She transmigrated into a widow and farmed to raise vests.

Qin Yu didn't know why Lin Jingui had such thoughts.

They even thought that someone was giving him advice and strategies.

It's amazing that they could come up with such a solution.

But where does his confidence come from?

Lin Jingui lacked confidence; how could he dare to do such a thing?

"Confidence?" Lin Jingui laughed.

"What do I, Lin Jingui, need others to give me confidence for anything?"

As if remembering something, he looked at Xu Shaoting with a mocking expression.

"You don't think I'm afraid of just because of a woman, do you?"

Lin Jingui was referring to Qin Yu.

"Xu Shaoting, you're a coward too. You can't keep hiding behind women forever, can you?"

"She hasn't shown up for the past few days, do you think I don't know?"

Lin Jingui poked Xu Shaoting's chest with his finger.

There are threats inside and outside the words.

Xu Shaoting glanced at Qin Yu standing beside him.

These past few days, Qin Yu has been busy with chamber of commerce affairs, leaving early and returning late.

It's normal not to see anyone.

I just didn't expect Lin Jingui to be so certain.

Qin Yu nodded silently, only able to say that his disguise had prevented him from being recognized.

"Young Master Lin, since you insist on doing this, I naturally won't stop you!"

Xu Shaoting smiled meaningfully.

He turned around and sat down.

The shopkeepers were somewhat bewildered by Xu Shaoting's attitude.

Clearly, they did not approve of Lin Jingui's actions.

With a temperament like that, getting goods from him would likely be frustrating.

"President Xu..."

"Young Master Xu, you can't just abandon us!"

Xu Shaoting reached out to stop them, giving them a look that said, "Take it easy."

"Since Young Master Lin wants to do it this way, what difference does it make who I, Xu Shaoting, do business with? Naturally, I'll sell to whoever pays me!"

Lin Jingui glanced at him with disdain upon hearing this.

Sure enough, without Qin Yu, Xu Shaoting is useless.

Before he could even happily discuss cooperation, Xu Shaoting spoke again.

"only......"

"Just what?"

"However, I have signed contracts with these employers. I promised to supply them with goods, and now that I am unilaterally breaching the contract, I naturally have to compensate you all!"

"I know that Young Master Lin's family is very wealthy, and I was originally aiming to make money by increasing sales."

"Now that Young Master Lin wants to acquire all the sales rights, he will naturally have to pay a penalty for breach of contract."

"I did not unilaterally breach the contract. Young Master Lin forced me to breach the contract, and I had no choice. Naturally, Young Master Lin should pay the penalty for breach of contract!"

"Liquidated damages?"

Lin Jingui was taken aback. He wondered why Lin Jingui was so easy to talk to. So that's what he was waiting for!

He naturally scorned it; it was just money, he had plenty of that!

How much compensation will be paid?

"Oh, no overcharging. I've signed contracts with four companies right now, and I'll pay each one two thousand taels of silver! The smaller ones will be paid separately!"

"What?" Lin Jingui was clearly startled when he heard the amount.

However, he quickly realized that Xu Shaoting was just trying to scare him.

"Xu Shaoting, do you think I'm three years old? What's the price of this thing? You're losing so much money, you're practically bankrupt!"

“Young Master Lin, of course I know that, because I know that each serving of braised ingredients costs less than one tael of silver. But if I don’t set a higher price, and they change their minds halfway through, wouldn’t I be at a loss?”

"Besides, this contract is between the two parties. I am forced to breach the contract and have to pay compensation. If you are unwilling to pay for me, then ask the owners here if they are willing to breach the contract and pay me compensation?"

"Doing business with anyone is the same. If I can't sell my products, I'll just collect a huge penalty. Why should I bother selling braised food? I'm even willing to give you this chamber of commerce. I'll just collect the money!"

Xu Shaoting's words made all the shopkeepers present realize what was going on.

Indeed, they had all signed a contract.

With a contract in place, Xu Shaoting cannot unilaterally breach it.

Only then did I feel relieved.

"If Young Master Lin doesn't want to pay compensation, we can only report it to the authorities and let them handle the matter!"

"That's right."

"I agree. Let's report this to the authorities and see how they handle it!"

“Young Master Xu is right. We did sign a contract. Since you made Young Master Xu breach the contract, this compensation is naturally your responsibility!”

Lin Jingui saw Xu Shaoting say this.

There was a moment of sluggish reaction.

Is it true?

I just felt that Xu Shaoting had some problems.

Some ingredients can actually command such high penalties for breach of contract.

If he were to pay compensation, wouldn't he be a fool?

Not to mention that this is only a temporary number of merchants who have defaulted.

Even if he were rich, he wouldn't be so foolish as to compensate him.

This is only a breach of contract; we still need to discuss the sale of the formula ingredients later.

Wouldn't he be even more likely to ask for an exorbitant amount?

From this perspective, Xu Shaoting seems like a bottomless pit.

He would never be foolish enough to pay that money as compensation.

"Xu Shaoting, you're quite the schemer. But what if I don't offer compensation or go to the government office?"

Lin Jingui remained confident.

"I'm not choosing either side! I just want you to sell me the goods. Who dares to sell to me...?"

As Lin Jingui spoke, he gestured to the person behind him to smash the table with a stick.

The wine glass splashed and rolled onto the ground.

The man reached out and grabbed Manager Liu, who was sitting down.

"Shopkeeper, judging from your attitude just now, it seems you must have signed a contract. So, tell me, should I compensate you or not?"

As Lin Jingui spoke, his henchman threw Manager Liu to the ground.

The henchman raised the stick in his hand high.

It looked like they were about to attack.

Everyone present was shocked.

It was as if they would beat him up if Manager Liu said anything about compensation.

Manager Liu was so frightened that he sobered up completely.

Lying on the ground, seeing several people surrounding him, he suddenly felt a little panicked.

"Young Master Xu, what brings you here?"

"Young Master Xu, I'm here to do business. You're not going to just stand by and watch me get beaten up, are you?"

Lin Jingui laughed arrogantly.

"You still want him to be the president? It seems he was lying."

"What are you talking about making money? Now you don't even care about your lives anymore!"

Lin Jingui smiled smugly, as if he had done something very satisfying.

"Shopkeeper, if anything happens to you, it's not my problem. If you have to blame someone, blame Young Master Xu who invited you. He kept saying he wanted to make money, but in the end, he caused you to lose your life!"

Lin Jingui's words turned everyone present pale.

Everyone turned their gaze toward Xu Shaoting.

"Young Master Xu..."

Manager Liu looked at the stick raised above his head and was terrified.

Xu Shaoting suddenly stood up from the stool!

"Lin Jingui, what do you take this place for?"

"You dare to commit murder in public? What do you think my Yunlai Residence is?"

After Xu Shaoting finished speaking, all the men downstairs grabbed their weapons.

They stood in the hall, staring at each other with tense expressions.