Chapter 2032 The Drama Queen Family

With a thud,

Lee Jae-jin knelt directly before Zhao Fusheng.

"Director Lee?"

"Jae-jin, what's wrong with you?"

Lee Mi-jin and Lee Jae-hyun were both stunned, staring in surprise at Lee Jae-jin kneeling there, completely at a loss.

But Zhao Fusheng's expression remained unchanged, as if he didn't see Lee Jae-jin at all. Instead, he looked at the people entering and said to them, "Please, have a seat."

"Yes, Chairman."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhao."

"Thank you."

The group that entered found places to sit down.

Watching them, Lee Jae-hyun frowned, while Lee Mi-jin grew even more puzzled.

Lee Mi-jin recognized Lee Soo-man and Kim Young-min from SM Entertainment. Although their status wasn't enough to warrant any connection with her, since she ran CJ Entertainment and had dealings with them as the top agency in the Korean music industry, she knew them.

As for the two young girls, they were probably from their company.

Then there were Wu Sijie and Liang Jingyu, co-representatives of Hanxing Investment, and Park Sun-young, Liang Jingyu's top "loyal dog."

This lineup was truly baffling.

But what puzzled Lee Mi-jin even more was Lee Jae-jin's current behavior. What was going on?

"Director Lee, right? Please, get up."

After waiting for Song Qian and the others to sit down, Zhao Fusheng smiled at Lee Jae-jin with a genial expression: "I set up this banquet specifically to apologize to you, Director Lee."

Then he said to Song Qian, "Xiao Song, translate what I said for him."

Though a bit puzzled, Song Qian dutifully translated Zhao Fusheng's words for Lee Jae-jin.

Lee Jae-jin's face turned deathly pale.

Meanwhile, Lee Mi-jin and Lee Jae-hyun looked increasingly confused.

Clearly, this Lee Jae-jin must have had a conflict with Zhao Fusheng.

"Chairman Zhao, what exactly is going on?"

Lee Mi-jin frowned slightly. Regardless, Lee Jae-jin was her trusted subordinate; she couldn't stand by and let Zhao Fusheng humiliate her people like this.

Even if Lee Jae-jin was wrong, kneeling in apology was already the utmost sincerity. What more did he want?

"Heh, Mrs. Lee Mi-jin, don't you understand?"

Zhao Fusheng looked at Lee Mi-jin and said calmly in Chinese, "I'm apologizing to Mr. Lee Jae-jin. This afternoon, my bodyguard hit his bodyguard. I'm very sorry."

Then he looked at Song Qian.

Without a word, Song Qian understood Zhao Fusheng's intent and quickly translated.

Lee Mi-jin's face instantly darkened.

She really hadn't expected Zhao Fusheng to show her no face at all!

What surprised her even more was that Lee Jae-jin had clashed with Zhao Fusheng today, and she hadn't even known!

Lee Jae-hyun understood some Chinese and watched the scene with surprise. By now, if he still couldn't see what was happening, he would be an idiot.

Clearly, Zhao Fusheng was deliberately humiliating his sister Lee Mi-jin and that Lee Jae-jin.

"Ahem..."

Clearing his throat, Lee Jae-hyun prepared to speak.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, Zhao Fusheng's gaze turned to him: "Chairman Lee, I advise you not to speak, because I have already discussed this matter with Mr. Lee Mengxi. He personally apologized to me and stated that this was not his intention and that he is sincere about cooperating with Future Group."

Hiss!

Lee Jae-hyun drew in a sharp breath.

He had never imagined that Zhao Fusheng had already communicated with his father about this matter.

In other words, his father Lee Mengxi was aware of Zhao Fusheng's current actions!

That was intriguing.

Lee Jae-hyun wasn't stupid. If he were, he couldn't have defeated his other siblings to become CJ's heir.

As a successful businessman, he knew perfectly well when to make what choice to benefit himself most.

If he had just spoken because Lee Mi-jin and Lee Jae-jin were both from CJ Group, now that even his father knew about this and chose to remain silent,

Lee Jae-hyun knew exactly what choice he should make.

So he decisively chose to shut up.

"What, Mrs. Lee, you don't understand Chinese? No problem. This Miss Song is a friend of my sister's and also my translator and guide in Korea. Every time I come to Korea, I ask her to help with translation. Her Korean is good."

Zhao Fusheng looked at Lee Mi-jin and said to her word by word.

Then, without letting Song Qian translate, he looked at Park Sun-young: "Director Park, please trouble yourself to translate that for Mrs. Lee."

Park Sun-young naturally dared not delay and quickly translated Zhao Fusheng's words for Lee Mi-jin.

Lee Mi-jin stood up abruptly, her face dark as she glared at Zhao Fusheng: "Chairman Zhao, even if you are the chairman of Future Group, humiliating me and my subordinate like this is too much!"

Although Zhao Fusheng kept insisting that his father knew about this, she still didn't believe that his father would allow a Chinese man to humiliate her like this.

Zhao Fusheng looked at Li Meizhen's furious expression and gently shook his head: "How disappointing."

With that, he turned to Lee Jae-hyun: "Chairman Lee, may I ask you a question?"

Lee Jae-hyun was startled, not knowing why Zhao Fusheng would suddenly address him, but he still nodded: "Please go ahead."

"If someone tried to assault your friend and also intended to harm you, putting you in the hospital, how would you deal with him?" Zhao Fusheng asked slowly, looking at Lee Jae-hyun.

In that instant, Lee Jae-hyun understood.

No wonder Zhao Fusheng had lost his temper!

If it were him, he would probably have done the same.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhao. It was my failure to discipline properly." Lee Jae-hyun quickly stood up and bowed to Zhao Fusheng.

Even though he was older than Zhao Fusheng, even though he was the chairman of CJ, and even in front of so many people, Lee Jae-hyun still stood up and apologized without hesitation.

Zhao Fusheng waved his hand: "The fault is not yours, Chairman Lee need not mind."

In fact, he knew very well that Lee Jae-hyun was just making a gesture to save face for him.

After all, for tycoons at their level, face was also very important.

"Sister Meizhen, apologize to Mr. Zhao."

After hearing Zhao Fusheng's words, Lee Jae-hyun looked at Li Meizhen and said in a deep voice.

Li Meizhen didn't understand Chinese; she only heard Zhao Fusheng and Lee Jae-hyun conversing. When Lee Jae-hyun stood up and bowed to apologize, she was dumbfounded.

She was afraid of this younger brother of hers.

Or rather, whether it was Lee Jae-yong or Lee Jae-hyun, she had never thought of targeting them.

Li Meizhen knew very well that she could make small moves against the Shilla Hotel, even swallow up its shares—that was fine, as it was a war between her and Lee Boo-jin.

But if she made a move against Lee Jae-hyun or Lee Jae-yong, it would mean she was challenging the bottom line of her father and uncle.

Although these two had never made any sound.

Everyone in the Lee family knew very well that they were not powerless; they just chose not to act.

The Lee family's strategy for selecting heirs had always been like this: each trying to outdo the others, and whoever got it, got it.

It was like raising gu worms—only the strongest one was qualified to inherit the family.

The winner takes all!

And the losers just had to accept the victor's charity.

But now, her younger brother, who had always been as steady as Mount Tai in front of her, had bowed and apologized to Zhao Fusheng, and even asked her to apologize. What was going on?

Seeing Li Meizhen's puzzled expression, Lee Boo-jin sighed. After all, she was her cousin, and she didn't want Li Meizhen to be so embarrassed in front of outsiders.

So Lee Boo-jin explained: "Sister Meizhen, this Director Lee Jae-jin today tried to take Mr. Zhao's friend away to a hotel room at our Shilla Hotel, and when Chairman Zhao stopped him, he even tried to have his men beat Chairman Zhao."

No need to say more; just that much was enough for Li Meizhen to understand what had happened.

No wonder he had called the people from SM Entertainment, and no wonder Lee Jae-jin had knelt directly in front of Zhao Fusheng.

So after all that, he was the one in the right.

"Bastard!"

Li Meizhen flew into a rage, walked up to Lee Jae-jin, and slapped him across the face.

"Slap!"

Lee Jae-jin's body swayed, and a trace of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Li Meizhen's slap just now had used all her strength.

"I'm sorry, Director."

Lee Jae-jin quickly apologized in a low voice: "I know I was wrong. I won't dare again!"

"Bastard!"

Without another word, Li Meizhen backhanded him with another slap.

Zhao Fusheng watched her perform and sneered inwardly.

Truly a family of drama queens!

Whether it was Lee Boo-jin or Li Meizhen, or Lee Jae-hyun, down to the two old foxes Lee Kun-hee and Lee Maeng-hee, they were all the same.

The Lees seemed born to love acting.

No wonder this family could produce so many melodramatic stories.

"Ms. Lee, I need an explanation for this."

Zhao Fusheng looked coldly at Lee Boo-jin, ignoring her as she scolded Lee Jae-jin, and said calmly: "I had just arrived in Korea and only attended the welcome dinner for our Hanxing Investment internal event, and already someone is causing me trouble. Hmph, it seems that someone in CJ or Korea is not welcoming me here."

Li Meizhen's face changed drastically. What did Zhao Fusheng mean by that?

Even Lee Jae-hyun's face turned grim.

Was he implying that CJ had intentionally declared war on Hanxing Investment?

"Representative Wu, Representative Liang, immediately mobilize funds. If Ms. Lee does not give me an explanation within twenty-four hours, then go all out to block CJ's film and television stocks."

Zhao Fusheng said calmly: "I am actually a very vindictive person."

As he said this, he glanced at Lee Jae-jin.

In that instant, Lee Jae-jin felt as if he had fallen into an icy abyss.