"Setting up a gamble, initially you’re bound to taste some sweetness."
"To assure its destruction, one must first ensure its expansion!"
Chen Qin now had considerably more money in his pocket and was still immersed in this endless euphoria, too lazy to suck blood from his daughter now; he could always ask for her money later when he had time.
And why do so many people feel safe giving gamblers a taste of sweetness?
Because gamblers truly don’t understand the concept of quitting while ahead.
Human greed will continue to be magnified!
Moreover, why is it said that gamblers never end well?
Because gambling is truly hard to quit!
The speed of making money is too fast, and so is the speed of losing it.
Having experienced such drastic fluctuations make it hard for one to settle down and be steady again.
Even the globally renowned singer Mr. Mars, didn’t he also get involved in gambling and end up having to sing to pay off debts?
Chen Qin’s human weaknesses were too apparent.
Chen Zhu even felt, "No one has set him up or trapped him until now, he must be considered lucky!"
"Lucky indeed, old bastard."
Such people are easily preyed upon by certain groups.
"Rather than being ruined by others later, why not let your ’worthy son-in-law’ take action?" thought the scoundrel.
Cheng Zhu sometimes wondered, why did his mentor end up with such a fate in his previous life?
He believed that the blood suck from one’s original family wouldn’t just be tens of thousands like now.
He didn’t rule out the possibility that a domestic-abusing gambler like Chen Qin could be schemed against.
Such people are ticking time bombs.
This fondness for cards and not being targeted would be a miracle.
In the end, others aim for your ruin, wanting to drain all your money and assets.
I’m purely here; I don’t want your measly money or assets; I just want to see you behind bars.
What does being morally noble mean?
This is morally noble!
"Old bastard, let me tell you, me putting you in there is actually protecting you! It’s also safeguarding your family!"
"Really, you’re so ungrateful!"
"How could I ever harm you, Uncle Chen?" Cheng Zhu felt particularly good about himself.
— "Doing good deeds anonymously."
Besides Chen Qin, Cheng Zhu recently had quite a few others to deal with.
After tasting the sweetness of co-branding, Chen Yue’s Yue Tea was now in a crazy phase of co-branding.
Last week, who knows what got into her when she decided to co-brand with a female sanitary pad brand.
Perhaps this independent woman, playing the strong female character, saw it as a perfect publicity opportunity.
It could also please a certain special demographic.
But in the end, bubble tea is meant to be drunk.
So, there were still some dissenting voices online.
This publicity stunt could be said to have mixed reviews, a bit of a blunder.
Yet, Yue Tea’s popularity genuinely increased.
Chen Yue learned from this experience, feeling that her publicity direction was correct, but she had stepped too far, and the chosen brand was a bit too provocative.
So, learning from this experience, she chose for her next collaboration a game that targeted female users, with women as the majority of its player base.
The game was not particularly hot, but it was a safe choice.
On the other hand, Youu Tea had not made any significant moves.
This puzzled Chen Yue.
"Just continuing to open stores and then launching new products?" she wondered.
"Is this man down there really not continuing with co-branding?"
"And this time he launched a new product; it seems he didn’t go crazy marketing like before."
She speculated that Youu Tea was now doing so well, and as the co-branding madness was rampant in the industry, Youu Tea opted to keep a low profile and chose a steadier approach.
Chen Yue thought this was also normal; if it were her, she’d do the same.
After all, Youu Tea could be called the "originator of co-branding."
Other bubble tea brands could always use the status of "co-branding originator" to hype themselves, enjoying the limelight.
Indeed, there was no need to be too aggressive.
But, was Cheng Zhu really that kind-hearted?
He decided to take this time to teach his fellow traders a lesson.
"Internet-famous bubble tea, internet-famous bubble tea, all of you are just focusing on the first two words," Cheng Zhu thought.
"At the end of the day, what we are selling is still the product!"
"It’s time to show you how terrifying it is to release products that the market highly approves of!"
Cheng Zhu planned not to launch new products one by one as before.
Previously, launching passionfruit alone had been just to target Yue Tea specifically, to give that woman a reality check, as she was becoming too arrogant.
Next Monday, Youu Tea would launch three new product series.
And these three series would also shift some industry perceptions.
They were the "Rice Dumpling series," the "Sticky Rice series," and the "Soy Milk series!"
According to Cheng Zhu’s personal taste, he really liked bubble tea flavors such as Strawberry Rice Dumplings and Soy Milk Unicorn.
Was Youu Tea really just settling securely, quietly going to remain this calm?
You know, calm seas don’t necessarily mean safety; it’s often times like these that are the most terrifying!
Then, let’s give our fellow traders another lesson!
"Precaution at perilous rapids, all year long safe without capsizing.
Yet, at the smooth and stoneless flow, one often hears of drownings."
As time moved on, it came to Thursday.
Inside Xinhang Apartment, Shen Qingning was reading a romance novel in her room.
She and Lin Lu had no classes that afternoon, but Lin Lu was out on a voice recording job.
For Little Lu, the money earned from voice recording really wasn’t enticing, but she enjoyed the process.
Indeed, if someone’s hobby could be a part-time job, it was certainly feasible.