Chapter Ninety-Five: Investment That Comes Knocking On The Door

  It is said that the catering industry is a diligent person's profession, and insiders call it "diligent line". Don't look at Big Sister being fat, but Big Sister is not lazy at all. In the morning, she gets up to supervise the procurement department to collect fresh raw materials for the day.

  Drove to the seafood market in Beijing. As summer is approaching, various types of seafood products, except for high-end dried goods such as bird's nest, abalone, fish maw, and sea cucumber, have seen significant price drops, including fresh scallops, clams, sea stars, sea urchins, and other seafood, as well as high-end suzuki fish.

  Fat sister drove back and forth, secretly thinking: These scoundrels have been stalling from this morning till now, making excuses not to lower the price! Transportation costs are rising. What a load of nonsense!

  Fat sister parked her Haifei small road treasure in the parking lot, and when she was about to get off, she deliberately looked at the time and found that it was almost two o'clock. She rubbed her own big belly, which she thought was hungry. Pushing open the door of De Sheng Fang, she stepped inside. Only a few waiters were standing together, chatting and laughing about Jiang Di.

  The fat sister suddenly frowned and coughed twice. A vigilant leader turned his head to take a look, seeing that it was the fat sister. He hurriedly said in a loud voice: "Director Pang is well, Director Pang has worked hard!" After finishing speaking, he quickly took two paper towels from the console and handed them to the fat sister. He casually said: "Director Pang, I'll get you something hot. Hurry up and wipe your face!"

  Fat sister nodded expressionlessly. She casually took over the tissue and wiped her hands, but didn't wipe the sweat stains on her forehead. With a stern tone, she asked: "It's not time to get off work yet, why are you all gathered together chatting? Are you all thinking about men or something?" At this moment, Fat Sister was a far cry from the harmless and cute person of last night, and was as intimidating as a female demon descending into the mortal world.

  "Fat sister continued: "I'm so surprised! Are you guys crazy? A Jiang Di! Do you have to chat from last night until this afternoon?"

  A little leader who didn't know how to write the word "death" argued: "But Jiang Di is really handsome! Unlike Xiao Teng boss, Xiao Teng boss is like Jiang Xiaoyu, making people feel very... very... I also can't say it! It's just very good, very sunny, and a bit mischievous! But Jiang Di is like Hua Wuxie!"

  Suddenly, Fat Sister slapped the counter and said loudly: "Can good looks be eaten as rice? You don't sleep in the same bed with them, what are you whispering about?" Fat Sister's face was cold, she sighed and continued to say: "I'm telling you! If you're going to work like this for me, don't blame me if I make you all look for jobs tomorrow!"

  The team leader lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Sister Pang! I have something to tell you!" Sister Pang looked at him and saw that it was the old man who had followed her for many years, and also the team leader. She didn't get angry, but instead walked over to him with her head down and asked, "What's wrong?"

  Team leader Nono said: "Fat sister, today Li Xiaoteng is treating people to a meal at Fengchi Tianxiang! Jiang Di and that little kid from Ludi also came. They accompanied each other for dinner. And today Jiang Di dressed up like a new groom. So they chatted a few more sentences!"

  "Has he left?" Fat sister asked hastily. The leader shook his head and casually said that the bill had not been settled yet. Fat sister turned around and walked in. Several waiters at the door looked at her back with their big white eyes. The girls' thoughts, of course, were not shared with outsiders.

  Fat sister passed by the bar and specially took a box of the best Fuchang Wang cigarettes from the bar, then hurried over. Afraid that Li Xiaoteng and others would leave.

  Three steps and two strides brought him to the entrance of Fengchi Tianxiang, where he used his hand to tidy up his not-so-long hair. Hearing what sounded like an agitated conversation inside, he lightly knocked on the door with his hand.

  It was quiet for a moment before Kong Zhen asked, "Who is it? The door isn't locked, come in yourself!"

  Fat sister pushed open the door and stepped inside. As soon as she entered, she felt a strong smell of smoke and alcohol that made her eyes water.

  Fat sister is still an old river after all. It's natural to adapt, but when Fat Sister saw the situation in the house clearly, she was stunned. Li Xiaoteng sat on the sofa, his face pale, bowing his head and smoking. Kong Zhen and Jiang Di were sitting at the dining table, one on the left and one on the right, like captors, interrogating him.

  The fat sister suddenly smiled and said, "What? Don't welcome me?" Jiang Di still sat on the side without speaking, but Kong Zhen's face eased a bit. He quickly stood up and said, "How could that be! Sister came, we're thrilled! Today was rushed, so I didn't invite you to have a drink. Sincerely sorry!"

  Li Xiaoteng glanced at Kong Zhen, who was surrounded by eight directions, and then said to the fat sister: "Sister, today we brothers borrowed your precious land to discuss some business, so we didn't invite you!"

  Fat sister hurriedly shook her head and said: "I just came back today, you really invited me. I haven't arrived yet!" While talking, she casually opened the newly brought Fu Rong Wang and handed one to Li Xiaoteng, Du Yuke and others. Only then did she throw the cigarette onto the tea table.

  They were about to light a fire for Li Xiaoteng, but he hastily shook his head and said: "We'll do it ourselves, no need to trouble Sister!" The brothers hurriedly lit their own cigarettes.

  Fat sister walked up to Jiang Di, looked him up and down, then jokingly said: "Hero, I don't know what big day it is today! You're actually dressed so formally!"

  Jiang Di nodded at the fat sister, glanced at Li Xiaoteng and said discontentedly: "You have to ask our boss Li about this!" The fat sister saw that several brothers were a bit unnatural. Without beating around the bush, she directly went to the topic and said: "Xiaoteng! Sister wants to ask you something!"

  Li Xiaoteng hastily raised his head and said: "Fatty sister, what's up? Just ask."

  Fat sister smiled and said, "Little Teng, didn't you intentionally open a chain of spicy hot pot last night? There were many people yesterday, and it wasn't convenient to talk. Sister also didn't dare to say anything!" Li Xiaoteng remembered his plan from last night and suddenly sighed. He thought to himself: If I want to deal with He Jinghua now, I don't even have a bit of rich funding left. What can I use to open a hot pot restaurant?!

  Li Xiaoteng calmly said, "Sister, this idea of mine is not yet mature. If we really start doing it, it will be at least after June, let's talk about it in July. It's still too early to discuss this now."

  Fat sister looked at Li Xiaoteng in surprise and asked inexplicably: "Why do we still have to wait for so long? I think all the conditions are ripe, right? You want technology, you have technology. What do you want, what you have. Why drag on for so long?"

  Li Xiaoteng shook his head and didn't say a word. Only to hear Fat Sister asking curiously: "Is it because of insufficient funds? If you think the funds are not rich, sister has some money here. It's also a kind intention."

  After finishing speaking, he actually took out a checkbook from his own pocket. He casually picked up the pen, looking like he was about to write a check.

  Li Xiaoteng jumped up in an instant, just a breath of time. He grabbed the hand of Fat Sister and said: "Sister, what are you doing at this time?"

  Fat sister smiled and said: "You are short of money, sister lends to you! If you feel embarrassed, just give your sister some shares!"

  Li Xiaoteng's eyes widened instantly. However, he still held onto Fat Sister's hand and said: "Sister, I really have money! If you want my shares, I can give you some original shares. When our company goes public, you'll make some money too!"

  Fat sister herself does not understand the capital market, let alone what primitive shares are not primitive. She has no concept of this at all.

  It's not that Li Xiaoteng was reborn, but rather he has activated the protagonist halo. People love each other, flowers bloom when they see each other. The aura of a king has emerged, attracting people from all over to pay their respects. Between people, there has never been unprovoked love or hate since ancient times. In fact, Li Xiaoteng's spicy hot pot was successful and created a sensational effect. Fat sister is also making an emotional investment in advance as a setup.

  The fat sister said with a pretended unhappy face: "Just now you said to talk about business, how come I haven't mentioned any conditions and you don't want the money?"

  Li Xiaoteng sighed and said frankly, "Sister, you misunderstood. The business we want to do has nothing to do with catering. We actually want to start a private equity firm. The person who just came was an investor! A big client!"

  Fat sister was very unfamiliar with private equity. Confused, she asked: "What is private equity?" Li Xiaoteng took a puff of his cigarette. Kong Zhen hurriedly said at this time: "Simply put, it's an agent for clients to buy and sell stocks. It's your money placed here with us. We'll help you speculate in stocks!"

  The fat sister nodded and said thoughtfully: "So, your private fund, if we put our money here, is there any risk? Is the principal guaranteed?"

  This sentence made Kong Zhen stunned. Kong Zhen thought to himself with a sullen face: You really don't understand. Where is the promise of guaranteed principal in private equity firms' stock trading? Just thinking about this, he looked at Li Xiaoteng sitting on the sofa and swallowed his saliva, continuing to think: "Why isn't there a promise of guaranteed principal? Even giving money first, Boss Li has set a precedent!"

  Li Xiaoteng was smoking while introducing the private equity company to Fat Sister. Fat Sister became more and more interested as she listened, and hurriedly said: "Can Li's private equity company be joined? I'd love to invest in this, it sounds like a lot of fun."

  Kong Zhen's eyes lit up as soon as he heard this. Just as he was about to say something, Li Xiaoteng interrupted and said, "Sorry, the cost of private equity wasn't very high to begin with. This amount of money, we can still afford."

  Fat sister's face sank, and her smiling appearance immediately turned into a mother night demon. Fat sister asked unpleasantly: "What do you mean? I wanted to support your hot pot business, but you didn't appreciate it, that's fine! But now I want to support your financial products, and you're still fooling me!"

  Li Xiaoteng suddenly had an idea and rushed to Da Jiaojiao with a smile: "Da Jiaojiao, why don't you invest in some financial management? I can guarantee a 10% return in half a year! What do you think?" Da Jiaojiao was taken aback and asked strangely: "How can you promise to guarantee the principal?"

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