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Although Wang Mingzhu was impatient, she wasn't stupid; she immediately understood the hidden meaning in Liu Xiaobao's words.

Just as Liu Xiaobao had predicted, upon hearing that Liu Xiaobao had a plan to teach President Fan a lesson, the anger in Wang Mingzhu's eyes dissipated.

"Hmph! President Fan is the kind of person who kicks away the bridge after crossing the river. He deserves to be taught a lesson. President Bao, you were right not to help him make money. Let him watch 'Dongmei Brand' grow stronger and bigger, and then let him regret it!"

Chapter 52 Don't rely on me, I'll take care of you (Please collect and give flowers)

Mr. Fan deserves to be taught a lesson, but Liu Xiaobao can't kill him!

The best approach would simply be to teach Mr. Fan a major lesson in business.

So when Liu Xiaobao learned that President Fan was courting disaster again, he already had this idea.

That is to elevate the 'Dongmei brand' and leave the 'Sanyang brand' far behind.

Once Liu Xiaobao succeeds, President Fan will realize just how serious his mistake was.

After her mood improved, Wang Mingzhu took the initiative to ask Liu Xiaobao, "Mr. Bao, am I not included in your plan?"

Liu Xiaobao smiled.

"How could we forget Miss Wang, who is full of a sense of justice? Miss Wang will be in charge of the export targets for 'Dongmei' brand. However, the number of export targets this time will probably have to be increased. Let's try to set a target of three million pieces first!"

Wang Mingzhu was in high spirits and patted her chest to assure everyone, "No problem, this is just part of my job. You've given me such a high performance target, I'll definitely get it done as soon as possible!"

With the major issues settled, the four of them went over the details a bit more, and then it was time for them to eat and drink.

I must say, the Hong Kong-style Cantonese cuisine that Li Lixin hired is really good.

After the meal, the four of them were full and satisfied.

Of course, to be precise, only Liu Xiaobao, General Manager Xu, and Boss Ma drank alcohol; Wang Mingzhu did not drink alcohol, she only drank beverages from beginning to end.

Mr. Xu and Mr. Ma left first, while Liu Xiaobao stayed a little later because he had to pay the bill.

When it was time to pay the bill, Li Li came over in person again.

"Both Mr. Bao and Ms. Wang are beaming with joy. It seems Mr. Bao has secured a big deal over tonight's dinner!"

Liu Xiaobao didn't pick up on Li Li's topic, but instead said to her, "The new chef is quite skilled. I'll definitely come to your Zhizhen Garden whenever I want to eat Cantonese food in the future."

"Since Mr. Bao is here, I am naturally very happy to welcome him, but there will be no discount."

Liu Xiaobao smiled and said, "I never expected that Miss Li could be so humorous."

Liu Xiaobao was also somewhat impressed by Li Li's humor.

At this point, Liu Xiaobao didn't have any romantic feelings for Li Li; he was only curious about her.

I'm curious about what skills this woman, who single-handedly opened a restaurant on Huanghe Road, has.

However, he understood that Li Li's ability to joke with him meant that their relationship had grown closer.

His curiosity about Li Li will likely be answered soon.

As Liu Xiaobao was paying the bill, Li Li asked him, "Mr. Bao, you've had quite a bit to drink. Do you need me to call another car to take you home?"

Before Liu Xiaobao could answer, Wang Mingzhu spoke up from the side.

"No need, ma'am, I haven't been drinking. I'll drive Mr. Bao home!"

Upon hearing this, Li Li didn't say anything more, but simply smiled and nodded to Wang Mingzhu before taking the money Liu Xiaobao had paid and turning to leave.

Wang Mingzhu helped Liu Xiaobao walk out of Zhizhen Garden.

Liu Xiaobao wasn't actually drunk, but he didn't refuse Wang Mingzhu's actions and let her help him into the car.

Sitting in the passenger seat, sensing Wang Mingzhu's slightly awkward driving skills, Liu Xiaobao suddenly asked a question.

"I heard you say two years ago that you wanted to save money to buy a car. How's it going? Have you saved enough yet?"

If Liu Xiaobao hadn't known that Wang Mingzhu couldn't accept expensive gifts, he would have already given her a car, and he wouldn't have asked such a question.

Wang Mingzhu pushed up her glasses and answered without turning her head as she carefully drove the car.

"With my meager salary, I definitely can't afford a new car, but I should be able to buy a used one. What, are you trying to give me a car as a gift? I'm warning you, if you really do that, and I lose my job and have nothing to eat in the future, I'll live off you for the rest of my life!"

Perhaps it was the aftereffects of the alcohol kicking in.

Even though he hadn't drunk much, Liu Xiaobao inexplicably replied, "Don't rely on me, I'll take care of you!"

As soon as Liu Xiaobao said this, the car fell silent, and the atmosphere froze.

After a dozen seconds, Wang Mingzhu finally let out a soft rebuke.

"Tch, who wants you to support me? As long as you don't harm me, I can earn a living on my own!"

Liu Xiaobao didn't continue the topic of whether or not to raise a car, and said, "Since we have enough money, let's buy a car and practice driving so we won't be as nervous when driving in the future."

For once, Wang Mingzhu refrained from saying anything that would be offensive to Liu Xiaobao.

She replied softly, "Okay, I understand. I'll go and see if there's a suitable car when I have some time off."

"Do you need me to go with you then? At least I can help you check if there's anything wrong with the car."

"No need. If you come with me, people will think you gave it to me, and I won't be able to explain myself no matter what!"

"Alright, then I won't go with you. By the way, since I already have a plan to teach General Manager Fan a lesson, and your position as section chief is within reach, you shouldn't make any further moves regarding the Sanyang brand export quota, lest you give others a reason to criticize you and lose your position for nothing."

"Okay, I understand. But you'd better speed up your plan. I want to see President Fan regretting it as soon as possible!"

Liu Xiaobao smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I'll teach him a lesson this time!"

As we chatted, we unknowingly returned to the Peace Hotel.

Wang Mingzhu helped Liu Xiaobao upstairs before coming downstairs and calling another car to go home.

Watching Wang Mingzhu's departing figure, Liu Xiaobao couldn't help but whisper something to himself.

"This silly woman is actually adorably silly..."

Chapter 53 'Dongmei Brand' Becomes an Overnight Nationwide Sensation (Please Add to Favorites and Give Flowers)

For the next week, Liu Xiaobao did not leave the Peace Hotel.

As planned, he and his stock trading team spent another week raising money through stocks.

But Liu Xiaobao was still aware of the news circulating outside.

First, Mr. Fan and Mr. Wei signed a contract, but it wasn't a first-level general agency agreement; it was just a simple sales contract.

Clearly, Mr. Fan intended to skip the first-tier distributor and sell directly as the manufacturer, while Mr. Wei pre-ordered one million units from Mr. Fan at a price of thirty-four yuan per unit.

Secondly, Boss Ma worked overtime to complete the first agency order of one million pieces with Liu Xiaobao. Then, he signed a new agency order of ten million pieces with Uncle by reducing the price by one yuan per piece.

Then, Mr. Xu was busy every day contacting large clothing retailers in major provincial capitals for Liu Xiaobao to stock up on goods.

Finally, there's Ms. Wang. The export quota for the 'Dongmei' brand had already been met, and she applied for a new export quota from Section Chief Jin, which was exactly the three million pieces that Liu Xiaobao had requested.

In other words, as long as Boss Ma has the goods ready, Liu Xiaobao can make a move against 'Dongmei Brand' at any time.

A week later, Liu Xiaobao brought Su Jie to Xiaolehui again.

Following his previous reasons for wanting to expand the company, which he had given to Commander Cai and the others, he withdrew all his personal funds from the fleet's account.

Commander Cai and his team naturally did not want to see Liu Xiaobao withdraw his funds.

Once Liu Xiaobao withdraws the funds, it means he has parted ways with the fleet and can no longer lead them to make money in the stock market like before.

But just as Liu Xiaobao doesn't force them to invest money, they can't force Liu Xiaobao not to do business, can they?

Liu Xiaobao's reason for wanting to expand his business was perfectly legitimate, so even if they didn't want to see it, they could only let Liu Xiaobao withdraw his funds.

Before going to Hong Kong, Liu Xiaobao left only 15 million in the fleet account, but after a week of trading, when he withdrew the funds, 15 million had become 18 million.

So Liu Xiaobao returned to the Peace Hotel with 18 million yuan.

Of course, not all of the 18 million was in cash. 15 million was transferred from banks, and there were also 10 boxes, each containing 300,000 in cash, for a total of 3 million in cash.

The day after the fleet disbanded, Liu Xiaobao quietly left Pujiang with Su Jie.

It wasn't until more than twenty days later that Liu Xiaobao reappeared in Pujiang.

For more than twenty days, no one knew where Liu Xiaobao went, not even his uncle.

There was no information about what Liu Xiaobao did during that time.

It wasn't until April 10th that everyone finally understood what Liu Xiaobao had been doing all these days.

On April 10th, as people across the country were preparing to watch CCTV's evening news, they saw an advertisement that was played three times in a row.

The advertisement is short, only ten seconds each time, and thirty seconds in total if played three times in a row.

The content of this short advertisement is very simple: the big star Deng Lijun is wearing a "Dongmei" brand T-shirt and saying an advertising slogan.

The advertising slogan was very simple, just one sentence: "Dongmei brand T-shirts, a high-end fashion brand owned by Chinese people." But when it came out of Deng Lijun's mouth, and was played three times in a row, it was truly a mind-numbing effect.

What TV programs had the highest viewership ratings in this era?

Without a doubt, it was CCTV's News Broadcast. Almost every day, people all over the country would tune in to watch it.

Therefore, due to its wide audience and the support of Deng Lijun, the most popular female singer at the time, "Dongmei" branded music burst into millions of households like lightning at 7 pm on April 10th, and the whole country knew about "Dongmei".

And that wasn't all. After the CCTV News Broadcast ended, the same advertisement also appeared on local TV stations in various provinces.