My System Forces Me to Live off Women

Chapter 276 241: Division, Disintegration, Together

Before Wu Wenyue returned, Huang Tianxuan explained the purpose of her visit. It was naturally not as Li Peifeng imagined, a fanciful rendezvous with Xu Manning, but rather a discussion on collaboration with Sen Meng behind Xu Manning.

"Hezhi Pharmaceutical wants to customize a batch of new dust-proof workwear and casual clothes, involving approximately five thousand six hundred employees, with two sets each for spring and autumn, plus disposable lab workwear, totaling over forty thousand outfits. It's quite a substantial order."

"Previously, Hezhi had a long-term partnership with a clothing factory in Hangzhou. But recently, an anti-corruption investigation was conducted internally, and the board discovered considerable conflicts of interest between the procurement staff and the factory, with questionable quality in the clothing. So, they want to switch to another company. As it happens, Manning's family is also in the clothing business, so I wanted to discuss with her the possibility of collaboration."

"Is that all?"

"What else did you think?"

Li Peifeng expressed disappointment. He genuinely hoped that Xu Manning and Huang Tianxuan had some kind of extraordinary relationship. Ideally, he'd burst in to find them in the living room engaging in some scandalous act, prompting him in a fit of rage to join in, declaring, 'Stop, let me join too,' bringing chaos to Huang Tianxuan and Xu Manning.

All three engaged in a lively scuffle, with Wu Wenyue returning home after work to break it up, but in her fury, unable to match six hands, she got subdued underneath, as the four had a topsy-turvy, complex exchange...

"What kind of daydreams are you having?" Huang Tianxuan chuckled, freeing herself from his grasp and sat on the sofa.

"Three hundred and fifty thousand."

Xu Manning, ignoring Li Peifeng's presence, took out her phone for a glance and spoke to Huang Tianxuan: "That's the preliminary estimated cost price. Any lower and we'll lose money. The workwear follows your specified material, while the casual clothes use cheaper, durable fabric. If you want the casual clothes to look better and be more comfortable, the price will increase but won't exceed four hundred thousand."

"What materials are there?"

"Tomorrow... Tomorrow, I need to shoot an ad with Yueyue. If you're available the day after, I'll have someone pick you up to visit the factory. Once the materials are chosen and styles confirmed, we can produce some sample garments on the same day."

Huang Tianxuan nodded: "I'll have my assistant check it out. But your quote to me? Isn't three hundred fifty thousand your cost?"

"Not lower than the cost; we'll discuss specific figures after you've selected the materials."

Xu Manning paused, then laughed: "Your previous factory partners were truly shady. For bulk custom workwear orders like these, clothing factories earn just around ten percent profit. Yet you agreed to a price of six hundred eighty thousand, which is ridiculous. Is it that the bigger the company, the more common such issues are?"

"Exactly."

Huang Tianxuan sighed in slight helplessness: "And it's not just clothing. There's always something fishy with computers, printers, paper, pens, desks, chairs, and other office supplies. Quotes for everything are, on average, twenty percent above market prices, with substandard quality."

"There's a furniture factory that, through insider connections, has only taken Hezhi orders for five years, and the boss has profited immensely. Plus, some small computer or equipment repair shops are set up entirely by relatives of Hezhi's employees, surviving on doing business with Hezhi. Over the years, due to such problems, who knows how much Hezhi has lost, surely forty to fifty million."

Xu Manning frowned: "Actually, Sen Meng has similar issues. When I first joined the company a few years ago and took over the finance department, I discovered this situation, mostly involving relatives of executives. Though my mom knew it well, since it involved relatives, she was reluctant to act directly and wanted to use me to investigate. In two months, I got rid of them..."

It seemed the two girls were indeed discussing serious business, and surprisingly, their relationship appeared quite amicable?

Li Peifeng was somewhat bewildered. He remembered the fierce pillow fight between them a few days ago.

Now they each seemed unaffected, sitting down to discuss collaboration for mutual benefit.

Is it that, as capitalists, one must disregard personal feelings?

Such rationality and cold-bloodedness, unlike me, warm and passionate!

"Click~"

The security door opened, Wu Wenyue entered, glanced at the situation in the living room, and finally raised an eyebrow at Li Peifeng: "What's going on?"

"A misunderstanding," Li Peifeng scratched his head, "You can head back."

Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding?

Wu Wenyue turned to the two women, speaking subtly: "Sister Xuan, what brings you here?"

Xu Manning spoke first: "About twenty minutes ago, you were working, so I didn't tell you..."

She briefly explained Huang Tianxuan's intention and then glanced at Li Peifeng: "Did you invite this brain-dead rumor-monger to our home? My suggestion is to kick him out!"

Understanding the situation, Wu Wenyue also glared at Li Peifeng, grumbled: "Do you find it amusing to joke around? I was in a meeting, but you called me over."

Li Peifeng, with an apologetic look: "Still in the meeting? I'll join you."

"No need, it's mostly done, I've already let them leave for the day."

Seeing her move to sit beside the two women, Li Peifeng said 'Come with me,' pulling Wu Wenyue towards the master bedroom.

"I needed to talk to you anyway."

Wu Wenyue didn't resist much, and after reaching the master bedroom, she showed her phone to Li Peifeng.

"There are nine potential collaborations offering the most money. I dismissed three fashion-related ones because Manning is in the same industry. The remaining are two cosmetics, one athletic shoe, one web game, one sports equipment, and one software dating."