67: Chapter 67 Parting on Unhappily

Shangguan Mingyan was enraged to the point of fury.

His sycophants and lackeys couldn't stand it any longer and began to accuse Zhao Jian one after another:

"What are you saying, you poor wretch?"

"Damn, this poor place only produces unruly people!"

"How dare you insult Brother Yan! Let's bankrupt him!"

"Small places are full of trash. Anyone with class wouldn't stay here!"

Seeing the argument escalating, Shangguan Mingyan waved his hand to stop his lackeys from continuing their insults.

Seemingly having regained his composure, he feigned magnanimity as he said to Zhao Jian:

"You come from a small place, so I don't blame you for being vulgar and impolite."

"After all, the environment has too great an impact on people."

"I can give you my business card. If you want to leave the mountains in the future, you can come to Kyoto to find me."

"I give those who insult me a chance to escape poverty, so if you help me, I can make you rich!"

Having said that, he actually pulled out a gold-embossed business card and handed it over.

The people around him chimed in promptly in unison:

"Young Master Yan is so magnanimous. No wonder one can make a fortune following Brother Yan!"

"Hurry up and take it. The chance for a poor wretch to turn his life around has arrived."

"Meeting Brother Yan means your ancestors' graves are smoking with good fortune. Remember to go back and burn more joss paper."

Zhao Jian didn't take it.

He furrowed his brows and retorted:

"You keep calling it a small place, how big is your home?"

"Can you even afford such a small place?"

"How much money does your family have to be qualified to look down on Xiong City? No matter how small, it's over 600 square kilometers with 40 billion in tax revenue annually. Isn't that higher than your family's?"

His few words made Shangguan Mingyan, who had just calmed down, angry again.

"You really are a person from a small place, only capable of making unreasonable trouble! How many people are there in your city, and how many in our company!"

"Can you even compare them like that?"

Hanhai Group has fewer than 200 people in total, from directors to employees.

This method of comparison was indeed unfair.

But Zhao Jian was just laying the groundwork to show off.

"Since that's the case, let's compare your income and mine. That's fair, right?"

He had checked.

Although Shangguan Mingyan held a high position in the company, he hadn't obtained a large amount of equity.

He only received a very small year-end dividend.

According to the equity ranking in his family, he was at the very bottom.

Twenty million a year was his limit.

That was a lot of money, but when broken down to a single day, he couldn't beat Zhao Jian.

Hearing that Zhao Jian wanted to compare personal income with Shangguan Mingyan, even the local bosses of Xiong City secretly shook their heads.

No matter how unfavored a second-generation rich kid might be, he was still a scion of a wealthy family.

They hadn't even heard of Zhao Jian, so how could he possibly win?

The second-generation kids from Kyoto laughed out loud.

"The banquet hasn't even officially started and there's already such a big laugh. It's killing me."

"Comparing income with Young Master Yan? Hahaha, isn't that like hitting a diamond with an egg?"

"Who does he think he is? Don't tell me he thinks he can be mentioned in the same breath as Young Master Yan just by earning a few tens of thousands a month?"

Just as the second-generation kids were laughing to their hearts' content, some more people arrived at the venue.

These were local businessmen from Xiong City.

Among them was Wang Peng, following behind his father.

His eyes were full of impatience.

He had no interest in this kind of social engagement.

But as he heard the chaotic noise and looked in the direction of the sound, he saw Zhao Jian.

Wang Peng's eyes lit up!

At this moment, Wang Hao had gone to greet some familiar friends and couldn't be bothered with him.

It was the perfect opportunity to go over and join in the fun.

Upon arriving, Wang Peng didn't rush to speak.

He had to distinguish friend from foe first.

Only after confirming that the second-generation rich kids led by Shangguan Mingyan were besieging Zhao Jian did he step forward to kick a man while he was down:

"Zhao Jian, you really know how to cause trouble. You don't even have a proper job. You borrowed money to open a Vegetable Market with an annual income of twenty or thirty thousand—what do you have to compare with us rich people?"

"Hurry up and apologize. I, your old classmate, will plead for mercy on your behalf. Maybe they'll forgive you!"

Zhao Jian couldn't be bothered with Wang Peng; this person's level was too low, and showing off in front of him had no effect.

"Go aside, kid. This kind of occasion isn't suitable for you."

Wang Peng's face turned red, and he wanted to retort, but before he could open his mouth, he heard Zhang Tao add from behind Zhao Jian:

"Where is the adult who brought you here? Don't join in the fun, little kid. Go find your parents."

"You!"

Wang Peng cursed inwardly: You dog of a man and woman!

But he indeed hadn't received an invitation and had only been able to enter by using Wang Hao's quota for bringing relatives.

Shangguan Mingyan glanced at him casually.

He didn't think much of Wang Peng.

He lacked both integrity and enough ruthlessness. He wouldn't amount to much.

Pushing the intrusive Wang Peng aside, Shangguan Mingyan said:

"Since you want to compare, I'll grant your wish."

As he spoke, he prepared to show his balance.

Zhao Jian had only had the system for less than a month in total, so comparing balances was certainly risky.

"Since we want to be fair, let's compare this month's income. Otherwise, if you take out the New Year's money your old man gave you, I won't have enough piggy banks."

Zhao Jian's mocking words made Shangguan Mingyan very annoyed.

But he agreed nonetheless.

In his view, the more vigorously Zhao Jian jumped around now, the more painful the slap in the face would be later!

A mere Xiong City—even if the Vegetable Market had already formed a scale effect and supplied vegetables to the entire city, it couldn't make much money.

Agricultural products were inherently cheap.

Wanting to challenge him with this little bit of resources? Overestimating one's own capabilities.

The two showed each other their income.

It was seen that Shangguan Mingyan's income for this month was 1.7 million!

It had to be said that even in Kyoto, he counted as a high-income individual.

Many local bosses in Xiong City might not even have a net monthly profit higher than his.

"See that, you poor wretch? Young Master Yan's money for one month is enough to buy your life! And you still want to compare with Brother Yan."

"My god, 1.7 million! Young Master Yan is awesome!"

"I knew Young Master Yan was rich, but I didn't expect him to be this rich. He truly is the current big boss of our Kyoto investment circle!!"

Zhao Jian thought to himself, are these people blind?

1.7 million is nothing!

The others were biased, thinking it impossible for him to be richer than Shangguan.

So most people didn't even look.

A few glanced twice but didn't see clearly.

But Shangguan Mingyan saw it clearly.

"Ten million? How could it be ten million! How could people from a small place like you have this kind of income!"

He was so surprised that his jaw dropped.

Ten million wasn't much to him.

His annual income could exceed this amount.

But this was one month's income!

"A bank vault isn't big either, but the money inside is more than what's in your card."

Zhao Jian wanted to leave after saying that.

His original intention was not to let Zhang Tao be bullied, but he hadn't expected it to turn into a farce.

He pulled Zhang Tao away.

Meanwhile, Wang Peng, who had long since snuck to the door to avoid being slapped in the face, saw him come out and quickly ran away.

"Little brother, you're amazing!"

Outside, they hailed a taxi.

Zhang Tao sat in the car still feeling dazed, not understanding how her good little brother had suddenly gone from a graduate struggling to find a job to a multi-millionaire in such a short time.

At the same time, she was secretly worried.

Could this kid really have a villa with many women kept inside?

Zhao Jian quickly noticed the flicker of worry on her face.

However, he didn't know the specific reason.

He just thought she was worried about the job issue.

He teased, "What is Good Older Sister worrying about?"

"Don't worry, even if you lose your job, there's nothing to fear. I'll buy a villa and support you!"