Chapter 256
Lin Shuyi is a strong-willed person by nature, and although it was a rare occasion for Lu Yiming to see her being humiliated, he was still quite happy in his heart.
But that's not the point.
"Forget it. What is destined to happen will happen. Don't force it. I think you should just focus on your business. I have a feeling that the real estate market will explode in the next 20 years. If you can seize this opportunity, it shouldn't be difficult to soar to the top and become the second richest man in the country."
Lin Shuyi had just heard Lu Yiming say that Jingwan Group was unknown, but now it had become the second richest person in the country. She immediately glared at him and asked, "Why is it second?"
Lu Yiming smiled as if it was a matter of course and said, "Because the richest man must be me."
"cut."
After chatting for a while, Lu Yiming started talking to her about business again: "By the way, I want to meet with Ge Youcai, the founder of Jingyi Real Estate. Can you help me contact him?"
Lin Shuyi frowned slightly, and looked at Lu Yiming with a look of vigilance: "What do you want to do?"
Although Jingyi Real Estate is not comparable to Jingwan Group in terms of scale, the two companies still compete with each other because of their overlapping businesses. When Lu Yiming suddenly mentioned Jingyi Real Estate, Lin Shuyi was afraid that this guy wanted to cooperate with Jingyi Real Estate on some project, which would be a big loss for her.
How could Lu Yiming not hear Lin Shuyi's obvious vigilance and suspicion?
However, he was open-minded, so he naturally didn't worry about being suspected by Lin Shuyi. He smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. I have no interest in real estate. I'm looking for this person purely for personal reasons. Don't worry, I will definitely not steal your business."
Hearing that Lu Yiming would not come to steal the business, Lin Shuyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but still rolled her eyes at Lu Yiming fiercely and snorted, "Men's mouths are deceitful. Who knows if what you said is true?"
Before she figured out Lu Yiming's purpose in looking for Ge Youcai, Lin Shuyi still had doubts about Lu Yiming's words. After all, the business world is like a battlefield, where intrigue and deception are basic operations. Who knows if what Lu Yiming said is true?
However, the scale of Ge Youcai's Lean Real Estate is only a little over 200 to 300 million yuan. Even if it is successfully acquired by Lu Yiming, it is not enough to pose a threat to Jingwan Group's main business.
You have to know that in the real estate industry, economies of scale are the most important thing. Without sufficient funds and strong connections, no matter how smart you are, your talents will be useless.
After thinking it over in her mind, Lin Shuyi nodded and agreed: "Okay, I'll introduce you."
In the evening, Lean Real Estate was still crowded with people.
When it was time to get off work, Ge Youcai hummed Teresa Teng's songs and walked out of the office briskly.
When the employees around him saw him, they all shouted respectfully, "Boss Ge, take care."
Ge Youcai nodded to his employees with a smile, then walked confidently to the Mercedes-Benz he had just bought. He felt that the future was bright and life was full of hope.
At the end of June this year, the country finally abolished the welfare housing distribution system, which also means that the commercial housing economy has ushered in spring.
By the end of the year, the new project launched by Yousheng Real Estate will definitely make a lot of money!
So now, not only Ge Youcai is in a good mood, but even the employees' enthusiasm for work has also increased a lot.
Everyone is looking forward to salary increase and bonus at the end of the year. The sales commission alone is likely to create several "ten thousand yuan households".
When Ge Youcai returned home, he saw his son Ge Deqiu who had just returned from playing basketball at school. He did not mind that his son was sweaty and called him over. Then he asked with concern, "Aqiu, how are you getting along with Shi Qingxue?"
Ge Deqiu, who was originally very happy, suddenly fell in expression when he heard what Ge Youcai said. He said aggrievedly, "Dad, Shi Qingxue didn't answer my calls at all. We haven't even spoken to each other for a month."
Ge Youcai patted Ge Deqiu on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Girls are shy. You are a boy, so you should be more proactive, okay? Your uncle Shi and I have agreed that after you graduate from high school, I will help you go through the procedures for studying abroad. When the time comes, you will go to a foreign country together. You will be unfamiliar with the place. Are you still afraid that you won't have the opportunity to be alone together?"
As the saying goes, love grows with time. It doesn't matter if he ignores her now. When they are in a foreign country, surrounded by blond and blue-eyed black and white impermanence, won't Ge Deqiu become Shi Qingxue's only support? In such an unfamiliar place, as long as Ge Deqiu doesn't do anything stupid, won't it be easy to win over Shi Qingxue?
After hearing what Ge Youcai said, Ge Deqiu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he felt that his father's words made sense.
He still liked Shi Qingxue very much. No matter her figure or appearance, Shi Qingxue was impeccable. Moreover, in his contacts with her, every word of Shi Qingxue's soft Wu dialect, quiet and elegant manner, touched his liking.
Therefore, Ge Deqiu had long regarded Shi Qingxue as his property. She belonged to him for the rest of her life and no one could take her away from him.
Ge Youcai naturally didn't care much about love affairs. What he valued was actually the benefits: "You have to take this matter seriously. Shi Caijiang only has this precious daughter. In the future, the Shi family's assets will definitely fall into her hands. As long as you marry her, the two families will become one family. Only then can we join forces and move to a higher level."
In Ge Youcai's opinion, completing the merger in this way is very cost-effective.
Therefore, in order to win over Shi Caijiang over the years, the two men's companies had cross- holdings with each other. He even sold a lot of shares in Yousheng Real Estate, exchanging them for some of Shi Caijiang's company shares in a slightly disadvantageous way.
But as long as his son can marry the beauty, all the efforts are worth it.
For wealthy people, everything is business. Even their children’s marriage is often based on considerations of profit rather than pure emotion.
At this time, Ge Deqiu's mother Jiang Siming came back from outside and saw Ge Deqiu chatting with Ge Youcai and his son. She smiled and teased: "What are you two talking about here? You look so happy."
She saw that Ge Deqiu was soaked in sweat and smelled of sweat, and immediately frowned slightly: "Why don't you take a shower quickly? It's easy to catch a cold if you don't take a shower after sweating. Hurry up, it's time to eat."
In the kitchen, the nanny is cooking. The rice cooker is constantly spewing out steam, and the rice will probably be cooked soon.
After a while, the food was served, three meat dishes and one vegetable dish, quite a sumptuous meal.
"Here, son, these are your favorite braised spareribs. You're still growing, so eat more."
Ge Deqiu said with a bitter face: "Mom, I'm almost 18 years old. I'm not growing any taller. If I eat too much, I'll just gain fat."
Jiang Siming was immediately unhappy when he heard this. He frowned and said, "I said it can grow, and you are not even 1.8 meters tall. You can definitely continue to grow taller, so you need to supplement more nutrition."
Ge Deqiu didn't dare to talk back to Jiang Siming, and quickly changed the subject to Ge Youcai, "By the way, Dad, how's your business lately? Didn't I hear that you were going to Nanwan to get some land? Did you get it?"
Nanwan is the current development focus of Baiyun City. The government has included the entire area into the scope of the economic development zone. I heard that they also invited Li Chaoren from Hong Kong, hoping to use his fame and prestige to promote the development of the entire project.
As a newcomer in the industry, Lean Real Estate is naturally very concerned about this.
Even if you can't eat meat, at least you should follow the boss and drink a sip of soup.
Ge You didn't dare to think about participating in the bidding for large-scale land. After all, that was a real estate feast that only the richest people were qualified to participate in. But he could go to South Bay to acquire some land here and there and make some money. That was still possible. He could earn some money.
Ge Youcai said with a smile: "It's in progress. We have acquired a few small plots of land. I estimate that we can make a few hundred million."
At this moment, thinking back on the past years, Ge Youcai felt fortunate.
He was glad that he had made the decision to close the lean foundry. It was a wise decision. He was now doing well in the real estate market, and his profits and potential were far beyond what he had been able to achieve when he opened the foundry.
Ge Deqiu quickly complimented him, "Dad, you are awesome. You made the right decision to close the mold factory and switch to real estate. If it weren't for your foresight, there would be no Lean Real Estate today."
Ge Youcai was quite proud of this, but he still taught Ge Deqiu a lesson with a stern face : "You, study hard now, and don't worry about other things."
Ge Deqiu curled his lips, and was a little unconvinced by his youthful arrogance: "Lean Real Estate will be handed over to me in the future, so I should at least get in touch with the relevant business first."
Just as Ge Youcai was about to speak, the cell phone on his waist rang. He quickly took out his phone and pressed the answer button.
"Hello? Hello."
"I'm Lin Shuyi."
When Ge Youcai heard that it was Lin Shuyi who called, his face changed slightly, and he stood up, his tone even more enthusiastic: "It turned out to be Mr. Lin, I'm so sorry, I didn't know why you called me, what advice do you have?"
Lin Shuyi said calmly, "Boss Ge, you are too polite. I can't say I am teaching you. I just want to invite you out for dinner. Do you have time?"
Ge Youcai looked at the sumptuous meal on the table, but then said without hesitation: "Since Mr. Lin invites you, I am naturally available anytime."
"Then I will be waiting for you at Jingyunju, Boss Ge."
"Okay, I'll be there right away."
After hanging up the phone, Ge You couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
He couldn't figure out why Lin Shuyi suddenly came to him. Could it be for the development project of Nanwan? There was no reason. Jingwan Group was such a big company. What could they not handle that needed his help?
However, no matter what Lin Shuyi asked him to do, he had to go.
At that moment, he stood up, picked up his suit and prepared to go out.
While eating, Jiang Siming was puzzled: "Who is looking for you? Can't you go out after dinner?"
Ge Youcai said solemnly: "Lin Shuyi, the daughter of Lin Baiyi, the richest man in Baiyun City, asked me out."
Jiang Siming was even more confused after hearing this: "Why did she look for you?"
"I don't know either. Okay, I'm leaving now. No need to wait for me. You guys eat."
Jiang Siming naturally didn't dare to say anything when she heard that the other party was Lin Baiyi's daughter. After all, her husband was also in the real estate business, but in terms of scale, Jingwan Group and Jingyi Real Estate were simply one in the sky and one on the ground. The latter could not be compared with the former at all. The gap was too big.
Just as he was about to go out, Ge Youcai suddenly remembered something and turned back to wave at his son Ge Deqiu: "Okay, stop eating. I'll take you out to see the world tonight."
Ge Deqiu, who was worrying about a pile of braised pork ribs, suddenly felt relieved. He dropped his bowl and chopsticks and went into his bedroom.
"I'll change my clothes."
Although he really likes to eat braised spareribs, he can't bear to eat it every day. Not to mention braised spareribs, even dragon meat can get boring.
Seeing the father and son about to leave, Jiang Siming said gloomily, "Humph, you two are heartless and leave me alone at home again."
Seeing that his wife was unhappy, Ge Youcai had to coax her carefully: "There will be plenty of opportunities to eat together as a family in the future, but there won't be many opportunities to eat with a big shot like Lin Shuyi."
His idea is very simple: if you want to survive in this circle, connections are the most important thing.
After all, doing business, to put it bluntly, is still about dealing with people.
Even if he couldn't make friends with a rich girl like Lin Shuyi, at least he could make his son familiar to her. Who knows, this relationship might come in handy in the future.
Ge Deqiu was very excited about being able to meet the daughter of the richest man.
Although he was considered a second-generation rich, he was still several levels behind the real top social circles in Baiyun City. At least he knew Lin Shuyi, but Lin Shuyi didn't know him at all. Even if they ran into each other outside, she didn't have the qualifications to say hello.
This time he had the opportunity to have a meal with his father and Lin Shuyi, and he certainly wouldn't miss it.
On the other side, in the chairman's office of Jingwan Group, Lin Shuyi had just finished a phone call with Ge Youcai, and turned to Lu Yiming and said, "It's time for us to leave, let's go."
Then the two of them left Jingwan Group and headed to Changshou Street in Lin Shuyi's Rolls-Royce.
Lu Yiming looked leisurely at the scene outside the car window, which was like a kaleidoscope of colors, but he couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.
This place was already a gathering place for celebrities in the previous dynasty, and its exquisite architecture was well-known.
Now in the new era, the once magnificent temples have long been razed to the ground, and jade shops are lined up on both sides of the street. Although there are not many customers, this kind of business is like three years of not opening, and three years of profit after opening, so the business is actually not bad.
After all, most of the jade merchants who choose to open shops here are aiming to make money from the rich, and ordinary people are not their target customer group at all.
In his previous life, Lu Yiming knew that such a street existed and he even passed by it several times, but to him, it was so far away.
And now, he can finally set foot here and enter a class that was previously out of his reach.
