Chapter 438: Don't Pretend to Be Cool

"What a coincidence."

Seeing Zheng Qian push the door open and enter, a flash of surprise crossed Zhang Jihan's face.

Zhang Qilian had originally thought that since this big shot had nodded, he could finally turn the tide. Not only would he be able to seize the land auction, but he could also drive up the stock price through a series of dazzling operations.

The family that Zhang Jihan belonged to specialized in exactly this kind of thing.

Although futures and stocks were completely different entities.

They were interested in expanding into new business lines; after all, relatively speaking, the former carried higher risks.

Furthermore, thanks to Teacher Xiao's intentional tip-off, they knew that the real investor behind Lin-Xiao Yuanfang Group was Qianhe Real Estate, which also had countless entanglements with the Sun Family and the Su Family.

The feud between those two families also stemmed from this.

He had hoped to use Zhang Jihan's wealth to put an end to all these matters once and for all.

It was just… he hadn't expected… that it would actually be this kid? And it seemed he even knew Young Master Zhang Jihan?

A bad premonition immediately washed over him.

"Young Master Zhang, do you know this guy?" Zhang Qilian asked tentatively.

"I wouldn't say I know him, we just happened to exchange a few words earlier. This person is somewhat interesting." Zhang Jihan smiled gracefully, though his gaze didn't linger on Zheng Qian.

Instead, he was more interested in the two beautiful women beside him, especially Wei Rusi.

Zhang Qilian immediately felt relieved.

If the two of them knew each other, things would have been truly difficult to handle. But now it was different; Zhang Jihan's words were tantamount to actively distancing himself. This way, they wouldn't have to worry about saving face during the negotiations and could strike directly.

"Kid, I really misjudged you during this land auction. I didn't expect the mastermind behind it to be you! Do you think that just by driving the price up to 18 billion at the end, you can crush us? Heh, that's just too wishful thinking!"

Zhang Qilian waved his hand dismissively and spoke without restraint.

Zheng Qian narrowed his eyes and smiled, lit a cigarette, and said slowly:

"Please watch your wording. We didn't drive it up to 18 billion. Our final bid was 17 billion. You were the one who pressed it to 18 billion yourself; it has nothing to do with me. Besides, why did you come looking for me today?"

"Did you come here to brag?"

"You!" Zhang Qilian slammed the table and was about to stand up.

This young man was truly too rude! Didn't he see what the situation was? He was already completely under their control!

"General Manager Zhang, calm down." Zhang Jihan waved his hand and said indifferently, "We came here today to resolve the problem once and for all. I hear that Miss Su Yuanshuang is from the Su Family? My apologies for my poor eyesight earlier; I didn't recognize you."

"I announce that starting today, the Su Family and the Sun Family will merge, and I will establish a new liquor group."

"This group will become a subsidiary of Jinhua Xinyue Group."

"Brother Zheng, I heard you still hold the agency rights for two types of liquor from Shangchen Group? Name your price and transfer them over as well."

Wealthy and overbearing. At this moment, everyone shared the same feeling.

With just a few light words, Zhang Jihan was discussing business worth over ten billion, and he was doing so with great ease. It was as if these astronomical figures in the eyes of ordinary people were just pocket money he could throw away casually.

At this moment, if Sun Zhifeng and Young Master Su Zhenghe were here, they would surely feel ashamed of their own inferiority.

Damn it. They were clearly around the same age, and this Zhang Jihan might even be younger. To think he could manage so much of the family's money—was he even human?

Was it really that his family had too much money and nowhere to spend it, or was he truly that capable, and his family elders trusted him to handle it well?

"Classmate Little Zhang, I find that you really know nothing about the power of capital."

Zheng Qian lit a cigarette and smiled faintly. "How much money do you intend to bring out? Buying that plot of land requires 18 billion. Integrating the Su Family and the Sun Family will require at least several billion in capital, to say nothing of the agency rights in my hands."

"Are you sure you're serious?"

Hearing this, Zhang Jihan shrugged, his expression very relaxed.

He smiled and nodded, "I've calculated it. As long as it's handled properly, 20 billion is more than enough. Still the same words: name your price. But I hope it's not that joke from earlier, like 24 billion or something; that's really meaningless."

Since he first started out, this was the first time a young man had made Zheng Qian feel intrigued.

In his eyes, previous business battles seemed like jokes; this multi-billion level showdown was the only thing that made his blood pump a little. He took a deep drag of his cigarette, and his smile widened.

"The Su Family and the Sun Family are already in my pocket, and they will not be merged into Jinhua Xinyue Group."

"Everything I have my eye on is not for sale."

"If you want to fight a capital war, I'll be happy to oblige."

Trying to act rich in front of me? Flaunting wealth? Did you pick the wrong target?

At this moment, Wei Rusi kicked Zheng Qian under the table and whispered, "Can you actually come up with tens of billions?"

Zheng Qian narrowed his eyes, seemingly thinking of something, and nodded imperceptibly.

Tens of billions? He could bring out 300 billion right now.

The two whispered to each other for a moment, and he immediately began to process a transfer.

"Young Master Zhang, I just checked the current market situation. The biggest product currently held by your Shenglin Capital is a certain type of American soybean, right? The price is very high right now, but… what if its price were to suddenly plummet?"

"If I'm not mistaken, you intend to use this money to enter the real estate market, right?"

"I'm saying, if this money were to disappear, wouldn't you be very panicked?"

Wei Rusi said with a smile, her eyes curving into crescents.

Her beautiful nails tapped continuously against the tabletop.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Jihan narrowed his eyes.

"Nothing much. Your words earlier were tantamount to provoking us. Not to mention whether the main party, Little Sister Su, has anything to say, but I simply cannot believe you claimed 20 billion would be enough to resolve this incident."

"Moreover, there's no benefit in falling into our hands."

"Do you really take my financial knowledge for nothing?"

Before Wei Rusi could finish speaking, Zhang Jihan's phone rang.

He answered it subconsciously, and his face immediately began to change.

Before this, he had been like a monk with a heart as calm as an ancient well. But after receiving this call, he almost couldn't control his inner turmoil and nearly stood up right then and there!

Silence—deadly silence. Everyone could feel this suffocating stillness.

Zhang Qilian didn't even dare to utter a word. Although he sensed that something had happened, he dared not ask at all.

"Did you do this?" After a long while, he managed to choke out these few words.

Wei Rusi sneered repeatedly, neither confirming nor denying.

Driving down the futures price of a certain product is very difficult for most people. But for Zheng Qian, it was simply too easy. Nothing else, just money.

Relying on her connections overseas, it was effortless for her to find an agency that specialized in doing exactly this kind of thing. Although it was impossible to drive the price down completely in an instant, it was enough.

It was enough to let him feel the pain. Hmm, the key was to let him know not to act tough so casually.