"Nan Yi is not just a business person. It just so happened that your negotiations with Ms. Taylor from the United States on the transfer of Husky shares have not been going smoothly, so I asked someone to investigate her past.
Ms. Taylor once worked for NBC and was assigned to Beijing. After returning to the United States, she started doing business, starting with oriental art, then entering the gold mining field, and then expanding in all directions.
During the time when she was working in Beijing, Nan Yi happened to be studying at Beijing University, and the two of them should have had some private contact. "
"Dad, is this just a guess?"
"Do you remember the Wu family in England?" Li Tongban asked.
"Remember, when Dad was going to buy Husky's shares from their family, didn't the Wu family fall apart after experiencing a civil strife?"
"Yes, the details of the Wu family's internal strife are impossible to find out, but there is one thing you should pay attention to. The shares of Wu's Husky have fallen into the hands of Ms. Taylor, and on the eve of the internal strife in the Wu family, Nan Yi was in London and was good friends with Wu Zaisheng of the Wu family."
Li Tongban looked at Li Xiaochao and asked, "Do you know what banner Nan Yi was flying during his time in London?"
Without Li Xiaochao asking, Li Tongban said directly: "The former president of Pan American Investments Asia Pacific has just resigned and wants to buy a property in London."
People leave their names behind, just like wild geese leave their voices behind. If someone really sets up a file on Nan Yi and conducts a targeted investigation, his whereabouts will be impossible to hide.
"Dad, is this identity just something you said casually, or?"
"Really? At least Pan American Investment Management recognizes Nan Yi's identity. Do you understand what this means?"
"If Nan Yi was indeed the president of Pan American Investments in the Asia-Pacific region, that's nothing. If he didn't have that experience and Pan American Investments was willing to endorse him, then the relationship between him and Pan American Investments and Ms. Taylor is very unusual. Dad, do you want to find someone to go to New York to investigate in detail?"
"New York is the headquarters of the Scarlett Consortium. Ms. Taylor has close ties with the Donkey Party. She is the core figure of the Donkey Party in New York. If we go to someone else's headquarters to investigate her and she finds out, our Li family will inadvertently create an enemy.
There is no conflict of interest between us and the Scarlett Group. We are not enemies and cannot take overly drastic measures. Whether there is any connection between Nan Yi and Ms. Taylor is actually not that important to us.
It’s just that except for real estate, the Fang Group is one step ahead of us in other areas, which coincides with my thoughts, so I made an analysis.
In fact, whether it was Fang Mengyin's idea or Nan Yi's idea, it made no difference to the Li family. However, it made a big difference to you, and you could find an opportunity to make friends with Nan Yi.
Let alone other things, just talking about keeping a low profile, you should learn from others. How many people in Xiangkeng know that Fang Mengyin has a grandson named Nan Yi?"
"Dad, I understand."
Li Tongban is a relatively traditional person. He believes that family inheritance emphasizes the order of seniority. He has long decided that the Li family business will be handed over to his eldest son Li Xiaochao in the future. As for his youngest son Li Xiaokai, Li Tongban will give him a large sum of cash.
Li Tongban's own network of contacts will be handed over to Li Xiaochao in the future, and Li Tongban will also help Li Xiaochao build his own network of contacts.
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After having a midnight snack, Nan Yi and Nan Ruoyin took a bus to Yangwu Village in the New Territories.
When Ruan Mei was looking for a property, she bought a large flat in Yangmingshan Villa on Jardine's Lookout for her mother, but she chose a village house for herself.
Nan Yi helped her buy three Dingquan and built a small country villa in Yangwu Village. It was three stories high and had a small garden. To the right of the small garden was farmland. Nan Yi rented two acres of land, and Ruan Mei planted flowers on it.
The car was parked in an open space in the village, and Nan Yi walked to the villa.
Although the villa has a parking space, it can only accommodate two cars. There are too many cars in Nan Yi's group and they cannot fit in the villa.
As soon as he opened the gate, Nan Yi's ears were immediately filled with the piano sound of "Canon".
In the garden, under the colorful lights, Ruan Mei sat in front of the piano, her ten fingers dancing nimbly on the keyboard.
Nan Yi tiptoed to behind Ruan Mei, stopped, and listened to the piano music quietly.
The music is gentle, with no climax; it is slow and subtle, and stops abruptly at the right time.
Ruan Mei turned over the keyboard cover and closed it, then said calmly to the air: "You are late. The relatives were here yesterday."
"No, it's not too late. Besides that kind of thing, there are still many things we can do. On the way here just now, I saw some Bent-winged Fireflies. We can go out and take a look."
"The weather this year is a bit abnormal. The curved-winged fireflies usually disappear in mid-September." Ruan Mei stood up, facing Nan Yi, and put her hands on Nan Yi's shoulders. "I miss you so much."
Nan Yi stretched out his hands and hugged Ruan Mei's waist, "I miss you too."
"Damn, could you please stop being so busy and spend more time with me?"
"Hehe, you forgot to say one thing. You are with me not for money, but because of who you are." Nan Yi said with a laugh.
"You're dreaming. If you don't have money, I won't be with you. I've had enough of the poor days in the shantytown. Mommy used to work several jobs just to move out of there as soon as possible. Sometimes I have nightmares and wake up to find myself lying on the bed in the shantytown. It's so scary."
"Silly girl, no, life will only get better and better." Nan Yi stroked Ruan Mei's head and kissed her forehead. "You can make money now. How much did you get paid for Big Times?"
When Ruan Mei heard Nan Yi asking about the pay, she immediately said sarcastically, "It's a lot, only three thousand dollars."
"Haha, it's already a lot. Everyone in Hong Kong knows that TVB's salaries are notoriously low. They're willing to give you $3,000, probably because they're considering you as an outsider."
"Yes, Sean is the male lead. He doesn't get any pay, just a fixed salary."
"Has any film company invited you to make a film?"
"Yes, Sister Zhou said she received several invitations." Ruan Mei said, becoming unhappy, "But she turned them all down. She said those films were not suitable for me."
"Sister Zhou must have her reasons for not accepting the role. The Hong Kong film industry is in a state of chaos right now, so you can't just take on a role casually."
As Nan Yi spoke, he let go of Ruan Mei's waist, put his arm around her shoulders, and walked out of the garden with her in his arms. As soon as they walked out of the garden, the tiger cub came forward and handed Nan Yi a tactical flashlight.
There are not many street lights in Yangwu Village. Except for a few corners, everywhere else is pitch dark.
"When night comes, I dare not go out alone. It is too quiet here at night. I can only hear the calls of frogs, crows, and owls. Sometimes I can even hear cats meowing. The sound is like a baby crying. It is so scary."
Walking on the country road, Ruan Mei said to Nan Yi quietly: "If I were alone, I really wouldn't dare to live here. It turns out that I thought too well."
"It's normal in the countryside. You get used to it after staying there for a long time. When I was a kid, my friends and I would deliberately go to the graves in the countryside at night just to see the will-o'-the-wisps. Unfortunately, we never saw one."
"Will-o'-the-wisp doesn't necessarily appear at night. A few years ago, my classmates and I went camping on Lantau Island and saw will-o'-the-wisp in the evening. There were several will-o'-the-wisp shooting out at the same time."
"Then you are quite lucky to be able to see several bunches at the same time."
"What kind of luck is that? Everyone says that seeing a will-o'-the-wisp means you'll see a ghost. I was so scared that I couldn't sleep for several nights."
"Haha, only people are scary in this world, there's nothing to be afraid of about ghosts." Nan Yi said, pointing to the bright light ahead, "The convenience store in the village seems to be still open, do you want to go over and have a cold drink?"
"OK."
Nan Yi and Ruan Mei walked into the convenience store, bought two bottles of water, and sat on the chairs at the door of the convenience store.
"When I passed by the village entrance just now, I saw a construction site there. Why is it still being done at this time, and no one has any complaints?"
"Who dares to object to the renovation of the village's ancestral hall?"
"We're in such a hurry, is it almost the anniversary of our ancestor's death?"
"It seems so. I haven't had any contact , so I'm not sure."
"It's better not to contact you. As a woman, you're likely to get into trouble."
Feng Shui is prevalent in Xiangkeng. A person from another family, especially a woman, is likely to be rejected by the old stubborn people in the village. Even though Nan Yi gave some benefits to the village chief when he bought the right to be a landowner, there are still some things that the village chief cannot handle.
"It's not bad. Maybe it's because many houses here are rented out. There are many outsiders living in the village, so the villagers are pretty easy to talk to." Ruan Mei pursed her lips. "Look, there's a pregnant woman living in the village too."
Nan Yi glanced forward and saw a man with white spots on his body supporting a pregnant woman walking towards him.
Nan Yi retracted his gaze and said to Ruan Mei, "Are you working as a landowner in the village?"
"That should be it... He seemed to know you and was walking towards us."
"Brother Nan Yi."
As soon as Ruan Mei finished speaking, the pregnant woman came to Nan Yi and shouted.
Nan Yi raised his head and looked at the pregnant woman's face. After carefully examining her for a while, he recognized who she was. "Xiu Yu, why are you in Xiangkeng?"
Xian Xiu Yu, a native of Wenchangwei Village, is of the same generation as Xian Hai Lan and Xian Xiu Yun. She is one of the rare families that welcomes a live-in son-in-law.
Xian Xiuyu pointed at her belly and said nothing.
A few years ago, although Wenchangwei had set up a route for giving birth abroad, not many people chose to do so. Although the village provided subsidies, individuals still had to pay part of the cost, and the expense was not low. Most people would choose to hide at their relatives' homes to give birth, or go to the four major "escape bases" in the mainland - Qiongdao, Tubo, Songshan, and Beidaihe.
People in Wenchang often choose to go to Qiongdao because the climate is similar and they can adapt to it more easily.
"How many babies are you having?"
"The fourth child."
Nan Yi frowned, "You got married only a year earlier than me, right?"
"Yeah." Xian Xiu Yu responded softly.
"Actually, girls are good too. You don't have to work so hard to have a son." Nan Yi said, turning to Xian Xiuyu's husband Zheng Guangqi, "Do you want to establish a territory here?"
"Renovate the ancestral hall."
“Do you make money?”
"Not bad, three hundred a day."
"Oh, Master Chef, the one who carves patterns?"
Although the income from working on a construction site in Xiangkeng is not low, three hundred yuan a day is the ceiling. It is not something that ordinary people can get. It must require extraordinary skills.
"I know a little bit of everything. My family has been carpenters for more than ten generations." Zheng Guangqi said honestly.
"That's great. If you have the skills, you can earn a lot of money by setting up a business in Xiangkeng. The three hundred yuan is yours, right?"
The salary for working as a construction worker in Xiangkeng is very high, but this is for the locals. The wages of those working alone from the mainland who come to Xiangkeng to work as construction workers are generally discounted. They either work illegally for a low price or have their wages taken away by the intermediaries.
"I have acquaintances here, and I spent HK$1,000 to solve my identity problem. I can earn my own salary."
"That's good, wait a minute."
Nan Yi responded, walked into the store, asked the boss for a pen and paper, wrote down a phone number, walked back out of the store, and handed the paper to Xian Xiuyu, "I will be leaving Xiangkeng soon. If anything happens, call the number on the paper."
Xian Xiuyu looked at the number on the paper, put it away, and nodded solemnly, "Thank you, Brother Nan Yi."
"Well, continue what you guys are doing. I'll go back and sit down."
Although Nan Yi was not familiar with Xian Xiu Yu, he had to show some attitude since he had met her. Generally speaking, Xian Xiu Yu and her husband would not ask Nan Yi for help with anything. Eight or nine thousand Hong Kong dollars a month was considered a high income in Hong Kong.
According to the current housing prices in Xiangkeng, there are still many houses that cost eight or nine thousand yuan per square meter. If you work hard for three years, you can buy a small-sized house in full. Of course, the premise is that the housing prices do not skyrocket.
Nan Yi returned to his previous seat and continued talking to Ruan Mei.
"Wenchangwei?"
"right."
"Why are you still out there trying to find territory when you're pregnant?" Ruan Mei asked.
"There are some things you don't quite understand. She had to come out because she was pregnant. Otherwise, she could stay at home. Her father sells fruit outside, and her mother sells rice on the land. With the dividends from the village, their annual income is not low."
"Tsk, why don't I understand? It's just about escaping. Don't forget that I stayed in Yangcheng for quite a while."
"Ha, I forgot that she's pregnant with her fourth child."
"Oh, why bother?" Ruan Mei sighed and said, "I heard that giving birth is very painful. Doesn't she have to suffer four times?"
"These are all your own choices, it's not convenient for outsiders to comment."
Many children born in Wenchangwei in recent years have nicknames with very meaningful meanings, such as Dongtao, Xitao, Dongduo, Xiduo, and Duoduo; there are also nicknames with numbers, such as Babai, Qianer, and Erqian; there are nicknames with place names, such as Sugarcane, Barley, and Corn, with the word "di" omitted; there are also local names, including county names and town names.
It is not easy to raise a child, and it is indeed necessary to use a bad name to suppress it.
Nan Yi once prepared a nickname for Nan Wuwei, "Bie Duzi". Fortunately, Nan Wuwei had never been sick or had any disasters, so this nickname was never used.
Nan Yi and Ruan Mei sat in front of the convenience store until the early hours of the morning before they returned to the villa.
The next day, early in the morning, before Nan Yi's biological clock rang, he heard the calls of magpies and swallows. Thinking to himself, "Oh no!", Nan Yi got up, fumbled for a clothesline, and rushed outside the villa. Holding the clothesline, he went straight to the swallow's nest under the eaves.
"Count to three, and get out of here, or I'll stab you to death." Nan Yi pointed at the magpie standing in the swallow's nest with the clothesline and shouted.
The magpie panicked when it saw Nan Yi coming, and when it heard his angry howl, it flapped its wings and flew away.
Nan Yi moved a chair and stood on it to check the condition of several swallows' nests.
Fortunately, Zhiyan is fine.
It is a good thing that the swallows give face and are willing to come to build nests at home. If the nest is occupied by magpies and the swallows leave, Nan Yi will really get angry and chase the magpie.
"Is Xiaoyanzi okay?"
At some point, Ruan Mei, wearing pajamas, also came outside.
"It's okay. We arrived in time. The young swallow was not pushed out of the nest by the magpie. Have someone keep an eye on it these two days. If any magpie flies over again, shoot it down." Nan Yi got down from the chair, picked up the broom leaning against the wall, and swept the milky white swallow droppings on the floor.
"Swallows are intelligent. They never build nests on door beams." Ruan Mei walked forward with a dustpan and placed it next to the Nan Yi.
"Well, if they didn't have any spirituality, they wouldn't come to build a nest here. They know you are a good person."
“Hehehe.”
Ruan Mei knew that what Nan Yi said might not be true, but she was still happy to hear him praising her.
Since she was already up, Ruan Mei didn't want to take a nap anymore. She went out for a run with Nan Yi. After breakfast, they went to Chai Wan together.
Nan Yi went to the Emotional Planning Committee, and Ruan Mei went to the Artist Care Fund.
Nan Yi spent the whole morning listening to and reading reports. Before lunch, he rushed to Fang Group.
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