Gu Yuan’s refusal had left Emma in a predicament. The foreign executive had not expected her direct superior to allow personal sentiments to influence commercial decisions. With the partnership with Yanshengtang falling through, the Zai Shui Yi Fang project was forced to open up for external bidding.
The moment the news was announced, the business world’s prominent women swung into action. The Qian sisters, Qian Ruixue and Qian Luoyao, along with Lin Xiangyu, all entered the fray. More surprisingly, Zhang Qianmei also joined the competition. As the eldest daughter of the Zhang Family, she was Qian Yun’s fiancée; her appearance suddenly complicated the situation. The Zhang Family, a powerhouse among the Four Great Families of Yunhai that specialized in high-end women’s luxury goods, had started as a textile mill in the Republican era. Today, they operated in clothing, luggage, and cosmetics, and even ran pharmacies in neighboring cities that specialized in Jiutian Group products. Their marriage alliance with the Qian Family added a layer of family power dynamics to the competition.
For the Qian sisters, this bidding meeting was of critical importance. They knew all too well that the family’s primary business, the food industry, had entered a cutthroat "red ocean" market. Their grandfather, Qian Rushan, often lamented that the business of their ancestral rice shop was going from bad to worse. Qian Ruixue, educated in modern business, understood that the success of the Naoqing…
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