Chapter 76: A Simple Chess Game
This really deserved a beating. Before Su Luo could hold back, Yun Lang had already rushed out, stood beside Su Hong, looked at Chu Ning, and said, "Brother, Su Hong is my brother. Even if we have the chance to become colleagues in the future, I have to stand up for my brother."
Su Luo was already disliking Chu Ning because of what happened before, and he also wanted to see how capable Yun Lang was, so he didn't stop him. Seeing that Yun Lang had already started to show off, Qin Huai turned to Su Luo and said, "Why don't you stop him? Zimao is the person in charge of the military academy selection. Who goes in and who doesn't is up to him to decide."
Su Luo was so anxious that she quickly flew down and grabbed Yun Lang to stop him from attacking the future examiner. Unexpectedly, Chu Ning became interested after hearing Qin Huai's words and glanced at Yun Lang, "Are you going to apply for a military academy?"
Yun Lang also heard what Qin Huai said, but he did not put away his attitude at all. He said nonchalantly: "Everything should be divided into public and private. My application to the military academy is public, and standing up for my brother is private. There is no conflict." After saying that, he nodded at Chu Ning, signaling him to take action.
Chu Ning glanced at Yun Lang, his eyes full of contempt, "You are still a little short of fighting me, go to Luoyang, if you can pass the test of the Eighteen Iron Cavalry of Liaodong, come and find me."
Yun Lang asked in surprise: "The Eighteen Iron Cavalrymen of Liaodong? Are they General Li Chengliang's personal guards?"
The Eighteen Iron Cavalrymen of Liaodong, Su Luo stroked his chin and thought, this title is quite intimidating, it sounds cool, when Qiao Feng was the King of the Southern Courtyard, didn't he have some Iron Cavalrymen who wanted to follow him? It turns out that Li Chengliang also has some, he is quite powerful.
Qin Huai said with a smile: "The Eighteen Iron Cavalrymen now obey General Li's son, Li Rusong, Li the General." When he said this, his eyes were fixed on Chu Ning, and Chu Ning's expression did not change at all. Qin Huai continued with a smile: "They came to Luoyang this time to follow General Li to recruit military academy students."
Su Luo gave Qin Huai a thumbs up and said, "I haven't praised you yet. It was you who proposed to set up a military academy, right? That's great! If the court can stop emphasizing civil affairs over military affairs and focus on stabilizing border defense, there won't be any trouble for the Qing army to enter the pass in a few decades."
After Su Luo finished speaking, Qin Huai's gaze drifted towards Chu Ning's direction. Chu Ning glanced at Su Luo but said nothing. His expression was still lukewarm. It was unclear whether he was too lazy to talk or too lazy to talk to Su Luo.
Su Jiang frowned even more tightly, deliberately ignoring Su Luo's words, and looked up at Su Hong and said, "Brother Hong, it's getting late, let's all go."
Su Hong was not seriously injured, but he lost face. Fortunately, he was naturally open-minded. After hearing what Qin Huai said before, he did not want Yun Lang to offend the invigilator, so he said, "Thank you, brother, for standing up for me. Let's forget about today's matter. I'll invite you to Zuixianju tomorrow!" After that, he patted Yun Lang's shoulder and turned to leave the yard.
Su Jiang raised his leg to follow, and a trace of helplessness flashed across Chu Ning's calm face, "You really have no impression of what I just said?"
It was hard to tell whether Su Jiang's face was pale or ashen at this moment. Looking closely, it seemed that she was still unwilling to accept the reality. She shook her head slowly at Chu Ning, "Sir, you have the wrong person." After saying that, she did not even look back and almost escaped from the Yellow Garden.
Su Luo frowned, "What on earth did you say to her? Why did you scare her like this?"
Chu Ning expressionlessly slid his gaze from Su Luo's face to Qin Huai, "Where should I stay tonight?"
Su Luo really wanted to smack him to death with a shovel! This was the Nth time he had ignored her. Did she, Su Luo, have such a low sense of existence? Before her mind could stop her, Su Luo grabbed something with great power... "Look at the hidden weapon!"
Qin Huai felt a strange force spreading from his chest, and before he could figure out what was going on, he flew out. Chu Ning was probably seeing such a large hidden weapon for the first time, and was startled. He stepped forward and held Qin Huai with his hand. He glanced at Su Luo with a cold sweat on his head, but still didn't say a word. I don't know if he wanted to remain silent or was just scared.
At this time, a man came in from the gate of the west wing. It was Zhou Chongwen who had not appeared for a long time. As soon as he entered the yard, he saw Qin Huai and another man hugging each other. Thinking of the "secret" Su Luo had told him, he couldn't help but smack his lips. Although it was dark and windy at night, there were so many people watching. These two people were too bold. But at the same time, he was very glad that Qin Huai "fell in love with someone else" and Yun Lang was able to "escape".
Su Luo saw Zhou Chongwen coming back from outside and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Where have you been?"
The guy was not in a hurry to answer, but patted Yun Lang's shoulder with great emotion to show that he was relieved, then walked up the stone steps, lifted the door curtain, and motioned Su Luo to come in. "We didn't see you when we came back, so we went out to look for you separately. On the way, we met Boss Xue and chatted with him for a few words, which delayed us."
Su Luo turned around and glared at Yun Lang and Qin Huai. Yun Lang was fine, this kid loved to play, and he couldn't let go of the new thing he had finally found. But what about Qin Huai? He must have been playing poker since he was a child, why did he join in the fun with them? Could they really trust a "weak" woman like me to wander outside in the middle of the night? But it was just a thought. Su Luo felt that if she called herself a "weak" woman in front of these two, she would definitely be laughed at. She didn't give them that chance!
"Boss Xue? Fatty Xue?" Su Luo pulled Zhou Chongwen into the house. "What did he say?"
"He asked you when you plan to get married." Zhou Chongwen's face was a little red, and he didn't know if it was because of the cold. "I told him that as long as you agree, we can get married anytime."
"Heh, heh..." Su Luo smiled awkwardly. Regardless of the intention of Fatty Xue's question, she was 100% sure that Zhou Si had misunderstood his intention. His answer was obviously about Su's proposal to him, not what Fatty Xue wanted to ask... What on earth did he want to ask ?
Su Luo held his chin and paced around the room twice. His eyes suddenly lit up, and he turned back and smiled at Zhou Chongwen: "Great, this old guy finally couldn't help it."
I think Fatty Xue must have seen through my purpose of raising the value of Qiangui. The only thing he is uncertain about now is whether he will cooperate with Wengui, that is, whether he is really so anxious to sell Qiangui.
Asking her when she will get married is to find out how much pressure she is under in this regard, so as to infer her true intentions. If Su Luo is in a hurry to get married under pressure from all sides, Qiangui will have to make a move as soon as possible, so all that Su Luo did before is a manifestation of raising her own price. The question is whether Wengui knows Su Luo's plan. If they know, they will definitely not be in a hurry to make a move, but will delay time so that Su Luo can't wait to lower the price automatically, or even push Qiangui's transaction price to the lowest.
The key is whether Wengui knows Su Luo's plan. If they know and use the strategy of "delay", then Fatty Xue's chance has come. He can take this opportunity to act quickly and take over the ownership of Qiangui before Wengui does. And Su Luo believes that even if Wengui didn't know about his "conspiracy" before, he should know it now - it can't be stopped by someone deliberately leaking it.
In fact, what Su Luo inferred was exactly the same as Fatty Xue's plan.
The most taboo in game negotiation is impatience, and the same is true for doing business. Whoever gets impatient first in the negotiation will inevitably be at a disadvantage.
In fact, the whole game has nothing to do with Wen Gui. They have set clear goals for themselves, and their customer base is narrow but very stable. Besides, they cannot come up with such a large amount of funds at once. Even if they want to acquire Qiangui, they are powerless. Su Luo had already reached a tacit understanding with the owner of Wen Gui on the eve of the dinner for the top twelve. Therefore, from beginning to end, there were only two people on the chessboard, Su Luo and Fatty Xue.
On the surface, Su Luo was in a hurry, but in fact, there was a wide space behind him, and Fatty Xue had already had the sign of a pawn crossing the river - he was afraid of not being able to seize the most favorable opportunity, afraid of being exploited by Wengui, and afraid of not being able to grasp the time to enter the game. In fact, he had already been trapped in the chess game. As long as he could not help crossing the river, he could only move forward and could not look back. This was Su Luo's chance.
But... Su Luo bit her lower lip and smiled cunningly. She might have to act more anxious than Fatty Xue. So far, the whole game is very simple and is completely under Su Luo's control.
