"But what?" Madame Gu asked patiently. Madame Gu was willing to give her anything she was craving for at this moment.
Gu Chaoyan smiled brightly. "But I still want to manage the stores personally."
"…" Madam Gu's face sank.
"My mother passed away when I was little. I as her daughter have not done anything proper for her. Now I have grown up, and I should do something for my mother." Gu Chaoyan said with a face of sincerity, looking very determined.
Madame Gu let out a breath of annoyance.
So this girl did not catch the long speech she had just delivered?
For one second, Madam Gu felt that Gu Chaoyan was no longer as dumb and mental as before, but had become increasingly pestering.
And the whole family had no choice but to follow her wishes at the moment.
Compared to the dowries, what the Gu Mansion needed more was the potential promotion given through Lord Huai. The official position mattered more, and with a high rank, those stores did not matter any more.
"Alright, if that is your wish, you can start the management tomorrow. I will ask Chen Fu to get your trip ready." Madame Gu said, still looking displeased.
Gu Chaoyan smiled. "Sounds good."
Mrs. Gu was no longer silent. She had never expected that Madame Gu would have approved of this proposal. Was she so old that she got dumb in the head? Those stores were so important for the Gu Mansion, what was she thinking as she nodded at her proposal! "Madame Gu, you…"
Madame Gu glared at her. Then she turned to Gu Chaoyan. "Go and take a break. We have sorted out a new yard for you to live in in the front yard, ask Chen Fu to lead you there. If you are not happy with it, just get them to do another round of cleaning."
A new yard?
Gu Chaoyan shook her head. "No thanks, Madame Gu. I am used to living in the Qiong Pavilion, so I will continue to stay there."
Madame Gu would have tried to talk her into accepting the new yard when she heard what Gu Chaoyan said, but Gu Chaoyan had countered her too many times for her to have any energy left to persuade her to do anything. So she just let her do whatever she wanted.
She waved her hand, suggesting that she could leave.
Gu Chaoyan left without hesitation.
The moment Gu Chaoyan left, Madame Gu asked the concubines to leave as well.
As they were all gone, Gu Zhenkang and Mrs. Gu could not stay silent any more. Mrs. Gu asked excitedly, "Madame Gu, how could you approve of her proposal? You knew that those stores were very important for our mansion! We are all living upon the revenue of those stores! What would happen to the Gu Mansion if the stores are all given to her?! If what she needs is the dowry, we can just add some more items to her dowries at her wedding."
"…"
"I have been running the stores during the past few years, so the stores have become the way they are now. The ugly girl has done nothing and now she is trying to take them away from me." Mrs. Gu said, feeling unconvinced.
Madame Gu massaged her temple, feeling a headache starting. She was pretty aware of the importance of those dowries, but now…
What mattered more was that her son could get promoted at work!
She sighed. "Don't panic, Chaoyan is too young to do anything about the stores. She has never been away from the mansion in her life. So she understands nothing about those stores, let alone running them personally."
"…"
"Just let her take a look. When she runs into trouble, she will give up and realize what I told her before was right."
"…"
"Don't think about this matter any more. We have got something more important to deal with tomorrow."


Gu Chaoyan is the eldest daughter of the Gu Family, yet the least favorite one. She is mostly despised and belittled by everyone around, only because she isn't pretty. 
Left alone in her shabby Qiong Pavilion, she survives hard with her only friend, the maid, Qing, and expects to marry Prince Lu Jiming whom she adores deeply. However, the Prince betrays her and even drives her into jumping into a lake to kill her. 
Fortunately, Gu Chaoyan survives and gets reborn, with the soul of an agent from the 21st century. From that moment on, Gu Chaoyan becomes someone totally different. She is no longer weak, clinging or naïve. She uses her knowledge through medicine and makes herself pretty and slender. She also strikes back at those who bullied and looked down on her. Moreorover, she successfully attracts Lord Huai, the beloved child of the King and Queen. 
They develop a relationship with each other and help each other throughout their lives. In this way, she not only manages to take revenge but also gains a high-level social status of herself as well as a dear love for her life a second time.

I would like to say that Mother's birthday went without a hitch, but the truth is that because of the visual impact of the dress I was chased relentlessly for the whole night.

The next day I receive many letters with either requests for my help in organization of parties or dates. Ignoring the date letters I started to wonder if I should open an store that focus or oganizing parties, I could be in charge of the store and leave Leo like the active CEO of IP.

This way I could have fun, get the money and don't have the headaches of having to manage my beautiful empire.

Alas, is too early to think about this right now. We barely started and everyone is still unused to the stores operations. Furthermore IP didn't pass through any big storms, if I'm not inside the boat with everyone else, won't I be an incompetent captain?

Since I don't have too much time to spare, I decided to organize the parties of those who were very close to our family, whereas the ones that I was not familiar with I declined to organize, but said I could give them suggestions if they wrote to me their ideas/wishes.

'This way I won't offend nobody and I won't close the doors to event organization business'

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Do you know when I said that IP didn't passed through any storms?

Welcome sailor! We are now on board of the ship Imperium Pacem. We suggest that you grab tightly the rails since we are about to enter a furious storm! 

I really do have a crow's mouth *sigh*

What storm can possibly shake me this much, you ask?

Let me give a run down of the situation. 

A week ago stores similar to Temone, Fame and Pontus started to open. It's normal that popular things to be reproduce by other sources besides its original one, and we always knew that if the stores succeeded we would probably have similar types opening after. The stores offered the same concept with a cheaper price. The 'imitation' stores made our clientele drop significantly, leaving only our regulars as a stable client. However I was not to worried about. The price we charge is based on the food and service offered, if they could reproduce the same standards in a cheaper price and still get profit, I will certainly bow down to the evil forces. As such, I reassure my employees to not worry and offer the same type of service they always have.

'We shall see who is the best'

Said and done. After 2 weeks of the new stores boom, their heat died down and some clients that went to the new stores came back complaining how inferior they were. Cheap food and horrible service. The thing about copycats is that they will never be as good as the original. It's a fact. 

Our food was developed with so much care for so long and most of our staff was trained personally by me, when I needed partners to suffer the hell training together with me, so having them serving is like having trained nobles serving you. It's impossible that stores that barely opened could offer the same quality. Maybe one or two can come close but again, originals are always better.

When we thought that the storm went down, another huge wave hit the our ship. 15 of our 20 partners on Asters asked to be release for contract. 

This time I panicked a little. I couldn't understand why partners that only gain with our deal would suddenly withdraw. But because it was always a possibility to, there was a term on the contract stating that the side that wanted to break the contract to need to pay for the other side the whole value of loss that would cause based on the sales made and the time left on the contract. 

Although I lost money on a long term, I was not to bother by it, we should just recontact the other stores and re-offered the deal. Since Asters has grew in popularity, I was sure it would be an easy task. However, to my surprise most of the stores denied to sell their goods on our store. At the end of a tiring week only 5 brands accepted to work with us. From 20 brands, now we only have 10.

"To many things are happening at almost the same time"

"You are right, I barely had any sleep yesterday"

"Don't you think is weird? The stores were expected to open only a month or so for now. Besides, the sales from our partners were good, but not good enough for them to go solo again"

"Hmm... now that you said makes sense. Leo, ask someone to investigate if there is someone moving strings from behind. The faster the better, I think that the mastermind will still attempt something"

Thinking about it, I wonder what was the next step of our opponent.

If I wanted to destroy a company what would I do?

Hmm...

I would discredit their products and do a equal or better version of their products after the fall in the company's reputation.

Think so I quickly went to the Royal Palace.

'It's time to use my connections'

After being reincarnated into a world of otome game as a villainess character, I fell in the routine situation of death flags+broke engagement.

The prince doesn’t want me? Please, who will want a Scum Prince as a husband? I don’t. Let’s break this engagement and with my knowledge from the previous life, I will aim for a peaceful life!

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Cover art is not mine!

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• This book is inspired on webnovels that I read, so he will probably similar in some points to some readings that you guys had!

• English is not my native language, so without a doubt that will be some errors. If you guys spot one and be kind enough to put in the comments, I appreciate.

• This is a book written by a reader that got upset with some of her readings 

~ thank you for reading my book ~

Ye Lingchen was a celebrity at this point. Along the way, quite a number of employees would give him eager stares filled with curiosity. However, Wanrong Technology's administration was well managed. Even with that, chaos did not ensue as they continued with their assignments. After all, they were all part of the workforce, making them quite different from those young ones chasing after celebrities all day long.
Reaching the meeting room, Ouyang Qing was just assigning work to the employees.
Seeing Ye Lingchen, everyone gave a simple nod as a greeting and continued their meeting.
That was the discipline of Wanrong Technology. During meeting hours, they would not be distracted by anyone, putting the meeting at the highest priority.
Instead, Ye Lingchen merely sat down and listened to their reports.
They were generally about the current performance of Wanrong Technology and their future plans. After that, they started submitting their proposals while Ouyang Qing was in charge of delegating the work. That was the gist of it.
As of that moment, after the initial hype of Little Cloud by Wanrong Technology, their daily sales hovered around 3000 units. Going by the 50 percent profit margin, their daily profit had reached over 13 million and more!
That kind of profit margin was substantial. Ever since Little Cloud was out in the market, it had already gained them over 600 million of profit.
Technology was the way to go. Technology equals profit!
However, Wanrong Technology was faced with the problem of lacking product diversity. At that moment, they only have Little Cloud in production. Furthermore, their service coverage was too limited. Apart from their headquarters in Capital City, they only had four regular chain stores. That was very disadvantageous.
Although it was the age of the internet, it was impossible to let everyone learn about their product using just the internet alone, nor would that allow them to purchase it without worries. Therefore, the regular chain stores were of utmost importance. Apart from that, after-sales support was also another important factor that could potentially bring them similarly high profits!
Right then, Little Cloud's sales were stagnating and depended solely on the regular chain stores. They needed to move onto a bigger market to have a breakthrough!
Ye Lingchen was only listening from the sidelines. He watched them as they discussed which town should be prioritized to set up their stores, how many stores they should open, how much they should invest, and who to assign to manage the stores in those areas.
As expected of Ouyang Qing to be the embodiment of the characteristics of a strong woman. She was clear-headed and had impeccable management skills. Ye Lingchen was silently nodding his acknowledgment.
He had secretly added in his heart, 'Apart from expanding the local markets, you'll also need to go international!'
His luxury product line had already started its expansion to overseas markets, therefore, his technology should reach the overseas market as well. 'Only with that will my name be spread throughout the entire world and get explosive gains for my popularity points! If the entire world's population each contributed a little bit of popularity points to me, then my popularity will instantly reach billions!'
'Amazing! That's just too great!'
'By then, wouldn't my skills be all maxed out? Just the thought of it fills me with excitement.'
"Next, we'll have Chairman Ye give us a speech. Please welcome him with a round of applause!"
Ye Lingchen, who was in the middle of his daydream, was brought back to reality by Ouyang Qing's words, catching him off guard.
'That's just...what am I supposed to say without a script?'
Clap clap clap—
However, to show their respect for their chairman, everyone was applauding passionately. They were looking at him with smiling faces.
Their admiration and respect towards Ye Lingchen were sincere. Although he was still young, he managed to come up with the designs of Little Cloud. Those with abilities would naturally be admired. Their respect for him was because of his status as their chairman. With a capable chairman, who dared to not respect him?
'This naughty girl. She must be doing this on purpose.'
Ye Lingchen watched as Ouyang Qing displayed a charming smile. He could not help but criticize her in his heart. That was not the time for him to shy away from the challenge. He needed to show his power as the chairman.
Walking forward, Ye Lingchen showed no fear. He swept a glance at all those present.
"Cough cough." Ye Lingchen cleared his throat, then announcing, "Earlier you guys were discussing plans for the regular chain stores. There's one thing I disagree with!"
Everyone was listening with rapt attention. The chairman was giving a speech. No matter what he was saying, listening attentively was the basic etiquette.
"You were mostly suggesting to set up chain stores in larger cities and broadening the market from them. Take Capital City, for example, we already have four stores here. Someone suggested raising the number to 10 stores. Someone even suggested prioritizing opening stores in super developed cities in Hong Kong and Yizhou District. This type of planning sounds right, but the investment is just too much!"
Ye Lingchen's words sent them into deep thought. That was indeed the case.
The property prices of the first-tier cities were a given. It was impossible for Wanrong Technology to purchase a big storefront for their regular chain store without dozens of millions.
Based on their current financial situation, they could not afford to open 10 stores, let alone opening stores all over.
"Therefore, I think we should take the approach of surrounding the cities from the suburbs!" Ye Lingchen spoke eloquently, "As of now, we only need to open up one store in the city center area in the major cities. Our main target should be the second-tier cities and counties! First of all, the investment is lower. Apart from that, it would also raise our reputation much faster!"
Ye Lingchen's words brought a frown to their faces. Someone could not help but voice out, "The foot traffic of a county is no match for the big cities though."
"That's right. The foot traffic of counties are no match for the bigger cities. However, don't you forget that we have the internet for our advertising!" Ye Lingchen smiled. "The people staying in first-tier cities keep themselves updated with the times. They will naturally access the internet. 80 percent of these people would learn about us via the internet. Based on our current sales, most of the buyers are from big cities, right?"
One of them nodded. "That's indeed the case."
"Then we're right on the money. Since the people in big cities already know about us, why do we need to spend so much money to advertise to them? Instead, it's the smaller cities where people don't pay much attention to the internet. These people are our potential customers!"
"Moreover, smaller cities have another advantage over the first-tier cities," Ye Lingchen continued his explanation, "The smaller cities have cheaper properties and their homes are bigger, making it more difficult for them to clean. They would need this type of robot even more! In contrast, those in big cities stay in smaller homes with heavy financial burdens. With that, they might consider the robot not to be a worthwhile investment and give up on the purchase!"
Ye Lingchen's words brought enlightenment to those present, causing a look of admiration to show on their faces.
"The chairman is right. These insights are unique. I'm impressed!"
"The chairman is worthy of being a chairman. Not only is he good in technology, but his business sense is also awesome with critical insight!"
"Chairman is an amazing youth. Such awesomeness."
"I'm enlightened. Your words cut straight to the core!"
Without questions, the room was filled with empty praises.
"This way, we can set our targets to the smaller cities and save a huge sum of money!" said someone from the finance department excitedly.
"That's right!" Ye Lingchen gave a look of acknowledgment to that person, then continued, "The money that we saved can be put aside. Later on, we can purchase an island!"
The room was confused and speechless.
They were caught completely off guard.
'You've said so many things, yet in the end, you're telling me it's to buy an island? What kind of plot is this?'
"P-p-purchase...an island?"
Everyone was confused. 'What's the use of buying an island? That money might as well be put to open up more regular chain stores.'
"I've already chosen the location." Ye Lingchen opened the map, then pointed at one spot. "That's the island!"
His brows twitched as he looked at their confused expression. "What's wrong? You guys have something to say? Please do voice out your concern. I will humbly listen to them."
"I've no concerns. Chairman sure is wise!"
"The chairman's words are wise. Your insights are unique. I'm very impressed!"
"The chairman deserves his position. Such insights! Wonderful!"
"I'm enlightened. Your words cut straight to the core!"
…
'As the chairman, you've already chosen the spot, yet you ask us if we have any concerns? Do we dare to? F*ck…'


Ye Lingchen was a regular high schooler who struggled with exams and expectations from his parents.
All that changed after he woke up from a strange dream and discovered that he had been granted the 'Prodigy System'. His life changed from this point on. Reading a book allowed him to learn its content immediately. Listening to lectures granted instant understanding of the lesson. Observation of a technique imprinted knowledge of the technique used.
Learning had never been so easy, and as the saying goes, knowledge is power. In this case, he now had access to a ton of unbridled power. 
What does it feel like to become a 'prodigy' overnight? Follow Ye Lingchen on this journey to discover the limitless possibilities...

as the spring ends and summer breaks new herbs fruits nuts veggies and meats are easier to find and come back to the cave in abondence and the jars are made faster and better by the youngsters   the medicines are made by all but one middle aged and elders as the one middle aged who is not helping make is helping the omegas gather the supplies and the hunters are coming back with more meat than in the spring to fill the stores and the empty dens are being turned in to stores for each den to hold everything as the stores are filled the end of the hunts comes closer to a close untell winter when the stores are low and the healers den and stores will keep growing as new plants shoot up and are ready to be picked and dried for the medicines even so things slow untell the pack has an injured wolfblood come in from a bear attack as the hunters go and take down the bear and bring it back to dry and use the skin and bones of to help make new cloths for the Luna and Alphas pups

Common people were taken by surprise by the overwhelming advertising, the franchise stores that sprouted like bamboos after the rain, the giant posters in all municipalities, and all the news reported by the fashion media.
The L’Oréal agencies in South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore were ordered to expand as soon as possible. They were determined to get a share of the large Chinese market, which was their final destination in Asia.
After his harsh previous presence in China, Qin Guan returned to his home country with L’Oréal like a king.
There were overwhelming advertisements of L’Oréal on TV, which made Chinese men survey themselves carefully. They had been taught that gentlemen should also pay attention to their appearance. Large pores, blackheads and oily skin were not a symbol of masculinity, but a skin problem.
More and more men felt compelled to buy professional cleansing lotion. They didn’t want to share their products with their wives anymore.
Even the fragrance of cologne could result in more invitations from their female colleagues. Everyone had the same reaction to the advertisement.
We could date foreign girls if we looked neat enough. Men also have the right to be beauty-conscious.
The counters at shopping malls couldn’t meet the demands of ordinary people, while the cosmetics shelves at large chain supermarkets like Carrefour and Wal-mart were decorated. 
Smaller shelves were filled with household products. The familiar foreign brand had conquered them.
To satisfy Chinese customers, they developed more and more products targeted at Asian women. As the trend spread, people remembered Qin Guan.
"He is Xuzhu, I remember him! He is still as handsome as ever!"
"It's said that he is studying abroad."
"He has captivated foreigners! He is an honor to us all. I’ll buy something to support him!"
Although L’Oréal products were much more expensive than domestic products, some people still felt inclined to buy them.
After advertising non-stop for one month, the sales report finally reached the L’Oréal headquarters in China.
With 853 million RMB, the Chinese market had achieved the second highest L’Oréal sales all over the world. The consuming potential of the Chinese market was terrifying!
The sales of a single product for men ranked eighth in the total sales volume, which took the management team by surprise.
"The person in charge of the advertisement should be rewarded for their good vision!"
"It was wise to choose Gong Li and Qin Guan as the brand ambassadors. Ask the PR Department to pay more attention to local Chinese actors."
"Yes, the market is large enough, so we can just focus on Chinese stars when choosing representatives in Asia."
"Agreed!"
Their objective for choosing Asian ambassadors had been achieved after that shocking sales report. If other Asian stars found out about this, they would get annoyed. This could be just blamed on the other countries’ smaller population though.
Unlike L’Oréal’s mass-oriented promotion, Tiffany adopted a more royal style. By cooperating with the Chinese Jewellery Association, the Chinese Brand Development Promotion Organization and a local diamond tycoon, it began its business in China in a very high-end manner. They only opened flagship stores in a few big cities in China.
 They opened luxury stores in the most prosperous shopping centers. The glass walls, uniform decorating style, large halls and considerate assistants of the stores showed the company’s determination to take over the Chinese market.
As the economic center of China, Shanghai became the first choice of the high-end jewellery brand. They opened six stores there and five stores in Beijing, which had a very large population. The fact that it was a political and cultural center also played a role.
Two stores opened in Tianjin, the port city in Northern China, which enjoyed a remarkable geographic location.
Guangzhou and Shenzhen got a store each. The two neighboring cities were in the lead when it came to rising trends in Southern China.
There were also stores in Chongqing, Shenyang, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Nanjing, Xi’an, Qingdao, Jinan, Harbin and Kunming, which were all important provincial capitals.
This was the first time Chinese people were getting in touch with foreign jewellery and concepts, such as miniature limited designer jewellery.
This amused the jade-carving masters, as well as traditional jade accessory brands. In their opinion, this was the trite expression of Chinese ancestors. In ancient China, people strived to turn waste into treasure.
It was such a stereotype!


Qin Guan was reborn and sent back to his final semester in High School 18 years ago. Getting a second chance at life, he works hard to turn things around and eventually become a Prince Charming. What will his life be like the second time around? What will he have to go through? How will he succeed in turning from a loser into a Prince Charming? Read this story carefully and find out!

"Not including the three grain stores that belong to the Liu's, the rest of the twenty-eight grain stores in Hejian County, regardless of size, are all on the lookout after the price declined yesterday. It indicates that they already suspected us storing grain. If it is so, why don't we take measures to lure them into purchasing from us?"
Several thousand dans of grain was clearly a vital number for one grain store, but it would be just some small potatoes for twenty-eight stores to share.
Jiang Pengji had made a budget detail by detail: She would save some for limited purchase and the rest would be sold at a high price to those suckers.
Xu Ke felt a sense of loneliness because he was not playing an important role. His master was too capable for him to qualify as the master's assistant.
"But… Will they do it?" Xu Ke was a bit anxious about business, considering that it was still an unknown field for him.
Jiang Pengji was not much better than him, either. She was a gene warrior in her last life and her life was filled with war relevant skills and knowledge that she had acquired. It was mostly about practical combat. Thankfully, she lived in an era with a high amount of information, so it wasn't hard for her to be imperceptibly influenced by what she constantly saw and heard.
She was not an expert, but she could at least stick to the pattern of business she had seen––not to mention how easily she could suppress her competitors. The ancient era was a piece of cake for her.
"Of course they will. They are already investigating secretly even though we haven't spread the rumor that we are short on stock."
She was a layman about business, but she was definitely the top one in her field of setting up others for the maximum amount of profit.
No matter if it was the ancient era or the era she was originally born into, she had never been a brainless and ruthless person as a general.
On the contrary, she seemed dumb and sloppy, but she actually had a crystal clear mind just like most of her people.
That was also why Jiang Pengji was chosen to be the head of the corps by her old boss. She was extraordinarily excellent compared to the rest of the candidates and she was naturally competent to be the leader.
"Ask the manager in the store to pay extra attention to every single purchaser's face and features and the amount of grain they go for," she said. "As I expected, the grain stores will send their own people to place an order from our store in order to test our storage. What you need to do is to spread the word with our shills we hired while our managers and clerks of the stores put on a show."
Put on a show? What show?
It would be a show where they secretly complained about the shortage of grain and the manager would inquire about what they should do next in their current situation.
As long as the spies "accidentally" eavesdropped and delivered it to their boss, Jiang Pengji's goal would be achieved.
Xu Ke sighed and said, "Okay, I'm on it."
"Okay, go."
Xu Ke was fairly young still, but the methods in which he dealt with affairs was mostly reliable. That was why Jiang Pengji never worried much about assigning him missions.
Just like what Jiang Pengji had expected, there were several citizens who came in to purchase a large quantity of grain after noon time. One of them even bought one dan.
In any other circumstance, one dan would be affordable for anyone who had a bit of savings… But one dan was a completely different concept now when the price of grain was increasing so rapidly.
At dusk, a clerk who worked in the Lius' grain store rushed into the store from the side door. He was too anxious to wipe the sweat off his face. He glanced at the manager with a worried face. It seemed that he had something he needed to report to the manager but he wouldn't cut straight to it considering there were other people around.
The manager spotted him. He left his guest behind and whispered with his clerk in a corner. There was something that involved 1,900 dans and something about something was not enough. It was rather noisy in the store and the citizens were everywhere. It was not noticeable unless one paid extra attention.
There happened to be some spies from the other stores that blended into the crowd.
"Are you sure about that?"
The spy responded, "I am. I heard that their storage of the grain was less than 1,900 and it will not last much longer if they keep doing it like this."
The spy's manager heard the report, went silent for a bit, and made a decision.
Except for the three grain stores, the rest of the twenty-eight stores were all depending on the opportunity in order to rake in a profit. They were so disturbed by the situation that all the customers went to their competitor's store. Two stores were already ready to decrease their prices the next day.
They were all thrilled about the news as soon as they heard it.
1,900 dans wouldn't be much for twenty-eight stores to split, but if they bought off the current grain storage that the Lius' had, no one would get in their way for raising the price and it would still be profitable for them.
The news of chaos in Cang Prefecture had become a popular topic. There was also the impact of refugees in Zisang County even Hejian County. It was the perfect chance for them to get rich and there were no second chances for them to do it again. It was definitely not acceptable that the Liu's spoiled it.
Just one word was needed at the moment: Buy.
The third day, there was a mass of citizens who came for grain and swarmed the store. The purchasers who had a genuine intention but hadn't acted on it had made up their minds as well… Rumor had it that the cheap grain from the Liu's was almost sold out.
If they didn't do it now, they would only be able to go for the unbelievable expensive one. It was very likely that they would starve themselves to death due to the ridiculous price.
The third day was finally their peak day.
The fourth day, the store closed before noon, even though they were doing great with the transactions. That verified the rumor that the Liu's were short of grain.
"Liu County Chief is for sure a capable meritorious statesman, but he is clueless at doing business. It was just penny wise and pound foolish."
A large group of people were laughing behind their backs. The Liu's did make quite a bit of money in the last couple days, but that would be it. If they could have held out for a bit longer, they could have made five times more than they had made.
The fifth day, all the stores seemed to come to a consensus: They increased their prices again.
The price was what we made; it was your choice to buy our product or wait to die from starvation.
However, they didn't see anyone they had expected. Instead, some managers almost died from heart attacks after they asked around.
They were all expecting that the Liu's would keep their stores shut from then on, but somehow, some citizens had found that they opened even earlier the past few days.
"What is this?" The citizens stared at the board the store posted outside of the door and they were in deep confusion about it.
"This is limited purchase." A young man in a green outfit was standing in the middle of the mass, holding his fan in his hands. It was Qiguan Rang.
"What is limited purchase?" There were ninety-nine illiterate people in one hundred; naturally they didn't have an idea about limited purchase.
Average people still looked up to those people who had received an education. They got out of his way for him to see the board easily.
He came forward and enunciated the content on the board, and he explained it in a comprehensive way for the citizens.
"The store is still open with one condition: Everyday, each person can only buy a certain amount of grain for four people for two days. They won't sell more than that in a day."
Limited purchase? Nobody had ever heard or seen that sale's method. Most citizens found it hard for them to understand.
Didn't that mean that they had to come to the store every few days? Why didn't they sell it all at once? Why all the trouble?


Jiang Pengji got something called the Court Intrigue Stream System.
System: "Your goal is to become the most prestigious woman in the kingdom (the Queen)!" 
Jiang Pengji: "Okay, System. No problem!"
Years later, she met the target by becoming the most prestigious woman (the Empress).
Jiang Pengji: "Well done, no?"
System: "Why the hack did you fight on horseback? I want court intrigue among the King's women!"

#how a future general wins the ancient throne
#Her man watches in silence, the System watches with tears

Hey Guys, Realm Monarch Here!

First of all, I just want to deeply apologize about me just suddenly disappearing for 3 weeks after i released my 4th chapter. The reason being is I was too busy preparing my 2 Online Stores so that it can finally go online and after that I was also busy advertising it, so that it can at least have a small name on the community but unfortunately I haven't had a lot of traffic coming to my Stores and maybe I'm probably doing something wrong. So I just decided to finally continue my Novel here that i left hanging but of course I'll still continue working on my 2 Stores and also write at the same time.

I can't promise you guys that i can post chapters everyday but I can at least say that I can released 2-3 chapters a week and worst, if I'm preoccupied about my Stores and they really need a lot of attention, I can probably only release 1 chapter. Let's hope that my Store gains a great following of Customers so I can let someone handle it and just manage it from time to time and fully immersed writing my Novel. So that's explanation to those disappointed readers, No worries now I'm back and I'll start posting Next Week. Thank you for your understanding! God bless to us!

PS: If you're wondering where you can find my Stores are: empressjewelry.ecwid.com | hobbyist.onlineweb.shop - this is a Store for people who loves fishing/angling.

Update: Changing the Novel name from Star Athlete to Super Athlete instead. :D

John Steve, who's already in 3rd year in his University. 

He dreamed that one day he can become a Superstar in Sports. 

He joined the Basketball Team of his University but he faced the reality that he has no talent regarding Sports. 

Then accident happened that changed his life. 

"System! Make me the best player in Sports History! Woohoo!"


I can only release 2-3 chapters a week depending on how busy my time is and of course if I have a lot of free time maybe I can even release 5 chapters for that week.

Note: All chapters will be release by the end of the week so that you guys won't suffer from cliffhangers by only reading a single chapter. We will follow my timezone (ex. USA residents would probably read at Saturdays instead of Sunday)

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The corners of Su Yu's mouth twitched. He had picked a store that had never made any profits and would soon be shut down. He really had bad luck!
"If you had come in two months, then you may have had another choice, but since you have come now, there is nothing to be done about it. Other outer sanctum disciples came here to gain merit points, but for someone like you, who chose the worst shop, you will probably end up following the steps of the past shopkeepers and lose all of your merit points." The middle-aged guard was quite warm-hearted, and he really felt sorry for Su Yu.
"Senior, many thanks for your guidance. However, since I am already here, then I will just do my best," Su Yu said.
The middle-aged guard laughed. "It's good that you have that attitude. Your identity badge has already been examined, so you can come with me to meet the Deputy General Manager."
He then led Su Yu into the hall of an eight-story building, which was the Deputy General Manager's official workplace. Su Yu had assumed that this building would be empty and that he would meet the Deputy General Manager easily.
He didn't expect that it would be filled with a large number of people of varied ages, who were sitting in it calmly. All of these people were wearing expensive clothes, and they didn't seem like ordinary people.
"Those are all shopkeepers, who are waiting for the Deputy General Manager to receive them. You should look for a place to sit here, then wait patiently," the middle-aged guard said.
Su Yu nodded. There were several places in the hall that were empty, so Su Yu walked towards them. However, the middle-aged guard stopped Su Yu hurriedly.
He then said, "Don't go there. Those places are reserved for the three high-grade stores' shopkeepers. Didn't you notice that no one dared to go over there? A shopkeeper of a low-grade store, like you, better not have any conflicts with them. Otherwise, they will make it difficult for you to make a living in Tianya City."
Su Yu knew that Tianya City's stores were divided into high, middle, and low grades and were classed according to their monthly profits. Stores that had monthly profits that ranged between 300,000 and one million were middle-grade stores, and as for those with profits higher than one million, they were considered high-grade stores.
Any stores with a profit less than 300,000 were all low-grade stores. Su Yu had received a store that was at the bottom of all of the low-grade stores.
"The three shopkeepers are in charge of the demonic beast materials store, a restaurant, and an elixir store. Each one of them has the most prosperous store in his industry, and they all have the right to initiate a meeting at any time."
Su Yu's eyes flickered as he spoke, "Are we obliged to obey all of their orders?"
The middle-aged guard said, "If you don't want any trouble, then you should accept all of their orders, as long as they aren't outrageous."
"Then, what would happen if I refused to obey them?" Su Yu asked.
The middle-aged guard surveyed his surroundings before he replied, "They have a broad network of people, and just a word from them could prevent all of the elixir merchants from selling any elixirs to you. Similar matters have happened many times in the past, so you shouldn't offend them."
"Many thanks senior. I know what should I do now." Su Yu nodded, then looked for another place to sit and wait quietly.
Creak!
At this moment, the door of the side hall opened and three people came out of it. They were two men and a woman, who were all middle-aged and walked in a grand manner. All of the middle-grade shopkeepers looked at them at the same time, without daring to show any disrespectful expressions on their faces.
At that moment, a low voice rang out near Su Yu's ear, "Those are the three great shopkeepers. They talked with the Deputy General Manager for such a long time, so they must have been discussing some important affairs."
"That's most likely the case, as according to the rules, it's once again time for the Desolate Ancient Vicious Forest's sacrifice, and the Deputy General Manager should be worried about whether they will end up losing some profits. After all, according to the rules, we must give a part of our industries in Tianya City to the central prefecture's people," another shopkeeper commented.
"You don't need to speculate about anything, as that's surely the case. This is because the central prefecture won a part of our industries during the past Desolate Ancient Vicious Forest's sacrifices. It then used those industries to expand and strengthen itself, while our Red Blood Palace was greatly affected by our losses, and our elixir industries were suppressed by them heavily. This resulted in the profits of many elixir stores plummeting!" yet another shopkeeper chimed in.
"The monthly profit of the greatest one, the Heavenly Fragrance Elixir Store, went down by thirty percent, almost falling down to the middle-grade store ranks! Take a look at how unsightly the Heavenly Fragrance Elixir Store's shopkeeper's expression is! He must surely have been berated by the Deputy General Manager just now," someone else surmised.
"Hehe, even a person like Shopkeeper Fei is having such a bad day! He is usually the one stirring up trouble and hindering all of the other elixir stores. In fact, many middle-grade elixir stores, which had hopes of becoming high-grade stores, were all stopped by him! But now, he almost got kicked out of the high-grade stores' ranks! It's really disgraceful!" another shopkeeper exclaimed.
"Don't laugh at him, as with his bad temper, there is a great chance that he will start an elixir stores meeting and rob other elixir stores to make up for his losses. In this way, he will be able to keep his store at the high-grade store level," one shopkeeper warned.
When Su Yu heard them discussing these things, he followed their gazes and looked at the middle-aged man, who was walking behind the other two. The expressions on all three of the shopkeepers' faces were unsightly, but his was the worst. In fact, it was downright gloomy.
Su Yu furrowed his brows. It seemed like he had come here at a bad time.
After the three shopkeepers left, the other shopkeepers entered the side hall to meet with the Deputy General Manager. It was only after half a day had passed that Su Yu finally got his turn.
After Su Yu entered the side hall, he saw an aged old man, who was reading an old, worn book. He was concentrating quite hard on it, and he furrowed his brows and wore a pensive look. He was so engrossed in the book that he didn't even notice Su Yu's arrival.
Su Yu took a look at the old book's cover and saw several strange letters on it. He didn't disturb the old man, but just waited quietly. Even after several minutes passed, the Deputy General Manager was still furrowing his brows, while pondering over something intensely. It seemed like he was puzzled by something that he was incapable of understanding.
Su Yu felt like continuing to wait for much longer here wasn't an acceptable solution, so he finally said, "I'm an outer sanctum disciple, Su Yuxian, and I'm sorry for disturbing you while you are studying the Wood Clan's Mysterious Spirit Nine Transformations Canon."
The Deputy General Manager was quite displeased at being interrupted, and he let go of the book and looked at Su Yu coldly. Then, he suddenly realized something and his eyes lit up.
He quickly asked, "Can you please repeat what you just said?"
Su Yu replied calmly, "Deputy General Manager, I said that you are reading the Wood Clan's Mysterious Spirit Nine Transformations Canon."
Swoosh!
The Deputy General Manager stood up suddenly and asked in amazement, "Do you know the Wood Clan's language?"
Su Yu replied calmly, without being intimidated by him, "When I was young, I found a torn book in a cave, and there were some of the Wood Clan's characters recorded in it. That was how I got some knowledge about it."
This was obviously just a made up story, as Su Yu had studied the Wood Clan's language that was present in Yun Yazi's research. The Wood Clan was a powerful species of Spirit Wood, and such clan members possessed an unborn Plant Spirit Body and had high intelligences. They also made their own language, which was the Wood Clan's language.
The Deputy General Manager passed by the table and sized up Su Yu, while clicking his tongue in wonder. "My Red Blood Palace unexpectedly has a junior who knows the Wood Clan's language. I really didn't expect this!"
"How many characters do you know?" The Deputy General Manager then asked Su Yu curiously.
Su Yu replied modestly, "I have a basic knowledge of several of them."
The Deputy General Manager's eyes flickered slightly. "Fine, then do you know what this sentence means?"
He immediately opened the Mysterious Spirit Nine Transformations Canon and pointed to a sentence on one of its pages. Su Yu took a look at it and replied instantly, "Taking its essence and revealing heavenly essence's mysterious image... And scattering the blue mist..."
"Stop there." Shock appeared in the Deputy General Manager's eyes as he examined Su Yu as if he was sizing up a precious treasure.
His eyes became full of expectation as he flipped over to another page and asked, "And… What about this sentence?"
Su Yu spoke calmly after he took a look at it, "The blue silkworm came out of its cocoon and turned into a butterfly. It was reborn after shedding its mortal shell, and then it turned into a fairy. Horned snakes turned into flood dragons..."
"Enough!" The Deputy General Manager closed the canon excitedly, while his face became filled with excitement as he looked at Su Yu with a shining gaze. He examined Su Yu for a long while before he laughed heartily and said, "Hahaha, I really didn't expect that the Wood Clan's language expert I've been looking for was unexpectedly in the Red Blood Palace!"
It seemed like he was in a good mood now.
"What's your name?" the Deputy General Manager came over to him and asked him enthusiastically.
Su Yu cupped his fists at him and replied, "I'm an outer sanctum disciple. My name is Su Yuxian. Greetings, Deputy General Manager."
"Su Yuxian..." the Deputy General Manager muttered his name, but didn't have any impression of it. "Fine, since you are proficient in the Wood Clan's language, then you fit my standards. I have a great affair that you must participate in."
Su Yu furrowed his brows and wondered... Will it be some troublesome matter?
"Haha, be at ease, as this matter is related to our Eighteen Blessed and Heavenly Lands' profits in Tianya City's partition. In fact, billions of crystals are at stake! Since you are proficient in the Wood Clan's language, then you will have an extremely important role, and once you have made a great contribution, you will get benefits that will surpass your expectations!" the Deputy General Manager explained.
Su Yu was quiet for a moment. He then decided that, if what he was saying was true, he didn't really need to reject him. So, Su Yu responded, "Since it's an affair of the Red Blood Palace, then I will surely do my best."
The Deputy General Manager was quite delighted to hear this. "There has been so much bad news in the past few days, so it is good that there is finally something delightful to be excited about!"
He then asked, "What did you say just a moment ago? Did you come here to take the Tonglin Store's mission? If so, you can stay in Tianya City for just this month first, then I will take you to that place after a month to showcase your skills."
The Deputy General Manager took the broken wooden fish in Su Yu's hand before throwing two badges from his sleeves. One of them had 'Tonglin Store' written on it, and it was his certificate as its shopkeeper, while the other had 'General Manager' written on it, and that badge was emitting an ice-cold aura.
"Deputy General Manager, what is this?" Su Yu was referring to the badge that had "General Manager" on it.
The Deputy General Manager chuckled. "It's the Deputy General Manager's identity badge. If you have any troubles in Tianya City, then you just need to show this badge to Tianya City's industry people, and they will all obey your orders."
He then added, "This badge is just a precaution to protect you from any dangers. It's only to be used to ensure your safety, so you shouldn't use it at will or bother our industries' people with it."
Su Yu was delighted, as he could take care of any matters quite easily with this badge in his hands!


A decision can destroy the sun, moon and stars. A finger can kill the Heavenly Overlord. While chatting, the Heaven and ten worlds can be annihilated.
A poor little kid walks out from a remote mountain area while holding the Nine Dragons and the Incredible Cauldron. With a control over the time and space eternally, he embarks on the Path to God where he defies the odds of the boundless universe gaudily by fighting against royalty and clashing with the legendary generation.

Meilin spoke first, "I won't be free for the next two week. We've already taken enough works for the year and I expect you and the secretary office to handle the procedures effectively by the end of this month. In case I'm unable to contact you guys in the time limit, do not panic, I've my way to get over it. I'm reminding you once again, no matter the news you get, do not panic and make any rash moves. Am I clear?"
Chris and Luca showed a confused expression. Luca asked, "Are you going somewhere?"
Meilin looked at the to of them, but she never thought to explain herself, " I'll be here, but I'll be busy for a bit. Work as a team of WPJ, you don't need to involve yourself in my matters...", she was being a bit too aloof for a second, but in the end compromised a little, "... it will be more of a hassle for me if you people interfere...", she paused before saying, "...I'll be fine."
Chris and Luca understood her understatement, well, as long as she was fine... they can still handle everything; in the passage of time they spent together, she made sure to make them understand their responsibilities and grow as a team. Just now she didn't want them to get involved, even back then they knew where to draw the line and by now, they knew that it was her way to not give them the losing end of the stick, it was her way to protect the whole team and their hard work.
Meilin saw that they understood and talked to Luca next, "Give me the address. I'll meet you there tomorrow at 19:00", she had searched for this person... the world is really a small place, huh?
Luca understood that the last part was meant for him and immediately forwarded her the address.
In a way, with time, they have conditioned themselves to follow her every word by the dot... He may not understand why she needed it, but he didn't question her, even if it was very personal.
.......
The next day, Meilin got up very early and headed to work.
The day was indeed busy, well, though they called it a chain, Qin still had a brand name to keep.
F-country branches specialised in the apparel business and was the main producer of the same for all other stores in the continent.
Meilin took her time visiting some stores that were in the main streets and some that were in relatively remote stops. Going by car would waste some time so, she decided on taking subways, it was more efficient.
As a result, many stores were inspected without prior notice, as even the general manager never expected her to take subways to some prime and remote locations in the same day, he had just thought to make her visit some stores that were doing good and that will be it. He never expected her to be such a serious second generation, wasn't she supposed to swim in her riches? Why is she working so hard?
Still, he could only think like that, but didn't spout them out and followed her.
By the end of the day, they had covered as many as 10 of the 18 stores in the country!
She was way too efficient!
Well, with the Qin behind them, they couldn't exactly put stores in many remote locations so, they were concentrated in the more popular hubs of the country and it was easy to travel in between still, it was unheard of.
Meilin took notes of the stores and gave brief instruction to the managers on her views, knowing her position and the managers were accommodating towards her reforms and she was really thinking about their betterment, who wouldn't want it.
The general manager was again astounded by her performance and finally got a view of what it meant to be at the top! He had a newly founded respect for this young heir!
The stores were above passing marks and at the grassroots level, the working staff were indeed good, they were the direct face and their behaviour was also the quota for acceptance, she was indeed satisfied by them.
As for the rest 8 stores and the factory in the suburbs, she will go there tomorrow.
Another reason she chose the subway for travel was to get out of prying sights, it wasn't time yet so, she had to take more precautions... she wouldn't want others to join her names with WPJ as of yet.
....
As she had said yesterday, after she bade farewell to the GM and other marketing managers, she took off for her final destination for the day.
.....
It was indeed in the suburbs and she had to take another ride by the local train after getting out of the subway to reach there.
For Meilin, it was indeed a noble experience...
The only time she had been to a place like this was in the dark and traumatising pages of her history, if possible, she would not like to relive them, but still, the countryside had its own charm...
Country-F was still rich and hence, even if it was the countryside, the roads were clean and well lit. Meilin had taken a bike on rent to get to the place, to be very frank, she enjoyed her ride here... she was here for a vacation too, but she had the tendency to forget everything when it came to her work... so riding a bike in the countryside as the gentle breeze played with her softly, it was indeed a relaxing time for her... away from everything, away from everyone.
......
She reached that dilapidated house after a 15 minute ride, just when she was about to knock, she heard the sound of weeping... Meilin was at a dilemma, she wasn't sure if she should knock or not... she wouldn't like to interfere, even she was aware that she was quite apathetic to situations like this, but she still had enough IQ to know what to do and not to do at times like this...
There was virtually no soundproofing so, she was able to hear the content... in the end, it would be way worse to eavesdrop so, she just went on to knock.
Hearing the knocking sound, the commotion inside quietened down a little bit.... the one to open was Luca, it seems he had already talked about her visiting here.


Keeping the 3 words a secret is the best choice for them...
Confiding their feelings with each other felt like a distant dream....

She has a trauma and shadow and he has his own skeletons in the closet.....

Will their love for the other stand against the harsh passage of time....?

It was supposed to be a cliche prince and princess love story, bt what went wrong?

She closed her heart 'back then' and since then, her life has been monotonous.

The only colour in her life is him but that colour is bound to stay in a canvas....she can't be selfish and ask him to colour her life as well...

He is the CEO and she is his personal assistant....
Let's follow them in their story of life and love.....

A certain CEO selling meng: "LinLin, they forced me to drink even though I said....I said that I don't want to ba."

Our overbearing PA (pats his head while calling the secretary office) 
Call connected---
"Make sure to keep all the meetings scheduled with Chairman Zhou and Chairman Zhang over lunch, alright?", saying this she hangs up.

The CEO hugs her tightly: hehehe, thank you linlin....love you the most.

THUMP THUMP THUMP

Our great PA irrespective of her wildly beating heart replies a "hmm", with a slight smile.


Atsuki's Note:
Hello, fellow species!! 
hehehe
'CEO Romance' novels are quite famous, right?
So, I'm trying my hand with one..muhahahaha
The names are in pinyin, I've been into CN novels these days so, they got stuck.
But this has no connection with anything alive or..blah blah blah...in short, it's just a light read. Please try to enjoy it as it is and treat it as a fantasy of mine.
I like to ramble a LOT and they go into [], you can ignore them if you want.
Happy Reading!!
Discord: https://discord.gg/5J3xdvr
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PS. Cover doesn't belong to me...found it on @pinterest and tweaked it...hehe

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