Chapter 39: I'd Rather Die Than Say (Please Collect)

  Hua Xue Mei insisted again twice, listening to Zhao Zhiqiang say that his younger brother was reviewing and he himself had a relapse of fever and would have to be hospitalized again.

  She agreed, "Great, you can't have this house for free. As a consultant, you should work hard."

  Zhao Zhiqiang suppressed his smile and repeatedly nodded in agreement.

  There's nothing to take away, not even clothes. Zhao Zhiqiang let his brother go with Chen Lijin in the Lincoln again, leaving Gu Quanyou behind. The two of them walked slowly up the mountain road while talking.

  Before long, they walked into a half-built resort in Guomu Gou.

  "Little master," Gu Quanyou said with a conciliatory tone, "I apologize, I was wrong to suspect you earlier. Please forgive my previous rashness and impertinence, even my reckless accusations. My good intentions have been misunderstood. The money on this card should all be yours. I dare not speak of the debt of gratitude, please accept the remaining two million, so that my heart can feel a little better. I beg of you."

  Gu Quan's friend took out that card which was originally over 30 million again.

  "Uncle, please don't mention this again, just call me Zhiqiang and that's it. As for the money, if I didn't need it, I wouldn't have taken it. I took one million, which is enough. You also gave me a house, solving my family's current housing problem, so I should be the one thanking you. Let's not mention this again, especially in front of my mom. Hmm, Uncle Gu, just call me Zhiqiang, 'young master' doesn't sound too good. Now, let's talk business, I brought you here for two purposes."

  Zhao Zhiqiang knew it in his heart, and Gu Quan asked him to stay behind to prepare for something. However, he also had some matters that he wanted to discuss with this major builder.

  Special Advisor?

  This name is good, at least it's much better than "Young Master", "High Man" or "Master".

  This consultant is really good at his job, but now he has to take care of other people's questions first.

  Listen carefully and respectfully.

  "Uncle Gu, look at this place. If we continue to develop it according to the current plan, building a farmhouse-style mountain resort that integrates green dining, rest, entertainment and leisure activities, with hot spring bathing and other amenities, what do you think? Does it have development potential?"

  Zhao Zhiqiang is not good at business, and he had never been in contact with these things before. Today's words were mostly learned from the files on the spot. As for observing the geographical location of wealth and fortune, he doesn't have that ability now, and it's not needed anyway. Gu Quanyou has been doing architecture all his life, and he is an expert. So Zhao Zhiqiang listened to what Gu Quanyou said seriously.

  He stood on the small hill for a few minutes, then turned his head to look at the village, provincial road and city area, before saying, "This place is several kilometers away from the provincial road, it's in the outermost part of the Longwang Mountain Gorge in the new district. On the other side of the mountain is the sea cliff, this side has an orchard, mountains, and a small river, the environment isn't bad. Wait, you said there are hot springs here?" He only reacted after he finished speaking.

  Zhao Zhiqiang smiled, "It seems that Zhao Guangming and the others didn't succeed either. You are the largest developer in Chengnan or even Linzhou, but you don't even know that there is a hot spring here? No problem, I brought you to this place today because it has a great hot spring pool. Let's go soak and chat while we walk..."

  "Haha, if there really is a hot spring here, this place will be worth a fortune!" Several ideas immediately popped into Gu Quanyou's head, and as for the unfavorable factors of distance, they didn't need to be considered anymore. "If the hot spring has commercial development value, then look at this place, it's less than 200 miles from Bin City, right on the edge of Linzhou. As far as I know, there are only three hot spring resorts in the entire Bin City area now. Hehe, now that the highway is fixed, it takes less than an hour to get here from Bin City, so distance is no longer a problem. It's really worth developing, just depends on the investor's intentions, who wants to develop this place?"

  He was also moved.

  "Yes, but the developer and the former director had some unclear relationship, so the construction stopped in autumn."

  "Oh. The value is not bad, it just depends on how much the investor is willing to put in. It's best to build a high-end district, after all, Bincheng is an international city and can't be built with low-end stuff like they did, it's too petty, turning it into a farmhouse-style resort will only attract local tycoons or nouveau riche."

  Zhao Zhiqiang felt a bit embarrassed. Actually, he initially just wanted to do something with rural characteristics... It seems that it's clearly not his forte, and Gu Quan's vision is definitely stronger than his own.

  "Haha, Uncle Gu, you are indeed a true consultant."

  "Huh? Zhiqiang, this little thing doesn't even count as a real skill. What's truly impressive is that you can actually do it. I didn't believe in these things at first, but now I realize I was wrong back then."

  Zhao Zhiqiang smiled and said, "Not necessarily, let's go, Uncle Gu, we're here."

  More than ten minutes later, the two of them entered this bathtub which occasionally had a few people coming in and out.

  Gu Zhongyou looked around in confusion, there was no leisurely place to go, only a hot spring for soaking, and several wooden houses built on one side looked a bit artistic, but it didn't fit in here.

  "Zhiqiang, let them handle it here. If we really design it well, the resort you mentioned is absolutely feasible."

  Zhao Zhiqiang smiled and said, "Mm, wait a bit, you take another look at the hot spring here."

  Entered a very large wooden house with a sign indicating bathing.

  This time there is a charge. It's like the front desk of a fast food restaurant, just a middle-aged man wearing a coat watching TV over there.

  That person is still a chatterbox.

  Soon, Zhao Zhiqiang and Gu Quanyou learned some information from his son.

  Because Zhao Guangming had an accident, the contractor here doesn't want to do it anymore and wants to sell the contract rights to Branch Ni.

  Now it's just sending someone over to take care of things, and even the profits are his responsibility as a caretaker. He spoke with a look of helplessness on his face, seemingly bewildered by the prospect of unemployment that was not far off.

  Zhao Zhiqiang paid one hundred and got forty-four back in change, so he simply bought some loose food, a few sausages, two cans of beer, and a pack of rural cigarettes. The two of them then entered the men's bathing area for hot springs, while on the other side was the door leading to the women's area, also slightly ajar. Zhao Zhiqiang estimated that they were probably locals from this village? It was so far away, even if it was a holiday like Chinese New Year, there shouldn't be any outsiders around.

  "The water here is really good, it's just that the place is a bit small, and it wasn't planned well, what a pity for such a great spot!" Gu Quanyou looked around, estimating the size of the female pool, and sighed in his heart.

  "Uncle Gu, let's go and take a rest." Zhao Zhiqiang soaked for half an hour, regained some vitality, felt slightly better physically, and thought it was time to dispel Gu Quanyou's doubts.

  Walked to a corner rest wooden bench, opened food, sat down and rested.

  Gu Zhongyou and others have also waited for more than an hour, but he didn't urge him. Mr. thought that if he wanted to say something, he would naturally say it, and couldn't be rushed.

  Just as he sat down, Gu Quan suddenly stood up.

  "I'm going to get the money..."

  Gu Zhongyu knew the rules of this line, speaking with money, golden words and jade words.

  He didn't believe it before, but now he almost died once, where would he still not believe?

  "No need, Uncle Gu. Your consulting fee was already paid by Aunt Chen earlier. Haha, sit down, come on, let's have a drink first." With the guarantee of his spiritual power, Zhao Zhiqiang felt at ease and dared to drink some wine, picking up a can of beer and handing it over.

  "Gu Shu, what you're seeking is actually on yourself. The calamity that follows you is a result of your previous evil deeds. Whether it's a natural disaster or a man-made one, whether it's your son getting someone else's belly big or being deceived by others, all these are interconnected with the things you've done before. Evil causes and evil effects, roughly calculated, will bring about consecutive years of calamity, and the downfall of your family is unavoidable. This is heaven's punishment, even if a god were to help you, they wouldn't be able to save you for this lifetime."

  "Ah! Master Zhiqiang, what's to be done?" Gu Quanyou cried, "I'm not afraid of death, but I really can't bear to part with you, Aunt Chen, and that useless son of mine."

  "He's just like Xiaogang, in high school right now. What you said is true, when I was young, I never directly harmed anyone, but I did cheat people. The person I cheated the most was a friend who came from the countryside twenty years ago. I swindled three hundred thousand yuan from him for his wedding and house, and later his business failed, he went bankrupt and eventually went crazy, dying just a few years later. This thing has been weighing on my mind all these years, I'm filled with regret!"

  One side said while crying loudly. Fortunately, there were no more people here, two of whom Zhao Zhiqiang did not know, possibly from the Fuzhao village on the other side of the mountain.

  Zhao Zhiqiang didn't show much expression.

  "Uncle Gu, just call me Zhiqiang, I'm not a master or anything, I can just see some things that others can't, have some premonitions, like in sci-fi movies, a bit of special abilities. If people want to say it's feudal superstition, I can't help it. Hehe, what I say isn't divine revelation either, heart disease needs heart medicine to cure. If you have demons in your heart, you'll naturally be restless, under great mental pressure, and can't focus on anything. So, my suggestion is that you sell some of the assets in your hands, consolidate them, take out some money to do good deeds. If the evil from back then can still be made up for, try to make it up as much as possible. There's a saying: 'Man proposes, heaven disposes', life and death, all have their reasons, fate is intertwined with fortune and misfortune, wealth and longevity are not to be forced. Sometimes, when wealth leaves, disaster follows."

  "Alright, Zhiqiang. Uncle will do as you say."

  He downed the whole bottle of wine, "Today, speaking out about that deceitful thing from back then makes me feel much better. He doesn't have any descendants, but he has an old mother, and I'll take care of her for the rest of her life. As for other things, you can just worry about them a bit more, Uncle will go sell off some assets first. Indeed, there are some things that need to be ended."

  Tall person.

  Gu Quanyou was completely convinced. His son's affair with someone else's daughter, which no one knew about, had actually been discovered by Zhiqiang - if this wasn't a mastermind, where could you find a better one?

  He is prepared to follow Zhao Zhiqiang's advice and live a stable life, even if it means spending all his current savings.

  Zhao Zhiqiang's words from another perspective made him suddenly enlightened, after more than 20 years in the construction industry, his initial assets were already gone, and indeed should be sold.

  "Uh-huh, that's all I can tell you for now. If there's anything else, we'll talk about it later. But remember, what I said today is just between us, got it? Come on, finish your drink and let's take a walk, uncle!"

  "Don't worry, I'd rather die than say!"

  ……

  A worn-out Beijing Jeep stopped in front of Zhao Zhiqiang's house, a man wearing a black leather jacket and sunglasses with a big frame stuck his head out for a moment before pulling it back in, "Nobody?"

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