Chapter 256: A Motley Crew

If that's the case, then everything that happened before makes perfect sense.

Yezhou is his territory; no wonder that back in school, someone with such a weak personality dared to challenge him and Cui Jinghui.

Oh, Zheng Qian, Zheng Qian.

So this is where your confidence comes from?

Qianhe Group?

You've certainly overreached.

To dare and take out Hua Yunfeng right on Jiangnan soil—just how bold must one be?

Tang Xingyu's father didn't exactly trust Hua Yunfeng, but Zheng Qian's actions were undoubtedly a slap in the face to Xingyao Group and to his father.

"I heard you used to be a senior executive at Zheng Qian's company?" Tang Xingyu was very curious about this.

Xiao Xinhao nodded.

Having entered society quite early, he saw through Tang Xingyu's thoughts at a glance.

A while ago, he heard that Cui Jinghui and Tang Xingyu had teamed up to get into a fight at their alma mater.

The two of them had been beaten up by Zheng Qian's bodyguards.

All along, Xiao Xinhao hadn't really believed it.

But when he saw that the bruises on Tang Xingyu's face hadn't fully healed and matched the spots where he was beaten in the video, Xiao Xinhao finally understood.

Zheng Qian really did beat those two up!

Not to mention Cui Jinghui, just look at Tang Xingyu—he was a big shot at school back then!

In terms of background, family status, grades, appearance, and charisma.

If Tang Xingyu claimed second place, no one dared to claim first.

How proud he was.

Based on Xiao Xinhao's understanding of Tang Xingyu, he himself enjoyed that pride very much.

With that kind of personality, how could he possibly endure this?

Even Xiao Xinhao couldn't swallow this insult.

Spotting the right moment, Xiao Xinhao began to badmouth Zheng Qian.

The harsher he cursed, the more satisfied Tang Xingyu felt.

Xiao Xinhao's credibility within the Tang family would rise.

As long as Tang Xingyu mentioned a word to his father, the entire Yuehua Shipping might be handed over to him to manage!

How glorious that would be.

"That's right, Xingyu. I worked diligently at Zheng Qian's company for such a long time, but I never expected him to just kick me to the curb in the end."

"What happened?"

Tang Xingyu frowned, clearly very interested.

"It's like this: Qianhe Group's predecessor was Zhengxin Shipyard, which mainly started out in maritime shipping."

"During the Zhengxin Shipyard phase, I was a senior executive in the business department. I got up earlier than the roosters and went to bed later than the dogs. In just two months, I brought in a huge order for the department, hitting a record high."

"I was doing great in the business department, and the people under me all praised my competence."

"He was the one messing around with his own employees, but after everyone discovered the clues, he dumped all the blame on me!"

"Using the excuse that I was having an office romance, not only did he not promote me to Vice President, but he even fired me!"

"Come to think of it, this Zheng Qian is really unscrupulous, a total piece of trash."

"Because I was capable and shrewd in the business department, Zheng Qian, being narrow-minded and jealous, not only splashed dirty water on me but also kicked me out."

"I really didn't expect him to be this kind of person."

Xiao Xinhao got more and more excited as he spoke, almost accusing Zheng Qian of digging up his ancestors' graves.

Tang Xingyu narrowed his eyes and lowered his gaze.

Xiao Xinhao might have embellished the story, but it wasn't necessarily all false.

This also indirectly proved that Zheng Qian actually had another side to him.

At the end of the day, he was just a petty person.

Feeling that Xiao Xinhao's achievements overshadowed his own, he kicked him out of the company.

Don't look at how big he is now; the company will sooner or later be ruined by Zheng Qian's narrow-mindedness.

It's one thing to not understand how to employ people, but to lack any magnanimity? How could he ever make the company bigger and stronger?

Even he knew how to use both kindness and severity to manage subordinates.

Zheng Qian was just too foolish.

To hand over such a great general as Xiao Xinhao to others was truly a pity.

Back in school, Zheng Qian was unremarkable and was even often bullied by Cui Jinghui. To have such a performance now, who knows what kind of dumb luck he stumbled into.

"It's fine. Our relationship as classmates is much closer than with others. After this matter is over, I will definitely suggest to my father that you become a senior executive at Yuehua Shipping so you can properly fight Zheng Qian."

Tang Xingyu was full of confidence; his words carried some weight with his father.

"Xingyu, thank you so much."

Xiao Xinhao was very excited, even squeezing out two tears from his eyes, pretending to be so moved that he was about to cry.

The three of them proceeded to discuss countermeasures.

There were two matters that needed to be resolved right now.

First, the Qijinyi Alliance, which was teetering on the edge of collapse.

Second, the auction of the white knight.

"What kind of bullshit alliance? If it's disbanding, then let it disband!"

Vice President Qi Chunqing cursed.

"Vice President Qi, back when President Hua was still here, that was the idea. The purpose of the alliance was to counter the Five Shipping Alliance led by Asia Shipping, and incidentally to keep the retail traders in the Yezhou and Qilu areas in check, picking off the small shrimp and crabs."

Xiao Xinhao explained.

"Bullshit!"

"Let me ask you, did you succeed in countering them? Isn't it still up to me and young Tang to clean up your mess now?"

"A bunch of disorganized rabble!"

"Yuehua Shipping was dragged down by this alliance!"

There was no lack of contempt in Tang Xingyu's eyes. He agreed with Vice President Qi Chunqing's opinion but did not use profanity.

Knock, knock, knock.

There was another knock at the door.

This time, Xiao Xinhao became cautious and didn't dare to make a sound.

"Xiao Xinhao, what are you standing there for? Go open the door! See who it is outside."

Vice President Qi Chunqing ordered.

Xiao Xinhao: ???

"Eh, eh, eh, alright, I'll go right now."

After opening the door, he discovered it was actually one of the members of the Qijinyi Alliance, the boss of Kangming Shipping, Zhang Lekang!

"President Zhang? Why are you here?" Xiao Xinhao asked in confusion.

Zhang Lekang forced a smile on his face, poked his head into the room, and said with a grin, "Manager Xiao, is Vice President Qi in?"

"President Zhang, your sources are really well-informed!"

Xiao Xinhao said in surprise.

Even he had gone to great lengths to investigate Vice President Qi Chunqing's background; he didn't expect Zhang Lekang to know even more than him.

Vice President Qi Chunqing hadn't been here long, and Zhang Lekang was already at the door.

Zhang Lekang had no other choice!

Even though he had a smiling face, he was more anxious than anyone else.

Last night, Zhang Lekang questioned his son about where he had been messing around, but to his surprise, Zhang Jian told him news that nearly caused him to have a heart attack.

After hearing his son's explanation, he was so "filial" it was killing him!

He had repeatedly warned this turtle son of his not to have any more contact with Zhao Ying and Lu Shanshan.

Zhang Jian, on the other hand, openly defied his words and was caught red-handed by Zheng Qian.

How could someone of Zheng Qian's status and position not take it to heart?!

Furious, Zhang Lekang immediately pulled out the Hermes belt from his waist and gave Zhang Jian a brutal beating!

Zhang Lekang had already taken photos of himself beating Zhang Jian last night, intending to send them to Zheng Qian, but he had coincidentally received news about the parachute Vice President of Yuehua Shipping.

Beating his son might not appease Zheng Qian's anger.

But intelligence could!

Zhang Lekang was still a member of the Qijinyi Alliance; coming here to scout for information and then reporting back to Zheng Qian would serve as a token of his allegiance.

If he could get some information, that would be best; if not, he would just tell Zheng Qian about Vice President Qi Chunqing's identity.

The photos of him beating Zhang Jian, plus the information about Vice President Qi Chunqing.

Combined, Zheng Qian might not be so twisted up inside.

Zhang Lekang was desperately eager to cling tightly to Zheng Qian's thick thigh!