Brown's hostility toward Bai Xiaosheng stems not only from Bai Xiaosheng almost ruining his perfect retirement plans but also from nearly dragging Cilio—his own son—into a big mess, almost causing Cilio to end up in jail. This is something Brown cannot tolerate.
Furthermore, Brown's painstakingly cultivated Africa division, built over many years, was suddenly disgraced, becoming the subject of others' amusement, which made him feel humiliated and hard to accept.
Because of these, Brown harbors great anger and hostility toward Bai Xiaosheng.
And it's not something that can be dispelled by "teaching" Bai Xiaosheng a lesson once or twice.
However, Brown knows he can only let Bai Xiaosheng suffer a few losses to vent his anger. His neutral position at the group headquarters must not change, otherwise, there would be no benefit.
This is also why Brown firmly refused the olive branch extended by Caroline and others.
