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Chapter 447 - 204: Take Me Home Quick!_2

Chapter 447: Chapter 204: Take Me Home Quick!_2

"Because the bottom tier is the same everywhere, they’re not mentally or willfully prepared, right, while top-tier internet celebrities each have their own constraints, likely bound by various complex interests, making it hard for them to make moves. Do you understand?

So, once Xingyu gets going, it’s going to be disruptive for the entire industry.

Right, their vertical track is a direct sales system, while the horizontal track is a flattened partner system. Hmm, the overall pool distribution theory is also tremendously useful for me as I build the content segment.

Bro, you’re incredible!"

Jiang Fan is really capable. Aside from his penchant for stuffing fancy words into his speeches, his thought process and vision are truly worthy of his later achievements.

But after his praise, Chen Nuanhan’s favorability rating for Su Huai shot up to 80 in an instant.

What kind of NTR plot is this...

Of course, favorability isn’t simply equal to affection. She’s mainly impressed by Su Huai’s ideas, developing a kind of business-oriented psychological tilt, which doesn’t necessarily mean she wants to shack up with him.

Su Huai also wasn’t interested in getting involved in this complex emotional situation. As long as he could get things done, that was enough.

Jiang Fan was actually a great conversational partner, with a high perspective and lots of thoughts that helped open Su Huai’s mind.

So, they talked about everything under the sun, getting more and more into their conversation.

Until the event ended, they still hadn’t discussed any cooperation.

But before parting ways, Jiang Fan mentioned: "Take a good rest tomorrow, Sunday, and go straight to Yu Feng the day after."

Just that one sentence, how much money could it save Su Huai?

He couldn’t even calculate it himself, but he knew that the brown-nosing wasn’t for nothing.

Gou Huai snickered to himself: If only you had said you liked this stuff earlier, I could have slapped on ten more rounds of unique flattery!

Okay, that’s just a joke.

Of course, Jiang Fan couldn’t possibly value Su Huai just because of good flattery. The maximum factor for a congenial chat is at most 30%, his admiration for Su Huai personally might account for 20%, and the remaining 50% is his high hopes for the prospects of Xingyu, thinking it’s wise to create a good relationship for a potential future acquisition.

But actually...

When Gou Huai said "I’m begging for an acquisition," he wasn’t serious at all, it was purely pie in the sky.

Acquire me?

Does Ali Group even deserve it? Are you not hungry now? Then just wait,

wait and see, when Douyin gets big enough, watch if I don’t hammer you guys to dust.

This trip to Hangzhou, Su Huai was harboring some resentment. He had nothing against Jiang Fan personally; in fact, he held a mix of admiration and appreciation for him.

But Ali Group, this behemoth, had already lost its way.

It’s actually evident from Jiang Fan’s demeanor—he isn’t the haughty, magnanimous sort found in the rivers and lakes, quite the contrary, he is truly subtle and tends more towards being reserved.

But when talking with Su Huai, he unconsciously kept calling him "brother," "lil’ bro."

Awkward or what?

In any case, Su Huai found it very awkward.

This culture started with Ma Yun. He’s a die-hard fan of wuxia, self-styled as Feng Qingyang, and established a nickname culture within Ali Group, mimicking the jianghu.

The essence of wuxia culture is iron-blooded and free, scornful of all rules, hence the people of Alibaba dare to do anything.

The characteristics of a jianghu hero are all about loyalty. Ma Yun often acts like a ruffian, which means the company’s management also always has a sense of being a leading brother—only I can deal with my people, I have to protect my brothers.

Thus forming cliquey alliances became the norm.

Such culture established Ali Group’s early cohesion but eventually led to arrogance from top to bottom within the Group.

What Su Huai was feeling now was just the tip of the iceberg.

If one day Xingyu needs to bring in external capital for resource exchange, Su Huai would choose anyone but Ali Group a thousand times over.

Deep cooperation with Ali Group would be purely masochistic.

But that doesn’t stop him from reaping the benefits first.

From Gu Tongshu to Jiang Fan, and potentially Wangs and Zhangs, Ma’s in the future, Gou Huai decided to scam them all along the way, intending to collect them all sooner or later.

...

After the event, Su Huai was planning to go back to the hotel, but on the way, he received a phone call from Chen Nuanhan.

"Hello? Gou Dongxi, why haven’t you replied to my messages?"

She started off with a demanding tone, and Su Huai quickly confirmed in his mind: I haven’t done anything wrong, I haven’t offended her.

So, he confidently retorted.

"I’m out working, what’s your issue? A true man aspires to travel far and wide, you don’t support me, fine, but why are you stirring up trouble!"

Chen Nuanhan was left huffing with anger: "Okay, okay, I’m hindering you from flapping your wings, right?"

"Somewhat."

Su Huai was unabashed.

The favorability rating was so high, not getting a bit brazen meant continuing to indulge her?

"What’s up? Spit it out quick, your Huai is busy. Just finished drinking with the head of the content business department at Ali Group..."

"Oh, man! Your bullsh*tting skills are becoming more and more imaginative~~~"

Chen Nuanhan snorted with laughter, then asked in a sticky, cloying voice, "Busy person, do you know what tomorrow is?"

"Your birthday."

Su Huai didn’t play dumb and responded directly.

But she hastily covered up, "I didn’t plan on celebrating my birthday; tomorrow is the final of the campus singer competition. Man Li and Mi Lu from our dorm are participating. We’re all going to cheer for them together. They asked me to check if you had time..."

Phony!

As if it were a freshly unearthed Western antiquity, made up on the spot.

Su Huai didn’t play dumb before but now started to act: "If you’re not celebrating, then I really won’t come back. It’s better to save the fuss. I believe they’ll understand..."

Chen Nuanhan quickly interjected, "Are you really not in the Imperial Capital?"

"Really, I was in the Magic Capital yesterday, just got to Hangzhou today. Wait for me to send you my location."

After Su Huai sent his location via WeChat, he casually added, "Was discussing business with big shots, had my personal phone on silent, didn’t see your messages earlier."

Chen Nuanhan was stunned.

"Ah?! What... What have you been busy with?"

"I started a company; I had some business that needed to work with L’Oréal and Taobao... Oh right, I also brought you a big L’Oréal gift pack. Be good and wait for me, I’ll give it to you when I’m back."

The L’Oréal gift pack excited Chen Nuanhan, but as much as she wanted it, what she wanted most was for Su Huai to hurry back.

"When are you coming back?"

Struggling to hold back his laughter, Su Huai replied, "There’s a meeting on Monday morning. If it goes well, it’ll be over by the afternoon. If not, there’s no telling..."

"Ah?!" Her voice was soft and floppy, filled with dejection and a hint of grievance, "Then what about my birthday?"

"Haha! Not pretending anymore?"

Gou Huai laughed loudly, poking fun at her face, "Didn’t you say you weren’t going to celebrate it? Come on, cheer up, don’t let me hear your insincerity..."

"Gou Dongxi, you’re really annoying!"

With a click, she hung up the phone.

But at this point, Gou Huai’s mind began to hatch a mischievous plan.

He opened Ctrip and found a flight that took off at 10:30 am and landed at 1:00 pm, then he took a screenshot and sent it to WeChat, adding a message—

"If someone is willing to pick me up from the airport, I could possibly rush back to spend her birthday with her, then fly back to Hangzhou for serious matters..."

"!!!"

Chen Nuanhan replied with three exclamation marks, then excitedly typed, "1 pm?! The dorm’s already closed then, how am I supposed to pick you up?"

"Then I don’t care."

Su Huai wasn’t planning on being reasonable, nor did he give her much chance to think.

"How far is it from your school to the airport? I’m crossing half of Huaxia here!"

Gou Dongxi cleverly turned the act of staying out all night into a matter of who had the longer and more strenuous journey, as slick as a seasoned flirt.

The truth was not lost on Chen Nuanhan, but it gave her an excuse.

Women often aren’t foolish; they just need a pretext to deceive themselves.

"Then..."

Chen Nuanhan typed a series of ellipses, and then, after a half-minute that felt as long as an hour, Gou Huai finally heard her relent.

"Then you can’t bully me, you have to spend the day with me tomorrow, go shopping, take photos, eat yummy food..."

Agree with her!

Anything she wants!

At this moment, Su Huai was all about being agreeable, anything goes.

"Don’t worry, I’m not that casual. That’s settled then, I’ll go book the ticket now."

While his replies were rather bland, Gou Huai’s fingers trembled as he typed.

Hehe, big win, time for a feast tonight!

Without putting down his phone, he bolted towards the curb, "Taxi!"

Hurry and take me home!

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PS: Someone still thinks it’s fawning even after scoring such a big advantage? C’mon, sir, it’s basic to sweet-talk and charm someone on the face of it...