Chapter 1209: Business Opportunities Are Fleeting

The common people were all scrambling to buy.

It wasn't just the common people; even government officials were purchasing daily necessities from Liu Fengchao, never haggling, just happy to get their hands on them.

Later, when merchants from various countries discovered this business opportunity and were preparing to enter one after another, Sheng Hanyu had Liu Fengchao bring his people back.

During the banquet.

Liu Fengchao, feeling quite regretful, asked Sheng Hanyu: "Chairman, why did you stop me from staying in L Country? Although every country is eyeing L Country like a piece of fat meat now, we have extensive connections and flexible intelligence, so we could still make a fortune."

Sheng Hanyu: "Do not be greedy. We have eaten the meat, so we must leave some soup for others; only then can business be done for the long term."

"Doing business is the same as being a person; you cannot think that you should occupy all the benefits yourself. It is impossible for one person to occupy every benefit in the world. Only when everyone makes money can it last a long time."

He did not speak much, and this counted as speaking a lot.

Liu Fengchao was also a smart man; the Chairman's two sentences enlightened him, and the things that had puzzled him for days were now all clear.

He gave the Chairman a thumbs up and said with heartfelt admiration: "Chairman, you are my idol. I admire you even more now. I couldn't catch up to your level even if I lived another fifty years. I want to follow you forever, never to leave or abandon you..."

The flattery was too exaggerated.

It was so exaggerated it was almost nauseating, and in the end, Liu Fengchao was dragged away by someone else.

Empty and insincere words were best left unsaid.

Although it felt comfortable to be flattered, Sheng Hanyu was not a shallow person; he would not lose his head just because of a few compliments.

What he valued more was not how one spoke, but how one acted!

This time, Liu Fengchao had made a great contribution in the trade in L Country, so naturally, he had to be given a high reward; not a single cent of what was due would be missing.

Consequently, the next time he made a mistake or deliberately did something to harm the company's interests, Sheng Hanyu would punish him without mercy, never being soft-hearted.

One thing is one thing, another is another.

The banquet was filled with joy everywhere.

As Liu Fengchao's wife—Jiang Siwei, of course, attended this victory banquet!

She was much thinner than before.

And she was pregnant with her second child, with the due date next month.

Her large belly was protruding high, and everyone who saw it said it was a boy; Jiang Siwei never tired of hearing this.

A boy was her hope, the life-saving straw she could use to hold onto Liu Fengchao.

Liu Fengchao was very popular with women outside; over these years, the women around him had been like a revolving door, never stopping.

She knew all of this, but she turned a blind eye and pretended not to know.

As long as the position of Lady Liu was still hers, and as long as Liu Fengchao did not propose a divorce, she could endure it!

Although she could endure it, she was also worried, worried that the "vixens" outside had schemes and would cause trouble by giving birth to her husband's illegitimate child.

After all, she had only given birth to a daughter; if a woman outside gave birth to a son, her status would be in jeopardy.

Over these years, Jiang Siwei had always been preparing to have a second child, to have a son.

But because she was too fat and her husband was always away, the couple was often separated, so she had never been able to conceive.

Later, she started to lose weight.

Everyone's constitution is different; some people can eat without gaining weight, but others gain weight just by drinking cold water!

She belonged to the latter—the type of person who gains weight even from drinking cold water.

Only Jiang Siwei herself knew what she had been through.

In the end, she lost the weight and successfully conceived.

At the banquet, the various wives and employees were all very respectful to her, and Jiang Siwei's vanity was greatly satisfied.

Finally, she bypassed everyone and went to Shi Youxuan, holding a glass of juice to toast her: "Cousin, I toast you a glass, thank you for promoting my husband. If it weren't for your promotion, our family wouldn't have the good life we have now."

"You don't need to thank me. Everything you have is earned by yourselves. If your husband wasn't capable and talented, even if you are my cousin, the Chairman wouldn't have put him in such an important position."

Shi Youxuan spoke the truth; she didn't need Jiang Siwei's thanks because it was unnecessary.

She didn't like this cousin.

She hadn't liked her since they were children.

But it didn't matter; Shi Youxuan felt she was pitiful. Jiang Siwei was only two months younger than her, and at forty years old, she was trying for a second child, trying until her endocrine system was in chaos, and the whole person looked as if she had been peeled of a layer of skin.

Having finally managed to conceive, she went around bragging to people about how good her husband was to her.

Then she would turn around and tell her husband how good her relationship with her cousin was, and that he could have his current position and salary because of her face; without her, the Sheng Family wouldn't even look at him twice!

Shi Youxuan had heard about these things long ago, but because they were not matters of principle, she had just let them be.

It is good to enjoy the shade under a big tree.

You have already grown into a big tree; you can't stop people from standing under the shade!

Jiang Siwei's face flushed slightly after being pointedly remarked upon by her cousin with those soft yet firm words.

But she soon got over it, thinking that it was still because her husband was capable that her cousin and cousin-in-law valued him!

Some people just have this ability; no matter what happens, they think of the good side, which could be considered her merit.

L Country was becoming even more chaotic.

Bloodshed occurred every day, and riots were constant everywhere.

Those who had followed the trend to enter L Country for trade had not made much money, but their goods were repeatedly looted, and even their personal safety was threatened; some had lost everything but returned alive.

Some lost everything, and their lives remained in L Country and never returned!

Those people began to admire Sheng Hanyu's foresight.

They sighed one after another.

"Look at Sheng Hanyu from Jiangzhou; his vision is truly impressive. He went to do trade when no one else thought of it, and he made a fortune in a short time."

"He made a huge fortune quietly, while we went and were targeted as fat sheep to be gnawed on."

"Exactly, the L Country military is truly despicable. When the common people can't afford to pay and snatch a little food or supplies to survive, they don't take everything, but the military not only seizes all the goods, they even detain the people and make their families pay a ransom to get them back; they are even worse than bandits."

"Their military is truly despicable. Even if you beat me to death for the rest of my life, or hold a knife to my throat, I will never do business with them."

"Me too!"

"Me too..."

For a time, the reputation of the L Country military plummeted to freezing point.

No one would engage in legitimate trade with them, and even those doing shady, borderline illegal business stopped doing so.

But they were still in control of the country, and as conflicts continued to intensify, Liu Quan gradually felt the strain, and the situation was becoming nearly impossible for him to control.

At this time, another voice emerged within L Country, calling for Qi Heng to return to the country and become the president of L Country once again.

When his father was in power, it was the most prosperous and flourishing time for this country; later, although Qi Heng's time as president was not perfect, the common people lived in peace and contentment under his governance.

Compared to the current situation, the state of affairs back then was like heaven compared to earth!