Overnight Upheaval

After the meeting, Li Yangyang felt both excited and terrified.

She was excited because she had never expected such immense pressure to be resolved so quickly!

The pressure exerted by the Four Great Families of the provincial capital had suddenly plummeted overnight.

No one knew what had happened, or why. In any case, an eerie atmosphere hung over the entire business world of the provincial capital.

The president of the provincial capital's chamber of commerce strongly requested an immediate meeting with Chen Mengyun. He also invited Lu Chengwen to attend the chamber's development and construction conference, present his investment plan, and share his personal views on urban development.

This was a terrifying development.

It meant that, at the chamber of commerce level, they were already anxious to break the ice. The conference itself, its contents—those were all pretexts. Their true goal was to meet Lu Chengwen.

They wanted to face him face-to-face, look him eye-to-eye, learn Lu Chengwen's stance, and begin breaking the ice, minimizing losses as much as possible and perhaps even increasing the chamber's influence.

The chamber of commerce was still perceptive. They were practically the weather vane for the business landscape in every city.

They had previously watched Great Sage Group and Xiangyun Group with cold indifference, barely deigning to acknowledge them. Now they had suddenly become anxious, and everyone could see it clearly.

Then there was the stock market, which had inexplicably begun to rebound. Not only had the pressure on Great Sage Group and Xiangyun Group eased, but many local companies were also rapidly recouping losses they had suffered during the economic war.

Finally, the investment plans of many major corporations had gone from "impossible" to "open for discussion."

For many projects, permits that had once been impossible to obtain, matters that could not be