Super Rich: It all started when I met a young woman in a sleeper car.

As soon as the car came to a stop at the back door of the shop, Chen Xun's phone started vibrating incessantly.

He glanced at it and saw that it was a message sent by Li Qian in the group chat.

"We've tracked him down. Five minutes after Manager Wang left the teahouse, he dialed a local landline using a different number. I checked, and it's registered under the name 'Tianxiong Building Materials'."

Chen Xun twitched his lips and replied, "Received." Then, a smile appeared on his lips as he put his hand back into his pocket.

Zhou Wenbin's car followed, and he rolled down the window: "Brother Chen, what's the next step? Should we wait for them to come looking for you again?"

"No." Chen Xun pushed open the car door. "It's our turn to go find them."

He went into the store and went straight up to the second floor.

In the monitoring room, Yang Xiaotao was staring at the screen. Lin Xinyue and Li Qian were in the temporary office. On the table were a pile of printed chat screenshots, transfer records, and a timeline of evidence handwritten by Lin Xinyue.

"Big brother!" Yang Xiaotao turned around at the sound. "You're back! How did the talk go? Were they very arrogant?"

"Arrogant?" Chen Xun smiled. "You won't be arrogant for long."

He threw the letter of intent from the teahouse onto the table, then took out the voice recorder and pressed play.

Manager Wang's hypocritical tone of "thinking of you," and his words, "If you miss this opportunity, the conditions next time might be even more stringent, or even...", were particularly clear in the quiet office.

The three women's expressions turned rather unpleasant after hearing this.

"This isn't just business competition," Lin Xinyue said through gritted teeth. "This is outright robbery."

"And it was outright robbery through threats," Li Qian added coldly.

"So," Chen Xun looked at them, "we don't need to be polite with them anymore. Xin Yue, how's the evidence chain coming along?"

Lin Xinyue immediately pushed the stack of papers in front of her over: "It's all here. From the earliest transcript of the recording where Boss Wu admitted to taking the order and smearing us, to the analysis of the fund flow of Fatty Zheng's line, and then to the complete record of their initiative to contact Zhou Wenbin and propose the acquisition, including the time, place, people, and key points of the conversation. There are also screenshots of media reports provided by Zhou Wenbin about several disputes in the building materials industry involving Jiang Tianxiong's previous use of inferior materials and violent clearing out of the market."

Chen Xun quickly flipped through the pages and nodded, "Very complete. Li Qian, what about yours?"

"Besides the call log I just sent," Li Qian turned the computer screen towards Chen Xun, "I also uncovered the equity relationship between 'Tianxiong Building Materials' and 'Dingtai Investment,' which is negotiating this time, through some public channels. Although there are multiple layers of nesting, after tracing back, the actual controller is Jiang Tianxiong. In addition, their company has filed three acquisition lawsuits against small and medium-sized catering brands in the local area in the past six months, and the pattern is similar: first suppress them, then negotiate an acquisition at a low price."

"Okay." Chen Xun closed the evidence materials. "With these, that's enough."

He took out his phone, found the business card that Manager Wang had given him earlier that day, and dialed the number on it.

The phone rang several times before I answered it.

"What? Boss Chen?" Manager Wang's voice carried a hint of surprise, along with barely suppressed smugness. "You've figured it out so quickly?"

"Manager Wang," Chen Xun said calmly, "I have some new ideas about the cooperation. Would it be convenient for us to meet again to discuss it? Right now."

"Now?" Manager Wang paused for a moment. "Sure, Boss Chen is sincere, we'll definitely cooperate. Location?"

"Still the Tranquil Tea House, Bamboo Rhyme Private Room. I came alone," Chen Xun said.

"No problem! We'll be right there!"

After hanging up the phone, Chen Xun looked at the three women: "You guys stay here and keep an eye on the surveillance and communications. Brother Zhou," he turned to Zhou Wenbin, who had followed him in, "I'd like you to come with me again and be a witness."

Zhou Wenbin patted his chest and said, "Absolutely! I want to see where that bastard will put his face later!"

Forty minutes later, in the Bamboo Rhyme private room.

Manager Wang and his assistant, Xiao Liu, were already there, with tea on the table, looking confident of victory.

Upon seeing Chen Xun and Zhou Wenbin enter, Manager Wang immediately stood up, beaming, "Boss Chen, Boss Zhou, please have a seat! What's your decision? Our General Manager Jiang is very much looking forward to it..."

"Manager Wang," Chen Xun interrupted him, without sitting down, but simply placing a file folder on the table, "before we discuss cooperation, there's something I'd like you to take a look at."

Manager Wang was taken aback: "What's this?"

Chen Xun didn't say anything, he just pushed the file bag over.

Manager Wang opened it suspiciously and pulled out the contents.

The first page is the transcript of Boss Wu's recording, with key parts highlighted in red.

Manager Wang's expression changed instantly.

He quickly flipped through the pages: Zheng Pangzi's information, the money transfer records of the online marketing company, Jiang Tianxiong's dark history provided by Zhou Wenbin... each page was more shocking than the last.

Turning to the last page reveals a summary of his conversation with Chen Xun at the teahouse that day, as well as a diagram showing the equity relationship between "Dingtai Investment" and "Tianxiong Building Materials".

Manager Wang's hands began to tremble, and a fine layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Xiao Liu, who was next to him, also came over to take a look, and his face turned pale upon seeing it.

"Mr. Chen... what do you mean by this?" Manager Wang tried to remain calm, but his voice was already a little weak. "These things... are all just hearsay, right? Competition is normal in business..."

"I welcome fair competition." Chen Xun pulled out a chair, sat down, and looked at him. "But hiring online trolls to smear someone, sending people to stalk and spy on them, taking advantage of their misfortune to buy them at a lower price, and even making insinuations and threats... Manager Wang, do you think this is normal?"

Manager Wang opened his mouth, but no words came out.

Chen Xun pointed to the document: "For every single item here, I have original recordings, screenshots, or witnesses. If I feel it's necessary, they will appear on the front page of the local industry and commerce bureau, the public security bureau, and several local self-media outlets with good traffic tomorrow. I've already thought of the title: 'Exposing the Black Hands of the Local Catering Industry: From Smear Campaigns to Forced Sales, a One-Stop Service'."

Manager Wang's legs went weak, and he almost lost his balance, so he grabbed the table for support.

"Mr. Chen... Mr. Chen, let's talk this out, let's talk this out!" He forced a smile that looked more like a grimace. "This is all a misunderstanding! It must be that the people below are ignorant and messing things up! Our General Manager Jiang absolutely knew nothing about it! I will definitely investigate this thoroughly when I get back!"

"Unaware?" Chen Xun laughed. "Then this letter of intent, and those 'teach us a lesson' and 'opportunity waits for no one' things you said today, were those also things your subordinates told you to say?"

Manager Wang was sweating profusely.

He knew he'd met his match. The other party wasn't the young entrepreneur he'd imagined he could easily manipulate; instead, they'd dug a pit for them, waiting for them to fall in.

"Boss Chen, what... what do you want?" Manager Wang's voice was pleading.

Chen Xun held up three fingers: "First, in the name of your General Manager Jiang, publicly issue an apology statement on an influential local platform, acknowledging the unfair competition against 'Xunwei Instant Noodles' and guaranteeing to stop immediately."

Manager Wang's face fell: "This...this public apology...it's a matter of saving face for President Jiang..."

"Face?" Chen Xun tapped the document. "Compared to what's in here, face is nothing. Second, compensate us for all losses caused by this malicious competition, including damage to our reputation and response costs. My lawyer will calculate the specific amount with you."

"……How many?"

"Five hundred thousand," Chen Xun quoted a number. "Not much, just a lesson learned."

Manager Wang's lips twitched. "Isn't that enough?"

"Third," Chen Xun retracted his fingers, "you, 'Dingtai Investment,' or any affiliated companies under President Jiang's name, are to withdraw from investment and acquisition activities in the local catering market, effective today. At the very least, don't let me see you again."

Manager Wang was completely devastated. Each of these three points was like tearing flesh from Jiang Tianxiong's body.

"Boss Chen, these... these conditions are too harsh, I can't make the decision!"

"If you can't make the decision, let someone who can." Chen Xun took the file bag back. "Or, I can send these things out right now. You see, is President Jiang's face and business more important, or these three conditions?"

Manager Wang looked at Chen Xun's calm but unquestionable gaze, and then at Zhou Wenbin, who had remained silent and merely observed coldly. He knew he had no room for negotiation.

The other party's evidence is too strong, and they are clearly not afraid to make a big fuss.

"...I...I'll make a phone call." Manager Wang shakily took out his phone and walked to the corner of the private room.

The phone call lasted a long time, and the voice was kept very low, but you could hear Manager Wang nodding and bowing repeatedly, saying "Yes, yes, yes" and "I understand, I understand."

A few minutes later, he returned, looking ashen-faced.

"Boss Chen, our General Manager Jiang... has agreed." He said this as if he had used all his strength. "An apology statement will be issued, and the compensation... 500,000 yuan will be in the account within three days. As for withdrawing from the catering market... General Manager Jiang said he will focus on the building materials business again."

"Words are no proof." Chen Xun looked at the settlement agreement that Lin Xinyue had prepared beforehand. "Sign it."

Manager Wang's hands trembled even more as he looked at the printed agreement, but he still signed his name on behalf of the second party's representative and affixed the official seal of "Dingtai Investment" that he carried with him.

The agreement is made in duplicate.

Chen Xun put away his share and stood up: "The compensation has been received, the apology statement has been issued, and we're even. If there's a next time..."

"No! Absolutely not!" Manager Wang quickly assured him.

Chen Xun didn't look at him again and walked out of the private room with Zhou Wenbin.

The moment the door closed, he heard Manager Wang's suppressed, collapsing growl and the sound of things being smashed coming from inside.

Zhou Wenbin chuckled: "Serves him right! Let's see how arrogant this bastard is!"

Chen Xun didn't say anything, but simply took out his phone.

【Ding! 】

[The system detected that the host successfully averted a highly risky hostile takeover attempt and used strategic maneuvering to force the opponent to sign a humiliating treaty.]

[The determination of "strategic fraudulent investment" was overly successful!]

[Triggering the basic calculation for a 10x rebate...]

[Due to the opponent's extremely high degree of defeat, additional critical hit coefficient calculation has been added...]

[Critical hit triggered!]

Final rebate amount: 100,000,000 yuan.

[The money has arrived.]

five million.

With his previous savings, Chen Xun looked at the long string of numbers in his mobile banking app and let out a long sigh of relief.

High risk, high reward. The system is not deceiving me.

"Let's go, Brother Zhou, back to the shop," Chen Xun said. "It's time to celebrate."

Back on the second floor of the shop, the three women immediately surrounded him.

"How is it? How is it?" Yang Xiaotao asked anxiously.

Chen Xun placed the signed agreement and the recording pen on the table: "It's settled. Apology, compensation, withdrawal. Jiang Tianxiong shouldn't dare to make another move anytime soon."

"Yay!" Yang Xiaotao jumped up. "Big Brother is awesome! Sister Qian and Sister Xinyue are awesome too! We won!"

Lin Xinyue and Li Qian visibly breathed a sigh of relief, and smiles appeared on their faces.

"The compensation is 500,000 yuan, and it will be in your account within three days." Chen Xun sat down. "Everyone, what do you suggest we do with this money?"

"Upgrade the equipment!" Yang Xiaotao was the first to raise her hand. "The noodle cooker in the kitchen sometimes has unstable heat! And the sound system in the shop needs a better one!"

Lin Xinyue thought for a moment and said, "I think we should set aside a portion of the funds to establish a brand protection fund. If we encounter similar malicious competition in the future, we can have a dedicated budget to hire lawyers and monitor public opinion, so we won't be as passive as we were this time."

Li Qian nodded: "I agree with Xin Yue. In addition, this incident exposed our weaknesses in legal affairs. We should hire a long-term legal counsel, or have Xin Yue take a relevant course to formalize the procedures for contracts and intellectual property rights."

Chen Xun felt a warmth in his heart as he listened to their various suggestions.

This is his team.

"Okay." Chen Xun made the decision. "After the compensation is in place, 200,000 will be used for equipment upgrades and store environment optimization, 100,000 will be used as start-up capital for the brand protection fund, 100,000 will be given to Xinyue for learning and process improvement expenses, and the remaining 100,000..." He looked at Yang Xiaotao, "Didn't you want to celebrate? Take out 50,000, and the team can go on a good trip. You can choose the place. The remaining 50,000 will be an extra bonus for everyone's hard work this time, and we'll divide it up."

"Wow!" Yang Xiaotao's eyes lit up. "Long live Big Brother!"

Lin Xinyue and Li Qian exchanged a smile.

"However," Chen Xun's smile faded, "Celebrations are fine, but we can't forget business. Jiang Tianxiong has temporarily stepped down, but there's no guarantee that Zhang Tianxiong and Li Tianxiong won't come along. We need to hurry up with the finishing touches on the renovation of the new store's 'themed experience area' and the opening preparations. I want to see the new store officially open and become an instant hit next weekend."

"Understood!" the three women said in unison.

"Alright, everyone get back to work." Chen Xun waved his hand. "Get some rest early tonight, and starting tomorrow, let's go all out for the opening."

The three women dispersed, and the office fell silent.

Chen Xun walked to the window and looked down at the bustling traffic on the street below.

The matter seems to have been settled.

But he always felt that things were going too smoothly.

Would a local tyrant like Jiang Tianxiong really admit defeat so easily?

He took out his phone, looked at the five million that had been deposited into his account, and then looked at the system interface.

The crisis has been temporarily averted, but the system's "high risk, high reward" warning still seems to be flickering faintly.

Perhaps this is just the beginning.