Xiao Yu's expression was somewhat dazed, and it wasn't until a long time had passed that she said: "No matter if it's Tao Gongzi or some other Li Gongzi or Zhang Gongzi, as long as he is beneficial to the Xiao family, I can sacrifice everything. Besides, what's wrong with Tao Gongzi? He's still better than you, who bully people everywhere."

  "Cough, cough" Lin Wanrong hastily interrupted her words with a cough, Xiao Yurou's face turned slightly red with embarrassment. She had just remembered those shameful things that person did to her, and for a moment, she lost control and almost said it out loud. If Mother knew about it, she would have died from shame long ago.

  But Xiao Yu Ruo, who had experienced many storms, changed her expression and said suspiciously: "Actually, I also have some doubts. Even if Tao Dong Cheng has a crush on me, he doesn't need to be so obvious about it. There must be something fishy going on here."

  This sentence is quite decent, it seems that your business hasn't been done in vain, Lin Wanrong thought to herself.

  Actually, from this sentence alone, it can be seen that she has no good feelings towards Tao Gongzi. Just like what she said, she belongs to the Xiao family and will do anything beneficial to the Xiao family, even if it means sacrificing herself.

  Lin Wanrong felt a little pitiful for this young lady, thinking that she indeed had some spirit, but unfortunately her temper was not good. Otherwise, it would have been worth making friends with her. Actually, it couldn't be blamed on the young lady, who let him take advantage of her naivety at their first meeting and even got caught red-handed while taking the young master to a brothel? It was only natural that the young lady had a bad impression of him.

  "Actually, this joint venture thing is nothing more than two situations. One of them sounds good, it's called making money together. It would be great if everyone had such a selfless attitude, and I believe Tao Gongzi also promoted it to Xiaojie in the same way. However, he was so generous, giving 40% of the shares to the Xiao family, even if he wanted to curry favor with Miss Xiao, wasn't he afraid that another family would gossip? Moreover, what if the Xiao family took the 40% stake and you dumped him, Xiaojie?" Lin Wanrong analyzed calmly.

  "Let him off? What let him off?" The two women of the Xiao family asked in unison, puzzled.

  Lin Wanrong regretfully patted his forehead, and was about to become an honorable people's teacher once again.

  After finally explaining this "loanword" with great difficulty, Xiao Xiaojie's face turned red as she said: "What 'release a pigeon', why did you have to put it so crudely."

  Lin Wanrong's words led to her deep thought, and she was also a veteran of the storm. After thinking for a moment, she shook her head firmly: "Tao Dongcheng is not that kind of mind. Say another possibility."

  Lin Wanrong nodded in agreement: "Another possibility is that the joint venture is just a surface, but in reality it's actually a game of mergers and acquisitions."

  "Merger?" The young lady furrowed her brow, and Mrs. Xiao also sighed.

  "We've also considered this possibility." Xiao Sao said solemnly, "Actually, my mother and I have been worried about this issue all along, but we can't find the crux of the problem. He gave us so many dry shares, even if we don't do anything, we'll still get a 40% return every year."

  Lin Wanrong didn't answer her question and instead asked, "Miss, how do the three families allocate resources among yourselves? Or to put it simply, how do you cooperate with each other?"

  The young lady felt a bit strange, this housekeeper knew quite a lot of things. She answered honestly: "After the joint venture, my Xiao family is in charge of the fabric silk spinning factory, and the He family is in charge of transportation."

  Lin Wanrong sneered: "Is it the Tao family's responsibility to sell?"

  "How did you know?" Xiao Yu asked strangely: "After we unified the supply and transportation, it was operated by the Tao family. Then the dry shares were divided."

  Lin Wanrong shook his head with a bitter smile: "My elder sister, you've been fooled by others but still don't realize it. I'm afraid you've been cheated and sold out, yet you're still counting your silver tickets."

  Xiao Yu Ruo angrily said: "What do you mean by this?"

  Lin Wanrong didn't think much of it and smiled: "Young lady, what do you think is most important when doing business?"

  "Honest management." Xiao Yufeng replied without hesitation.

  "Miss, I'm asking what's the most important part of doing business or which department is the most crucial?" Lin Wanrong patiently guided her. In this era, there weren't many sales theories, and although Miss had been in business for many years, she had always relied on her own experience, so Lin Wanrong could only play the role of teacher once again.

  Xiao Yu Ruo seemed to have thought of something, her face turned pale, and she looked at Lin Wan Rong: "Your meaning is - management?"

  Xiao Xiaojie indeed has some talent. In this era, there was no marketing theory at all, and all the shops were still in spontaneous sales mode, let alone marketing. Sales have always been a neglected area, Xiao Xiaojie didn't have Lin Wanrong's profound theoretical knowledge, but she could think of this point, which is already quite difficult.

  "Not bad." Lin Wanrong said loudly: "It's just business, it's what we usually call sales. Xiao Xiaojie, you may not understand the power of marketing yet, to exaggerate a bit, as long as there is a good sales team, even if it's a pile of shit in a latrine, after packaging, I can sell it out."

  "Vulgar." Xiao Yu Ruo's face turned bright red as she glanced at him, her delicate nose humming out a sound. The thread of goodwill that had accumulated from his analysis disappeared instantly. Madam Xiao, who had been quietly listening to the two speak, also showed some signs of embarrassment.

  "Teach management rights to the Tao family? That's like teaching them your own life. Although Tao Dongcheng's business scale is large and expanding rapidly, it will be difficult to establish a complete marketing network in a short period of time. How can it compare to the Xia family's years of hard work? If the Tao family gains management rights, they can use the Xia family's resources to expand their own strength, even replace them. Once the joint venture is cancelled, the Xia family's marketing network will be abandoned. What do you have left to compete with the Tao family? I'm not scaring you, Miss, this joint venture strategy is like cutting off your own hands and feet, abandoning your own abilities, only leaving yourself vulnerable to being taken over!"

  "After analyzing for half a day, this sentence is the key point. Lin Wanrong took a few deep breaths and said to Xiaoyu: 'Spring Orchid, Spring Orchid, quickly bring some tea.'"

  He sat down carelessly and ordered the servant girl outside the house as if he didn't consider himself an outsider at all.

  The young lady's face turned pale, and Mrs. Xiao's face also looked somewhat unpleasant. If Lin San's analysis was correct, the Tao family's proposal for a joint venture clearly concealed ulterior motives, how could they not be worried?

  "Could it be that the Tao family really wants to swallow us up?" The young lady muttered to herself. She had no good feelings towards Young Master Tao, but she couldn't say she disliked him either. As both of them were in business, they had met many times before, yet she never thought he harbored such malicious intentions.

  "Of course, these are just my guesses, and the young lady and madam don't have to take it to heart. Who knows, maybe Mr. Tao really admires the young lady and is considering the Xiao family's interests." The words had already been spoken, and Lin Wanrong took advantage of the situation to pretend to be clever.

  The elder sister's face showed a determined look and she hummed: "No matter what his intentions are, we can't be bothered."

  She frowned and worriedly said: "But Tao Dongcheng's father, Tao Yu, is the Suzhou Weaving Factory Director. We can't afford to offend him easily."

  Xiao's wife also had a worried look, among the three of them, only Lin Wanrong was the most relaxed. As the saying goes, when something doesn't concern you, it's best to stay out of it and keep quiet. Moreover, since neither of the two women had asked for his opinion, he naturally thought it was better to keep his mouth shut.

  Xiao Yu Ruo glanced at the idle house servant, thinking to herself that this bad person indeed had some insight, the Tao family's tricks had even deceived her, but hadn't escaped his eyes.

  Xiao Yu Ruo thought of what Xiao Yu Xiang had said to Lin Wan Rong before she left, and opened her mouth to say: "Lin San, what do you think about this matter?" Although she didn't have a good impression of Lin San, this matter was related to the future of the Xiao family, and she didn't want to affect the great undertaking of the Xiao family because of her own emotions.

  Lin Wanrong smiled and said: "Young lady, I'm just a small person in the Xiao family, what right do I have to speak here in the council hall?"

  Xiao Sao glared at him fiercely, this wicked Ding, actually dared to be so presumptuous. Seeing that he was unwilling to answer her questions, Xiao Sao's temper flared up again. She snorted and gritted her teeth, saying: "Since you're not willing to speak, I won't make things difficult for you. What you said today can be considered a great merit for the Xiao family, so we'll just call it even. This matter of sneaking into the council chamber, I won't pursue it further either. You can go now."

  Lin Wanrong burst out laughing, bowed, and turned to leave with a flourish. Xiao Xiaojie snorted and said to Madam Xiao, "Mother, I think this Lin San is quite capable. He doesn't want to talk to me, what should we do?"

  Madam Xiao thought for a moment and said, "I've heard people say that Lin San is indeed talented. From what he just said, it seems he has experience in business and has a plan for this joint venture. If he can help the Xiao family, perhaps there's a way out."

  Xiao Sao clenched her silver teeth and said: "He likes to do evil the most, if it wasn't for his words making some sense today, I would never have spared him."

  Xiao's wife stared at her face and said: "Yu Ruo, is it because he did something that offended you?"

  "No, no." The young lady's face turned red as she hastily said, "How dare he provoke me? Mother, don't worry about it anymore."

  Xiao's wife sighed and said: "You're working so hard, painstakingly maintaining the Xiao family, I don't know when it will end. Yu Ruo, you've really suffered."

  The young lady's nose turned sour, and she thought of herself as a woman, busy running around outside every day. The bitterness in her heart can be imagined. She looked at her mother with determination, and a firm light flashed in her eyes: "Mother, rest assured, I won't let the Xiao family fall into my hands."