Volume 6: The Great Change Chapter 0802 I'll Be Your Lover
"Come on, don't think I don't know what's going on. Quanbei Automobile issued 100 million yuan worth of stocks to domestic and overseas markets in 1988. Wasn't it a big deal that year? How's it going? Did you sell 1 million?"
“No, only a few were sold.”
"You are quite honest, but you have a bad character. If you want to cheat someone, go find someone else, instead of targeting the people around you." Nan Yi said with a joking smile.
"Don't say such harsh words. I think Quanbei Automobile has a good future. If you buy shares now, they will definitely increase several times in a few years."
"I'll keep fooling you. Let me tell you my investment philosophy. The chicken's head is spinning, the chicken's belly is connected into pieces, the two chicken feet are working hard, the chicken's heart is like a rabbit walking on the ground, the tail feathers are like cotton and raisins, the butt has a golden egg, and the chicken's neck has no meat, so don't worry about it.
I might invest some money in some places, but forget about your place, as it's far away and inconvenient to take care of you. Is there anything else? If not, I'll hang up now. I'm discussing a big project with someone. I plan to open a hot pot restaurant in Antarctica with hundreds of thousands of tables.
Think about it, when you look at the earth from the moon, the long one is the Great Wall, and the round one is what? That’s right, it’s Nan Yi Antarctic Hot Pot City. When it opens, bring my sister-in-law with you. We’ll go to Antarctica to see penguins, eat hot pot and sing songs. It’s so exciting.”
"You really don't want to buy it?"
"A master told me that I am destined to be Nezha, and I have a feud with the Dragon King clan. There is a dragon vein in the northeast, and there is a dragon-protecting clan. The Dragon King of the East China Sea warned my father that the Dragon Clan would fight me every time they see me. If I go to Fengtian, I will be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth."
Wu Renpin smiled bitterly and said, " Be serious ."
"If you want to listen to me seriously, then I'll tell you, wait, I'll have someone secretly investigate the situation for three months, and one month to investigate. If you can invest, give me three months, I'll find you a sucker all over the world, and then help you introduce funds from a certain royal family or presidential family. I just don't know if your colleagues will like this kind of money."
While making the joke, Nan Yi had already weighed it in his mind. The whole cup could be invested and could be connected with certain layouts, but it could never be invested in his own name or in the name of the Fang family.
“As long as it’s money, I like it.”
"Then wait for my news."
Wu Renpin was silent for a while, then said, "Can you hurry up?"
"One day I asked the God of Wealth how to prevent my children from squandering the family fortune. The God of Wealth told me to let them learn how to eat, drink and whore, and not let them have ambition, let alone learn how to invest. If they can't go bankrupt by eating and drinking, they will go bankrupt by investing blindly. When investing, you have to act like an investor, and you can't just throw money away easily."
Nan Yi said, changing his tone and said, "Do you need anything?"
"There is an opportunity in August. My competitors are on par with me. I need to increase the stakes a little bit."
"Old Wu, you should be honest. It was you who asked me for help, but you still want me to owe you a favor. This is not good. It's very bad."
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm really optimistic about the full cup car."
"Okay, okay, just assume that you are really interested. Send your company directory and the accompanying information to Yiwan International Company in Longkunxia Village, Coconut City, and I will take a look at it together."
"Thanks."
"What are you thanking me for? We are not related. Just leave it at that." Nan Yi hung up the phone, picked up the plan in his hand and continued reading.
Tian Ning, who was sitting on another concrete block, had been feeling sad since he sat down.
Tian Ning started to remember things very early. In her memory, her father couldn't stand her mother's excessive gambling, so he tried to persuade her again and again and paid off her mother's debts. Finally, he left home when she was five years old and no longer cared about her mother or her life or death.
From then on, Tian Ning lived with her mother, moving around and changing schools frequently. This kind of life lasted for ten years. Tian Ning grew up and became a beautiful young lady. Her mother set her sights on her and took her to participate in various beauty pageants, hoping to make her a star and make a lot of money for her gambling and to pay off her gambling debts.
Unfortunately, her mother's idea failed. Although she participated in many competitions, she did not become a star. This time, her mother asked her to participate in the Miss Hong Kong pageant again. Her purpose became very pragmatic. She no longer wanted her to debut as a star, but wanted to send her to the bed of a rich man in exchange for money.
"Exchange money, what a practical idea!"
Tian Ning curled her lips in despair. She didn't know how old the rich man would be in the future, nor what kind of person he would be, kind or violent? Would he beat people? Would she live in fear day and night?
Confused, helpless, nervous, uneasy, all the negative emotions were intertwined, and she didn't know what to do.
Standing on tiptoe, Tian Ning changed his direction and faced the sea, thinking: "Should I go down and melt into the sea?"
But soon, she gave up the idea of committing suicide. She could die, but what about her mother?
Tian Ning is a filial person. Although her mother is very unbearable, she cannot just ignore it. She sighed heavily, threw away all the random thoughts in her mind, and decided to accept her fate.
"I hope that rich man will be younger and more handsome, just like, um..."
Tian Ning suddenly turned his head to look at Nan Yi, glanced at Nan Yi's profile, then looked at the school beauty standing beside him, the tiger cub leaning against the fence, and the other bodyguards scattered around, thinking to himself, "This should be a rich man, quite handsome. It would be great if it was him, it's him, it's him... Why can't it be him?"
Standing up, Tian Ning encouraged herself and walked straight towards Nanyi. Just like before, the school beauty stopped her.
With a face as cold and dead as ice, it would be strange if the school beauty didn't stop her. If this woman wanted to take someone with her before she died and Nansheng was hurt, it would be her dereliction of duty.
After struggling for a while, Tian Ning couldn't break free from the school beauty's restraints, so she shouted directly at Nan Yi: "Hey, are you willing to support me?"
Nan Yi put down the plan and looked at Tian Ning, "What did you say?"
Tian Ning pursed her lips and said, "I will be your lover, and you give me money."
“Have you ever had an interview?”
"ah?"
Nan Yi waved his hand, asking the school beauty to let go of Tian Ning, and motioned Tian Ning to come to him, "I'm asking if you have ever worked part time outside?"
“Yes.”
"Since you have done it, you must have participated in interviews. Come on, I am the recruiter now, you need to participate in the interview and show yourself to the fullest. Only if you perform well can you get good evaluations, and only with good evaluations can you get a higher salary."
Nan Yi's words made Tian Ning confused, "Do I need to take an interview to be a lover?"
"Why not?" Nan Yi looked at Tian Ning from head to toe. "I've seen her face and her general figure. How's her skin? Are there any blemishes on her private parts? Birthmarks? Wounds? Have you learned dance or yoga? Can you play the piano, chess, calligraphy or painting? Have you learned any skills to serve others?
When you get tired of a certain voice and want to change it, what can you change it to? Teochew? English? Japanese? Or French?
Can you accept abuse?
If you can't do anything I say, then I'm sorry, but I can give you a maximum of 30,000 a month, and you can get a three-month short-term contract. Whether to renew the contract depends on your specific performance."
Nan Yi smiled and continued, "By the way, this job is part-time, so there are no other benefits besides salary. I won't buy you clothes or bags. Ah, when we eat together, I will pay the bill, no need to split the bill."
"You're crazy, thirty thousand, you're shit, you're a loser."
A string of beautiful words burst out from Tian Ning's mouth. She was angry, very angry. She had to make a huge sacrifice, but the other party was only prepared to give her 30,000. What's the use of being handsome? It can't just feed her.
With annoyance, Tian Ning turned around and left.
Looking at Tian Ning's back, Nan Yi couldn't help grinning, "Another naive girl whose price concept is messed up by a horny fool. She thinks that being someone else's lover will allow her to eat and drink delicious food, go shopping, have breakfast in Wan Chai in the afternoon, go clubbing in Paris at night, sweat a lot, and eat foie gras with a handsome guy she likes.
Wearing sunglasses, she plays the role of a proud queen, rarely speaking, but swiping her credit card when she speaks. In the midst of the decadence, she still laments her ill-fated fate, saying that her soul is dead and only her body is alive.
After sitting on the beach for a long time, Nan Yi found a tea restaurant to sit in. Around six o'clock, Cheng Zilang called.
"How about it?"
"Yangsheng has already booked an office, but hasn't decided where to live yet."
"Oh, where are you? I'll pick you up."
"At the corner of Pottinger Street."
"Okay, I'll be there right away."
After picking up the people at Pottinger Street, Nan Yi treated Yang Huachen and Cheng Zilang to a good meal, and then found a hotel to accommodate Yang Huachen. After returning to Fang's Manor for a short rest, Nan Yi went to Nathan Road to keep his appointment with Guan Erfu.
Oriental Nightclub, in a private room.
Guan Erfu sat there with his horse and sword in his arms, recalling what Li Tongban had said to him in the afternoon.
"Xiao Guan, outsiders say that I am the richest man in Hong Kong, but that is only on the surface. Cheung Kong and Whampoa are both listed companies, so their valuations are higher, and my net worth is calculated to be higher.
Fang's is not listed, so its financials do not need to be disclosed to the public. In addition to the three listed companies, Hong Kong Light, Hong Kong Gas and Kowloon Motor Bus, Fang's also owns Childhood Group, Lafeng Winery, Taxi Company, Fang's Distilled Water and Fang's Real Estate.
No one in the Childhood Group could figure out what business it was in. There was only a signboard but no activity.
You have seen how good the business of Lafon Winery is in Xiangkeng. If we estimate, the value of Lafon Winery is at least HKD 1.5 billion. If it is listed, the valuation will be at least several billion, and even tens of billions.
The taxi company holds nearly 3,000 taxi licenses, and the current taxi license is worth more than 700,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is 2.2 billion Hong Kong dollars. The licenses can be rented out every year to earn tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.
I don't need to talk about Fang's distilled water. It's a headache. It's fighting with my distilled water. Its value is at least hundreds of millions.
Fang’s Real Estate, the company has been registered for such a long time, it only buys land and does not develop real estate. In recent years, the land has appreciated so much. Have you seen Fang’s land sold?
Not a single piece, and the land in hand is worth at least more than 3 billion Hong Kong dollars.
Adding all these together, Fang’s valuation exceeds HK$26 billion. They are all high-quality assets. Not to mention selling them at a discount, even at a premium, everyone would scramble to buy them.
In 1987, there was no need to draw funds from everywhere. They just needed to take out 6 billion yuan. Could you find another company in Hong Kong that had so much cash?
Zhong You said it was to rescue the market, but he invested 6 billion and recovered 7.5 billion in a year and a half, and he still holds a lot of stocks. Among me, Li Laosi, Zheng Shadan, the Guo family, and Sun Hung Kai, which one is she, Fang Mengyin, not a director of?
All the assets, stocks and cash added together, Fang's assets are definitely no less than HK$40 billion. Do you know Fang's credit rating at HSBC?
Shen Bi told me that HSBC would give the 5 billion Hong Kong dollars whenever Fang asked for it, without the need for collateral, and the interest would be kept to a minimum.
Li Tongban told Guan Erfu something with some reservations. He had always suspected that Creativity Real Estate was a hidden subsidiary of the Fang Group, not only because the two companies had business dealings, but also because their working styles were very similar.
"Not to mention the strength of the Fang family, Nan Yi himself is not simple either. I don't know much about his situation, but his daughter, the one you are facing, is called Nan Ruoyin, also known as the female god of wealth. Since three years ago, in Xiangkeng, no matter whose real estate project is about to be launched, they have to call her the night before.
As long as she buys, she can not only get a big discount, but also the best unit. She buys several floors at a time. After the discount, the final number will be discounted again, discount upon discount. Why?
Because the properties she is willing to buy will get off to a good start and will be sold out in a few days. If she buys, the properties will be sold out. If she doesn't buy, the properties will not sell.
The foot of Lion Rock, Bamboo Garden, Broadcast Road is in a good location. Although there are public housing estates next to it, the price is affordable and Hong Kong people will rush to buy it. In fact, only half of the units have been sold in the six months since the opening. Before the opening, Bamboo Garden also invited Nan Ruoyin to go, but she didn't buy a single floor, so that's it.
The female goddess of wealth, the female goddess of wealth of Xiangjun Real Estate Company, now before the property is launched for sale, you have to confirm with her whether she is available. If she is not available, the launch date will have to be changed .
Huang Zhouxuan received 600 million in support. Is that a lot? She doesn't need Nan Yi or Fang Mengyin to come forward. The Goddess of Wealth can really come up with it herself. So, Nan Yi may not be bragging at noon. "
Guan Erfu is a man who knows the times and understands the importance of making friends with the strong. Since Nan Yi is suspected to be a strong man, he is willing to be friends with Nan Yi.
"Xiao Luo, go find your mommy and ask her to arrange the best lady to come over later. Money is not a problem." After returning from his trance, Guan Erfu said to his henchman Luo Zhaohui.
Luo Zhaohui was born in Chaoshan, Guangdong Province, a particularly poor village.
His parents, like all Chaoshan people, have numerous restless factors in their bones, especially in those orange-red years. Because of poverty, the family was hungry and cold, just like a can that has been opened and is rotting day by day.
For this reason, Luo's father and mother, unwilling to be left behind, have been actively looking for a way out, hoping to escape poverty and change their lives.
As for the way out, it was easy to find. It was already there and countless Chaozhou people had already put it into practice. Following suit, with the idea that a tree that is not moved will die, but a person who is moved will live, Luo's father and mother, along with their entire family, also followed the large group of people fleeing to Hong Kong and headed straight for Xiangkeng.
However, after arriving naked in Xiangkeng, the life they faced was completely different.
Without ever going to school, having no academic qualifications or any special skills, when they were born in Xiangkeng, Luo's father and mother did not see the legendary gold-covered streets on Xiangkeng Street, but instead experienced the poverty and helplessness, despair of the lower class, and the bitterness of working just like in Chaoshan.
As Luo Zhaohui grew older, he witnessed all the details of this process with his own eyes. However, at that time, Luo Zhaohui was too young and found that he had no ability to change the status quo.
We are all human beings, but why are some people so glamorous and brilliant while others are dark and humble like minions?
The young Luo Zhaohui did not understand the life truth hidden in this.
It was not until he was 14 years old that he experienced an incident personally and the ignorant Luo Zhaohui began to truly see the society clearly.
It was a morning in the summer of 1978, with no wind, no rain and sunshine.
1978 was a year that changed the fate of countless people. It was the first year that Li Tongban, a fellow Chaoshan native of Luo Zhaohui, discovered a business opportunity to create wealth. It was also the first year that his current boss Guan Erfu became rich and famous.
However, Luo Zhaohui did not usher in the first year of a change in his life this year, nor did he usher in an opportunity to make a fortune. Instead, he ushered in an unforgettable humiliation.
In 1978, fourteen-year-old Luo Zhaohui was studying in middle school. By chance, a wealthy and well-dressed young man in his class accused him of stealing his cake.
Luo Zhaohui had done nothing, so he vehemently denied the unfounded accusation. However, the other party used his appearance to humiliate him, saying, "You have a mole above the right corner of your mouth. My grandma said that it was a poor man's reincarnation that gave him a greedy mole. You don't need to argue. You stole it. You are the poorest person in the class."
"If you have a mole that indicates greed, does that mean you are definitely greedy? Does someone from the poorest family mean he is a thief?" Before the fourteen-year-old Luo Zhaohui could figure out these questions, he was taken to the teacher's office for questioning.
Luo Zhaohui naively thought that his chance to clear his name had finally come, but the first thing the teacher said was, "Return the stolen items to the owner immediately."
Luo Zhaohui was stunned for a moment. He had endured the slander from his classmates, but even the teacher thought so. He suddenly felt that his faith in life had collapsed. He couldn't understand why the teacher handled the matter in this way, nor did he understand why being poor meant being a thief. The only thing he was clear about was that the little dignity he had was being blatantly trampled upon.
At that age of full of vigor and vitality, Luo Zhaohui threw away the teacher regardless of everything, rushed into the classroom, and beat up the rich kid with his fists.
When everything was over amid the noise and clamor, Luo Zhaohui left the school with his schoolbag, full of resentment, and without looking back.
The moment he walked out of the school gate, he secretly made a resolution: "I must make a name for myself in this life, even if it takes all my life. I must make a name for myself to show to everyone."
He never went back to school and never read another book until later, when he met the first serious opportunity in his life and the first noble person he met after spending almost all of his savings.
