Volume 4: The World of Great Conflict Chapter 0467 The villain lets the little villain to grind
"Dad, Ye Chengcai's information is here, do you want to take a look?"
"No, tell me what you want to say."
In the afternoon, I went to Shigang Military Camp for shooting and had dinner with Ma Shimin. When Nan Yi and Nan Ruoyin returned to the hotel, the investigation report on Ye Chengcai was delivered.
Nan Yi slumped on the sofa, holding the TV remote control in his hand, jumping between several channels.
Nan Ruoyin read the information from beginning to end before saying, "Dad, this Ye Chengcai is a little bit unusual."
"Why is it not simple?"
"I have a great business sense. I started doing business when I was twelve years old. When I was in school, I helped others with homework, cheated, and sold Dragon Tiger Gate. After graduating from Form 5, I started doing business full-time. I have worked in many industries and started businesses more than a dozen times, but all failed. This time I entered the real estate industry by chance.
An old man built a village house halfway through, but someone else ran away with the money, leaving him with no money to continue. Ye Chengcai happened to meet him, so he continued the village house project. The building has already been sold, and he made more than 600,000 yuan.
Nan Yi felt that the plot sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember where it was.
"And then?"
"Then, he registered a company called Guosanguan Real Estate and officially entered the real estate industry."
"Just based on the six hundred thousand he earned?"
"You were wrong. He owed a loan shark a long time ago and just paid it off. Now he has about half a million left."
"Which movie is this line from? It sounds quite powerful." Nan Yi frowned, unable to think of which movie this English line was from, so he asked.
"It's not a line from a movie, it's a line from a stage play. When we were in New York, Aunt Scarlett took Hongdou and me to see it on Broadway." Nan Ruoyin explained and continued to talk about the information, "Ye Chengcai has two younger brothers and a younger sister. His parents are both alive, but there is no one upstairs. His family owns a 1,700-square-foot building in the Tin Hau area, which is worth about $1.5 million now."
"No more?"
"That's all the profit I can get. Dad, I seem to have lost money on this deal." Nan Ruoyin closed the documents and threw them on the coffee table. She moved her butt and sat down next to Nan Yi. "Dad, can we make a deal?"
"There's no room for negotiation. We've already spent almost all the money. Now it's very difficult to get Dad to spit it out again."
"Dad, you are so difficult to deal with. If you don't return the money to me, I will go to Taicun to be your brother."
"Do we have to go so far to be brothers? Just tell me which department you want to go to, and I'll find a way to arrange for you to be a member of the Four-Nine Boys Department. Just skip the Blue Lantern Department."
[Being a brother is just hanging around. Sijiuzi is the lowest-level official brother in the society. Lan Denglong can be understood as a part-time brother. He has never opened a temple and has no formal contract. If the big brother he follows doesn't mind, he can leave at any time.]
"What do you mean by idiot? If I want to join a gang, I have to be the leader. Where are you from? Don't you know that after midnight in Repulse Bay, I have the final say?"
Nan Yi frowned and said, "In the future, watch less indecent movies. Don't be fooled by the fancy things on those short mules. In fact, they are just tools for us. If we need them, we will give them some money and let them fight for us with their lives. If we don't need them, we will let them get out of the way.
Don’t think they are having fun now. In two years, they will either run away or cut off their arms to seek amnesty. They have no future. Liangshanpo made a lot of noise back then, but in the end, they were amnestyed and sent to the rebellion.
"Dad, The Water Margin is fiction."
"I know, I'm just giving an example." Nan Yi waved his hand and said.
"Come on, Dad, do you really think I'll be your brother? I was just kidding you. A short mule's machete is not as good as a Glock." Nan Ruoyin leaned on Nan Yi, twisted her body, and started to act like a spoiled child. "Dad, please give me the money back. I have a big project recently and I really need money."
"Speak Chinese when you speak Chinese, and speak English when you speak English. Don't put English words in between Chinese. Does it sound good?"
"Oh, I see."
"Yeah, not bad, goodboy."
"Humph, Dad, you are bullying me too. The tone of your words is exactly the same as what you said to Yizi. Dad, you are bullying me."
Nan Ruoyin pulled Nan Yi's stubble unwillingly.
"Okay, stop it. Hand me the information. Dad will study it and see where we can squeeze out some profit."
When Nan Ruoyin heard what Nan Yi said, she struggled for a while, turned around, crawled two steps towards the coffee table, grabbed the information and threw it to Nan Yi.
Nan Yi opened the document and looked at it slowly.
In ten minutes, he finished reading all the information and suddenly realized something. No wonder Ye Chengcai's story just now sounded familiar to him. Isn't it a bit like Ye Rongtin?
But it is not surprising. Ye Rongtin is a true portrayal of the young people in Xiangkeng who are determined to start their own careers. The characters are artistically processed based on them.
Due to geographical and resource limitations, there are not many industries that Xiangkeng can engage in, and its economic development is rather distorted. It is surrounded by various unicorns and has missed the last golden period of entrepreneurship in the 1970s. After that, it has become extremely difficult to move up from the grassroots.
At present, for young people, the three promising industries are real estate, finance, and film and television. The first two have relatively high comprehensive requirements for entrepreneurs, and only for the third, as long as the parents are supportive and the person has a good appearance, he is basically halfway to success.
Perhaps this is the underlying reason why there are relatively many people working in the film and television industry in Xiangkeng, because for many people this path is the easiest way to achieve social class advancement.
To put it simply, being a star is the easiest opportunity for many people to grab. If you are not a star, you can only be a taxi driver, a doorman, a counter boy, and, well, a young master or a princess.
"Ruoyin, you little girl still need to practice more. What do you mean by only 1.5 million in profit? Isn't the project that the Three-Level Pass Company wants to develop very lucrative?" Nan Yi said, pointing to a line on the document.
"The land in Jiudu Mountain?" Nan Ruoyin said after taking a look.
"Yes, that place has beautiful scenery, with picturesque mountains and clear water. It's not too far from Shatin Racecourse. The Chinese University is also nearby. The government is already planning to build a Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, which will probably be located nearby.
In addition, it is not too far from Mount Wutai and Qingshui Bay Film Studio, making it convenient for residents to keep their mistresses there.
You said, Ye Chengcai wanted to bid for the small plot of land there, what can he use it for?
Build a village house?
Can he afford the money to start the work?
Workers, he can continue to use the same tricks as last time. He can't play any tricks on steel bars, river sand, and cement. If he dares to play tricks, any company can kill him. "
All the steel bars and river sand in Xiangkeng have to be imported from outside. The business is very lucrative and is controlled by a few wealthy people who do not allow others to get involved.
Cement was originally monopolized by Qingzhou Cement and Kangcheng Cement, and will be monopolized by Kangcheng Cement alone. Catherine has reached a low-price supply agreement with Li Tongban, and Li Tongban will give up the cement sector to Catherine.
As long as Cannes Yingni does not make too much money in the future, the major real estate developers will naturally not think about exploring other paths, and Cannes Yingni will be able to dominate the market in Hong Kong.
The strategic significance of steel is too great, and Nan Yi doesn't want to touch it. He also doesn't want to be a middleman, so he naturally won't get involved in the steel bar business.
As for river sand? Forget about that. One is river sand and the other is earth. If you are not a big shot in the area, you can't do this business. The money you earn is so small that it's not even enough to pay for Nan Yi's dry cleaning of feathers.
He could only try his hand at the cement industry, which had good prospects, get covered in mud, and earn some hard-earned money, which was not shabby.
"Dad, do you mean he wants to be a troublemaker and blackmail other real estate developers who are participating in the land auction?"
"Well, then tell me, what will he do?"
"It's not that easy. Just take a picture of the land and ask a reporter to write an article saying that the land will be used to build a pig farm, a charity cemetery or a Buddha statue. Once the article is published, other real estate developers will be furious. The price of the land will fall. If the company is a listed company, the stock price will also fall.
There will definitely be someone who will admit defeat and buy his land at a high price. As long as Ye Chengcai doesn't go too far, he will definitely make the money. But...if he does this, he won't have a good life in the real estate industry in the future. He is breaking the rules and incurring public anger."
"That's about right. If he falls early, he will just have to go back to live a poor life. But if he is allowed to climb up for a while, he will offend people to death. Someone will definitely show up and destroy his family."
"So we are saving people?"
"Save him, let's get our money back first." Nan Yi handed the information back to Nan Ruoyin and said, "Study Ye Chengcai's style of doing things carefully. He has been walking on a tightrope all the time. There are too many things he can hold against him. Do you know what to do?"
"Tsk, there's still too little oil and water." Nan Ruoyin curled her lips and said, "I'll think about it again and see how I can take over Ye Chengcai's house."
"Take your time to think about it. Dad will be busy with other things tomorrow. If you need help, you know who to ask."
"Yeah, Dad, just watch how I knock him out."
"Be careful, don't capsize in the ditch."
"I know. Even a lion will use all its strength to fight a rabbit. I will not underestimate Ye Chengcai." Nan Ruoyin nodded.
Nan Yi smiled and pressed the TV remote control again, freezing on a channel.
"Good boy, this is the hatred of your family and country. Good boy, don't hide behind it anymore." As the theme song sounded, ATV's "Fok Dong Ge" began broadcasting.
