Chapter 3615: The Joke Is Too Big

William Rhodes left in a panic. In Lin Feng's study, Lin Feng looked at Ellie and others with a strange look on his face.

"Natalie, what's wrong with this contract? How did it become 5 billion? I said 500 million!" Lin Feng asked with a strange look on his face, "For this 500 million, maybe we can blackmail Rhodes, but for this 5 billion US dollars, unless he is mentally retarded, he will definitely not agree to a 5 billion US dollar liquidated damages!"

The women looked at each other, all with sidelong glances.

"Boss, you are not really going to sell Ellie for 500 million, are you?" Natalie asked in astonishment.

Ellie stared at Lin Feng intently. In her eyes, Lin Feng has always been the kind of person who regards money as dirt, and he is extremely protective of his shortcomings, and he will never sell out his own people for money. Now, Lin Feng is ready to sell himself for 500 million, which makes Ellie a little unbearable.

Lin Feng laughed.

"It's not impossible. Sell it for 500 million US dollars, and then, Ellie, I will split it in half with you. You can sign an agreement with the other party to lower the penalty for breach of contract, and I will redeem it for you. That's it." Lin Feng laughed.

The women were all frowning.

"Boss, even if Rhodes is stupid, he won't be so stupid. If he signs the contract, he will have to sign a higher ransom!" Natalie rolled her eyes. Lin Feng thought Rhodes was too stupid. After all, he is the president of Citibank. His IQ is not low, and his EQ is not low.

"Haha, is this difficult? Ellie can ask for a lower ransom, or even sign a contract with Citibank for 0 ransom. If Rhodes doesn't want to do it, then don't sign the contract. Anyway, there is a ransom dividend of 500 million US dollars here, which is enough for Ellie to make a lot of money! Right, Ellie!" Lin Feng laughed.

The women rolled their eyes. This trick is really vicious. If this happens, Rhodes will be angry to death. No, not angry to death. I'm afraid he will be fired on the spot by the board of directors of Citibank.

"Lin, your trick is indeed vicious enough, and I can also profit from it, making money that I may not be able to make in this life. But I don't like your attitude. If I am such an insignificant person to you, Mr. Lin, you should ask Ron to change someone." After saying that, Ellie turned and walked away.

Lin Feng was dumbfounded. What... is going on?

"Boss. You hurt Ellie's heart. You sold her for 500 million, which hurts Ellie's self-esteem." Natalie hurriedly chased after him.

Lin Feng frowned.

"Am I really wrong? I was just joking." Lin Feng said faintly.

"Boss. Don't you understand that the more proud a woman is, the more fragile her self-esteem is. I think you'd better apologize to Ellie like Ellie." Lin Chiling also stood on Ellie's side this time. To be honest, Lin Feng said to sell her in person this time, which was a bit hurtful to her self-esteem. Although everyone has a price. But it is really a blow to say it in front of others. To be honest, if Lin Feng sold himself like this, Lin Chiling would be sad.

"Really wrong?" Lin Feng was entangled. This was really a joke, a joke to tease Rhodes.

"Boss, you are really wrong. Ellie is such a proud person. And she has a high degree and has made a name for herself in the legal profession. She came to be your legal advisor. As a result, on the third day, you want to sell her. From a business perspective, from a conspiracy perspective, you are right. But emotionally, you are wrong. Now, I really doubt how you deceived Avril, and Jessica and others indulged you so much." Melissa rolled her eyes and scolded Lin Feng.

Although Melissa and others are Lin Feng's secretaries, the working relationship between the two parties is a guest-host relationship, but there is no distinction between high and low in their daily conversations. Everyone communicates on an equal footing.

And this has always been allowed and even indulged by Lin Feng. Lin Feng has nothing to do recently, so he reads a book again. What book is he reading? Reading the history of the Tang Dynasty. In Lin Feng's opinion, China had the Han and Tang Dynasties, but in terms of true openness and enlightenment, the Tang Dynasty was the winner. In the Tang Dynasty, there were two wise rulers. One was Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, who founded the Tang Dynasty, and the other was Emperor Minghuang of Tang, Li Longji.

However, compared with Li Longji, Lin Feng prefers Li Shimin. Therefore, Lin Feng has been studying Li Shimin recently. In Lin Feng's opinion, Li Shimin is definitely an emperor of the ages, much better than Kangxi. Because although Kangxi made the Qing Dynasty prosperous, he also planted the seeds that made the Qing Dynasty eventually corrupt - closing the country to the outside world.

After creating the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin opened up sea transportation, opened borders, opened up the Silk Road, and allowed countries to come to the court. If it were not for the later corruption and incompetence of the descendants of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty might have taken the path of the British Empire. In the process, Li Shimin also made mistakes, and it was he who led to the future decline of the Tang Dynasty.

Why do you say that? Because Li Shimin became incompetent in his old age. This person is the easiest to flatter. Most people will instinctively flatter their superiors. This is human instinct. Just like your colleagues, one is tall, rich and handsome, the other is short, poor and ugly. Both are your friends. If they ask you to do something at the same time, you will instinctively lean towards the tall, rich and handsome one.

Since the death of Wei Zheng, Li Shimin has no one around him who dares to give advice. He gradually became stubborn and arbitrary. Even if he was wrong, he would still do it. Lin Feng tried his best to avoid this. He wanted to avoid becoming an elderly version of Li Shimin, being arbitrary and stubborn. Therefore, he was very indulgent to the secretary around him and let them speak their mind. Say whatever you think.

Of course, these blunt words are, to be honest, harsh and uncomfortable. Lin Feng couldn't stand it at first, but he got used to it gradually. People must have a tolerant heart, so that they can discover their own shortcomings, change themselves, and be stronger than others.

"Okay, I'll apologize!" Lin Feng humbly accepted the criticism, "But before that, you sent me a letter to Citibank asking them why they allowed William Rhodes to provoke us and openly insult our company. President!"

Lin Chiling nodded. This is to strike first to gain the upper hand. No matter what, hit him with the stick first and prevent Rhodes from reacting. Otherwise, if he makes the first move, he will be the one who responds, and then he will be tired of dealing with it. Of course, Lin Chiling also knew that Lin Feng was trying to establish prestige for Kazama Erisa. Prior to this, there was dissatisfaction within the Second World company with Erika Kazama's appointment as the company's president. Lin Feng reorganized some people in the company and took a stake in Second World's Barron Hilton to establish his authority and strengthen the reputation of the company. Hye-Lisa Ma cleared the road to becoming president. Now, the outside world is disdainful of Erika Kazama, and Lin Feng is also using William Rhodes to establish his power.

While Lin Chiling was busy sending letters to Citibank, Lin Feng found Natalie and Ally on the roof of the hotel.

"Well, Natalie, go and help Zhiling. She is preparing a letter. As for the English wording, go and help her think about it," Lin Feng ordered.

Natalie nodded, gave Lin Feng a cautious look, and left.

"Well, Ellie, what happened today..." Lin Feng struggled for a while and decided to just apologize. It is not embarrassing for a man to apologize to a woman. But Lin Feng didn't expect that when he wanted to apologize, he was interrupted.

"Mr. Lin, you don't need to apologize to me. This is just a normal business, isn't it? You are a businessman and I am your employee. You don't need to explain anything to me." Ellie turned around He stood up, his eyes were reddish, and he looked at Lin Feng, regaining his usual coldness and wisdom, but his aura seemed to be colder.

"Well, Ellie, to be honest, I was really joking just now. I said the wrong thing. I now formally apologize to you!" Lin Feng knew something was wrong at a glance. This woman likes to be duplicitous when talking. I don’t care, I’m not angry anymore, in fact I’m very angry inside. Therefore, Lin Feng immediately apologized very bachelorly.

"Mr. Lin, I told you, you are the boss, you don't need to apologize to me. It's nothing, I'll go down first." Ai Li bowed slightly to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng frowned. Obviously, she was very angry.

"Um, Aili, I really..." Lin Feng wanted to explain, but Aili didn't explain to Lin Feng at all and walked away quickly.

Soon, Lin Feng received a call from Ron.

"Lin, what's going on? Ellie just told me that after she fulfills this year's contract, she will let me change someone next year. What happened between you two?" Ron frowned and asked, "I heard the voice, you seem to It offended Ellie terribly.”

Lin Feng was speechless and told the whole story.

"Lin, what do you want me to say! Hey, hey!" Ron sighed repeatedly on the other end of the phone, "I forgot to tell you about Ellie. She grew up in a single-parent family, and it was her mother who pulled her up. When she grew up, her experience was the same as that of James LeBron from the Rockets. She didn’t know who her father was. But what was even worse than James was that her mother was originally a rich girl from a famous family, but she was raped. Her father deceived her, and after that, because she was addicted to drugs and had a lot of gambling debts, he sold her to a human trafficker group. I won't go into the details of what happened next. In short, it was very miserable. . I think you can guess that her father is really bad. Therefore, you said selling her for 500 million probably reminds her of what happened to her mother."

After hearing this, Lin Feng was speechless. How do you say this? I really didn’t know there was such an inside story. Now, it’s really a matter of not picking up which pot!

"Then what should I do now?" Lin Feng asked helplessly.

"Hey, forget it, let's leave it like this for now. After a while, Ellie will naturally adjust her mood. But don't worry, she is a very professional lawyer. So, there will never be any slack at work. This "Don't worry!" Ron said proudly.

Lin Feng nodded. I was thinking about how to ease the conflict with Ellie. This time, it was my fault after all. What a joke!