Chapter 335: A Plot Within a Plot
Lu Yiming put on an indifferent attitude and said, "Believe it or not, just don't come to me in the future and say that I didn't tell you. Okay, if there's nothing else, I'll leave... By the way, I left my crabs and came to talk to you about this, you have to treat me to a meal, right?"
"Didn't I treat you to a barbecue yesterday?"
"Does that count?!"
"Why not? I even let you sleep at my house for a whole night and I didn't even charge you for the room."
"You obviously took advantage of me. You held me in your arms all night..."
"!!!"
Lin Shuyi stared at Lu Yiming and said with gritted teeth: “Say it again!”
"You were the one who said it first."
Lu Yiming muttered something, and seeing that Lin Shuyi was about to lose her temper again, he quickly got up and ran away: "I'm leaving. Alas, it was a wasted trip. I can't even eat the king crab. How pitiful..."
Lin Shuyi: “…”
Seeing that Lu Yiming was really about to leave, she said unwillingly: "Do you really have no idea about the No. 3 plot in Nanwan?"
Lu Yiming waved his hand with a look of disdain on his face: "I have no idea. I really don't care about that little profit. Think about the projects I took you to do. Which one didn't make more money than this? South Bay Plot No. 2 is enough for you to play with. Don't be greedy and fall into the trap. If you really have money, you can give it to me. I will help you make money and charge you a management fee at most."
Lin Shuyi thought about it and found that what Lu Yiming said was right. The projects she collaborated with Lu Yiming on had indeed achieved amazing results.
After struggling for a few seconds, she finally gave in and waved her hands in boredom: "Okay, then I'll listen to you and stop thinking about South Bay Plot No. 3."
"Well, let's go."
Because the profit margin was too low, Lu Yiming did not choose to partner with Lin Shuyi to acquire the South Bay No. 3 plot.
And because Lu Yiming refused to cooperate with her, Lin Shuyi did not have enough money to acquire the South Bay No. 3 plot.
The other side.
Wu Changsheng found his elder brother Wu Changmao with a red face and a smile on his face, as if he had picked up money: "Brother, the news has been released. Whether the fish will take the bait depends on this time. As long as the fish takes the bait, we can not only get revenge, but also make a lot of money."
Compared to Wu Changsheng's irrepressible excitement and agitation, Wu Changmao did not act too complacent. As an elder brother, he was more calm and said slowly: "In order to facilitate the auction of the No. 3 land this time, the Wu family used a lot of connections and relationships. The price paid was not small. We must not let anything go wrong."
Wu Changsheng disagreed with Wu Changmao's caution: "Brother, what can go wrong with this sure thing? Now the bait has been put down, the profit is several times higher, I don't believe that Lu will not be tempted."
Now the country is carrying out large-scale construction and the real estate industry is booming. As long as you bet on the right thing and get the land, it will be difficult to lose money. Making money is a foregone conclusion, it is just a matter of how much you earn.
In another ten or eight years, when the US dollar is flooded and Xia State takes over, the domestic real estate will soar into the sky and be on par with the sun.
Several real estate tycoons in later generations basically started their plans in the 1980s and 1990s, and grew bigger and stronger after 2008 and 2009.
Although it is not as crazy as in the early 2000s, the base is large enough, so even though the apparent rate of return is not exaggerated, it is still very attractive. Even top billionaires like Li Chaoren would be tempted and humble themselves to grab a piece of the pie.
From the perspective of wealth appreciation, the difficulty of using one million to earn two or three million is completely different from using one hundred million to earn two or three hundred million, and the significance they represent is incomparable.
What's more, this land auction involves the South Bay development project. If the term is ten years, the profit will probably be tens of billions. Wu Changsheng doesn't believe that Lu Yiming can remain unmoved. In the face of such temptation, if it weren't for the purpose of swallowing up Lu Yiming's assets in one bite, even he himself would be tempted.
Of course, doing this is equivalent to touching the cake on top.
After all, the more land is sold, the less it will be, and the earlier it is sold, the greater the loss. This involves the basic foundation of local fiscal revenue. If the Wu family had not mobilized a large number of connections and relationships to secretly open up various approval links, changing the land planning would have been impossible.
Wu Changmao touched his chin and raised a new question: "If the land is released, there will definitely be a lot of people paying attention to it. What if someone else buys it?"
Wu Changsheng smiled and said confidently, "Don't worry. We spread the news suddenly. Who can gather 1 billion yuan in a hurry? I have also informed the bank. In the near future, even if the king of heaven comes, he can't get a loan."
Wu Changmao immediately teased when he heard this: "You business people are really cunning. However, we cannot afford to make any mistakes in this matter. We must first take down Lu Yiming and swallow up his assets, and then take over the No. 3 plot as well. Otherwise, our Wu family will suffer a huge loss."
Connections and favors are things that become less and less the more you use them, and they cannot be measured by money alone, unless you pay more!
Therefore, even if it was Land No. 3 that was used as bait, the Wu family would never give up.
The higher the position a person holds, the more greedy he is and he wants everything.
Jingyunju.
In the deepest and most luxurious room, Tang Huanxiang was sweating profusely, her face flushed, and her eyes blurred.
I saw her slender fingertips gently drawing circles on Wang Huaian's chest.
"Did you go to see Lin Shuyi?"
Wang Huaian's hands wandered dishonestly on Tang Huan's smooth back. He squinted his eyes, sniffed deeply at the fragrance on Tang Huan's body, and said vaguely: "What? Are you jealous?"
Tang Huan snorted, pouting his lips high, and said leisurely: "New clothes are worse than new, and old people are worse than old ones. After you have eaten me up, are you rekindling your old relationship with Lin Shuyi?"
"Did you not feel whether I had rekindled my old relationship with Lin Shuyi just now? Or should I let you feel it again?"
Tang Huan then turned from sorrow to joy, leaned over Wang Huaian, and said charmingly: "Okay, I forgive you."
After calming down the beauty beside him, Wang Huaian asked again, "How is Jingyunju doing recently?"
Tang Huan kissed Wang Huaian on the cheek, then smiled and replied as if to take credit: "I'll help you manage it. As a big boss, are you still worried that Jingyunju will lose money?"
It turned out that the boss behind Jingyunju, which was well-known in the high-end circles of Baiyun City, was actually Wang Huaian. And Tang Huan, the strong hostess of Jingyunju, was just helping Wang Huaian to manage Jingyunju.
Then, Tang Huan hooked his fingers and began to talk to Wang Huaian about the various profits of Jingyunju.
However, Wang Huaian didn't seem to care about these things: "It doesn't matter how much money I make. The most important thing for Jingyunju is to build connections for me and to gather information. By the way, is there any news about a person named Lu Yiming recently? I want all the intelligence information about him."
Tang Huan thought about it silently for a moment, then said nonchalantly: "I met him once, he was young and handsome, and there was nothing special about him except that he was close to Lin Shuyi. What? Are you jealous when others are close to Lin Shuyi? I told you men, you always forget the old love and always want to go back to her."
In order to stay with Wang Huaian, she even gave up her official status. However, Wang Huaian was still thinking about another woman in his heart. Naturally, Tang Huan was unwilling to accept this.
However, she did not make a big fuss, but just hinted at it with a sad tone. She expressed her dissatisfaction without offending Wang Huaian.
This has to be said to be a skill. After all, for men, women who know how to act coquettishly appropriately are often more adorable.
As if he could see that Tang Huan was unhappy, Wang Huaian sighed, and brushed his fingers across her smooth oval face, finally stopping at her pointed chin: "I understand your feelings, so all these years, when have you ever wanted something that I didn't buy for you? There are many things about me that even my family doesn't know, but you know them all clearly. You are undoubtedly my right-hand man, so don't be jealous of Shuyi anymore, you are also irreplaceable to me."
This is not a lie. Wang Huaian comes from a wealthy family and has a bright future, but many things are inconvenient for him to handle on his own, such as not being able to do business or directly get involved in transactions related to money.
So he had to have someone he could trust to secretly manage everything for him.
Tang Huan is not only his woman, but also his capable subordinate.
Otherwise, a mere woman, after sleeping with him a few times, dared to give him the cold shoulder. Who did she think he, Wang Huaian, was?
After coaxing Tang Huan for a while, Wang Huaian said seriously: "Don't underestimate Lu Yiming, he is a genius when it comes to making money... No, genius is not enough to describe his ability. Do you know how long it took him to go from being penniless to having a net worth of 10 billion?"
Tang Huan shook his head slightly.
"Four months. It only took him four months!"
"Four months!?"
Tang Huan was shocked when she got the answer. She couldn't help but recall the first time she met Lu Yiming.
In her impression, Lu Yiming looked like a naive high school student, who looked harmless and did not show even a hint of the temperament of a nouveau riche.
However, Wang Huaian now told her that it only took Lu Yiming four months to go from being penniless to being worth ten billion, which made her feel unbelievable.
"Is he robbing a bank?"
Wang Huaian couldn't help but sigh: "How could he rob a bank? However, his methods are not much different from robbing a bank."
The so-called financial means are actually the rational use of rules to plunder the value created by others. To put it bluntly, it is legal robbery.
Lu Yiming became rich overnight by "robbing" the Russians and international hot money from the West.
Many of the international hot money's funds were borrowed from banks. So when you think about it, Lu Yiming was no different from robbing a bank.
It was just because the people who were robbed were all outsiders, and he never went abroad and stayed in the country honestly, so he was not in trouble.
Otherwise, if he dared to do this in the capitalism, he would have been sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in a barrel filled with cement. Or he would have been walking on the street and a dump truck would come at 80 miles per hour and kill him.
A strange look flashed across Tang Huan's eyes, and then he looked at Wang Huaian curiously: "So, you want to do something to this guy?"
Wang Huaian smiled slightly, but shook his head: "I don't need to do it, Wu Changmao and Wu Changsheng are already doing it."
Tang Huan looked puzzled: "Wu Changmao and Wu Changsheng? How are they going to deal with Lu Yiming?"
Although Wang Huaian had never participated in this matter, he had a rough idea in his mind: "There were only two plots of land in Nanwan ready for development before, but now there is an additional plot No. 3. And this plot No. 3 is the bait used to lure Lu Yiming into the trap. If he participates in the bidding for plot No. 3, he will first have to verify his capital of 1 billion in cash."
"A billion in cash?"
Tang Huan couldn't help but exclaim.
She has been running Jingyunju for several years, so she is naturally not a novice in business and knows what such a large sum of cash means.
Business people would like to break a coin into two to spend. It is rare to find someone who does not borrow money from a bank, let alone hold large amounts of cash.
Many billionaires with a fortune of tens of billions would probably just roll their eyes if you asked them to take out 10 billion in cash.
Tang Huan was surprised that Lu Yiming had such a huge amount of wealth at such a young age. At the same time, he said unwillingly: "Why did the Wu family get all this money? Don't you want it?"
Wang Huaian naturally had no intention of hiding anything from the person beside him, and immediately said with a smile: "Of course I want it too. Who wouldn't be tempted by such a huge windfall? But Lu Yiming is not a simple is so young but he is cunning. He doesn't keep his money in the country at all. Even if I want to do it, it's too far away now."
Tang Huan understood it immediately: "So using Plot No. 3 as bait to get Lu Yiming to transfer the money back first? But it would be a pity if we don't participate in such a good opportunity."
However, Wang Huaian sneered, his mouth slightly tilted, revealing a bit of mockery and disdain: "The Wu brothers are short-sighted, and they are trying so hard to swallow up Lu Yiming's assets. I am different. As long as I can subdue him, how much money do I want in the future?"
“It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.”
What the Wu brothers wanted to do was no secret to Wang Huaian. They were all in the same circle and the means they could use were similar.
Therefore, Wang Huaian's thinking was very clear on this matter: "As soon as Lu Yiming's money is transferred back to China, the Wu family will take action, and they even have a ready-made reason. Didn't he open a Tongxin Internet Cafe before? Using large rebates as bait to attract large recharges, this is not illegal, but it is suspected of illegal fundraising."
Illegal fund-raising refers to the crime of illegally raising funds in large amounts using fraudulent means.
Illegal fund-raising is not an independent crime. In practice, those who engage in illegal fund-raising activities are generally charged with the crime of illegally absorbing public deposits and the crime of fund-raising fraud based on the specific circumstances.
Although Tongxin Internet Cafe's initial fundraising behavior was not illegal, those who wanted to investigate could still do so, especially when Lu Yiming refused to pay back the money, they could immediately accuse him of fraud.
"As long as we freeze his bank account and Lu Yiming fails to pay the principal when it's due, it doesn't matter if he has 2 billion. He will still be doomed. We can just accuse him of fraud and put him in jail. Then we can confiscate his property and take away all his wealth."
Wang Huaian said slowly, feeling in his heart that power is really a good thing. As long as you hold it in your hands, you can decide life and death. It is too easy to put someone to death.
Having been by his side for so many years, Tang Huan had guessed what Wang Huaian was thinking, and immediately smiled and complimented him: "When Lu Yiming gets into trouble, you go and rescue him. He will definitely be grateful and work hard for you."
"Haha, you still understand me."
Stroking Tang Huan's delicate and tender skin with his fingers, Wang Huaian's eyes were dim and his mind was deep. He had already made up his mind to intercept her.
When he provoked Lu Yiming before, he actually wanted to sow discord between Lu Yiming and Lin Shuyi, split the two of them, and leave Lu Yiming isolated and helpless.
It was a pity that the plan failed, which made him feel a little regretful, and at the same time he was secretly a little unhappy.
