Volume 8 Final Chapter Chapter 1075: Temptation of Money
During the two days in Nanchen Village, Nan Yi hardly went out of the village. He stayed at home and watched the NHK documentary "Reform and Opening Up of 1.2 Billion People". During that time, Chen Zongqing allocated a piece of private land to him. The area was very particular, not too much, not too little, just one acre and three mu.
On the other hand, Chen Ruiwu spent a lot of money to coax his lover from the company to Xiangkeng for shopping, and then asked someone to trace the source from Kunpeng, the holding company of the Zhuniao Garden project that he knew, and found out that it was Shencun Lingyun Company and the boss's name was Li Zhiqiang.
Chen Ruiwu did not rush to contact Li Zhiqiang, but instead launched a thorough investigation of Kunpeng Company.
After investigation, it was learned that Xu Mashi brought a total of 400,000 yuan from Shencun with three people, a cashier, a driver, and a salesperson. Needless to say, the cashier must be Li Zhiqiang's confidant, and the driver is also Li Zhiqiang's driver, also a confidant. Only the salesperson who was responsible for running errands was just an old employee of Lingyun.
The land transfer fee for the 200 acres of land at the wire factory was 20 million yuan. Lingyun Company simply could not afford the money, so Li Zhiqiang borrowed 20 million yuan through his connections and transferred all the money to Kunpeng Company. After Kunpeng paid the land transfer fee, it mortgaged the land and borrowed another 20 million yuan from the bank.
As a result, Chen Ruiwu developed a strong interest in Xu Mashi and dug deep into his information. He called the branch in Shenzhen, and the people in the branch asked for help from Stephen Market Research Company, with which they had a cooperative relationship. Stephen Market Research Company then contacted Smith Company, and the people in Smith Company searched in their own database and found Xu Mashi's resume in the resume database collected from the printing shop at the entrance of the talent market.
Smith Company sent the resume to Stephen Market Research Company. Stephen investigated based on the company name and Xu Mashi's resume he had already known, and submitted a preliminary investigation report in one day.
Although the content of the report was not detailed enough, it was enough for Chen Ruiwu to see some clues.
First of all, Chen Ruiwu knew that Xu Mashi used to be the workshop director in a steel plant. Once he went to a brother unit for a short-term study. He was able to get the other party’s confidential technology intact, which shows his strong communication skills.
In 1992, Xu Mashi had been working as workshop director for seven years. Seeing no hope of promotion and being marginalized, and influenced by the general trend of people going into business, he simply moved south to Shenzhen.
When he first joined Lingyun Company, Xu Mashi's monthly salary was 500 yuan and his position was an ordinary trade salesperson. After the three-month probation period, Xu Mashi brought 100,000 orders for Lingyun Company and was promoted to office director.
Before he even got comfortable in his new position as office director, Xu Mashi persuaded Li Zhiqiang to set up a subsidiary to do steel business with the steel mill where he used to work. Li Zhiqiang readily agreed and appointed Xu Mashi as the general manager of the subsidiary, tripling his salary to 1,500 yuan.
After that, there was a long blank period in the report. When it was continued, Xu Mashi had arrived in Yangcheng and registered Kunpeng Real Estate Company. His salary doubled again to 3,000 yuan.
When Chen Ruiwu saw that Xu Mashi's salary was only 3,000 yuan, he felt relieved and was confident that he could win the Zhuniao Garden project without paying too much.
After thinking about how to "deal with" Xu Mashi and coming up with a plan, Chen Ruiwu picked up the phone and called Nan Yi to ask for instructions on a job that originally did not require instructions.
Nanchen Village.
Nan Yi pressed the pause button on the video recorder, picked up the phone on the coffee table and answered it, "Uncle Ruiwu, what's the matter?"
"We have investigated Xu Mashi's information. He is a talent. His salary should be determined accordingly."
"How is he treated now?"
"Three thousand a month."
Nan Yi put his hand on his thigh and patted it a few times, "Uncle Ruiwu, do you think Xu Mashi can be tamed?"
"It's difficult. I think he's ready to be his own boss."
"In that case, there is no need to discuss salary. Let's talk about the share directly. 3% of the profit share, and then verbally promise him an investment, also 3% of the profit. There is no rush to discuss the amount of shares. Let him finish the Pearl Bird Garden project first, and give him time to understand the strength of Nanchen Construction."
"OK."
Nan Yi added, "Also, when you meet with Xu Mashi, just bring 500,000 in cash and say it's the share you cashed in in advance. Don't use a briefcase, use a paper bag that you use to carry clothes in a clothing store. You can handle the rest, Uncle Ruiwu."
"I understand."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Ruiwu thought about it for a while and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Nan Yi was too good at understanding people's hearts.
In the evening, Xu Mashi was still supervising the construction site of Zhuniao Garden. He was full of energy, full of confidence and anticipation for the future of Zhuniao Garden. After the project was completed, he planned to ask Li Zhiqiang for a salary increase.
"It doesn't have to be much, just increase it to 10,000. The year-end bonus should be higher, 500,000. No, if the house sells well and makes a lot of money for the boss... let's just make 1 million."
Just as Xu Mashi had fulfilled his dream of a salary increase and year-end bonus, he immediately began to deny it in his heart. After three years of contact, he already knew Li Zhiqiang's temper very well. The other party was a money-conscious person and probably would not give him such a high salary.
"Alas!" Xu Mashi sighed, "It takes capital to do real estate. It doesn't have to be much, a few hundred thousand will be enough."
Xu Mashi already had a plan for starting a business that would achieve great results with little effort. As long as the Pearl Bird Garden became a hit, he would have a classic success story. With this, he could set up his own business, start with small projects, use the bank's chickens to lay eggs, and slowly snowball. In a few years, he would become a billionaire.
Xu Mashi, who had just entered the real estate industry, had already keenly grasped the essence of this industry - knocking on the door of the bank, leveraging, leveraging, and leveraging again.
Xu Mashi was just thinking about something when a Mercedes-Benz S600 squeaked to a stop in front of him. A charming woman got out of the car. She had short hair, a red striped casual suit, and a fragrant smell all over her body.
The woman attracted the attention of many workers on the construction site. Some stared at her, some exchanged glances with each other, and those whose minds were quicker probably had a pair of chapped hands already searching the woman's body.
The two fragrant breezes merged into one, the swaying waist fell into the two eyes, and a sharp inverted triangle appeared on Xu Mashi's face. He was locked, and at the same time, he also locked on the woman.
"Manager Xu, our boss wants you to sit down."
The woman's voice was floating, soft and alluring, like a yellow oriole singing out of a valley, or like a soft hand brushing lightly across the earlobe, down the chin to the neck, and then to the heart.
itch!
My heart itches!
Xu Mashi's Adam's apple moved, and he suppressed the tingling all over his body with great willpower, and said in a slightly strange tone: "Miss, who is your boss?"
The woman smiled charmingly, "Manager Xu, are you afraid that a little girl like me will eat you up?"
Without waiting for Xu Mashi's response, the woman straightened her face, restrained the charm that was always overflowing from her body, and said in a business tone: "Nanchen Construction, Chen Ruiwu, Boss Chen."
As soon as he heard the words "Nanchen Architecture", Xu Mashi's Adam's apple began to move rapidly again, even more violently than before.
He thought he might get lucky.
"Miss, please wait a moment. I will go and arrange some work." Xu Mashi suppressed his excitement and made himself look capable.
"It's okay, Manager Xu, you can take your time."
The woman stood quietly aside, watching Xu Mashi arrange the work, lead him into the car, and take him to his destination.
The small building is located on a hillside not far from He Xiangu's vegetable planting base.
A few years ago, Nanchen Construction bought more than ten acres of land here and built a holiday villa with good privacy. The scenery is not particularly beautiful, but it has all kinds of facilities and there are many ways to have fun.
Xu Mashi followed the woman into the villa, passed through the magnificent lobby, walked along the tree-lined path for a short distance, and came to a lawn. He saw a middle-aged man holding a wireless microphone and humming a Minnan song he had never heard of. Opposite the middle-aged man, twelve beautiful girls in swimsuits were dancing lightly.
At this moment, the words "dissolute and immoral" unconsciously popped up in Xu Mashi's mind.
The woman asked Xu Mashi to wait there for a while, and she went to Chen Ruiwu and told him that someone had arrived.
Chen Ruiwu heard this, turned around and waved to Xu Mashi, then said to the microphone: "Manager Xu, excuse me, wait till I finish this song... Seeing other people's success, one can't help but feel jealous and timid. How dare you know how much that person has paid behind the scenes to have the status they have today? A building is built up layer by layer from the foundation, there is no such thing as reaching the sky in one step..."
The dialect spoken in Nanchen Village belongs to the Minnan dialect family, and Minnan songs sound familiar. In addition, Chen Ruiwu once heard Nan Yi say inadvertently that if you don't have hundreds of millions of assets on you, singing "Only If You Work Hard Can You Win" will always be a little lacking.
Chen Ruiwu took this to heart. From then on, whenever he went to a nightclub or karaoke bar, "Only If You Work Hard Can You Succeed" was the song he would order. Over time, he had learned Ye Qitian's songs completely.
What Nan Yi said about Chen Ruiwu last time was biased. Besides being rich, Chen Ruiwu is also a very good singer of Minnan songs. With his singing voice, he might be able to attract one or two middle-aged ladies.
After the song was finished, Chen Ruiwu walked to Xu Mashi with an apologetic look on his face and took the initiative to extend his right hand, "Manager Xu, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I don't like to sing only halfway. No matter how big the matter is, I will finish the song. I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Xu Mashi was flattered and stretched out his right hand to shake hands with the other party. He was just a small figure, but he could receive such courtesy.
"It's okay, it's okay. Boss Chen sings very well, even better than the singers."
"Hahaha, Manager Xu is so polite." Chen Ruiwu laughed heartily and said, "It's too early to eat. I just asked someone to get a few boxes of Entropy cigars from Jamaica. They are high-end products, 200 US dollars a stick, and not everyone can get them. Manager Xu, let's go to the cigar room and taste the cigars first."
As he spoke, Chen Ruiwu hugged Xu Mashi and walked towards the cigar room.
Xu Mashi passively entered the cigar room and was seated on the sofa. He watched Chen Ruiwu roasting cigars and cutting cigar caps a little awkwardly, then mechanically took the cigar that the other party had already lit, clumsily put it in his mouth and took a sip, habitually inhaling the smoke into his stomach, and then a choking feeling came up. He forced himself not to cough, and when the sour feeling disappeared, he told himself in his mind that cigars were not good for the lungs.
I took another puff, the smoke swirled in my mouth before I exhaled. This time it felt much better, with a lingering fragrance in my mouth and a refreshed body.
Chen Ruiwu noticed Xu Mashi's expression and was impressed at how quickly he got the hang of it. He thought that he was a man who knew how to enjoy life. He thought back to when he smoked cigars for nearly half a month, he finally realized the beauty of it.
Without waiting for Chen Ruiwu to speak, the woman who brought Xu Ma Shi came over with a bottle of red wine and two high-heeled glasses. She opened the cork of the red wine bottle without saying a word, poured the wine, and then left the cigar room.
Chen Ruiwu picked up the red wine bottle and showed the side with the label to Xu Mashi. "It's a 1982 Lafeng wine bought from France. It costs more than 10,000 yuan a bottle. I can't taste it and it's worth the price. But everyone says it's good. I can only learn a few professional wine evaluation phrases from the wine taster. When I socialize outside and drink the wine brought by others, I use the phrases I learned to praise them."
Chen Ruiwu put down the bottle and picked up the goblet. "Manager Xu, come and try this red wine that costs several hundred yuan a glass. If it suits your taste, take a few bottles with you when you leave. If you buy too much, it would be a waste to keep it here."
Hearing this, Xu Mashi picked up the wine glass, looked at the red wine in the glass through the wall, and felt inexplicable emotion in his heart. A cigar that costs sixteen thousand yuan, and a glass of red wine that costs several hundred yuan, is this the life of rich people?
He couldn't help feeling sad as he thought that his monthly salary was not even enough to buy two cigars.
After taking a sip of the wine, Xu Mashi did not feel that this red wine, which cost several hundred yuan a sip, was nectar. He tasted the sourness, astringency, fruitiness, and alcohol, and smelled black plums, as well as the fragrance of two fruits that he couldn't tell, but he was sure it was not the taste of fresh grapes.
A bottle of wine is sold at such a high price of more than 10,000 yuan, so it must have its unique features. Maybe I just don’t know how to appreciate it, Xu Mashi thought.
There are tens of millions of flavors in the world, but only a few of them can be tasted deliciously at the first try. It often requires a process of taste taming. Try cheap things once and give up if they don’t suit your taste. Expensive things will give you a psychological hint that there is a reason for their high cost. Keep trying and you will eventually discover their beauty.
Just like Xu Mashi now, he has already determined in his heart that the 1982 Lafeng is a good wine, but he thinks his taste is not sophisticated enough and he cannot taste the high-end flavor. He tastes it a few more times, deepening his self-hypnosis while tasting. After three or four bottles, the taste will almost become high-end.
Chen Ruiwu took a sip and found it unpalatable as always. He could not cultivate the taste buds for tasting red wine. He put down the glass and said to Xu Mashi, "Manager Xu, can you taste its extraordinaryness?"
Xu Mashi put the glass down to cover up his confusion and organized his words, "Boss Chen, I can only tell that this is a good wine, but if you ask me what's good about it, I really can't say."
"Better than me. I drank more than 20 bottles, but I still couldn't tell what was so good about it. It's better to drink Pearl River Beer." Chen Ruiwu said, and suddenly changed the subject, "Manager Xu, I invited you here this time because I am interested in the Pearl Bird Garden project. Before I discuss it with Boss Li, I want to let you know first.
As far as I know, this project has cost a total of more than 20 million yuan. There was a loan of 20 million yuan before, and now there is another loan of 20 million yuan. I want to spend 50 million yuan to buy Kunpeng Real Estate Company and the project together. Boss Li will be responsible for the former loan, and the latter will come with the project. Boss Li will make 28 million yuan and exit safely, and I will bear the remaining risks.
Manager Xu, I hope you can come with the project. We don’t discuss salary and you are not working for me. We are in a cooperative relationship. We only discuss profit sharing. You don’t need to invest a penny. I can give you 3 percentage points of the net profit of Zhuniao Garden. "
After saying that, Chen Ruiwu clapped his hands. The woman who had just left heard the signal and walked into the cigar room again with a Baleno paper bag. Still without saying a word, she handed the paper bag to Chen Ruiwu and left again.
Chen Ruiwu put the paper bag under Xu Mashi's eyes, so that he could see his drooping eyebrows, "I know that Manager Xu is paid a fixed salary and is not well off. I also know that Manager Xu has elderly parents and young children, and his parents are not young anymore.
Here is five hundred thousand, which is my early dividend. If Manager Xu is interested in cooperating with me, he can use the money to improve his family's life.
I am only one generation younger than your parents. I have experienced the same things they have experienced. It was hard in the past. I didn’t have enough to eat and had to do heavy work. It’s easy for the body to have hidden injuries. This can’t be delayed. I have to take care of it while my body is still strong, otherwise…”
Chen Ruiwu stopped talking abruptly, there was no need to say anything unpleasant.
Xu Mashi listened to Chen Ruiwu's words and looked at the neatly stacked hundred-dollar bills in the paper bag. It was the first time in his life that he saw so much money that could belong to him. It had a great impact on him. His heart beat very fast and he almost blurted out the words of promise.
Chen Ruiwu's words were on point, and Li Zhiqiang made a large sum of money safely, which erased the burden of Xu Mashi's "betrayal". Although Xu Mashi was very confident in himself and the Zhuniao Garden project, as long as the money was not in his pocket, everything was empty. Whether to make a safe profit and exit, or to continue to take risks, the choice was in Li Zhiqiang's hands.
The one over there is a worker, earning less than 40,000 a year, plus a little year-end bonus, which probably doesn't reach 100,000; the one over here is a partner, getting a share of the profits, and there is still 500,000 to take first. Xu Mashi didn't need to struggle psychologically at all to know what to choose.
He is a little hesitant now, worried about whether Chen Ruiwu is a man of integrity. He may say things that sound good, but it is hard to say whether he can do them.
"Manager Xu, don't worry, you can take your time to think about it. Let's go to the dining room to eat first. I have prepared a bottle of Nanchen wine. It is absolutely good stuff. Most people can't drink it. If I wasn't from Nanchen Village, I wouldn't be able to get it at all."
"Nan Yi, some people in the village are complaining that the wine is produced by the village, but they have to buy it from outside if they want to drink it."
In Nanchen Village, Chen Zongqing poured a bowl of rice wine for Nan Yi and then poured some for himself.
"Uncle Zong Qing, Nanchen wine is not for ordinary people to drink, nor can it be bought with money. The preparations over the past decade or so are to build its identity. Villagers can drink Kongfujia wine or Wuliangye. I will order a carload of Maotai someday and give each family a few boxes. I will also order a carload of Maotai to be used as cooking wine in the kitchen. You can add a little to remove the fishy smell when cooking fish."
"Don't talk nonsense. Try the wine, brewed with the glutinous rice you sent over."
Nan Yi picked up the bowl and took a sip, then held it in his mouth to taste it carefully, "It's wine, the alcohol content is a bit high, what kind of liquor did you use as water?"
Chen Zongqing took a big sip, pursed his lips and said happily, "I bought this bulk grain wine from outside. It's pretty good."
"I can't get used to it."
Rice wine is easy to drink, but it has a strong aftertaste. Even if you drink two or three kilograms of white wine, you will get drunk after drinking two bowls of rice wine. Especially if it is warmed up, you will get drunk faster. Rice wine combines the characteristics of rice wine and white wine, and Nan Yi can't handle it.
"If you're not used to it, drink less." Chen Zongqing took two bites of the food and said, "Tomorrow I'll take your car to the city and go to the People's Armed Forces Department."
“Oh, how many are there in the village this year?”
"Seven."
Nan Yi smacked his lips, "Seven is a little too few, I don't know how many can make it. You can consider giving more rewards next year. One hundred thousand if you go, one hundred thousand if you come back, and thirty thousand if you don't come back. The prices will increase year by year. If you don't come back, count as three more people at home, and I'll take half of the expenses."
"This year's entries are all good. I'm just worried that there won't be enough places."
