Reborn in 1991, I opened supermarkets all over the world.

Huidong Department Store, Headquarters Office.

On Su Yan's desk was a box of six eggs.

The person who brought this box of eggs back from Dong County was a spy assigned by Su Dong.

He did not participate in any of the actions to frame New Era Shopping Mall. Even after Wang Jianguo and his men arrived at the scene, he joined the chorus of condemning the floral shirt and white vest. In the end, he queued up like other customers to receive a box of eggs.

His job is to observe.

First, observe whether the people Su Dong hired actually did their jobs properly;

Secondly, observe how Lu Zifeng handles similar crises in order to provide a reference for future struggles.

Unexpectedly, with Lu Zifeng absent, Qiao Ling alone turned a bad situation into a good one.

Su Yan tapped rhythmically on the table with her fingers and asked Su Dong, "This loophole is too big. Why didn't you hire someone from Dong County to do it?"

Su Dong chuckled helplessly, "My older sister gave me advance notice that we can't use locals from Dong County to deal with Lu Zifeng. Otherwise, we might be exposed before we even start."

"Does that kid have such great abilities in Dong County?" Su Yan asked.

"It's not that I have any great ability, but who in a decent family would do this kind of thing? If you go looking for some shady thugs, you might end up going after Lu Zifeng and his gang."

Su Yan chuckled upon hearing this: "His identity as a street thug has actually become his shield."

Su Dong said, "Although Lu Zifeng's people resolved this matter, they didn't get any evidence pointing against us, so it's a draw."

Su Yan remained noncommittal.

Su Yan was extremely busy and didn't have much energy to get involved in Lu Zifeng's affairs.

He just wanted to see how capable his adult son and daughter were in the business world.

Did not expect ah did not expect.

They didn't even get a finger to touch Lu Zifeng before that woman surnamed Qiao took care of them.

"What's the relationship between the guy surnamed Qiao and Lu Zifeng?" Su Yan asked.

"According to my older sister, they are business partners. Lu Zifeng wanted to sell New Year's goods before the Spring Festival, but he didn't have time to obtain a business license, health permit, and food safety permit, so he borrowed the business license of the person surnamed Qiao to add items. The cooperation should have been quite pleasant, so they continued to cooperate when opening the shopping mall."

Su Yan laughed and said, "Can't you see through the appearances to the essence?"

"What is its essence?"

"To open a shopping mall like that, including the warehouse auction, you need at least 100,000 yuan in working capital. That's not something you can earn by selling New Year's goods for a few days. So the biggest source of funding for the mall is Lu Zifeng's New Era Trading Company, and it has little to do with the guy surnamed Qiao. In other words, this time, the guy surnamed Qiao is working for Lu Zifeng."

Even if Lu Zifeng is generous, he might give some shares to that guy surnamed Qiao, but it won't exceed ten percent.

Su Dong nodded silently.

It's not that Lu Zifeng is stingy; as a businessman, he's definitely driven by profit.

Unless there is a special relationship, high salaries or profit sharing are usually used to maintain cooperation.

If Lu Zifeng really gives away 10% of the shares, he'll be a benevolent benefactor.

"Dad, are you planning to poach that guy surnamed Qiao?" Su Dong asked, resting one elbow on his desk.

"Think of a way. That woman surnamed Qiao is quite talented. We wouldn't lose out by poaching her; it would also damage Lu Zifeng's career and prevent him from juggling two jobs. But don't reveal our company's name to her immediately, lest she react to our previous actions."

"Also, before poaching them, have your older sister confirm whether there's any deeper relationship between the two of them. Don't make things worse."

"OK."

Watching Su Dong leave the office, Su Yan sighed deeply.

He took off his glasses and rubbed the corners of his eyes, feeling somewhat exhausted.

Defeating Lu Zifeng was merely a matter of pride between the Su family and Lu Zifeng; it wasn't really a big deal.

Su Yan didn't really take this matter to heart.

On the contrary, this incident could bring Su Min and Su Dong together in the same trench, which would be beneficial to the Su family.

What he was really worried about was that the Su siblings couldn't even beat a twenty-year-old kid, so how could he entrust the entire Huidong Department Store to them in the future?

They even had the nerve to say it was a draw.

After the magazine exposed Su Min, it made some associations based on the facts, almost nailing Huidong Department Store to the ugly face of capitalists.

The more the magazine stirs up public emotions, the better it sells, and the greater the impact on the reputation of Hui Tung Department Store.

The only saving grace is that there aren't many stores of the same level and scale as Huidong Department Store yet, so the impact on sales isn't too significant...

Lu Zifeng also bought a copy of this magazine.

He didn't expect a single leak to bring down Huidong Department Store.

I'll keep this as a collection for now, and deal with it all at once when I've accumulated enough dirt.

After flipping through the entire magazine, Lu Zifeng locked it in a small box.

Inside the small box were many letters written by Lin Siyan, as well as the book "Stories of the Sahara".

He suddenly became interested and flipped through "Stories of the Sahara".

Lu Xiaoye, who was sleeping on the single bed opposite, said, "Big brother, I actually want to improve too, but I just can't concentrate on my studies."

Lu Zifeng didn't speak; he just happened to see this sentence in "Stories of the Sahara":

"There is more than one narrow path for people's environment and pursuits. No matter how you live, it is still a life."

Lu Xiaoye thought Lu Zifeng was still angry with him, so he defended himself, saying, "Next semester I'll be in my final year of junior high. I've fallen behind on too many things in my first and second years."

Lu Zifeng closed the book and asked, "Should I pay a tutor to come to your home for one-on-one tutoring?"

Lu Xiaoye chuckled awkwardly, "If you have a lot of money, you can give it a try. I'll try my best, but don't get your hopes up too high."

Lu Zifeng knew that with no expansion of university enrollment, even if Lu Xiaoye was forced to attend high school, it would still be too difficult for him to get into university given his academic talent.

But you can't say this to his face, otherwise it will become an excuse for him to be lazy.

"No one can predict what the future holds. What we need to do is, no matter what the future holds, when we look back on the present, we can say with a clear conscience: I tried my best, or everything I have today is the result of my hard work."

"Brother, you've become much more composed in the past six months."

Lu Zifeng smiled at Lu Xiaoye: "Go to sleep early."

The pager rang; it was a call from the New Era office.

It's possible that Wei Jun has found new business opportunities.

Lu Zifeng went to the living room, picked up the newly installed telephone, and returned the call.

A moment later, the call was connected.

Wei Jun said on the other end of the phone, "I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"