Chapter 344: Sit back and wait for death? NO!
Facing Lu Yiming's question, Li Qiu did not hide anything and directly told the inside story: "The auction of Plot 3 was not originally in the official plan. It was the Wu family who worked hard behind the scenes and used a lot of connections to finally make it happen."
He said this quite obscurely, but Lu Yiming was such a shrewd man that he immediately thought of many things and realized that the Wu family was definitely taking a huge risk by doing this.
You know, the sale of land is a major source of local fiscal revenue, and in order to develop the economy, local governments will auction off part of the land to attract private capital to invest.
After the economy develops, the surrounding land prices will be raised. Selling the land at that time will often generate more fiscal revenue. Moreover, this money does not belong to a certain person, but to the local collective income, and many people can benefit from it.
As a result, the government tends to sell a small amount of land in its hands, especially those in good locations, which will not be sold easily.
After all, land resources are limited. Once they are sold, they will be gone, so we must always keep some on hand in case of emergency.
The Wu family's actions were obviously equivalent to taking out the cake that belonged to everyone and selling it at a low price in advance, which undoubtedly angered everyone.
Lu Yiming finally understood why Wu Changsheng was so determined to buy back Plot 3 at such a high price that night. After paying so many favors, if they got nothing in return, the Wu family would definitely not feel good.
But then Lu Yiming had another doubt and asked a question that he couldn't figure out: "Now they have bought back Plot No. 3 as they wished, but the key is, do they have so much money? I heard from the Lin family that Wu Changsheng's Changsheng Fund can't possibly come up with such a large sum of cash. When the delivery deadline passes, not only will the auction be invalidated, but they will also have to pay the deposit, right?"
Obviously, Li Qiu, who specialized in intelligence work, also paid attention to these aristocratic families. After hearing Lu Yiming's doubts, he sneered and said, "How could the Wu family have so much money?"
Lu Yiming was immediately surprised, and then he opened his eyes wide, his expression even more unbelievable: "Could it be that the Wu family is not going to pay? This is an official auction, they don't have such courage, right?"
Li Qiu smiled but said nothing. He knew he had said enough and if he continued, it would be a taboo.
However, his silence also gave Lu Yiming the answer. He immediately wrote a check for two million, slapped it in front of Li Qiu, and said with a smile: "This is really very important news for me. Thank you."
Li Qiu folded the check and put it into the inner pocket of his suit with peace of mind. He stood up with a smile on his face and said, "Then I won't bother Mr. Lu anymore."
He came here today to sell information to Lu Yiming. Now his goal has been achieved and he is very satisfied with the price, so there is naturally no need to stay.
As soon as Li Qiu left, Lu Yiming leaned back on the sofa, a cold smile gradually appearing on his face.
"Wu family, Wu family, you are now shooting yourself in the foot, right? As the saying goes, if you don't seek death, you won't die. Now that Land No. 3 is in your hands, it is a hot potato. I would like to see how you plan to deal with this trouble."
He had been wondering why this third plot of land suddenly appeared, because before his rebirth, this thing did not exist at all.
However, although Lu Yiming felt something was wrong at the time, he did not think about it in other ways until Li Qiu came over and told him the inside story. Only then did he realize that behind such an ordinary thing, there was actually such a conspiracy and calculation.
The most vicious thing in the world is the human heart.
Lu Yiming still felt scared when he thought of this: "If I had even a little greed for Plot No. 3, I would have fallen into this trap. Wu Changmao, Wu Changsheng, I have no grudge against you, but you came up with such a vicious plan just for my money. If I didn't do something, you would really think I was a sick cat."
No one would be able to swallow being schemed against like this.
"It would be a bit unfair if I didn't share this fun thing with Lin Shuyi."
Lu Yiming took the phone and called Lin Shuyi.
"Girl, let me tell you something funny."
On the other end of the phone, Lin Shuyi, who was eating breakfast, frowned slightly and couldn't help asking, "What interesting news is there so early in the morning?"
Lu Yiming relayed to Lin Shuyi what Li Qiu had just told him, and then smiled and said, "How is it? Is this news interesting?"
After listening to Lu Yiming's words, Lin Shuyi remembered that if she had been a little greedy at the auction, she might have directly led Jingwan Group into trouble. She was immediately furious: "How dare the Wu family plot against you like this? It's too much, and the means are too despicable. Wu Changsheng is really despicable and shameless."
At present, Lu Yiming is a partner of the Lin family, and the interests of both parties have long been deeply intertwined.
Therefore, the Wu family's desire to deal with Lu Yiming was undoubtedly damaging the interests of the Lin family, and Lin Shuyi naturally could not tolerate such a thing.
Lu Yiming asked another question: "Isn't Wang Huaian quite active recently? I think this guy is quite deceiving. He came to me for no reason. Do you think they are in the same group? I didn't know this guy before. He must have been instructed by someone to come to me, or he might have bad intentions as well."
Lin Shuyi looked serious after hearing this: "Why do you think so? Do you have any evidence?"
Lu Yiming sneered: "The Wu family's actions should not be impromptu. After all, it takes time to operate the auction of Plot 3. The Wu family must have exchanged interests with many people. Do you think Wang Huaian is unaware of this?"
"A stranger who has no conflict of interest with me would suddenly come to me for what reason? It can't be that he is jealous just because I am close to you, right? Do you think this is a melodrama? In my opinion, he must be in collusion with the Wu brothers. Isn't this a reasonable guess?"
Lin Shuyi remained silent. She didn't want to mention the man who left scars in her life, but Lu Yiming's words made her wonder whether Wang Huaian was involved.
While Lin Shuyi was thinking, Lu Yiming continued, "Wang Huaian's timing of coming to me was too coincidental, and judging from his behavior at the time, if I really believed him and distanced myself from you, then when I fell into the trap set by Wu Changsheng and Wu Changmao, I would be isolated and helpless."
"Look, isn't this another piece of evidence that they're in cahoots? Don't tell me this is just a coincidence."
Although there was no concrete evidence, Lin Shuyi knew that what Lu Yiming said was most likely the truth.
No one knows better than her how scheming Wang Huaian is. He will use any means to achieve his goals.
Two waves of powerful enemies appeared at once, which made Lin Shuyi angry, but also made her feel deeply powerless.
"What are you going to do now? They won't give up if they don't achieve their goal this time. And they are stuck in a quagmire now, so they may launch an even more violent counterattack. Think about whether you can withstand it."
Lu Yiming's eyes were cold, and he had obviously made up his mind: "What else can I do? Good people are often bullied and taken advantage of. I have been bullied to such an extent, I can't just swallow my anger, right? If these people want to step on me, I will just chop off their feet."
These words were said so domineeringly that after hearing them, Lin Shuyi was stunned for a long time before she came to her senses.
She was afraid that Lu Yiming would do something stupid in the heat of the moment, so she quickly warned him, "Lu Yiming, don't do anything rash. As the saying goes, people should not fight officials. We rich people can only enjoy the glory, but the other party is the one who makes the rules after all. Aren't you afraid that they will be desperate and fight you to death? You even want to chop off his feet. Can you do it?"
Lu Yiming snorted, obviously not planning to give up. "Then I can't just let others do whatever they want and do nothing, right? Even the rabbit will bite when it gets angry. If I don't get my revenge, won't I be stepped on by others every day in the future?"
"Besides, if I don't cause trouble for them, do you think they will stop? I'm not that naive. And don't worry, even if I want to do something, I didn't say I would do it myself."
Lin Shuyi couldn't help but wonder: "Why don't you do it yourself? What do you want to do?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "You said, the Wu family has done such a big thing, and spent so much money to buy a piece of land. As a colleague, I can help them promote it. Is there any problem?"
Lin Shuyi was surprised: "Are you going to expose this to others?"
Lu Yiming twitched his eyebrows, and his tone was even more matter-of-fact: "Is there any problem? They can do it, so why can't I say it?"
Lin Shuyi had no way of refutation against Lu Yiming's statement: "That's your business, you can arrange it yourself. I will investigate Wang Huaian's side."
"Well, let's do this for now."
At this time, in the Wu family mansion.
This is a villa with a Chinese classical garden structure located in the suburbs. The low walls with white walls and gray tiles have the flavor of Jiangnan water village. In the vast courtyard in the center, there are rockery, ponds, pavilions and weeping willows.
The environment here is so comfortable and pleasant in spring, summer, autumn and winter.
At this time, in the atrium, an old man with gray hair but still full of energy was sitting on the armchair in the middle. In front of him, two young men were kneeling. They were Wu Changmao and Wu Changsheng.
Wu Changmao is seven years older than Wu Changsheng. Now in his thirties, he is in the prime of his life, but he is already a powerful person of a high level. This is thanks to the Wu family's connections in this area, especially their father Wu Qiushi, who is now sitting on the throne.
"You two, can't you be more quiet? I've only been in Beijing for a few days to report on my work, and you've caused such a big mess for me! You secretly put the land up for auction, do you know how big a handle this is? If it goes viral, the entire Wu family will be in tatters!"
“The key point is that after paying such a huge price, the Wu family gained nothing!”
Wu Changsheng cursed unconvincedly: "This is all Lu Yiming's fault. If he hadn't been so unreasonable, how could things have turned out like this?"
Wu Changmao also looked calm, and explained to Wu Qiushi: "Dad, I have already arranged everything, and the matter will not get out of hand. After a while, when the storm has died down, we will mobilize funds to make up the money. Who can still hold us responsible?"
After hearing what Wu Changmao said, Wu Qiushi finally breathed a sigh of relief. His tense back slightly bent, and he leaned back in his chair and said, "That's good. You two, don't mess around any more in the near future. I'm going to retire in two years. I've been very cautious and tread carefully all my life, and I don't want to lose my integrity when I retire."
However, just as he finished speaking, Wu Yong, the housekeeper of the Wu family compound, walked in quickly with two newspapers in his hands and a gloomy face.
"Master, something terrible is happening."
Wu Qiushi frowned slightly and asked in a deep voice: "What happened?"
Wu Yong handed the newspaper in his hand to Wu Qiushi and said, "The matter of plot No. 3 has been leaked and is already in the newspaper."
"What?"
Wu Qiushi widened his eyes, reached out and grabbed the newspaper from Wu Yong's hand, and began to read it carefully.
Wu Changmao and Wu Changsheng also stood up at once and ran over with shocked faces.
The newspaper used an entire page to first introduce the development of South Bay, then talked about the auction, and then talked about the nature of the Changsheng Fund. Only then did it raise several questions in the most prominent position.
How did Changsheng Fund, a pure financial company, pass the qualification verification?
What qualifications does Changsheng Fund have to participate in land bidding?
Does Changsheng Fund have experience in real estate development?
Was the balance settled after the auction of Changsheng Fund?
Every question can be said to be a direct attack on the Wu family's lungs.
Not to mention the experience in real estate development, Changsheng Fund doesn’t even have its own construction team - after all, it is a financial company.
Not only that, this article also thoroughly explains the relationship between Wu Changmao and Wu Changsheng, as well as the Wu family's complicated network of relationships, perhaps even more thoroughly than the Wu family themselves.
Wu Qiushi couldn't catch his breath and fainted.
"Dad, what's wrong with you?"
"Dad...Brother Yong, go call our medical team over and arrange an ambulance..."
A few minutes later, everyone hurriedly lifted Wu Qiushi into the ambulance and drove to the military hospital.
The director of the military hospital was Wu Qiushi's younger brother Wu Qiuqin. After receiving the news, he had already arranged for a team of experts to be on standby at the hospital gate. As soon as the ambulance arrived at the hospital gate, the expert team transferred the patient to the emergency room.
Wu Qiuqin stopped Wu Changsheng and Wu Changmao and asked seriously, "What's going on?"
