"If I didn't rely on you, damn it, I’d just be a small-time hood—the kind of bottom-feeder that doesn't even make it into the eyes of provincial-level princelings, let alone the top-tier ones. If I were to suddenly take the fifth chair of the Tongji Society, and be seated above Li Changfeng to boot, do you really think I could command any respect?" Zhang Jingshan asked repeatedly.
"As a close confidant to both myself and Young Master Fu, having already firmly established yourself in the Sijiu City circle, countless second-generation officials and wealthy heirs today—not even counting the provincial ones, but even the playboys within Sijiu City—are scrambling to curry favor with you. Why on earth are you worried about not being able to command respect?" Ye Chen chuckled.
"Brother Ye, that's apples and oranges. The nature of these two things is completely different!" Zhang Jingshan argued.
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