Maple Corporation's Meeting I

It didn't take too long for Alucard to reach Maple's HQ in Zhonghai as he drove his Lamborghini. Enjoying the ride instead of teleporting for once.

Thinking mainly about Alcina, her behaviour, her blood, her body... The two of them were so alike in many ways that it was almost ridiculous, if she lived as long as him, she'd likely be a carbon copy of him. But a slicer instead of an impaler...

Leaving his Lamborghini in the parking lot, he was surprised to find an entourage ready to receive him at the entrance.

"Chairman Tepes, please come this way." A pretty woman in her thirties together with two more, led him through the massive building that was mostly green in colour.

"CEO Tang is awaiting you in her office, please tell us if you require anything." The three women spoke politely and in turns, like properly trained guides as they stole glances at him every so often.

It wasn't every day they could meet the 'King' of Zhonghai, the young man in his thirties who managed to shake China's economy upon his arrival.

Even if it wasn't news, it was also no secret that Yu Lei's growth must have something to do with him... Something that had yet to be announced publicly.

Just as he was about to step into the office, his phone rang.

'Ruoxi' her name, together with a panda emoji, flashed in his phone as he smiled.

'So you called first, huh?' He snickered, knowing perfectly why she hadn't called until now, he was even surprised she called at all... His plan was to suddenly appear in her office and give her a heart attack one of these days.

"Yes, Vlad Tepes speaking... Who am I speaking to?" He smirked and planted himself outside of the CEO's office to attend to Ruoxi's call, not knocking on the door.

"Good Afternoon Vlad, It's Ruoxi. I know you saw the panda... Don't play the fool with me."

"Hmmm... Ruoxi? The little Princess!, Good Morning Princess."

For a while, nothing was heard but he knew Ruoxi was probably jumping on her seat!

...

"I'm not little! *Cough* Vlad... What did you do?" Her voice turned serious all of the sudden, trying to keep the conversation on track so as to not make a shame out of herself in front of him again!

"Huh?"

"My sales increased by 300% in the last two weeks! Do you know the magnitude of what you just did!?" The mouthful of 'calm' she managed to collect was directly spat on the floor as her emotions rushed forth! Ruoxi shouted through the phone, probably breaking his hammer bone were he not a Nosferatu.

"300%... I guess that's a little more than what I said, 200%"

"You said 50%..."

"You heard wrong... I meant 200%."

There was a brief silence from the other side in which he could literally 'hear' her pouting.

"Am I calling in the wrong moment?" She asked what was on her mind.

"No, I just finished a meeting with some liquor production companies as we need more hands producing the liquor to meet the demand. I'm having a meeting with another company in a few minutes..."

Lin Ruoxi bit her lips, she knew who it was... But still asked, "... Who is it?"

"That's internal information Princess, don't expect me to tell you just because you asked" He continued trying to piss her off.

"Tch! I'll manage to know anyway, my intel capacity is just that nice, also..." she answered with irritation at his cheapskate attitude.

"We don't use hands to produce anything these days Vlad. I'll pick you up in a few hours, we can discuss some production with the use of machinery. You're such a country bumpkin, it's as if you're from the past, without even having a phone. How Cute~" The CEO technically shouted 'KYA' blocking the microphone, he was so much like the men in the Korean dramas she saw!

But a lot more bloodthirsty and sadic... But thankfully, this, she didn't know... Guess love makes you blind.

"I'm not cute..." Alucard almost growled, to be called a past relic? He didn't mind, but he couldn't ignore being called cute!

"Yes yes, Count Dracula. I'll stop calling you cute when you stop calling me 'little'! See you later my company is in chaos right now~" she said and hung up the phone inadvertently.

Alucard huffed, 'You can keep calling me cute all you want little girl, but you will know with haste, that my hounds aren't cute!' And by hounds, he didn't mean just Baskerville!

But it was only then that it dawned on him... 'I'll pick you up in a few hours...'

Alucard looked at the phone for a while, 'Did she just set up a date without even asking for my opinion?' the line was said so smoothly that he didn't even pay attention to it until afterwards...

And she even diverted my attention by calling me cute, interesting... Those two are really alike.

*KNOCK*

*KNOCK*

Upon finishing the conversation, he directly knocked on the CEO's door.

"Please, enter." A charming and mature intonation resonated from the other side as he chuckled and entered the room.

"A pleasure to finally meet you, Chairman Tang, I'm Vlad Tepes, the chairman of Hermes' Brewings." Upon entering, his gaze rested on the beautiful woman in front of him, the same woman he had helped before.

The luxurious green office was at the top of the building, with a 360-degree view of glass panels that allowed him to see the whole city as the sun shone upon the woman's auburn silky hair.

The woman's brown eyes rested on his pink ones, those eyes that she had been longing to see ever since the first time she saw them, but even then, this bastard was pretending he didn't remember her!? Or could it be that he really didn't remember?

Alucard smirked at her silence, still standing at the front of the door.

She stood up slowly and walked up to him, with her eyes never leaving his. She had been upset... She heard the whole conversation from the other side of the door. That bitch dared to call him even now, but her plans didn't fail. Unexpectedly helping her enemy by sending retail groups to her door, she managed to deter her from coming here herself...

If she came here, as the number one businesswoman in Zhonghai, she couldn't shut down Maple's door to her, even if they were rivals.

But that anger disappeared as if it didn't exist the moment her eyes met his...

Eventually, she was in front of him and extended the back of her palm forward with a charming smile.

Understanding her cue, his lips curled and he took her palm before kissing it slightly.

"The pleasure is all mine Chairman Tepes, I'm Tang Wan, CEO of the Maple International Corporation and future successor of the Tang Clan of Beijing. This way, please." She showed him her most alluring smile and without leaving his hand, she led him to his seat at a nearby table.

She wore a green business outfit consisting of white jeans, heels, a lime shirt and a green jacket that accentuated her curves and gave her a very juvenile feeling, but not losing the mature touch. Her toned body was apparent within her outfit.

CEO Tang was an alluring mature woman ending her thirties but her workout and self-care made her body show curves in all precise places, her countenance was also flawless, with only her mature features portraying her blossoming age, these only made her look exotic and exquisite.

Alucard also couldn't take his eyes off her.

Instead of sitting first, he sat her on her seat like a gentleman before taking the one on the side... Not the parallel, much to her surprise and joy.

"So, Chairman Tang, what can my newly formed Hermes' Brewings do for you? I have been anticipating this meeting for a while" He crossed his legs, put his hands on his lap and talked about business.

"Can I offer you a cup of tea, Mr Tepes? Please, feel free to call me just Tang Wan, we are here to grow familiar with each other, aren't we? Oh, our companies I mean~" She giggled awaiting his answer to prepare some tea.

"I'd gladly drink whatever you have in stock for me, Tang Wan. You can also call me just, Vlad. And indeed, becoming closer to you is my main objective this evening. Your company I mean~" He sent her back her flirt as she stood up with a giggle, making sure to shake her hips with perfect Fibonacci curves.

Her full breasts and butt shook slightly upon the smallest of movements.

"I totally know what you mean Vlad~, I have also been expecting this meeting for a long time, especially since you helped me back then, thankfully you answered my call, I was beginning to get sad." She decided to not hide the matter anymore and threw the curve.

"Oh, I see that you remember, who would have expected that the beautiful athletic woman that I would help back then by coincidence, would be China's treasure, CEO Tang Wan herself." He sighed while awaiting the tea, but what he got in response made him lift his eyebrows slightly.

"And who would have thought that the handsome stud from back then was the 'King' of Zhonghai, Vlad Tepes himself... Coincidences truly do happen in this world, right~?" She put the water to boil and turned around, her bubbly butt clad in jeans resting on the table as her gaze locked his, biting her lips.

The two just remained with their eyes until the *ting* signified that the water finished boiling.

The CEO turned around reluctantly, perking up her butt as she prepared the tea, "It will be finished in a minute~"

Alucard licked his lips at her actions and visage, 'Woman, you're playing with hellfire.' What a blatant seduction.

He wouldn't be called Dracula if he let this impunity pass by without a proper impaling!

After a few minutes, the CEO came back swaying her hips a little more, bending down to showcase her cleavage or to put the tea in front of him, whatever was her priority. And then sit back in her seat beside him.

"Thank you very much for helping me that day, there are plenty of things I'd like to discuss with you regarding that... 'weird' day... But I believe business comes first, right?" She sipped some tea together with him and the front of her right knee touched his left one by their sheer closeness.

Alucard nodded and continued sipping his tea, that by the way, was delicious.

"Then, truth be told your Maple International Corporation has always been on my radar ever since I started doing business in this country, I noticed your stocks going down 10% in the last few weeks... And I'm very interested in having a chunk of your actions, but we can talk about that later, it's better if we address your intentions first." He said, requesting the reason why she was interested in doing business with him, he didn't believe for one second it all came down to him helping her...

"I requested this meeting because I'm interested in the sudden boom of your company in social media, Vlad, my experts have analysed your company's growth and came to the conclusion that your advertisement project is unmatched in the modern world. Our Maple Corporation is interested in it. In exchange, I believe we can solve the productions issues that you're currently facing~"

The Maple stocks plummeted because of the 'Shadow Hound's actions indirectly targeting some of the Tang Clan's underground allies, together with the catastrophe... As much as she didn't agree with such practices, she was only the owner of so much of the corporation.

Yes, the 'shadow hound' was an acknowledged threat among the top families of China, at least for now... Soon, everyone would know of this threat and the censored information regarding their phenomena would be disclosed.