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Tokyo at night.

Night Tokyo is a restaurant that Abao opened for Lingzi, and it's also a place where their group of friends often gather to eat.

Most of the people here are either following Ah Bao in stock trading or looking to do business with him. Uncle once advised Ah Bao to take advantage of the current good stock market and sell his stocks as soon as possible. He also advised Ah Bao to disband the fleet that had previously joined him and not to get entangled in favors and women.

However, Abao felt that if he stopped taking care of these people who were following him in stock trading, they might end up like Fagen, losing everything in the stock market. So he couldn't bear to leave them behind.

The main people in this group were Commander Cai, Stamp Li, Fa Gen, and Teacher Ge. However, Commander Cai has drifted apart from A Bao because he leaked information about 414 and made A Bao take the blame. Fa Gen also lost everything in 414 and died in a taxi. So now the main people at the gathering are Teacher Ge and others. A Bao only comes occasionally to eat rice porridge and rarely chats with Teacher Ge and the others.

Teacher Ge and the others knew that A Bao was running a big business, so they rarely bothered him. However, when they gathered today, they couldn't help but call out to A Bao.

'Boss Bao is here!'

Looking at the dishes that Teacher Ge and the others were serving, A Bao said with a smile, "Hey, we have some new dishes today!"

"Boss Bao, aren't you going to Huanghe Road today?"

"Huanghe Road is not a place you need to go every day. No matter how lively it is, it's a place for socializing. They only care about money and not people. Ten Aolong on Huanghe Road can't compare to a bowl of rice porridge here."

"This man, as long as he's good with words, can fool any woman to death."

Reiko said, "The day you stop coming, my Night Tokyo should also close down."

"Don't worry, even if they don't come, I'll come alone."

Upon hearing what Teacher Ge said, a woman said, "It doesn't matter whether you come or not, the key is whether Boss Bao comes or not."

Teacher Ge asked curiously, "Mr. Bao, I heard you're quite familiar with someone named Zhao Shucheng. This young man is remarkable; he has excellent foresight and is a prominent figure in the stock exchange. Anyone who buys stocks with him becomes rich. You're quite similar to Mr. Bao in that respect. If I didn't know you're now involved in big business, I would have thought he was a stand-in you found."

When Abao heard what Teacher Ge said, he became interested and asked, "Oh, this person also invests in stocks? I didn't really know that, but did he make a lot of money from stocks?"

Teacher Ge nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right, he made quite a bit of money. Someone did the math; he started with only 10,000 yuan and made over 100,000 yuan in just three to five days. Later, whenever he wanted to buy a stock, everyone else was scrambling to buy it, making it difficult for him to get a share. So, he eventually moved to the VIP trading rooms, and we didn't get much information from him anymore."

"But I heard that some people in the middle room followed him to speculate in stocks and are now making a fortune. I was thinking that if he were your stand-in, Mr. Bao, we might be able to make a profit as well."

Ah Bao smiled and said, "Then you might be disappointed. I do know this person, but we've only met once. However, if you're comfortable with this, you can contact him and see if you can entrust your funds to him to manage your stock investments."

Upon hearing this, Teacher Ge shook his head and said, "Then let's forget about it. We only trust you, Boss Bao. As for the others, who knows if they're just bragging?"

The plump auntie said, "That's right. We've known Mr. Bao since we were kids, we know him inside and out. We can't trust outsiders. If he runs off with the money, we'll lose all our life savings, we'll be devastated."

Although A Bao's fleet often gets together to discuss the stock market and they have a good relationship, chatting and laughing together, A Bao is the core figure, and the others are just following him to make money.

Of course, Commander Cai and Stamp Li didn't all follow Ah Bao. Commander Cai was somewhat involved with Qilin, while Stamp Li mostly followed Uncle's orders.

Teacher Ge, however, spoke up: "But speaking of which, I wonder if this person's current popularity is a good thing. They're practically snatching food from the Qilin Society's mouth; they need to be alive to enjoy it, not just to earn it."

"The Qilin Society? Who are those people? Even A Bao doesn't dare to mess with them. He only went once and got hit by a car. This Zhao Shucheng, snatching food from the tiger's mouth, I wonder how long he can stay in the limelight."

Upon hearing this, A Bao chuckled and said, "Perhaps they have their own ideas?" As he spoke, A Bao checked the time and went into the private room he had reserved to take care of his business.

Teacher Ge and the others were still discussing the incident, all feeling that Zhao Shucheng had attracted too much attention. They said that the tallest tree in the forest is the first to be felled by the wind; Zhao Shucheng either had to accept the Qilin Society's offer of amnesty or never touch stocks again, otherwise he would certainly never have peace in the future.

Zhao Shucheng was aware that he was currently enjoying great popularity, but he never took the Qilin Society seriously.

To others, Qilin might seem like an intimidating force, a behemoth manipulating Shanghai's stock market. But in Zhao Shucheng's eyes, these people were nothing more than a bunch of shady rats.

After all, if they were truly capable, they wouldn't have been afraid to show their faces or even openly confront A Bao. Instead, they would have resorted to underhanded methods to force A Bao to stay out of the stock market.

They could use these methods on A Bao, but they wouldn't work on Zhao Shucheng at all. After all, Zhao Shucheng came to Shanghai alone, without the personal connections A Bao had, and he wouldn't let the Qilin Society manipulate him.

If they coexist peacefully, that's fine, but if they dare to set a trap for Zhao Shucheng, he'll teach them what it means to lose everything. In the stock market, these people are seen as capital to be harvested by others, but in Zhao Shucheng's eyes, they are the ones waiting to be harvested.

It's important to understand that Zhao Shucheng wasn't just wasting his time in the trading hall. The reason he led a group of retail investors in stock trading before moving to the VIP room was to instill confidence in them. If the time came to compete with the Qilin Society, these retail investors wouldn't follow the Qilin Society's lead; they might watch the fierce battle unfold, or choose to fight alongside Zhao Shucheng.

Don't underestimate these retail investors; a sheer numbers strategy is always the most effective method unless facing a truly devastating attack. The Qilin Alliance isn't a devastating attack on Zhao Shucheng, but Zhao Shucheng himself is, so victory is assured.

While Zhao Shucheng was trading stocks, Wang Mingzhu was extremely busy.

Fan Xinhua used Wei Hongqing to challenge A Bao, forcing A Bao to come to him on his own initiative so that he could take the initiative in the business.

Abao wasn't in a hurry, but Wang Mingzhu was getting restless. After all, she had already helped Fan Xinhua apply for export quotas for the Sanyang brand clothing, but the business was at an impasse, so she naturally had to find a solution.

She herself arrived at Zhizhen Garden and, sure enough, saw Li Li trying to matchmake Fan Xinhua and Wei Hongqing, which immediately made her feel somewhat depressed.

"Miss Wang is here!"

Wang Mingzhu nodded and said, "Oh, Li Li, just in time to say hello!"

Fan Xinhua stood up somewhat awkwardly and chuckled.

Wang Mingzhu said with a smile, "Oh, President Fan, you're here too. Can I have a chair?"

"No need, sit here. Miss Wang, you keep Mr. Wei and Mr. Fan company while I check out the other private rooms." After Li Li left, Wang Mingzhu looked at Fan Xinhua and said, "What a coincidence, Mr. Fan!"

Fan Xinhua smiled awkwardly and made small talk, saying, "Who said that you had important guests at that Cantonese restaurant today, so they didn't call you?"

Seeing that Wang Mingzhu didn't smile at all, he awkwardly stood up and pointed at Wei Hongqing, saying, "Mr. Wei, this is Ms. Wang from the foreign trade company!"

Wei Hongqing said, "I've heard for a long time that Miss Wang is Mr. Bao's confidante. Meeting her today, I can confirm that she lives up to her reputation. Mr. Bao is very fortunate to have so many confidantes."

Wang Mingzhu said, "Let me tell you, Mr. Fan, the export quota for your Sanyang brand was obtained through my application with the company. Now, the application for the entire Shanghai brand is also in my hands. I am a pragmatic person and only look at ability. If you want to cooperate with some strange things, I don't think you need to come to the foreign trade company to find me next time."

Wei Hongqing said, "Miss Wang, who are you calling a strange thing?"

"Whoever steals Mr. Bao's business will be the winner."

"Young lady, you're quite sharp-tongued!"

Fan Xinhua, naturally, couldn't just stand by and watch the two fight, so he quickly said, "President Wei, we're all friends, all friends."

"Friends are friends, but we need to make things clear. What do you mean by 'strange thing'?"

Fan Xinhua said, "In business, relationships are important, but numbers are also important."

Wang Mingzhu immediately understood why Fan Xinhua had been staying at Zhizhen Garden lately but had stopped seeing Bao Zong. It turned out that Fan Xinhua was playing the rare commodity card, trying to get Bao Zong to give him a discount.

In order to do business with Fan Xinhua, Wei Hongqing kept trying to curry favor with Fan Xinhua, and even called his underling Xiao Liu to give him a good scolding.

Unfortunately, he didn't understand Fan Xinhua at all, and Fan Xinhua never gave in. After they had eaten and drunk their fill, he even prepared to leave under the pretext of doing so.

Seeing that Wang Mingzhu hadn't left and had even offered to escort Fan Xinhua home, Wei Hongqing couldn't help but say, "Miss Wang, you're always by my side; people might think you're my new girlfriend."

"You have a good idea, but I have to remind you that you can figure out other businesses with your brains, but Mr. Bao's business is not something you can handle."

Wei Hongqing said, "Well, let me be blunt. If you had arrived five minutes later today, the business might not have gone to Mr. Bao. At this point in my business, I don't care about how much I make. I'm mainly curious about what kind of business Mr. Bao's is, since everyone is envious of it. Losing a little is fine. We're building a concept, a reputation, you understand?"

Wang Mingzhu was furious that Wei Hongqing, who knew nothing about the matter, was meddling in her affairs. Just then, Fan Xinhua came out, so she simply ignored Wei Hongqing and took Fan Xinhua to the hotel first.

While Li Li appeared to be seeing Fan Xinhua off, she was actually annoyed by Wang Mingzhu's uninvited arrival, so she said sarcastically:

“Miss Wang, it’s only right that you do this for Bao. I’m doing this for Zhizhen Garden too, so please understand. Miss Wang knows how difficult it is to do business on Huanghe Road.”

Wang Mingzhu said, "There are so many businesses on Huanghe Road every day, hundreds or even thousands of them. How come Li Li specifically chose to find Boss Bao?"

"Mr. Bao is very famous; who wouldn't want to be like him? Mr. Wei is a guest; we at Zhizhen Garden can't stop him."

Wang Mingzhu couldn't help but laugh and said, "With this Mr. Wei's reputation, he thinks he can steal Mr. Bao's business?"

"That depends on how much Mr. Bao cares about this order."

Looking at Li Li, Wang Mingzhu realized for the first time that this woman was truly extraordinary and seemed far more difficult to deal with than she had imagined.

After Fan Xinhua was dropped off at nine o'clock, Wang Mingzhu told him that she had arranged for him to meet A Bao at six-thirty the next evening.

Fan Xinhua knew from the confrontation between Li Li and Wang Mingzhu that he was now in a good position, so he smiled and said, "I understand, I've brought all the new samples. Miss Wang, you've seen the situation today, and I didn't expect it either. Could you ask President Bao if the wholesale price could be increased by one yuan?"

"You're trying to raise the price on the spot!"

Fan Xinhua said, "That's not what I meant. I'm just stating the facts. Don't say just one yuan, even if it were more, Mr. Wei would still want it. But we're friends. What I'm after is Mr. Bao's brand and your export quota. The San Yang brand is sure to make money. Fatty and I are very close, but I don't understand why everyone knows my product is a cash cow. They're all swarming me. I can't just turn my money away. Mr. Bao is a big businessman; one yuan is nothing to him, but in my factory, it's a different story."

"I'll bring it, but I don't think Bao will always give in!"

Fan Xinhua said confidently, "I definitely have to go back the day after tomorrow. There are so many things to do at the factory."

Just then, Zhao Shucheng came out of the hotel and naturally saw Fan Xinhua and Wang Mingzhu. He smiled and said:

"Miss Wang, what a coincidence, you're here too? When does Mr. Bao have time to talk about the fire-burning cotton we discussed last time?"

Fan Xinhua hadn't taken Zhao Shucheng seriously before. Even when he heard Zhao Shucheng talking business with Boss Bao about fire-burning cotton, he didn't care. But this time, when it was mentioned to his face, he suddenly became a little nervous, but he didn't dare to show his weakness in front of Wang Mingzhu.

Wang Mingzhu glanced at Zhao Shucheng, smiled, and said, "We'll talk about it later; it's not convenient now."

After she parted ways with Zhao Shucheng and the others, she called Uncle directly and explained Fan Xinhua's intentions.

The old man had actually expected this, and said, "Okay, thank you, Miss Wang."

Following the uncle to Abao, he said, "Miss Wang said that General Manager Fan wants to increase the wholesale price by one yuan per item."

"This Mr. Fan has drunk too much liquor. Not only will I not add more, I'll also lower his price by one yuan."

"Kid, you're pretty tough now. People like this need to be taught a lesson."

Ah Bao said with a smile, "And the new proprietress, let's educate her together, the first lesson on Huanghe Road." (End of this chapter)