Chapter 273: Exclusion
Lu Yiming faced the angry gaze of his future father-in-law without any fear.
At this moment, he no longer cared about General Shi's opinion.
Who made Shi Caijiang not care about Shi Qingxue's opinion?
This is called giving someone a taste of their own medicine.
Lu Yiming never thought of himself as a goody-goody. After all, Confucius once said: "If you repay evil with good, how can you repay good?" As a human being, you should repay evil with justice and repay good with good.
A simple explanation is: If he is not nice to you, then you punish him. If he is not nice to you and you still treat him well, isn't that stupid?
Facing the question from General Shi, Lu Yiming said perfunctorily: "The government is now fully committed to developing the economy and attaches great importance to the Nanwan project. They even specially invited Li Chaoren. If we, Jingyi Real Estate, miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, what development can we talk about in the future?"
Xia Shien, Zhang Jinrong and others quickly chimed in and flattered Lu Yiming: "Boss Lu is right, that's the truth."
Seeing this scene, Shi Caijiang of course understood that Lu Yiming, Xia Shien and others had already discussed it long ago. Only he was in the dark and was completely kept in the dark, knowing nothing at all.
The reason for this result, in addition to Lu Yiming's skill in stealing houses, is that Shi Caijiang's mind has been preoccupied with the divorce issue in recent times, and he has neither the time nor the energy to pay attention to some changes in Baiyun.
Lu Yiming's sudden move really made Shi Caijiang extremely upset.
You may say that Lu Yiming is unreasonable, but he also gave him a choice. As long as Shi Caijiang paid the money, he would be able to retain his shares in Jingyi Real Estate.
The key point is that it will be a bit difficult for him to take out this money.
This move by Lu Yiming was obviously an open conspiracy.
There are pros, cons and risks in following or not following.
This put Shi Caijiang in a dilemma. Either he had to raise money and go all in, or watch his shares being diluted.
Originally, he was thinking of using Shi Qingxue and Ge Deqiu to take over the Ge family, but now the Ge family is out of the game, which is really painful.
Thinking of Shi Qingxue, Shi Caijiang suddenly had an idea.
Isn’t this Lu Yiming Shi Qingxue’s classmate?
Aren’t the two of them having an ambiguous relationship?
Shouldn't this be put to good use?
Thinking of this, Shi Caijiang felt that he was fine again, so he asked, "Mr. Lu, I want to talk to you alone about something. Is that okay?"
Faced with such a humble request from his father-in-law who was still aggressive last week, Lu Yiming certainly did not refuse. Anyway, Shi Caijiang was already a spent force and could not come up with any tricks.
"Okay, shall we go next door for a cup of tea?"
The two of them went to the next office and sat down across the desk from each other. Shi Cai carefully pulled down the blinds, as if this would prevent eavesdropping.
"Mr. Lu, I didn't expect you to be so promising at such a young age. You can be independent at such a young age and help manage the family business. It's really amazing. I didn't know your identity before, so my tone may have been a little harsh. I would like to apologize to you here first."
Seeing Shi Caijiang being so humble, Lu Yiming almost laughed out loud. He suppressed his laughter and said, "No problem. I'm a reasonable person. Didn't I give you a choice just now? As long as you invest, your shares won't be diluted. But if you can't come up with the money, everyone will take it, and I can't favor you, right? When doing business together, the most important thing is to treat everyone equally. Don't you agree?"
General Shi Cai nodded his head in agreement, saying, "Yes, yes, Mr. Lu is right. It is rare for Mr. Lu to have such a business mind at such a young age. I really don't know which family can educate such an outstanding young man like you."
When Lu Yiming heard this, he immediately understood.
My goodness, is this a roundabout way of finding out about my life experience and background?
However, Lu Yiming did not hide his identity.
"What family or no family? Mr. Shi, you are too serious. My father opened a small mold factory, but it is on the verge of bankruptcy due to poor management. Now he is actively seeking transformation."
What Lu Yiming said was all true, but sometimes the truth is the most deceptive - at least now General Shi Cai didn't believe it, not a single word, not even the punctuation marks.
Small mold factory?
Or a small mold factory that is about to go bankrupt?
Who are you fooling?
How can a small mold factory produce something like yours? You invest hundreds of millions of dollars at any time. Can your mold factory go bankrupt with this much money?
When I was three years old?
Shi Caijiang complained madly in his heart.
What is the transformation? It’s nothing more than not wanting to make molds anymore. I guess they want to enter the real estate industry?
It is indeed possible.
Maybe the other party let his own son take the lead first.
All kinds of thoughts flashed through Shi Caijiang's mind , and then he asked about the "business" and tried to test Lu Yiming's attitude: "Mr. Lu, you are a classmate of my daughter, how are you getting along now?"
Lu Yiming nodded slightly, smiling: "It's pretty good."
When General Shi Cai heard this, he immediately felt more confident and spoke three times louder: "Xiaoxue, I have spoiled you like a baby since you were young, but as the saying goes, men should get married when they are old enough and women should get married when they are old enough. Now that you are dating, I have no objection and I fully support you. When you graduate and get married, I will be your father-in-law and we will be a family."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "That's indeed the truth."
Hearing Lu Yiming admit his relationship with his daughter, Shi Caijiang felt more confident. He sat up straight, looked Lu Yiming in the eye, and even changed his tone of voice: "So, I am also your elder. I am not trying to make things difficult for you, but I wonder if you can explain the inside story of this Nanwan project to me?"
Lu Yiming had no intention of hiding anything. Anyway, the matter was done now, and no matter how much Shi Cai struggled, he could not change the overall situation.
"What does it mean? The cooperation between Jingyi Real Estate and Jingwan Group is real. As an economic development zone, Nanwan has a bright future. This is definitely a godsend. Our cooperation in developing Nanwan is both in line with the historical trend and a normal business behavior. If Uncle Shi doesn't believe it, you can go to a newsstand and buy a business newspaper to take a look. The relevant development projects have all been announced to the public."
Seeing that Lu Yiming's words were well-reasoned and he was not afraid of being investigated, Shi Caijiang had to believe him. However, he still had some doubts in his heart: "Is the investment scale of this project large? I just invested 90 million, and you are going to invest more, right?"
If he really went all in, Shi Caijiang would still be able to come up with 90 million or 100 million or something like that. What he feared the most was that when he went all in, Lu Yiming and Jingwan Group would just start and continue to invest money in it, then he would really be in tears.
With his small body, he can't handle a behemoth like Jingwan Group.
Lu Yiming certainly knew what Shi Caijiang was thinking, and in fact forcing Shi Caijiang to make such a choice was part of his plan.
Therefore, Lu Yiming swore in front of General Shi: "Uncle Shi, you can rest assured. This money was originally used to buy land in Nanwan. In addition to the large plots of land auctioned by the government, we can also purchase some scattered land from local residents and make a lot of money."
"Especially for the No. 1 site that Superman Li has set his sights on. Cheung Kong Group is financially strong, so we dare not even think about bidding for it. However, there are still many retail investors around the No. 1 site that the government has put up for auction. Once Superman Li builds the building, the value of these lands will definitely soar."
Seeing that Lu Yiming spoke so confidently, Shi Caijiang relied on his identity as Lu Yiming's future father-in-law. He thought that after catching up with this wave, he would make Shi Qingxue and Lu Yiming a fait accompli as soon as possible. By then, Lu Yiming would definitely help him become rich.
"What you said makes a lot of sense. I will express my intention to invest 90 million yuan in the meeting later, and then I will go home to raise money."
Lu Yiming reminded him calmly, "Uncle, you have to act faster then. After all, we can't keep the fact that Li Chaoren is coming to Nanwan to invest a secret for too long. Once everyone knows about it, if he wants to buy more land, the price won't be the same anymore."
After listening to this, Shi Caijiang became more and more impatient: "You are right. Then let's go to the meeting now, and I will go to raise money after the meeting."
Ninety million is already his limit. If he has to wait for the land to appreciate in value and then invest again, he will really be powerless.
After the meeting, Shi Caijiang left Lean Real Estate in a hurry.
Lu Yiming looked at Shi Caijiang's back as he left, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a fish-hooked smile, and said with emotion: "Greed can blind one's mind."
After leaving Jingyi Real Estate, Shicai immediately went to Shiyundao Trading Company, found Qin Sulan, and told her: "How much money is left on the company's account now?"
Qin Sulan frowned, and was curious: "Why are you asking this?"
Shi Caijiang unbuttoned his collar, his eyes brightened. "This morning I went to a meeting at Jingyi Real Estate. It turns out that Jingwan Group has already invested in Jingyi Real Estate. Isn't Nanwan a hot spot recently? So Jingyi Real Estate also needs to raise money to acquire land in Nanwan. That Mr. Lu set an example and invested 100 million directly, and Jingwan Group also followed suit with 90 million."
"According to my 27% stake in Jingyi Real Estate, I will have to invest about 80 to 90 million yuan. Jingyi Real Estate now has a big backer like Jingwan Group and can participate in the development of South Bay. It will definitely occupy a place in the local business circle of Baiyun in the future. If I don't invest now, I can only watch them make money in the future."
After listening to what Shi Caijiang said, although Qin Sulan knew nothing about business and real estate, she had already known the inside story in advance, so she felt that this was most likely a trap set by Lu Yiming for Shi Caijiang.
After all, they had been together for so many years, she couldn't bear it, so she reminded Shi Caijiang: "You don't know anything beforehand, aren't you afraid that this is a trap?"
With profit at the forefront, how can Shi Cai think rationally?
If he didn't invest, his shares in Lean Real Estate would be forcibly diluted, and he would miss the opportunity to make a lot of money.
What's more, as long as he doesn't invest this time, no matter whether this matter is true or false, he will be marginalized in Lean Real Estate in the future, or even completely eliminated.
Shi Cai would find it difficult to accept such a result in any way.
So it seems that he can choose to vote or not, but in fact he has no choice at all.
"What can Jingwan Group, such a big company, do to me? And I have asked someone privately, and the government is indeed interested in promoting investment and construction in Nanwan Economic Development Zone, and even inviting Li Chaoren to help is true. Besides, how can you do business without taking risks? The greater the risk, the greater the reward!"
Seeing that Shi Cai was not going to listen to her advice, Qin Sulan had no choice but to keep silent.
In fact, she already understood in her heart that the other party had deliberately set a trap for her. What would it matter even if Shi Caijiang escaped this time?
With the opponent's skills and strength, Shi Cai will sooner or later fall into his hands, and his life and death will not be in his hands.
At the gate of Baiyun No. 1 Middle School.
Lu Yiming and Shi Qingxue were eating ice cream cones in the ice cream parlor.
It seemed that because of her aunt's arrival, Shi Qingxue was in a much better mood. With a smile on her face, she boasted to Lu Yiming how excellent her aunt was. She also said that she wanted to be like her aunt in the future and become an independent and successful woman.
Through Shi Qingxue's narration, Lu Yiming also learned that Shi Qingxue's grandmother's family was so powerful that they could even establish a kingdom in the United States.
No wonder Qingxue was able to follow her mother to settle in the United States in her previous life.
Looking at Shi Qingxue's pretty face, Lu Yiming couldn't help but stretched out his hand to pinch it, and then teased her, "Don't worry, you will definitely be more successful than your aunt in the future. After all, you are Mrs. Lu, the wife of the richest man."
When Shi Qingxue heard Lu Yiming teasing her like this, she felt sweet and shy. She punched Lu Yiming twice and said coquettishly, "You're going to die."
At this moment, Zhang Jinrong called.
Lu Yiming pressed the call button and asked calmly, "How is it going? Has he transferred the money?"
Zhang Jinrong said: "Yes, a total of more than 91 million, all has been received."
Lu Yiming chuckled: "It's quite fast. Okay, we can start closing the net."
After hanging up the phone, Shi Qingxue curled her lips and said, "What do you mean by closing the net? Are you planning to skip class and go fishing again?"
Lu Yiming pinched Shi Qingxue's straight nose, his face full of pampering: "This is a secret, I will tell you later."
Shi Qingxue snorted, "What? You're making it so mysterious. I don't even want to know."
At this moment, Su Yunjin's Mercedes-Benz stopped at the door of the ice cream parlor, and Su Yunwei got out of the car.
Shi Qingxue quickly stood up and said, "Oh, it's my aunt who's here to pick me up."
Lu Yiming looked at the fashionably dressed woman who walked in and found that from her appearance, she didn't seem much older than Shi Qingxue.
However, compared with Shi Qingxue, whose figure and temperament are still a little immature, the beauty in front of him does have a more mature charm.
Shi Qingxue ran over and greeted her affectionately: "Aunt."
Lu Yiming also called her "Auntie".
Shi Qingxue blushed and glared at Lu Yiming, then snorted, "This is my aunt, why are you yelling nonsense?"
Lu Yiming looked innocent: "Then what should I call you? Sister? Isn't that a generation gap?"
The two said goodbye reluctantly. Even after getting in the car, Shi Qingxue's cheeks were still rosy and she looked shy.
Su Yun glanced at her niece. She knew the relationship between the two and asked teasingly, "The one just now was your boyfriend?"
Su Yunwei, who has been studying abroad since junior high school, is quite open-minded in this regard. After all, high school students in the United States are world-famous. They do not prohibit premature love. Some girls even bring their boyfriends home to meet their parents in junior high school. Few parents treat premature love as a "cancer".
As long as they get along normally and don't do anything out of line, parents in the United States are very open-minded about their children's love life.
Even in middle school, there are special courses that teach children how to properly deal with love and the responsibilities of love.
Even the marriage law of the United States sets the legal age for marriage at 18. In this regard, the one-size-fits-all approach in China seems somewhat out of place.
Shi Qingxue had never been abroad, so she naturally didn't know this. When Su Yunwei asked her this, she quickly said, "He's just my classmate, aunt, don't think too much about it."
Such an excuse could not be hidden from the observant Su Yunwei.
"Come and talk to Auntie, do you like him?"
