Taking advantage of the beauty being poor, fooling her into being my girlfriend

The message had come from a group chat named “Tranquility and Distance.”

Hmm, such a profound group name, must have been Jack Ma’s idea.

The group itself was created by Jiang Xu.

The members were few, all top tycoons from the domestic market.

Two Ma’s, Old Liu, Old Zhou, and so on, with Jiang Xu included, there were no more than ten people in total.

Upon opening the chat, he saw that Jack Ma had @’ed him.

[Hehe, have a look at something good, Ali 77’s financial statement for this year]

There was an image attached as well.

Jiang Xu clicked on it to take a closer look.

Ali 77’s total revenue for last year was 160 billion, with a net profit of 26 billion.

Several of the tycoons in the group sent their congratulations.

“Congratulations, such impressive results.”

“Ali 77 has been established for less than ten years and to have such achievements, its future is limitless.”

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Jack Ma: Hehe, it’s alright, these results are just so-so.

Then Jack Ma @’ed Jiang Xu again: Ah, I made so much money by accident, feels a bit troublesome, don’t know how to spend it.

“…” Jiang Xu curled his lips.

This Old Ma, wasn’t subtle about bragging at all.

Seeing this, another President Ma couldn’t hold back, and after @’ing Jiang Xu, he too posted an image.

Tencent’s total revenue for last year was 220 billion, with a net profit of 39 billion.

President Ma: @Jiang Xu: Last year’s results were also decent, Mr. Jiang, with some effort, you can eventually reach this level too.

Jiang Xu: “???”

Thanks a bunch, really.

Following that, the other few business magnates in the group also began showing off their groups’ total revenues and net profits from the past year.

All very remarkable.

In the whole group, only Jiang Xu hadn’t published his.

President Ma: Mr. Jiang, why don’t you show us your group’s report card?

Jack Ma: Nuomi Group may not have been around for long, but I estimate its net profit must also be over 10 billion.

Old Liu: It should be, Mr. Jiang, don’t be shy, it’s understandable if Nuomi Group’s net profit isn’t as much as ours because it’s newer.

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Hangcheng.

Jack Ma sat in his office, grinning while looking at the chat.

That’s right, he was showing off, flaunting his success to Jiang Xu.

Last year, Jiang Xu had stolen ninety percent of the spotlight in the internet world.

This made Jack Ma considerably annoyed.

Now that he had the chance, of course, he’d want to suppress Jiang Xu’s momentum.

“Ah,” Jack Ma sighed. “The potential of Nuomi Group can’t be underestimated, but after all, it’s still growing.

I guess that a net profit of 10 to 12 billion would be quite astonishing already.”

He was already giving a very high estimate.

The other business magnates essentially harbored similar thoughts.

In the past year, the lion’s share of the limelight had been hogged by Jiang Xu and Nuomi Group.

The most direct consequence was that their own groups were all ranked below Nuomi Group by the major investment agencies.

Jiang Xu, looking at these comments in the chat, curled the corners of his mouth.

He replied: This… isn’t it inappropriate? I’m afraid if I post the financial statement, you won’t be able to eat dinner.

He swore, he meant those words from the bottom of his heart.

But in the eyes of these business tycoons, that was just Jiang Xu being sheepish.

President Ma: It’s fine, I’ve been dieting lately, just post it.

Jack Ma: Mr. Jiang and Nuomi Group are young, surpassing us is only a matter of time.

Old Liu: Exactly, let’s take a look at Nuomi Group’s strength.

“Sigh!”

Jiang Xu let out a sigh.

These cunning tycoons, they were actually quite nice.

Each one of them offering their face up for him to slap.

Jiang Xu felt it would be rude not to oblige them.

However, in order not to affect the camaraderie, Jiang Xu asked again, are you sure you want me to post it?

All nine people in the group replied with the four words ‘you must post it.’

Since they insisted so much, Jiang Xu wasn’t going to be polite about it either.

He quietly pasted the total revenue and net profit of the group for the past year.

Fifty-six trillion and seven hundred billion in total revenue, with one trillion and eighty billion in net profit!

These two figures were like two giant suns.

When they appeared in the group chat, they shone so brightly that all nine members instinctively closed their eyes.

They vigorously shook their heads, then opened their eyes again.

There was no blurriness.

Indeed, it was over five hundred billion in total revenue and over one hundred billion in net profit.

President Ma: ???

Jack Ma: ???

Old Liu: ???

Mr. Zhou: ???

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Jiang Xu saw that all nine people in the group had simultaneously sent question marks and the corners of his lips slightly curved upwards.

Jiang Xu: Sigh, this year’s net profit growth didn’t meet expectations, it’s kind of annoying.

Show off? As if nobody else could do it.

President Ma: Are you sure these figures aren’t fabricated?

Jack Ma: I don’t believe it!

Old Liu: Your figures are a bit excessive, haha, please tell me they’re fake.

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The nine business tycoons in the group were unsettled.

They had thought that among them, Jiang Xu had the least solid foundation.

Even with boundless potential, as things stood, there was no way he could compare with them.

But the image Jiang Xu posted had them utterly dumbfounded.

Jiang Xu: How could these figures be made up? Later, you can check how much tax Nuomi Group paid to see for yourself.

With that said, no one doubted the authenticity of these figures anymore.

The next second…

[President Ma has left the group chat]

[Jack Ma has left the group chat]

[Old Liu has left the group chat]

[Mr. Zhou has left the group chat]

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In the blink of an eye, only Jiang Xu was left in the group.

Jiang Xu: “???”

He was somewhat at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Come on, they’re all grown-ups, how can they not handle a little setback?

Jiang Xu added each of them back to the group.

President Ma: Cough, cough, the weather is nice today, isn’t it?

Jack Ma @Old Liu: Shall we go play golf later?

Old Liu: Sure, bring your secretary along, hehehe.

Jack Ma: My secretary’s a guy.

Old Liu: I know.

Jack Ma: ???

Jiang Xu: ???

President Ma: ???

The group chat was fervently buzzing.

But no one mentioned the financial statement anymore.

Damn it.

A miscalculation, it was a serious miscalculation.

So they will absolutely not let Jiang Xu show off again.

However, Jiang Xu was starting to get addicted.

You all ‘provoked’ me first, now you want to just gloss over it so easily. It won’t be that simple.

I haven’t had my fill of fun yet.

So Jiang Xu added another line to the group chat: How about we all announce last year’s financial statement together tonight?

Let the netizens and investors see the potential and strength of our groups, what do you think?

[President Ma has left the group chat]

[Jack Ma has left the group chat]

[Old Liu has left the group chat]

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Jiang Xu: “…”

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