Chapter 259: The Young Master of Xingyao Group

Not far away.

This scene was witnessed by Vice President Qi Chunqing, Tang Xingyu, Xiao Xinhao, and the others.

"Damn it! Those two bastards!"

Vice President Qi Chunqing couldn't hold back and cursed out loud.

He never expected Zhang Lekang to turn his back on them so quickly.

Just this morning, he was calling him President Qi and Young Master Zhang, but by the afternoon, he had teamed up with Fan Minxue to curry favor with Zheng Qian.

Vice President Qi Chunqing was furious and wished he could have a real-life brawl with Zhang Lekang right then and there.

Tang Xingyu had been worried about this all morning, and he hadn't expected it to actually happen.

But this couldn't be entirely blamed on Zhang Lekang.

Vice President Qi Chunqing practically had "I'm not leading the Qijinyi Alliance anymore" written all over his face.

How could Zhang Lekang not rush to curry favor with Zheng Qian?

It was even highly likely that Zhang Lekang would tell Zheng Qian about the five billion in funds they were carrying.

This was going to be tricky.

"Little Tang, you don't need to worry too much. That kid is broke, so it doesn't matter if he knows."

Seeing Tang Xingyu's grave expression, Vice President Qi Chunqing tried to reassure him again.

"I hope so..." Tang Xingyu still shook his head.

"Xingyu?"

Tang Xingyu suddenly heard a familiar voice.

He turned around and was surprised to see Lu Shanshan!

"Shanshan?"

"Why are you here?"

Tang Xingyu felt it was incredible; he hadn't expected to run into Lu Shanshan here.

"This... it's a long story..."

Lu Shanshan didn't know how to start.

After she was deleted by Zhang Jian last night, she sent WeChat messages and called Zheng Qian, but got no response. She had no choice but to come to the auction site again today, hoping to strike up a conversation with Zheng Qian.

"Why are you here?" Lu Shanshan asked curiously.

"Shanshan, don't you know?"

"Xingyao Group is the major financial backer behind Yuehua Shipping. Xingyu is the young master of Xingyao Group, and after President Hua's incident, he came here specifically to handle the aftermath."

Xiao Xinhao explained to Lu Shanshan from the side.

Lu Shanshan only knew about Tang Xingyu's family's Xingyao Group; she really didn't know that Yuehua Shipping was a subsidiary.

"Let's sit down and talk."

Tang Xingyu nodded to the security staff, signaling that she could come over.

Lu Shanshan hesitated.

She was here to find Zheng Qian today.

But she hadn't expected to run into Tang Xingyu.

What should she do?

Lu Shanshan looked around and saw that Zheng Qian had already entered and was sitting in the front row.

"Xingyu, the air conditioning in the front row is too strong, and I'm not wearing enough. Can we sit in the back row?"

Sit in the back row?

The three of them were puzzled.

"That's fine."

Anyway, Tang Xingyu and Vice President Qi Chunqing represented Yuehua Shipping. Whether they sat in VIP seats or not, their bids would still be valid.

Lu Shanshan breathed a sigh of relief and found a secluded spot to sit down.

"Tell me in detail, how did you end up here?"

...Front row.

After bidding farewell to Zhang Lekang and Fan Minxue, Zheng Qian walked over to President Jiang Yanran's side.

"President Jiang!"

"I've had such a hard time looking for you!"

As Zheng Qian said this, he sat down in the seat next to President Jiang Yanran without any hesitation, pushing Secretary Du Bingbing to the side.

President Jiang Yanran: ???

What was going on?

Had this kid lost his mind?

Why was there such a sudden change in his attitude toward her?

Who was actually having a hard time looking for whom!

Even Secretary Du Bingbing next to them felt that Zheng Qian was acting very strangely today.

Previously, President Jiang Yanran had offered to take Zheng Qian and his secretary back to the hotel, lowering her stance considerably.

Even then, Zheng Qian had ignored her and walked away.

Because of this, the incident of President Jiang Yanran being rejected had caused quite a stir in Jiangnan.

What could have happened to cause such a huge change in Zheng Qian's attitude toward President Jiang Yanran today?

"Who doesn't know that you, President Zheng, are the busy one?"

"You're like a dragon in the sky, elusive and hard to find."

"If you have something to say, say it. Don't be sarcastic here!"

President Jiang Yanran huffed in a cold and arrogant manner, speaking sharply.

Zheng Qian saw that her Favorability toward him had clearly dropped, currently at only 20 points!

Wasn't this a great opportunity to farm for cash rebates?

Although he and President Jiang Yanran had had unpleasant moments before, in the face of huge profits, Zheng Qian was still willing to work with her.

Not to mention, Zheng Qian had left President Jiang Yanran hanging for the past two days in Jiangnan; he felt he had regained his face and even humiliated her a bit.

It was definitely not a loss.

"President Jiang, look at how you're putting it; it's not that serious."

"I've just been busy; I really didn't have the time."

Zheng Qian was good at playing dumb; he was going all out for the upcoming system cash rebates.

"Heh."

"Busy?"

"Busy picking up women, right?"

President Jiang Yanran said with disdain.

After being rejected by Zheng Qian last night, she had already let it go.

If they didn't cooperate, so be it.

Was Zheng Qian the only rich person in the world?

"No, no, no, listen to my explanation." Zheng Qian waved his hand, saying that President Jiang Yanran had misunderstood him.

President Jiang Yanran glanced at Zheng Qian sideways.

She wanted to see how Zheng Qian would quibble.

"I hadn't prepared anything, and I was afraid we wouldn't be on the same page!"

"Really, believe me!"

President Jiang Yanran didn't believe a single punctuation mark of what Zheng Qian said.

Hadn't prepared anything?

Heh.

What a joke.

The expression on Zheng Qian's face at that time clearly showed he didn't want to sit and talk with her at all, okay?

How could he say they wouldn't be on the same page?

"I studied it last night, and I've basically understood the situation."

"You're looking for me because you want to talk about the white knight, right?"

President Jiang Yanran was slightly surprised; Zheng Qian had indeed received the news, and his guess was quite accurate.

The reason she had been so flustered in looking for Zheng Qian was precisely to talk about the white knight.

"I didn't sleep all night last night; look at these dark circles under my eyes."

Didn't sleep all night?

Nonsense!

It was more like he hadn't slept because of a woman!

"Alright then, please tell me, President Zheng, what have you researched?" President Jiang Yanran challenged Zheng Qian.

"Ahem..."

Zheng Qian cleared his throat.

He had actually researched it thoroughly.

The white knight was a large modern merchant ship that had entered service two years ago.

Unlike ordinary cargo ships, this merchant ship carried containers, and its draft was even larger than an aircraft carrier, capable of carrying 24,000 containers at once.

It cost 2.5 billion to build, had a 25-year service life, and the annual depreciation was estimated at 6 million.

Currently, in Kyushu, only large multinational corporations specializing in international shipping routes would use such merchant ships.

The construction cost is high, and the profit is also high.

But there are drawbacks: the ship is too large to pass through the Panama Canal, so it cannot run the US East Coast route, though it can run the US West Coast route.

From Shanghu to Los Angeles, it takes about half a month, with a fuel consumption of 200 tons. At 3,000 yuan per ton, the fuel cost for 15 days is 9 million, and wages are 300,000.

The white knight can carry 24,000 containers, but even with full capacity utilization, it can hold at most 20,000.

The freight cost for one container slot is about 100,000 yuan.

Counting agent fees, port fees, and unforeseen expenses...

The gross profit for one trip is 2 billion!

In just half a month, it breaks even!