For so many years, he had been struggling outside and had never lived such a good life.
After finally building a company, but with no one behind him, it had reached the end of its rope.
He had originally intended to return home to visit relatives, but he never expected that his own brother would have developed to such a powerful extent!
The Shangguan family now could be said to have monopolized most of the daily life businesses in Hangcheng.
When he had gone to the Shangguan family's company before, he had already checked their approximate turnover. They must have been making millions every day!
It was no exaggeration to say they were making a fortune daily!
And most importantly, the Shangguan family had not yet fully developed.
Especially the pharmaceutical company founded by Shangguan Wan'er. He had already seen the effects of the prescriptions. Once this company went public, it would definitely cause a huge sensation.
At that time, becoming one of the top five hundred companies in the world would be absolutely possible.
After all, he had personally experienced the efficacy of the cosmetics. They were simply too miraculous!
If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have spent a huge price to hire so many bodyguards just to fight Shangguan Xiong for the family fortune!
As long as he could get half of the Shangguan family's assets, he would never have to worry about his future!
"You... how can I have a brother like you?"
"How many times do I have to tell you, the Shangguan family went bankrupt due to poor management, and although the current Shangguan Group is nominally ours, the actual controlling stake belongs to others!"
Hearing Shangguan Wei's words, Shangguan Xiong also felt a sense of helplessness.
He understood his brother's greedy nature. If he gave him even a small share now, he would surely pester him relentlessly in the future.
Moreover, the most important thing was that the current assets of the Shangguan Group actually belonged to Lin Chen.
He himself did not hold many shares.
If he gave all of them to Shangguan Wei, knowing his personality, it was unknown what kind of chaos he would cause within the company.
What if he disrupted Lin Chen's plans? How would he face Lin Chen in the future?
"Fine, the shares are no longer ours, is that it?"
"Alright, you are my brother. Since you said so, I believe you!"
"But no matter what, I can't come back empty-handed. Since you're unwilling to give me shares, then give me the ingredients list for your beauty products!"
Seeing Shangguan Xiong's resolute expression, Shangguan Wei's tone softened, and he proposed another demand.
Shangguan Wei was well aware that although the Shangguan family seemed to be developing well now, the real treasures were those beauty products.
If he could get the formulas for those beauty products, he could produce them himself.
At that time, why would he need to endure such humiliation from Shangguan Xiong?
"Absolutely impossible!"
"Those formulas were also given by Mr. Lin to Ling'er, and they cannot be given to you!"
Upon hearing Shangguan Wei's demand, Shangguan Xiong refused without a second thought.
Heaven knew how much value these beauty products held, and he was very aware of it.
If they were given to Shangguan Wei, how would he explain it to Lin Chen when Lin Chen returned to Hangcheng?
Back then, Lin Chen had entrusted these confidential formulas to Shangguan Ling'er and himself because he trusted them.
Since Lin Chen trusted them so much, if they lost the formulas, they would have no face to see him again!
"Hehehe, this won't do, and that won't do either."
"In that case, then bring out the controlling shareholder behind you. I want to see who has such great influence."
Hearing all his demands rejected by Shangguan Xiong, Shangguan Wei became somewhat angry.
It was obvious to everyone that Shangguan Xiong was just making excuses to refuse him.
In the end, it was because he was reluctant to share these things with him.
But no matter what, he was still a member of the Shangguan family, and it was only natural to divide the family property.
Shangguan Xiong must be reluctant to share the family property with him, so he came up with so many excuses.
And what he needed to do now was to dismantle all these lies. Then he would see what else Shangguan Xiong could say.
"Mr. Lin is not in Hangcheng now. Where can I call him back for you?"
Hearing Shangguan Wei's demand, Shangguan Xiong was even more helpless. Lin Chen now could truly be described as a fish entering the sea, a bird soaring into the sky.
Although they hadn't contacted each other for so long, Old Master Shangguan had always been paying attention to Lin Chen's affairs.
Therefore, he naturally knew that Lin Chen had become a consultant for the Long family.
He had even represented the Long family in the Southwest Grand Competition and had won first place. His achievements were truly a meteoric rise!
How could such a powerful figure now return to a small place like Hangcheng so easily?
But even though he knew Lin Chen would not return, these assets indeed belonged to Lin Chen for the Shangguan family.
Whether he wanted them or not, they had to keep their promise and guard them for Lin Chen!
Otherwise, if Lin Chen returned from outside, they would have distributed these assets to others. Then they would have lost their credibility with Lin Chen!
Moreover, judging by Shangguan Ling'er's current attitude towards Lin Chen, she would probably never forget him in her lifetime.
It was just a pity for this little granddaughter's deep affection!
"Heh, Brother, we've reached this point, and you still want to deceive me?"
"This so-called Mr. Lin is something you made up to deceive me, isn't he?"
Hearing this, Shangguan Wei looked directly at Shangguan Xiong and questioned him.
In his opinion, this so-called Mr. Lin was simply a non-existent person.
Shangguan Xiong was just making excuses to fob him off because he didn't want to share his property.
"Brother, I warn you, I call you Brother now because I respect our blood relation."
"Don't push me too far, or I won't care about our blood ties anymore!"
"You should know very well that the people I brought with me have already surrounded the entire Shangguan family."
"With just one command from me, those people can enter at any time!"
Shangguan Wei sneered and threatened Shangguan Xiong.
Since talking nicely was no longer effective, he had to resort to force and take it by force!
No matter what, he was a member of the Shangguan family, and fighting for his property was an internal family matter.
So, even if the police came, they would be powerless!