Chapter 282: The White-Robed Knight (Part Two)

"Do you think I need your money?"

Zheng Qian said coldly.

Traitors are detested wherever they go.

Today, Sun Taining could abandon many entrepreneurs in Jiangnan for his own benefit and stand on the opposite side.

Tomorrow, he could just as easily stab him in the back and play dirty tricks.

Hearing Zheng Qian's attitude, Sun Taining felt like his warm advances had met with a cold shoulder.

He had miscalculated.

He had thought that since Zheng Qian was tight on funds, having a bit more cash would give him a better chance of winning.

But he never expected to be rejected so outright!

This absolute confidence made Sun Taining feel a sense of crisis.

Just now, he had played dumb, ignoring the big bosses of Jiangnan to come over and flatter Zheng Qian.

In doing so, he had instantly offended many people.

If Zheng Qian refused to take him in as a lackey, it would be very difficult for him to survive in Jiangnan in the future.

Walking on thin ice, Sun Taining suddenly felt himself caught in a highly awkward predicament.

"Move!"

Zheng Qian didn't say it with much force, but it thoroughly startled Sun Taining, who hurriedly scrambled out of the way for Zheng Qian and his group.

Seeing this, Tang Xingyu and the others on the other side found it both funny and pathetic.

"Hahaha, this is hilarious."

"What an idiot Sun Taining is."

"He doesn't buy into that crap at all."

"Hahaha!"

Tang Xingyu couldn't help himself either; seeing Sun Taining hit a wall and look so utterly dejected was extremely comical.

He tried to be clever in this situation, only to have his cleverness backfire on him.

Zheng Qian didn't accept his allegiance at all.

Right after, Tang Xingyu's expression suddenly changed as something clicked in his mind.

Since Sun Taining wanted to acknowledge Zheng Qian as his boss, he would naturally leak their encirclement campaign.

Tang Xingyu wasn't afraid of this.

Sun Taining couldn't gain Zheng Qian's trust with just that information; he must have offered to transfer money to support Zheng Qian just now to win his trust.

Yet, not only did Zheng Qian refuse Sun Taining's money, but he also told him to get lost.

This indirectly proved... that Zheng Qian didn't seem to fear their encirclement campaign at all?!

Was he really that confident?

Tang Xingyu felt that Zheng Qian was simply too arrogant.

He had united so many Jiangnan big shots precisely to crush Zheng Qian's arrogance and humiliate him.

They had united Ruipeng Real Estate, Huaan Fund, Changyuan Building Materials, and Xue Tianhao.

More importantly, he had Chairman Zhu Hongfu and Lin Chengye backing him up in secret.

The gathered funds amounted to a whopping 9 billion yuan!

It was just a hair away from breaking 10 billion!!

Zheng Qian had been spending money like crazy over the past few days, so he probably didn't have much cash left on hand.

Li Huaan had also just said that the maximum amount of funds Zheng Qian could mobilize was only 2 billion.

Zheng Qian, what are you going to use to fight us?

Tang Xingyu found it amusing.

He could already imagine the look of disbelief on Zheng Qian's face in a moment.

...

After taking his seat, Zheng Qian played on his phone, completely ignoring the auction as if it were nothing.

In his eyes, the white knight was already in his pocket.

It was easily within reach.

No matter how high they raised the price,

Zheng Qian would definitely secure it!

On the other hand, Song Yaxian, sitting next to Zheng Qian, looked very uneasy.

Noticing this, Zheng Qian gently patted Song Yaxian's long, fair, and beautiful leg.

"What are you nervous for? It doesn't have much to do with you."

Song Yaxian felt a bit hurt inside.

What did he mean it didn't have much to do with her?

"You're my man now."

"Am I supposed to just watch my man lose face?"

Zheng Qian was shocked by Song Yaxian's words.

He hadn't expected Song Yaxian to think that way.

"Alright, alright, I misspoke."

"Just rest assured, I'm prepared."

Taking advantage of Song Yaxian's distraction, Zheng Qian pinched her slightly angry little face.

Song Yaxian's face flushed even redder with embarrassment.

On the other side,

Tang Xingyu and the others saw all of Zheng Qian's actions.

After sitting down, Zheng Qian looked completely at ease and calm, playing on his phone and even finding the mood to flirt with a girl.

So many people had caught wind of things today and were incredibly nervous.

Yet Zheng Qian still had the mind to flirt with his female secretary?

How carefree could he be!

Had he already given up, or was he completely confident?

The crowd believed the former was more likely.

"Heh, let's see if you can still smile in a moment!"

"Look, isn't that Jiang Yanran?"

"What's there to make a fuss about?"

"I mean, why is Jiang Yanran sitting next to Zheng Qian?"

"Is Asia Shipping also on Zheng Qian's side? Is she even from Jiangnan!"

"Why is she siding with an outsider?"

The crowd saw Jiang Yanran sitting close to Zheng Qian, and the two began to converse closely, though no one knew what they were talking about.

They were too far away to hear clearly.

Besides Jiang Yanran, Fan Minxue of Changsong Shipping, and... of Kangming Shipping.

If Asia Shipping was willing to help Zheng Qian, then the funds in his hands would be slightly more than estimated.

"Everyone, don't worry."

"Even if Jiang Yanran stands on Zheng Qian's side, it won't help."

"The maximum amount of funds Asia Shipping can mobilize is only 600 million."

"Plus those two fence-sitters, Fan Minxue and Zhang Lekang, even if we estimate generously, it'll only be 1 billion."

"This small amount of money is just a drop in the bucket; it won't help Zheng Qian at all."

How much money was that anyway?

The 2 billion in Zheng Qian's hands plus 1 billion only made 3 billion.

They had prepared 9 billion today!

Everyone was already prepared to throw in all their money.

It was purely to crush Zheng Qian's pride and slap him in the face.

Don't you fucking love spending big money?

Come on, if we don't suppress you today, you'll really think there's no one left in Jiangnan!

"President Jiang, Little Fan, Little Kang, you guys arrived even later than I did!"

"Have a seat."

Jiang Yanran glanced back at Fan Minxue and Zhang Lekang.

Although the scale of their companies couldn't compare to Asia Shipping, they were still considered leaders in the north.

Their business models and operational methods had been proven by the market, and they had achieved a certain level of success.

They had overcome countless obstacles and defeated numerous competitors to achieve what they had today.

Yet Zheng Qian casually called them "Little Fan" and "Little Kang"?

After all, they were still seniors. Such a form of address seemed a bit inappropriate.

Zheng Qian was more than twenty years younger than them; at the very least, he should address them as President Zhang and President Fan, treating them as equals.

However, seeing that the two of them actually seemed quite happy to be called Little Fan and Little Kang, Jiang Yanran didn't bother to say anything.

On second thought, their reaction was actually quite normal.

The scale of Zheng Qian's Qianhe Group was similar to Asia Shipping.

But... Zheng Qian was rich!

Just look at his name: Zheng Qian, which sounded exactly like "making money."

He was destined from birth to be a big shot who made money.

For someone with a net worth of ten billion, shouldn't he call them Little Kang and Little Fan?

"Let's talk business."

"I've tried everything I could and scraped together 800 million for you."

"Send me your bank account details, and I'll have someone transfer it to your card right away."

Jiang Yanran hadn't spent the 600 million she mobilized earlier, and after pulling some strings, she managed to gather a total of 800 million.

She was mainly worried that Zheng Qian wouldn't have enough ammunition.

"President Zheng, the two of us have the same intention."

"Although it's not much, as long as you give us your account number, I guarantee that 400 million will be in your account within five minutes!"

Jiang Yanran's 800 million, plus Fan Minxue and Zhang Lekang's 400 million,

added up to 1.2 billion.

It should be enough to support Zheng Qian in winning today's battle.

But if the other side's bid was utterly outrageous, there was nothing they could do.

The three of them had gone to great lengths to scrape together this 1.2 billion.

They didn't have a single drop left!