The system only arrives when you're old? Then let's create a super-rich family!

Zou Chengfeng burst into laughter as if he had heard a joke.

"Purge my Zou family? Qin Zheng, you've gone mad!"

"Who doesn't know the Qin family's true strength? Your Zhenshi Group currently has at most a few billion in cash on hand!"

"With the help of the Song family, my Zou family is ready to sign an 80 billion yuan project with Xingsheng Group. At that time, my Zou family will rise to a higher level, while your Qin family will not even last until today."

"You're telling me you're going to settle scores with my Zou family? What are you going to use to settle scores with? Your mouth?"

The wealthy people in the room turned their heads in surprise. The Zou family had actually won the Xingsheng Group's 80 billion yuan project with a market value of only 20 billion yuan. It was simply astonishing.

If the Zou family successfully signs the contract, their future market value is estimated to skyrocket to nearly 400 billion.

Yuan Shao stood still, observing quietly.

In his eyes, all of the Qin family's counterattacks were nothing but madness before their demise, and utterly meaningless.

Qin Zheng raised his hand, and Lu Cheng'an beside him bowed slightly, "Yes, sir."

Everyone in the room immediately turned to look at Qin Zheng and Lu Cheng'an, wondering what methods the Qin family could use to complete this meaningless death throes.

One second, ten seconds, thirty seconds.

The hall was so quiet that only the sound of everyone breathing could be heard. Just when everyone thought that the Qin family was just putting on a show and had no backup plan at all,

The cell phone rang sharply and shrilly.

Zou Chengfeng's heart skipped a beat, then he answered the phone, asking in a serious tone, "What is it?"

On the other end of the phone, the finance minister's howling voice came through instantly.

"Chairman, something terrible has happened! Xingsheng Group, who were about to sign a contract with us, have just been snatched away by people from Yunding Building! They quoted an exorbitant price, and the client directly terminated their cooperation intention with us!"

Before the distraught Zou Chengfeng could recover, even more devastating news followed, delivered in a rapid-fire, almost hysterical voice:

"Chairman! Something terrible has happened again! The company's stock has suddenly been shorted! The stock price has plummeted, and even the trading team's best efforts to stop the losses are useless. It's about to hit the daily limit down and completely collapse!"

"What?"

Zou Chengfeng's pupils shrank suddenly, his face turned deathly pale, and his body trembled as his phone crashed heavily to the ground with a "thud".

The Qin family's funds have clearly been exhausted. All financial analyses and insider information in the market confirm that the Qin family's Zhenshi Group is now just an empty shell!

How could the Qin family possibly have such a terrifying cash flow?

Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

He froze completely, his body trembling uncontrollably, his eyes filled with disbelief.

The expressions of everyone present changed simultaneously, but in just a moment, they quickly regained their senses, and the shock in their eyes disappeared.

Everyone knew in their hearts that this was nothing more than the Qin family's last desperate counterattack before their demise, in order to drag someone down with them.

Zou Chengfeng was too hasty, eager to curry favor with the Yuan family and step on the Qin family to rise to power. He jumped out to provoke everyone, but instead ran into the Qin family's last trump card. He only brought it upon himself.

But this is the limit for the Qin family.

Squandering all remaining capital and desperately crippling the Zou family is a meaningless and futile struggle that cannot fundamentally change the Qin family's inevitable demise.

Seeing this, Fang Rui stepped forward at the opportune moment and shouted sternly:

"That's enough, Qin Zheng. Kneel down immediately and kowtow to Young Master Yuan to admit your mistake!"

Someone muttered in the crowd.

"If the Qin family can short-sell the Zou family, could they also shake up the Zhengguang Group?"

These words immediately drew rebuttals from countless people around.

"You're overthinking it. The Fang family holds a massive number of key provincial projects! They have the entire Jiangbei High-tech Innovation City development, three high-end residential clusters along the river, and the construction and operation rights for half of the Jiangbei high-speed rail line—all core projects tied to people's livelihoods. Who would dare touch them?"

"A government project worth tens of billions of yuan has landed in a local government, affecting tens of thousands of jobs and annual economic indicators. Even if the Qin family still has the resources to act, the government will absolutely not sit idly by and watch Zhengguang Group collapse. There will definitely be someone above protecting them. The Qin family can't touch the Fang family."

"The Qin family has already exhausted all their resources; they couldn't possibly have any trump cards left!"

Amidst the rising and falling jeers, Qin Zheng remained seated, his expression still calm, before scoffing:

"You dare to act so recklessly over a mere few hundred billion yuan in affiliated projects? Do you think the higher-ups will protect your Fang family to the death?"

"Then wouldn't the national-level infrastructure projects that my Qin family secured, worth hundreds of billions, including the full construction, investment, and operation of three inter-provincial high-speed rail trunk lines, with a total investment of 130 billion, be a blatant humiliation to your Fang family?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Rui burst into laughter, tears welling up in his eyes.

"130 billion? Three high-speed rail lines?! Qin Zheng, it seems you've truly lost your mind?"

"This kind of national-level infrastructure project, worth hundreds of billions of yuan, has extremely high thresholds and strict review processes. In the entire Jiangnan Province, at least two to three top-tier wealthy families would need to join forces to bid and secure the contract. Do you think your Qin family, currently struggling to survive, is qualified to claim that you can undertake such a large project?"

The onlookers burst into silent laughter.

"They brag without even thinking! Do they really think a national-level project worth hundreds of billions is like a street stall that can be easily taken on?"

"The Qin family has completely gone mad; they've started spouting nonsense!"

"Alas, it's both laughable and pathetic."

Qin Zheng was too lazy to explain, so he simply raised his hand slightly.

Lu Cheng'an immediately stepped forward and threw over a stack of official contracts stamped with the bright red seal of the provincial people's government.

Fang Rui took it and snorted coldly.

He opened the contract, and upon seeing the bright red and glaring government seal, the arrogant smile on his face instantly froze, his pupils dilated sharply, and his complexion changed from flushed to deathly pale, and then to ashen.

Upon seeing Fang Rui's expression, the laughter and mockery from everyone in the room instantly ceased.

Even if they were slow learners, they could tell that something was wrong with Fang Rui at this moment.

Fang Rui stared intently at the contract on the ground, his mind completely blank.

How is that possible?

When did such a terrifying giant as the Qin family emerge in Jiangnan Province?

This top-tier project, worth hundreds of billions, is beyond the reach of even the top five wealthy families in Jiangnan Province, yet it has now been completely monopolized by the Qin family!

Wasn't the Qin family beyond saving? How could they possibly have extra funds to sign such a large project?

"It's alright," Fang Rui reassured himself.

Zhengguang Group is just the visible entity; the Fang family's most important source of funding lies in their clandestine, gray-market operations.

Before Fang Rui could recover from his shock, Qin Zheng's voice rang out again:

"Your Fang family is not worthy of my use of business means to suppress you."

"Li Zhenggang received a large box of accusation letters, full of evidence against Fang Tong and Fang Lijie. What you should be worried about now is whether your hands are clean and whether you will lose your job."

When Qin Zheng learned about the news in the industry last night, he spent a lot of money to hire the best criminal lawyer team and some people in the underworld to help find the families of the survivors who were persecuted by the Fang family. Under the guise of humanitarian aid, he helped them seek justice. Then he received a lot of evidence that could convict Fang Tong and Fang Lijie.

The purpose was to completely shut down the Fang family's shady dealings.

Fang Rui felt a chill run through his body, and his back was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

Fang Tong controls all of the Fang family's gray businesses and is the core pillar of the Fang family's secret revenue.

Once Fang Tong is fully convicted and imprisoned, all of the Fang family's gray businesses will be seized and liquidated instantly, the entire upstream and downstream industrial chain will collapse, and the Fang family's foundation will be directly severed.

The immense panic made it hard for him to breathe, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

"So what! Secretary Li and Governor Chen can't just sit idly by and watch Zhengguang Group collapse. As long as my Fang family's Zhengguang Group still exists, I can make a comeback one day. But your Qin family will be destroyed today, and you'll never see that day again!"