Chapter Thirty-two: Welcome Party

  That afternoon, Gao Yang took a plane back to Beijing. In the name of SC Trade, he booked a cargo ship bound for South Korea and reported 600 tons of rice. The next day, Gao Yang took the intercity high-speed rail to Tanggu Port, where he inspected the containers loaded with rice in the company of SC Trade employees. He left a marker on one of the containers before returning to Beijing to notify Hyundai Steel to prepare for inspection.

  Two days later, Gao Yang drove the BMW he had retrieved to Beidu Airport. After meeting up with SC Trading Company employees who were waiting there, they headed to the departure lounge. Gao Yang went to the restroom and, when no one was paying attention, activated the time-space shuttle and arrived in Nanjing in 1925. He then shuttled again into a container loaded with rice that had a marker left on it, stored all the rice in the storage space, put $366 million worth of gold in the container, and returned by the original route.

  After arriving in Seoul, I went to the port with Choi, a director of Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd. who came to pick me up. The cargo ship arrived at the port that afternoon, and after completing the customs clearance procedures, Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd. sent the container to the warehouse of Hyundai Company.

  Choi Jun-hee, the director, was speechless with surprise after seeing the container loaded with gold being opened. Previously, Hyundai Steel had investigated SC Trading and Goyang, knowing that Goyang had a gold mine in Africa, but the output of that gold mine was not high, and it was impossible to pay for this huge contract.

  Many company directors said that Gao Yang is a swindler. However, Chairman Jin Xianjun overruled the opposition and decided not to jump to conclusions before seeing the facts. Director Cui Junhui was dispatched to the port for inspection.

  A neatly arranged mountain of gold bricks! Choi Jun-hee, who had come to his senses, waved his hand and let the professionals following him come forward for inspection. However, he intuitively felt that it was real! Putting on a smiling face, he walked over to Gao Yang's side and said with a smile, "Mr. Gao, your choice of our Modern Steel Company this time is the greatest honor for our company. Chairman Jin has arranged a welcome dinner tonight, please do us the honor of attending."

  "Ah, thank you, President." Gao Yang said with a smile.

  The inspection work ended soon, and Choi, who got a positive answer, quickly reported to Chairman Kim and asked Gao Yang to get on the car and return to Seoul. As for the gold, it was naturally taken care of by professionals and transported to a safe place.

  In the afternoon, at the headquarters of Modern Steel, Gao Yang and Jin Shuo signed a contract for the purchase of steel rails. Modern Steel will deliver 1.52 million tons of finished steel products worth $1.22 billion to SC Trading within sixty days after signing the contract. If there is a breach of contract, Modern Steel will pay Gao Yang a penalty of $70 million for each day of delay. If SC Trading fails to pay the remaining amount within four hours after inspection, its deposit will be confiscated. Before signing the contract, Jin Shuo voluntarily lowered the price and waived the $6 million tail.

  That night, in a high-end club in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Hyundai Steel held a grand welcome banquet for Goyang. Goyang declined Chairman Kim's invitation to introduce him to the Korean business elite and sat quietly alone in a VIP room on the second floor.

  Gently swaying the red wine glass in his hand, Gao Yang looked through the one-way glass at the men and women coming and going in the first-floor hall. "If there was no origin point, this would be a place I could never reach in my lifetime. It's great to be alive." Gao Yang said lightly.

  After going through a series of events recently, Gao Yang now just wants to take a good rest. Thinking about some important things, such as how to develop his power in the 1925 timeline to gain more energy points. As the energy points increase, Gao Yang also wants to make a big move in the modern timeline, after all, the gap between the two timelines is incomparable. Sitting on the sofa thinking, the red wine glass in his hand didn't stop, and several bottles of top-grade red wine on the coffee table were drunk by Gao Yang in less than an hour, almost half of it was gone.

  The red wine had a strong aftertaste, and Gao Yang felt his head spinning, with an intense desire to use the restroom. He got up and left the VIP room, heading towards the bathroom. After relieving himself, he splashed cold water on his face at the sink, feeling much better.

  As he turned to leave the restroom, at the corner right in front of the ladies' restroom, Gaoyang saw three men surrounding two long-haired women. Because the women were facing away from him, he couldn't see their faces. Gaoyang slightly furrowed his brow, thinking that this kind of thing shouldn't happen at a high-end banquet like this, it was very disrespectful to the host.

  Three men were facing Gao Yang, but they didn't pay attention to him and instead focused on the two girls. One of them, a tall guy with a middle parting hairstyle, smiled and said, "Where are you going to run this time? If you don't agree to be in a relationship with me, I'll keep you company tonight, haha."

  Gao Yang, who was already in a bad mood, was reminded of his painful past and his anger surged, directly activating his combat ability. However, before he could make a move, one of the long-haired girls suddenly raised her hand and slapped the tall handsome guy's face with a loud smack! The guy, caught off guard, reacted by shouting loudly and reaching out to grab the girl.

  Jung Joo-yong regretted coming to this party today. It was the company's arrangement, and she couldn't refuse. She hadn't expected to run into Kim Shin-young, the son of the CEO of DNS, who had been bothering her, at the party. Although she tried to avoid him by staying with her senior colleague Xu Xian, she ended up being cornered outside the restroom.

  Just now, Jin Xinyang's words had infuriated Zheng Xiujing to the point where she slapped him. However, she and Xu Xian were just weak women after all, how could they possibly resist three grown men? As Jin Xinyang's hand reached out to grab her, Zheng Xiujing was so frightened that her mouth opened wide, ready to let out a loud scream. At this moment, an arm suddenly stretched out and grabbed hold of Jin Xinyang's hand!

  Several people on the scene were stunned and turned to look at the owner of the arm, Gao Yang smiled slightly before Jin Xinyang could speak, and suddenly exerted force with a flick, "Ah!" Jin Xinyang let out an inhuman scream as his arm was dislocated by Gao Yang.

  Let go of the wailing Jin Xinyang, looking at him like a puddle of mud, twisted and fell to the ground, crying and sniffling. At this time, two other men reacted and roared towards Gao Yang, "Bang Bang" two loud crashes sounded, these two bodyguards were instantly kicked down by Gao Yang.

  He patted his hands and turned to face Zheng Xiujing, saying "Are you okay?" Zheng Xiujing stared blankly at Gao Yang, completely stunned. It turned out that there really was a white knight who came to rescue her in times of crisis! Ah, although he wasn't handsome or elegant, it was just... she was too surprised.

  "Thank you, I've troubled you." Xü Xiǎn, who was standing beside him, had come back to his senses and bowed to Gāo Yáng.

  "Alright, be careful next time." Gaoyang took a clear look at the two girls and recognized them. They were Korean female artists, and Gaoyang had listened to their songs before, never expecting to meet them in such circumstances.

  "Thank you for your help, I've troubled you." Zheng Xiujing bowed to Gao Yang.

  Just as Gao Yang was about to speak, a flurry of hurried footsteps sounded, and a large group of security guards from the wine party rushed over. Jin Xinyang, who was shouting miserably, yelled at the security guards "Catch him! Catch him!" The security guards seemed to recognize Jin Xinyang, and after hearing his cries, they all pounced on Gao Yang.

  Jung Hye-sun and Heo Jun-jae hastily shouted "No, no." They were so flustered that they didn't know how to explain.

  Gao Yang smiled and stretched out his hand to pull the two people behind him, twisting his wrist lightly and saying "I've always wanted to experience the feeling of being one against a hundred in a martial arts movie, it's really interesting." After finishing speaking, he suddenly rushed towards the security guards.

  Jung Soo-jung and Heo Hyeon were stunned, they had never seen anyone so fierce! One against dozens! Every punch landed on flesh, swift as the wind. Gao Yang's movements were extremely quick and concise. No unnecessary fancy moves, just simple and direct strikes that knocked people down one by one. His lips pursed, his eyes fixed intently on the security guards in front of him until he knocked them down before turning to the next one.

  In a very short time, Gao Yang suddenly felt empty in front of him and stopped moving. Right in front was the staircase facing the first floor banquet hall, all the security guards had been knocked down by Gao Yang.

  At this time, the first floor hall was quiet, and everyone looked at Gao Yang on the stairs! He lightly breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the blood stains on his hands on his clothes, tidied up his attire, and walked towards the first floor.

  When Gao Yang walked into the first floor lobby, several security guards rushed over and pulled out their guns from their waist and pointed at Gao Yang. A few others rushed towards the second floor. The surrounding area erupted in a chorus of screams, but no one panicked or ran around wildly. "This is not like what's shown in movies, these ordinary people have high quality," Gao Yang thought to himself, ignoring the security guards as he continued thinking about movie plots.

  Turning around to take a look at the first floor, not a single person from his own Modern Steel Company was in sight! What's going on? At this time, Jin Xinyang, who had been rushed upstairs by the security guards, also arrived at the first-floor hall, pointing at Gao Yang and shouting "Bastard, bastard, do you know who I am? Beat him to death! Beat him to death! If anything happens, I'll take responsibility!" It seems that his dislocated arm has been taken care of by the security guards.

  At this time, a thick voice rang out "Who dares to be rude to my guest!" Jin Shouzhong appeared like the police at the end of a crime movie. Earlier, Jin Shouzhong had convened a brief meeting with the high-level executives of Modern Steel Company in a VIP room, and the main agenda was to grasp Gao Yang, this big gold master! Who would have thought that something like this would happen in just a short while!

  Kim Shin-yang attended the party on behalf of his father and saw Chairman Kim, whom even his father had to look up to. He immediately lost his voice. Chairman Kim walked quickly to Gao Yang's side, slightly bowing and saying "I'm really sorry, I've let you down, it was all my poor arrangement." Without asking for a reason, he apologized directly, and the guests around immediately knew that Gao Yang's identity was not ordinary! And Park Shin-yang was pale as death, knowing that this time he had kicked an iron plate!

  This is Zheng Xiujing and Xu Xian also hastily came to the first floor living room, seeing the situation in front of them for a moment did not know what to do. Gao Yang saw them smile and didn't say anything, turned around and said to Jin Shouzhang "This is really an unconventional welcome ceremony."

  I'm really sorry everyone, I worked overtime until very late today and the release was delayed. Please forgive me. Tomorrow will be another whole day of overtime, what a tragedy.