147: Chapter 147 The Trap of Money and Sex

The three men seated at the table all stood up, beaming, and rushed forward to greet him.

The man at the very front was bald, looked somewhat familiar, and had a genial smile, appearing kind and approachable. He proactively extended his hand to shake Chen Hao's.

"Hello, hello, you are truly young and promising."

Liu Jiayin immediately introduced him.

"He is the owner of this club, named Li Yang. He is Manager Huang's distant cousin."

He said with a chuckle.

"I am a few years older than you. If you don't mind, you can call me Brother Li."

"Hello, Brother Li."

One does not strike a smiling face. Chen Hao politely shook hands and exchanged pleasantries.

The second person to shake hands had closely cropped hair, dark skin, a thin build, and particularly prominent cheekbones. His speech carried a strong flavor of the underworld.

"Young man, not bad! Let's shake hands and get acquainted."

As Chen Hao shook his hand, Liu Jiayin immediately introduced him.

"This is a heavyweight guest, Boss Qiu. He is a major boss in the renovation engineering business."

"Boss Qiu."

"Hey, why call me Boss? Call me Brother Qiu. I am also related to your Manager Huang; we are connected."

The last man was named Wu Lei. He was slightly overweight, wore gold-rimmed glasses, and had a faint smell of paint on him.

When shaking hands, Liu Jiayin introduced him.

"This is Boss Wu. He runs a factory supplying renovation materials and has a warehouse covering thousands of square meters in the renovation market."

"Hello, Boss Wu."

"We are all friends. Calling me Boss is too distant."

After the polite greetings, everyone was seated again.

Technician No. 8 proactively pulled out a chair for Chen Hao to sit down, and then she sat down next to him.

Looking around the room, including Liu Jiayin, there were 6 people, plus 6 female escorts, all of whom were quite attractive. Especially their attire—low-cut, strappy, backless dresses. If they turned slightly sideways, one could see the fullness hidden beneath their armpits, ready to spill out; they simply couldn't contain it.

Chen Hao scanned them with his Golden Eyes. All 6 female escorts were going commando—they weren't even wearing underwear. They were truly bold and unrestrained.

The female escorts were responsible for accompanying them in drinking. While the bosses discussed business, the escorts were in charge of pouring tea and water, lighting cigarettes, pouring drinks, and serving food to the bosses.

The bosses basically only needed to chat and converse, eating whatever was served to them, never needing to lift a finger themselves.

Manager Huang stated generously.

"Don't underestimate Chen Hao, everyone. He is the most promising salesman I have seen since joining Xinglong Real Estate. In four days of work, excluding the first day spent familiarizing himself with the business, he sold 14 houses in three days."

The three bosses raised their glasses one after another to toast him.

"Really? One really cannot judge a person by their appearance."

"He has great potential. Come, let us toast you."

Under Manager Huang's excessive praise, everyone raised their glasses. Chen Hao had no choice but to follow suit, including Liu Jiayin and the 6 female escorts, who all lifted their glasses to drink along.

This drinking session was not like the one Jiang Tao arranged last time. Although they were all drinking baijiu, this time they were using small ceramic cups, unlike the two-liang-and-a-half glasses at Jiang Tao's hotel. If he drank like that again, Chen Hao would be completely dizzy after just three cups of strong liquor.

"Eat, eat, let's chat while we eat."

Manager Huang pointed at the dining table with his finger. The female escorts immediately began serving food for everyone. Some female escorts even picked up food and fed it directly into Boss Wu's mouth.

Technician No. 8 also wanted to do the same, but Chen Hao was a bit reserved and signaled for her to place the food on his plate.

Technician No. 8 didn't mind. She continued to pour Chen Hao a cup of wine, then took a cigarette, lit it herself, and then tucked the cigarette into Chen Hao's mouth.

Everyone was accustomed to it. They chatted and laughed cheerfully at the table. However, the main purpose of arranging this dinner party today was to guide Chen Hao and bring him into their fold.

Manager Huang exchanged a look, and Boss Qiu was the first to raise his glass and say.

"Little brother, let's have a drink privately."

Chen Hao immediately raised his wine cup.

"My apologies, my apologies. I should be the one to toast you for this drink."

"You listen to me first," Boss Qiu said.

"The reason I'm drinking with you separately is like this: I am responsible for the renovation of most of the houses sold by Jiangcheng Xinglong Group. We will have many opportunities to cooperate in the future."

"Definitely, definitely."

Chen Hao didn't expose anything and drank the cup of wine.

Boss Wu followed up immediately.

"You are responsible for selling the houses, Old Qiu handles the renovation, and I am responsible for the supply. We are an indispensable part of the industrial chain. Let's drink another one together."

Chen Hao had just finished one cup when Technician No. 8 refilled his wine. This was clearly an attempt to get Chen Hao drunk. He forced a bitter smile and continued to raise his cup, smiling apologetically.

"I still count on all you bosses to guide and cultivate me."

After this cup went down, they ate some food to suppress the spiciness of the baijiu. Manager Huang saw that the time was ripe and signaled to Brother Li.

"Chatting like this is boring. Let's bring out the main course."

Subsequently, the female escort next to Brother Li walked out of the private room. When she returned, she was carrying a tray with a pure silver cover placed over it, which she set directly in the center of the dining table.

The entire room fell silent. Brother Li then spoke.

"In business, profit comes first. I didn't study much. Who can tell me what cultured people should say?"

Everyone remained silent, not daring to speak rashly.

Chen Hao suddenly said.

"All the bustle under heaven is for profit, and all the coming and going under heaven is for gain."

"Well said, truly cultured!"

Brother Li led the applause, and the entire room followed suit in clapping and flattering him.

Amidst the applause, Brother Li suddenly stood up and lifted the cover off the tray on the table, revealing stacks of bundled cash.

The entire room gasped, especially the female escorts, whose eyes were fixed intently on the money.

It seemed only Chen Hao was unfazed. One bundle was ten thousand, totaling 20 bundles, which was 200,000. Was this meant to dismiss a beggar? Were they trying to bully Chen Hao because he hadn't seen money before?

Manager Huang was very satisfied with everyone's reaction. He tapped the table proudly. The female escort next to him immediately took out a cigarette case, lit a Huazi cigarette, and put it in Manager Huang's mouth.

He took a drag of the cigarette, leaned forward, propped his elbows on the table, and tilted his chin up.

"Let's not beat around the bush. This is for your first deal: a one-million down payment for renovation, with a 20-point kickback."

"In the future, if you sign a renovation contract for every house, I will give you 20 points for every single one."

Manager Huang blew smoke onto the cash. The smoke swirled, looking hazy and dreamlike.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Chen Hao with piercing eyes, especially the female escorts. Seeing this money, they looked like wolves spotting meat, their eyes filled with greed.

Liu Jiayin also loved money. She kept signaling Chen Hao frantically, annoyed at his lack of reaction.

"Say something, are you stupid?"

Chen Hao had seen money before. He knew which money he could take and which money he couldn't. If he took this 200,000, regardless of whether he collaborated with them in the future, he would never be able to clear his name.

This was a trap of wealth and lust, not that simple.

Chen Hao appeared very calm.

"Manager Huang, I really want to take this money, but I am a bit timid. It's not that I haven't seen money. When I was the Sales Champion before, let alone 200,000, I even saw 400,000 or 1 million."

"But some money feels too hot to hold. If something goes wrong, my reputation will be ruined."

Manager Huang's patience was completely worn out. He stubbed out the cigarette butt directly and muttered irritably.

"You won't be swayed by anything, will you!"

The temperature in the private room instantly dropped.