346: Thirty-Six Strategies

“I’m sorry, Gaoda!” Ye Xiaoqin apologized sincerely. “I shouldn’t have doubted what you were doing.”

Liu Gaoda shook his head, “It’s nothing. Many people might not think highly of what I do!”

“You’re doing it for the company, not for yourself. I’ve never blamed you!”

Hearing Liu Gaoda accept her apology, Ye Xiaoqin breathed a sigh of relief and said, “President Qian has already transferred one hundred million to the account.”

“I’ve told the finance department that any money you need will be approved immediately.”

“Additionally, President Qian also asked me to tell you to work hard. This money is just an initial investment, and he will invest more in the future. He wants you not to be afraid of losses!”

Upon hearing this, Liu Gaoda nodded emotionally, “Ziyong is truly too good to me, trusting me unconditionally. I will definitely not let him down!”

“Before, I guessed that Ziyong had his reasons for putting me in logistics.”

“Now I can confirm that it must be so, Xiaoqin. Just wait and see, I’ll give you a big surprise!”

“Let everyone see that the rise of our Feihuang Restaurant is unstoppable!”

“Let our Feihuang Restaurant redefine takeout and redefine food safety!”

…

After hanging up the phone with Liu Gaoda, Qian Ziyong felt very pleased.

Everything was developing in a good direction; there was nothing to worry about!

“When I was trying to fool Ye Xiaoqin just now, I felt a bit at a loss for words.”

“Also, when I called Xiang Yang earlier to invite him to work, my expression didn’t seem very good either.”

“It seems I need to learn some communication skills to improve my ability to fool people.”

“Also, as the company grows larger and larger, the demands on my abilities are also increasing. It seems I also need to improve my capabilities.”

Qian Ziyong deeply realized his own shortcomings.

Liu Gaoda has improved, so how could he not improve and be surpassed by his godson?

Qian Ziyong called Brother Chen, “Brother Chen, I feel my abilities are a bit lacking. Are there any books that can improve my abilities?”

“Preferably something that offers quick results.”

Qian Ziyong understood himself.

He didn’t have much patience for reading, especially for those long, tedious books.

He disliked books that explained the same principle eight hundred times, treating the reader like an infant.

Upon hearing this, Chen Jingfu was a bit puzzled and pondered for a moment before saying, “Ziyong, your business acumen is already very strong.”

“All along, I’ve wanted to teach you some business things, but I found your abilities to be exceptional, far surpassing mine!”

“I feel that some modern business knowledge might not be very suitable for you. If you want to continue improving, what you need to improve are the most fundamental things.”

“This way, you can draw inferences from one instance to another and become even more formidable.”

“I recommend you study some ancient books, such as Spring and Autumn Annals, Analects, or military treatises like The Art of War and Thirty-Six Stratagems.”

“Learning these will be an all-around improvement for a person, especially The Art of War, which is considered the classic among classics!”

Qian Ziyong rubbed his head; he didn’t quite understand.

However, he understood the last part: Brother Chen suggested he read The Art of War and Thirty-Six Stratagems.

“Okay!” Qian Ziyong immediately stood up. “I’m going to the bookstore to buy them now. Thank you for your guidance, Brother Chen.”

Acting on his words, Qian Ziyong quickly arrived at the bookstore.

Soon, Qian Ziyong found the book The Art of War.

Opening the book, Qian Ziyong read it carefully.

He found that he could understand it, just like reading simplified Chinese.

Any classical Chinese could be translated into modern vernacular after one read.

The ability of Language Proficiency was too powerful!

However, even though he could translate it into vernacular, Qian Ziyong still frowned.

Many books are not enough just to understand them.

Understanding their meaning is one thing; understanding their principles is another.

Understanding it but not being able to use it is no different from reading it in vain.

Moreover, The Art of War itself has translations…

Qian Ziyong put down The Art of War, not very interested in it.

Even if the Twenty-Four Histories were placed before him, he wouldn’t have much interest.

He was quite interested in the novels next to them.

He was immediately drawn to a novel and unknowingly read for two hours.

“Oh right, what did I come to the bookstore for?” Qian Ziyong suddenly realized.

He seemed to have come to learn knowledge and improve himself.

Thinking of this, Qian Ziyong quickly put down the novel and looked at the ancient books next to it.

Well, he really wasn’t interested; even if he forced himself to read, he couldn’t get into it.

Just then, his eyes caught sight of a book titled Thirty-Six Stratagems, and his heart stirred.

The Art of War had many characters and was slow to read.

Why not study Thirty-Six Stratagems?

This one’s cover was flashy; this one it is.

Qian Ziyong picked up that copy of Thirty-Six Stratagems and went to the checkout.

At the checkout, the cashier sister looked at him strangely.

Had she never seen someone so eager to learn?

Qian Ziyong rubbed his head in confusion, took the book, and went back.

…

Lying on the bed, Qian Ziyong opened the book and began to read.

The more he read, the more something felt off. Why wasn’t it classical Chinese?

What kind of stuff was this?

He felt like the author’s mind contained nothing but women!

Qian Ziyong turned back to look closely at the cover again, only to see the four large characters for Thirty-Six Stratagems written very prominently.

But above the words Thirty-Six Stratagems, there were two very small characters, written in extremely cursive and sloppy script.

At first glance, it looked like graffiti, but upon closer inspection, he realized they were two characters: “Pao Niu” (picking up girls).

Huh?

So vulgar?

Together, it was “Thirty-Six Stratagems for Picking Up Girls”?

Qian Ziyong jumped up and threw the book onto the bed.

This was too much of a scam, wasn’t it?

Would I, Qian Ziyong, read such a book?

As a CEO, worth hundreds of millions, not to mention whether he was domineering or not.

He wouldn’t be so bad as to not even be able to get a girlfriend; did he really need to learn this kind of stuff?

He bought the wrong one!

He didn’t even want to pursue girls!

If anyone was going to pursue, it would be girls pursuing him.

Besides, what was so good about girlfriends?

Other than wanting to shop all day, dress up all day, and not allowing him to play games all day, they were completely useless!

Return it?

It seemed this item didn’t support seven-day no-reason returns.

Forget it, since he bought it, he might as well just read it.

Qian Ziyong was a thrifty person. He picked up the book, lay on the bed, and watched the author babble on.

One look at the author, and he knew it was someone without a girlfriend, who wrote books based solely on fantasy.

What “feigning retreat to lure the enemy,” what “seven captures and seven releases,” it was all written in a jumbled mess.

However, Qian Ziyong had never dated either, and seeing the author speak so eloquently, he felt there was a little bit of truth to it.

There was truth, but not much.

“Reading this book to practice my speaking skills isn’t bad either!” Qian Ziyong thought to himself, then tossed the book aside and started buying games.

Now, there didn’t seem to be many fun games. He didn’t really like 3A games because he got 3D motion sickness.

Ordinary single-player games seemed to be mostly old ones, not very fun.

As a boss, he was usually very idle and had plenty of time to play games.

Plus, he was rich now, so he would just buy whatever game looked fun.

He had played almost all the fun games on the market.