Starting as the President of a Billionaire Group Chapter 1303 - 1278: This Was All Part of My Plan

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Among these people, there were also those who knew the conflict between Zhou Jian and Ye Chen, clearly indicating that Zhou Jian was targeting Ye Chen, seizing the opportunity to embarrass him.

However, Ye Chen’s purchase of the unfinished building for 1.1 billion was indeed a perfect chance for Zhou Jian to catch hold of Ye Chen’s faults.

Apart from Zhou Jian continuously mocking Ye Chen, the crowd also remained silent.

Those who originally admired Ye Chen as an investment genius shook their heads and left Ye Chen’s side, certain that Ye Chen’s investment would fail this time.

Most of them thought that Ye Chen was not being modest earlier, it was just sheer luck.

Seeing this, Zhou Jian felt a surge of satisfaction in his heart, thinking, Ye Chen, see this? This is what happens when you provoke me. Now you know my prowess.

Su Wanyi also felt extremely angry seeing this, those people were just praising Ye Chen earlier, and now they show such an ugly face.

"Ye Chen, don’t let what these people say affect you," Su Wanyi comforted Ye Chen with a gentle push.

"Wanyi, I’m fine," Ye Chen replied with a smile.

"Ye Chen, how does it feel to be praised sky-high and then slammed to the ground?" Zhou Jian taunted.

Ye Chen ignored the man in front of him, considering him an idiot.

Zhou Jian thought Ye Chen’s silence was due to anger, laughing even more openly.

Just as he was feeling smug, a balding man suddenly exclaimed, "Everyone, look at your phones."

The crowd didn’t understand what the man meant, but they followed his instruction and took out their phones to look through them.

Zhou Jian did the same, curious about what might be on the phone.

Su Wanyi also curiously took out her phone and browsed through it.

But Ye Chen didn’t; he wasn’t interested in any of this.

When everyone looked at their phones, their faces showed expressions of surprise, as they clearly saw a striking headline on the news: "Government to invest heavily to develop certain areas into Modu CBD."

Below the headline were texts and videos, and the crowd watched the content closely, their eyes filled with shock, then turned to look at Ye Chen.

Because the area where Ye Chen had bought the unfinished building was within the development area.

Ye Chen didn’t understand why everyone looked at him with such shocked expressions; he glanced at the content on Su Wanyi’s phone and immediately understood.

Even Ye Chen found it somewhat unbelievable that right after he bought the unfinished building, the government planned to redevelop the region.

It seems this divine-level investment skill is truly not deceptive; any investment made with it yields huge profits.

"Ye Chen, you’re incredible! I was worried for you before," Su Wanyi looked at Ye Chen with a face full of admiration.

From the news, she saw that the area would be developed by the government to include schools, hospitals, subways, buses, and most importantly, shopping malls. With these facilities, people’s lives would be much more convenient.

Looking across a certain area in Modu, there’s really no place covering as much as this region.

The people who had just left returned to Ye Chen’s side, realizing their previous actions were inappropriate, having snubbed someone with such investment acumen and insider information was indeed a short-sighted move.

These business circle veterans were able to conclude that the reason Ye Chen spent a billion on that unfinished building was because he knew inside information. Building a connection with someone like him would bring significant benefits in the future, so how could they pass up such a great opportunity?

Their admiration for Ye Chen deepened even more than before.

Tian Kun, having seen Zhou Jian’s smug face just now, hurriedly came to curry favor and helped Zhou Jian taunt Ye Chen: "Ye Chen, right? I heard rumors before saying you were an investment prodigy, but it seems you’re not that great, huh? Spending a billion on an unfinished building, you should learn from Young Master Zhou."

Ye Chen didn’t respond to Tian Kun, nor did he even glance at him; he knew that this Tian Kun was Zhou Jian’s follower, helping him vent his anger.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jian’s face turned somewhat unpleasant, never dreaming things would turn out this way.

He looked at Tian Kun with a cold voice, "Tian Kun, shut up."

At this moment, Zhou Jian not only hated Ye Chen but hated Tian Kun even more.

If it weren’t for him giving this information, Zhou Jian would not have been embarrassed in front of everyone.

Tian Kun didn’t understand why Zhou Jian was treating him like this; he clearly helped Zhou Jian tremendously, yet received no reward or praise, only his fierce attitude.

"Young Master Zhou, what’s wrong?" Tian Kun asked in confusion.

Zhou Jian ignored Tian Kun, at this moment he even had the urge to kill this guy.

Just then, everyone gathered around Ye Chen again, praising him enthusiastically.

"Mr. Ye, you’re truly amazing, this time you’ve made a hefty profit again."

"Boss Ye, can I also participate in this project and share some benefits?"

"Boss Ye, you are truly a genius in the business world; every investment is so precise, impressive!"

Ye Chen listened to their praise and just smiled slightly.

Tian Kun, however, widened his eyes in surprise, unable to understand why, despite Ye Chen’s investment failure, people would still praise and compliment him, even wanting to join him in losing money.

Just then, he also noticed the message pop-up on the phone, displaying an even more surprised look on his face.

"How could this be, how could things turn out like this?" Tian Kun muttered to himself.

He finally understood why Zhou Jian treated him unfavorably; not only did it not make Ye Chen embarrassed but it slapped Zhou Jian hard instead.

Tian Kun knew this time Zhou Jian definitely wouldn’t keep him, showing an innocent expression, he said to Zhou Jian: "Young Master Zhou, I really didn’t know things would turn out like this."

Seeing the crowd’s growing admiration for Ye Chen, hearing Tian Kun’s brainless remarks, Zhou Jian could no longer contain his emotions.

The burning anger in his heart made him disregard the image of the Zhou family’s eldest son and the family’s dignity.

In front of everyone, he grabbed Tian Kun’s collar and said: "You brat are with Ye Chen, right? Just to embarrass me publicly and let others mock me, right?"

Zhou Jian had lost his rationality, becoming somewhat confused.

Before Tian Kun could answer, Ye Chen said with a smile: "Young Master Zhou, you guessed right; this is all planned by Tian Kun and me, just to see you like this."

"No, it’s not like that, Young Master Zhou, you have to believe me, I don’t even know this person," Tian Kun’s face turned flustered, waving his hands.

Not willing to listen to him, Zhou Jian swung a punch at Tian Kun’s face.

With one punch, Tian Kun saw stars, his nose kept dripping with blood.