Chapter 14: Year after Year We Weave the Gold Thread, Only to Make Wedding Dresses for Others?_3

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Playing cards in an orderly fashion is the simplest, throw bombs when you have bombs, throw planes when you have planes, it's the easiest way to play, no need to overthink.

But CEO Cheng didn't have that many bombs or planes, yet the card game was too enticing, and he couldn't resist the temptation to take a gamble.

What could he do?

Feint left, bluff right, pull up, intimidate down.

He bluffed the California Elephant Party, chatted nonsense with Chief Gru, pulled strings with Achilles, and intimidated Wolf and Niu Sen and the likes.

Looks like playing with fire, right?

But Cheng Daqi wasn't playing with fire; from the beginning, every step he took interconnected perfectly, not to mention he acted quickly—the key point was that CEO Cheng could see the clear pattern of interests.

Gru acted because Gru wanted to win, not to settle for a compromised conclusion—nor to end up with no burial place after death.