190: Chapter 190 VS 190: Chapter 190 VS At six fifty, Jas Brown drove Gina Lopez’s rcedes-Benz to L Hotel.
He had visited the clubhouse twice before: once to et Lucy Campbell and two beautiful hosts, and the other ti to et so senior leaders from the city, so he knew his way around quite well.
“You’ve been here before?” Gina Lopez looked at Jas Brown sowhat puzzled.
She was well aware of the place, but she wasn’t a mber yet.
Even when she worked as the General Manager at JYPP Region Company, her own inco wasn’t enough for her to get a mbership card here, and it wasn’t her style to spend the company’s money.
Jas Brown smiled and said, “I ca here with Lucy Campbell.
She even got a mbership card—to make a good impression whenever I might need it.”
“Miss Johnson is really generous to you.
She hasn’t even given one,” Gina said with a hint of acid in her tone.
Jas laughed and replied, “She gave you five hundred million.
If you want to get a mbership card here now, the club would be only too eager.”
Gina huffed and said, “That five hundred million is for to do business with, not for my own enjoynt.
I wouldn’t spend that money.”
At that mont, they pulled up to the clubhouse entrance, where lody Yoody was waiting.
As soon as she saw Jas Brown get out of the car, she hurriedly greeted him.
Although she was a township chief, she dared not show any arrogance towards the CEO of a big company that was planning to invest five hundred million—as it was closely related to her political achievents.
However, upon seeing a beautiful woman erge from the passenger seat, lody Yoody was surprised.
Her steps faltered as she glanced at Jas Brown.
Gina Lopez also noticed lody Yoody approaching and imdiately gave Jas Brown a slightly hostile look.
She hadn’t realized that lody was the township chief and thought her to be soone Jas knew.
The fact that he knew so many beautiful won was sowhat displeasing to Gina.
Jas chuckled and said to Gina Lopez, “Mr.
Lopez, this is lody Yoody, Township Chief Smith I told you about.
lody, this is our company’s CEO, Gina Lopez.”
Both Gina Lopez and lody Yoody were taken aback, then they extended their hands at the sa ti, each displaying a surprised smile.
lody spoke first, “Nice to et you, Mr.
Lopez.
I am really astonished; I thought the CEO Jas was talking about would be so man in his fifties, not such a beautiful woman.”
Gina responded with a beaming smile, “Township Chief Johnson, I am even more surprised.
The township chief Jas described I imagined as an older woman, not such a beauty.
If we’re talking about surprises, I’m the truly surprised one here.”
“Please, Mr.
Lopez, don’t say that.
You’re so young, yet you’re managing such a huge five hundred million-dollar investnt.
That’s sothing I, just a humble township chief, can’t compare to.”
“The money isn’t mine; I just work for others.
Township Chief Johnson, you’re the parent official of the region.
We common folk will need your care and protection,” Gina retorted candidly.
Jas watched them complint each other and grew impatient, interjecting, “Alright, enough with the pleasantries.
Let’s go inside to talk.”
Confusion flashed across lody Yoody’s face.
It was natural for Jas to speak to her with such familiarity, given their special past relationship and the fact they were old classmates.
But for a subordinate like Jas to address his CEO in such a manner was pushing it too far.
Gina quickly agreed, “Exactly, Jas is right.
Township Chief Johnson, let’s go inside to talk.”
“Sure, let’s go in and chat,” lody Yoody said, taking Gina’s hand and walking forward.
However, as she turned, she couldn’t help but glance at Jas Brown, sensing from a woman’s intuition that his relationship with Gina Lopez was unusual.
As a mber of the club, lody Yoody had been able to get a mbership card with relative ease.
Although she was rely a township chief and would ordinarily struggle to afford the place, her family background was powerful enough to ensure her mbership wasn’t difficult.
After showing her mbership card, the three of them headed into the clubhouse.
lody Yoody led them to Z Hall.
The room lived up to its na, decorated with bamboo-thed furnishings, and the several pots of bamboo around were quite pleasing to the eye.
The bamboo tables and chairs caught Gina by surprise as soon as she walked in.
She exclaid, “This place is nicely decorated!
It matches Township Chief Johnson’s na.
I suppose you must like it very much?”
lody replied with a smile, “Yes, I have the character for bamboo in my na, and I do especially like bamboos.
Not only do I enjoy their tranquility, but I also admire their resilience and character.”
Gina quickly praised her, “Looking at Township Chief Johnson’s preferences, it’s clear you’re a person of strong character and undoubtedly a good official for the people.”
lody laughed out loud and said, “Good official, bad official—in today’s world, anyone who wants to get by in politics has to follow certain rules and systems.
It is not sothing I can change alone.
Look, aren’t I here now trying to persuade Mr.
Lopez to invest in my area for the sake of my achievents?”
Gina smiled slightly and said, “As long as Township Chief Johnson can offer us enough benefits, we’d be more than happy to invest in your area.”
When it ca to this matter, Gina Lopez displayed a rather smooth approach, seeking advantages for herself first.
lody Yoody, who had been in the officialdom for several years, naturally caught the implications in Gina’s words and imdiately said with a hearty laugh, “As long as I’m the Township Chief and as long as our town can do it, I will secure the greatest benefits for Mr.
Lopez and for your company.
That much I, lody Yoody, can guarantee.”
Her words sounded good but lacked specific substance, pleasant and moving to hear, but because there were no concrete promises, they didn’t count for much—it was just a gesture.
After the three of them sat down, two beautiful girls ca in, both dressed elegantly in cheongsam.
Even these waitresses could qualify for a beauty pageant, which showed just how good the service was here and one could imagine the spending must be high.
After so polite chitchat, lody Yoody took the lead and ordered several dishes and a bottle of wine.
She laughed and said, “Mr.
Lopez, we’re both won, so I’m not fussy about what drink to have or getting drunk.
I hope you don’t mind.”
This was exactly to Gina’s liking.
She said, “I won’t lie to you, Township Chief Johnson, I’m most afraid of drinking contests at the table.
You can’t get things done without getting yourself knocked out, and it’s considered rude if you don’t—it would be great if we could talk business without getting drunk.”
lody Yoody giggled twice and winked at Jas Brown, saying, “Old classmate, what would you like to drink?”
Jas Brown casually said, “Anything is fine.”
Gina imdiately said, “You better not drink.
You still have to drive later, and now they’re cracking down hard on drinking and driving.
If you get locked up for a few days, who will bring you food?”
Jas Brown gave Gina a look and retorted, “Can’t you hope for sothing good for for once?”
Gina shot back with the sa look, “Isn’t not letting you drink hoping for your good?
Otherwise, I couldn’t be bothered to care about you.”
lody watched the two banter and began to feel suspicious—Jas Brown’s relationship with this president was way too casual, showing none of the respect due to a president, and Gina didn’t seem to care either, talking without airs.
Could it be that Jas and Gina Lopez had so kind of relationship?
At that mont, Gina turned to lody with a smile and said, “Sorry for the trouble, Township Chief Johnson, but this guy here can never act properly.
Even though I’m the president, he doesn’t take seriously, and I have to coax him instead.”
“Coaxing him?” lody’s face showed an intrigued expression as she laughed, “Could it be that Mr.
Lopez and Jas are…”
Gina glanced at Jas and said, “I wish, but sadly, soone here is still holding back.” It was an indirect admission of her relationship with Jas.
lody’s expression slightly changed.
She had been reassessing herself and realized that she had been too hasty in her dealings with Jas.
Upon further investigation, she learned that his current girlfriend was Emma Campbell, who she did not regard as significant—just a university student.
She firmly believed that with the emotional connection she had with Jas and being his first love, she would eventually bring him back to her side.
She didn’t anticipate Gina suddenly erging as a formidable rival.
Gina was a remarkable woman in terms of appearance, deanor, and status, and it seed she held Jas in high regard without assuming the posture of a president—it sounded like she prioritized Jas’s opinions.
But lody did not let this show.
She glared at Jas and said, “I say, old classmate, you are being too considerate, not even giving a heads-up about this until now.”
Jas was sowhat exasperated.
Gina had actually started this whole act in front of lody—wasn’t this just making things difficult for him?
But at that mont, even a denial likely wouldn’t convince lody, given Gina’s status, who would think such a joke was possible?
With a sowhat ‘wronged’ look at Gina, he said, “It’s not up to to be picky, is it?”
Gina at that mont also displayed a slightly wronged expression and said to lody, “You see, that’s the way he is.
I don’t know where I’m going wrong, but he just won’t agree.”
Just as lody felt that Jas’s relationship with Gina was more than superficial, Gina detected that Jas must have had so past with lody.
Her move was preemptive, holding on to Jas first to prevent lody from making her move.
The two were originally there to discuss business, but instead, both had set their sights on Jas from the get-go.
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