How can a mere enemy like me?

Chapter 69: Crushing victory
Of course the coercion was fake. It was just Su Bai's way of making Xiao Yunyun more confident.

For such people who lack self-confidence, the most straightforward way is coercion.

And Su Bai's method was indeed very useful.

Listening to Su Bai's words, Xiao Yunyun bit her lip and looked at Su Bai resentfully, but still nodded and agreed.

Chen family.

The head of the Chen family listened to his subordinates' reports, but a look of obvious embarrassment appeared on his face.

What his subordinates reported was naturally the current situation in the capital, especially the price situation, as well as the actions of the merchants and industries under the Chen family.

As the instigator of the current price turmoil in the capital, it is understandable that the head of the Chen family is concerned about this news.

However, as the situation got increasingly out of control, his brows furrowed even more tightly.

Although the entire class of powerful people and court officials were expressing their dissatisfaction with Emperor Wu, it was impossible for them all to take action. Someone had to be sent to actually take action.

The Chen family was the one chosen by them to personally implement this price plan.

However, from the perspective of the Chen family's patriarch himself, he did not want to provoke Emperor Wu again and again.

Since ancient times, those who fought against the emperor never had a good end, unless the emperor was a powerless puppet emperor.

But Emperor Wu was not a puppet emperor. His own strength and ability were outstanding. How could he be controlled so easily?
Once Emperor Wu solves the price problem in the capital, the Chen family will probably...

But the Chen family has already taken sides, so he must make his position clear at this moment.

And at this moment, he has already made his choice.

In front of the head of the Chen family, the executor of the whole thing, Chen Qianqian, the eldest daughter of the Chen family who is well-known for her business ability, was listening to the news with a bit of pride on her face.

"If this continues, even Your Majesty may not be able to reverse the situation in just one day."

"Father, we won this time. I defeated His Majesty!"

"After all, it's Your Majesty..."

The head of the Chen family looked at his daughter and sighed.

But Chen Qianqian didn't care about it at all, and she exuded a very obvious sense of pride from the inside out.

"So what, Your Majesty? When it comes to business, I'm confident that no one can rival me, not even Your Majesty!"

She thought she had done a great job this time.

Hoarding goods and manipulating prices, this way you can protest and make money at the same time, isn't that great?

As for the failure of his own plan?

Are you kidding? It has come to this point and she feels it is a bit difficult to operate it herself. How could anyone possibly beat me?

It’s a guaranteed win!

however.

Immediately afterwards, the news from his subordinates made this "business genius" slightly stunned.

at the same time.

Outside the capital city gate.

Carriages loaded with goods were transported in from outside the city one after another. There were so many of them that it took an entire hour to finish.

Passersby took a curious look and saw all kinds of things from the gap in the packaging of the carriage cargo box.

From food to clothing and cloth, and even some unpopular items, everything available on the market and anything that has increased in price today seems to be in these carriages, and the quantity seems to be quite large.

As these carriages entered, soon some gossip began to spread in the streets and alleys.

"I heard that His Majesty and the court have learned about the price issue and have brought in a large amount of goods from other places to sell at low prices. I don't know if this is true."

"I heard that this matter was handled by Lord Su. Lord Su, you should believe it. As long as it is handled by Lord Su, there is no problem raising it."

"By the way, I also heard that although there aren't many things coming in right now, there will be a steady stream of things coming to the capital in the future, so there's no need to worry about not having enough..."

When this news spread, the people in the capital immediately felt much more at ease, and even the soaring prices stagnated for a period of time.

Many people are inquiring, investigating, and watching, especially businessmen.

But if it were just this little bit of news, it wouldn't make those businessmen give up the opportunity to make a lot of money. After all, news is just news. As long as the goods have not been sold, everything will be meaningless.

But at this moment.

Those things shipped into the capital were actually sold!

Although they are only sold in small quantities, with not many categories and even small quantities, the prices are the usual prices, and some things are even lower than the usual prices!

then.

In just half a day.

From the carriages carrying goods into the city, to the spread of rumors, to the goods actually being sold, these successive signs gradually converged into a huge danger signal.

Merchants are profit-driven, and seeing the possibility of huge losses approaching, they can no longer sit still and have begun to plan to sell off the goods they have stockpiled at a lower price.

From the initial 20% off, to the later 50% off, and even 70% off, to even lower prices than usual...

For them, even making less profit or even losing less is better than losing everything!

In just a moment, the situation gradually became out of control.

"Everyone, listen to me. I guarantee with the reputation of my Chen family that neither Your Majesty nor Su Bai can possibly mobilize so many goods to fight against us!" The head of the Chen family called all his allies together and made a strong guarantee.

"As long as we persist, it won't take too long for this rumor to dispel itself. Then, it will be our time to make money!"

"Everyone, I promise that I will not let you suffer any losses!"

but.

Even with the Chen family acting as guarantors, they could not withstand the pressure of the wildly spreading rumors.

In front of money, Chen Jia's reputation is worthless. For them, even if there is a possibility of losing only 10% or even half of it, they will decisively abandon the Chen family.

then.

Not surprisingly, many allies of the Chen family got off the ship one after another and directly lowered the prices to sell off everything they had.

A large number of goods flooded into the market, not only quickly filling the previous gaps, but also creating huge redundancy.

This also caused prices to fall drastically, even more violently than when they were rising. At the lowest point, the prices were much lower than usual.

On the contrary, the Chen family, who still stood firm, kept all their things until the end...

At this point, the Chen family had already suffered a crushing defeat in this price crisis.

Not only did the Chen family fail to achieve their goal, but they also suffered heavy losses. Although they were not completely devastated, they were still heartbroken.

But for the head of the Chen family and Chen Qianqian, especially Chen Qianqian, this was a complete slap in the face, no less than a slap in the face on the spot!

Guaranteed winning?
What to say now?
Looking at the result, Chen Qianqian felt a burning pain on her face and was very depressed.

How on earth did I lose!?
With doubts in her heart, Chen Qianqian began to review the situation.

Her business talent is not top-notch, but she is famous for it after all, so it should not be underestimated. She is still quite capable.

So.

She easily understood Su Bai's plan and ideas.

But that's why.

Her mentality was about to explode on the spot.

In Chen Qianqian's opinion, Su Bai's strategy was not complicated, and could even be considered naive.

But the most brilliant thing about this is that the person who made this plan knows how to capture people's hearts.

When everyone loses confidence in you, no matter how many tricks you have, you will no longer be able to use them.

Chen Qianqian was also very clear that she had failed here.

I actually lost to such a simple plan!

Chen Qianqian felt very unwilling to lose.

"This isn't right. How could I lose to such a simple plan..."

Chen Qianqian spoke in a low voice, frowning tightly, looking very unhappy.

Seeing his daughter like this, the head of the Chen family was not angry. Instead, he said to his daughter earnestly,
"Don't take this failure too seriously. Just consider it a lesson for yourself."

"Although you have good abilities, you have been too successful in recent years, which has made you overconfident."

"Confidence is a good thing, but you must never be conceited. There are always people better than you, and no one is truly invincible."

failure?

If I can teach my daughter a lesson through this, give her a warning, and let her understand what humility and prudence mean, then this failure will be worth it.

Compared to Chen Qianqian, the head of the Chen family is the real old fox.

He did not take this failure and loss to heart, but said to his daughter gently,

"For the next period of time, our Chen family should rest and recuperate. After all, our losses this time are indeed not small."

But having said that, he had already formulated the next course of action in his mind.

He set his sights on the declining Xiao family!
That’s right, the plan of the head of the Chen family is to annex the Xiao family!
Although the Xiao family is on the decline, it is still a behemoth. If the Xiao family can be absorbed, not only can the losses of the Chen family be compensated, but the size of the Chen family will also expand to an exaggerated level.

How can annexing other countries to increase one's own strength not be considered recuperation?

And to this.

Be it Su Bai or Xiao Yunyun, they are still completely unaware of the situation.

at the same time.

With the complete success of his first operation, Xiao Yunyun, as the person who presided over and carried out all of this, naturally gained a lot.

However, her gains were not material, but the growth of her own abilities and temperament.

In just half a day, Xiao Yunyun seemed like a different person.

The elegant palace dress she originally wore had disappeared, replaced by a slightly smarter and tight-fitting long skirt.

Not only does it enhance her proud figure perfectly, but it also adds a touch of dignity and competence to her.

And Xiao Yunyun's original temperament, which was somewhat weak and inferior, was now gone.

She held her head slightly high, her chest straight, and her whole body exuded confidence. Even the way she walked was much more decisive than before.

(End of this chapter)