King of Capital: From Unemployment to the Pinnacle of Life

Looking at Qi Yue'er's message, I grinned and typed: Okay, contact Manager Lin Yue later, she will bring you over.

Qi Yue'er immediately replied to me: "President Song, I'm pregnant, could you be a little gentler tonight...?"

Lin Yue, who had been secretly chatting with us, couldn't hold back any longer and cursed: "Shameless! I've never seen such a lewd woman, pregnant and still out seducing men!"

"Oh!"

I smiled faintly and said softly, "She's Hu Zhaojun's henchman, here on a mission. What does face matter?"

"Brother-in-law... how exactly do you plan to detonate the Song family's secrets?" Lin Yue asked, frowning.

I gestured for her to lean closer and whispered, "Yueyue, are you loyal to me?"

"Of course I'll be loyal to you!"

Lin Yue said softly, her voice filled with grievance, "It's just... I can't sleep with other men like Qi Yue'er... I can only let you touch me..."

"Tsk! You always think so badly of me!"

I frowned and whispered, "Remember! Everything I tell you must remain a secret. Don't betray me. I mean loyalty..."

"Don't worry about that! Brother-in-law, I definitely won't betray you! Otherwise, may I die a horrible death!"

"Tsk! Don't talk nonsense! You're the only one I can trust now..."

......

I paused, then leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Here's the thing... Xu Meiling is sick, with an incurable infectious disease, you understand?"

"what!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yue trembled, her eyes widening in shock: "Brother-in-law! What did you say? Xu Meiling... she's sick?"

"Tsk! Keep your voice down!"

I frowned and said, "And you know that Hu Zhaojun is having an affair with Xu Meiling... and Hu Zhaojun is also having an affair with Qi Yue'er, so..."

"So Qi Yue'er is also sick?" Lin Yue asked in horror.

"Um!"

I frowned and nodded: "Hu Zhaojun's plan is this: on the surface... he and his sister are locked in a life-or-death struggle with Qi Yue'er, and are like oil and water in front of Hu Jinhu. However, in reality... Qi Yue'er is Hu Zhaojun's woman. I highly suspect... that from the very beginning, this Qi Yue'er was handpicked by Hu Zhaojun specifically to seduce his father. This has two advantages... first, it indirectly controls his father; second, it secures the victory in the family's succession..."

I paused for a moment and continued, "I reckon Hu Jinhu is a lecherous old man. As soon as his wife died, he started having affairs and was eager to remarry. But if he remarried, he might have a child with another woman, which would affect his inheritance. So... Hu Zhaojun went all out and found a girlfriend to indirectly introduce him to his father, completely bewitching him. It's like infiltrating 'one of his own' into the enemy's ranks..."

"So that's how it is..." Lin Yue suddenly realized.

"Otherwise what?"

I sneered, "So, the child Qi Yue'er gave birth to before, and the one she's carrying, should both be Hu Zhaojun's children... That way, no matter how Hu Jinhu distributes the inheritance, all the eggs are in his own basket! More importantly, the father won't listen entirely to his son, but he'll definitely listen to his beloved vixen... With this arrangement, Hu Zhaojun is essentially the de facto controller of Jingsheng Investment Bank!"

"But, but..."

Lin Yue was a little confused and muttered, "Then why did Hu Zhaojun send Qi Yue'er to seduce you again? What's the meaning of this?"

"Haha! This is hilarious!"

I mimicked Song Huazhao's gesture, tapping my nails on the coffee table as I said, "You should have understood Hu Zhaojun's operating habits by now. This bastard... he likes to operate on two fronts, trying to have his cake and eat it too. So... controlling the Hu family alone isn't enough; he also wants to control the Song family. But how does he control the Song family? This bastard has set up two lines for me, one overt and one covert. The overt line is to go with the flow and have Hu Zhaohua marry me... The covert line is to have Qi Yue'er seduce me and become my mistress... This way, with one overt and one covert line advancing together, everything on my side, whether it's my plan or my next decision, will be interfered with by them..."

I paused for a moment, then continued, "You've been eavesdropping the whole time, haven't you noticed? This Hu Zhaohua is a 'brother-supporting demon,' always siding with her brother!"

"what?"

Lin Yue frowned, her eyes darting around rapidly, and muttered, "Looks like I need to be wary of Hu Zhaohua too. I thought she was just a carefree, silly woman!"

"hehe!"

I smiled faintly: "You're half right. Based on my observation... Hu Zhaohua is indeed heartless, but she's not a stupid woman. If she were, Song Huazhao, Yin Mei, and Song Huayang would never have allowed her into the Song family, let alone let her bear children for the Song family. Hu Zhaojun's way of controlling Hu Zhaohua is very simple... He establishes the persona of a loving and caring older brother, and that's enough. Or, he plays the victim to arouse the younger sister's empathy for protecting her older brother..."

"Oh, oh, oh...that's true!"

Lin Yue nodded thoughtfully: "Mother's gone, and Dad found a stepmother, who's completely infatuated with her... Plus, Hu Zhaojun is orchestrating all sorts of family feuds. So, isn't his only support his older brother?"

"Yes!"

I laughed and said, "So, controlling a naive person like Hu Zhaohua is incredibly easy for Hu Zhaojun... he can manipulate him without lifting a finger!"

"Brother-in-law! I don't understand..."

Lin Yue frowned and said, "Hu Zhaojun sent Qi Yue'er to seduce you... I don't understand. Yes, I admit it! Qi Yue'er is quite beautiful, one could say she's top-tier, but there are plenty of beautiful women in this world, and... Qi Yue'er is pregnant with his child. For him to send a pregnant woman to seduce you, it just doesn't seem like the best solution."

She paused, her gaze somewhat unfocused, and continued, "Besides, brother-in-law, you have many women... Even if Qi Yue'er is beautiful, she's still..."

"Oh!"

I paused for a moment, then continued, "That's because you women don't understand men's minds!"

"What do you mean?"

Lin Yue looked at me in surprise: "Could it be... that you men prefer pregnant women? Or women carrying other men's children?"

"Damn it! Lin Yue! You're so young, how can your thoughts be so lewd and disgusting!"

I smiled wryly and said, "Yes! I admit it! Some perverted men might have that thought, but Hu Zhaojun doesn't play that game. Don't forget... what is Qi Yue'er's identity? She is now the legal wife of Hu Jinhu, the chairman of Jingsheng Investment Bank! She's the boss's wife! Don't you understand?"

"Oh, oh, oh..."

Lin Yue nodded thoughtfully.

I lit a cigarette, took a light puff, and said, "When men compete, the platforms are different, and the ways of competing are different... If Hu Zhaojun and I were both lowly, loser men, then Hu Zhaojun's use of his charms on me would have been primarily based on his looks. But now that Hu Zhaojun and I are both heirs to top-tier wealthy families, what do we care about more?"

"They care more about money! They care more about assets!" Lin Yue suddenly realized.

"Yes!"

I laughed and said, "Loser men, when they see Qi Yue'er, think of her beauty, but ambitious heirs, when they see Qi Yue'er, think of the leverage she can use to shake up Jingsheng Investment Bank... Hu Zhaojun's cleverness lies in his ability to put himself in other people's shoes, to understand their needs and strategies, and to completely immerse himself in their world..."

I paused, then continued, "That's how he assumed I was thinking... Tsk tsk tsk, Hu Jinhu is getting old, how many more years can he keep going? After he kicks the bucket, who can Qi Yue'er rely on? Hu Zhaojun? The siblings and this stepmother are like oil and water... So, Qi Yue'er has to find someone else, and I... while Old Hu is still alive, I'll get his woman, and since Old Hu listens to Qi Yue'er so much, wouldn't I, Song Cheng, be able to indirectly control Jingsheng Investment Bank? In a couple of years, I'll get Qi Yue'er to give me another child, then I'll be able to control her even more... Then, by teaming up with Qi Yue'er to take down Hu Zhaojun, wouldn't Jingsheng Investment Bank be a piece of cake?"

"Hiss~!"

Lin Yue gasped, "A flawless logical loop! Brother-in-law... you actually used this same tactic to take over Juneng Technology, didn't you? Xiao Xuan is pregnant with your child, and as the chairman of Juneng, you're practically the de facto controller!"

Upon hearing her bring this up, I frowned slightly, a hint of annoyance in my eyes, and pondered, "The most remarkable thing about Hu Zhaojun is that he knows himself and his enemy before taking any action... He dissected my ambitions meticulously, then fed them to me in a targeted manner, seemingly deliberately revealing weaknesses to me, but actually fishing for me to take the bait... In his mind, we were like two anglers, each fishing for their own fish; I was fishing for Hu Jinhu, and he was fishing for me... However, what he didn't know was that he himself had contracted the disease and was already caught in the net..."

"So! Brother-in-law!"

Lin Yue asked in shock, "You said... you want the Hu family to be implicated in a scandal, what exactly do you mean? How does the plan work?"

"hehe!"

I sneered, "Lin Yue, after listening to all this, aren't you mentally exhausted? Doesn't it feel like a huge mental drain?"

"Sigh! Yes, brother-in-law..."

Lin Yue frowned and sighed deeply: "It's so exhausting! The scheming and backstabbing among these wealthy families is just...it's driving me crazy! Brother-in-law, you can't compete with them without being more cunning!"

"snort!"

I sneered, "Of course I need to be shrewd... but I'm exhausted too. I'm only human, so... I'm going to tear down this facade! I'll directly ignite the Hu family... Just imagine, what would happen if Qi Yue'er found out she was also infected?"

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yue was so shocked that she took a step back, speechless, and exclaimed, "Then...then she'll definitely go back and cause trouble with Hu Zhaojun! The Hu family will be like a pressure cooker exploding!"

"Yes!"

I gave a helpless, bitter smile. "I don't want to play this game of wits with Hu Zhaojun anymore. It's too tiring. So... I want to end it right from the start! I'm not playing with Hu Zhaojun anymore! I'll just throw him into hell!"