Chapter 399: 395. Blind Confidence (Please subscribe, monthly tickets!)

"Zhuo Zong, your airs are getting bigger and bigger these days. Or should I say, are you still so insecure that you need these things to reflect your status?" Zhang Ran said with a chuckle, but his words were not polite in the slightest.

The secretary on the side heard this and immediately scolded, "How are you talking? Do you believe I'll report you..."

Zhang Ran stared at the secretary, and before he could finish speaking, said, "Where did you find this weirdo?"

Zhuo Fan's expression was not good either; Zhang Ran had given him no face the moment they met.

"Shut up." Zhuo Fan scolded the secretary in a low voice, then looked at Zhang Ran and said, "Zhang Ran, we are old friends after all. We haven't seen each other for so many years, there's no need to be so cutting the moment we meet, right?"

"It's true, Xiao Su was a bit out of line just now, I apologize to you on her behalf."

Zhang Ran looked at his appearance and said with a sense of listlessness, "Forget it, I can't be bothered to argue with you."

Zhang Ran then stopped speaking; this guy Zhuo Fan was still so good at putting on a show.

However, when Zhang Ran's elevator arrived, Zhuo Fan took the initiative to call out to him.

"Zhang Ran, do you have time? Shall we have a chat?" Zhuo Fan said with a smile, as if he hadn't heard Zhang Ran's sarcasm just now.

Zhang Ran was stunned for a moment, pointed at himself and said, "You want to chat with me?"

"Of course, and since we haven't seen each other for so long, old friends should have a drink when they meet." Zhuo Fan shrugged and said.

Zhang Ran originally didn't want to bother with this guy, but he was also a bit curious about what exactly Zhuo Fan wanted to talk to him about.

"Fine, I'd like to hear what you have to say. Let's go, let's go sit over there." Zhang Ran pointed to the hotel's guest lounge.

Zhang Ran and Zhuo Fan then walked over. Zhuo Fan's secretary, lacking any sense of the situation, wanted to follow, but was stopped by a shout from Zhuo Fan.

Zhang Ran saw the aggrieved expression on the secretary's face and said with a half-smile, "Zhuo Zong, you really know how to enjoy yourself."

"Hehe." Zhuo Fan smiled and didn't respond.

After sitting down, Zhang Ran said, "Speak, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Zhuo Fan didn't rush to speak; he first had someone prepare a bottle of wine and poured a full glass for both of them.

He had come to Tianjin this time to inspect the stores, but he hadn't expected to run into Zhang Ran.

"I heard you caused quite a stir over in Russia?" Zhuo Fan said with a chuckle.

Zhang Ran heard this and said impatiently, "If you have something to say, say it. What? Are you really looking to reminisce with me?"

Zhuo Fan hadn't expected Zhang Ran to be so direct. His eyes flickered, but his face remained smiling, though he went straight to the point, "Zhang Ran, I was planning to find you in a few days when you returned from Russia, but since we've met now, I won't go to the trouble."

"You're looking for me? What for?" Zhang Ran was truly a bit curious. Logically speaking, these people should be avoiding him like the plague, so why would they want to take the initiative to find him?

He didn't believe that people like Zhuo Fan would suddenly have a change of heart.

Zhuo Fan took a sip of wine and said slowly, "The next person you're going to deal with is Huang Lin, right?"

Although it sounded like a question, Zhuo Fan's tone was full of confidence.

This was already an obvious matter. All of Zhang Ran's current actions were aimed at Huamei, especially since Huang Lin had taken the initiative to declare war; if he didn't deal with him, who would he deal with?

Zhang Ran was noncommittal, neither admitting nor denying it.

"Hehe, you're still hiding it at this point, is there any point?" Zhuo Fan said.

Zhang Ran swirled his wine glass and said, "Are you so sure my next target is Huang Lin? Couldn't it be you?"

Zhuo Fan said with a chuckle, "It's not me boasting, I won't say much about other aspects, but the supermarket industry is not as simple as you imagine. Let alone the fact that the Huaxia market is basically stable now, even if it weren't, you wouldn't have a chance. I'm just afraid you'll walk in standing and be carried out lying down."

"Aren't you afraid of biting your tongue saying that?" Zhang Ran sneered.

"You're still so blindly confident. Forget it, I can't be bothered to say more to you about this. Don't deny it either, it's meaningless." Zhuo Fan shook his head, appearing very disappointed in Zhang Ran.

Seeing him putting on this act, Zhang Ran really almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Even if my next target is Huang Lin, so what?" Zhang Ran said.

Zhuo Fan smiled: "Finally admitting it now?"

Zhang Ran looked at him with a half-smile. For some reason, Zhuo Fan's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly recovered.

"I can choose not to help Huang Lin, and even turn around to help you," Zhuo Fan said.

"Help me?" Zhang Ran was truly stunned. What was wrong with this guy?

Zhuo Fan said confidently, "Yes, for one thing, the cash flow of our Fengchao Supermarket is incredibly abundant. The battle between you and Huang Lin will definitely require a huge amount of capital to compete."

"Is your capital enough? If Huang Lin really falls into a disadvantage, imagine what the result would be if we at Fengchao chose to support him with all our might? Do you think you could still win?"

Zhang Ran finally understood what Zhuo Fan meant and couldn't help but say, "You mean you can control the direction of this battle? Hehe."

In the end, Zhang Ran really couldn't help but laugh out loud. Zhuo Fan had just called him blindly confident, and now Zhang Ran felt that perhaps this guy had been sailing too smoothly all these years and his brain had broken.

Zhuo Fan didn't think so, "Of course, you should know that you have no way to deal with me, otherwise you wouldn't have chosen to use Huang Lin as your opening move."

"And once I choose to support Huang Lin with all my might, the price you'll have to pay to win might not be something you can afford."

"With my help, your chances of losing are even greater."

"But if I choose to help you, Huang Lin's capital will definitely not be as abundant. By then, with my support, your chances of winning will skyrocket. I believe you can figure out how to choose," Zhuo Fan had a kind of mysterious confidence at this moment.

Zhang Ran asked curiously, "Why do you want to help me? What benefits can you get?"

Zhuo Fan thought Zhang Ran was tempted; there was a hint of smugness in his eyes, and at the same time, he felt a secret thrill in his heart.

However, he still kept a smile on his face and said, "Nothing, aren't we old friends? Helping each other is only right."

"Helping each other?" Zhang Ran heard the implication in his words.

Zhuo Fan said, "Right, as long as you sign this agreement, I will choose to support you with all my might."

As he spoke, Zhuo Fan stood up and took an agreement from his secretary. This was something he had prepared long ago, which meant that Zhuo Fan had never been on the same side as Huang Lin and the others.

Zhang Ran looked at the contract and couldn't help but laugh. This contract didn't have any other content; the main point was that Fengchao Supermarket had nothing to do with Zhang Ran, and the previous share issues were also included, but were glossed over in a single stroke.