"When it rains, it pours!"

Upon hearing such utterly terrible news, everyone's hearts twisted painfully...

They understood that given the current situation, it was to be expected...

Now, Hu Xiaobei had already completed the upgrade of the Xiaobei Brand...

Meanwhile, Yamato Brand on their side had not completed its upgrade, so naturally no one would continue to come and buy their vastly inferior-tasting Yamato Brand.

With a sigh of frustration, Yamato Amari furrowed his brow and quietly instructed, "Lower the prices now and let's run a promotion."

The assistant, who was full of helplessness upon hearing Yamato Amari's suggestion, twitched the corner of his eye.

In that moment, he wanted to say something, but seemed unable to speak...

"What's the matter?"

Seeing his hesitance, Yamato Amari frowned heavily.

As Yamato Amari questioned him, Wang Enfu and the others also looked at him...

Because everyone wanted to know why he was so reluctant to speak...

Feeling the pressure of all eyes on him, he rubbed his nose and said in a low voice, "President, it's like this! Previously, I had the managers of those branch stores try lowering prices to boost sales, but... but there was no effect at all!"

At this point, he was truly helpless...

Initially, when sales were poor, he had discussed price cuts with the managers.

In his view, lowering prices would surely have an effect...

But, he was really overthinking...

Because the drastic price cuts didn't bring about any effect...

Without any better options, he came here in this state of urgency...

Acknowledging his frustration, Yamato Amari squinted and impatiently said, "If there's no effect, then keep lowering the price. Lower it until there is an effect!"

"But... but if we keep slashing prices, we'll be selling at a loss for every single item!"

"Even so, it's better than having them stuck in inventory. Holding onto them means we lose even more!"

Among two evils, choose the lesser one!

Yamato Amari understood this principle, so he was prepared to sacrifice the car to save the commander...

"Yes! I understand!"

Sighing silently, the assistant scurried away in embarrassment...

He actually knew that even by continuing to cut prices, it wouldn't lead to much more sales...

Because honestly, the reputation of the Yamato Brand had already been completely ruined by Yamato Amari.

"It was all because he crazily hiked the prices before; if not for those detestable maneuvers back then, things might have been a little better now."

The assistant muttered to himself while running forward!

To be honest, at this moment he really wanted to give Yamato Amari a good slap in the face...

But he knew he wasn't qualified to do so!

And even if he were to madly slap his face now, it was already too late, since the situation had already unfolded...

...

Watching his assistant run off, Wang Enfu and others spoke with a sneer.

"President, now you should know where we went wrong!"

Yamato Amari heard Wang Enfu's words and frowned slightly, asking coldly, "Where? I don't know!"

"Don't know? Let me tell you! It's because you were simply too arrogant back then! Clearly, we hadn't even firmly established ourselves, but you already started crazily raising prices. Not just once, but multiple times in a row!"

"Exactly!"

"That completely shattered everyone's good impression of our Yamato Brand."

Hearing their frank words, Yamato Amari fell silent.

Yamato Amari knew that they indeed had a point...

Previously, it was indeed their side that crazily raised prices, which made everyone lose all favorable impressions of the brand.

Seeing Yamato Amari fall completely silent, Wang Enfu and the others didn't say anything more...

Because they knew that arguing among themselves now would be pointless; the most important thing was to brainstorm a solution to break out of the current predicament.

...

While they were racking their brains for a solution, Hu Xiaobei was sitting with all those partners...

Looking at Hu Xiaobei, they spoke excitedly...

"Master Xiaobei, all the vegetables and fruits in our warehouse have been completely snapped up!"

"Yes, and now many more people have become new customers of our store!"

"Indeed, everyone has applied for stored-value cards. Even though we offered everything for free today, we still raked in over ten million!"

"Yes, yes!"

The more they talked, the more excited they became!

All these people genuinely became more and more excited as they spoke...

Because they had never before seen such a thrilling scene...

At that moment, amid their excitement, they felt a tinge of relief. The reason for this relief was that they had once considered leaving Hu Xiaobei to turn to Yamato Amari...

However, in the end, they didn't really do it...

Upon hearing their enthusiastic voices, Hu Xiaobei smiled gently and said, "Having today is thanks to everyone's hard work. To be honest, there should have been more people celebrating here with us!"

Silence!

When they heard Hu Xiaobei's words, they fell silent.

They understood that what Hu Xiaobei meant was that many people had betrayed him...

Exchanging glances, they spoke softly.

"Master Xiaobei, they've betrayed you, so they're not our concern anymore!"

"That's right, don't dwell on it anymore!"

"Yes, yes!"

Hearing their persuasion, Hu Xiaobei smiled and calmly said, "Indeed! Everyone has their own ambitions; I just hope they find better prospects."

After saying this, Hu Xiaobei glanced at the time and continued, "Alright, let's find a place to celebrate properly!"

"Okay!"

They all readily agreed...

An hour later, Hu Xiaobei declined their invitation and drove back to the village alone.

Hu Xiaobei initially planned to keep hanging out with them, but eventually, he really gave up because he knew many people in Xiaohe Village were waiting for him to return!

"So much more lively now!"

On the road back to the village, as he watched more cars gradually filling the roads, a slight smile appeared on Hu Xiaobei's lips...

The longer he spent away, the more homesick he felt!

And because of this, seeing so many people now, his mood improved a lot.

Five minutes later, Hu Xiaobei parked the car steadily.

At this moment, he heard a cheerful voice...

"Hello, are you Hu Xiaobei?"

Upon hearing this cheerful inquiry, Hu Xiaobei turned his head, and in that instant, his eyes lit up.

It was because, upon turning, Hu Xiaobei saw a very cute girl.

She had her hair in adorable pigtails and wore a pure white pleated skirt...

"So full of youth!"

With a gentle praise, Hu Xiaobei softly replied, "That's right, I'm Hu Xiaobei! Is there something you need?"

"Nothing much, I just really admire you, so I wanted to get your autograph!"

Glancing at her, Hu Xiaobei readily agreed!

"Sure, no problem!"

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Bai Yanxi, a freshman in university!"

Upon hearing her introduce herself, Hu Xiaobei smiled, and quickly wrote his name in the notebook she handed over.

After writing it, Hu Xiaobei returned the notebook to her.

After she took it, Hu Xiaobei softly said, "I've signed it. I hope you have a pleasant journey."

"Yes! It surely will be!"

Having said this, she delightfully turned and left.

"Youth is truly wonderful!"

With a light praise, Hu Xiaobei walked back to his villa on the mountain...

Just upon entering, Hu Xiaobei saw Guo Meiyu and others in a gazebo not far away, munching on sunflower seeds and sipping tea...

Warmth!

Seeing this scene, Hu Xiaobei truly felt a deep sense of warmth...

"Traveling outside, one truly looks forward to this kind of warmth!"

With a light praise, Hu Xiaobei softly walked up, and soon, looking at them, he teased, "What are you all talking about here? Hope it's not bad-mouthing me!"

This gentle tease reached their ears, and thus, they all saw Hu Xiaobei...

Soon, they all softly said, "You're back!"

"Yes!"

As soon as Hu Xiaobei finished speaking, he heard them all in unison ask, "So, how was it? Everything went smoothly, right?"

Upon hearing this inquiry, Hu Xiaobei looked up at them and, in that moment, rubbed his nose, "Aren't you all the least bit nervous!"

Hu Xiaobei was truly a bit frustrated at this moment...

Because, logically, they should be feeling quite anxious right now...

"That's because we have complete confidence in you, you little rascal!"

Upon hearing Hu Xiaobei's question, they exchanged a glance, and quickly replied sincerely.

After all this time, they truly understood Hu Xiaobei well, and thus, they really believed he wouldn't fail...

"I must say, your judgment is spot-on!"

"Of course!"

Responding with cheerful laughter, they started reminiscing, and soon, pointing at Hu Xiaobei, they playfully accused, "You little bastard, we thought you were complimenting us, but turns out you were praising yourself!"

Next chapter will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.