Don't get married if you're reborn.

Chapter 441 Backing You Up (5K)

On the way back, Mu Qingyang sat in the back seat to talk to Fu Qianzhu.

Women naturally have a lot to talk about, and once two people get to know each other, they can chat about anything.

Upon arriving in Fengzhou, Fu Qianzhu said, "Shall I treat you to a meal? It's a bit too late to go back and cook now, and the school cafeteria is almost out of food."

Zeng Wenjie laughed and said, "Sure, let's just have some hot pot. Xiao Mu likes that."

Mu Qingyang nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, hot pot is good, hot pot is delicious."

To make it easier to manage the snack shop on Hospital Road, Fu Qianzhu has moved to a new place with Liu Xu and Liu Qi.

Otherwise, commuting from the university town every day would be a hassle.

Zeng Wenjie called Ye Yixuan to ask if she was still in Fengzhou, but she had already returned to the county town.

“I have a trip to Fengzhou next week, see you then,” Ye Yixuan said.

To implement the "village-supermarket" model, we definitely need the support of the province. Since Ye Yixuan's previous leader was Zhuang Aimin, reporting directly to him is the simplest and most effective way.

Zeng Wenjie's proposal to Ye Yixuan was quite detailed and concise, and it was approved quickly after submission.

The organization decided to have Ye Yixuan set up "Village Supermarket" as soon as possible and promote it in parallel with "Village BA". In this way, Fengzhou will have two landmark tourist attractions that can attract a large number of tourists from outside the area.

The fan base for football is much larger than that for basketball, so the higher-ups attach great importance to it and urge Ye Yixuan to handle it well and not make any mistakes, which makes this strong woman feel a lot of pressure.

Then, he called Xue Lu to discuss the situation of the investors from the capital.

The following day, Zeng Wenjie arrived at the headquarters of the Fengzhou Business Alliance.

Feng Xiao is working at the Business Alliance office today. She has to handle a lot of documents, coordinate with the official departments, and also manage Marlenia's online sales. She has quite a heavy workload.

Upon seeing Zeng Wenjie, Feng Xiao said sarcastically, "Oh, the busy man is here! I haven't seen him for days."

Zeng Wenjie was already used to Feng's sarcastic remarks, and said lazily, "Investors from the capital will be coming here to discuss things later, you can participate."

Feng Xiao raised an eyebrow and asked, "Which investor?"

Zeng Wenjie said, "I think it's called something like Nine Cities Capital. I know Xue Lu's friends."

Feng Xiao nodded and said, "Okay, let me see how much money you can get."

Zeng Wenjie smiled and said, "The target for the Series A round is about 80 to 100 million, led by Tencent. The general details have been discussed with Mr. Ma and his investment department. Now we are negotiating the specific investment amount and equity distribution."

Feng Xiao clicked his tongue and said, "It seems that Brother Ma thinks highly of you."

Zeng Wenjie said, "He made a lot of money selling Happy Beans by playing Dou Dizhu, and he also knows very well that investing in me is like making money while lying down, so why not?"

Feng Xiao thought Zeng Wenjie was really confident, but she also had to admit that Zeng Wenjie's operation of having Tony Ma slightly modify the traditional Dou Dizhu game so that it could be cashed out immediately was indeed very clever and had many highlights.

This move by Tencent has somewhat shocked the entire gaming industry. Damn, no one could have imagined that traditional card and board games could make money!
Zeng Wenjie recalls that when the brand "Snacks Are Busy" was raising funds, it raised about 250 million yuan in its Series A round and even more than 1 billion yuan in its Series B round, which was incredibly aggressive.

Zeng Wenjie received another call from Zhuang Aimin, who said he wanted to come to the Business Alliance to inspect their work.

“Okay, senior brother, come on over. I’m at the Business Alliance headquarters right now,” Zeng Wenjie replied politely.

"Hmm... I heard Brother Miao's beef hotpot has achieved some success? That's great, you've got things moving quickly," Zhuang Aimin praised.

Zeng Wenjie said, "It's just the beginning. President Yan plans to fully promote the model I designed for him to all stores. I hope he can study and develop this model in depth, and then make Brother Miao a major catering brand in Chongshan, and expand beyond the province."

Zhuang Aimin smiled and said, "Once he works for a while longer and his results become even more outstanding, the Chongshan government will help promote and publicize him vigorously."

Zeng Wenjie felt that it was good to have a powerful backer, and he had no shortage of exposure. As long as he had any achievements to show for himself, he could apply to Zhuang Aimin for resources to be exposed.

He doesn't even need to apply; he'll arrange it himself. He values ​​these things more than anyone else.

A person's ambition will expand as their status increases.

Zhuang Aimin now holds absolute power in Chongshan and has even greater ambitions. Isn't the person in the picture now also a former big boss of Chongshan?
Around 10 o'clock, the investors arrived. There were only one man and one woman in their group.

When Feng Xiao saw the woman, his expression changed drastically, and he blurted out, "Sister-in-law?!"

Zeng Wenjie frowned, suddenly realizing that the other party's real intention was not what it seemed. They weren't after the Series A funding for "Snack Panic," but rather after Feng Xiao?

"Xiaoxiao, it's been many years since we last met," the woman said softly with a slight smile.

"Yes." After a brief moment of surprise, Feng Xiao's expression returned to calm as she glanced at the man beside her sister-in-law.

The man's name is Yan Xueyou, and Feng Xiao's sister-in-law's name is Xu Yuhuan.

Since they were guests, Zeng Wenjie shook hands with the two men to get to know them, and then invited them to sit down.

Feng Xiao sat down on the single sofa, her face indifferent, showing no joy or happiness at the long-awaited reunion with her family.

Xu Yuhuan laughed and said, "Xiaoxiao, why aren't you happy to see me at all?"

Feng Xiao said coldly, "Still not given up? You want me to go back to the capital and be your front man?"

Xu Yuhuan's smile froze instantly. She shook her head and said, "Xiaoxiao, is that how you see me? I just want you to have a better life. That incident happened a long time ago. If you go back to the capital now and use the resources you had back then, you can live a much better life than you do now."

Yan Xueyou nodded slightly and said, "Yes, Miss Feng, now that you're back in Yanjing, you can immediately gather a group of people under your command and accomplish even more great things."

Zeng Wenjie coughed and said, "Wait a minute, weren't you two here to discuss financing? Why are you trying to poach the secretary-general of our Fengzhou Business Alliance?"

Yan Xueyou glanced at Zeng Wenjie with an arrogant attitude and said, "We plan to invest ten million. I wonder how many shares you can offer, Zeng?"

Ten million?

Xiao Zeng?

Zeng Wenjie's lips twitched instantly; he really was purely after Feng Xiao.

Feng Xiao shook his head and said, "This isn't the attitude of someone coming to invest, is it?"

Yan Xueyou laughed and said, "That's enough. We've seen plenty of people the government promotes as a publicity stunt. If it weren't for Miss Feng's sake, Jiucheng Capital wouldn't have even offered ten million!"

Feng Xiao was taken aback, then—she suddenly realized!
These bastards think that Zeng Wenjie's current success is all thanks to her behind-the-scenes planning!

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but chuckle. Who told Zeng Wenjie to always make her write articles?

At the same time, he felt a little proud, because he had no ability to advise Zeng Wenjie on business matters.

Zeng Wenjie's face darkened, but he still chose to respect Feng Xiao and did not immediately retort.

Feng Xiao shook his head and said, "Since you are not here to invest sincerely, please leave and don't waste everyone's time."

Xu Yuhuan said helplessly, "Xiaoxiao, of course we are sincerely investing. Ten million is not a small amount. Moreover, I invited you back to the capital because I wanted you to have a better life. Are you really willing to stay behind the scenes forever?"

Zeng Wenjie was a little tense. He shook his head and said, "I think you're just here to get yelled at. If you have nothing to do, get lost and don't waste my time."

As soon as he said this.

Xu Yuhuan was taken aback.

Yan Xueyou raised an eyebrow and chuckled coldly.

Feng Xiao said, "I have no interest in that kind of life anymore, and I think I'm doing quite well now. Besides, my brother has been dead for many years. I call you sister-in-law out of respect. If you keep making a fool of yourself, I won't call you that anymore." Yan Xueyou didn't take Zeng Wenjie seriously, but sighed, "Miss Feng, it's such a pity that you're doing this. Are you just going to waste all those connections and resources you had? We can help you build a platform. All you need to do is step onto the stage and raise your voice. With your intelligence and ability, you can accomplish a lot."

Feng Xiao gave him a mocking look and said, "Not interested."

Zeng Wenjie frowned slightly, stood up, and said, "Let's go, don't waste time here."

Yan Xueyou chuckled and said, "You little brat really thinks too highly of yourself. If it weren't for Feng Xiao's behind-the-scenes planning, would you be where you are today? The authorities give you a little praise, and you think you're the boss of the world?"

"You look like a dick to me." Zeng Wenjie glanced at his crotch and laughed disdainfully.

Yan Xueyou's face darkened, and he said, "I could crush several of you with one foot if you didn't know what was good for you."

Feng Xiao stood up and said calmly, "Stop bragging here. If you have the guts, kill him and show me. If you kill him, I'll immediately go back to Yanjing with you and do whatever you ask!"

Xu Yuhuan looked at Feng Xiao with a half-smile and asked, "Are you sure you want us to do this?"

Feng Xiao laughed and said, "You are welcome to give it a try."

If someone else were threatened like this, Feng Xiao definitely wouldn't have emboldened them, because she knew that the people behind Xu Yuhuan were capable of doing it.

But Zeng Wenjie is different. His success was not due to Feng Xiao's advice and strategies behind the scenes. At most, Feng Xiao just wrote some short essays for him.

Moreover, Zhuang Aimin was, after all, a high-ranking official in charge of a region. Would he tolerate others provoking him on his territory and crushing Zeng Wenjie?
Now, Zeng Wenjie represents, to a certain extent, Chongshan's reputation and Zhuang Aimin's future political achievements!
Want to mess with Zeng Wenjie?
Zhuang Aimin might even consider personally taking up his knife and going there.

Zeng Wenjie leaned down and stared at Yan Xueyou, asking, "You little brat, are you threatening your father?"

After the Luo Xin incident, Zeng Wenjie finally realized that once a person achieves success, they cannot be too low-key, otherwise they will easily be targeted by those wolves.

When it's time to show your strength, you have to act tough, otherwise people will think you're a pushover and everyone will want to take advantage of you.

Yan Xueyou remained indifferent and said calmly, "That's not a threat to us, just a warning. It's something we can do easily. Rotten dog meat from the countryside will never be served at a banquet!"

Upon hearing this, Feng Xiao couldn't help but laugh, and even felt that it sounded somewhat familiar.

She used to have the same mentality, with a sense that she was superior to everyone else.

But her mindset is completely different now than before, and Zeng Wenjie's excellence makes her believe that he far surpasses even those so-called talents in Yanjing.

However, Yan Xueyou and Xu Yuhuan still clung to the old ways, clinging to outdated ideas and looking down on these rising stars who were shining in the mountains.

"You idiot, you're wasting my time." Zeng Wenjie raised his hand and splashed the tea on Yan Xueyou's face before turning and leaving.

Feng Xiao shook his head and said, "Stop making threats, or I'm really afraid you won't be able to get out of Chongshan. The people here are tough, and Boss Zeng is a very popular person."

Yan Xueyou was furious when Zeng Wenjie splashed tea on his face, but he felt that his status and position did not warrant a verbal argument with Zeng Wenjie, let alone such a vulgar act.

Xu Yuhuan's face also turned ugly, and she couldn't help but say, "You've been confined to the background, promoting a young person, and you're just that content?"

Feng Xiao glanced at her and said, "He wasn't made by me; he made his way up step by step on his own. Otherwise, I wouldn't be working for him now! Why would I not take good care of such a promising young man instead of going back to Yanjing with you and suffering again? Xu Yuhuan, I've told you, you're stupid and sick. Don't come looking for me again. You're no longer my sister-in-law."

After saying this, Feng Xiao also walked out of the reception room.

As soon as she stepped out of the meeting room, she saw Zeng Wenjie and Zhuang Aimin, who had just arrived at the Fengzhou Business Alliance, shaking hands and talking warmly with them.

Feng Xiao stepped forward, bowed slightly, and said, "Mr. Zhuang."

Zhuang Aimin smiled and said, "Secretary-General Feng, you've worked hard these past few days. It's thanks to you that the entire business alliance is so well-organized and clear."

Feng Xiao's work ability was so outstanding that even Zhuang Aimin was surprised, especially some of her written documents, which were simply a pleasure to read.

If he hadn't known that Feng Xiao was Zeng Wenjie's capable assistant and also the president of Marlenia, he would have really considered poaching her to work as his secretary.

Zhuang Aimin asked, "Didn't you say someone was coming to discuss financing today? Where is he? I want to see with my own eyes how much investment you can get in your Series A funding round. I've witnessed your little snack shop grow step by step into a big and strong business."

Zeng Wenjie chuckled and said, "They just broke down in the meeting room."

Zhuang Aimin asked in surprise, "The talks broke down?!"

Zeng Wenjie nodded and said, "They're just here to cause trouble. They're big shots from Beijing who look down on people from our rural area."

Zhuang Aimin calmly said, "If the talks break down, then let it go. Gold always shines, and you won't have trouble getting funding."

Just then, Xu Yuhuan and Yan Xueyou came out of the reception room and saw Zeng Wenjie, Feng Xiao and Zhuang Aimin talking there.

Zhuang Aimin noticed that Yan Xueyou's hair was wet, his clothes were also damp, and there were even a few tea leaves left on his collar.

He immediately snapped out of his daze, glanced at Zeng Wenjie, and said, "Even if the negotiations broke down, you didn't have to throw water in someone's face, did you?"

Zeng Wenjie couldn't help but laugh and said, "Senior brother, they threatened me, saying that someone as useless as me could be crushed with one foot. If you were me, I think I would be even angrier!"

Zhuang Aimin was stunned after hearing this, and then frowned deeply.

Yan Xueyou, with a sullen face, was about to walk past when Zhuang Aimin called him back.

"Wait a minute," Zhuang Aimin said coldly.

Yan Xueyou looked at him and asked, "What advice do you have?"

Zhuang Aimin said slowly, “I don’t know where you come from or what your background is. But you’d better not cause any trouble in Chongshan. Zeng Wenjie is my junior brother and a young entrepreneur that our province has been nurturing with great effort. If anything happens to him, neither you nor the people behind you can cover it up.”

He spoke in a soft tone, but with considerable authority; after all, he was a high-ranking official in charge of a region, a very top-tier figure.

One can sense an undeniable force in his words.

"Who are you?" Yan Xueyou couldn't help but ask.

"I am Zhuang Aimin, a public servant of Chongshan Province," Zhuang Aimin said calmly.

Zeng Wenjie was starting to lose his composure. Good grief, he came to Chongshan to show off, and he didn't even recognize the big boss? His final question, "Who are you?" really made people lose their nerve.

Yan Xueyou and Xu Yuhuan's expressions both changed. They didn't expect that this person was the big boss of Chongshan Province, and that he had actually come to Fengzhou Business Alliance, and even gave Zeng Wenjie a helping hand!
Xu Yuhuan then said, "Mr. Zhuang is joking. We are here to invest, but President Zeng is not willing to accept our investment."

Zeng Wenjie added insult to injury, saying, "Is that what you call investment? It wasn't just about humiliating me and showing off your power, and now you're afraid to admit it?"

Feng Xiao sensed an arrogant and domineering attitude from Boss Zeng, and couldn't help but find it amusing.

Zhuang Aimin said, "Since we can't reach an agreement, let's maintain good relations even if the deal falls through. Don't cause any other trouble. Otherwise, I won't stand idly by."

Xu Yuhuan forced a smile and said, "Mr. Zhuang, rest assured, we are all legitimate business people and would not resort to such underhanded tactics."

Zhuang Aimin, however, looked at Yan Xueyou, whose expression was constantly changing and who had remained silent, and asked, "And you?"

When asked, Yan Xueyou knew he couldn't escape losing face, so he could only force a smile and say, "Me too, a proper businessman."

Zhuang Aimin said coldly, "You'd better be!"

After saying this, he waved his hand, signaling the two to leave.

Feng Xiao couldn't help but smile. Although she could roughly guess which prince was behind the two, he was, after all, just a prince.

Zhuang Aimin was a powerful regional official. How could he have reached such a position without anyone supporting him?

No matter how powerful a prince is, he has neither the means nor the ability to provoke a regional official.

(End of this chapter)