Chapter 633: Does your father know that you are so willful?
In the evening, Zhao Guoli returned home.
In the living room, Zhao Yanghong was quite dissatisfied when he saw Zhao Guoli coming back. He asked, "Why are you back? Have you reconciled with her?"
Logically speaking, when Zhao Guoli went out to hook up with Chen Jinlan, it would have been best for the two of them to be making love at this time.
Facing Zhao Yanghong, Zhao Guoli felt very unhappy. He sat down on the sofa and said in a muffled voice, "No."
"No?"
Zhao Yanghong slammed the sofa and asked, "How do you do things? You changed a woman every day, and now I ask you to do the real work, and you tell me you can't do it?"
Zhao Guoli defended himself, "I didn't mean to do that. I took the flowers and apologized to her in public. What can I do if she doesn't forgive me?"
Then, in order to come up with better evidence to shift the blame, he continued, "And tonight she brought that Li Zixian to dinner with a young man named Lu. She didn't take me seriously at all. In my opinion, she has obviously forgotten her old love because she has a new love. It's all the fault of that man named Lu."
"The surname Lu? Which surname Lu?"
Zhao Yanghong's eyelids twitched, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.
"By the way, did you just mention Li Zixian?"
Zhao Yanghong's reaction made Zhao Guoli feel strange, but he usually ate, drank and had fun, and didn't care about other things, so he naturally didn't think too much and said, "Yes, it's Li Zixian from the TV station. Haven't they been hanging out together since they were young? Damn, let me tell you, that Lu guy is so disgusting. Not only did he scold me in front of so many people and made me lose face, he also let the bodyguard beat me. I..."
Before he could finish his words, he was knocked unconscious by a big punch.
"Dad, why did you hit me?"
Zhao Yanghong said anxiously: "Not only do I want to beat you, I even want to kill you now! Do you know who this Lu is?"
Zhao Guoli thought Zhao Yanghong was asking him, so he thought about it carefully before saying, "He looks quite young, probably in his early twenties. He looks OK, but he looks arrogant and he really deserves a beating. I was trying to get close to Chen Jinlan, but he tried to stop me, so I scolded him. If he hadn't brought bodyguards, I would have beaten him up."
"What? You scolded him? You want to beat him?"
Zhao Yanghong felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and couldn't help but take two more big pussies.
"You spend your days in Hong Kong drinking and hanging out in bars. Don't you even read the news? Do you know who this Lu is? He is the youngest richest man in the mainland, Lu Yiming, the richest man. Li Zixian is his sister-in-law who has never been married yet!"
Zhao Guoli remained silent. After returning to Hong Kong from studying abroad, he was busy drinking and having fun all day long. How could he have the time to care about the news in the mainland?
But this obviously cannot be said to Zhao Yanghong.
He changed the subject and said, "So young, and the richest man? Oh, by the way, Dad, what's going on with our family now?"
At this point, Zhao Yanghong knew that it was useless to dwell on those things, and he could only take things one step at a time. He sighed and said, "Our Zhao family suffered heavy losses in the 1998 financial crisis. Not only did the prices of several real estate projects we acquired plummet, but the stocks we held were also hit hard. The bank also began to demand repayment of loans, and even our investments in the mainland were affected. Don't think that our lives seem to be unaffected now. If we can't get the Chen family's order this time, our capital chain may be broken."
Hearing that the situation was so serious, Zhao Guoli suddenly turned pale. The reason why he could live a life of luxury and debauchery outside was not because of his ability and talent, but because of his family.
If the family’s capital chain breaks, how can he live a good life in the future?
"How could this happen? What should we do now?"
Zhao Yanghong sighed and said, "So we have to take the Chen family's order, not only to get a sum of money as soon as possible for turnover, but also to prove to the outside world that our Zhao family has not collapsed and boost confidence. Otherwise, once everyone is not optimistic about us, the Zhao family will be completely finished."
Zhao Guoli felt uneasy after hearing these words.
Zhao Yanghong stared at him sternly and said, "I don't care what method you use, you must convince Chen Jinlan and take her down! This is the only hope for our Zhao family to continue!"
Xiangjiang, Lung Fu Shan Country Park, Mountain View Garden Villa, located at the end of Mount Austin Road.
This is the Chen family’s base in Hong Kong.
There are mostly Western-style buildings here, built against the mountain and cleverly integrated into nature. The villas are majestic and magnificent.
After several hours of travel, Chen Jinlan returned here from Baiyun City.
Walking on the path and breathing the air with the scent of grass, Chen Jinlan felt very relaxed.
When she entered the villa, Chen Jinlan found that not only her grandfather Chen Zefu but also her second uncle Chen Wei were in the living room, so she went up to greet them one by one.
When Chen Zefu saw Chen Jinlan, a loving expression suddenly appeared on his face. He waved and said, "Lanlan is back. Come and sit next to me. How did you gain from this trip to Baiyun City? I asked you to inspect several large real estate companies. Which one do you plan to cooperate with? Jingwan Group or Sanhe Group?"
In Chen Zefu's eyes, these two are the most powerful real estate companies in Baiyun. Compared with these two, the others are downgraded.
However, Chen Jinlan took out a memorandum of cooperation and said, "I have decided to cooperate with Jingyi Real Estate."
“Lean Real Estate?”
Chen Zefu had a thoughtful look on his face. He felt that he must have heard of this name before, but when he thought about it carefully, he didn't seem to have any definite impression. It was obvious that Jingyi Real Estate was not famous enough for him to remember.
Chen Jinlan, however, had a positive expression on her face and said, "Yes, Jingyi Real Estate is a real estate company under the name of Mr. Lu. Although it is not well-known now, several of its projects have been very successful. In time, it will surely become a top-notch company in the real estate industry and play an important role in the industry. I think it is best to cooperate with Jingyi Real Estate. Grandpa, please take a look at the memorandum first. If you think it is okay, we will sign the contract."
After all, it is an investment of tens of billions, which involves the development focus of the Chen family in the next few years. Chen Jinlan cannot make the decision alone, so she naturally has to come back to ask Chen Zefu for his opinion.
When Chen Zefu heard that it was a real estate company under Lu Yiming, he suddenly realized it. Just as he was about to speak, Chen Wei said, "Lanlan, aren't you kidding me? Although Lu Yiming is the richest man in the mainland, he is not a god. I know him. His investments are all focused on technology. He basically doesn't get involved in these traditional industries. They are all for fun. This Jingyi Real Estate is unknown. How could our Chen family invest our chips in such a company? If we want to find a partner, we should find a professional one."
As the saying goes, there is a sequence in learning and every profession has its own specialization. Every industry is very complicated. Chen Wei believes that Lu Yiming can play around with the stock market and Internet high-tech because they have a similar logic, while real estate is a very traditional industry with completely different tricks. Even if Lu Yiming is the richest man, it is impossible for him to be proficient in it.
Afterwards, Chen Wei said to Chen Zefu, "The Zhao family has also been planning to expand into the mainland recently. The two families are old friends and know each other well. And with the relationship between Jinlan and Guoli, maybe we can become in-laws in the future. In this case, I think it is better to choose to cooperate with the Zhao family."
After all, emotional matters are rather private, and although Chen Wei had heard about the emotional entanglement between Chen Jinlan and Zhao Guoli, he did not know the details, let alone that Chen Jinlan had even changed her orientation because of the stimulation of this matter.
Therefore, although Chen Wei's analysis was objectively reasonable, it immediately angered Chen Jinlan. She said angrily: "Second Uncle! There is no possibility for Zhao Guoli and I to be together. You are not speaking for the Zhao family because you have received benefits from them, right?"
Chen Wei didn't expect Chen Jinlan to accuse him directly. He immediately got angry and asked loudly: "Xiaolan, how can you talk like that? I'm just talking about the facts!"
Chen Jinlan sneered: "Then don't mind your own business."
"Hey, little girl, is that how you talk to your uncle? You are so disrespectful!"
"Who told you to..."
Seeing that the uncle and nephew were arguing, Chen Zefu said, "Okay, stop arguing. Ah Wei, go back to the company and do your work first."
"dad!"
Chen Wei was somewhat dissatisfied. Chen Zefu said with a straight face, "Just go when I tell you to. Do you think my words are useless?"
After Chen Wei left, Chen Zefu sighed helplessly. The career he had worked hard for most of his life now seemed to have no successors.
The eldest son, Chen Yao, works as the general manager of several hotels in America. His skills are mediocre and he has a hard time maintaining his hotels.
The second son, Chen Wei, is an accountant. He is good at calculations but has no sense of the overall situation. He helps him manage the family business in Hong Kong and has caused a lot of trouble. He is a typical person with great ambitions but little talent.
As for the third son, Chen Zheng, he is the most promising of the three sons. He graduated from the Department of Banking and Finance of the University of Southern California. However, he is not optimistic about the domestic economic development and insists on staying in the United States to run a real estate business.
As for the third generation members of the Chen family, they are even worse. Except for Chen Jinlan, the others are just second-generation rich kids who are just waiting to die.
Although they cannot be called prodigals, it is impossible to expect them to lead the Chen family to a higher position.
He sighed and said, "Ah, you guys, none of you can make me worry less."
Chen Jinlan said dissatisfiedly: "Can you please not take me with you when you scold them?"
Chen Zefu rolled his eyes at her and snorted, "You've never made me worry. Every time I asked you to go on a blind date, you always refused."
Chen Jinlan hated being urged to get married, so she quickly changed the subject and said, "Grandpa, I've been to the Yiming Plaza built by Jingyi Real Estate. Not only is the concept very advanced, but the functional zoning and layout are reasonable, and it is very popular. Not only is it extremely profitable, but it has also driven a substantial increase in the surrounding housing and land prices. It is definitely a very good partner! As for its low reputation, it's just because it was established not long ago and hasn't done many projects. I'm sure that cooperating with Jingyi Real Estate is better than cooperating with those companies I told you about!"
Chen Jinlan wanted to promote cooperation with Jingyi Real Estate, so she told Chen Zefu everything she saw and heard that night.
When Chen Zefu heard that Lu Yiming planned to operate a large-scale commercial complex project in the country, his attitude immediately changed.
"If what you said is true, then it's not a bad idea to cooperate with Lean Real Estate."
The Chen family wanted to expand into China, so they naturally wanted to become famous as soon as possible. Therefore, they were very cautious in choosing partners. If it weren't for the news Chen Jinlan brought back today, Chen Zefu would have preferred Sanhe Group, after all, Sanhe Group had the advantage of funds and connections.
But after listening to Chen Jinlan's description of Yiming Plaza, Chen Zefu changed his mind. He is now more optimistic about Lu Yiming's Lean Real Estate.
Chen Jinlan was very happy to hear what Chen Zefu said, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, do you agree?"
She herself didn't know why she suddenly felt better after Chen Zefu agreed to cooperate with Lu Yiming.
"Yes, I agree."
A few days later, Chen Jinlan returned to Baiyun City again and officially signed a contract with Jingyi Real Estate.
Everyone who got the news was dumbfounded, especially the Sanhe Group, which was full of confidence and felt it could win the project from the Chen family. It was like a bolt from the blue.
Yang Guoqiang called his daughter Yang Ziyan over, grabbed the newspaper and shook it loudly, and asked sternly: "What is going on? Didn't you say that you and Chen Jinlan were chatting well?"
Yang Ziyan, who had vowed to win the project before, was also a little dumbfounded at this time. She really couldn't figure out what went wrong. Facing Yang Guoqiang's questioning, she defended herself by saying: "I did have a good chat with Chen Jinlan before , not to mention that with the strength of our Sanhe Group, if the Chen family doesn't cooperate with us, who else can they cooperate with?"
Yang Guoqiang was also somewhat helpless. If the Chen family chose Jingwan Group, he could still accept it. After all, although the Lin family was now showing a tendency to decline, its foundation was still there.
But where did Lean Real Estate come from?
Apart from the fact that this company was owned by Lu Yiming, Yang Guoqiang knew nothing about this unfamiliar opponent.
The cooked duck flew away, and Yang Guoqiang was naturally in a very bad mood. He ordered Yang Ziyan with a dark face: "You need to check the details of Jingyi Real Estate. Now the opponent has come right under our noses, but we are still kept in the dark."
Yang Ziyan was also upset, and immediately vowed: "I will investigate the whole matter thoroughly."
Zhao Guoli and Zhao Yanghong also found it difficult to accept this result.
Zhao Yanghong was furious and called Chen Wei directly to question him: "Didn't you say you would help me with this matter?"
It turned out that Chen Jinlan had directly put the blame on Chen Wei, and by some strange coincidence, she had put the blame right. This was also the reason why Chen Wei was so shocked and angry at the beginning. After all, if the matter was exposed in front of Chen Zefu, his fate would definitely be very miserable.
Chen Wei, who had received the benefit, was also helpless and said, "I have tried my best to deal with this matter for your Zhao family, but this project was personally decided by our old man. It's useless for me to say anything. At worst, I will just return the things to you."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Zhao Yanghong yelled over there: "Is this a return of stuff? Huh?"
Unfortunately, Chen Wei had already hung up the phone, so no matter how loudly Zhao Yanghong yelled, it was of no use.
Zhao Guoli said dissatisfiedly: "It must be that Lu Yiming who fed Chen Jinlan some kind of magic potion. Not only did he make Chen Jinlan fall in love with him, he also deceived old man Chen Zefu."
In a very stylish restaurant, Lin Shuyi invited Lu Yiming to dinner.
Lu Yiming gladly accepted the invitation.
"Miss Lin invites us to dinner, this is a rare event."
Facing Lu Yiming's teasing, Lin Shuyi remained calm and asked directly, "Tell me, what kind of magic potion did you feed Chen Jinlan?"
In her opinion, Jingwan Group is obviously more qualified than Jingyi Real Estate to undertake the cooperation with the Chen family.
When Lu Yiming heard this, he immediately shouted, "Hey, what do you mean by that? I obviously impressed Mr. Chen with my sincerity and strength, okay? Do you look down on my Jingyi Real Estate?"
Lin Shuyi said leisurely: "Don't forget, I am also a shareholder of Jingyi Real Estate."
Lu Yiming was speechless for a moment, then he said stubbornly: "I thought you forgot."
Lin Shuyi said with emotion: "It seems that the Yiming Plaza project you are developing has unlimited potential. After more than half a year of operation, the results are simply terrifying. If I were not also a shareholder of Jingyi Real Estate, I would probably be kept in the dark like others."
When the Yiming Plaza project was first established, although Lu Yiming talked a lot of nonsense, Lin Shuyi was still skeptical.
After all, huge investment means extremely high risk.
However, no one can guarantee whether such a new business model can work in China.
But now Yiming Plaza is booming, driving up the land prices in South Bay. Even Lin Shuyi has to admit that even when it comes to real estate development, Lu Yiming is a genius.
Lu Yiming joked, "In my opinion, your Lin family's Jingwan Group should just merge with Jingyi Real Estate. How much money can you make from selling properties? Is it enough to pay the interest to the bank? You might as well follow me and expand the Yiming Plaza project across the country."
The speaker may not have any intention, but the listener may take it seriously.
Lin Shuyi pursed her lips and smiled: "It's not impossible."
Lu Yiming was startled by her smile: "Hey, I'm just kidding, you're not serious, are you?"
Lin Shuyi said: "Why can't it be true? Now that the Yiming Plaza project has shown enough commercial potential, can't our Lin family place a big bet on you?"
At present, the domestic property prices have not taken off completely. If real estate developers want to make money, they mainly rely on the financing model of operating with debt and selling pre-sale properties, with high borrowing and high turnover, and using other people's resources to lay eggs.
If you really calculate it, after deducting the interest paid to the bank and the money to buy the land, the profit is actually not that high.
Now that the Lin family has lost their backing, it is not as easy to borrow money from the bank as before, so they have to change their thinking.
That is why Lin Shuyi is so optimistic about the Yiming Plaza project and even considers whether to merge Jingwan Group and Jingyi Real Estate.
You know, compared with the scale and size of Jingwan Group, if the two companies really merge, Lean Real Estate can be said to have directly completed the feat of a snake swallowing an elephant.
However, the Lin family is not stupid. Although this deal seems to be a loss, Lin Shuyi is actually betting on the future of the Yiming Plaza project.
Lu Yiming stared at Lin Shuyi in amazement: "Does your father know that you are so willful?"
