"Indeed, I knew the $50 million, privileges, and lovely hosts would prove immensely alluring!" Evan gave a faint nod. "From this moment, mobilize all personnel from Tiktoc, YouClub, and our entertainment branches. Embark on an acquisition blitz across Lumina City's enterprises - scale and capital are no objects. We're firing the opening salvo to secure commercial dominance over this city!""Now?" Adam gaped."Yes, time is short - fund it all through my accounts!"A roguish grin played across Evan's lips. "Once your acquisitions are underway, we shall thoroughly vanquish any remaining holdouts unwilling to join our fold! Ah, but Clark Group's assets in Lumina are to be left untouched for now.""Um, very well. But shouldn't we at least notify Lumina's mayor? Such a massive takeover is bound to raise governmental alarms!"Evan's gaze drifted into the distance as he murmured, "No need. I suspect they'll be coming to me before long."The afternoon hour struck three.Adam hastened back to T

"Certainly. Matthew is quite amiable.""Was that Matthew's voice earlier? He sounds remarkably young.""No, they mentioned Mr. Smith, though I'm unfamiliar with him. Yet the voice seemed so familiar...""..."Tucking the contract safely into her bag, Hailey forwarded the balding man's bank details to the finance department. Less than three minutes later, his phone alerted him to a $700,000 deposit.Then, within a minute, another message arrived from Tiktoc's official number: "Mr. Smith acknowledges your struggles. As a gesture of goodwill, an additional $100,000."The shopkeeper gaped at this message, awestruck."Tiktoc truly is affluent!"Simultaneously, a flicker of trepidation stirred within his pupils. "If Tiktoc acquires even insignificant establishments like mine, what are their ultimate intentions?"Matthew's intern Hailey made swift progress, securing Tiktoc's auspicious first acquisition.After all, her assigned southwestern district belonged to Lumina City's older quarters,

"This prime location commands premium value – every inch of this coveted ground is a fortune. I have surveyed our environs; you lack adequate space to establish a rival retail endeavor!""Did you not aspire to acquire my enterprise? What stratagem remains if I refuse to sell? Fair competition?" He scoffed derisively. "Granting you represent Tiktoc, your vaunted reputation appears greatly exaggerated!""Adam!" Evan disregarded him basking in his glory, addressing Adam instead. "One, implement Plan B effective immediately. All Tiktoc employees shall remain in their assigned regions, visiting local vendors to persuade them to cease supplying the original mall. Offer any sum necessary; we at Tiktoc will purchase their entire inventory!""Two, hire six or seven moving companies for Starlight Mall. Before the mall closes today, I want every item purchased and relocated to our development zone to be sold for $1 apiece - a wholesale liquidation!""Three, acquire ten surrounding residential to

Myriad diffident undergraduates, lacking standing room or vacant phones, migrated outdoors to leverage their mobiles, contacting vendors within their assigned territories. For it was now past five in the evening - most Lumina City enterprises nearing closing - yet their exertions remained unyielding and rambunctious.This zeal stemmed from Evan's unequivocal mandate to Adam and Sean: uphold the promised incentive structure. Thus, every employee harbored supreme conviction - whoever secured exclusivity over a Lumina City firm's complete supplier portfolio, inducing defection to Tiktoc's embrace, would receive thirty percent of post-acquisition profits.Substantial rewards breed valorous souls! Former veterans shed their prior dejection while newly recruited thousands brimmed with impassioned optimism, all inspired by Tiktoc's audacious vision to conquer Lumina's commercial dominion. Yet this feverish intensity at Tiktoc headquarters contrasted starkly with an ominous, brooding stillne

His remonstrance elicited approving nods from the assembled eminences. For Lumina City's mercantile axiom espoused harmonious coexistence - each titan dominating their respective domains while respecting others' turf.Yet Tiktoc's inaugural salvo was a cataclysmic price war underpricing every commodity to $1 - even million-dollar luxuries shamelessly pillaged from their brimming larders.Moreover, by severing their upstream suppliers, Tiktoc metaphorically plundered these moguls' warehoused provisions."I am Adam." He responded with feigned humility. "One of Tiktoc's principal overseers. May I inquire as to your identity, good sir?""The Chairman of Lumina City's Commerce Council." The patriarch's eyes flashed with condescending hauteur. "On behalf of our entire mercantile consortium, I demand Tiktoc immediately cessate these market-subverting acts. Persist, and we shall collectively ostracize your enterprise.""Collective ostracization?" Emboldened by Evan's patronage, Adam scoffed d