Chapter 391 - 232: The Middle East Can Be Properly "Planned" (2)

Chapter 391: Chapter 232: The Middle East Can Be Properly "Planned" (2)

’That logic applies to you, not to me!’

’If you guys did it that way, you’d lose all your money and end up with nothing. My way allows me to break even and, in the end, get an ever-improving commercial plaza for free!’

With people in the next booth, Chen Xiao and Zhao Xiangjun found it hard to talk freely.

From time to time, they’d overhear Peng Yu bragging in the next booth. He would mention Wansheng Group, hyping up how powerful it was.

Qianqian had no idea that the once-illustrious President Wang was now so strapped for cash he was selling off properties left and right. Her image of President Wang was stuck in the past—that of a nationally renowned tycoon.

Peng Yu’s goal in praising President Wang was to elevate himself. After all, in Qianqian’s eyes, he was someone President Wang held in high regard.

Qianqian, not knowing much about the business world, asked a rather pointed question. "In the competition between Junxiao Business Management and Wansheng Group here in Hanjiang, who do you think will win?"

Peng Yu froze for a moment. "Wansheng Group, of course. Junxiao Business Management has some power, sure, but it’s just a local powerhouse in Hanjiang Province. How can it possibly compare to a corporate behemoth like Wansheng Group?"

As the words left his mouth, he couldn’t help but ask himself: ’The fight between Wansheng Group and Junxiao Business Management is about to reach a fever pitch. Does Wansheng Group really have this in the bag?’

He knew he had already lost faith. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have met with the chairman of Minghan Business Management Company when he went to Beijing for the group’s annual conference.

He was already looking for an escape route.

But his loss of confidence was only about falling behind in Hanjiang Province. He was still confident about the Group’s showdowns with Junxiao Business Management in other provincial capitals. However, no matter how well the other regions performed, it had nothing to do with him; on the contrary, it only highlighted his own incompetence.

Qianqian nodded, only half-understanding. It matched her own preconceptions; she also couldn’t imagine how a local company could possibly be an opponent for President Wang.

Perhaps Peng Yu was in a hurry to get to his next appointment, because he then focused on eating and stopped talking about business.

The few words they did exchange were all romantic pleasantries—a subject where his expertise was on par with his knowledge of the business world.

Just as they were about to finish, there was another knock at the side of their booth.

TAP... TAP... TAP!

The booth had no door, only a cloth curtain, so the person had knocked on the wooden doorframe.

Peng Yu and Qianqian turned their heads.

Hassan, with his high nose bridge and blue eyes, swept aside the curtain.

"Honorable sir, beautiful lady, I must disagree with your opinion..."

Peng Yu and Qianqian were both a little stunned. ’What’s this about? You were eavesdropping on us, and now you’re coming over to announce it?’

’This foreigner has no manners...’

"Junxiao Group will be the greatest company in Huaxia, and even the world! It is sure to be invincible!"

He never expected this foreigner to be a fan of Junxiao Group. Peng Yu was taken aback and asked casually, "What makes you so sure?"

"Because my best friend is with Junxiao Group, and I will help this group achieve greatness!"

Hassan’s strange, foreign accent, combined with such a childish declaration, made Peng Yu laugh.

’You’re going to help Junxiao Group achieve greatness? Did they agree to that? What are you going to help them with, your moral support?’

But when he heard Hassan say his best friend was from Junxiao Group, Peng Yu didn’t dare criticize the company to his face. He could bullshit in front of Qianqian, but that group was intimidatingly powerful.

He wouldn’t dare say a single word against Junxiao Group in front of one of their people.

So he was amused by Hassan’s claim that he would help Junxiao Group become the greatest company in the world.

But he couldn’t immediately think of a rebuttal, so all he could do was offer a cold smile.

Chen Xiao, listening from the side, found it funny. He hadn’t expected Hassan to be so defensive of Junxiao Group and whispered to Zhao Xiangjun, "Look, even our international friends are standing up for us!"

Zhao Xiangjun rolled her eyes at him. "Just eat."

Peng Yu saw that Hassan had finished speaking but was still standing at the entrance, as if waiting for a response before he would leave.

Unwilling to lose face in front of Qianqian, Peng Yu calmly retorted, "Mr. Hassan, how exactly do you plan on helping Junxiao Group?"

Hassan announced proudly, "I will invest 30 million US Dollars to do business with Junxiao Group!"

Seeing his proud expression, Peng Yu couldn’t help but laugh.

"Thirty million US Dollars? What can you do with that? Forget about the properties Junxiao Group is acquiring right now—any one of them is a project worth hundreds of millions of US dollars. Do you have any idea the kind of scale we’re talking about with Junxiao Group’s rival, Wansheng Group? That’s a nearly trillion-yuan book of business!"

His phrasing was convoluted, and Hassan didn’t understand. He turned to the person beside him and asked, "Xiao Qi, a trillion-yuan book? Does Wansheng Group sell books?"

Only then did Peng Yu and Qianqian realize someone else was standing beside Hassan, hidden from their view by the booth’s partition.

A female voice came from the side. "Let’s go, Hassan!"

Then the voice added, "You must be President Peng. Let me correct you on something. Wansheng Group is only competing with Junxiao Business Management Company. Junxiao Group itself has its sights set on the sea of stars; commercial real estate is just one of its less important divisions."

Peng Yu fell silent. ’This person must be from Junxiao Group,’ he thought. Not knowing her position, he didn’t dare respond.

He could hear the contempt in her voice. It was one of Junxiao Group’s divisions competing with Wansheng Group, not the entire Junxiao Group. That was pure, unadulterated disdain.

’Wansheng Group isn’t just a commercial real estate company either! It also has film and television, entertainment, hotels, and so on!’

’Fine, but he had to admit that its main business was, in fact, commercial real estate.’

’Meanwhile, Junxiao Group’s main business obviously wasn’t commercial real estate or hotel management, but the automotive industry and capital investment.’