Free Web NovelChapter 281: Chapter 281: Such Great Ambition?
The corner of Jiang Xinghai’s mouth curled up, and he looked up with a wry smile. "You... don’t tell me you can’t bear to see me go?"
"Miss you? You’re overthinking it."
Shen Lingxue put on an air of indifference and said nonchalantly, "I only just started my Martial Arts training last night. I was just thinking that if I had an expert like you to guide me, I’d definitely avoid a lot of mistakes and have a smoother journey. But whatever. If you have to go, then go."
"Er..."
Jiang Xinghai looked at the prideful Shen Lingxue and smiled wryly to himself. ’If she doesn’t want me to go, she should just say so.’
’Or, if that’s not an option, I could just take her with me.’
"When are you planning to leave?" Shen Lingxue asked casually.
"I’ll leave after AM’s first product hits the market, at least." Jiang Xinghai gave a definite timeframe.
"So, in three days," Shen Lingxue murmured softly, a flicker of disappointment, almost invisible to the naked eye, crossing her face.
’If Jiang Xinghai invited her to go to Central State with him, she might actually agree.’
’But Jiang Xinghai didn’t seem to have any intention of doing that.’
’Am I supposed to be the one to bring it up?’
’That’s not realistic.’
Shen Lingxue shook her head decisively in her heart. ’I still have the Shen Group to support. How can I just up and leave?’
"Actually, your father is in good health now. You could totally hand the Shen Group back to him. You could go to Central State to expand the market and open a branch office, couldn’t you?" Jiang Xinghai suddenly offered a suggestion.
Although he didn’t invite Shen Lingxue directly, he had rephrased it to mean the same thing.
"That seems to make sense." Shen Lingxue went along with the topic. "Let me think it over carefully. I think your proposal is very strategic. We’ll make the Shen Group bigger and stronger, then take it public as soon as possible. Yes, that’s what we should do!"
"Then should we go home and talk it over with your father?" Jiang Xinghai’s face lit up with a smile.
Shen Lingxue nodded, still not daring to meet Jiang Xinghai’s gaze. "Yes, let’s talk about it when we get home."
In truth, they had a tacit understanding. They both knew what the other was thinking, but neither wanted to be the one to lift that veil.
After the two returned to the Shen Family home.
Shen Lingyin was still in her bedroom, cultivating.
The couple, Shen Zhengye and Qiao Huimin, were in the kitchen, cooking dinner themselves.
During dinner, Shen Lingxue brought up the matter of the Shen Group opening a branch company.
Shen Zhengye was all for it. "Lingxue, that’s a very mature idea. Of course I’ll support you completely. Why don’t you and Jiang go to Central State together? You can scout it out first."
"There’s no need to be in such a hurry, is there?" Shen Lingxue said with an awkward smile.
"How can we not be in a hurry?"
Shen Zhengye tapped the dining table, saying thoughtfully, "The Shen Group has many businesses under its umbrella, including real estate, hotels... a cosmetics company! Yes, how about opening another cosmetics company in Central State?"
"That’s a good suggestion, Uncle," Jiang Xinghai was the first to nod in agreement.
Shen Lingxue was also considering it. "Yes, if we want to move all the Shen Group’s businesses over, it makes sense to start with a light industry like cosmetics."
"Then, once we’ve earned enough capital, we can acquire local real estate and hotel companies in Central State and just rename them," Shen Zhengye calculated. ƒгeewebnovёl.com
"Right, there’s already a cosmetics company in Central State. If we were to acquire it directly..." Shen Lingxue’s face broke into a smile.
Shen Zhengye smiled and shook his head. "No, a direct acquisition isn’t appropriate. It’s better to wait until after AM’s first product launches in three days. That will be the optimal time."
"Uncle, your business acumen is truly something else," Jiang Xinghai realized with a flash of insight.
Shen Lingxue only had to think for a moment before she, too, gradually understood. "Dad, you want to use the launch of the Anti-Aging Cream to suppress them with a blockbuster product, and *then* acquire them. That way, we’ll be able to buy them out at the lowest possible price."
"The premise is that the Anti-Aging Cream has to be enough of a blockbuster to force that cosmetics company in Central State to cut its own throat," Shen Zhengye mused, already mapping out the strategy.
"Isn’t our method a bit too ruthless?" Shen Lingxue clicked her tongue.
"Ruthless? I don’t think so."
Shen Zhengye said in a measured tone, "You have to understand, we aren’t intentionally trying to crush a competitor. Rather, if our product becomes a hit, other companies’ products will naturally decline. That’s just a normal market. The product is king."
"I see, that makes sense." Shen Lingxue had an epiphany.
No matter the industry, there will always be competition. They were just competing normally. As for the result, that was up to the consumers.
"I believe that once the Anti-Aging Cream is on the market, it won’t just be the company in Central State that feels the pressure. Cosmetics companies all over the country will see their capital shrink accordingly."
"And then, we can continue to acquire, continue to grow, and make AM a national, or even global, industry leader. There’s no doubt about it," Jiang Xinghai said, thinking even further ahead.
"Such huge ambitions?" Shen Lingxue asked, astonished.
Even Shen Zhengye looked abashed. "Jiang, you have that much confidence in the Anti-Aging Cream?"
"Of course!"
Jiang Xinghai said with a completely serious expression, "In all the world, the formula for this Anti-Aging Cream is something only my sect can produce. We’re the only one. If we claim to be second, who would dare claim to be first?"
