However, the facts proved that Liu Xiaofei, the top CEO, truly lived up to her reputation. She seemed to have a natural talent for business. With just this one brilliant idea, she made a staggering 5 billion yuan in a single day. This single sum was enough to make the entire group work hard for a whole day. Not to mention that after that day, this explosive sales momentum continued for a while. Although from the second day onwards, there were no more miracles of single-day sales exceeding 10 billion yuan, it was still almost double the usual average daily sales.
Moreover, even a month later, after the impact of this incident had completely subsided, the daily sales of Life Spring Health Sports Drink were still about 20% higher than before, and this sales performance has remained stable ever since.
This proves that Liu Xiaofei's brilliant idea not only led to a sales miracle for Zhou's Group's Life Spring beverage on that day, but also developed countless potential consumers.
Many people who never drink Life Spring beverage do so not because they think it tastes bad, but because they think it's too expensive and not worth it, so they never try it.
Once they were persuaded by online recommendations to buy a can to try it, they discovered that although it was more expensive than other drinks, it was definitely worth the price. They gradually accepted the drink and eventually became regular customers of Life Spring beverage.
For the Zhou Group, the most successful aspect of this online advertising campaign was the successful development of these potential consumers. As a result, the long-term benefits gained by the Zhou Group far exceed what a mere 5 billion can achieve.
Volume 2, The Assassin's Nightmare, Chapter 441: A Cover-Up
Masao Mita was severely injured; his entire arm was severed by more than a dozen consecutive slashes, which had a significant impact on his wound.
Moreover, the excessive bleeding from his wounds left him extremely weak, and if he did not receive timely treatment, he was in danger of dying at any moment.
However, this injury was of course no problem for Zhou Ziwei. In fact, if Zhou Ziwei wanted to save Mita Masao's arm, it would be a piece of cake. He could easily reattach the arm that Mita Masao had just cut off to his body.
In fact, this can be done in many large hospitals. However, even if the limb reattachment surgery is very successful in hospitals, the reattached limb will never be as flexible as before.
While it's not particularly difficult to reconnect muscles and bones in the human body, the tiny nerves hidden within the muscles and skin are something that even the most skilled neurosurgeon would find extremely difficult to perfectly reconnect a severed limb.
Zhou Ziwei was an expert in nerve reconnection. Even the tiny nerve lines that were invisible to the naked eye could be clearly seen under the scanning of Zhou Ziwei's soul power. Moreover, he could reconnect those severed nerve lines at the fastest speed through the connection of soul power.
If Zhou Ziwei wanted, he could even make Mita Masao's severed limb look exactly the same as before the injury after it was reattached, with no trace of it ever being cut off.
Since Masao Mita betrayed Zhou Ziwei, it was already an extraordinary act of mercy that Zhou Ziwei spared his life, so naturally he would not help him get his arm back.
Seeing that Masao Mita was on the verge of death, Zhou Ziwei still helped him treat his wounds a little. He infused a small wisp of soul power into the wounds, which quickly clotted and stopped the bleeding. However, Zhou Ziwei did not infuse any more soul power into the wounds to help them heal.
Let him raise it on his own at his own pace!
Then Zhou Ziwei slapped Mita Masao hard across the face, making the Japanese soldier scream and sit up abruptly from the bed.
The Japanese soldier was incredibly resilient. He looked down at his severed arm and saw that the bleeding had completely stopped without any medication or bandages. Masao Mita knew that this miraculous effect was likely due to Zhou Ziwei's personal intervention.
Since Zhou Ziwei was willing to save him, he probably wouldn't kill him anymore, which made Mita Masao breathe a long sigh of relief.
Turning his head, he saw Zhou Ziwei standing right in front of him. Terrified, Mita Masao trembled all over. He hurriedly jumped out of bed, ignoring his weakness, and knelt down again in front of Zhou Ziwei, crying and saying, "Master... Mita deserves to die. Please, Master, spare my dog's life, considering that the Mita family has helped the Zhou family in recent years!"
Zhou Ziwei snorted coldly and said, "I should have taken your dog's head off last time. This time... humph... if it weren't for the fact that you've done some good things in the past three years, do you think you'd still be alive? Alright... this matter ends here. You redeemed your life with your arm. However... if you dare to be disloyal again next time... then don't expect me to show mercy again. You should know... to me you're just a dog, and I can easily find a whole pack of dogs like you anywhere. So... don't think I can't live without you. Your Mita family is nothing to me either. If you fall into my hands again, I will not only kill you, but I will also wipe out your entire Mita family. At that time... you, Mita Masao, will be the eternal sinner of the Mita family."
"Yes... Mita understands. Mita will never dare to be disloyal again. He will always be loyal to his master and be his servant for life... no, he will be his dog for life!"
Before Zhou Ziwei, this powerful figure who held sway over both the legitimate and underworld circles in Japan was truly like a lowly dog, not even daring to look Zhou Ziwei in the eye. After expressing his determination, seeing that Zhou Ziwei was no longer paying attention to him, he hurriedly kowtowed again, then tremblingly retreated from the room, quietly slipping away alone through the back door of the Zhou Group...
After resolving the matter with Masao Mita, Zhou Ziwei called Wang Xuewei to a private lounge. He closed the door, gently put his arm around her slender waist, and carried her to the sofa. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "Xuewei… what are your opinions about your family's situation? Their treatment of you has truly disappointed me. However… no matter how wrong my father-in-law is, he is still your father. So… how to handle our relationship with them is up to you. I don't want you to be caught in the middle."
Wang Xuewei gratefully kissed Zhou Ziwei's cheek lightly, then sighed and said softly, "Since they have already turned me into a dead person, then... I am no longer a member of their Wang family. All kinship has been severed with the cancellation of my household registration. To them... I am now just a complete stranger. What you want to do is your business. You don't need to care about my feelings anymore."
Hearing Wang Xuewei's words, Zhou Ziwei breathed a sigh of relief, tightened his grip on her arm slightly, and smiled, saying, "Since that's the case, then I won't stand on ceremony. To be honest... I've long been quite disappointed in your family. Back then... weren't they the ones who instigated you to come and file for divorce? Hmph... In their eyes, apart from money, family ties are nothing but fleeting clouds. Since they don't value family ties, then we don't need to care about them either. Hmm... you should go back to the Zhou family compound and get some rest! Leave the rest to me."
After Zhou Ziwei finished speaking, he got up and called Luan Yuqing, asking her to arrange a driver and Yelü Xiaosu to escort Wang Xuewei back to the Zhou family compound to rest.
He immediately summoned the company's legal counsel, Attorney He. After discussing the matter, Attorney He, on behalf of Zhou Ziwei, issued a written notice to Wang Guohui and Wang Xuewei's brother, Wang Feng, informing them that a general shareholders' meeting would be held at 10:00 AM the next day in the conference room of Xinda Daily Chemicals.
Originally, Xinda Daily Chemicals had five shareholders: four from the Wang family, plus Zhou Ziwei who later contributed his technology as a shareholder.
However, now that Wang Xuewei's sister has hanged herself, and Wang Xuewei's household registration has been cancelled by Wang Guohui, she has become a legally recognized "dead person," so only three of the five shareholders remain.
Zhou Ziwei is determined to put in more effort and eventually turn the three shareholders into one.
Since Wang Xuewei was legally confirmed dead, her 9% stake in Xinda Daily Chemicals was split in two. One half was taken back by Wang Guohui, while the other half was temporarily registered under Zhou Ziwei's name.
Zhou Ziwei originally owned 49% of the shares, and with this additional 4.5%, he now holds a total of 50.5% of Xinda Daily Chemical's shares.
With more than half of the shares, Zhou Ziwei has become the largest shareholder of Xinda Daily Chemicals in reality, and has reached the level of absolute control. As such, he certainly has the right to convene a shareholders' meeting to decide on some matters related to the company's development.
When Zhou Ziwei signed the technology equity participation contract with Wang Guohui, he had clearly stated that he would not participate in the internal management affairs of Xinda Daily Chemicals. He only did so because of Wang Xuewei.
Otherwise, if he were to partner with someone else, even if Zhou Ziwei didn't want to worry about management matters, he would still have to achieve absolute control first.
Now... Zhou Ziwei naturally has nothing to worry about anymore.
It shouldn't be too difficult to get Wang Feng to give up his 9% stake. Zhou Ziwei is now the richest man in the country, and if he throws money at him, he can easily knock Wang Feng, his brother-in-law, unconscious.
However, Wang Guohui had devoted his entire life to Xinda Daily Chemicals, and it wouldn't be easy to get him to give up his shares. Although Wang Guohui was certainly a money-loving person, Zhou Ziwei felt that he hadn't reached the point where he would give up everything for money. If he were truly a miser, he wouldn't have given away a portion of his shares to his children when he was still young and strong.
It seems that Wang Guohui's subsequent actions of forcibly canceling his daughter's household registration in order to seize the shares in her hands are mostly related to his recently married wife from the island nation.
A woman from an island nation, could she possibly have some connection with that grandson of Masao Mita?
When Zhou Ziwei thought about the fact that Wang Guohui's wife was from Japan, he immediately realized the possibility. After all, if Masao Mita had such ulterior motives towards the Zhou Group, then Xinda Daily Chemicals, which had no background, would be even less likely to give up. So this possibility was very high.
Zhou Ziwei suddenly regretted only breaking one of Mita Masao's arms. Maybe it was really that bastard Mita Masao who instigated the cancellation of Wang Xuewei's household registration. If that were the case... breaking only one of his arms was too lenient on that guy.
Zhou Ziwei decided to confirm with Mita Masao later. Regardless of whether he was behind it or not, it seemed that the only way to get Wang Guohui to give up his shares was to start with that Japanese woman.
The reason Zhou Ziwei insisted on buying back all the shares of Xinda Daily Chemical was not because he wanted them himself, but because he wanted to give Xinda Daily Chemical to Wang Xuewei as a courtesy.
He knew that Wang Xuewei had deep feelings for Xinda Daily Chemicals. Letting Wang Xuewei manage the company herself would give her a place to rest her mind, so that she wouldn't always think about those inhuman beasts at home and secretly grieve.
After dealing with this matter, Zhou Ziwei waited at the company for a while until after get off work before driving back to the Zhou family compound with Liu Xiaofei and Zhou Zixu.
The car stopped in front of the Zhou family compound. Zhou Ziwei looked up and saw that the courtyard was basically the same as before he left, which gave him the illusion that he had only been gone for a few days.
Although the Zhou family has become very wealthy, practically the richest family in the country, there are still only the two brothers in the family. The large courtyard is enough for them to live in, so there is no need to expand it further.
It's really necessary to renovate the courtyard every now and then, since it hasn't been maintained for at least six or seven years! It just doesn't seem to match their family's economic status in the country... What do people earn money for? Of course, it's to spend it. If you earn so much money but can't bear to enjoy it, wouldn't it be better to work for someone else?
The electronic gate at the main entrance of the compound was slowly opening. Just as the driver was about to start the car and drive into the compound, a blonde beauty suddenly appeared from a corner next to the compound wall.
Upon seeing that the blonde beauty was none other than Anirias, Zhou Ziwei was slightly taken aback. He then realized that he had left the capital in such a hurry that he had left this woman behind. However... he hadn't expected that this woman wasn't stupid either. Instead of waiting idly in the capital, she somehow found the Zhou family compound even before him.
I don't know if it was because Anirias's original snake-like appearance was too offensive and indecent in a place like Zhongnanhai, so she was forced to change her clothes.
At this moment, Anirias no longer openly exposed her upper body, and the snake-scale-patterned tight-fitting long skirt on her lower body also disappeared. Now she was wearing a women's military uniform that looked like that worn by cultural troupe soldiers.
The uniform had no badges or ranks, but the style and fabric clearly indicated it was a genuine military product, completely different in quality from the various military items sold in so-called "military service shops" on the street.
The outfit Anirias was wearing was perhaps a little too small, as it didn't have the baggy feel of a military uniform at all. Instead, it clung tightly to her body, perfectly outlining her curves. Two buttons on the top were deliberately undone, revealing a large expanse of fair, smooth skin at the slightly open neckline. A deep and alluring cleavage was faintly visible, allowing Anirias to perfectly blend feminine grace with this military uniform that symbolized violence. The visual contrast made her beauty and allure even more stunning.
"Wow... uniform fetish!" Shin-chan, who hadn't shown his face for a long time, couldn't help but imitate a whistling sound in Zhou Ziwei's mind like a little hooligan when he saw Anirias, and then shouted excitedly.
Zhou Ziwei was immediately speechless. This guy... wasn't he just an independent soul entity formed from pure soul power? And the body it housed was nothing more than a chip the size of a fingernail. But for some reason, why did this guy always act like a little pervert? If he could actually help it find a suitable robot body after a while, then... he wondered if this audacious lecher would use its robot body to molest women?
Zhou Ziwei gave a wry smile. Instead of looking at the little Shin-chan who was calling out in his mind, he jumped out of the car and walked towards Anirias.
Upon seeing this, Anirias smiled broadly and said nothing. She also strode over, her long, slender legs tightly wrapped in military trousers and her large, plump buttocks swaying slightly.
Anirias's swaying wasn't actually that exaggerated, but for some reason, when she walked, from her chest to her waist, then to her hips and thighs, she gave people a feeling of being boneless. That slight swaying was like a beautiful snake slowly wriggling inside, making people feel thirsty without realizing it.
Zhou Ziwei believed that this must be the power of seduction techniques.
As far as Zhou Ziwei knew, once this art of seduction was mastered to its highest level, it could no longer be performed solely through eyes and voice.
A true master of seduction can exert an incredibly powerful allure on onlookers with every gesture, every step, even just gently touching a stray strand of hair by the ear.
Anirias's seductive arts may not have reached the legendary highest level, but they are not far off. At least, with just a few steps from her, Zhou Ziwei felt an uncontrollable fire burning within him, making him want to push this alluring woman to the ground and have sex with her immediately.
"You're back."
Zhou Ziwei swallowed hard, put on a sanctimonious air, and greeted her nonchalantly.
"Yes... Master... Please don't leave me behind again next time, okay?" Anerias looked at Zhou Ziwei with a resentful expression, like a wronged wife who had been taken advantage of and then abandoned. She walked over with a huff and a slender, boneless hand gently resting on Zhou Ziwei's shoulder.
Zhou Ziwei scratched his head awkwardly, and just as he was about to reply, he suddenly heard a cold, sour voice behind him say, "Ziwei, who is this pretty lady? Why don't you introduce her to us?"
Zhou Ziwei turned around and saw Liu Xiaofei staring at him with a fierce look in her eyes.
"Oh... her... she's a foreign friend we met on our way back to China... just a regular friend!" Zhou Ziwei was worried that Liu Xiaofei would misunderstand, so he quickly explained, but after he finished speaking, even he felt that he was trying to cover up something.
Volume 2 The Assassin's Nightmare Chapter 442 The Real and Fake Beauty Snake
Upon hearing Zhou Ziwei say that the woman was just an ordinary friend, Liu Xiaofei's eyes revealed a playful smile. She gently pursed her lips and said, "An ordinary friend? But... why did I just hear her call you master? Hmm... I didn't expect you to have such a beautiful maid... Hmm... Could she be a sex slave? Humph... You think I can't understand just because she's speaking English... Even though I went to police academy, I still passed the CET-6 (College English Test Band 6)!"
"Uh..." Zhou Ziwei was speechless for a moment, then remembered that Anirias had indeed addressed him as "master" earlier. He turned around, glaring at Anirias with exasperation, and hurriedly took a step back, freeing himself from the grasp of Anirias's delicate hand. Then he whispered to Liu Xiaofei, "This matter is a bit complicated, but I can assure you... my relationship with this woman is definitely not what you imagine... um... I'll explain the details to you slowly after we finish our business tonight, okay?"
Liu Xiaofei wasn't originally the jealous type. Since she was Zhou Ziwei's mistress, she naturally wouldn't care how many other women Zhou Ziwei had besides her. As long as Zhou Ziwei still cared about her, that was enough.
The reason she had put on such a accusatory act was just to scare Zhou Ziwei. Now that she saw Zhou Ziwei's sincere tone and his much warmer demeanor towards her than towards the blonde beauty, she felt a warmth in her heart.
However, upon hearing Zhou Ziwei's last sentence, she still asked with some doubt, "After finishing your business tonight? What business is it... You just came back from outside, you must get a good rest tonight, can't you take care of anything tomorrow?"
Zhou Ziwei touched his nose with a half-smile, leaned close to Liu Xiaofei's ear and whispered, "We've been apart for three years, don't you miss me? Well... tonight we should at least... you know what, right? These kinds of things are easier to do at night. Doing it in the daytime... I don't really mind, but I'm afraid you'll feel embarrassed!"
"Ah...you're so annoying..." Liu Xiaofei finally understood what Zhou Ziwei was talking about, and immediately blushed with embarrassment, reaching out her delicate hand to gently punch Zhou Ziwei's chest a few times.
"Um...you three can talk slowly, I'll go in first...Big Brother..." Zhou Zixu couldn't bear to watch any longer. Liu Xiaofei had been incredibly respected in the Zhou Group for the past three years, commanding even more awe from the employees than he, the acting chairman. Zhou Zixu was used to Liu Xiaofei's cool demeanor, and seeing her act like this in front of his brother was quite unacceptable to him. He decided to just leave and get out of there!
Liu Xiaofei put away her shy demeanor, walked over and shook hands with Anirias generously, then said in fluent English, "Welcome to Dangyang. My name is Liu Xiaofei, and I'm Ziwei's...woman. Since you're here, please come in and have a seat!"
“Okay... My name is Anirias, nice to meet you!” Anirias shook hands with Liu Xiaofei in a generous manner, and then the two walked side by side, smiling broadly, into the courtyard, leaving Zhou Ziwei, the main character, behind.
Zhou Ziwei shrugged helplessly, thinking: Going in for a chat... it probably won't be that easy! This woman is like a leech; even after I dumped her in the capital, she still came looking for me. I guess she's not planning to leave now that she's here. But that's fine too; I'm planning to copy the memories in her mind to learn more about the black market assassin network... I need to keep this woman by my side for at least two months.
"No, this woman isn't Anirias!"
Just as Zhou Ziwei was lost in thought, he suddenly heard Xiaoxin shouting in his mind.
"You're saying she's not Anirias?" Zhou Ziwei was taken aback. He looked at Anirias from behind a few more times, but couldn't see anything wrong with her. He even used his soul power to scan her, but found no signs of her changing her appearance. He couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Xiao Xin, I see nothing wrong with her. Why do you say she's fake?"
Shin-chan said, "Because I accidentally scanned the chip in her head just now and unexpectedly discovered that the chip... is no longer the one we saw last time. This chip is actually connected to the black network all the time. Do you think she is still the Anirias we saw last time?"
Zhou Ziwei paused for a moment, then suddenly realized and said, "Ah...so you mean...she...she's the other woman we saw in Anirias's memories who looks exactly like her...Anirias's twin sister?"
“Probably!” Shin-chan said, “This woman shows no signs of altering her appearance, and her demeanor and temperament are exactly the same as Anirias’s, so the possibility that the two are twin sisters is probably the highest.”
Zhou Ziwei narrowed his eyes slightly, and once again looked at the charming Anirias from behind. He whispered to Xiaoxin in his mind, "So those two sisters are both from the Black Market Assassin Network. Otherwise, she wouldn't have a chip in her head."
“Yes…” Xiaoxin said with some certainty, “I had some doubts before. Although Anerias’s seductive arts and heavenly voice are very powerful, it seems unlikely that she could rank ahead of the Insect King based on those alone. But now I understand. This beautiful snake is actually composed of two people, and they are twin sisters who look exactly alike and have the same temperament. One Anerias may be slightly inferior to the Insect King, but two Anerias combined… no wonder she can rank fourth among the world’s top ten assassins.”
Zhou Ziwei nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then decided that regardless of whether this woman was really Anirias or Anirias's sister, he had to deal with the chip in her brain first, and at least sever the connection between the chip and the black network, so that if this woman stayed by his side, his every move would be directly monitored by the Black God, which would definitely not be a good thing for him.
Zhou Ziwei led Anerias into the inner courtyard without making a sound, and then instructed the Zhou family's servants to arrange a spacious guest room for Anerias to stay there for the time being.
Liu Xiaofei pouted slightly, clearly unhappy that Zhou Ziwei had left the beautiful woman at home. However, Zhou Ziwei didn't have time to coax Liu Xiaofei at the moment; he was just thinking about how to resolve the matter discreetly.
Because Shin-chan had been scanning and monitoring the chip in the woman's head all this time, he discovered that the chip was constantly connected wirelessly to the Black Network. As long as the Black God was monitoring through the Black Network, he would know everything that was happening here. The chip was implanted in Anirias's head, and since the chip could copy the host's memories, it could also receive everything the host saw and heard through the host's brain. As long as the chip maintained a smooth connection with the Black Network, it could convert everything the host saw and heard into data and transmit it to the Black Network at any time. In this way, the person controlling the Black Network could see everything happening here in real time through Anirias.