Volume 7: Mr. Love, Elite Lawyer, and Two Conjectures about Marriage Chapter 510: Financial Scam Targeting Mr. Xue
After officially breaking up with Xue Kexin, Chen Tong just hid at home and started to think of ways to make money, and make a lot of money quickly. He searched online for topics on how to make money quickly, and a web page suddenly popped up and caught his attention in an instant:
“Earn 1,000 an hour!”
"What you lack is not money, but a good opportunity to make money!"
"Make money online at home, regardless of location, easy to operate, no interview required!"
"A girl born in the 1990s graduated from college one year ago, and her savings shocked her family!"
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A piece of inspirational story about getting rich overnight. Below it was a picture of a very sexy woman lying in a pile of money. On the side of the webpage were various contact information. After reading this inspirational entrepreneurial story, Chen Tonggang instantly became interested. He called the other party according to the contact number on the webpage. After a few beeps, the call was connected. Chen Tonggang politely said:
“Hello, hello, is this a platform where I can earn a thousand dollars an hour, right?”
"Yes, just use your ID card information to register our entrepreneurial mobile app, and earning a million a month is not a dream!"
"Uh, are there any risks in that?"
"High risk leads to high returns. We have a team of experts to guide you and avoid risks to the greatest extent possible!"
"So what exactly do you do?"
"Macau casinos deal cards online, Taobao mobile app orders are placed online, and there are also mobile game companionship programs..."
At this moment, Chen Tonggang's mobile phone received an official text message:
"The police remind you that any behavior of requiring a transfer of funds in exchange for fake orders is a scam. You must be vigilant to avoid being scammed..."
"If you are interested, we can add WeChat first..."
Chen Tonggang was originally quite interested, but he didn't expect it to be a fake order and an online gambling project. In addition, the official anti-fraud text message he received made him stupid, but not completely stupid. Before the other party could finish speaking, he hung up the phone, threw the phone on the table and said irritably:
"What the hell is this? Why is it so hard to make money?"
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At the same time, just when Chen Tong was thinking hard about how to make a fortune and reach the peak of his life, Yuan Xudong was attending a private business banquet in the VIP room of Park Hyatt Hotel.
Xue Kexin's father Xue Guixiang was the initiator of this private business banquet. Those who attended the banquet included Xue Kexin's father Xue Guixiang, his current wife Zhong Qihua, his daughter Xue Kexin, and his brother-in-law Zhong Qiming. These were people Yuan Xudong knew. There were also some others whom Yuan Xudong did not know. They were all Xue Guixiang's business partners or juniors. One of the women left a deep impression on Yuan Xudong. She was sitting on Yuan Xudong's left. She was Zhao Songwen, the only daughter of Xue Guixiang's old friend Zhao Wanfang.
Like Zhong Qiming, Zhao Songwen is also a business elite who returned from Wall Street in the United States. It is not known whether she has real ability or not, but she seems to have the capable spirit of a working woman.
She had chestnut wavy hair and was wearing a white Chanel suit. She had a slender and pretty figure, and was wearing a pair of diamond earrings and a diamond necklace from the Butterfly Love series on her fair neck.
She was just sitting there, with her two beautiful legs as white as jade stacked together. She was not wearing stockings, and her white hip skirt barely covered her thighs. She was wearing a pair of white high-heeled shoes. Looking upwards, she saw that the collar of her top was an open design, without buttons or zippers, just two pieces of white cloth stacked on top of each other, and finally tied at the waist. Yuan Xudong glanced at her inadvertently and couldn't help but say to himself, "She's so white." It seems that Zhao Songwen likes white very much, and may have mysophobia, because the bra she wore inside her clothes was also white, and her chest was all white, which was really tempting!
"Yuan Xudong, what are you looking at?"
Seeing Yuan Xudong sitting there secretly glancing at Zhao Songwen, Xue Kexin, who was sitting on his right, couldn't help but feel a little jealous.
After looking at Xue Kexin who was staring at him secretly, Yuan Xudong said in a low but confident voice:
"Look at the beauty, can't I look at her?"
“You can’t watch!”
After glaring at Yuan Xudong, Xue Kexin pouted her lips, puffed her cheeks and said angrily:
"Who do you think is prettier, her or me?"
"Aren't you forcing me?"
After rolling his eyes at Xue Kexin, Yuan Xudong blurted out:
"Of course... Miss Zhao looks good!"
"Yuan Xudong, do you want to piss me off to death?"
"Really? If I tell you the truth, you say I want to piss you off, but if I tell you a lie, I can't live with my conscience. It's so hard to be a human being!"
Seeing Xue Kexin's eyes almost spitting fire, Yuan Xudong teased her in a low voice:
"Well, you are as beautiful as Miss Zhao. Are you satisfied now?"
"I'm not satisfied at all!"
He glared at Yuan Xudong. Although he knew that Yuan Xudong was trying to make him angry, maybe this was what he really thought.
Glancing at Zhao Songwen from a distance, Xue Kexin saw that not only was she dressed fashionably and looked dashing and pleasing to the eye, but she also exuded the capable spirit of a career woman when she sat there. She was as thin as a bamboo pole. What was that look in Yuan Xudong's eyes?
In fact, Zhao Songwen and Shen Mingbao are of the same type, but compared to Shen Mingbao, Zhao Songwen appears to be more powerful and confident. She straightens her back and holds her neck high like a proud white swan, with a faint smile on her face all the time. However, the smile is a little fake, like a kind of etiquette, an etiquette that shows one's own upbringing, not the kind of politeness that respects others, nor is it a real smile from the bottom of one's heart. This is very different from Shen Mingbao. However, Yuan Xudong also likes Zhao Songwen's fake smile. He likes such a proud woman. If he lets her submit to him with her pride, the pleasure of completely conquering her must be very cool, making people unable to stop!
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Yuan Xudong was not interested in the business flattery between Xue Guixiang and his business partners. Instead of spending this time, he might as well secretly admire Zhao Songwen's beauty and arrogance, and tease Xue Kexin who had become much more well-behaved recently. On the other hand, Zhao Songwen had actually heard the conversation between Yuan Xudong and Xue Kexin about herself a long time ago. She didn't know much about Yuan Xudong, so it was difficult for her to comment for the time being. It was just that Yuan Xudong's gaze was a little presumptuous. He actually looked at her exposed skin unscrupulously. The burning and teasing gaze made the usually arrogant Zhao Songwen a little unhappy. The burning was fine, as she knew how attractive she was to men, but what about the teasing that came along with the burning? Was he looking down on her?
In fact, Zhao Songwen's intuition was very accurate. Yuan Xudong just looked down on her. Although she and Shen Mingbao were of the same type, and she even had better qualities than Shen Mingbao, such as academic qualifications, personal resume, family background, and elegant temperament, the biggest difference between her and Shen Mingbao was that Shen Mingbao's pride and strong resilience were in his heart, while Zhao Songwen's were only on the surface. Her pride was fully displayed on her face, and that fake smile made it difficult for people to get close to her. Except for top-level bootlicker, who would like a woman with arrogance on her face?
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On the other side of the table, Xue Guixiang was bragging to his business partners. Zhong Qiming sat next to him and livened up the atmosphere.
"Mr. Xue brought a bottle of good wine today!"
"Old Xue, let's have a drink!"
"Okay, let's go together!"
"cheers!"
"cheers!"
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While drinking with his friends, Xue Guixiang said cheerfully:
"The most accurate thing about me, Xue Guixiang, in my life is my investment vision. Whatever I invest in, I make money. Whatever I do, I succeed. Even if you bury two taels of gold in the ground today, you will definitely harvest one pound of gold when you go to see it a month later!"
"Ha ha!"
Everyone laughed at Xue Guixiang's interesting words. Zhong Qiming took the opportunity to flatter him:
"Let's all give a toast to Mr. Xue, come on!"
"It's just a joke, it's just a joke!"
"Old Xue is really amazing, haha!"
"cheers!"
"cheers!"
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Xue Guixiang said it was a joke and toasted with everyone, but Yuan Xudong looked at him thoughtfully. He had to admit that Xue Guixiang started from scratch and had great ability to get to where he is today, but when the sky is wild, it will rain, and when people are wild, they will suffer misfortune. One should not think too highly of oneself, or else one might fall or even be smashed to pieces. Yuan Benchu, who was a three-generation official for four generations, Xiang Yu who was ashamed to face the elders of Jiangdong, Guan Yu who carelessly lost Jingzhou, etc., which one of them was not a famous figure, but what was the result?
Everyone understands the truth, but people just like to look up to themselves and think they are different. There are many people who fall in the same place throughout history, both in China and abroad. Five thousand years of history tell us that repeating the same mistakes is a high-probability event, while learning from history and drawing lessons from it is a low-probability event. If one place can trip up one person, it can trip up countless people behind it. The only lesson history has taught us is that we never learn lessons from history!
In addition to Yuan Xudong, there was another person who paid more attention to Xue Guixiang, and that was Zhao Songwen. She took a sip of red wine and smiled as she watched Xue Guixiang talk about his investment philosophy and experience:
"Investment is actually not difficult. It is simple even if you say it is simple. Do you know what investment is mainly about?"
Looking at the people at the table, Xue Guixiang was the richest, so he was the boss. Everyone listened to him talk quietly. Yuan Xudong thought he was just bragging, but he was indeed a braggart. Before he went bankrupt or suffered a major mistake, it was hard for ordinary people to say that he was bragging. After all, he was a successful person, and what he said were famous quotes that could be used directly as arguments in debate competitions.
Maybe he drank too much, or maybe Xue Guixiang was really drunk, he said something that Yuan Xudong thought was inappropriate:
"Investing means investing in people. For talents like Songwen, I will support her in whatever she does!"
"Then I would like to thank Uncle Xue first. I came back to China this time because I saw the potential of Internet finance and wanted to start my own business!"
As soon as Xue Guixiang finished speaking , Zhao Songwen took the opportunity to attack. In front of so many guests, Xue Guixiang made a promise that he would support her in whatever she did. Zhao Songwen immediately said that he wanted to start a business and even mentioned the projects he had set his sights on. The underlying meaning was self-evident.
Yuan Xudong clearly saw Xue Guixiang was stunned for a moment. It was obvious that he was just saying nice things. He didn't expect Zhao Songwen, who had just returned from Wall Street, to be so direct, or to be shameless. Just when Xue Guixiang was in a dilemma, Zhong Qiming, who was sitting next to him, added:
"Mr. Xue, Internet finance is a good opportunity and worth investing in!"
Hearing Zhong Qiming say this, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but look at him again. He could see that Xue Guixiang was abnormal, and Zhong Qiming could definitely see it too, but he still helped Zhao Songwen to say good things. This was a bit intriguing. Yuan Xudong glanced at Zhao Songwen and found that she didn't look at Zhong Qiming. Normally, if someone helped him to say good things, the person would at least look at him, but Zhao Songwen didn't. During the entire meal, Yuan Xudong found that Zhao Songwen had actually been avoiding direct eye contact with Zhong Qiming, and Zhong Qiming did the same. Could it be that these two people had already colluded in private and wanted to cheat old man Xue's money?
Old man Xue has only one daughter, Xue Kexin, and his current wife, Zhong Qihua, has no children. Sooner or later, the Xue family will belong to Xue Kexin. Zhong Qiming is Zhong Qihua's younger brother, so there is no guarantee that he will not think of some conspiracy. Speaking of Zhong Qihua, she is still very young, only a few years older than Xue Kexin. Put yourself in his shoes. If you were Xue Guixiang, Yuan Xudong would only give Zhong Qihua a small part of the property at most, and the rest would all belong to his own children. On one side is his unrelated daughter Xue Kexin, and on the other side are himself and his younger brother. Isn't it obvious at a glance how close they are?
Just when Yuan Xudong was secretly thinking that the feuds between the wealthy families were really bloody and that he would never do that again, under the joint efforts of Zhong Qiming and Zhao Songwen, Xue Guixiang hesitated and said:
"Is Internet finance too hot? No matter what industry you choose to enter, you have to do it early. If you wait until it becomes popular before jumping in, you will only be left with scraps by then."
"Uncle Xue, I don't think so. It's not the first crab that's worth eating!"
Zhao Songwen looked at Xue Guixiang and said confidently:
"Isn't it great to have the experience of many people who have come before you to learn from, whether they succeeded or failed, instead of having to try and make mistakes yourself?"
After Zhao Songwen finished speaking, Zhong Qiming interrupted and said:
"I think that no matter whether it is a blue ocean or a red ocean, if you are really competitive, you can always carve out a path!"
"yes!"
After Zhong Qiming finished speaking, another old man looked at Zhao Songwen and said with a smile:
"Songwen, why don't you toast your Uncle Xue?"
This old man was none other than Zhao Songwen's father. After receiving his reminder, Zhao Songwen quickly poured himself a glass of red wine, then stood up and left his seat, walked to Xue Guixiang's side to toast him, and said with a sweet smile on his face:
"Uncle Xue, I toast to you!"
"Thanks!"
"Thank you, Uncle Xue!"
After the toast, Zhao Songwen sat back in her seat with a blush on her face. Yuan Xudong looked at her and smiled. Zhao Songwen also smiled, but she returned to her previous smile with a hint of arrogance. Yuan Xudong finally understood. It turned out that Zhao Songwen was a two-faced person. When she toasted Xue Guixiang, she didn't smile like this. That smile was so sweet!
On the other side, Zhao Songwen's father looked at Xue Guixiang and said with a smile:
"Old Xue, the experience of our generation is not as effective as it used to be. Songwen and his friends grew up with the Internet. They have their own instincts, right?"
"Well, Song Wen does have the demeanor of a great general!"
After being persuaded by Zhao Songwen, Zhong Qiming, and Zhao Songwen's father Zhao Wanfang, Xue Guixiang was about to agree to invest in Zhao Songwen's Internet finance company when he suddenly saw Yuan Xudong flirting with his daughter. Xue Guixiang couldn't help but feel jealous.
"Xiao Yuan, what do you think about Internet finance?"
"It's just a scam!"
