Volume 8 Final Chapter Chapter 1196 You Might Agree
" Tsk tsk, I saw you from so far away. I thought there was a crew reshooting Dream of the Red Chamber here. You are exactly like Madam Jia reappearing in the world."
At Jinling Airport, Nan Yi bumped into Xi Guixiang who came to pick him up, and they immediately started joking.
Xi Guixiang was a college classmate of Nan Yi and Liu Zhen. Liu Zhen was quite close to her. When Xi Guixiang got married for the second time, Nan Yi went to Jinling on behalf of Liu Zhen to attend her wedding. From then on, Nan Yi was in charge of handling all the personal relationships with Xi Guixiang. They kept in touch and never broke their friendship.
"Nan Yi, you are still the same, your temper hasn't changed, and your appearance hasn't changed much." Xi Guixiang said with emotion: "I am different, I have grown old."
Nan Yi hugged Xi Guixiang and said, "That cold winter, you were twenty-nine and I was twenty-eight. I called you Sister Xiang and you called me nephew . My old comrade Xi Guixiang, you have reached the age where you should grow old."
"Yes, I'm old. I've retired and am at home. I go to the square to dance every day to kill time." Xi Guixiang said with a faint smile.
"That's good. The pension can be 90% of the salary, right?"
"No, I don't have enough years of service, more than 80%." Xi Guixiang answered and then joked, "Nan Yi, I haven't seen you for a few years, and you asked about my income as soon as we met. Are you here to borrow money?"
Nan Yi straightened his chest and said, "I would like to introduce myself solemnly. I am a wealthy man with assets of three to five trillion US dollars and hundreds of billions in cash. I am currently a professor at a school, a full professor, not an associate professor, and I earn several thousand yuan a month."
Xi Guixiang smiled and said, "Okay, okay, Professor Nanzheng, have you booked a hotel? If not, come to my house and stay in the guest room for a few days."
"You can get the food for free, but I won't bother you with accommodation. I've already booked a bed in a 12-person room at the Youth Hostel. It's only twenty bucks a day, very affordable."
Jokingly, Nan Yi followed Xi Guixiang into her car and spent most of his first day in Jinling staying at Xi Guixiang's house.
Xi Guixiang's second husband is also a relative-in-law and the father of her daughter-in-law. He has some family background. The house they live in is a royal villa of a king during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Because the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom conferred titles of kingship like the proliferation of generals in Cambodia, the so-called royal villa was the house occupied by a wealthy family at that time, probably used to keep concubines. Although it is gorgeous, it is far from grand.
Despite this, it must have taken a lot of effort to inherit it.
Standing in the garden, the two classmates recalled their years in the ivory tower when they had not had much interaction. After reminiscing about their youth, Nan Yi turned the topic to Near East Electric.
"Old Xi, do you still remember the news about the 'head-on firefight between the combined fleet and the small dinghy'?"
"The 1993 Near East Electric incident?"
"yes."
Xi Guixiang smiled and said, "Do you want to hear some news that is not published in the newspaper?"
"Of course I do. The news in the newspapers is all embellished, and the reporters who wrote the articles may not know the inside story. It's not easy to fight one company against eight companies because the difference in size is too big."
"At the time, I did hear some gossip from my colleagues at work. There were rumors outside that someone had visited the managers of eight shopping malls, using threats and inducements, which led to the collapse of the alliance and the rise of Near East Electric."
"Is this news credible?" Nan Yi asked.
"It's a rumor that was spread after the fact, so it may not be credible." Xi Guixiang denied it, "Why did you think of asking about the news of Jindong Electric?"
"I have an old acquaintance with Sun Changzheng, the boss of Jingxi Yiguo. When I came to Jinling, I suddenly wanted to inquire about him."
"Is that so? Then you're asking the wrong person. Although my job at the company is mainly to connect with companies, I've never been very interested in business matters, so I don't know much."
Nan Yi chuckled, "Your work attitude is not good. Your job is to deal with businessmen."
Xi Guixiang smiled back, "Otherwise I wouldn't have worked until retirement to get the treatment of a director-level official. Let's not talk about me, let's talk about Liu Zhen. I haven't spoken to her for a long time. How is she doing recently?"
"It's pretty good. I work hard at my post and forget about food and sleep. I go there once a quarter and stay for three to five days."
"She is forty-four?"
"Forty-three and a half."
For Liu Zhen, age is very important. Even a little less than half a month can become an advantage. She has to be very calculative and cannot mention her age.
Xi Guixiang smiled and said, "There are still eleven and a half years left. Are you going to live apart like this?"
"We are an old married couple. We are tired of being together every day. It is better to be far away from each other. We will still miss each other."
"That's true."
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After having dinner at Xi Guixiang's house, Nan Yi went to the Confucius Temple not far from her home and met Pei Lan, Pei Shuyi's apprentice and "niece", in a teahouse.
As soon as they met, Nan Yi became curious about Pei Lan's mother. Pei Shouyi looked like an immortal, but he was not tall. His brother must not be much taller either. But the first impression Nan Yi had of Pei Lan was that she was strong. She was 185 cm tall, with a big frame, but a good figure. If Nan Yi was twice as strong, he would probably feel that Pei Lan was slim. Now...
Nan Yi was under great psychological pressure. When facing Pei Lan, he always had the illusion that Pei Lan was holding him in his hand like a chicken and playing with him. This was visual pressure on him and had nothing to do with his strength.
"Damn it, no wonder he didn't inherit Pei Shuyi's legacy. With his looks and size, he can be a ghost catcher, but he can't scare people with his Feng Shui skills." After adjusting his mentality and mumbling something in his mind, Nan Yi shook hands with Pei Lan, "Fortunately, you didn't wear high heels, otherwise I would have to look up to talk to you."
"I dare not wear it. I have suffered a lot since I was a child because of my height." Pei Lan said casually.
"I understand. Your height and stature would put a lot of pressure on men no matter in the south or the north. Sit down. Standing is too stressful for me."
The two of them sat down, Pei Lan called the waiter to place the order, and then said to Nan Yi apologetically: "Uncle Nan, I should have come to see you, but unfortunately I took a big order during this period, and I have been busy and can't leave."
Nan Yi waved his hand. "Mr. Pei and I have known each other for many years. There is no need to be too formal. I happened to come to Jinling for something, so I thought of asking you to meet. You said you received another order. Is it similar to the last order?"
"It's a little different. This order was commissioned by a boss who wanted to make his girlfriend a star."
"How big of a boss?"
"One or two hundred million."
Nan Yi was surprised and said, "With this kind of wealth, he could directly bring in funds to join the group, why would he look for you?"
Pei Lan said disdainfully: "It's just a girlfriend for fun. The boss doesn't want to spend more money. It's just a one million order, and he also has to ensure that he can make a name for himself. It's not easy to get the order."
"Is he not good-looking?"
"Even if she's not pretty, she wouldn't be a popular girl in the club. It's because she's too popular. Not only has she worked in the Jinkui club, she's also been to Hangzhou. Many people know her background." Pei Lan said with regret, "I should have known not to take this job earlier."
"It's actually not that difficult. First, get plastic surgery and then choose a stage name. Then just follow the normal procedures. If someone reveals her past, for example, someone says she worked as a prostitute in Jinkui or Hangzhou, you can say she worked as a prostitute in various places. Say a few more places, and mix them up from believable to outrageous. Then drag in a popular male star with a strong PR team, saying that he had visited her in the past, and photoshop a few intimate photos. I don't need to say anything more, right?"
Pei Lan's eyes lit up, "He can use this opportunity to clean up his name and expose the mastermind behind this."
"You took it seriously. Don't treat the male star's PR team as if they are vegetarians. They might end up digging you out as well." Nan Yi said with a smile, " Change it Find a male star who also wants to hype himself up. You can cooperate with each other and benefit from each other. Or let her try her best to hook up with a popular guy. It shouldn't be a big deal for her to hook up with a man. Dating a male star is what we call a free ride."
"But... the boss paid for it." Pei Lan hesitated.
Nan Yi smiled mysteriously, "You can make a plan first, and then discuss it with the big boss. Maybe he will agree."
Nan Yi could still figure out a little about men's psychology. Some things seemed absurd, but they could easily come true.
Pei Lan hesitated for a while and said, "I'll give it a try."
Nan Yi took a sip of tea, ate some dried fruit, and talked about the business of this visit to Pei Lan.
"Last time I told Mr. Pei that I wanted to give you an idea. In fact, it was inspired by your last order. A big order like that is not something that comes once in a century, but it's not easy to get, right?"
Pei Lan nodded, "The last order was the largest order I've ever received."
"So, you need to think more broadly. With a little modification to the last order, you can create a core service project."
