The Fourth Financial Crisis

Just when the Zhu family father and son were plotting to change the family, Yang Lu also returned to the Qingning Chamber of Commerce again.

Before he even entered the door, he saw Butler Zhou coming to greet him.

Butler Zhou usually has a lukewarm attitude towards him. Seeing that the other party came to him, Yang Lu couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Steward Zhou, do you have anything to do with me?"

Butler Zhou said with a serious expression: "When I was cleaning up the eldest lady's office, I found that someone had sneaked in."

In Li Qingning's office, only Yang Lu and Butler Zhou were allowed to come uninvited. Since Butler Zhou said that someone had sneaked in, this office was obviously visited by thieves.

Although Miss Li's office decoration is very high-end, it is almost entirely filled with heavy and large pieces of furniture. The truly valuable bits and pieces are all stored in her storage bags and in her Haiya Bank account.

Since this thief dared to take the risk and break into Li Qingning's office, he obviously didn't come for money, but most likely to find out information about the Qingning Chamber of Commerce.

In other words, this person is most likely a commercial spy!

Despite this, Yang Lu was not worried at all.

Although Li Qingning has a big personality, he has already packed up the important documents for the other party.

Therefore, after hearing the news, Yang Lu just didn't take it seriously and said: "This should be the consequence of Miss Qingning's private meeting with Fang Jiancai. After all, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce and Gongde Hall have reached a cooperation, and almost all parties have It's a result that no one wants to see. Some guys obviously couldn't sit still after hearing the news... This uninvited guest shouldn't be He Mingyuan, right? "

"That guy He Mingyuan, he hasn't been out of the reception room in the past few days!" When mentioning He Mingyuan, Butler Zhou also showed a strange look, pointed to the closed reception room of Qingning Chamber of Commerce and said: "I have never seen this in my life. For a person who works so hard, if I hadn’t known in advance that he was a traitor and a loyal person, I would have been moved by his dedication!”

Yang Lu chuckled and said: "Our manager He Da's acting skills are extraordinary, otherwise no matter how strong his work ability is, he would not be able to achieve such a big name as the selfless He Mingyuan."

After seeing He Mingyuan's superb acting skills with his own eyes, Butler Zhou couldn't help but be a little confused: "Consultant Yang, how on earth did you know that there was something wrong with He Mingyuan at first sight?"

Yang Lu smiled and did not answer the question.

In fact, Yang Lu didn't discover that there was something wrong with He Mingyuan through Mouse Cang. He had already realized that there was something wrong with He Mingyuan before he met him, and then he began to actively look for clues about the other party's crime.

The reason why Yang Lu made this judgment is also very simple:

Reputation is a valuable capital. Obtaining reputation requires paying corresponding costs. Especially in the Jiuzhou cultivation world without the Internet and instant messaging, cross-regional information dissemination must rely on newspapers and cultivators' communication spells. Ordinary If a mortal wants to make a big name, it can't be achieved by just working hard.

He Mingyuan is only the chief steward of the Luoxia City branch of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. However, his reputation for being honest and upright is not only well known in Luoxia City, but also spread throughout the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. The traces of marketing here should not be too obvious.

Not to mention that in the world of cultivation where information is limited, even on Earth, it is not easy to become an Internet celebrity.

Since self-media began to operate as a team, Internet celebrities who work alone have almost lost the possibility of getting ahead. When you see someone suddenly becoming popular, there is a high probability that there is marketing power behind it.

A scientist who studies protein structure is a typical example. After seeing the overwhelming number of articles on the Internet complaining about him, Yang Lu knew even with his toes that behind this must be his alma mater, Shuimu University, activating the "money ability."

The reason is very simple. Ordinary people don't know scientists who are serious about doing research, let alone complain about them. After all, not many people can call the names of the founders of two bombs and one satellite. Not only is it impossible for the official media to support the losers, they will even suppress such unruly practices. The only ones who can withstand the pressure to create artificial gods are the capitalists and academic circles.

He Mingyuan was able to achieve such a great reputation simply by working hard. After all, there are not many people working hard in the world, so who can become famous by working hard?

If He Mingyuan was really an upright, diligent and capable model employee, it would be impossible for him to market himself, and if he was not good at marketing himself, it would be impossible for him to become an Internet celebrity in Luoxia City.

It was precisely because of this natural contradiction in personality that Yang Lu immediately realized that there was something behind this person.

Of course, although He Mingyuan's impartiality had completely collapsed in front of the senior officials of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, he still tried to maintain his upright image in the outside world to facilitate his work. Yang Lu simply turned a blind eye to this approach. Close one eye.

He Mingyuan's sage-like behavior during this period of time was part of his self-marketing strategy.

This kind of behavior of staying in the reception room 24 hours a day does not actually improve work efficiency. After all, everyone has to balance work and rest, and no one can work 24 hours a day, not to mention that even if you really want to serve the Qingning Chamber of Commerce , and there is no need to do it with great fanfare in the reception room.

He is just afraid that others will not see it!

He Mingyuan's self-marketing through exaggerated self-discipline may be a very novel method in the Kyushu cultivation world, but in the eyes of Yang Lu, who has experienced the era of information explosion, it is nothing more than a small trick.

However, it is obviously difficult to explain these things clearly to Butler Zhou. Butler Zhou saw that Yang Lu always smiled and did not answer, so he had no choice but to say: "According to your previous request, I placed a ban at the door of the eldest lady's office. Anyone who enters the eldest lady's office will be given a tracking secret by me. I didn’t expect that I could actually catch someone with ulterior motives!”

However, Yang Lu had a matter-of-fact expression on his face, as if he was not surprised by the result: "Qingning Chamber of Commerce is the eldest lady's voice. If other chambers of commerce plant moles for us, the first target will definitely be her office. I don't have time. Slowly catching the mole will only allow them to take the bait if they wish. Tell me, which big fish is this time?"

"It's Hu Yu, the old steward of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce headquarters!" Butler Zhou said a name that was unfamiliar to Yang Lu. Seeing that Yang Lu still didn't react, he continued to explain, "Actually, you have met this steward Hu before. , before you came to Qingning Chamber of Commerce, it was Manager Hu who was responsible for communicating with the Haiya City Lord’s Mansion."

When Butler Zhou said this, Yang Lu remembered it.

The first time he met Li Qingning, she was angrily scolding a middle-aged man in her office, saying that he was kicked out of the Haiya City Lord's Palace because of his poor performance. That unlucky guy must be Hu Yu.

Because he offended Li Qingning, Manager Hu was relegated to the sidelines. Since all business powers were deprived, Yang Lu naturally never heard him report his work to him.

I didn’t expect this guy to be a commercial spy!

Hearing that Li Qingning actually sent a commercial spy to deal with the top priority of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, Yang Lu couldn't help but was speechless: "It turns out that Manager Hu is not stupid, but bad! Don't tell me, this Manager Hu is still sent by the Zhujia Chamber of Commerce. It’s coming!”

"How do you know this?" Seeing Yang Lu guess the truth instantly, Butler Zhou was shocked. "According to my tracking spell, Butler Hu went straight to the Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce after leaving the eldest lady's office. It should be that we obtained some important information. But you said that these commercial spies are very valuable, so it’s best not to alert them, so I didn’t step in to stop him.”

Yang Lu actually just made a casual guess, but unexpectedly he guessed the truth directly.

Of course, he wasn't just guessing out of thin air.

After all, the undercover agent sent by the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce was He Mingyuan, and Han Fulai from the Haiya Department was there to help keep an eye on it. The only remaining forces that might have sent undercover agents were Fang Jiancai and Lu Anping.

Considering that Li Qingning had just met with Fang Jiancai, and this commercial spy went to Li Qingning's office to steal information, this person was definitely not sent by Fang Jiancai himself.

The only remaining options are Lu Anping and the Zhujia Chamber of Commerce.

Hearing that Manager Hu was so eager to go to the Zhujia Chamber of Commerce to report the news, Yang Lu couldn't help but be curious: "There is obviously no important information in the eldest lady's office, so why did Hu Yu rush to the Zhujia Chamber of Commerce? Reporting? This is a taboo for being an undercover agent! This guy can be an undercover agent at the Qingning Chamber of Commerce for so long, so he shouldn’t be such an amateur, right?"

Steward Zhou stroked his gray beard and said: "My tracking magic is very special and can even perfectly restore the track of the person being tracked. According to the results of my investigation, this Steward Hu should have read the notebook you left. !”

My notes?

Yang Lu was stunned for a moment before he realized what the note in Butler Zhou's mouth was.

In order to explain the knowledge of the Operators Chamber of Commerce to Murong and Li Qingning, Yang Lu often prepared some written materials in advance for lesson preparation. Last night, he was dizzy from chanting sutras, so he couldn't help but write down some of his thoughts on the Qingning Chamber of Commerce in the lesson preparation materials. Planning and thinking for future development.

According to habit, he should keep this "lecture notes" properly, but last night, because he was too immersed in chanting sutras, he was really distracted, so he forgot this note on his desk. Unexpectedly, today As soon as I went out for a trip, I was attacked by a traitor with no martial ethics!

Seeing Yang Lu's expression of uncertainty, Butler Zhou quickly asked: "Is the content of that notebook very important?"

Yang Lu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "The content of that note was quite important originally. But when I went to the Lingshi Reserve Bank office today, I found that I still seriously underestimated Mr. Li. Since Manager Hu can’t wait to bring the contents of this notebook to the Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce, so consider it a small gift from me to Zhu Ziming!”

"What exactly is written in that notebook?"

Yang Lu explained with a smile: "I just made a casual prediction about who will take the lead in the reform of Zhongzhou's social security system. But now it seems that although my prediction is very reasonable, the conclusion is not very reliable."

Yang Lu told the truth this time.

Before meeting with Xu Yannan, Yang Lu sincerely believed that the final winner of the battle to reform the social security system in Zhongzhou would be Lin Jianxing, the leader of the Wuliang Sword Sect, because only Lin Jianxing could offer the price Li Qingyang wanted.

It is precisely because of this that Yang Lu attaches so much importance to He Mingyuan, a double agent of the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce.

According to his original plan, if Lin Jianxing could successfully seize the leadership of Xiuzhen's social security system, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce would definitely have in-depth cooperation with the Liujia Chamber of Commerce in the future to ensure that he could sit on the winner's chariot. At that time, He Mingyuan can become an opportunity for cooperation between the two parties.

However, the key information Xu Yannan revealed this time made Yang Lu realize that Li Qingyang's considerations were not as simple as he thought. This new generation of Zhongzhou’s social security system reform may be a trap from beginning to end.

Most people feel that as long as the top leaders of the Infinite Sword Sect can reach a consensus, they can successfully promote reform.

However, only a few people realize that the biggest resistance to the reform of Zhongzhou's social security system does not actually come from within the Wuliang Sword Sect, but from countless local cultivation forces similar to the Haiya Sect across Zhongzhou. What's more, even if Lin Jianxing has Li Qingyang's support, the Wuliang Sword Sect can only reach a superficial agreement at best. When Cheng Shuying and Mo Yunlan don't secretly stumble, it will be like hell!

Taking the lead in the reform of Zhongzhou’s social security system does not mean that the reform will be successful. After realizing this, Yang Lu had completely given up the idea of ​​in-depth cooperation with Liu Hanxing.

With Li Qingyang's extreme doting on Li Qingning, he will definitely arrange her future properly before his longevity is exhausted. Yang Lu only needs to ensure that Li Qingning stays on his own and does not destroy his great-grandfather's plan.

Since Hu Yu, the ghost in the Chamber of Commerce, gave his original wrong deduction to Zhu Ziming, he would naturally be happy to see it come to fruition.

Although the conclusion of this inference is wrong, the inference process is well-founded. It would be best if Zhu Ziming can be convinced. Otherwise, this future work plan can be used as a smoke bomb to make Zhu Ziming and Lu Anping mistakenly think that they want to Cooperate with Liu Hanxing.

If Zhu Ziming is brave enough and is influenced by this judgment, he plans to betray Lu Anping and defect to Liu Hanxing before he can, then the fun will be even greater!

Zhou Yu played a trick on Jiang Qian and stole the book. This was a premeditated plan.

Yang Lu really didn’t want to trick anyone this time!

Seeing Yang Lufeng's calm look, Butler Zhou said with some doubts: "Then we will continue to keep this manager Hu?"

Yang Lu smiled and waved his hand and said, "We already have Manager He, and we don't have many Manager Hu."

"Okay, I will help the eldest lady keep an eye on him!"

"You don't need to be too nervous. Just behave normally. It's not good to scare the snake away... Well, if there is nothing else, I will report to the eldest lady first!"