56: Is this the art of war?

As the saying goes, 'He who has milk is a mother'.

Eating at Feihuang Restaurant every day, customers will likely develop an attachment to Feihuang Restaurant.

By then, customers won't step foot into Yongnian Supermarket.

Even if they accidentally enter, they'll feel a sense of guilt, as if they've betrayed their own home.

Yamazumi Arimatsu and Yamazumi Arimatsu both realized the seriousness of the situation.

It turns out that a long time ago, Qian Ziyong had already dug a pit for them!

He had long planned to compete with them on price, and then use Feihuang Restaurant to deliver a fatal blow.

Now, things are very difficult to handle.

Even if they continue to lose money like this, most customers will still go to Feihuang Supermarket.

Money lost, customers not retained—is there anything more tragic than this?

"He's truly ruthless, calculating every step. Is this the art of war from Huaguo?" Yamazumi Arimatsu's expression was more solemn than ever before.

Now he felt a bit helpless.

Having opened so many supermarkets, this was the first time he encountered such a difficult opponent.

Right from the start, he engaged him in a price war, slapping him hard, crackling and popping.

He initially thought the opponent was a brute.

After all, the opponent harmed a thousand enemies while incurring eight hundred self-inflicted wounds.

Good heavens, looking back, the opponent had set countless traps for him.

He wasn't a brute at all; he was practically a thousand-year-old fox!

Yamazumi Arimatsu felt that he wasn't facing a young man, but rather an existence that was almost a demonic mastermind.

Making a move was wrong, and not making a move was also wrong!

He felt like everything he did was wrong!

He was being led by the nose, step by step.

He looked at his younger brother, crestfallen, like an eggplant hit by frost.

Yamazumi Arimatsu was filled with emotion.

His younger brother had never lost.

At home, he was always overshadowed by this genius younger brother.

Sometimes it made him feel very uncomfortable, and he even envied his own brother at one point.

But now, seeing him so utterly defeated, he still felt a pang of heartache.

He comforted him, "Brother, it's alright!"

"Isn't it just losing a few rounds?"

"It doesn't matter!"

"Since we can't win against them with tactics, we won't compete with them that way. We'll defeat them with an honorable method!"

Yamazumi Arimatsu looked up, his eyes filled with hope: "What method?"

Yamazumi Arimatsu looked towards Liu Gaoda.

Yamazumi Arimatsu waved his hand and said, "Gaoda, you go out first."

"Oh..." Liu Gaoda left dejectedly.

After Liu Gaoda left, Yamazumi Arimatsu said, "After I was defeated by Qian Ziyong, I've been studying Huaguo's art of war!"

"The art of war says, 'In all warfare, the orthodox force engages, and the extraordinary force wins!'"

"If there's no way to win with the extraordinary, then press them with an honorable army and an imposing force!"

"Compared to you, Qian Ziyong's biggest weakness is insufficient funds!"

"So, whatever Qian Ziyong does, we will do the same, and then, with ample funds as our backing, we will surely defeat him!"

Upon hearing this, Yamazumi Arimatsu thought carefully.

His brother was right!

Since he wasn't Qian Ziyong's match in schemes, then he would fight him honorably!

"Manager Sun, Manager Li!" Yamazumi Arimatsu's eyes were bright.

"Here!" The two stood up.

Yamazumi Arimatsu ordered, "I'm investing fifty million. Open a restaurant for me that is exactly the same as Feihuang Supermarket's restaurant."

"Remember, it must be exactly the same, no changes whatsoever!"

"Hmm, add another ten million. There's only one requirement: get it done for me within five days!"

That ten million was to speed up the restaurant's construction.

As long as the money was in place, it could be as fast as possible.

He wanted to invite all the decoration companies in Han City!

"Yes!" The two were invigorated.

Upon receiving the order, they immediately went out to make arrangements.

After the two left, Yamazumi Arimatsu sat down, utterly exhausted.

He had just been putting on a show for them.

In reality, he didn't have much money left.

With insufficient working capital, he had been scrambling for funds.

However, he had his family as a backing.

He decided to borrow some from his family.

Borrowing money from the family came at a cost.

It required double repayment.

So, he tried not to borrow if he could avoid it.

No matter the cost, he had to defeat Qian Ziyong!

"Brother, lend me some money. I'll pay you back after I apply to the family," Yamazumi Arimatsu said.

Hearing his younger brother ask him for money, Yamazumi Arimatsu was quite surprised.

"How much do you need to borrow?" Yamazumi Arimatsu asked.

"Sixty million," Yamazumi Arimatsu said.

Yamazumi Arimatsu was astonished: "You don't have any money left at all?"

"How much money have you spent on the supermarket in these two months?"

Yamazumi Arimatsu said tiredly, "Two hundred million!"

"A full two hundred million!"

"Even if it were thrown into water, you'd hear a splash!"

"But competing with Qian Ziyong, I didn't even hear a sound!"

The money was spent, but Yongnian Supermarket hadn't truly improved.

Business was good now because of loss-making promotions.

Once both Yongnian Supermarket and Feihuang Supermarket stopped loss-making promotions, Yongnian Supermarket's business would plummet!

The more he competed, the fewer customers he had.

Qian Ziyong's tactics were endless.

Customers had all gone to Feihuang Supermarket!

However, if he persisted and defeated Feihuang Supermarket, taking all the customers back, then it could still return to how it was before.

Hearing two hundred million, Yamazumi Arimatsu was startled:

"Then you're completely out of money, aren't you?"

Yamazumi Arimatsu nodded.

After thinking for a moment, Yamazumi Arimatsu comforted him: "It's alright, with the family as a backing, Qian Ziyong's funds aren't as strong as yours!"

Yamazumi Arimatsu forced himself to perk up: "That's right, Qian Ziyong is definitely not my match!"

His eyes were red, filled with murderous intent!

He wanted Qian Ziyong to die!

For the past two months, he hadn't been able to sleep and was in great pain.

Especially after the major loss-making promotions, he could see money disappearing every day.

He didn't know that Qian Ziyong was also losing money like him, so why was he in such good spirits?

How did he sleep at night?

...

The news that Yongnian Supermarket was opening a restaurant quickly reached Qian Ziyong.

"Ahahaha..." Qian Ziyong jumped up excitedly.

"Yongnian Supermarket is also opening a restaurant!"

"Yamazumi Arimatsu is truly helpful!"

He was truly too happy.

Yamazumi Arimatsu was a good person!

He kept helping him incur losses.

Truly a great person!

Seeing Qian Ziyong jump up excitedly, Zhu Daqiang, who was standing beside him, was bewildered.

"Boss, this is bad news!"

"Yamazumi Arimatsu is opening a restaurant just like us; they'll steal our customers."

"Many customers are almost used to going there now!"

"Once they get used to it and eat at our Feihuang Supermarket long-term, they'll start treating this place as home!"

"When customers treat the supermarket as home, our business will get better and better, and even without discounts, they'll still come to the supermarket!"

"But if Yongnian Supermarket does the same, a portion of customers will become loyal fans of Yongnian Supermarket!"

"This is very unfavorable for us!"

Zhu Daqiang didn't understand why his boss was so happy.

The supermarket was facing such a big crisis; shouldn't he be worried?

As he was speaking, Zhu Daqiang's phone rang.

He quickly went out to answer the call.

After a while, Zhu Daqiang ran back excitedly.

"Boss, good news!"

"Zhou Kaitian, Master Zhou, has quietly done something big!"

"Something incredibly good!"