Only two things in Jiang Kaiwei’s office were locked. One was a safe embedded in the wall while the other was the bottom drawer on the left side of the desk.

Few people would go into his office, and no one dared to go in to look for anything. So Shen Li had expressed curiosity about the locked drawer and asked if there were any secrets hidden inside. He always replied with a smile. Over time, Shen Li stopped asking about it.

Jiang Kaiwei took out a key from the small box in the middle drawer. After hesitating for a moment, he opened the bottom drawer and placed a stack of documents on the desk.

The thick stack of documents was clearly divided into several copies with paper clips. He spread out the documents one by one and picked them up casually. On it was written the words “Details of the Shareholders of Gu Group.” Turning to the first page, there was Gu Nianbin’s information. It contained almost everything about him: his birth date, education, likes and dislikes, personality, experience, as well as his personal property, some major events that happened during the tenure of the previous President of Gu Group.

The names were listed according to the proportion of the shareholders’ shares in Gu Group. The second largest shareholder was You Mingliang who held 25% of the shares. The third largest shareholder was Liu Huajie who held 11%. Below the two were a few shareholders with minor shares. However, no matter how many shares they held, there was detailed information about each of them.

He slowly flipped through the pages one by one. The door was suddenly pushed open. Jiang Kaiwei instinctively closed the document in his hand. He turned the document upside down and put it on the table. He knew who it was. Only Shen Li would come in without knocking on the door.

He didn’t mind anymore. At this moment, it didn’t matter even if he told Shen Li about it. When Jiang Kaiwei slowly gathered the documents, Shen Li had already been in front of him. He asked, “Did you order someone to send the letter to Gu Group?”

Jiang Kaiwei looked at him. Then he let out “Ah” as if he suddenly remembered it. “Are you saying that letter? Yes, I ordered someone to send it.”

“When I asked you two days ago, you said you could give them a few more days. Why did you send the letter without saying anything?”

“There’s nothing I can do,” Jiang Kaiwei said helplessly as he spread out his hands. “The Supervisory Team kept calling me. I couldn’t stand it. So I had to send them that letter. That sum of money had been delayed for too long.”

“I said before that we should discuss with them privately first. But you didn’t agree. Now, you sent that letter directly. What would Gu Group think about us?”

“What would they think? They should have thought of it. After all, business was business. We have already been very lenient in letting them delay the payment until now. Moreover, the Supervisory Team has intervened. What can I do? I can only urge them to pay the money!”

“But you should have let me know first,” Shen Li still felt uncomfortable. “Shao Boqing called and asked me about the letter. But I didn’t know anything about it.”

“Didn’t you know it?” Jiang Kaiwei raised his eyebrows and said, “Then your secretary must fail her duty. The letter was sent yesterday. Why didn’t you know it until now? Moreover,” His face went serious slightly. “Don’t forget that you are the general manager of Jiang Group. You can’t combine private problems with business issues just because you have a good relationship with Shao Boqing. This is a taboo in the workplace, General Manager Shen.”

Shen Li also knew that business was business. But he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Thinking that Jiang Kaiwei didn’t even tell him such a big matter, he felt that Jiang Kaiwei didn’t pay enough respect to him as the general manager.

When he cast a sidelong glance, he saw the stack of documents on the table. On the top page was written “Gu Group’s Balance Sheet”.

He was slightly surprised. “Why do you have Gu Group’s Balance Sheet?”

Jiang Kaiwei smiled and said, “Only by knowing yourself and your enemy would you win every battle. Aren’t you familiar with Sun Tzu’s Art of War? Don’t you even know that?”

When Shen Li casually flipped through it, he also saw the statement of changes about the financial situation. Then, there was the statement of profit and loss. When he directly flipped to the bottom and turned upside down Details of the Shareholders of Gu Group, he looked at Jiang Kaiwei in astonishment. “What do you want to do? Do you want to impair Gu Group or Gu Nianbin?”

Jiang Kaiwei did not intend to hide anything from him and leaned lazily against the chair. “Is there a difference?”

“In those years, although you said that you had enmity with Gu Nianbin, you never really impaired him. Why…” He suddenly stopped and almost couldn’t believe it. “That letter… you’ve already taken actions.”

Jiang Kaiwei smiled. He walked to the wine cabinet and poured two glasses of red wine. He gave one of them to Shen Li and slightly clunk his glass with his. “Why don’t you say something good?”

Shen Li was still with a stunned expression. “Why? Kaiwei, why are you doing this?”

“No reason.” Jiang Kaiwei said calmly. “I don’t like him. Although I’ve already wanted to do it to him long ago, I didn’t do it until now. So I owe him nothing.”

“Why now?”

“Because there is a good opportunity.” Jiang Kaiwei said. “The right time has come. When conditions are right, success will follow naturally.”

“Is it because of Xia Xiaowan? But Gu Nianbin has already proposed to Du Xiaoxian. Given his personality, he must…”

Jiang Kaiwei interrupted him coldly. “Shen Li, don’t you think you are so boring? Why do you always talk about that woman? I repeat this, I’m not interested in her. I just hate her. That’s all. This is a world where the weak were prey for the strong. I am a businessman. The only thing I am interested in is maximizing benefits and constantly expanding the territory of Jiang Group. This is what I have pursued all my life. There is no other reason. Am I clear enough?”

Shen Li shook his head. “I don’t believe what you said.”

Jiang Kaiwei snorted coldly, “Believe it or not, that’s up to you!”

After a moment of silence, Shen Li asked, “Is Gu Nianjing a pawn you arranged in Gu Group?”

“Not really.” Jiang Kaiwei didn’t hide anything from him. “His grudge with the Gu Nianbin’s family has nothing to do with me. He takes revenge while I get benefits. We are partners.”

“Although you’re a capable man, Gu Nianbin isn’t bad either. It won’t be easy for you to defeat him.”

“Don’t worry about that. I never fight an uncertain battle.”

“What if the Xia family steps in to help him?”

“He has broken up with Xia Xiaowan. Will the Xia family still want to help him?” Jiang Kaiwei said confidently, “Besides, Xia Deren is a shareholder of Jiang Group. When Jiang Group and Gu Group are at war, which side do you think is he on?”

“I won’t help you.”

“I know,” Jiang Kaiwei smiled. “I’ve expected it. Shen Li, everything about you is good except for being so soft-hearted. I know that you and Shao Boqing are good friends. But I will deal with Gu Group, not Shao group. You don’t have to worry. I don’t mind if you won’t help me. But you shall not get in my way. Both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh. Shao Boqing is your friend. I am your friend too.”

Shen Li looked at him quietly. This was the first time he had felt that Jiang Kaiwei was so unfamiliar to him. He had always thought that Jiang Kaiwei was very childish. He was a genius in the business world but a moron in other aspects. He was arrogant and lonely. He was a spoiled child. But at this moment, Jiang Kaiwei was like an experienced hunter who had been monitoring his prey for a long time. When the prey was completely unaware of what happened, he laid a trap and wanted to catch it in one fell swoop.

This kind of scheme and patience truly made him frightened.

He hadn’t been so close to Gu Nianbin all this time because he felt that Gu Nianbin was shrewd and used to distance himself from others. So he couldn’t see his true colors clearly. Only at this moment did he realize that Jiang Kaiwei was actually the one who he couldn’t see through. Jiang Kaiwei was obviously an extremely impatient person, but he spent a few years gathering information about Gu Nianbin and even hid what he had done from everyone perfectly. He was truly impressed!

He drank a mouthful of red wine and finally accepted this fact. Jiang Group was finally going to start a war with Gu Group. For both of them, this would be a fierce battle.

“Aren’t you afraid that I’ll tell them what you have done?”

“As you wish.” Jiang Kaiwei curled his lips. “Gu Nianbin is smarter than you. He is likely to suspect me now.”

Jiang Kaiwei guessed correctly. Although he hadn’t made a move yet, Gu Nianbin had indeed begun to suspect him.

After the meeting, Gu Nianbin asked Shao Boqing to go back to his office together. Although Gu Nianbin’s expression was not serious during the meeting, Shao Boqing knew that things weren’t going well. He was impatient and asked as he walked. “Nianbin, what’s wrong? Is the money in your father’s account…?”

“It has been taken away.” Gu Nianbin said briefly.

“Taken away?” Shao Boqing got anxious. “How could it be taken away? Didn’t you say that it was just used for capital verification and would be returned soon?”

Gu Nianbin sighed and said, “It’s my fault. I didn’t want to go home and listen to their nagging at that time, so I didn’t ask about that money. Gu Nianjing took advantage of this.”

“Did he get involved in this too?” Shao Boqing widened his eyes in shock. “So he did this on purpose. Not only did he take away the money, but he also wanted to get Gu Group into trouble.”

“It should be like this.” Gu Nianbin said while pushing open the door of the secretary’s room. Seeing that only Zhou Ting was there, he frowned, “Where is she?”

Zhou Ting hurriedly said, “Xiaoxian said that she wanted to go out and would be back soon. I asked Little Ding to accompany her. Nothing will happen.”

Hearing that Little Ding was with her, Gu Nianbin felt relieved and asked Zhou Ting to bring in two cups of tea. He then entered the office with Shao Boqing.

As soon as they entered the office, Shao Boqing asked, “What should we do now? If we can’t get the money, we will become very passive. This government project is already very troublesome. The provincial government also intervened in it. We cannot continue like this!”

Gu Nianbin sat down, took out his cigarette case, and tossed him a cigarette. “What do you think of this?”

Shao Boqing took out a lighter and lit a cigarette. He frowned and thought for a while. “It’s very troublesome. Although Gu Nianjing took the lead in this, Jiang Group’s attitude is tough. I guess there’s something strange about Jiang Kaiwei.”

“There’s no need to guess. I’m sure of it.” Gu Nianbin slowly blew out a mouthful of smoke. “Over the years, we and Jiang Group have always been competitors. But the competition between us has been a healthy one. No matter how fiercely we competed, we always stuck to a bottom line. But this time, Jiang Kaiwei clearly wants to catch us off guard. Think about it. The Eco-Park project has been working well. But when this event happened, he didn’t inform us in advance but directly sent us a letter. He even used the Supervisory Team to pressure us. This is very telling.”

“Why did Jiang Kaiwei step on us now? What does he want to do?”

“Is there anything unusual about the stock market today?”

“Probably not.” Shao Boqing said. “I have requested the Finance Department to keep an eye on it. If there are any anomalies, they will report to me immediately.”

“Jiang Kaiwei is best at fighting a financial war. We have to guard against it.”

Shao Boqing was slightly surprised. “Do you mean Jiang Kaiwei wants to fight us? Why? There is no reason for it.”

“Only he knows why.” Gu Nianbin shook the ashes. “He really caught me off guard this time. If Gu Nianjing is his pawn, then he should have plotted this for a long time. We were very passive in this fight.”

“Don’t worry,” said Shao Boqing. “Let’s act according to the situation. The most important thing now is to get a sum of money. If there is no other way, I’ll ask my elder brother to think of a solution.”

“Alright, you should ask him first. I’ll contact a few familiar banks to see if I can lend some money so that we can solve the urgent need.”

“Well.” Shao Boqing stood up. “There’s no time to lose. Let’s act separately.”

At this moment, the door opened slightly and Du Xiaoxian’s little head stuck out. Then a smile appeared on Gu Nianbin’s face. He beckoned at her. “Come here!”