My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 396: Your brother has a clever mind, won’t he be able to handle her?

Chapter 396: Chapter 396: Your brother has a clever mind, won’t he be able to handle her?

"Youxi even wants to establish a company solely for our rice," the village chief said loudly. "She has planned so much just to assure we get a fair price for our rice and that our hard work isn’t wasted. Could that factory do the same for us? They’re already doing well not to suppress our prices!"

"Right!"

Everyone agreed.

The village chief took the opportunity to survey the crowd.

Among those who agreed, the village chief noticed a few whose expressions were off.

Clearly, these few still only cared about immediate benefits.

The village chief then said, "All I’m doing here is sharing Youxi’s plans with everyone, so you’re in the know. Whether you decide to sell the rice to the factory, to Youxi, or make your own decision — I certainly won’t force you, and neither will Youxi."

"But, if you sell the rice to the factory now and later they decide to pressure you into lowering the prices, or if you see those working with Youxi making more money than you and feel jealous and regretful, don’t come back to us."

The village chief waved his hand, "Youxi doesn’t even know about this decision I’ve made for her. As for those who are opportunistic and unfaithful, we are done working with them."

"What if someone else comes up with a better offer temporarily than Youxi’s, and you switch sides again. Can we even conduct business properly anymore?" the village chief said loudly. "Business is all about honesty. You can’t just change your mind based on a whim. We won’t cooperate with those who are inconsistent. When the time comes, cooperate with whomever you want!"

"Let me be frank, if you trust me and Youxi, work with us. Those who flip-flop for immediate profit, we’re not serving you! Youxi doesn’t owe you anything, why should you have the right to come and go as you please, right?"

"So, those of you contemplating selling rice to the factory, consider it carefully," the village chief said. "That’s all for today. Everyone, go home and think it over."

After finishing his speech, the village chief gathered his things and took the speaker and microphone back to the broadcasting station.

Lu Youzhen followed Ge Guifen home, and the moment they entered the house, Lu Youzhen asked in a low voice, "Mom, what should we do?"

"We’ll still sell the rice to the factory," Ge Guifen said without hesitation.

"But didn’t the village chief say that working with Lu Youxi could make us more money in the future?" Lu Youzhen hesitated.

"That’s all future talk; who can guarantee what will happen?" Ge Guifen scoffed. "Aren’t we not making that much money right now? The village chief is just painting a rosy picture for us."

"He even talked about Lu Youxi setting up a company to sell our rice in supermarkets. Business is risky; does she think she can just make money? What if it fails? Besides, our village’s rice yield is limited; can we really expect to make a fortune from selling rice?" Ge Guifen scoffed with disbelief on her face.

"It’s just as the village chief said earlier about Lu Youxi making money only if the business succeeds, but he never mentioned what happens to our rice if her business fails."

"If we followed their advice and converted all our vegetable plots to rice fields only to suffer major losses, who would we turn to? They would simply dismiss us by saying Youxi meant well and we can’t blame her for not succeeding."

"Personally, I’d rather secure the profit that’s right in front of us than chase uncertain future gains," Guifen stated.

"That makes sense!" Lu Youzhen was persuaded by Ge Guifen.

"I’ll contact the factory right now," said Ge Guifen, "now that everyone’s been swayed by the village chief, the less rice our village supplies to the factory, the more valued our own supply becomes. Perhaps we can even raise the price."

"Exactly, exactly," Lu Youzhen nodded earnestly. "Mom, do you think Lu Youxi can make this business succeed?"

"That’s not up to her, even if she could make it work, I have to sabotage it!" Ge Guifen said through gritted teeth coldly. "Otherwise, if she makes everything work, wouldn’t she become the big benefactor and wealthy person in everyone’s eyes in our village? It would be whatever she says goes and everyone would support her. Eventually, even if she wants to drive us out or demands your grandparents’ money, everyone would side with her."

Ge Guifen sneered coldly, "Then, where would our say be? Our entire Hexing Village would be dominated by her dictations."

"Right, at least not until we all move to Imperial Capital, she can’t be allowed to succeed," Lu Youzhen added.

"Even if we move to Imperial Capital, I won’t let her succeed," Ge Guifen viciously stated. "I just can’t stand seeing Lu Youxi doing well!"

"But, what can we do? We’re here... and can’t accomplish anything," Lu Youzhen frowned.

"Don’t we have your brother?" Guifen said, "He’s in Imperial Capital, at the same school as her. He surely knows everything about her dealings and even more promptly than we do. With his sharp mind, how can he not disrupt her?"

Lu Youzhen murmured in frustration, "Then how come he didn’t mess up her previous businesses which let her become a big business owner?"

That’s a company boss!

No matter the scale, it sounds prestigious.

And didn’t the village chief mention?

The money from rice is nothing compared to what Lu Youxi’s company earns.

Even the money the factory pays their family, she finds it quite substantial.

But Lu Youxi is still buying all the village’s rice, showing just how wealthy Lu Youxi is.

"If he were really capable, he would have spoiled it long before her company succeeded, then Lu Youxi wouldn’t have the money to buy our village’s rice, and you wouldn’t need to worry about her influence in our village."

"That was before we underestimated her potential," Guifen retorted. "Now that we are planning ahead, your brother will surely succeed."

"I won’t talk anymore." Ge Guifen left Lu Youzhen and walked inside, "I’m going to call your brother right now. We absolutely must prevent Lu Youxi from succeeding."

*

Lu Youxi juggled between the Little Pink Book and Hexing Rice.

The village chief was set to visit in a few days, and the preparations for Hexing Rice’s company were nearly complete.

Another batch of rice had arrived from Hexing Village, and Liu Yushu and Grandma Xu were at the restaurant vacuum packing the rice into bags to sell on the shelf next to the cashier.

Lu Youxi didn’t neglect her duties with the Little Pink Book.

On Tuesday, Lu Youxi, alongside Pei Jingyuan and Ji Deyi, went to Chengzhou for a meeting.

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