"Can you still get loans?" Ma Xuebing asked.
Both Wang Liqun and Wang Shanshan shook their heads simultaneously. Their debts in the bank had already reached the limit long ago. Unless they went to borrow from loan sharks. But unless it was absolutely necessary, no one would be willing to touch that stuff.
"Don't you have a close buddy who makes shoes? Ask him to invest 200 million!" Wang Shanshan thought of a friend that her second brother had a good relationship with, so she suggested.
"We just had a falling out..." Wang Liqun let out a long sigh, his eyes looking a bit dim. Yesterday he called to question that close buddy. He had thought that the guy would try his best to defend himself. Unexpectedly... He actually admitted directly that he was in cooperation with Guo Yuncong. He also confessed that the driver was a clansman of the Guo family.
"Is a friendship of over ten years so fragile?" Wang Shanshan picked up a fork, speared a piece of cut mango cube from the fruit plate and stuffed it into her mouth to chew, her bright eyes staring at her second brother, waiting for him to continue.
"Alas..." Wang Liqun sighed again and then told the whole story of what had happened from beginning to end.
After listening to her second brother's account, Wang Shanshan suddenly realized and said, "No wonder Guo Yuncong showed up right after we arrived at the hotel yesterday!"
This was also the reason why their eldest sister was reluctant to have dealings with Wang Liqun. Second brother was too honest and sometimes even stubborn. If it hadn't been for Zhou Chen's reminder this time, second brother would have been put under surveillance again.
At the same time, she admired that kid Zhou Chen even more. Neither she nor her second brother had noticed anything unusual, but Zhou Chen had seen that there was something wrong with the driver. The kid's ability to read people's expressions was surprisingly good!
"Why don't we borrow some from our eldest sister?" Wang Liqun said with a smile as he looked at his third sister.
After their father passed away, their eldest sister took charge of the family. At the end of last year...
Their eldest sister ranked among the top ten richest people in Jiangzhou with assets worth 650 million yuan.
"No way..."
"Eldest sister's money is reserved for our brother-in-law to deal with Guo Yuncong. She even hesitated for a long time when she lent me 100 million yuan this time!" Wang Shanshan shook her head to refuse without even thinking about it.
Wang Liqun smiled helplessly. "Then we'll just have to think of other ways!"
Wang Shanshan then turned to look at Ma Xuebing. "Shaobing, do you have any other friends with abundant funds?"
Ma Xuebing shook his head. "There are quite a few with millions or tens of millions, but you're the only one I know with assets over 100 million. Those old guys definitely won't believe in this matter!"
After hesitating for a moment, Wang Shanshan gritted her teeth and said, "Why don't I sell the Wangjiang Grand Hotel?"
"How could that be okay?" Wang Liqun immediately objected. "The Wangjiang Grand Hotel is your capital for competing for the development share in Wangjiang District. Without the development rights of the Wangjiang Grand Hotel, you'll face huge losses!"
Wang Shanshan pouted and said coquettishly, "Then what else can we do!"
"Shanshan, the Wangjiang Grand Hotel belongs to you?" Ma Xuebing, who was sipping tea, suddenly spoke. His voice was low and magnetic, and there was a faint smile on his face.
"Yes!" Wang Shanshan nodded in response.
Ma Xuebing showed a warm and pleasant smile and said, "Now the development of Wangjiang District is a sure thing. The Wangjiang Grand Hotel is the largest hotel in the whole Wangjiang District, and its price has been rising steadily. If it's mortgaged to the bank, it'll be more than enough to get a loan of 300 million yuan!"
Wang Shanshan was ecstatic and said, "Yes, how could I forget about this? The Wangjiang Grand Hotel should be worth about 500 million yuan now, right?"
The bank would surely be very willing to lend 300 million yuan against a grand hotel worth 500 million yuan.
Wang Liqun said in a deep voice, "Then how should we divide the shares?"
Wang Shanshan immediately said, "Of course according to the investment amount!"
High risks, high returns. She was investing the most and facing the greatest risks, so naturally she should get a larger share of the shares.
"Brother Qun is worried that it won't be fair to Zhou Chen?" Ma Xuebing saw Wang Liqun's concerns and asked with a half-smile.
Wang Liqun nodded. "Although Zhou Chen is only investing 100 million yuan, it was his information that was revealed. We can't just give him 10% of the shares, can we?"
After thinking for a moment, Ma Xuebing pondered and said, "How about each of the three of us giving up 3% of our shares?"
Wang Liqun turned to look at Wang Shanshan, obviously agreeing with Ma Xuebing's suggestion.
Wang Shanshan smiled charmingly and said, "Since Shaobing doesn't mind, I surely have no objections!"
The three of them reached an immediate agreement. Wang Liqun said in high spirits, "Then it's settled. Come to the mansion for dinner at noon tomorrow. I'll also call Zhou Chen over. Let's have a meeting by the way!"
...
Youth Disco.
It was the weekend and it had just opened. With discounted drinks, the business was booming.
Working people, schoolgirls, all were swaying their hips and shaking their heads to the exciting DJ music.
In the office with excellent soundproofing.
Wu Hui was sitting on the office chair smoking. His sharp eyes, through the smoke, were staring at the big fat man lying on the ground in front of him. The fat man was bare-chested, with two crossed axes tattooed on his back. His hands were tied behind him and his mouth was taped with packing tape.
Wu Bin was standing at the door, his hands in his pockets, expressionless. With cold eyes, he stared at the fat man and said, "Still not going to talk?"
The fat man shook his head, whimpering.
Wu Bin picked up a baseball bat from the side and swung it down, followed by a flurry of punches and kicks.
The fat man curled up, struggling and shaking his head continuously.
Wu Hui tapped on the table. "Bin, stop hitting him!"
Wu Bin gasped for breath and said, "This guy is stubborn. He won't say anything until we beat him into submission!"
Wu Hui's eyes twitched. With a dark face, he said, "Tear the tape off his mouth!"
Wu Bin was stunned for a moment, then walked over, crouched down and ripped the tape off the fat man's mouth.
The fat man wailed and said, "I'll talk, I'll tell you everything. That kid had too much to drink last night and had a conflict with my younger brother. I had also drunk a lot at that time, so... so I went too far. Later, when he stopped moving, I threw him into the basement!"
"That's our boss's brother. How dare you go too far..." Wu Bin kicked the fat man in the stomach a few more times.
The fat man screamed and begged for mercy. "Stop hitting me, stop hitting me. I really haven't seen him. I didn't know he was related to you guys!"
"Bin, stop hitting him. Go and get Kaizi back first!" Wu Hui stubbed out the half-smoked cigarette in the ashtray and got up to walk out of the office.
Wu Bin said to the fat man, "Quickly take us to your shabby skating rink!"
Wu Hui walked out of the office.
Immediately, forty or fifty guys swarmed over from both sides of the disco.
Wu Hui turned to a muscular man in a tight suit on his left and whispered, "Today we're going to raid Fat Tiger's place. Tell the brothers to bring their weapons along!"
"Sure, big brother!" The muscular man nodded excitedly and then raised his arm to make a V sign.
Those followers immediately went to the warehouse to get their weapons.
A short while later, five vans drove in unison towards Fat Tiger's Skating Rink.
Wu Hui received a call from Zhou Chen in the van.
"Have you found Chen Kai yet?"
"We just found him. We're about to go and bring him back." Wu Hui didn't dare to tell Zhou Chen that Chen Kai's life was still in jeopardy.
"How's it going on your end? Is everything going smoothly?"
"Not bad. The connections have been sorted out. As long as no one gets killed, there should be no major problems. So far, I've already acquired two discos and two skating rinks."
"Okay. Let Chen Kai work with you for the time being. But you'd better figure out a way to get him out of this line of work. I want him to go into business."
"Sure, boss. I'll find a way!"
After ending the call, Wu Hui put away his phone and took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth.
The muscular man sitting next to him immediately took out a lighter to light it for him while asking, "Brother Hui, who on earth is this boss?"