King of Capital: From Unemployment to the Pinnacle of Life

"Second sister... what's there for me to talk about with her?"

I looked helpless: "Besides, I'm telling you beforehand, don't make me drink anymore! Before... you didn't know I was your brother, so I could only... swallow my grievances! Now that you know... then don't make things difficult for your own brother, you're ruining my liver by drinking me down..."

"Giggle giggle!"

Song Huazhao laughed and said, "Alright, alright, we won't drink. The main purpose of going today is to teach them a lesson, to make them watch their mouths and not talk nonsense, otherwise they'll harm themselves and others!"

"Um!"

I nodded solemnly: "There's another point... This Xiao family is quite wicked; they'll stop at nothing to achieve their goals, they even drugged me..."

"Oh dear! Little brother!"

Song Huazhao smiled and advised, "It's all in the past, why bother with such trivial matters... From now on, I'll have Hongman stay with you all the time, never leaving your side, so you won't miscalculate again."

"Oh, oh, oh!"

"Besides, on another note..."

Song Huazhao's expression became slightly more serious: "As the saying goes, even a day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of kindness. No matter what, Xiao Xuan slept with you, so you can't be too heartless, can you? In the business world, on the battlefield, and in love, there are many delicate relationships. You need to handle them well. From now on... I'll guide you and teach you little by little!"

"sister!"

I said, frustrated, "What kind of bullshit is this 'even a day as husband and wife is a hundred days of kindness' nonsense! She clearly took advantage of me while I was vulnerable. I was raped, not the other way around!

"Tsk tsk tsk!"

Song Huazhao frowned, grinned, and shook his head: "Little brother, that doesn't sound like something a man would say... Do you really understand what state you were in last night? You kept calling out 'Lin Lan, Lin Lan, don't leave me!' Xiao Xuan just came in to bring you some hangover soup, and you suddenly grabbed her and started tearing at her clothes... Seeing you crying and making a scene, looking so miserable, that's why she gave herself to you..."

"sister!?"

"You don't believe me!"

Song Huazhao rolled his eyes: "Why don't our bodyguards go in to protect you? Think about it! They're all professionally trained. If you clearly say you don't want to, they won't just ignore you! You... you're mistaking Xiao Xuan for Lin Lan!"

"this?"

Song Huazhao's words pierced my conscience...

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that's really the case!

I really mistook her for Lin Lan, and I hugged her and kept kissing her. My thoughts seemed to have gone back to several years ago...

"But, but..."

"There are no 'buts'!"

Song Huazhao frowned, somewhat impatiently, and said, "Things have come to this point, so we can only accept the status quo... The key issue is not to break ties with the Xiao family! Besides... you can still make good use of Xiao Bo."

"Using Xiao Bo?"

"Um!"

Song Huazhao nodded seriously: "Xiao Bo... isn't a bad person at heart! Now that he knows you're my father's son, and that you have this connection with his sister, he probably won't dare to harbor any hatred towards you. If you use him well... he might become one of your fierce generals, or rather, your loyal henchmen!"

"A loyal dog?"

"right!"

Song Huazhao pondered for a moment and said, "When dealing with subordinates, we need to categorize them properly. Some people are suitable to be horses, working hard without complaint, while others are suitable to be dogs, letting them bite... Although our father has temporarily taken control of the Xu family's business, but..."

As she said this, her brows furrowed into a knot...

"Second sister, do you mean... Xu Shaokun?" I asked, frowning.

"snort!"

Song Huazhao shook his head dismissively: "He's nothing! I'm referring to the macro level..."

"At the macro level?"

"right!"

Song Huazhao looked at me with a sly glint in his eyes and said, "Xiao Cheng, you're a member of the Song family. Everything you do must be based on the interests of the Song family... Let me be frank, Dad wants to swallow up the Xu family, but you know the Xu family isn't a clean business, right?"

"Oh, I know..."

I frowned and nodded: "The Xu family... uses some very dirty tricks to gain leverage over many people. Once their schemes are exposed, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

"That's only one aspect!"

Song Huazhao sighed: "The Xu family... is playing with fire right now, engaging in cross-industry investments all over the country, doing all sorts of random projects—purified water, health products, stem cells, mobile phones, home appliances, electric vehicles, photovoltaics—whatever's hot these past two years, they're getting into it... They're not doing real business, they're just inflating balloons, then listing them on the stock market, swindling money from the government and shareholders..."

She paused, then continued, "This kind of operation worked in the past... but it doesn't work now. Don't treat the country like a fool. What you can think of, the country can think of too! Xu Jiayi's logic is the same as the land-buying and land-grabbing scheme of the past... In the past, local governments didn't have money, so they attracted investment by selling land. Xu Jiayi was that kind of speculator. He bought prime locations with loans and then asked the government for all sorts of green lights... At that time, local governments, in order to improve their performance, gave him all sorts of green lights and approved all sorts of permits. Then, after Xu Jiayi collected the prepayments from the real estate, he used the real estate as collateral for loans to acquire land in other places. Capital snowballed, one link after another..."

"Holy crap! So that's how it's played?"

"Um!"

Song Huazhao nodded: "He now wants to apply this approach to cross-industry investment and the stock market, but the government has already tightened its policies. If he continues down this path, the Xu family will undoubtedly perish!"

"So, what do you think, Second Sister?" I asked, frowning.

"Still don't understand?"

Song Huazhao chuckled slyly, "Xu Jiayi's own money, along with the money from other minority shareholders, has all been invested like this... So his 30% stake isn't actually very profitable; it's all been used as a deceptive facade. Only Xu Meijuan, Xu Meiyun, and Xu Meitong's money—that's real cash! What I mean is... the Xu family is like a fat fish covered in thorns; we need to pick out each thorn before we can swallow it whole!"

"Hiss~!"

I gasped, "Second Sister, what you're saying... is too profound. I don't understand!"

"hehe......"

Song Huazhao laughed and said, "Don't rush, you'll understand in time! Right now, the most important thing is for you to win over Xiao Bo and use him as a tool to remove the thorn in Xu Shaokun and his mother's side! The specific operation is... to have Xiao Bo infiltrate the dance troupe and extract all the dirt that Qiao Jingshu has on others..."

"this......?"

I stared at Song Huazhao in shock, unsure how to respond to her.

"You've completely offended Xu Shaokun..."

Song Huazhao pondered for a moment and said, "This job definitely can't be done by you. And Xiao Bo is Xu Shaokun's best friend. He's the most suitable candidate to be a spy!"

"and then?"

I frowned and asked, "And then what?"

"Silly boy!"

Song Huazhao poked my forehead with his index finger. Of course, it's for my second sister!

"Second sister, are you going to blackmail those people?" I asked in surprise.

"Idiot!"

Song Huazhao laughed and said, "Why would I threaten them? This is an immense favor!"

wipe!

I think I understand what Song Huazhao meant...

But doing this makes me feel uneasy!

"And also..."

Song Huazhao said, "Xu Meijuan, Xu Meiyun, and Xu Meitong from the Xu family all have a good relationship with you. You need to indirectly influence their decisions and make them..."

"Second Sister!"

I interrupted her: "If Dad takes over the Xu family, then those three..."

"Giggle giggle!"

Song Huazhao's eyes gleamed with a cunning slyness: "Then it's up to you. They can continue to be shareholders, but they'll have to hand over the empire!"

My head was buzzing... An unprecedented sense of crisis washed over me!

On one side is family, on the other is love... However, the business world is like a battlefield, and often, when it comes to interests, these two are irreconcilable.

"What's wrong?"

Song Huazhao looked at me slyly and asked, "What are your thoughts?"

"No...no!"

I frowned and shook my head.

Song Huazhao continued, "Xu Shaokun and his mother are the first to be eliminated. Then... we'll remove Xu Jiayi from his position as chairman, dilute the capital shares, and make Xu Meiyun the chairman!"

"Xu Meiyun?"

I looked at Song Huazhao in surprise: "Xu Meiyun is only the second-in-command, she's not the CEO!"

"Who told you to get closer to Hsu Mei-yun?"

Song Huazhao laughed and said, "If you're closer to Xu Meijuan, then I'd naturally be more willing to support her... Also, Xu Meijuan is a difficult person to manage! She's older than me, and has been in the business world for so many years; you're no match for her! But Xu Meiyun is different; she's a bookworm, always crying and whining... How could you possibly manage a chairman like that!"

She paused, then continued, "And... after she had your child, she was even more completely at your mercy!"

My head was buzzing, and I had a vague idea of ​​Song Huazhao's "long-term plan"!

I feel... she's even more insidious than Song Guolong!

To be honest, I think the idea of ​​a blood relationship between this guy and me is a bit far-fetched!

She's using me too, using me to benefit the Song family...

If Xiao Bo is the "loyal dog" I want to win over...

Now, I've become her "loyal dog"!

"Little brother, what are you thinking about?"

Seeing that I was in a daze and didn't speak, Song Huazhao asked me with a smile.

"Uh...it's nothing."

"hehe!"

Song Huazhao handed me a card and said, "You can use the money in this card however you like. Don't worry, you're my own brother. If my sister has a bite, you'll have a bite too..."

"Second sister, this, how can I accept this?" I awkwardly took the card.

"puff!"

Song Huazhao laughed and said, "There's an old saying that goes, 'The eldest sister is like a mother.' Although I'm the second sister, our feelings are the same. Remember... In this world, besides Dad, I'm the closest person to you. Your other women don't even come close..."

As we were talking, we arrived at the Xiao family's headquarters.

Today, since it was just a surprise visit, the Xiao family didn't hold a grand welcoming ceremony like they did yesterday.

Song Huazhao even confessed that he only wanted to have a "private chat" with Xiao Xuan.

However, when Song Huazhao and I were about to get out of the car, we were surprised to see Xiao Bo holding Xu Meiwen's hand as they walked out of the lobby!

The two were chatting and laughing, seemingly quite sweet together...