Liu Yong didn’t want to take advantage of Shao Guangrong.

Money was endless – he had invested all the liquid capital withdrawn from ‘Yuanhui’ into Qiongdao real estate. When Xia Xiaolan established ‘Qihang Capital’, she aimed to make quick money while also targeting Xia Ziyun, and hadn’t invited Liu Yong to join.

However, now that ‘Qihang Capital’ was becoming a formal investment company, it was the perfect timing for Liu Yong to join.

Since Shao Guangrong only wanted 400,000, Liu Yong felt embarrassed and borrowed 2 million from his niece to buy Shao Guangrong’s 0.04% share.

After withdrawing from both companies, Shao Guangrong suddenly had 3 million yuan in cash.

The initial 400,000 investment in Qihang Capital had mostly come from his family members, and this needed to be repaid.

For each family member who had contributed, he not only returned the principal but added 20,000 as ‘interest’. After this, he had just over 2 million left. How should he spend such money?

“Kang and Brother Cheng both bought houses, I’ll follow their example and buy a house. I won’t touch business matters ever again.”

Shao Guangrong kept only 340,000 for himself, hoping Xia Xiaolan could help give the remaining 2 million to You Li for Tang Youru’s treatment.

“Young You won’t accept it.”

“Sister-in-law, I’m begging you on this…”

Xia Xiaolan maintained her stance: “Young You won’t accept it. Do you want her to feel forever indebted after accepting this 2 million?”

If she needed to borrow money for medical treatment anyway, why wouldn’t You Li borrow from Xia Xiaolan instead of getting entangled with Shao Guangrong? A man’s money might be easy to borrow, but emotional debts were hard to repay. Not everyone was like Xia Xiaolan, who could dare to borrow 50 million this year and have the ability to repay 100 million the next!

If You Li accepted Shao Guangrong’s 2 million, she wouldn’t be able to repay it soon and would remain entangled with him.

It wasn’t that Xia Xiaolan wanted to break up a good match, but since they had reached an impasse, both should take a step back.

What seemed like an unsolvable ‘deadlock’ now might resolve itself naturally in the future.

Money wasn’t what stood between You Li and Shao Guangrong.

Shao Guangrong was dejected by Xia Xiaolan’s words.

His throat itched, craving another cigarette.

“…I have no use for so much money. Sister-in-law, isn’t Qihang running that Young Eagle Project? Why don’t you help me donate this 2 million?”

“Are you sure? Won’t you regret it?”

Some women heal their heartbreak through shopping sprees.

When they max out their credit cards, the impending debt at next month’s payment deadline probably leaves no room for heartache.

But for Shao Guangrong to want to donate most of his savings after a breakup was rare.

Now Xia Xiaolan believed that Shao Guangrong’s feelings for You Li must have been quite deep.

When someone starts giving away money, they must have been hit hard.

But Xia Xiaolan didn’t accept Shao Guangrong’s 2 million.

“Take two months to calm down first. If you still want to donate this 2 million after two months, come find me. If you change your mind by then, we’ll pretend this conversation never happened. How’s that?”

This suggestion was impossible for Shao Guangrong to refuse!

However, Dongfeng Holdings was somewhat dissatisfied that Shao Guangrong had transferred his shares to Liu Yong.

Xia Xiaolan ignored it.

Who couldn’t be dissatisfied with her now?

They’d have to swallow their dissatisfaction – if they weren’t happy, they could withdraw their shares. Others would gladly take over Dongfeng Holdings’ 10% share.

After Shao Guangrong left Pengcheng with his share redemption money, Xia Xiaolan finally had time to deal with Luna’s matters.

The TV drama Luna commissioned Director Wang to film last year was broadcast on Central TV during Spring Festival, creating a viewing sensation.

The storyline was engaging, the costumes and props were impressive, and the product placement was seamlessly integrated with the plot. After watching the drama, many couldn’t distinguish reality from fiction, truly believing Luna’s owner was a woman.

Because the TV drama was called “Luna’s Story”!

Zhang Xiao played the protagonist Wang Luna, who overcame numerous difficulties on her entrepreneurial journey. To align with international markets and earn foreign exchange for the country, she named her brand ‘Luna’… The plot encompassed all life’s flavors – sweet, sour, bitter, and spicy. The entire series was intense; it would have been strange if it hadn’t been a ratings hit.

Zhang Xiao was already famous, and with this drama’s broadcast, no one could overshadow her for the next two to three years.

Shows like “Journey to the West” and “Dream of the Red Chamber” had great influence too, but those were ensemble pieces. “Luna’s Story” was entirely female-led, aimed at promoting the ‘Luna’ brand and elevating Zhang Xiao, who played the lead role!

In short, once the series aired, both Luna and Zhang Xiao became phenomenally popular.

Chen Xiliang couldn’t stop grinning – Luna was his career, Zhang Xiao was his wife, and he benefited the most.

Before the drama finished airing, people lined up again at headquarters with money, wanting to become franchisees.

At that time, Yu Shihua was consolidating her purchased Elegance, hoping to share the market with Luna, when Xia Xiaolan shamelessly promoted Luna through a TV drama – and succeeded!

Instantly, Luna truly dominated the mainland market.

Originally, Elegance could compete with Luna through its number of stores, but now Yu Shihua was completely stunned.

What worried her more was that Xia Xiaolan seemed to be actively negotiating with HK television stations to sell the drama there… Selling the drama was just a pretext; the real aim was for Luna to enter the HK market.

Before Yu Shihua could fully establish herself in the mainland market, Xia Xiaolan and Chen Xiliang were already counterattacking at her doorstep.

What could Yu Shihua say?

When Xia Ziyun paid 2.5 million less from her pocket to secure Elegance for her, was she not setting her up?!

…

“Young people nowadays are too careless in business. Luna hasn’t even digested the huge mainland market, yet they want to come to HK.”

Yu Shihua complained somewhat in front of Du Zhaohui.

Du Zhaohui shrugged, “Aunt Yu, what do you mean? Do you want me to persuade Luna not to enter HK? That’s not how business works. When you bought Elegance and said you wanted fair competition with Luna, Xia Xiaolan didn’t monopolize the market or prevent you from entering the mainland market.”

Yu Shihua was rendered speechless by Du Zhaohui’s response.

Business was business, personal relationships were personal relationships. She had told Du Zhaohui about the 20% shares but hadn’t helped in other ways.

Du Zhaohui’s current position wasn’t due to her influence.

Moreover, she hadn’t done any favors for Xia Xiaolan, so how could she ask her to stop now?

“Aunt Yu, business success depends on ability. If you want to build a brand, others want to build brands too. Whoever has greater capability will succeed in establishing their brand first, don’t you agree? Luna just wants to sell a TV drama to HK, why are you so nervous? By the way, I have a dinner appointment with Uncle Six from TVB. Would you like to join us?”

TVB’s owner was surnamed Shao, known in business circles as ‘Uncle Six’.

In 1958, Shaw Brothers Films was established in HK.

In 1980, Shaw Brothers’ owner Uncle Six became TVB’s largest shareholder and chairman of the board.

Until 1985, Shaw Brothers sold all their theater chains, shifting focus from film to television dramas. Last May, the Shaw Brothers announced they would stop film production – Uncle Six wanted to focus entirely on TVB.

Uncle Six’s opinion was crucial for whether the drama could be broadcast in HK.

Previously, it wasn’t a big deal for Du Zhaohui to date TVB actresses, but Uncle Six, as chairman of the board, wouldn’t have time to meet him.

Now, Du Zhaohui’s status was different.