Chapter 16: The People's Capitalist
"I wonder if Uesugi Kiyoshi is now happily driving my car, spending my money, and enjoying himself in my house?"
Yumura Hideyoshi roared as he swept the items on his desk to the floor one by one, feeling a burning pain in his heart as if it were being consumed by flames.
"...That's not the case, President." Kenichi Koike hesitated for a moment, then mustered up the courage while covering his swollen cheeks. "To my knowledge, he has already sold off most of the properties and cars, and even started a new company."
Yumura Hideyoshi narrowed his eyes, "A company? What company? Is the information accurate?"
"It was Mr. Toyama from the legal affairs office who provided the information, and I have also verified it. The new company's primary business is express delivery."
Express delivery, also known as courier services.
"...What great courage!" Yumura Hideyoshi laughed, and his mood suddenly changed for the better.
You see, Yumura Co., Ltd's business also includes express delivery, and they are ranked number one in Japan, holding sixty percent of the market share.
If Uesugi Kiyoshi behaves well and uses this money to enjoy himself, he really can't do anything about it. But since the other party doesn't know any better and dares to enter the business world, he can't let it go, both personally and professionally!
This is normal business behavior, even Mr. Aisha has no reason to stand up for him.
Not to mention now that Head Balloon has already left, the benefits built on it are naturally in jeopardy.
"Ko, you know what to do, right?"
"Yes, your Excellency!" Kenichi Koike bowed and silently mourned for Uesugi Kiyoshi for three seconds.
Uesugi Kiyoshi quickly felt the power of the market economy's strong hand.
The express delivery market itself is already saturated, and people and businesses tend to use well-known brands like Yumura Transport, rather than newly established companies.
Let alone the big players who have caught wind of this, they have all taken various competitive measures.
Ten days after opening, his Uesugi Express company has only received one business order.
And Uesugi Kiyoshi suspected that this payment might be from the Yumura Society to investigate his details.
"President, good news, the promotions from Yumura Transport and Japan Post have ended early!"
Anda Tuozhen pushed open the office door and loudly reported the information he had just received.
The Plastic Processing Factory is currently shut down, so with nothing to do, he volunteered to work as an assistant for Uesugi.
"Good news?" Uesugi Kiyoshi exclaimed, laughing. "Indeed, it is good news! Does this mean Yumura Society no longer sees us as rivals?"
That's because we really can't be considered rivals!
Anda Tuozhen thought to himself.
Originally, people from the Yumura Society found him, and the terms for him to be a spy were all settled, but in the end, they realized they didn't need a spy at all!
It was all for nothing.
"Boss, should we take some steps to do marketing and promotion now?"
Since he couldn't become a spy, he focused on his work instead. He greatly admired the young boss's advertising skills.
"You're right!"
Uesugi Kiyoshi took out a business card from the drawer and handed it to Anda Tuozhen.
"This is the phone number of Vice Dean Yoshida from Yoshida General Hospital. I've already talked to him, please contact him."
"A hospital? Why a hospital?"
Anda Tuozhen couldn't figure it out - what does express delivery have to do with a hospital? Were they going to handle the delivery service for the hospital's inpatients?
As far as he knew, Yoshida General Hospital was just a second-rate hospital with only two thousand beds.
"Well, I plan to collaborate with them. Every time a customer uses our company's express delivery, they can get a free blood test, how's that?"
"What an amazing marketing strategy!"
Anda Tuozhen started to think about changing jobs after finishing this work.
The promotional event launched by Uesugi Express in collaboration with Yoshida General Hospital became a nationwide sensation as soon as it was introduced. People coming to send and receive parcels were pouring in, almost breaking the threshold of the branch office.
However, Yumura Hideyoshi just watched from the sidelines this time, without taking any action.
Sending a small parcel only costs 200 yen each time, while the cost of a routine blood test is as high as over a thousand yen. Who wouldn't want to take advantage of such cheap prices? But similarly, taking advantage of this deal once a month is enough.
Even Anda Tuozhen could see that such measures were losing money to attract attention, which naturally pleased Yumura Hideyoshi even more.
With this kind of spending, even if it's 500 billion yen, how long can it last?
While everyone in the company was anxious, Uesugi Kiyoshi acted as if nothing had happened, and he even returned to Baguang Academy.
Since the disaster had passed, the school naturally had to reopen, and as one of the students, he also received a notice.
Sitting at the back of the classroom, Uesugi Kiyoshi looked around and felt very content.
Even though it was already autumn, the high school girls still wore short skirts that barely touched their knees, some even secretly cut their skirts even shorter.
When running and jumping, he unintentionally revealed a large area of snow-white skin, making him feel happy and relaxed.
Uesugi Kiyoshi, who used to feel devastated because of meeting the acne man, has now completely adjusted his mindset.
Even though this world not only has Head Balloons but also other strange things, so what?
Although he was just a regular high school student and didn't know any magic or special skills, he had the power of money!
Money makes the world go round!
If the previous life plan was to earn money, enjoy life, now it has turned into earning money, solving strange things, using these to earn even more money, and then enjoy life.
Moreover, this way, he could proudly call himself a people's capitalist, as he wasn't just seeking personal gain but working for the happiness of the people.
Whenever Uesugi Kiyoshi thought about this, he felt that his red scarf in front of his chest looked even brighter.
"Mr. Uesugi! Mr. Uesugi!"
Nakasone Kazuko rushed over, holding her chest and panting, saying, "I, I found the person you mentioned, he's called Watanabe Goro, he came to Tokyo with his father and just entered the school three days ago!"
"Is that so?" Uesugi Kiyoshi remained calm, even smiled a bit, "Where is he?"
"He's downstairs!" Nakasone Kazuko pointed outside.
They left the classroom together, and from afar, they could see many students forming a circle, with disapproving expressions on their faces, some even covering their mouths, looking like they were about to vomit.
Muffled shouting could be heard from within the circle.
"The great sculptor, Teacher Wangbu from the Art Department, is about to start his sculpture exhibition. Everyone is welcome to visit tonight!"
