Prodigal System in the Flourishing City

After Lu Xiaobu’s bombshell dropped, there was no immediate response, but it lay in wait, ready to explode.
Meanwhile, Taobao seized the opportunity to greatly promote and expand.
For a time, extinction seemed to have vanished from everyone’s gaze; no matter how much they advertised, Taobao was still the first choice for shopping!
"Elder Wang, got a new watch?"
"Of course! How does it look?"
"Wow, not bad at all! Where’d you buy it?"
"Taobao, where else! Otherwise, when would I have the time to go shopping!"
"No way, even you, an old fuddy-duddy, have learned to shop online?!"
"Hey, what’s so hard about that! See what you like, buy it!"
"Ha, that’s true! Real or fake, it’s all down to luck!"
"Cut it out! What do you mean down to luck!"
"Isn’t your way of shopping all about luck?"
"..."
Master Xue Yun looked at the recent traffic changes and sighed: "The trend is set, Lu Xiaobu probably can’t turn the tables now!"
In his heart, he firmly believed that Lu Xiaobu had no chance of making a comeback!
Xia Jie and Zhan Longyan, these two guys, were blatantly celebrating in public, even discussing in journalist interviews how Lu Xiaobu was finished!
Saying that what Lu Xiaobu was doing was backwards and against market laws!
Well, I can’t hold back anymore. While a giant stone can’t be thrown into the well, tossing a couple smaller stones to irk them a bit, that’s still doable!
The business community also sighed in unison.
"This online shopping, Taobao has become the sole giant!"
"It’s gone! It’s gone!"
"Tsks, Lin Feng has made a huge profit this time! Not only did he strike down Lu Xiaobu, but he also swallowed up the vast online shopping market in one go!"
"Amazing!"
"This isn’t just a small sum, even the Lin Family can’t ignore such profits!"
"Yeah! Young Master Lin, truly powerful!"
"..."
Everyone thought that Lu Xiaobu was surely doomed, no exceptions!
However!
The very next day.
"Lu Group and multiple banks collaborate, jointly launching Alipay, embracing the era of mobile payments."
This news, not too grandiose, was like Sun Wukong’s Jingu Bang, piercing through the heavens!
"Holy shit! Triple sixes!"
"So many banks?! ICBC, CCB, ABC, BOCOM, China Merchants Bank, Postal Savings Bank... damn, that’s practically all the banks! This is totally on par with Taobao!"
"Not just on par, it’s a total crush! Taobao just had support, but over here, it’s direct collaboration!"
"Endgame is about to turn over!"
"Have you guys noticed, Lu Xiaobu still owns fifty-one percent of the shares, meaning the controlling rights are still in his hands!"
"This... is terrifying!"
"..."
Even the slightly brainy folks were dumbfounded by this big move!
This was not just a big move, this was earth-shattering!
...
"What!"
Mage Xue Yun, normally unshakable during meditation, was startled by the news, jumping up with an incredulous look on his face!
"Mage, what’s wrong? It’s just a collaboration!" His assistant asked confusedly.
"Nonsense!" rebuked Mage Xue Yun sharply, his face serious: "Just a collaboration! I can’t believe you’d say that! Do you think banks just collaborate with anyone willy-nilly?! Even Lin Feng got only support! What makes Lu Xiaobu so special that all these banks would collaborate with him?!"
"Those shares?!" his assistant asked tentatively.
"You’ve been with me this long and learned nothing!" Mage Xue Yun scolded again: "Forty-nine percent of the shares are enough to get all these banks up in arms?! What, you think the banks haven’t seen money?!"
"Although I don’t know what benefits Lu Xiaobu gave them, it’s definitely not simple!"
Mage Xue Yun spoke gravely.
He opened the window, a breeze swept through, and he squinted his eyes: "An ominous wind before a storm!"
"Crack!"
As his words fell, a clap of thunder shook the sky.
A torrential downpour began!
...
Lin Feng sat in the office, his expression even darker than the weather outside!
"Lu Xiaobu, you’re clever!" Lin Feng muttered to himself.
He didn’t receive even a hint of this collaboration.
What does that indicate?!
It means that the benefits Lu Xiaobu provided were to the degree that even he couldn’t be aware!
What exactly has Lu Xiaobu promised!?
"Young Master Lin, what should we do? Should I go find out more?" Housekeeper Jia worriedly asked.
He had not seen Young Master Lin this worried in a long time!
Young Master Lu had indeed grown to such an extent!
Previously, Young Master Lin had a somewhat playful and semi-serious attitude towards Young Master Lu, often just for fun!
And this time, it was clear that Young Master Lin’s playful mentality had almost vanished!
"No need! If they were willing to talk, we wouldn’t have been kept in the dark until now, inquiring about such things would be useless!" Lin Feng’s eyes glazed over: "Lu Xiaobu, well done! You’ve outgrown my expectations! Go, let’s head home!"
"Not fighting with Young Master Lu anymore?"
Housekeeper Jia was stunned.
"No point in that! The trend has been set, there’s no meaning in continuing to fight!"
Lin Feng stood up, finishing the red wine in his glass, and left the office: "Go! Give Young Master Lu the shares of Taobao, consider it my congratulatory gift to him!"
Lu Xiaobu, congratulations, you managed to take a bite out of me!
But from today on, our battle officially begins!
Taobao, in someone else’s hands, might be a huge piece of meat, even in such a state, as long as it’s well managed, it could generate huge profits!
For Lin Feng, though, it was just peanuts!
His original purpose was just to suppress Lu Xiaobu, to let him know who was still in charge!
In the end, Lu Xiaobu swept the ground from under his feet, pressing him down with a counter move!
If this was the case!
There was no need for him to spend his time on these trifles!
Better to toss this mess to Lu Xiaobu, making him feel the pressure from the Lin Family!
Hearing Lin Feng’s words, Housekeeper Jia swallowed hard.
Giving Taobao to Young Master Lu?!
That’s a huge asset!
Young Master Lin seemed to want Lu Xiaobu down and out, yet he always ended up aiding the enemy, it was exasperating!
He wondered how Young Master Lin would explain this to the family when they return, especially since he had already been on thin ice due to the land donation matter; and now, once again!
Sigh!