653 Opportunity

Or not.

Charlotte was unlucky. Zhou Jingren had already covered all his bases and was not planning to give her another chance. In Zhou Jingren's mind, giving second chances to people was akin to giving them a dull knife to sharpen.

He had always been like this. He crushed his enemies in entirety as he always thought stopping midway would incur him more losses in the future. He also did not like prolonging the game, as it will only demand more of his time and money.

Does he really need to spend his time and money on planning against his enemies?

To Zhou Jingren, that is so unproductive. War costs money. And to him, It was always better to win the war before it even started. So when Charlotte first showed up, Zhou Jingren immediately did his research and discovered she was the wife of a businessman in Los Angeles.

"He offered you a business deal?" Mr. Swanson's brother asked. "Like a multimillion dollar business deal and asked you to divorce your wife?"

"He didn't ask me to divorce her. But… he showed me evidence she was cheating on me with a younger man in his twenties. Someone who just graduated university. She bought him a condo without my knowledge and visits him every month. Apparently, she had been staying with him every time she went to see her daughter."

"That Charlotte is really something!" his brother fumed. "What a shameless woman!"

"She is already on her way to the US. Mr. Zhou's assistant reached out to me just after Charlotte called. He told me what she did to her own daughter. Mr. Zhou saw her push her daughter onto the floor. He said the CCTV's in the area would be able to show this as well."

"So… if he didn't tell you to divorce her then— "

"He didn't tell me to divorce her. But he told me to do the right thing." Mr. Swanson interrupted his brother. He sighed. "Our prenuptial states once she cheats, she will lose everything that I gave her including all the things she purchased using my money. Her car, her black cards, her house in Hollywood. Everything."

"So you are… having second thoughts?" his brother snorted. "Are you telling me that you are still planning to keep this horrible woman after all she's done? Have you become senile?"

"No…. I just… well this business deal is really big. He is looking for a way to branch out here in the US and this— this is just big."

"So? What are we waiting for? Let me call our lawyers so we can serve her divorce papers the moment she lands in the US." His brother said excitedly.

In response, a sigh escaped Mr. Swanson's lips. He truly liked Charlotte and he thought that he would spend the rest of his life with her. But then she offended the wrong people. He already told her not to touch Lily as her Facci Group was even bigger than Mr. Swanson himself. How could she be this shallow? "Alright. Call our lawyers." He added, his face grim. At the end of day, he could not let go of the opportunity Zhou Jingren gave him.

At the end of the day, he was still a businessman while Charlotte is just another cheating woman.

...

After a few minutes of interacting with other businessmen, the awards ceremony finally started. To some businessmen, this awards night was a competition. But to others it was an opportunity to widen their network.

While this was Zhou Jingren's first time attending the event, all the other businessmen welcomed him and were quite cordial. After all, some of these people were old and experienced enough to know how limitless Zhou Jingren's potential was. Especially now that he married another superpower in the industry.

The awards night started off with a lot of speeches from various influential people in Hong Kong. Most of which had already met Lily when she attended Old Man Yu's birthday. She frowned at the thought of the old man. When it came to wealth the old man was not… really that comparable to his friends. His company was big but they had not yet branched out to Europe and seemed to focus their business in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Their company just recently branched out to Asia. While they can be considered as steady, their overall profits were not comparable to many younger companies. And this was making Lily a bit confused. The old man was obviously hardworking and smart. However, the fact that he did not choose to branch out of Asia was just… mind boggling. Was he perhaps afraid of something?

She then remembered the old man's photos in Europe. It was proof that he had been to Europe and might have attended some of events that only included prominent people. The main purpose of these events was to create a broader network in the industry. A smart businessman would easily use this as an opportunity to establish a solid relationship with people that could give them benefits.

Now… since the old man had been invited to events, it should be logical to say he had some ties in Europe. Friends and acquaintances who invited him to those events. So, why didn't he use this opportunity to expand his business?

"They are going to start with the awards." Zhou Jingren's words brought her back from her stupor. She smiled at her husband as pride swirled in her eye. Zhou Jingren was nominated for two awards. One for the business person of the year while one for his company as the best financial service provider of the year.

Both of these were prominent awards. While two people would be chosen for the business person of the award, only one company would win the best financial service provider award. Lily beamed at the thought of this. She was sure that her husband would win both of these awards and to be honest, just the thought of him receiving his due recognition is making her heart leap with joy.

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