Seven years is a very long time for many people, but for Zhou Chen, he has long been accustomed to the passage of time.
A lot of things can happen in seven years, such as Zhou Chen having a younger son, and Han Chunming and Su Meng not getting married in the end.
Zhou Chen was not surprised at all that Han Chunming and Su Meng broke up and did not get married.
This is the normal operation of the two of them.
As for the buying and selling border trade business that Han Chunming wanted to cooperate with him, in the end, Zhou Chen still didn't agree. Han Chunming had no choice but to find someone else.
"Brother, where is sister-in-law?"
Zhou Qingqing came to Zhou Chen's house, called Zhou Chen, and then sat down next to Zhou Chen. He looked very relaxed and did not regard himself as an outsider at all. He picked up the banana on the table and ate it.
"She took her children to play at her parents' house."
"oh."
More than ten years ago, Zhou Qingqing was just a little girl in junior high school, but now, she is a mature woman in her thirties.
Compared with the shy and timid back then, after several years of experience in society, she has undergone earth-shaking changes, her personality is much more cheerful, and she is full of confidence in every move she makes.
The reason for such a change was that Zhou Chen focused on training her. After she graduated, he directly let her work at Chenxing Supermarket. Now she is the general manager of a store, so she was able to make such a big change.
The second uncle and his wife are also very happy about their daughter's transformation. They loved her very much when she was a child, but as the child grows older, they become more worried, worried that she will suffer a disadvantage in society.
Fortunately, with Zhou Chen's help, she was spared a lot of hardships and transformed quickly.
But the only thing that makes the old couple dissatisfied is that although their daughter is no longer as timid and shy as she was when she was a child, she has become a strong woman again.
They were already thirty years old, and they didn't even have a boyfriend, let alone getting married. Naturally, the old couple who wanted to have a grandson were very dissatisfied.
Because of this matter, the second uncle Zhou Liangping often complained about Zhou Chen, saying that it was Zhou Chen's fault for making his daughter so busy every day that he didn't even have time to find a partner.
What can Zhou Chen say? He can only smile bitterly. If Zhou Qingqing doesn't find a partner, what does it have to do with him?
Because of this, he specifically talked to Zhou Qingqing. Zhou Qingqing said that it wasn't that she didn't want to look for him, but that she hadn't met the right one.
Zhou Chen asked Zhou Qingqing: "How did you think about the things I asked you to consider?"
Zhou Qingqing threw the banana peel into the trash can, sat up straight, and said with a serious expression: "Brother, I've thought about it carefully, let's do it."
Zhou Chen showed a satisfied smile: "That's the right decision. Although you also have rights in the supermarket, because this is a partnership business between me and Lao Mao, it is not possible for you to get the equity. As long as Lao Mao and I are here, even if you can
Keep going up, but..."
He did not continue, but he knew that Zhou Qingqing understood what he meant.
"Leave the supermarket and re-establish the company. Although you start from scratch, you can better utilize your abilities."
Zhou Qingqing smiled and said: "Brother, I know you love me the most, but is the cosmetics company you mentioned really that easy to do?"
"Of course, do you know who makes the most money? Who is the most willing to spend money?"
Zhou Qingqing hesitated for a moment and replied: "A rich person?"
"It's not wrong, but the answer I want to tell you is, woman."
"woman?"
"Yes, it is a woman's nature to love beauty. For beauty, a woman can pay a lot. Even if she has little money, as long as it can make her more beautiful, she will find ways to find money."
Zhou Qingqing understood what Zhou Chen meant. She was a woman herself. After thinking about it carefully, Zhou Chen's statement made sense.
"But cosmetics are not that easy to make. I see that most of the women around me use foreign brands. If we create our own brands, can they be popular? And can they be effective? Women are willing to spend money, but
You have to see the results before you are willing to spend money.”
Zhou Chen said confidently: "You don't have to worry about this. I have prepared the secret recipe. As long as you complete the company's framework and preliminary preparations, you can enter the production stage at any time."
He has been a doctor for so many years, and the formulas of some cosmetics are still not difficult for him. He can make low-end, mid-range, and high-end cosmetics.
"I'll give you three million first, and you go prepare it. If you encounter any problems, come and ask me."
"good."
Zhou Qingqing has also experienced it over the years, and she can still handle this kind of thing.
Zhou Qingqing is also acting resolutely now. After discussing with Zhou Chen, she left immediately. She wanted to resolve the matter at the supermarket first, and then set about setting up a cosmetics company.
On this day, Zhou Chen was teaching students, and suddenly his mobile phone vibrated in his pocket. He immediately turned off the phone and continued the class.
It wasn't until he returned to the office after class that he took out his cell phone and dialed back.
"Lao Mao, what's the matter? Please call me while I'm in class."
"Tonight, Yang Huajian is treating us to a guest. He said he has something to discuss and asks us to go to Liuquanju."
"Yang Huajian? I haven't seen him for more than half a year. What does he want from us?"
"I don't know. Anyway, let's talk about it after we go there. Just tell him his name when we go there."
"Okay, I understand. I'll go there after get off work."
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Chen continued the work at hand and stayed until get off work time before leaving the school.
Zhou Chen drove to Liuquanju. He thought he had arrived early, but when he went to the private room, he realized that he was the last one to arrive.
"Zhou Chen, your boy is finally here, we have been waiting for a long time."
As soon as they saw Zhou Chen, the three people in the private room all stood up. In addition to Yang Huajian and Mao Tutu, there was another person who Zhou Chen also knew. He was their classmate and the same batch of educated youth Wu Tianhua.
Zhou Chen nodded at them. He was familiar with Mao Tutu and Yang Huajian, but Wu Tianhua had only a normal relationship with him.
Yang Huajian saw Zhou Chen's doubts and said with a smile: "I called Wu Tianhua here, and I have a lot of business dealings with him now."
After a few people sat down, Wu Tianhua took the initiative and said to Zhou Chen: "Zhou Chen, I heard from Yang Huajian that you are still teaching at Peking University?"
Zhou Chen smiled and replied: "Yes."
Mao Tutu said: "Let me tell you, Zhou Chen is now a professor at Peking University. Among us classmates and educated youth, in terms of professional title, he can definitely be ranked first."
Yang Huajian said in surprise: "Is it true? The last time we had dinner together, I never heard you mention it. You rose quickly enough."
"Okay."
"However, I really don't understand. With your current wealth, why do you have to stay in school and teach? The professor sounds good, but if you go to sea, all of us will be inferior to you."
Yang Huajian has made a lot of money over the years, and his social status is constantly improving, so he still doesn't quite understand Zhou Chen's idea of teaching instead of being a good corporate boss.
Zhou Chen said: "I'm used to it. I've been teaching for ten years and I'm used to this feeling of teaching and educating people. It's just like doing business. If you succeed in a business, you will have a sense of accomplishment. I teach and educate people in the same way.
reason."
Mao Tutu smiled and said to Yang Huajian: "Yang Huajian, just forget it. I have persuaded him eight hundred times, but he has not listened once. It would be strange if you could persuade him."
"Ha ha……"
Yang Huajian laughed and did not persuade him any more. Instead, he called the waiter and asked them to serve the food immediately.
After the food and drinks were served, the four of them began to eat without being polite. While drinking, they talked about the past when they were in school and jumping in line.
It is an indispensable part for friends to sit and drink together and reminisce about the past, because it is easier to resonate with each other by talking about things that everyone has experienced.
Yang Huajian called him and Mao Tu over today, something must have happened, but Zhou Chen was very calm and not in a hurry, just waiting for Yang Huajian to take the initiative to bring it up.
During this period, Wu Tianhua winked at Yang Huajian several times, but Yang Huajian did not respond and continued to talk to Zhou Chen about innocuous topics.
The four of them quickly drank two bottles of liquor, and Yang Huajian, who was slightly drunk, finally got down to business.
"Zhou Chen, Mao Tutu, actually I called you here today because I have something I want to discuss with you."
As soon as Yang Huajian started talking about business, the other three people in the private room all sat upright and their expressions became serious.
Half a kilogram of liquor is nothing for people like them who are doing business. These days, almost any boss can drink it.
Mao Tutu glanced at Zhou Chen and saw that Zhou Chen was not ready to speak, so he asked: "Yang Huajian, what's the matter? Just tell me."
Yang Huajian said: "It's a business matter. Wu Tianhua and I got the news that the municipal government has a piece of land ready for bidding. The location of the land is very good. As far as I know, many people are eyeing the land. Wu Tianhua and I want to
We need to take over that piece of land and develop it together.”
Mao Tu couldn't wait to ask: "Which piece of land? Where is it?"
"at……"
After hearing the location mentioned by Yang Huajian, Zhou Chen carefully recalled it. He didn't remember much about the specific location, but he remembered that the area seemed to be a bustling commercial street.
Yang Huajian said: "I have studied that place carefully and it is a very good location. Moreover, I also got rumors that the district leader seems to be interested in developing that location. So if we can win that land, even if we do not develop it ourselves,
If you resell it, you can make a lot of money. If you develop it yourself, you will only make more money as long as you can hold on."
Wu Tianhua also said at this time: "Yang Huajian is right. The two of us have been studying that land for a long time, and we have also asked people everywhere. There is absolutely no mistake."
Yang Huajian added: "We have been old classmates and friends for so many years. I will tell you the truth. Wu Tianhua and I want to take over that piece of land, but there are too many people staring at that piece of land. Wu Tianhua and I combined
, I'm afraid the funds are far from enough, so I found you two, just hoping that you can join us, and the four of us will win this land together, develop it together, and make money together."
Mao Tutu said nothing. He still trusted Zhou Chen more than Yang Huajian and Wu Tianhua. If Zhou Chen was not interested, he would not invest easily.
The reason is also very simple. Yang Huajian was not willing to take him to play at the beginning. He relied on Zhou Chen to develop. He admired Zhou Chen's ability and vision very much. He felt that Yang Huajian was far behind Zhou Chen in terms of business.
Yang Huajian is also aware of this. Chenxing Supermarket is very popular now, and because it is in the retail industry, the cash flow is very scary.
Even though Mao Tutu is only the second shareholder of Chenxing Supermarket, his strength is actually not much worse than his.
He values Mao Tu, but he values Zhou Chen even more, because he knows how terrifying Zhou Chen's current strength is.
Not to mention Chenxing Supermarket, even the Zhoushi Commodity Store is very impressive in scale. It has now opened dozens of branches in several urban areas around Yanjing.
With income from these two major industries, Zhou Chen is the strongest among the friends he knows, so when he thinks about funding issues, he thinks of Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen was very calm. If Yang Huajian and Wu Tianhua were to follow what they said, the land would be very large and the price would be astonishing.
Although many people in China have become rich by taking advantage of the reform and opening up, the real top rich are still very rare. Many large-scale land developments in the country are taken over by foreign capital.
Therefore, if there is competition for this land, there will be many opponents.
"Yang Huajian, Wu Tianhua, according to your estimates, if we bid for this land, how much can we win?"
Yang Huajian and Wu Tianhua looked at each other, and then said: "We estimate that it is at least 50 million."
"Oh."
Mao Tutu was shocked. This number was really scary. His entire current net worth was still far from this number.
Zhou Chen was not surprised. Instead, he felt that it was cheap. After all, for such a large piece of land, in his opinion, let alone 50 million, it was not expensive even if it was doubled.
It's just that he has never invested in real estate in this world so far, and he didn't have such plans in the first place.
Because he is really rich now. From the perspective of Mao Tu, Yang Huajian and others, he basically earns his money from supermarkets and small commodity markets.
But in fact, this is only part of it. He still has a lot of money, which he got from the Hong Kong stock market.
He made a fortune from the stock market crash a few years ago. Although it was not a huge amount, it was still more money than his two businesses had made in recent years.
He didn't dare to make more money. On the one hand, he was afraid of attracting attention. On the other hand, maybe because it was a parallel world. Although stock market crashes still occurred, the details were still very different, so he was not successful every time he made a move.
"Then how much money are you planning to raise?"
Yang Huajian said: "Eighty million, among the four of us, each of us will invest 20 million, and the shares will be equally divided. What do you think?"
"Twenty million?"
Mao Tutu was startled and said quickly: "Yang Huajian, let me tell you, I can't afford 20 million."
He has made a lot of money in the past few years, but he also spends a lot of money. Buying a house, buying a car, and all kinds of enjoyment all cost money. Now he doesn't even have a cash deposit of 10 million, so where can he go?
Get 20 million?
Wu Tianhua said: "I don't have 20 million, but we can find a way. There is always a way to get a loan from a bank, or a mortgage, etc."
Mao Tu hesitated and said: "Isn't it too risky to do this?"
Yang Huajian said firmly: "High risk, high reward. If we can't win it, we don't have to pay. But if we can win it, the reward will be far more than 20 million. This is a sure-profit deal."
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Mao Tutu curled his lips. He had an adventurous spirit, but what Yang Huajian was talking about was not just a simple adventure, but a risk of all his wealth.
If he had been alone before, he would have agreed impulsively, but now that he has a wife and children, and a happy family, he does not have the courage to risk everything while living a good life.
"I think 20 million is too much. How about we add more people, such as Han Chunming, who is now Zhou Chen's brother-in-law, and his business is also very big now. We can definitely let him join the team."
Zhou Chen and the others were quite surprised by Mao Tu's proposal.
However, Yang Huajian said: "Forget it about Han Chunming, he can't afford much money now."
"How to say?"
Although Mao Tutu was asking Yang Huajian, his eyes were trained on Zhou Chen.
Yang Huajian said: "This guy now has a big business, he is opening a restaurant, doing real estate, and doing border trade. Let alone 20 million, even if it is 2 million, I don't think he can get it together in a while."
."
He and Han Chunming are also old partners. Han Chunming, like him, is also engaged in real estate, so he thought of Han Chunming from the beginning.
Unfortunately, after he learned about Han Chunming's financial situation, he ran out of ideas.
Zhou Chen nodded towards Mao Tu. Han Chunming's financial situation was indeed not very good. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been begging to get money from him.
"Zhou Chen, what do you think?" Mao Tutu still looked at Zhou Chen.
Under the gaze of the three people, Zhou Chen was still not in a hurry and thought seriously for a while.
"Yang Huajian, do you have the specific documents? If so, take them back to me and study them, and I will give you a reply in two days."
In fact, he didn't really want to participate, but Yang Huajian had already come to the door. It would be too disrespectful for him to refuse directly.
"The documents from the district over there haven't been released yet, but I can get you some information. Anyway, there's no rush. The bidding for that land will still take some time."
"That's good. You have someone send the documents to me. I'll take the time to study it. If it really works, I'll definitely invest. Money is not an issue."
Hearing this, Yang Huajian and Wu Tianhua both breathed a sigh of relief.
Yang Huajian is very familiar with Zhou Chen's strength, and Wu Tianhua also knows Zhou Chen's strength from Yang Huajian, so if Zhou Chen can join them, their chances of bidding will be greatly improved.
After the conversation was over, the atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly became much more cheerful, and the four of them started to exchange glasses again.
Towards the end of the dinner, Yang Huajian mentioned another thing, and it was something related to the four of them.