From Wage Slave to Tycoon

Seeing that smug look, Yin Zheng’s father couldn’t take it anymore. He strode forward and snatched the cigarettes away.

Even though Yin Zheng’s father was in his forties, his physical condition was no worse than that of Yin Zheng, who only knew how to eat, drink, and play.

Taking one out, Yin Zheng’s father began to smoke contentedly. As he recognized the familiar taste, the last trace of doubt in his mind vanished.

"You little brat, how do you know such an important person?" Yin Zheng’s father was extremely curious. Even he had only managed to get a single pack two years ago for some special reason, a gift from a big shot that he had used to show off a bit in his circle.

’I never thought I’d get the chance to see these cigarettes again.’

"It’s because Brother Yang called me this morning and told me to pick someone up at the airport. He was the one who gave them to me!"

Joking aside, Yin Zheng grew much more serious when it was time to talk business.

"Oh? Tell me what happened." Of course, Yin Zheng’s father knew who this Brother Yang was. Anything that required a personal call from him was definitely no simple matter.

Yin Zheng didn’t waste any time and recounted the entire story in detail, not even leaving out the part where Su Chen asked him to investigate those men, nor the change in his expression.

Especially when Yin Zheng mentioned that Su Chen had learned the three men worked at a foreign trade company and specifically asked for the company’s name, his father sat up much straighter.

"Impressive... The young people these days are really something else," Yin Zheng’s father said with a sigh.

This, however, left Yin Zheng, who was standing to the side, a little confused. ’Su Chen hadn’t seemed to do anything. How was that impressive?’

Seeing the utter confusion on Yin Zheng’s face, his father couldn’t help but sigh to himself. ’Sigh... you really can’t compare people. Look at that young man, so ruthless at such a young age, while my own foolish son is still asking why.’

"You don’t need to know too much. You just need to focus on befriending that Mr. Su." Seeing Yin Zheng’s pensive expression, Yin Zheng’s father quietly pocketed the white-box cigarettes and started heading upstairs.

By the time Yin Zheng snapped out of it, his father had already reached the elevator. Seeing the white-box cigarettes in his hand, he couldn’t help but yell, "Hey, old man! You’re playing dirty! Give me back my cigarettes!"

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「Junlin Hotel, Business Suite」

Su Chen stood quietly by the window, gazing at the fiery orange clouds on the horizon as a storm of emotions churned in his eyes.

After a long while... Su Chen seemed to have made a decision. He took out his phone and made a call.

The call connected after just one ring, and Ye Feng’s playfully smug voice came through the line. "Well, if it isn’t our Eldest Young Master Su. It’s only been a few days and you already miss me?"

"Can you be serious for a second? I need your help with something." Su Chen had thought long and hard before making this call. He could have handled it without bothering anyone else, but it would have taken longer, and the anger in his heart couldn’t wait.

After weighing his options, asking Ye Feng for help was his only choice.

Hearing this, Ye Feng dropped his playful tone. "Go on, what is it?"

"Help me investigate a company in your Peng City called Hongda International Trade."

"Hongda International Trade? That name sounds a little familiar... Hold on a sec." The sound of a keyboard and mouse could be heard from the other end of the line. After about two minutes, Ye Feng’s voice came through again. "Found it. Hongda International Trade."

"This company was just acquired by our Ye Group a little while ago. No wonder it sounded so familiar!"

Listening to the words coming from the phone, Su Chen fell silent for a moment. ’Talk about a damn coincidence.’

He never would have imagined that the trading company had just been acquired, and by his own friend’s family business of all things...

"What’s wrong, Old Su? Is there a problem with this company?" Ye Feng knew Su Chen wouldn’t call him out of the blue to investigate a company. Something must have happened, and it had to be related to Su Chen personally.

"Sigh..." Su Chen let out a long sigh. He hadn’t expected that the trading company had been acquired by the Ye Group either.

After a moment of silence, Su Chen briefly explained the whole story.

"What? Tell me their names! I’ll take care of them!" Hearing that Su Chen’s father had been beaten by employees of one of his own subsidiary companies, Ye Feng was furious. If this wasn’t handled well... it could very well create a rift between him and Su Chen.

That wouldn’t be a good thing for Su Chen or the Ye Group.

After all, that company was now part of the Ye Group. If Su Chen wanted to vent his anger and took action against it, it could very well pit the Ye Clan against Su Chen.

It was an unavoidable situation. They couldn’t just let Su Chen do whatever he wanted to one of the group’s subsidiaries, but if they took no action, they would just become a laughingstock to outsiders. That would be detrimental to their Ye Group.

That’s why Ye Feng thought he should handle the three men himself, letting Su Chen have his satisfaction.

"No need. I’ll handle this kind of thing myself. I recall that Hongda International Trade’s business involves Europe and Africa. Use my father’s incident as a pretext to have the three of them assigned to Africa. Let them go get some ’exercise’!" Su Chen’s voice was soft, but it sounded completely different to Ye Feng’s ears.

Ye Feng sucked in a sharp breath. Su Chen’s words sent a chill down his spine. He never would have thought Su Chen would suggest something like that.

’Go to Africa for "exercise"? What kind of exercise?’

’He wasn’t going to have them practice their sprinting, was he?’ Ye Feng had already guessed what Su Chen was planning; he just found it a little hard to accept.