Rong Xin was not angered by Qin Siyang's words. Maybe in the process of accepting that he was just an ordinary student, he had already heard similar words countless times.
"I hope you have the strength to match your pride."
Qin Siyang dug at his ear, "Beating you isn't anything worth being that proud of."
After saying that, he waved his hand and walked off in the direction of Zhao Longfei's office.
After Qin Siyang left, the two people beside him looked at Qin Siyang's departing back and asked, "Rong Xin, do you really believe Principal Zhao would be looking for him?"
"Yeah, is there a chance he just found an excuse to avoid the fight and used Principal Zhao's name to scare us?"
Rong Xin glanced at the two of them, "Would you dare use Principal Zhao's name to scare people? Taking a step back, could you even scare anyone with Principal Zhao's name?"
The two of them shrank their necks, "We're not the vice president of the Zhao Chamber of Commerce, how could we."
"Well then, there you have it," Rong Xin took a deep breath, "Real or fake, there's no need to figure it out. Being able to bring out Principal Zhao's name is also a skill of his, that Qin Siyang. Let's go."
"Go where?"
"To the computer room, to make a post on the school forum about me and him going up on the battle arena three days from now."
"Huh? Rong Xin, you're really going to help him spread the word?"
"It's not helping him spread the word, it's helping us spread the word. He's right. If we fight today, no matter which of us wins, we'll both be stuck dealing with endless annoying explanations afterward. Might as well hype this up and fight a match in front of a lot of witnesses."
"But if we go into the computer room outside of class time, we have to pay a fee… can't we just make a post on our phones?"
"Did you pay any attention in class? Our school forum is on the intranet. You can only log in and browse it through the computer room and the school's wired network. Devices like phones that come with their own signal can only browse on campus. They don't have posting permissions."
"No wonder… I was always wondering why our school forum gets so quiet as soon as vacation starts. Turns out it's because everyone can't make posts or browse once they go home."
"Alright, hurry up and go. I'll cover the money for you guys to use the computer room. After we're done, I'll treat you to a meal at Old Dezi's Country Dishes Restaurant, how about it?"
"Okay! It's a deal! You stingy old miser, you're not allowed to go back on your word!"
"Go, go, go, stop dawdling, hurry up!"
The three of them walked toward the computer building with their arms around each other's shoulders.
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Qin Siyang came to the door of Zhao Longfei's office and pushed it open directly, "Principal Zhao, what did you want me for? Eh, Little Zhao and Gu Yunpeng, you two are here too."
Zhao Longfei snorted unhappily, "Qin Siyang, can't you show a little respect and remember to knock?"
"Next time for sure."
Qin Siyang walked up to Zhao Longfei's desk, casually picked out a clean glass that hadn't been used, poured himself a cup of hot water, and then sat down on the sofa.
"Go on, what did you want me for?"
Zhao Longfei rubbed the scar on the top of his head, too lazy to argue with Qin Siyang about trivial things.
"Sifang, you talk."
"Okay, Second Uncle…"
With a slap, Zhao Longfei's palm landed on the desk, "How many times have I told you, when we're outside you use my title!"
"Uh… okay, Principal Zhao."
"Not that title! Today we're talking about the Chamber of Commerce's business!"
"Alright, Director Zhao."
Only then did Zhao Longfei glare at Zhao Sifang again, and then grumpily light a cigar.
Zhao Sifang pouted and couldn't help complaining inwardly, 'Second Uncle really bullies the weak and fears the strong. He couldn't afford to vent his anger at Brother Qin, so he's taking it out on me, the junior.'
"Brother Qin, Brother-in-law, recently my father and Second Uncle… Director Zhao and I drew up a business plan to make the name of the Zhao Chamber of Commerce really well-known. You could also say it's an entrepreneurial plan to open up another commercial route for the Zhao Chamber of Commerce."
As he spoke, he picked up the two folders behind him and handed them to Qin Siyang and Gu Yunpeng.
"I rushed over to South Glory just today. When I heard from Director Zhao that you two were both here, I thought I'd call everyone together for a meeting to discuss whether this plan is feasible."
Gu Yunpeng took the proposal and started reading it carefully.
Qin Siyang, on the other hand, tossed it to the side and asked, "I heard that this plan is going to use the Zhao Chamber of Commerce's crimson crystals?"
Meeting Qin Siyang's gaze, Zhao Sifang instantly turned tongue-tied out of guilt, "Uh… y-yeah, that's right, Brother Qin."
Qin Siyang glanced at Gu Yunpeng.
Gu Yunpeng looked utterly astonished. He had no idea what Zhao Sifang was feeling guilty about.
All the crimson crystals of the Zhao Chamber of Commerce belonged to Qin Siyang. Of the people present, only Gu Yunpeng didn't know this.
"Little Zhao, why didn't you tell me about this before?"
"Uh, well, Brother Qin…", Zhao Sifang's face was flushed red. After a moment, he gritted his teeth, "This was something my father and Director Zhao discussed together. They told me afterward and wouldn't let me say anything. I had no choice… this was my fault, I'm sorry."
After hearing that, Zhao Longfei's eyes fell on Zhao Sifang. He thought, how can this brat be so useless, letting Qin Siyang drag a couple of words out of him and just spilling everything.
"Alright then, you still have a bit of conscience, at least you told me the truth."
Qin Siyang was pretty satisfied with Zhao Sifang's honesty.
First of all, the ones giving him orders were his father and his second uncle. Blood is thicker than water. It's impossible to have Zhao Sifang betray his own dad to help him.
Secondly, judging from Zhao Longfei's reaction, he still hadn't realized that there was still a huge share of crimson crystals in Qin Siyang's hands.
For him to do this much, Zhao Sifang was already treating him very well.
Zhao Longfei explained, "Uh, Little Qin, the crimson crystals… the mortgaging party privately expressed an intention to transfer them. We haven't actually discussed this matter properly yet, so we didn't tell you."
But Qin Siyang couldn't be bothered to listen to Zhao-Scar blabbering nonsense. He picked up the proposal beside him and lowered his head to read.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward for a moment.
But Zhao Longfei was shameless. He could completely dissolve any awkward situation by himself.
"Sifang, pour some hot water for me and for Gu Yunpeng. Little Qin's cup is empty too, pour some for him as well."
Zhao Sifang frowned, "Director Zhao, weren't you the one who said we have to use titles?"
"Where are you getting all this nonsense from? Hurry up and pour the water!"
"Okay."
Qin Siyang had only opened the first page when he was suddenly shocked by the title, completely stunned for a few seconds, unable to move.
His eyes repeatedly went over those big characters, confirming that he understood what they meant.
[Zhao Chamber of Commerce Currency Issuance Plan]
'The Zhao Chamber of Commerce wants to issue currency?'
'A privately run organization, competing with the United Government for their rice bowl?'
'Are they not afraid of dying?'
He immediately continued reading carefully.
He read the three-page proposal word for word. After finishing, Qin Siyang closed the proposal and analyzed it in his head.
'As expected of the Zhao brothers, who came up from the black market. Their thinking is wild enough.'
The title was just a gimmick. The Zhao Chamber of Commerce wasn't trying to compete with the United Government for its rice bowl, nor was it trying to replace the existing gold, silver, copper, and other precious metal currencies.
On the contrary, this plan was to cooperate with the United Government.
With the United Government standing behind them and the Zhao Chamber of Commerce putting up the funds, they would issue a larger denomination currency for exclusive use by sequence ability users: crystal coins.
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