Chapter 343: Shooting Yourself in the Foot
The auction of Plot No. 3 was not originally included in the government’s plan, and there was not even any official document approved.
In fact, the official meaning is very clear. Land is a scarce resource. Now two plots of land are set aside to attract social capital for development. Once the regional economy is well developed and the economy picks up, the surrounding land prices will be raised accordingly. By that time, we can slowly sell plots of land with better locations at a higher price.
However, in order to cheat Lu Yiming's funds out of his account in Hong Kong, Wu Changmao and Wu Changsheng used their connections to get the so-called "Plot No. 3" and secretly made Lu Yiming interested in Plot No. 3.
As long as Lu Yiming successfully bids for Plot No. 3, they can use some means to delay Lu Yiming, and then use the excuse of failing the inspection to cancel the transaction.
The land is still the same land, but whether Lu Yiming’s money is still Lu Yiming’s is not certain.
However, no matter how much they planned, they had never expected that Li Chaoren would have such a big appetite and attach such importance to the development of the mainland that even Li Chaoren came in person to participate in the auction.
The Li family father and son were not satisfied with taking over Plot No. 1, and they showed their determination to win Plot No. 3.
Therefore, when Wu Changsheng heard that the offer price was raised to this level, he felt numb and his head was buzzing, as if he had been struck by lightning.
In the blink of an eye, the number has reached 580 million.
Who can come up with so much money?
They don’t have the courage to pick a fight with the Li family!
But there is no other way. If they don’t get the land back, the Wu family will suffer a huge loss.
I saw the hammer in the hands of the host on the stage was raised high and was about to fall.
Li Kai himself also cast a meaningful .
Lu Yiming symbolically raised the sign several times and raised the price to 500 million before choosing to stop. In the eyes of the people around him, he was clearly suppressed by the powerful Li Kai.
Lu Yiming also looked at Li Kai and gave him a thumbs up with a smile on his face.
Li Kai knew that he won.
In his mind, he had already started thinking about how to taunt Lu Yiming and get back his previous advantage.
However, just as Li Kai was about to announce his victory, a man not far from him raised a sign with difficulty.
The MC was sharp-eyed. He stopped the gavel in his hand immediately and shouted excitedly, "Number 37 bids 600 million!"
When this price was called out, there was a small commotion at the scene. Everyone stretched their necks to look at the position where No. 37 was.
The smile on Li Kai's face froze suddenly, and he looked at No. 37 with great displeasure.
Lin Shuyi was also very surprised, and felt that the price was getting more and more outrageous. She frowned and said, "I estimate that the value of this piece of land is about 400 million. More than 500 million is already a huge premium. I didn't expect that someone would actually increase the price."
Lu Yiming was curious about which sucker had quoted the price, so he turned around and took a look, then smiled at Lin Shuyi: "Hey, it's your old acquaintance again."
Lin Shuyi looked unhappy: "What do you mean by my old acquaintance?"
"It's Wu Changsheng."
"Wu Changsheng?"
Lin Shuyi frowned slightly: "The Wu Changsheng from Changsheng Fund?"
"That's right."
“That’s really a big deal.”
Even Lin Shuyi felt that the other party simply had too much money to burn. What couldn't they do with 600 million?
At this time, Wu Changsheng, who was the focus of everyone's attention, had a sullen face, his finger joints were white from being pinched, and his angry eyes seemed to want to bite someone.
It’s uncomfortable. It’s so fucking uncomfortable!
You have to eat the bait you threw out yourself, and now you have to lose favors and a large sum of money for no reason, and you have to risk your entire family going to jail.
It’s all Lu Yiming’s fault!
Why doesn't he hold up the sign?
Wu Changsheng was screaming madly in his heart, his emotions were almost hysterical.
Lu Yiming had no idea what Wu Changsheng was thinking. He just asked Lin Shuyi with some curiosity: "This Changsheng Fund is so rich? I really can't tell. Six hundred million, wow, it would take me ten days or half a month to make that much money."
Lin Shuyi also showed some doubts and confusion: "Based on my understanding of Wu Changsheng, Changsheng Fund can't be so large. 600 million in cash, this is a very large number."
"I don't know. Anyway, no matter how awesome he is, it has nothing to do with us. Well, the auction is over, you can go through the follow-up procedures."
Lu Yiming stood up, and the emcee on the stage said a few polite words before announcing the end of the auction. The lights in the venue came on, and everyone filed out.
When leaving, Li Kai bumped into Lu Yiming again. He felt quite regretful for not being able to take over the plot No. 3. He said with emotion: "There are really many hidden talents in the mainland. I didn't expect that in addition to Mr. Lu, Baiyun has such an outstanding young man."
After saying this, he deliberately looked in the direction of Wu Changsheng, his tone was mischievous, but his eyes were also meaningful.
Lu Yiming looked at Li Kai calmly and unceremoniously exposed his thoughts: "You want to stir up my desire to win and make me make enemies everywhere? Your plan is not smart enough."
Having seen many intrigues and deceptions between people in his previous life, Lu Yiming thought that Li Kai's provocation was too superficial. He was not a rookie, so how could he be fooled and compete with others?
As his attempt to instigate trouble failed, Li Kai's face darkened.
This Lu Yiming is simply a monster, with not a single flaw on his body.
Although he is only seventeen or eighteen years old, he is so calm and steady in doing things, just like a veteran who has been struggling in the society for decades, so slippery that people don't know where to start.
Seeing that he could not get any benefit from Lu Yiming, Li Kai did not make any more futile attempts: "Today, my Li family won plot No. 1, and you won plot No. 2, so it's a tie. If you want to decide the winner, I'm afraid you'll have to wait until next time. See you later, Mr. Lu."
As he said this, he quickened his pace and caught up with Li Chaoren in front of him.
Then Lin Shuyi walked over to Lu Yiming, looked at Li Kai's back, and teased him in a relaxed tone: "Why do you offend people everywhere? If you keep doing this, you will get beaten up sooner or later."
Lu Yiming immediately retorted: "Nonsense, I have always been kind to others, and I believe that harmony brings wealth. How could I offend people everywhere? It is obviously others who offend me."
At this time, Wu Changsheng happened to pass by. He glared at Lu Yiming fiercely and said with gritted teeth: "Lu Yiming, just wait, this matter is not over yet!"
Lu Yiming was speechless and retorted: "You are crazy, it's inexplicable, I didn't offend you."
Wu Changsheng was so angry that his teeth were clenched and his fists were crackling. In tonight's bidding, the Wu family could be said to be the biggest loser, and he blamed Lu Yiming for the root of everything.
Of course, Wu Changsheng couldn't say anything now. He didn't respond to Lu Yiming's words and turned away.
Lu Yiming said unhappily, "Who did I offend? Why are they all so crazy? Did they go out with gunpowder? They pick fights with everyone they see?"
Seeing Lu Yiming's angry face, Lin Shuyi laughed so hard that her body shook with laughter: "You must have offended someone by talking nonsense again. You deserve it for having a foul mouth all day long."
Lu Yiming suddenly felt wronged: "Damn it, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. I obviously didn't do anything!"
Neither of them was aware of the Wu family's conspiracy, nor did they know that Wu Changmao and Wu Changsheng suffered huge losses this time because of Lu Yiming.
Not to mention the favors that have to be paid, the 600 million yuan in land auction money will bring about so much trouble in the future.
You have to know that although the Wu family is one of the most powerful in Baiyun, it is far from being omnipotent. Even though Wu Changmao holds a high position, he still has rivals.
If this matter were to be exposed to the public, he would at least be in big trouble, if not seriously injured.
But in the eyes of the Wu family, all these mistakes were Lu Yiming's fault!
On the way back, sitting in the car, Lu Yiming sneezed.
Lin Shuyi was very disgusted and moved her position involuntarily: "Do you have a cold? Don't infect me."
Lu Yiming curled his lips and said unhappily, "We didn't kiss mouth to mouth, how could it be so easily contagious? And I'm in great shape and I work out every day, so how could I catch a cold? Someone must be saying bad things about me behind my back."
Lin Shuyi snorted and said in a teasing tone: "You have offended many people, so it is normal for you to be scolded."
Lu Yiming immediately retorted: "Don't talk nonsense, how could a high-quality human male like me be scolded?"
"I admire you. I've never seen anyone so shameless as you."
Returning to the Bi Hai Long Ting, Lu Yiming said to Lin Shuyi: "The land has been acquired, and the next step is up to you."
Lin Shuyi raised her eyebrows: "Are you planning to be a hands-off boss?"
Lu Yiming shrugged helplessly: "What else? After all, I'm still a student, I have to go to college."
Lin Shuyi: “…”
"Go away."
After returning to his villa, Lu Yiming took a comfortable shower and slept until dawn. At eight o'clock in the morning, Lu Yiming put on clean and refreshing clothes and planned to go out for a walk and find something to eat. However, before he left the house, he received a call from Li Qiu, saying that he was already at the gate of the community.
Lu Yiming was very surprised. This was the first time that Li Qiu came to him on his own initiative. He immediately asked Li Qiu to come to the villa.
The two sat down in the reception room, and Lu Yiming said with interest: "It's really rare that Lawyer Li actually came to me on his own initiative. Tell me, what's the matter this time?"
Li Qiu said, "Mr. Lu, did you know that yesterday's auction was actually aimed at you?"
Lu Yiming was really surprised this time: "Come for me? What do you mean?"
Li Qiu immediately told the news he had heard: "At the auction last night, Plot 3 was actually a bait to lure you, Mr. Lu."
When Lu Yiming heard this, he immediately recalled the scene when Wu Changsheng warned him with red eyes at the end of the auction. He understood something and immediately became serious. He asked Li Qiu, "Is this news reliable?"
Li Qiu made a promise with a sincere look on his face: "Of course it's reliable, otherwise I wouldn't have come to you so early."
Since Lu Yiming had always been very generous in the past, Li Qiu, who was already well-informed, naturally came to inform on him as soon as he got the news.
Because he knew that Lu Yiming would never let him down.
As if to prove his point, Li Qiu continued, "Under the interference of the Wu family, even banks have tightened their lending in recent times. Moreover, at the auction last night, Wu Changsheng was determined to compete with Li Kai for Plot No. 3 at all costs. Mr. Lu, don't you find it strange?"
Lu Yiming took a deep breath and said, "Now that you put it that way, things are indeed a little strange. Changsheng Fund is engaged in financial investment, and I have never heard of them investing in real estate. It is not like their style to spend 600 million yuan to buy land in one go."
After this analysis, Lu Yiming was almost certain that what Li Qiu said should be true.
However, Lu Yiming was still a little confused: "I have no grudges with the two brothers Wu Changsheng and Wu Changmao, so there is no need for them to mess with me like this, right?"
Could it be because of the Lin family’s trust fund incident?
If Wu Changsheng held a grudge over such a small matter and set up such a big scheme, then this guy is really vicious.
Li Qiu said, "It's a crime to possess a treasure. Mr. Lu, you are so rich, so naturally there are people who are jealous. But because your assets have always been overseas, they have never found the opportunity to take action."
After Li Qiu said this, Lu Yiming's thoughts suddenly became clear.
Jealousy is a really good reason.
He heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, I was cautious and did not keep my money in a mainland bank. Otherwise, I think the money in my account would have been frozen for no apparent reason."
Of course, if it was just the money that was lost, that would be fine. As long as he was given some time, Lu Yiming would be able to make a comeback. But I was afraid that this was a series of traps.
You know, Tongxin Internet Cafe still owes a lot of members recharge fees, the total amount is probably more than 100 million.
Of course, he could easily pay back the money, but the scary thing was that if the Wu brothers succeeded in their conspiracy, all his cash would be frozen. If he failed to pay back the money, he would probably at least be charged with fraud.
This is not the end. After entering prison, there are more ways to play...
It is questionable whether the body can be left intact in the end.
As he thought about it, Lu Yiming gradually couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore and he felt like he was not feeling well.
I was just trying to make some money, but someone wanted to kill me?
This is intolerable!
Fight back! We must fight back
The Wu family, right? If you are unkind, don’t blame me for being unjust.
As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in a hundred battles. If Lu Yiming wants to deal with the Wu family, he must first know the other party's weaknesses. He asked Li Qiu in a deep voice: "Lawyer Li, what is the reason why Wu Changsheng bought Plot No. 3 at any price?"
