Chapter 403 Let him come over for an audition

After leaving the Su Family, Zheng Qian headed straight for Cui Ziqing's office.

She already knew exactly what the current situation was.

If anyone else had heard about this situation, they would surely have berated Zheng Qian for being crazy. But Cui Ziqing didn't; she took a deep breath, tried to keep her composure, and said with a wry smile, "The Su Family has truly gone mad."

That's right, Chairman Su Yulou of the Su Family wasn't thinking about joining forces with Zheng Qian to figure out how to annex the Sun Family.

Instead, he engaged in some baffling maneuvers, coveting the agency rights for the two types of wine in Zheng Qian's hands, trying to seize them by force?

If that isn't madness, what is?

"This is for the best. Originally, out of consideration for Su Yuanshuang, I still had some goodwill toward the Su Family. But now, I can finally take action without any reservations. If our Xunnidi wants to take off, this opportunity is perfect."

Zheng Qian lit a cigarette, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Let's do this: just follow the plan we discussed earlier."

Cui Ziqing's expression was incredibly strange.

This plan had indeed been thought up by Zheng Qian, but no matter how one looked at it...

It really did look like someone with more money than sense.

How should one put it? It was all about throwing money at the problem.

"This time, let's give them a little 'Yebai shock.' Just do this: send out everyone available from the Cui Family Group, find them, and negotiate..."

"It doesn't matter how much it costs, offering 10 times the price is fine too. That's the effect we want..."

"But remember, you absolutely must not reveal my information. Everything should be based on your Cui Family, or Xunnidi. After all, this is a multi-billion deal; I don't want to be targeted again..."

After the two of them had a long heart-to-heart talk for an hour, Zheng Qian left the office.

In the car, Zheng Qian did the math.

The Sun Family and the Su Family were engaging in a price war using equivalent methods, strictly controlling their channel suppliers to boycott the other family's goods. The result of this was that both sides' inventories would soon hit rock bottom.

Because they wouldn't buy each other's goods, they could only consume their own inventory or look elsewhere.

This was a foreseeable fact.

And what Zheng Qian wanted to do was use his massive cash flow to buy out all the goods from the upstream suppliers. Yes, you heard that right; it was to intercept the flow first, buying up the supplies they might purchase in large quantities through other channels in advance.

About how much would this cost? Cui Ziqing had roughly crunched the numbers for him: billions.

Zheng Qian waved his hand, fearing that the upstream suppliers wouldn't release the goods, and suggested they could be bought at ten times the price.

If managed properly, that would be tens of billions.

And if all this money was spent through Cui Ziqing's hands, then Zheng Qian would effectively be using the system to make a huge profit—hundreds of billions! Of course, this was just the ideal state. The specific situation might be a little less, but it wouldn't be off by much.

Looking at the scenery constantly receding outside the window, Zheng Qian felt very satisfied.

He lit a cigarette, a faint smile hanging on the corners of his mouth.

The more money I lose, the more I actually make—this feeling is probably something only someone with a system can understand.

Let the Sun Family and the Su Family continue to fight.

Anyway, when they finished consuming the goods on hand and found there was nowhere else to buy from, they might turn around and have to come to him. By then, Zheng Qian could sell them a batch at an increased price, making a killing on both ends—he was winning big.

"Let's not go back to the hotel yet; let's go check out the film crew."

"I've grown up this old and have never seen how a movie is filmed. I don't know how the progress is going now."

Zheng Qian had nothing to do, and anyway, it would take a long time for them to finish fighting; it wouldn't end anytime soon. He might as well take this opportunity to visit the film crew; maybe he would think of another way to make money.

When he arrived at the film crew, he didn't use his status as an investor.

Instead, he very low-key asked Manager Nie Kai for a staff badge to hang around his neck.

Standing not far away to observe, everything looked fresh to him.

The staff here didn't think much of it. There were often all kinds of staff members here, so everyone didn't pay attention to Zheng Qian and Duan Qiran, assuming they were just personnel from other film crews shooting at this film base.

At this moment, they were shooting a scene between Chu Tiange and Yin Yanyan.

It was about the situation where the two of them accidentally met on the street after being separated years ago due to various misunderstandings.

Chu Tiange had spent nearly ten years searching for Yin Yanyan. He stayed in every place she might appear, spent all his savings, and became utterly destitute, relying only on playing the piano and writing poetry on the street to survive.

Just on this day, Chu Tiange was preparing to pack up his things and drift to the next place.

He happened to run into the long-lost Yin Yanyan at a street corner.

Her face hadn't changed much.

But he was incredibly disheveled at this moment, having none of the handsome appearance he had back then.

Yet, for this very scene, Chu Tiange couldn't seem to capture that sense of contrast. In the director's words, there was no 'drama' in his eyes. After shooting it several times without satisfaction, he thought about letting everyone take a break to find their state of mind.

But!

Just at this moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Zheng Qian in the corner.

At this moment, the demo soundtrack of "neon" was playing on site. Mu En had finished the lyrics and arrangement, and it could be used as the movie's soundtrack. It was just waiting for Yin Yanyan to record the vocals, and then it could be put online for promotion.

Listening to this familiar melody, combined with the situation, Zheng Qian was momentarily dazed.

He thought of his past and also thought of his future.

And Jin Lu, who was far away in the United States.

He couldn't help but have an absurd thought: what if, many years from now, he suddenly lost the system?

If he lost his fortune by then, at that time...

Jin Lu would still stay by his side?

Would she leave him just like Yao Manman did?

If he ended up destitute on the streets, would Jin Lu, like the protagonist in the movie, search for him bitterly all over the world? By then, if the two met again, what kind of scene would it be?

The more he thought about it, the more moved Zheng Qian became.

He lit a cigarette, his eyes full of melancholy.

The director was stunned.

The fan in his hand dropped straight to the ground.

This...

Isn't this the look he had been desperately waiting for?

He had spent a full two hours teaching Chu Tiange just now, trying to get him to bring his emotions into the plot—wasn't that just to display this kind of desolate expression?

This look was simply perfect!

The director was excited, grabbing a staff member, "Who is he?"

The staff member looked over suspiciously, "Uh... he has a work badge, I don't know if he's from the studio. What's wrong, Director?"

"Go bring him to me!"

The director hardened his heart and gritted his teeth, "Damn it, forget it! Let him come over and audition!"