The School Beauty's Super Rogue-Chapter 1088 - 1084: Bad News

Yue Le’s food processing area.

The company’s manager is named Gongsun Guang, an elderly man over fifty.

Morning.

Gongsun Guang, as usual, patrolled the factory.

He was an anomaly in the Gongsun Family; even at his age, he did not want to retire and laze about.

Instead, he enjoyed the state of struggle in his work.

In his own words: "Only when I am at work do I feel that I am truly alive."

Surveying his territory, Gongsun Guang felt happy for being able to live happily.

All around were large machines manufacturing drinks. Conveyor belts, iron works, processing facilities...

All the equipment was the latest machines from Germany.

In the raw materials area, piles of fresh fruits of various kinds lay there.

Gongsun Guang inspected everything, confirmed that no link had any problems, and was ready to lock up and leave.

Suddenly, he heard a sound, like the sound of fire scorching.

Immediately following, an indescribable smell wafted over.

Various chemicals mixed together.

Heat waves came from behind, and Gongsun Guang turned around, his face full of terror.

He saw fire, endless fire.

The fire invaded the raw materials area, burning the fresh fruits to ashes.

Due to the large fire, the enormous machines were also charred black.

"What is happening!"

Gongsun Guang cried out in a heart-wrenching wail, as though his heart was bleeding. Everything in the factory was the result of his painstaking efforts.

And now, all gone in a single fire?

No time to figure out the reason, the flames rushed toward him, and Gongsun Hu smelled meat aroma.

The scorching pain woke him up - he was on fire!

...

As with the food factory and ironworks.

On the same day, multiple industries of the Gongsun Family experienced baffling changes.

The courier company had all its couriers jump ship, the retail company’s supply channels faced crises.

The entertainment nightclub was disrupted by hooligans causing trouble; the invested livestock farms saw several patriarchs died overnight. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Even if the Gongsun Family was foolish, they could see their industries were being targeted.

For the Gongsun Family, real estate and stocks were the core.

Other industries were relatively insignificant, having no major impact on the family’s foundation.

However, if all these diverse industries were affected at once, it’s a different matter.

In terms of loss, the Gongsun Family had already lost a big slice of the cake.

To deal with this unknown crisis, the Gongsun Family convened an emergency meeting.

Night.

Still that courtyard.

All Gongsun Family power holders gathered.

The atmosphere was extremely heavy, even a smell of petroleum jelly lingered in the air.

In the elder’s area, there was a special presence.

This elder had thick bandages wrapped around his arms, with some exposed muscles showing signs of being scorched.

He was Gongsun Guang, who escaped the fire.

"An explanation, I need an explanation!"

Gongsun Guang roared like an angry lion.

The elders were united in silence.

An explanation, the matter itself was unclear.

How to give you an explanation?

After a long silence, Gongsun Hong solemnly said, "This is undoubtedly a premeditated conspiracy."

No one spoke, everyone silently agreed.

In one day, many Gongsun Family industries were attacked.

If it’s said there was no premeditation, surely no one would believe it.

"So, who is the mastermind behind it?" An elder tried to elicit discussion.

Soon someone stood up: "I think it’s the Situ Family."

"Oh?" Gongsun Hong gestured for him to continue.

The person said: "Nowadays, among the seven big families, only the Gongsun Family and the Situ Family have real freedom and power. I think only they have a strong desire to destroy us."

Gongsun Hong nodded with an expressionless face, then another elder said: "I think it’s Qin Hao!"

"Qin Hao?" Gongsun Rui, who was in charge of the steel factory, showed scorn: "That guy has been a coward for so long, suddenly acting to destroy our business?"

"I don’t believe he has that capability."

Gongsun Guang, however, said: "I believe it. From various intelligence, Qin Hao is skilled at using cunning strategies. This incident might really be planned by him."

Few enemies were clear to the Gongsun Family.

Basically only the Situ Family and Qin Hao.

So the answer was essentially a choice between two.

Some elders picked the Situ Family, while others chose Qin Hao.

The two factions argued vehemently, engaged in constant discussion and debate.

Young people who were usually full of zest appeared exceptionally silent.

After stopping the uproar between the two factions, Gongsun Hong asked Gongsun Hu: "Xiao Hu, what do you think?"

Gongsun Hu remained indifferent: "I think, both sides are possible."

With this statement, the elders were taken aback.

This reasoning is not without possibility!

Imagine the Situ Family, as a family without ambition.

But for them, ambition only existed in confronting the Gongsun Family.

The reason traces back many years.

In short, the two families have a great hatred. The Situ Family uniting with Qin Hao is not impossible.

"I agree." At this point, Gongsun Rou spoke seriously: "A single Situ Family doesn’t have such capability. Otherwise, they would have acted long ago, no need to wait until now."

Gongsun Qiang stood up: "I’ve heard the Situ Family has gathered intelligence on many of our industries, while Qin Hao is a figure akin to a Wise One. Perhaps this action was commanded by Qin Hao, with the Situ Family participating."

The young generation’s words gave more weight to the elders’ minds.

They had to admit the three’s words were highly convincing, completely reasonable and well-founded.

Even without sufficient evidence, the elders had to start thinking along those lines.

Qin Hao, Situ Family, maybe they really united.

Gongsun Hong fell into prolonged silence.

As time passed, his expression darkened. If the two major enemies united, the Gongsun Family’s situation wouldn’t be good.

After all, both sides were hard bones to chew, combined it’s far from a simple one plus one equals two.

So, what should be done?

No matter how Gongsun Hong racked his brains, he couldn’t figure out a very appropriate solution.

At this moment, Gongsun Hu spoke again: "There’s another matter to report, recently the stock market is experiencing numerous fluctuations, signs of an impending bear market. I’ve received numerous reports and decided to adopt a wait-and-see strategy."

Choosing to wait and see meant choosing not to act.

No action equated to not making money.

Gongsun Hu’s words undoubtedly added fuel to the fire for the company.

No one pressured him to enter the market and make money.

Everyone understood that Gongsun Hu was a stock market genius, and if even he had no confidence in making money, then it was truly impossible to earn any.

With enemy alliances and stock market fluctuations, for the Gongsun Family, today’s bad news is somewhat overwhelming.

But unexpectedly, Gongsun Rou brought more bad news.