against me."

Tao Ziming was still a bit worried, "But... what about our future approvals, land, taxes..."

"There’s nothing to worry about in these areas." Qi Yun chuckled disdainfully, "I said relocation is not threatening him, moving our factory inland will only lower production costs."

"Alright." Tao Ziming let out a long breath, "You’re the boss, you decide."

...

The storm came quickly and ended abruptly.

Few people knew the inside story; such matters required being at a certain level to understand, like Xia Shaohua and Shao Yuewen.

In the evening, Qi Yun received a call from Shao Yuewen, inviting him over for a chat, and when Qi Yun arrived at the destination, he found not only Shao Yuewen in the private room but also his future father-in-law, and to Qi Yun’s slight surprise, Ji Hongzhang.

"Ah, Little Qi is here, come, sit." Old You warmly got up to greet Qi Yun. Although they had already met, this was the first time they spoke.

Qi Yun was somewhat surprised, but kept a proper smile, greeted everyone, and sat in the reserved seat.

"We didn’t invite you over for anything else today, just to chat casually." Old You personally handed Qi Yun a cup of tea, speaking warmly, "We’ve heard about recent events, personally, I support you."

"Haha, thank you, Uncle." Qi Yun took the teacup with both hands and thanked him.

Old You nodded, continuing slowly, "The governance group’s approach was indeed excessive, really forcing companies away would be a loss to the place."

Qi Yun quietly listened without rushing to express an opinion.

He was somewhat puzzled, why was Old You bringing up such sensitive topics right away, and so bluntly, what was his intention?

"However," Old You shifted his tone, gently tapping the table with his fingers, "some rules are just rules, you can dislike them or even say they are unreasonable, but they are very hard to bypass."