Chapter 3249 — Digging Two Big Pits
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It had to be said that Kang Jinglong had a decent head on his shoulders—he had guessed the general direction. But he never guessed that Wei Zhao intended to use these cauldrons to produce the first batch of second-grade automatic cauldrons. For Kang Jinglong had fallen into a trap of his own making: he reasoned that since Wei Zhao could substitute other materials for the first-grade cauldrons, he might well be unable to substitute them for the second-grade ones. In fact, Wei Zhao had bought those thirty-odd cauldrons precisely to run experiments and seek substitutes.
After all, if Wei Zhao meant to mass-produce, how could thirty-odd cauldrons possibly suffice? And once production began, the raw materials would be stuck directly in Xuandan Sect's hands. If Xuandan Sect stopped shipping finished second-grade cauldrons, then Wei Zhao's first-grade automatic cauldrons would have to halt production as well!
In that case, Wei Zhao would have no choice but to hand Xuandan Sect a share of the profits—otherwise Xuandan Sect could simply burn the whole boat and drag everyone down with them. And that would spare Xuandan Sect the trouble of reverse-engineering the cauldrons themselves. They could simply sit back and demand a cut from Wei Zhao.
But Kang Jinglong would report this situation to Kang Jingming at the first opportunity, so that his side could prepare a response.
"Kang Jinglong, you're still here?" Wei Zhao glanced at him and asked mildly. "Weren't you never coming back?"
"I... you have your final exams, and I have to submit a final paper of my own. Naturally I have to attend Boss Bai's classes these days..." Kang Jinglong said, his expression somewhat unnatural. In truth, he had noticed that Wei Zhao had stopped coming to school lately and thought he had found an opening, so he had returned to campus to keep pursuing Wang Xinyan!
Originally, he had figured that even if Wei Zhao found out and was displeased, with Kang Jingming—an elder of Xuandan Sect—standing behind him, Wei Zhao would not dare kill him no matter how annoyed he was. But recently, word had spread one after another: Wei Zhao could not only kill experts at the peak of the late Heaven rank in an instant, but could even finish off consummate masters at the peak of the late Heaven rank. His strength had already reached an inconceivable realm.
"Oh. Let's hope you're not here to pester my girlfriend," Wei Zhao said lightly, glancing at Kang Jinglong.
"That... of course not..." Kang Jinglong was so enraged by Wei Zhao's single sentence that his face turned ashen. What do you mean, your girlfriend? She's my fiancée, all right? But Kang Jinglong did not dare talk back. He could only swallow his anger in silence. "Well... if there's nothing else, I'll be going."
"Goodbye." Wei Zhao turned and walked into the classroom. Kang Jinglong had come looking for Wang Xinyan, but now that Wei Zhao had arrived, he simply turned and left—and he was in a hurry to report the news to Kang Jingming besides.
Wei Zhao sent Wu Chengtian a text message, telling him to take a billion from Han Jingyi and go buy second-grade cauldrons from the Right family. He also sent Han Jingyi a message, explaining that the first batch of second-grade automatic cauldrons would use genuine second-grade cauldrons as materials.
Hearing Wei Zhao's proposal, Han Jingyi naturally approved all the more. Once the second-grade cauldrons hit the market, they could lull Xuandan Sect's Kang Jingming and give him another good screwing over—make him believe he needed to supply Wei Zhao, and so produce yet another batch of second-grade cauldrons that he would never be able to sell.
The business with Liu Tianli had left Han Jingyi with a bellyful of rage at Xuandan Sect and nowhere to vent it. Yet she had never imagined that Wei Zhao, with such casual ease, would dig two great pits for Kang Jingming—pits that Kang Jingming was certain to jump into. RS