Liu Xiangqin turned pale with fright, and her voice began to tremble.
"This...this...Brother-in-law, that's all government money! Embezzling it is illegal, you'll go to jail!"
"What's there to be afraid of!"
Qiu Fengxian growled.
"New loans will come in soon! It's just a temporary measure! Once this batch of goods is sold, we'll double our money back! We'll pay it back without anyone noticing, and who will know?"
His tone carried a familiar, seductive quality:
"Have you forgotten? Back then, we nearly ruined the Second Garment Factory by holding onto raw materials. Didn't we also embezzle funds from the accounts? In the end, we made up the difference, and nothing happened."
"No pain, no gain. If that incident hadn't happened back then, out of the three garment factories in our city, why is our Third Garment Factory the most profitable and successful to this day?"
Looking at Qiu Fengxian's gambling-crazed appearance, Liu Xiangqin felt uneasy. After hesitating for a moment, she couldn't help but voice her doubts:
"Brother-in-law, calm down. I'm not saying this to be mean, but isn't Zhou Qiqi supposed to be that formidable? She even knows how to install anti-theft signs, yet that one trick caused us so much loss. She's such a smart person, how could she be so foolish as to reveal all her tricks to you this time? I have a feeling... something's not right. Could she be... deliberately telling you this to set a trap for us?"
When Qiu Fengxian was asked this question, the madness on his face froze for a moment, and his eyes flickered, clearly showing that he wavered for a moment.
But soon, that doubt was overshadowed by an even stronger sense of arrogance and greed.
"Setting a trap? How could a young girl in her early twenties have such a mind? I was tricked by her before because I was careless and underestimated her, not because she was so powerful!"
He scoffed, his face full of disdain.
"You didn't see how she looked just now. Her face turned red with anger, her eyes were practically bulging out, and she looked like she wanted to pounce on me and bite me! Her thoughts were written all over her face! I pushed her to the limit, and she was so angry that she blurted out all her cards without thinking! That's what you call being young and impatient!"
The more he talked, the more convinced he became of his own judgment, and his tone became increasingly smug with the superiority complex of someone who had been there before.
"Besides, did you see that old bastard Zhang Guoqiang? When he followed Zhou Qiqi, his face was as long as a bitter gourd. He was tugging at Zhou Qiqi's sleeve and muttering to himself, stamping his feet anxiously! Did he look like he knew beforehand that Zhou Qiqi would reveal her backup plan? He was clearly terrified by Zhou Qiqi's outspokenness!"
"What kind of situation is the First Garment Factory in now? The contract fee, the cost of raw materials, the workers' wages, and the penalties for breaching those orders—all of it is on the shoulders of this young girl! That's money! It's not child's play! Zhou Qiqi is overwhelmed with her own problems right now; where would she find the time or the ingenuity to dig a hole for me? Humph!"
Qiu Fengxian snorted heavily, as if he had already seen through everything, and said decisively:
"Zhou Qiqi only has a little cleverness in designing clothes; she could never have the vision and skills that I, Qiu Fengxian, have accumulated over so many years in the business world! She's still very green!"
He asked himself honestly, and he knew that if he were forced into this situation, he would never have the same resilience. He was certain that Zhou Qiqi would never be able to do it either.
He waved his hand dismissively, not wanting to hear anything more from Liu Xiangqin, and spoke directly in a commanding tone:
"Stop overthinking! Just do as I say! Go now!"
Liu Xiangqin was rendered speechless by his long and detailed analysis.
Thinking about it, it makes sense. She saw Zhou Qiqi's furious expression just now, and it didn't seem like she was faking it. Zhang Guoqiang's reaction was even more genuine.
Seeing her brother-in-law's certainty, she forcibly suppressed her unease.
She bit her lip and nodded with difficulty, "...Then...okay then."
As for Qiu Dalin, the cousin in the logistics department, he simply followed his cousin's lead without any objection and nodded happily.
Qiu Fengxian watched as his sister-in-law and logistics officer Lao Wang left to carry out their orders, and only then did his tense nerves relax slightly.
He sat back down in the large leather chair, sinking deep into it, and let out a long sigh.
Sunlight streamed through the window onto his withered face, and the corners of his thin lips couldn't help but curve upwards, growing wider and wider until they finally broke into a wide, triumphant smile.
He could almost picture Zhou Qiqi desperately begging him to buy materials at exorbitant prices;
Seeing bundles of banknotes flowing into the accounts of the Third Garment Factory;
Seeing myself standing in front of the brand-new factory, receiving commendation from my superiors...
"Hmph, Zhou Qiqi..."
Qiu Fengxian muttered to himself, a smug smile almost overflowing from his face.
"A strong woman? Talented? Able to design great clothes? So what?"
He picked up the "Guanghua" sample garment information that he had obtained through special channels, and flicked it dismissively.
"So arrogant, yet you're completely controlled by these imported materials? I've taken away your very means of livelihood, let's see what you have left to fight me with then?"
The more he thought about it, the more confident he felt about winning. He leaned back comfortably, closed his eyes, and his mind was already calculating whether he should buy a new Jeep first after getting this windfall, or acquire that piece of land in the east...
Qiu Fengxian was riding high, while Zhang Guoqiang was furious.
He came out of Qiu Fengxian's office panting heavily, his cheeks puffed out with anger, looking just like a freshly steamed crab.
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