Miss Beautiful C.E.O and her system

"Come on, Mom. Hear your junior out." Ling Qingyu winked mischievously, setting the stage to recount her skirmish with the Qin family. "It wasn't easy."

Athena: Blah…

Miss System: Blah—blah.

Gu Yi nudged her forehead, hearing Ling Qingyu's words. From what she had heard, particularly coming from Assistant Su, Ling Qingyu fared well, going wits and sticks with the Qin family's probes.

She wasn't sure about the details, but if Ling Qingyu spoke from her perspective, Gu Yi found it interesting. "I'm all ears. Let me hear if you deserve to be called an uncrowned queen in the future."

Ling Qingyu shrugged and began narrating the small battle. Though to outsiders, it appeared nothing happened, Ling Qingyu ensured her properties emerged victorious between life and death.

Most of the time, business wars began without one noticing or being prepared to react. Ling Qingyu felt fortunate to have Athena's assistance.

Her daughter immediately noticed something amiss within the chains of the company, from resource allocation to product selling.

There were many steps in between, of which no single human could monitor thoroughly, but Athena just did that.

As usual in Ling Qingyu's case, perhaps because her beauty, clothes, and cosmetic products were more famous, the Qin family targeted these sectors. Troubles came from the distributors and suppliers, like factories.

What else but the wretched ways of raising prices and giving excuses for their delivery lateness?

In order to prevent malicious hurt between business partners, a contract served as evidence and restrictions.

However, as humans, people always knew how to find loopholes and other ways around to achieve their goals.

Just having a binding contract never meant the deal was safe and protected. For instance, Ling Qingyu had an agreement that she would receive ten times the remuneration if the other party failed to deliver and whatnot.

Malicious price raising was deterred in the contract as well. Otherwise, if the suppliers dictated whatever the price, Ling Qingyu had to pay.

The opposite was true if she couldn't pay on time to compensate or if she sought other suppliers after a contract breach. Positive economy came from how smoothly the money flowed through. A chain disrupted somewhere destroyed it and affected the business.

Legal agreements ensured both parties could trust one another to an extent. However, there was a catch—sometimes, in a contract, the phrase—it depended on the parties…

Dependable meant people. And people equaled loopholes. These tolerances were meant for unexpected scenarios. Flexibility versus strictness.

Opponents in business always exploited the loopholes to their advantage. Ling Qingyu encountered the same.

Her expenses rose as her company bought the resources. Though not noticed by the upper echelon, the cost tripled.

As soon as the report entered the company's system, Athena recognized the unusualness and paid attention.

Warned by her mother about the impending counterattack from the Qin family, Athena was serious in her monitoring.

Naturally, underneath the report, the writers' opinion suggested that this event could be a temporary measure and didn't require too much attention.

Her staff might have considered the pricing as emergencies, but that didn't include Athena. Or the staff were bribed—anything was possible.

Immediately, she informed Ling Qingyu, who then communicated with Zhao Xiurong and voiced her concern.

Ling Qingyu no longer paid too much attention to her beauty business and merely managed the overall trend.

This was also to train Zhao Xiurong. She wouldn't interfere too much but would guide her confidante as a mentor subtly.

Meanwhile, she asked Athena to investigate further. Sure enough, the rising price was only meant for her, not others.

The market seemed normal without the slightest storm under the sea. Someone was making moves behind her back.

She had no control over the minds of suppliers and distributors. They weren't part of her system but were merely in a cooperative relationship.

Backstabbing against each other was the norm. It was hard to guard against unethical and immoral actions. Ling Qingyu might be ruthless, but she would never ruin a good relationship because of benefits.

The exception belonged to cases where she might have to pretend to submit to coercion. In a healthy relationship, she would never consider such an option. Compared to other righteous business elites, Ling Qingyu was definitely more like a saintly character.

Given Ling Qingyu's stability and strength, she didn't need to develop wretchedly. Truthful and aboveboard apart from a little deception.

Zhao Xiurong, under Ling Qingyu's advice, met with the suppliers to negotiate. Sometimes, these matters were meant to express dissatisfaction, which Ling Qingyu hoped was the case.

Since Spirit Beauty & Clothing sold numerous products, Zhao Xiurong needed to travel around to engage in conversations.

As if by chance, everyone had discussed together, negotiations went downhill, and Zhao Xiurong felt devastated, admitting her guilt in front of Ling Qingyu, who comforted her.

Actually, Ling Qingyu knew long ago through various signs and outstanding overall visions, combined with Athena's intelligence.

In fact, given her background, these troublemakers shouldn't have had bad thoughts in the first place, particularly with Yang Qingyue's overt protection.

Birds died for food, and likewise, some people couldn't withhold their desires in front of absolute benefit or even the possibility of a higher ladder.
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Ling Qingyu naturally made them regret their actions and put them into reality. She delivered a factory reset blow to them.

Nonetheless, she decided to go through the usual steps to avoid appearing domineering. Her reputation already stunk among the business circle for being too overbearing in her attack.

This time, she was keen to establish her righteous image and abolish the slightest nuisance from small parties.

So, a quagmire of back and forth began. Of course, Ling Qingyu didn't move but only provided guidance for Zhao Xiurong.

The poor former secretary was forced to run around by her boss under the excuse of guidance. Zhao Xiurong threatened these suppliers and factories with lawsuits regarding breach of contract.

Though asking for a higher price was acceptable, tripling without a proper reason had created an advantageous lawsuit.

Ling Qingyu didn't hope much from legal procedures because, since the suppliers and factories were aware of the consequences, they were well-prepared.

Indeed, these unscrupulous bastards sneered at Zhao Xiurong's threats and were willing to allow the court to settle the case. Although her former secretary understood the possibility, she was also infuriated at the sudden betrayal.

Going to court was her words, but she couldn't really implement the threats without Ling Qingyu's approval.

These bastards would pause cooperation and hurt Ling Qingyu's business. A broken chain in business could lead to a disastrous collapse if not handled appropriately.

Loss of customers from unavailable products or higher costs meant tremendous financial negatives.

While Zhao Xiurong, whose horizon was limited to a small secretary, scratched her hair in distress, Ling Qingyu already had a solution and merely waited for her secretary's opinion.

Perhaps her patient and stable aura affected Zhao Xiurong, and meaningful suggestions appeared, causing Ling Qingyu to nod. But Ling Qingyu had better alternatives.

Even then, she was satisfied with Zhao Xiurong's and the others' growth, including the three poor girls she had rescued by fate.

While Ling Qingyu prolonged the case through deception, with Zhao Xiurong serving an important role, she personally participated in meetings.

Suppliers and factories had their own resource providers. After thorough investigation by Athena, Ling Qingyu headed to them.

Searching for a new group of suppliers and factories was deemed helpless and could lead to another stagnant scenario. Qin family's underlings should be monitoring to react accordingly, expecting her strategy.

Ling Qingyu twirled around and proceeded in an unconventional manner. Although she could have solved everything with her wealth, why should she?

Particularly when she had to give money to her enemies. Her infinite wealth wasn't prepared to feed her opponents.

Even if Athena earned several million or billion in a short period, it was better to donate to those in need or accomplish other meaningful projects rather than succumbing to fix the issues.

If Ling Qingyu bled heavily, perhaps the Qin family might withdraw their hands. They also couldn't sustain spending their resources too long just to disgust Ling Qingyu.

The only conflict between them began from Ling Yunxiang's dark events and Ling Qingyu's retaliation to strip them of their wealth.

Although they had no proof that Ling Qingyu did it, their actions didn't need justification. At least, being targeted by the Qin family thoroughly was enough to make anyone feel honored.

Because Ling Qingyu wasn't one to suffer unwarranted losses, she would never accept the outcomes they predicted.

As for attracting more retaliation, she liked to entertain herself, as she told Gu Yi, though the event happened before she spoke closely to her mother-in-law.

Meeting with the resource providers in the lower echelon, including those linked to the parties annoying her, she offered benefits and bled heavily. Instead of aiding her enemies, she intended to support another new group, possibly her faction in the future.

Invest in those providers and act as a protector. Buy the raw materials and ban their businesses. Group them together to form a chamber of commerce to solely serve her ideals.

She returned the same treatment her company suffered. She was even ready to pay compensation for breaching contracts.

Within a matter of weeks, her swift action alarmed them. There were losses for sure, but in the future, these problems would never bother her again. An unknown and uncertain investment that Ling Qingyu already envisioned transforming into the greatest assets.

Now, a financial crisis erupted in the opposite direction. The little greed sparked by the injection of capital force had hurt them instead.

Owing to her reputation, small businesses like the providers above cooperated willingly. Not to mention, she wasn't overbearing in her actions and returned positive gestures.

Her future cutting pies attracted them more. In the face of overwhelming interest, they couldn't entertain the idea of rejecting Ling Qingyu's offer.

As for the capital force fighting Ling Qingyu, they weren't idiots to be frightened and understood which sides to choose.

How much the Qin family could bring to the table versus how many cakes Ling Qingyu brought to them—plus the probability!

Official forces hurting them wasn't among Ling Qingyu's worries. Her lofty, heavy donation to Province N's government wasn't for nothing here.

After robbing away the resource providers, Ling Qingyu checked for any mishaps before handing the affair to Zhao Xiurong.

With convenient providers turning to Ling Qingyu's faction, how long could they last? Ling Qingyu already had multiple layouts to react, including buying the entire factory or swallowing the suppliers corporations.

As named after her deeds, Ling Qingyu was merciless to anyone that crossed her eyes. In the coming months, the factories and the suppliers neared the edge of their vitality, almost to the desperate close-down. This was within her expectation. In the next months, she digested the industries, forming her own complex stable network to cater to her business. A mini-consortium.

This was in her future time-line. At the current stage of Ling Qingyu's narration to Gu Yi, these events were yet to occur. She lost some wealths but she managed to thwart incoming attacks brilliantly and strengthened herself.

Once and for all, such similar attacks had zero possibility to strike again. Ling Qingyu further consolidate her roots and dug deeper to entrench her foundation.

With everything set, she shifted her focus elsewhere to fight the Qin family's pronging. There were other sectors she had to pay attention to: distributors, public opinion, and government interference.