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Phil and Esso exchanged a glance; both of them thought Song Yi was too arrogant.

"Kid, you're too young."

Filip returned the contract to Song Yi:

"Here's what we'll do: take this contract back to the people who can make the decision. I'm sure they'll weigh the pros and cons and decide whether to agree or not."

After finishing his dessert and putting down his plate, Lu Xiao walked over to Song Yi.

"Two hundred million? That's too little. I heard that Mr. Filip brought fifty billion here. Why don't you put up fifty billion? Then we can really consider it."

Philette didn't recognize Lu Xiao. As soon as Lu Xiao spoke, Philette's face fell. When did it become a male model's turn to interrupt their conversation?

Philette looked at Esso, and Esso immediately understood what she meant.

"Who is this gentleman?"

Lu Xiao pointed at Song Yi: "I came with him."

Esso: So that means there was no invitation. It's probably just what I guessed. Even if he's not a male model, if he can't even get an invitation, he probably isn't from a wealthy family.

Esso: "Sir, we only allow one guest in with one invitation. Without an invitation, you must leave."

Lu Xiao laughed; he was certain that Esso was targeting him.

He had never heard of such a rule before. Besides, many people at this kind of party brought their female companions, and the security guards at the door didn't stop them when they came in. That meant bringing someone was allowed, so why wasn't it allowed for him?

Esso was helping Philette give Song Yi a hard time by kicking his partner out of the party, which must have been very embarrassing for him.

To everyone's surprise, neither Song Yi nor Lu Xiao, who was about to be kicked out, showed the anger they had expected. Instead, they smiled.

Song Yi: "What should we do? They're going to kick you out."

Lu Xiao put his hands in his pockets and thought about his childhood. His original country was always at war. After his parents died, he made a living by scavenging garbage. But ever since he was adopted by Lu Qingyu, he has never been kicked out of a place for not being qualified to enter it.

Song Yi's eyes held a hint of mockery as Lu Xiao said to Philette:

"Isn't this kind of treatment quite novel?"

Esso: "What, Mr. Song has a problem with this?"

Before Song Yi could speak, Wang Qinglai became furious. Putting aside the relationship between Song Yi and Lu Xiao, just the fact that he was brought in by Song Yi meant that these people kicking him out was a slap in Song Yi's face.

Wang Qinglai: "Mr. Esso, what are you doing?"

Wang Qinglai's voice was quite loud, and since this area was already quite conspicuous, many people quietly moved over when they heard the commotion.

Phil sat there without moving. In his eyes, Wang Qinglai was a rich man, but just a nouveau riche. He looked down on people with no real substance.

Esso: "Mr. Wang, I am hosting today's banquet, and I do not want anyone to cause trouble."

Wang Qinglai's chest heaved; was he about to cause trouble? These people were going too far.

They had to make sure everyone knew they were doing this, so Wang Qinglai raised his voice even louder.

"You want to acquire KD Financial for 2 million? Isn't that just taking advantage of my nephew's lack of support? Now you even want to kick his friends out of the banquet. Is this how you treat your guests?"

Those around Wang Qinglai gleaned two surprising pieces of information from his brief statement, and a low murmur of conversation immediately broke out at the banquet.

"What? Did I hear that right? KD Financial belongs to Song Yi?"

"How is that possible? I've never heard of that."

“Wang Qinglai has such a good relationship with the Song family, what he said must be true.”

"Felix actually wants to acquire KD Financial for 2 million? Is he crazy?"

"I was wondering what this guy, Philette, was up to when he came here. Turns out, this is what they were after."

The people in the banquet hall were all worth hundreds of millions, and many of them quickly realized the gravity of the situation.

They all realized that Philet was probably plotting something big. Now that Song Yi's grandfather was gone, they were the first to target Song Yi, and it was hard to say that they would be next.

Philet wasn't afraid of these people finding out about this. On the contrary, if Wang Qinglai hadn't said anything today, he would have had someone spread the word about it.

He wanted to tell everyone that none of them could bring back the prey he had his eye on.

Many people around stepped forward:

"Mr. Filip, is this true? You want to acquire KD Financial for two hundred million?"

With a smile on his face, Philette said, "To be precise, the amount of two hundred million is only valid for today."

When the words came from Philette's mouth, everyone became even angrier after confirming them.

Regardless of how KD Finance came to be Song Yi's, Song Yi is someone in their circle, and there's a saying that goes, "One prospers, all prosper; one suffers, all suffer."

"This is simply bullying."

"These foreigners really don't respect us at all."

Wang Qinglai: "Mr. Philett, if you want to bully people, you'll have to see if we agree."

Suddenly, the atmosphere at the party became tense.

Song Yi was grateful to these people for speaking up for him, but he guessed that Philit wasn't afraid at all.

Esso had been in China longer and was wary of the locals' ways of doing things, but Filip was different. He was a businessman known for his cold-bloodedness and believed in putting profit first.

He doesn't believe anyone would go bankrupt for a business partner or friend, and in many of his past successful cases, it was friends who stabbed him in the back.

Filip stood up and said sternly, "Since everyone is so protective of Mr. Song Yi, is there anyone willing to share the burden with him?"

Wang Qinglai was the first to stand up: "I'm willing."

Filip laughed and asked Esso beside him:

"What is the name of this gentleman's company?"

Esso checked and said:

"Mr. Wang is engaged in maritime trade."

Filip's eyes lit up. Maritime trade—that was something he liked. What a coincidence!

Without even asking about the size and market value of Wang Qinglai's company, Filip went straight to Wang Qinglai and said:

"I am willing to pay 5000 million to acquire Mr. Wang's company."

Wang Qinglai almost cursed when he heard this. 5000? What were they thinking?

Those around frowned upon hearing this, but then Philette continued:

"I brought 50 billion yuan with me to China this time to have some fun. If you insist on going against me, I don't mind adding more work to my schedule."