The words of the visiting delegation's head left the Chairman of Long Yan Group flushed and frozen on the spot.

After all, for entrepreneurs within the province, Long Yan Group was considered a significant player; most would show Long Yan Group some respect. But the foreign delegation's leader had no intention of pandering to him, so when he heard the Chairman of Long Yan Group trying to smear Shen Qiang, a direct and brutally mocking response left him completely unable to save face.

How embarrassing.

The esteemed Chairman of Long Yan Group was first ignored by Shen Qiang, and then mocked by the head of the visiting delegation, with no recourses at his disposal.

Among the snickers of those around, filled with glances that screamed, "Look at this guy, he's making a fool of himself."

The red-faced Chairman of Long Yan Group, looking at Shen Qiang, said angrily, "He's right, I admit it. I indeed cannot produce a better medicine than Streptococcus Liquid, but that doesn't mean you, Shen Qiang, can simply be late. It's fine for us to wait a bit, our time isn't valuable."

"But the leaders are busy with countless matters, yet they also had to wait for you for so long, don't you think you should apologize?"

Hearing this, Shen Qiang laughed and said with a very calm tone, "I've seen many bad people, and your level isn't high at all. You first tried to provoke these entrepreneurs here against me, and when that didn't work, you changed your strategy, prepared to incite the leaders against me."

"Unfortunately for you, your little smarts are misplaced. Do you think the leaders and other entrepreneurs can be your pawns?"

"Will they become hostile towards me because of your provocations?"

"If you think so, I can only say you're too naive. If even I, a greenhorn who knows nothing of the world, can see through your tricks, do you think all the elites present here can be manipulated by you?"

Upon hearing this, the Chairman of Long Yan Group's complexion changed, and when he saw that the leaders and everyone else were giving him cold looks, he immediately put on a righteous expression and said, "I was merely speaking to the matter at hand, not targeting anyone."

Just then, Director Liu from the Provincial Business Attraction Office, with a calm expression, walked up to the Chairman of Long Yan Group and said evenly, "I wasn't going to say anything, but now I must speak up. In fact, today's lunch was organized precisely to invite Mr. Shen Qiang."

"The others are here merely by coincidence, so Chairman Li, if you can't accept that, you are free to leave."

In an instant, the Chairman of Long Yan Group turned pale.

"Am I just a sideshow?"

While the Chairman of Long Yan Group was shocked and disheartened, Director Liu of the Provincial Business Attraction Office smiled at Shen Qiang and said, "Mr. Shen, let's take our seats. There was originally a welcome ceremony and speeches planned, but it's getting late, and we know your time is precious, so let's skip the formalities."

Shen Qiang smiled and walked inside with Director Liu, saying, "Thank you, Director Liu, for your understanding."

Director Liu chuckled, "I'm the one who should be saying thanks. Because of Tianyou Medicine's Streptococcus Liquid, I can boast as the head of the Business Attraction Office. Usually, if I wanted to host a banquet in the City Government's hall, they wouldn't even approve it."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang laughed.

As the two entered the hall,

a burst of discussion exploded outside the door.

"Hehehe, how amusing, a mere accompaniment but trying to play the critic, questioning the guest of honor, what happened in the end? Puffed up with self-importance and struck by lightning, right?"

"Hahaha, Long Yan Group is really something, not even knowing their own status at this dining event and still causing trouble?"

"Hilarious, it was clear the leaders expressly invited Shen Qiang for the meal, and they thought it would seem inappropriate to only invite him and not others, so they sent us invitations too. Anyone with a bit of sense, showing up here would know they're just an extra and should happily have their meal, hahaha, but there he was, thinking he's some sort of moral authority, spouting this and that, desperately scheming, and ending up utterly embarrassed."

The discussions of the crowd made the Chairman of Long Yan Group both angry and anxious.

Indeed, in Provincial City, Long Yan Group had always been the leading enterprise.

Thus his mindset had always been, if the head of the Business Attraction Office was hosting a meal, it must be for me, we're the biggest, we're the best.

But reality had mercilessly slapped him across the face.

That was because the Shen family was now the protagonist!

In the banquet hall on the second floor of the auditorium.

As soon as he ascended the stairs, Shen Qiang spotted Ji Liangchuan's elder brother, Ji Liangyuan, chatting merrily with several entrepreneurs, seemingly having already established some preliminary relationships.

He glanced over at Ji Liangchuan trailing behind him.

Shen Qiang felt a sense of helplessness in his heart.

In fact, even up to now, Shen Qiang didn't fully understand the temperament of this Ji Liangchuan.

Because this guy was indeed a bit odd.

Yet even so,

when people from Long Yan Group barged into Shen's Holding, he clearly expressed that he was Shen Qiang's friend and was willing to stand up for Shen Qiang.

Just because of this, Shen Qiang felt he should help him.

After all, it's not just anyone who would stand up for Shen Qiang.

At that moment, Director Liu led Shen Qiang to his seat, joined by Director Liu, two other leaders, as well as the chief and deputy chief of a foreign delegation, plus several well-known big entrepreneurs from within the province.

And the seating arrangements for this banquet had actually been prepared long ago.

In front of each seat was a placard.

Each bearing the name of a guest.

This was to prevent mixing up seating arrangements due to the crowd, a note to avoid any mistakes.

Moreover, this was actually related to the invitations.

Who was invited, where they sat, who they sat with—all these details were quite elaborate.

An industry tycoon with assets in the billions sitting with a small business owner with a net worth of only a few million would undoubtedly make both parties feel rather WTF.

Furthermore, due to different jurisdictions,

which leader dined with whom and what they talked about had already been strategically planned, so taking seats at random like at an ordinary banquet, was definitely not an option.

Approaching the dining table,

Shen Qiang clearly observed that an auditorium staff member hastily removed a placard from the table. Shen Qiang caught a glimpse of the edge of the placard, noticing the leading character "Long."

So without guessing, Shen Qiang knew that the original seat was definitely prepared for Long Yan Group, because Long Yan Group was really big in Provincial City, a true local behemoth. It would have been natural for them to dine with Shen Qiang and Director Liu.

But, unfortunately for them, they were too unfriendly toward Shen Qiang, so to avoid embarrassment, Director Liu and the rest must have arranged to switch their table.

Seeing this situation, Shen Qiang smiled faintly, glanced at Ji Liangyuan, who was looking quite pleased with himself, and then said, "Director Liu, I have history with that Mr. Ji Liangyuan over there. Since we've run into each other here today, may I be so bold as to invite him to join our table?"

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