The CEO's Substitute Wife Is A Genius-Chapter 351 What? Done by the Red Alliance?

"I..." Chen Anna lowered her head and bit her lip.

She nodded and stretched out her right hand.

At the same time, the drone’s footage was changing.

The man held a diamond ring and slowly pushed it onto the woman’s ring finger.

Chen Anna could feel the cold touch of the diamond ring wrapping around her finger.

At that moment, there was an indescribable feeling.

Her heartbeat accelerated, out of control.

At the same time, she could hear exclamations from both sides of the harbor below.

This romantic proposal was one exclusive to the wealthy, the domain of the rich.

And tonight’s leading lady, Chen Anna, had undoubtedly become the envy of every ordinary girl.

"Mrs. Hu, from now on, if you don’t leave, I won’t abandon, and if you leave, I’ll chase you for eight hundred miles!"

"Pfft." Chen Anna was amused by Hu Ming’s overly poetic words.

Because Hu Ming was an uneducated prodigal, rarely using such language.

She observed the diamond ring on her hand carefully, liking it more and more.

Her love for gems was undeniable, totally irresistible to a pink diamond necklace and a diamond as big as a pigeon’s egg.

"Speaking of which, we owe our thanks to Manman for making this happen," Chen Anna’s eyes glittered as she looked towards the fireworks still bursting in the air.

"If it wasn’t for her telling me that the earrings Xu Chengzhou gave were fake, I’d still be in the dark."

"Then why don’t we have Manman be our wedding witness?"

"Huh?"

"What ’huh’?"

"Get married... just like that?"

"You already agreed to the proposal, did you think I was playing house with you? Of course, we should strike while the iron is hot, otherwise what if you run away?"

Hu Ming said, stretching his arms to pull Chen Anna into his embrace.

Chen Anna felt extremely happy at that moment, smiling joyfully, "Then let’s get married, Hu Ming, I’ll marry you."

"Doesn’t sound very willing?"

"Not at all."

Chen Anna looked up, her eyes twinkling with stars.

"Oh right, what did Xu Chengzhou say earlier? Manman is ’W’?"

"Yes." Hu Ming furrowed his eyebrows, "Didn’t you say ’W’ is a high-ranking executive at Universal Records? Even the Chen Family can’t reach into Universal Records?"

"Right, Universal Records is entirely American-owned, doesn’t accept foreign capital, and foreigners can’t hold high positions in the company, you know, discrimination."

Chen Anna spoke quite vaguely.

Hu Ming understood—race, discrimination.

Even the country that boasts most about human rights faces severe discrimination issues.

Yet Manman managed to be an executive in such an environment and even held substantial authority, showing how capable she was.

"Your cousin is no ordinary person," Chen Anna’s gaze was intense, "Both our families are in the entertainment industry, maybe you’ll have to rely on her in the future."

...

"Achoo."

At this moment, far in the north of the city, Jiang Man sneezed.

Lu Xingzhou, having just showered, walked over wearing a deep V bathrobe.

"Are you cold?" he glanced out the window where snow was flying heavily.

"Not cold," replied Jiang Man flatly.

Lu Xingzhou, still concerned, picked up the remote to check that the heating was set right, then snuggled next to Jiang Man under the blanket.

"It’s late, let’s sleep."

Lu Xingzhou reached out to take Jiang Man’s phone.

Just then, his and Jiang Man’s phones reacted simultaneously.

One ding, one vibration.

Jiang Man snatched back her phone and glanced at the pop-up: "Message from the Harbor City family group."

After opening it, Lu Xingzhou leaned over, drawing his head close.

Hu Ming @Everyone, posted a photo.

The photo showed a hand-holding shot, the woman’s diamond ring very eye-catching.

Hu Ming: I successfully proposed!

At this hour, most of the elders were probably asleep, but the younger folks were still up. freёweɓnovel.com

The group instantly came alive.

Hu Hao was the first to react: Damn! Awesome! When’s the wedding feast?

Soon after, Hu Qingyu also posted two words: Very good.

Hu Qinglin: "After all these years, I finally did something serious!"

Hu Ming replied with a smiley face emoji, looking in a very good mood.

In the past, whenever Hu Qinglin teased him, he always retorted a bit.

Hu Ming: "Should I add Anna to the group?"

Hu Qingyu: "Sure."

Hu Qingyu was the eldest brother. With his approval, no one else dared to object.

Hu Ming: "Hey, what about the sister and brother-in-law?"

Hu Qinglin: "The couple is probably asleep. Do you think everyone is like you? Partying all night, never sleeping at night, never awake during the day?"

Hu Hao: "Second brother, that’s enough, really sharp-tongued."

Jiang Man: "Haven’t slept, we’re just watching the excitement."

Seeing the brothers about to start arguing, Jiang Man chimed in just in time.

Hu Ming: "Manman, you’ll be my witness at my wedding. I’ll tell you once we set the date."

Jiang Man: "I’m going to be the marriage witness?"

This was unexpected.

After all, she was the youngest in this family group chat.

Hu Ming: "If it weren’t for you, Anna and I would never have ended up together. You are our matchmaker, so naturally, you should be the one to do it."

Jiang Man furrowed her brows: "I have no experience."

Hu Ming: "It’s okay, practice makes perfect."

Then, he added Chen Anna to the group.

The group chat became lively for a while. Although the brothers usually didn’t get along and liked to argue, when Chen Anna joined, they suddenly became very harmonious and loving.

Lu Xingzhou watched the group chat quietly.

At that moment, ripples of emotion surged in his heart.

He envied Hu Ming, who shared a love-hate relationship with Chen Anna. They might not have gotten along before, but when they truly came together, it was with great fanfare, known throughout the city.

He was waiting, waiting for the day when he could also declare to the world, openly about his relationship with Jiang Man.

...

The next day.

Nothing was out of the ordinary.

Jiang Man slept until she naturally woke up and then had breakfast with Lu Xingzhou.

The usually quiet morning was shattered by a deafening ringtone.

Lu Xingzhou glanced at his phone, his eyebrows deeply furrowed.

He answered the call and immediately spoke with the person on the other end in Arabic.

Jiang Man subtly listened to his words.

She swore she had no habit of eavesdropping on phone calls.

Lu Xingzhou wasn’t hiding it from her, and she just so happened to know several languages.

Although she couldn’t hear what the person on the other end said, from Lu Xingzhou’s responses, Jiang Man could guess what was happening.

Lu Corporation had made a new energy vehicle futures transaction with the Middle East.

Lu Corporation initially planned to short sell, meaning they signed a purchase contract when the price of the new energy vehicles was at its peak.

The buyer agreed to buy about one million cars at an average price of 200,000 RMB per car, with delivery scheduled for one year later.

However, during this year, the price of new energy vehicles continued to drop, falling to 100,000 RMB per car now.

With the contract still in effect, the buyer still had to purchase at 200,000 RMB per car, creating a loss of 100,000 RMB for each car even before receiving them.

Undoubtedly, Lu Corporation had won big in this futures trade.

But the most critical part of the futures trade emerged—if the seller couldn’t deliver on time, they must pay ten times compensation.

According to Lu Xingzhou, the frame of the new energy vehicles was produced in a neighboring country of the buyer, in factories.

The core batteries were produced domestically and were supposed to be shipped through cargo to the Arabian Gulf. During the transportation, the cargo ship lost contact and was suspected to have been hijacked by pirates.

For safety, they originally planned to transport half of the batteries first, equating to 500,000 units.

The remaining 500,000 units were to be shipped only after the first half was successfully transported.

500,000 units of batteries were equivalent to 500,000 new energy vehicles.

At a price of 200,000 RMB per car, this was also 10 billion RMB.

Ten times the compensation would therefore be a billion RMB.

According to the original plan of short selling, with a profit difference of 100,000 RMB per car for one million cars, this would equal 100 million RMB.

million RMB minus 1 billion RMB equals a net loss of 900 million RMB.

The products were produced, and money was paid, resulting in a huge financial loss!

"What did you say? It was done by the Red Union?" Lu Xingzhou suddenly raised his voice.