Chapter 94: One Million and Ten Million

  When Li Xiaoteng heard the three words "Gao Luo Chen", his eyebrows furrowed slightly. He put down the chopsticks in his hand and slapped them on the table, saying displeased: "He Dage! Gao Zong's private affairs with you, I don't want to get involved!"

  He Jinghua stared at Li Xiaoteng, looking at his calm face. He spoke calmly and unhurriedly, but couldn't help but secretly suspect that he was being too paranoid. However, Li Xiaoteng's appearance was a bit too suspicious, and the conditions he discussed with him were also too strange. Forcing himself to be patient, he continued to listen.

  Li Xiaoteng said, "He Daguo, you're willing to have a one-on-one showdown with Lao Gao. I won't get in your way. But Lao Gao's relationship is also out in the open. The CSRC wants to give us some trouble, and we can't guard against it."

  He Huadong asked with some skepticism, "I don't believe Old Gao can cause me any trouble. What can he do to me?" Li Xiaoteng smiled and said, "Brother He, you've been in this circle for so long, don't you know how formidable the Securities Regulatory Commission is? We're just small individual investors, if we lose money, no one cares about us. But if we make a profit, they'll investigate whether we're laundering money or disrupting market order with frequent transactions! They can freeze our accounts for a few days with any excuse!"

  "What's the big deal?" He Jinghua frowned and asked.

  Li Xiaoteng said, "He Daguo, the relationship is big! If we are in a critical moment of operation and get stuck, it's like eating flies, feeling sick!"

  He Jinghua looked at the Sichuan peppercorns in her bowl and nodded slightly with a hint of impatience.

  Li Xiaoteng continued: "Flies are nothing. We're also after wealth, aren't we? Cutting off someone's financial path is like killing their parents. You should understand that too. After making a profit, my brother and I will take the lion's share! That's also why I brought this up with you!"

  He Jinghua casually stroked the thigh of the girl beside him, and the faint rubbing sensation from her black stockings, combined with Li Xiaoteng's seemingly magical words, strongly stirred He Jinghua's heart.

  "What should we do then, Mr. Li?" He Jinghua asked in a soft voice.

  Li Xiaoteng smiled and said, "If you eat my food, spit it out for me. If you take my things, return them to me. In the future, just nod when we meet, don't make our relationship awkward!"

  He Jinghua glanced at Li Xiaoteng, secretly smiling to himself. In his heart, he thought: "It sounds like a big pie in the sky, is it really that good?" But when he turned his head and looked at the girl beside him, he secretly made up his mind: First get the deposit into his hands, if he can't make money for me... I'll deal with Old Gao next.

  He Jinghua, although secretly seething in his heart, maintained a calm demeanor and smiled as he said: "Alright! Then I'll listen to Director Li. I hope Director Li will take care of me more in the future!"

  Li Xiaoteng hastily stood up, holding his wine glass and said: "He Dage, this business of yours is also our first business. I really want to get off to a good start, otherwise I wouldn't have put down such a large deposit!"

  Eighty percent of the deals made by Chinese people are concluded at the dinner table. At the moment of clinking cups, Li Xiaoteng looked at Kong Zhen's cold face and Jiang Di's indifferent silence. Although he was secretly puzzled, he remained calm and continued to enthusiastically entertain He Jinghua.

  Li Xiaoteng and He Jinghua said a lot of empty polite words. This ended the meal with enough wine and food. Then Li Xiaoteng enthusiastically sent He Jinghua out of De Sheng Fang.

  He Jinghua drank a bit more, hugging Li Xiaoteng on one side and patting his back non-stop. With a slightly drunken tongue, he said: "Director Li, hurry up and draft the contract. I'll come over to sign it as soon as possible!"

  Li Xiaoteng gritted his teeth in the back of his mouth. In his heart, he cursed: This hand is so heavy, it's going to kill me!

  But with a smile still on his face, he said: "He Dage, don't worry. I'll get the contract done as soon as possible. Then I'll invite you to dinner at Deshengfang. We can discuss the details then!"

  He Jinghua smiled so much that his eyes were almost invisible. Squinting with a pair of small eyes, he said: "Please ask General Manager Li to handle it as soon as possible! After signing the contract, I will eliminate the hidden danger on Old Gao's side as soon as possible! At worst, I'll just take the car back! For other matters, please help me out, General Manager Li!"

  Li Xiaoteng looked at He Jinghua, who seemed a bit drunk, and secretly sighed. He quickly said: "Please rest assured, Brother He, the things behind will be handed over to me, I will definitely make you satisfied!"

  The two of them chatted for another half day with some polite words. He Jinghua's girlfriend then went to drive the red Buick over. He Jinghua opened the rear door and jumped in. Before leaving, he didn't forget to open the window and stick his head out to wave at Li Xiaoteng.

  Watching the ruby-red Buick speed away, Li Xiaoteng turned his head to look at the two brothers behind him with gloomy faces and asked in confusion: "What's wrong with you two?"

  Jiang Di didn't say a word, only to see Kong Zhen saying: "Teng Ge, let's go back and talk!" Li Xiao Teng followed Kong Zhen and Jiang Di back to the private room in confusion. As soon as they entered the door, Kong Zhen anxiously said: "Teng Ge! You're usually quite clever, how did you make such a stupid move today!"

  Li Xiaoteng immediately chuckled and said, "If I don't take out those two million, how would He Jinghua hand over the account to us for management? This is our private equity's first deal! We'll split the profits with you if we make money!"

  Kong Zhen's face suddenly turned red, and he shouted loudly: "Making money is the only way to have a ghost! These two million are thrown away. We can't even hear a sound! I just risked my life to give you a signal, but you pretended not to see it!"

  Kong Zhengan finished speaking, Jiang Di said unpleasantly: "Teng Ge, did you let me come just to see how you lose money?" This sentence also made Li Xiaoteng unhappy. He said unpleasantly: "Why do I have to lose money? I'll pay the 2 million myself. If we make money, I'll send you red envelopes! What's wrong with you guys?"

  "What's wrong with us! Why don't you think about what's wrong with yourself!" Kong Zhen said loudly in an unpleasant tone.

  Jiang Di sighed and pulled out a box of premium Huangguoshu cigarettes from his pocket. He handed one to Li Xiaoteng, lit it for him, and then lit one for himself. Taking a drag, he said discontentedly: "Teng Ge, you're usually a pretty astute person, how did you make such a stupid move?"

  Li Xiaoteng nodded calmly and didn't say a word. Only Kong Zhen said, "Teng Ge, let me calculate for you. The principal is 250 million. The debt is 150 million. The interest at 10% is 15 million. Adding them together is 165 million. The overall loss is 30%, which is 75 million. If we let them take it away, they will take away a total of 240 million. That means the funds we operate on are only...

  Kong Zhen was still counting on his fingers to calculate the accounts with Li Xiaoteng. Suddenly, he looked up and saw Li Xiaoteng's pale face, his mouth wide open in surprise. Kong Zhen couldn't say anything more.

  "Hey, Teng, don't worry. We haven't signed the contract yet, have we? Let's just pretend we didn't acknowledge it and see what He Jinghua does. After all, we treated him to a good meal without signing anything. It should be fine!"

  "Come on, eat...haven't you eaten yet? People with money don't lack this meal!"

  Li Xiaoteng felt a little panicked and weak all over. The two fingers holding the cigarette felt like they were carrying a thousand pounds! He watched as the cigarette slipped from his hand onto the table.

  Kong Zhen hastily came over, picked up Li Xiaoteng's cigarette and helped him put it in the ashtray. He then calmly said: "Teng Ge, don't get angry either. Let's talk about it next time."

  Li Xiaoteng calmly shook his head and said: "It's just a sea of knives and a mountain of fire, this time we must also rush through! I don't believe in evil spirits!"

  Jiang Di said with a serious face: "Making one mistake is nothing, who hasn't made mistakes? But if you keep making mistakes and don't turn back, it means there's really something wrong! Can you tell me how you make money in the struggling aerospace electronics industry?"

  Li Xiaoteng glanced at Kong Zhen and then looked at Jiang Di. He said calmly, "A solution can always be thought of by people. I think I've got an idea..."

  "Brother Teng! This is simply an impossible task! Don't be foolish!"

  Kong Zhen and Jiang Di persuaded Li Xiaoteng not to speak in the house. Feichi drove a Ruby Red Buick on the ring road in the afternoon, He Jinghua lay down in the back seat of the car, looking at the girl driving, and asked faintly: "Xiaomeng, do you think there will really be pies falling from the sky onto my head?"

  The girl looked at He Jinghua in the rearview mirror with a puzzled expression and asked, "Did we take advantage of them?" He Jinghua smiled and said, "Didn't we? We took advantage of Grandma's house."

  The girl pouted and said discontentedly: "Elder brother Jinghua, you know I don't like to think too much. Where did we take advantage of others?"

  He Jinghua sat in the back seat, smiling and said: "Otherwise, I was thinking, did I burn high incense in my previous life? Such a good thing fell on me. We just invested 10 million, that kid dared to say he would give me a return of 100 million. That's why I accompanied them to eat and drink together. Otherwise, who has the time to join them in the fun?"

  The girl grasped the steering wheel tightly, her snow-white and slender hands faintly showing blue veins. She said somewhat absent-mindedly: "One million can earn ten million. Is it so easy to make money in the stock market?" Her expression was as if she had discovered a golden coast, a kind of eager gold-digging feeling arose spontaneously!

  He Jinghua snorted and said, "Easy money? Do you know how many big institutions have fallen in the past five years? I invested over 250 million, and in just a short time, I lost 30%! Don't dream about it. Just because of Li Xiaoteng, can he help me turn one million into ten million? I'd have to be crazy to believe that!"

  The girl was like being knocked down from heaven to the mortal world in an instant. She shook her head and dispelled the distracting thoughts in her mind. Actually, she had long heard that the stock market of Huaxia harms people. In five years, the stock index has fallen by so much, so much. The stories of losing money have been heard so many times that her ears could be ground into flour. Thinking about her own thoughts just now, she couldn't help but laugh.

  He Jinghua heard the laughter and also burst out laughing. Then he said, "First get that 20 million in hand before talking! Hahaha..."

  The laughter gradually subsided, and he muttered to himself: "But I really did expect it a bit, can Li Xiaoteng really use one million to make ten million for me?" He shook his head immediately and said: "I always feel that there is a problem, who can have this skill and still help others make money? Is there a conspiracy?"

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