253: Year-end review! Whether you're rich or poor, go home for the Chinese New Year!

Hong Kong.

Wang Lin glanced once more at this beautiful place.

He then boarded his private plane and began his return to Zheng County.

On the plane, Wang Lin sent a message to Wang Ran: "How long has winter break been? Why haven't I heard from you? Where did you go running off to?"

Unexpectedly, a video call came through the next second.

Wang Ran, dressed in a hiking jacket, was standing on the Route 318. She shouted into the camera: "Brother, Route 318! Where else would I go running off to? It's all your fault for making this route famous! I've met countless like-minded people along the way!!"

"Wait, where are you? On a plane?"

Wang Lin smiled and said: "Yeah, I had some business to finalize in Hong Kong. Now that it's done, I'm heading back!!"

"Oh right, I also brought you a gift back. When are you coming home? The New Year is almost here!!"

Wang Ran thought for a moment and said: "In the next couple of days, I guess! I'll go back once I finish this section of the road!! What's the gift?"

Wang Ran's thought process was like this: one second she was talking about one thing, and the next she jumped to another.

It could be said that her scatterbrained personality was something Wang Lin really liked about her.

His younger sister truly had been endearing since she was little.

"Want to know? Come home and find out!!" Wang Lin chuckled and immediately hung up the video call.

On Route 318.

A stylish, tall girl angrily cursed out loud: "Wang Lin, you bastard!!"

"Wait until I get home; I'll deal with you then!!"

The few people traveling with her all looked at Wang Ran in confusion.

Why was the goddess of their department suddenly acting like this?

One boy was particularly stunned and asked: "Is that your biological brother?"

Wang Ran glanced at him and said: "No, why?"

The boy instantly puffed out his chest: "I can help you deal with him!!"

As soon as he said that, Wang Ran's roommate next to her nearly burst out laughing.

Wang Ran felt the same way: "Oh really? Just because he's not my biological brother, you think you can deal with him?"

"Go on, beat it. Once we finish this scenic spot, I'm heading home!!"

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On the plane.

After Wang Lin hung up the phone, he whistled leisurely, looking at the scenery outside the window.

Teasing his younger sister occasionally always made him feel incredibly relaxed.

He remembered someone saying that this was about finding a harbor for the soul.

Wang Lin's harbor for the soul was his family.

Leng Nuannuan and Li Yuanyuan didn't count.

The same went for Im Yoon-ah and Yui Aragaki.

The plane soon landed at Zheng County International Airport.

Qian Shan had been waiting there for Wang Lin for a long time.

Seeing the plane land, he immediately jogged forward to greet him: "Boss, that must have been a tiring trip?"

Wang Lin smiled and shook his head: "Tiring? Maybe, my waist hurts a little!"

Qian Shan instantly cracked up. Sometimes, he would still be thrown off by the erratic thinking of his boss, who was only in his early twenties.

Instead, Leng Nuannuan and Li Yuanyuan, who were nearby, laughed.

Qian Shan thought the comment was aimed at the two women, so he wisely didn't dare to speak, just quietly following behind him.

Once in the car, Wang Lin asked: "Have all the figures for this year been tallied? The New Year is almost here, it's time to settle accounts with our Private Equity Fund bosses!!"

Qian Shan immediately sat up straight and replied: "Report, Boss, everything is ready. Should I invite them over now?"

Wang Lin pondered briefly and said: "Then let's invite the Zheng County bosses over first. As for Old Ma, I'll talk to him personally."

Qian Shan nodded in understanding.

The local Private Equity Fund clients in Zheng County primarily involved schools and social security/pension funds.

Especially the social security and pension funds, they were likely going to strike it rich this year.

The money Wang Lin earned in the stock market over the past two years was definitely going to give Director Zhou and Director Wu spectacular results!!

So when Qian Shan contacted them, all groups happily agreed.

This was great news; they had to go immediately!

Inside the Junlin Finance office.

After receiving the news, Director Zhou and Director Wu canceled every meeting they could postpone.

Even the ones they couldn't postpone, they canceled after explaining the reason.

Of course, while they claimed to explain the reason, it was actually just showing off!!

Showing off to their peers: Who told you not to catch this train?

The biggest bull market wave in the Big A, the most profitable Institutions in the entire market, and a big shot who even successfully fought head-on against the Wall Street Goldman Sachs Group.

They just happened to catch this opportunity perfectly!

Principal Wang did the same thing.

Who cares about meetings, damn it? I'm waiting to go collect my share of the money.

Even if it's a matter of heaven and earth, it has to wait!!

Against this backdrop.

They even arrived at the company before Wang Lin did.

After Wang Lin rushed into the office, dusty from travel, Principal Wang, Director Zhou, and Director Wu were already sitting in chairs drinking tea.

Seeing Wang Lin return, the three men immediately stood up.

Director Zhou smiled and said: "You're finally back, CEO Wang!!"

Principal Wang also looked at Wang Lin with eyes full of gratification and pride.

After today's meeting, he would once again have bragging rights in front of the other principals.

Wang Lin first apologized: "My apologies, leaders, I'm late!!"

Director Wu repeatedly waved his hand: "No, no, no, we were just too eager! CEO Wang, please catch your breath first!!"

After drinking a few sips of tea, Wang Lin finally looked at the three men.

Wang Lin didn't beat around the bush and got straight to the point: "The Chinese New Year is almost here, and we've already calculated the operating data for 2014. I can tell you, the situation is extremely gratifying. I believe you probably had this expectation already!"

As soon as he said this, the three men looked at each other and burst into laughter.

They couldn't help it; they really couldn't hold back.

Anyone who paid attention to the stock market knew that this year was practically the year Wang Lin became a god.

He had grasped all three major themes of the year and held firm control over them.

Director Zhou was a little impatient: "Hurry up, hurry up! I want to quickly hear exactly how much we earned this year!!"

Wang Lin glanced at the documents on the table and uttered a single number: "Five times!"

Upon hearing this, all three were deeply shaken.

They knew Wang Lin had earned a lot, but they never expected it to be this much!!

Five times!

This wasn't just hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens or hundreds of millions.

Even those amounts could easily multiply several times if they caught the trend this year.

This was tens of billions!!

In their minds, doubling the investment (2x) would have been enough to make them ecstatic!

But who knew, it turned out to be far more than they had imagined.

Director Wu couldn't sit still now. He stood up and asked: "So, the total assets have already broken past one hundred billion?"

Wang Lin smiled and nodded.

The assets exceeding one hundred billion were the funds remaining after Wang Lin had deducted his share of the profits.

That's why they called this year a massive bull market.

Every trend he caught caused Wang Lin's net worth to soar.

Not to mention the incident with the Goldman Sachs Group that occurred at the end of the year.

It made Wang Lin even happier, completely over the moon.

It was fantastic!!

This strengthened Wang Lin's resolve: they absolutely must fleece the US Stock Market market!!

But the company's IPO plan also needed to start preparation!!

China's stock market still lacked pillar industries. In the financial sector, there were only ballast stones like bank stocks.

There wasn't a single non-banking financial institution that could compete!!

Wang Lin was going to be that most competitive non-banking financial institution!!

These thoughts flashed through his mind, and Wang Lin said: "So, the two Directors can now have a wonderful New Year and no longer have to worry about the livelihoods of the people!!"

The two Directors nodded in satisfaction.

That's right.

They managed the social security and pension issues for a massive area like Yu Province.

Their task was figuring out how to squeeze out funds for public welfare after completing these basic requirements.

This year, it finally became an easy win!!

Principal Wang looked eagerly at Wang Lin: "What about my side?"

Wang Lin naturally hadn't forgotten his alma mater. He smiled and said: "Principal Wang, don't worry. They got five times their tens of billions, and for your side, it's this number!"

Wang Lin made a hand gesture.

The next second, Principal Wang was so shocked he suddenly stood up: "Really?!"

The number Wang Lin showed with his hand was eight!

Wang Lin chuckled: "How could this be fake?!"

Principal Wang only felt a wave of dizziness.

He felt like he was about to get promoted!

Although the school rules clearly stated that they couldn't seek outside income, every principal understood that if they couldn't actively generate revenue and just waited for allocations from the education department, they would starve.

This was especially difficult in Yu Province.

With a different positioning, how could they expect large sums of funding to be allocated?

Wang Lin said: "Principal Wang, now that the school has money, you can do many things you wanted to do but couldn't!!"

Principal Wang stood up, grinning foolishly, and said: "Yes! Now that we have money, the school's faculty strength, educational hardware, and everything else can be improved!!"

"The establishment of branch campuses can also be planned!!"

Wang Lin did not give them the exact figures.

But merely the news of multiple times the return was enough to make them this happy.

Wang Lin understood their joy.

Yu Province suffered; the population was too large, the industry was too low-end, and education was insufficient.

It was like a child neglected by both sides of the family, forced to do everything themselves!

That was why Wang Lin accepted their large sums of money. Besides establishing a background for himself early on, he also wanted to make things easier for his own people.

"Everyone will have a good New Year now, right?" Wang Lin smiled.

Waves of cheerful sounds echoed throughout the conference room.

These big shots came quickly and left just as quickly.

Principal Wang apologized to Wang Lin: "If I leave now, I can still make it to the provincial education department meeting. I absolutely must go and listen carefully to the leader's speech!"

After speaking, he quickly departed.

Director Zhou and Director Wu both laughed when they saw this scene.

Director Zhou said: "That guy wasn't in such a hurry just now. He's clearly going over there to show off while the most people are present!!"

Director Wu also nodded in agreement: "Exactly, he's happy, but what about us? We don't have anyone to show off to, do we?"

Wang Lin just listened to them chat.

Damn.

So, big shots of this caliber were also just people; they showed off after getting something good... After seeing them off, Wang Lin called Old Ma.

"What are you busy with, CEO Ma?" Wang Lin asked.

"Busy with what?! I'm incredibly busy right now!! All sorts of international matters, it's a headache!! Unlike you, kid, I heard you were having a blast in Hong Kong for several days?" Old Ma was genuinely busy right now.

Although Wang Lin replaced Old Ma to become chinas richest man, the influence of Ali Baba was genuinely stronger than that of Junlin Finance.

The two were not in the same league.

Relying on Ali Baba and a successful IPO in the Beautiful Country, Old Ma was also enjoying unparalleled prominence.

But the latter part of his sentence made Wang Lin pause: "CEO Ma saw news about me?"

Old Ma shook his head and said: "Old Wang from Wanda told me. He said his kid saw you at a nightclub and chatted a bit!!"

Wang Lin suddenly realized: "I actually think highly of him. He doesn't have any bad habits, he just likes internet celebrity faces!"

Old Ma wasn't interested in that. He asked: "Is there something you need? Is it about the Private Equity Fund?"

Wang Lin nodded and said: "Although CEO Ma isn't interested in money, you should at least know how much you've earned, right?"

The two joked around for a while and agreed to meet after the New Year in Zheng County or Hangcheng.

Later, they could also discuss venture capital and such.

The New Year was approaching.

After Wang Lin finished these tasks, Qian Shan arranged all the remaining trivial matters.

"Year-end bonuses and red envelopes have all been arranged. The enthusiasm among the employees is unprecedented!!" Qian Shan looked at Wang Lin with a complicated expression.

He hadn't expected Wang Lin to be so willing to spend money.

There were many china's richest men, and he had met many of them, but he had never heard of one showering his subordinates with money so generously.

Won't everyone be roaring with excitement next year, as if they've been injected with adrenaline?!

Wang Lin patted his shoulder and said: "Before success, money is extremely important, but once you reach my level, money is just a number. I remove a few zeros and exchange them for genuine respect from my people. Do you think that trade is worth it?"

Qian Shan laughed dumbfounded. He knew he would never be able to develop such a mindset as CEO Wang.

Wang Lin said: "Alright, once you're mostly done, go home. It's time for the New Year. Don't get stuck here in Zheng County."

"As the saying goes, rich or poor, go home for the New Year!"

"You struck it rich this year, shouldn't you go home and show off properly?!"

Hearing this, Qian Shan immediately thanked him: "Thank you, Boss, for the one hundred million year-end bonus. To be honest, I feel I don't deserve it!!"

Qian Shan truly hadn't expected Brother Junlin to be so generous.

One hundred million—this was something he had never imagined before.

Following a boss like this, what did it matter if he didn't go home this year?

He was completely willing!!

Wang Lin said: "I see your performance in the company. Don't talk about not deserving it; working harder next year to earn me more money is what truly matters!!"

Qian Shan immediately shouted loudly: "I will, Boss!!"

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Wang Lin handed over all company matters to Qian Shan.

Nothing major happened in the stock market during this period.

Rises were normal, because it was a bull market.

Sharp drops were also normal, because it was a bull market.

Wang Lin simply provided a few sectors and let the Traders operate freely.

Zheng Huan also received a fifty million year-end bonus this time. He was cheerful these past couple of days: "Boss, please go back without worry. I've got everything covered at the company!!"