My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot-Chapter 523: Everyone Is Numb

Although Boss Qiu didn’t quite believe it,

after all, even Lin Zhenghao’s assistant had blocked his phone number.

Boss Qiu then said, "Should we sign a contract to settle this matter first?"

Lin Zhenghao’s assistant hesitated for a moment and responded, "There’s no rush on this issue because there’s no project available now, so we can’t sign a contract with you. When there is a project, we’ll sign with you then."

Boss Qiu had already been tricked once and absolutely wouldn’t allow himself to be fooled a second time.

Upon hearing what the assistant said, he retorted, "I didn’t say I wanted to sign a project contract with you. I want to sign a contract that guarantees your next project will definitely cooperate with me."

Assistant: "..."

The words sounded convoluted indeed.

These past few days, Boss Qiu had been dealing with Lawyer Sheng and deeply understood the importance of knowing the law.

Boss Qiu then said, "I’ve already contacted my lawyer, and the lawyer said that a verbal promise is still a promise. I’ll bring my lawyer to your company to sign the contract when the time comes. As for the specific content of the contract, I’ll leave that to my lawyer to discuss. That’s it."

After saying that, Boss Qiu hung up the call.

Lin Zhenghao’s assistant: "..."

Initially, upon interacting with Boss Qiu, he just seemed like an uncultured nouveau riche.

How had he suddenly become knowledgeable about involving a lawyer?

Was it because Lu Youxi terminated the contract with him, which made Boss Qiu also realize the importance of a lawyer?

The assistant ended the call and hurriedly went to report to Lin Zhenghao.

Lin Zhenghao: "..."

"When the time comes, just don’t let them enter the company," Lin Zhenghao instructed.

"Even if he brings his lawyer, if we don’t meet them, what can they do?" Lin Zhenghao said, "Right now, they want to cooperate with us, but we’re unwilling. Can a lawyer really force people to cooperate?"

"We don’t have any legal disputes with him anyway." Lin Zhenghao told his assistant. "Tell the security, when Qiu Mingzhi brings people over, they must not be allowed in."

"Understood." The assistant left Lin Zhenghao’s office while inwardly criticizing the situation.

He really couldn’t grasp what issue Lin Zhenghao and his son had, insisting on clashing with Lu Youxi.

Lin Jingshen was young and impetuous, having been rejected by Lu Youxi, he developed a love-hate grudge and repeatedly troubled Lu Youxi. Although somewhat foolish, one could vaguely understand his motives.

Lin Zhenghao was of an older age, yet rather than focusing on his business, he kept antagonizing Lu Youxi, which was truly baffling.

Look at this time, just to mess with Lu Youxi, he got himself involved as well.

Being entangled by someone like Qiu Mingzhi meant there was no end in sight.

Especially since Lin Zhenghao had cheated Qiu Mingzhi, causing him to lose a deal, and there’s no telling when the next opportunity would come.

Moreover, the industry was aware of his reneging, so they would avoid him, fearing he might spring another price increase like this time, so they wouldn’t consider him.

It would be tough for Qiu Mingzhi to find future construction projects.

With no business, Qiu Mingzhi held a grudge against Lin Zhenghao and was likely to pester Lin Zhenghao for a long time.

Only after leaving Lin Zhenghao’s office did the assistant shake his head.

Ever since they encountered Lu Youxi, it seemed that Lin Zhenghao and Lin Jingshen had never done anything normal.

But Lin Zhenghao seemed a bit too presumptuous.

He thought just telling the security to stop Qiu Mingzhi would be enough.

But he didn’t consider that Qiu Mingzhi’s lawyer, eager to earn his fee, would be tenacious and spare no effort.

Disguised, the lawyer infiltrated Lin’s and cornered Lin Zhenghao at the entrance.

In the end, he even took Lin Zhenghao to court directly.

Claiming that Lin Zhenghao’s verbal promise to Qiu Mingzhi carried legal weight.

Furthermore, Qiu Mingzhi had wisely recorded Lin Zhenghao’s promise.

Qiu Mingzhi’s lawyer had also found the restaurant where their meeting took place.

And indeed found a waiter who had overheard Lin Zhenghao’s words to testify in court.

This left Lin Zhenghao with no way to avoid the situation.

He was driven to desperation by Qiu Mingzhi.

While Qiu Mingzhi and Lin Zhenghao were at each other’s throats, Lu Youxi was meticulously comparing several construction teams.

Without the Lin Family’s interference, things were moving smoothly for Lu Youxi.

Eventually, he chose a construction team.

During this time, Lu Youxi was also not idle.

Together with the employees from the Little Pink Book, Hexing Rice, and Youshu Real Estate, they joined forces and spread the news of Qiu Mingzhi’s breach of contract and the resulting delay in their project.

The Little Pink Book was now a daily active social media platform with great influence.

The influence was increasing by the day.

Employees of the Little Pink Book used their alternate accounts to discuss the incident on the platform, boosting the traffic so that more people saw it.

The village chief, while conducting business, casually gossiped, spreading the story even further.

Youshu Real Estate was more direct and told industry peers.

Colleagues went out on the market, on fieldwork, and whenever they encountered peers, they complained about being cheated by Qiu Mingzhi.

Their grievances were so poignant it was as if Youshu Real Estate was on the brink of bankruptcy due to Qiu Mingzhi’s actions and struggling to stay afloat.

Thanks to the joint efforts of the three companies, Qiu Mingzhi’s reputation in the industry was thoroughly tarnished.

No one dared to hire Qiu Mingzhi for construction projects.

What if they were cheated by him too?

Youshu Real Estate might be a new company with a shallow foundation,

but even a deep foundation couldn’t withstand Qiu Mingzhi’s schemes.

Therefore, Qiu Mingzhi couldn’t land any more projects and became even more determined to hassle Lin Zhenghao for business.

As Qiu Mingzhi increasingly troubled Lin Zhenghao, a vicious cycle emerged.

Lu Youxi’s newly hired construction team started work smoothly.

With Qiu Mingzhi preoccupied with pestering Lin Zhenghao for projects, he had no time to sabotage Lu Youxi.

And with Lin Zhenghao harried by Qiu Mingzhi’s persistence, he had even less time to worry about Lu Youxi’s affairs.

By the time Lin Zhenghao and Qiu Mingzhi’s court case concluded and Lin Zhenghao begrudgingly had to give Qiu Mingzhi a contract,

half a year had already passed.

The lawsuit went through the processes, from scheduling court sessions to the judgment, which took quite a bit of time.

When both were finally free, Lu Youxi’s hotel was nearly topped off.

Qiu Mingzhi had no opportunity to cause trouble, even if he wanted to.

And he discovered that his reputation in the industry was as foul as rotten fish.

Aside from Lin Zhenghao, he couldn’t land any projects.

As for Lin Zhenghao, he resorted to stalling tactics.

The contract had been signed.

But currently, Lin’s had no suitable project for Qiu Mingzhi, and there was nothing that could be done about it.

The contract promised that a suitable project would be given to Qiu Mingzhi.

But what if there wasn’t one right now?

Although he had lost the lawsuit, the lawyer Lin Zhenghao hired wasn’t ineffectual, and hadn’t let him suffer too much.

And with the two of them at odds like this, Lin Zhenghao truly didn’t trust Qiu Mingzhi with the construction work.

He was also worried that Qiu Mingzhi would cheat him.

However, now there were things that troubled Lin Zhenghao even more, numbing him completely.