Chapter 425: 421. The Younger Brother from the Orphanage (Please subscribe, monthly tickets!)

The scene suddenly fell silent; those who had still been harboring some secret thoughts were now also silent.

Looking at Zhang Ran's calm gaze, these people felt a chill in their hearts.

They had always known that this Zhang Ran was not someone to be trifled with; judging by the results of his takeover of Makai Supermarket, one could even say he was a ruthless person.

In just a single day, he had made all the original senior executives of Makai Supermarket, with the exception of Gu Fei who had defected at the last minute, pack up and leave, and he even sent them to prison.

Not only that, but Zhang Ran was also seeking damages; it could be said he was pushing these people to their deaths.

Now, with Zhang Ran making such threats, no one dared to take them lightly!

At this moment, they also understood that their own meager stature was simply not enough for Zhang Ran to even look at.

Zhang Ran did not just have a single Makai Supermarket; he had the entire unfathomable Zhang Ran System!

Looking at these people, Zhang Ran suddenly smiled, "Everyone, don't be nervous. As long as you are genuinely cooperating with us, we will certainly treat you with sincerity. Cooperation is a win-win matter; otherwise, it's just acting like a hooligan. And I, Zhang Ran, have never treated my partners unfairly."

The crowd remained silent; these words had no credibility for the time being.

However, after Zhang Ran finished saying this, he did not say anything more and left the subsequent matters for Jiao Zhen to handle.

The reason he had been so forceful and overbearing in dealing with the Makai Supermarket matter was because he had his own considerations.

Makai Supermarket had been completely controlled by people like You Jingyang; if Zhang Ran did not take heavy-handed measures and appear more forceful, it would be impossible to quickly take control of the entire company.

The same was actually true for these suppliers. Zhang Ran believed that these people had intricate connections with the middle management inside Makai Company, and the interests involved were more numerous and deeper than he had imagined.

Zhang Ran did not want to investigate further; it was meaningless. Such a phenomenon could not be avoided at all, and in the current environment, it was too difficult to change.

Therefore, Zhang Ran held the same attitude toward these suppliers. The purpose was to intimidate them—not requiring them to truly do nothing, but just to make them carefully consider the consequences before doing anything harmful to Makai Supermarket, or to make them be more careful and do a little less.

Zhang Ran left the area very quickly; if he stayed any longer, he estimated it would make many people uncomfortable.

And he had done everything he could. The bad guy was him, and the good guy was Jiao Zhen; one playing the white face and one playing the black face was perfectly sufficient.

Zhang Ran's threats were still useful. Before the Makai Supermarket online shopping business officially launched on October 1st, Fengchao Supermarket had not received any wind of it.

It was only after Makai Supermarket, Fengli Group, and Dahe Express announced their cooperation that Fengchao Supermarket reacted, but it was already too late.

Taking advantage of the National Day trend, they were also carrying out various promotional activities on a large scale.

That very day, Fengchao Supermarket began to retreat steadily!

If there were no other plans, failure for Fengchao Supermarket under this wave of offensive had basically become inevitable.

However, these things had nothing to do with Zhang Ran anymore, or rather, he no longer cared.

He had done so much; if Jiao Zhen still could not take down Fengchao Supermarket in the end, then it was Zhang Ran who had misjudged, or Jiao Zhen was merely a person with a name but no substance.

But clearly, Zhang Ran had not misjudged, and Jiao Zhen was indeed worthy of his reputation!

At this moment, Zhang Ran was taking his family to watch the grand military parade. Watching the mighty and heroic soldiers marching with their heads held high, Zhang Ran could not help but feel his heart surging!

At this time, the place was already crowded with people, and a look of pride appeared on everyone's face!

Many parents brought their children to watch together, to see their motherland and the heroes guarding the country!

After watching the grand military parade, Zhang Ran took the two little ones and Huo Zhiyuan to get something to eat. As for Zhang Sicheng and Liu Lu, they went out to play; the couple was enjoying some time as a pair.

As for Siyan, she did not stay here either. She had her own friends in Beijing, and since she had come this time, she had to go see them regardless.

They had all just arrived this morning. As for the Siheyuan, they hadn't had time to go see it yet, but Zhang Ran was not in a hurry. He had already seen it the day before yesterday after coming out of the supplier conference, and he had also taken care of the paperwork and such; it was very well preserved.

"Grandpa, I want to eat fried chicken wings," Zhang Xiaotao said, pointing to a fast-food restaurant.

Susu also opened her big eyes and looked at her grandfather, the longing in her eyes very obvious.

Zhang Ran was in a good mood today, and upon hearing this, he agreed without a second word, "Let's go, we're going to eat fried chicken wings!"

"Yay, Grandpa is the best! I love you!" Zhang Xiaotao and Susu each kissed Zhang Ran on the cheek, then held hands and ran toward the restaurant.

Zhang Ran and Huo Zhiyuan hurriedly followed behind the two little ones; there were a lot of people now, and they could get lost if they weren't careful.

After buying the things the two children liked to eat, the four of them found a place and sat down.

"Grandpa, you eat." Susu didn't eat herself at first, but instead stuffed it to her grandfather.

Zhang Ran took a light bite of the chicken wing and then said, "Susu, you eat; Grandpa is done."

"Grandma Huo, you eat too." Susu handed some to Huo Zhiyuan, and Huo Zhiyuan happily took a big bite.

Zhang Xiaotao also shared the chicken wings and french fries in his hands with his grandfather and Grandma Huo.

Watching the two little ones eating happily, Zhang Ran smiled and said to Huo Zhiyuan, "Aren't you going to eat some?"

Neither he nor Huo Zhiyuan had ordered anything. Zhang Ran really didn't like eating these things; he felt they had no flavor.

"I don't want to eat; I still need to lose weight," Huo Zhiyuan said, shaking her head.

"You've already become so thin, and you still want to lose weight?" Zhang Ran said exaggeratedly.

Upon hearing this, Huo Zhiyuan's face immediately blossomed into a smile!

Just as the two were talking, a middle-aged man's voice came over, "Excuse me, I see there are empty seats here. Can we sit here?"

Zhang Ran turned his head and saw a middle-aged man in his forties holding a little boy's hand as they walked over.

"Of course you can." Zhang Ran squeezed to the side, making space for them to sit down.

"Thank you." The middle-aged man hurriedly thanked him.

Zhang Ran hadn't paid much attention at first, but when he saw the little boy's face, he suddenly froze. The image of a seven or eight-year-old boy couldn't help but emerge in his mind; they were just too similar.

"What's wrong?" Huo Zhiyuan asked with some curiosity when she saw Zhang Ran stunned.

Zhang Ran came back to his senses and said, "I feel like this little guy looks a lot like a younger brother I had back when I was in the orphanage."

"This little brother, I feel like you look a bit familiar too." At this time, the middle-aged man seemed to have heard Zhang Ran's words and couldn't help but say.

Zhang Ran looked up and examined him carefully, then looked at the little boy, and suddenly said, "Are you Xiaonan?"