The villainous second male lead at the beginning? No! He's the white moonlight!

The Ye family's old residence is located on the outskirts of Haicheng. It is a relatively remote area, but thanks to the Ye family's presence, the transportation here is not bad.

Looking at the brightly lit Ye family mansion not far away, Zhao Yang sneered and looked at Chen Qiang standing in front of him.

"The Ye family is really outrageous. They've practically taken over the entire mountain! Doesn't the Ye family pride themselves on being a law-abiding and upright family? If there's nothing wrong with this, not even a ghost would believe it."

Upon hearing this, Chen Qiang, who was standing in front, turned his head helplessly to look at Zhao Yang and said in a warning tone.

"Mr. Zhao, don't speak carelessly. Just because you can't do something doesn't mean the Ye family can't. I can tell you very clearly that the Ye family's old residence originally only occupied the small area it is now, but the Ye family has been in business for generations and is already incredibly wealthy. They used legitimate means to buy this entire mountain."

Seeing Zhao Yang's face turn completely green, Chen Qiang pointed to the other side of the mountain.

"Do you see that mountain over there?"

"I saw it, what's wrong?"

"The hills over there were originally just a wasteland, but the Ye family, through a large investment in Haicheng and negotiations with the government, bought all the hills in that area and plans to develop a resort."

"In fact, our Tiansheng Group also wanted that mountain area, but unfortunately we didn't have enough money and lost to the Ye family."

After a pause, Chen Qiang asked Zhao Yang.

"Do you know how much the Ye family paid to lease that piece of land?"

"How many?"

"Twenty-one billion!"

"Twenty-one billion, that doesn't sound like much. Isn't your Tiansheng Group supposed to be a trillion-yuan group? Can't you even come up with twenty-one billion?"

Hearing Zhao Yang's words, Chen Qiang couldn't help but sneer. He felt that Zhao Yang didn't understand business at all. But then again, it made sense. After all, he was still a student and it was normal for him not to understand the intricacies of business.

"Tiansheng Group does claim a market value of 100 billion, but as you said, that is market value, not working capital. In fact, Tiansheng Group's total working capital is about 5 billion, and this 5 billion needs to be allocated to various modules of Tiansheng Group. The funds that can be used at most are about 1 billion, which is far from the 21 billion of the Ye family."

"Alright, that's getting off topic. You don't need to know these things. I'm just telling you not to think about using underhanded tactics to deal with the Ye family or the eight great families. If you could deal with the eight great families with underhanded tactics, they would have collapsed long ago."

"None of the eight major families are benevolent; they would never leave any evidence against them!"

"To compete with the eight great families, one must operate within the rules!"

Zhao Yang looked at Chen Qiang with a puzzled expression and couldn't help but ask.

"What you're doing right now doesn't seem to be within the rules, does it?"

Chen Qiang paused, turned around and looked at Zhao Qiang.

"I never said I wasn't going to deal with the eight great families, so why should I follow the rules?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yang was speechless, completely at a loss for words.

After all, from the very beginning, Chen Qiang never said that he was going to deal with the eight major families; he only said that he was going to deal with Ye Linyuan!

It seems I was just making assumptions.

Seeing that Zhao Yang didn't speak, Chen Qiang turned his head and instantly realized that he had misunderstood.

"I didn't say that we would only deal with Ye Linyuan and not the eight major families. Actually, you misunderstood something. When we officially fight the eight major families, we naturally have to stay within the rules. But before the two sides face off, the methods are not limited to whether they are within the rules or not."

"We haven't even faced off against the eight great families yet! Do you understand?"

Ten minutes later, at the entrance of the Ye family's old residence, Ye Linyuan saw Chen Qiang and Zhao Yang arriving together at first glance, and felt a strange sensation in his heart.

How did these two get entangled?

Thinking of this, Ye Linyuan decisively cast a detection spell on the two of them.

Name: Zhao Yang

Age: 22

[Favorability: -100]

[Tags: The male protagonist in a campus romance novel, astute and adaptable, seemingly affectionate but actually fickle.]

[Note: Even simps have ambition. Can you guess what his ambition is?]

Name: Chen Qiang

Age: 28

[Favorability: -100]

[Tags: The second male lead in a domineering CEO romance novel, with outstanding business acumen, devoted and loyal in love, and ambitious]

[Note: To love someone is to love all of her, including her husband and her children!]

Tsk tsk tsk, interesting. How come the simp male lead from a campus romance novel and the devoted second male lead from a domineering CEO novel can get mixed up together?

The most interesting thing is that the male lead, who was supposed to be a simp, has April Star now. The second male lead, who was supposed to be a domineering CEO and a devoted lover, has now become a simp.

"Junior Ye, it's been a long time."

Chen Qiang and Zhao Yang spotted Ye Linyuan standing at the door immediately. They walked towards him simultaneously, but Chen Qiang had a polite smile on his face, while Zhao Yang's face was so sour that it was unbearable to look at.

"Yes, Senior Chen Qiang, it's been a long time. It must have been four years since we last met, right?"

Ye Linyuan bluntly retorted with a pointless remark: he hadn't been in the country for the past four years, so how could he have possibly met Chen Qiang?

Chen Qiang didn't pay much attention to Ye Linyuan's nonsense, but instead spoke meaningfully.

"I've heard that the Ye family has been making some big moves lately. If Junior Brother Ye is interested, our Tiansheng Group is willing to do our part."

Ye Linyuan nodded and said casually.

"No problem, then thank you for your kindness, Senior Chen Qiang. However, my eldest sister is now in charge of the Ye family business, so I can't make the decision myself. I can only pass on your message to her. As for whether she is willing to cooperate with your Tiansheng Group, that's up to her."

Hearing Ye Linyuan's words, Chen Qiang knew perfectly well that this was a rejection.

Everyone in Haicheng knows how domineering and powerful Ye Qingyan is; she has dedicated suppliers for almost all her supply channels and rarely changes them.

To get into Ye's supply chain, Ye's suppliers have to be incompetent!

The most coincidental thing is that if Tiansheng Group's products want to enter Ye's business, then the Su family has to be in big trouble, because the Su family's businesses completely cover Tiansheng Group's business!

"Then thank you very much, Junior Brother Ye."

"By the way, let me introduce you. This is my business partner. I heard that the Ye family is having a birthday banquet today and welcoming all guests, so I thought I'd bring him along to broaden his horizons. I'm sure Junior Ye won't have any objections, right?"

Ye Linyuan turned his gaze to Zhao Yang without the slightest hint of tact.

"Others can do it, but he can't."