58: This pot is so big

A bald uncle stood up, “I want to invest!”

“I’ll invest one hundred million!”

Another person stood up and said excitedly, “Don’t fight me for it, I’ll invest three hundred million!”

“I want to invest in the A round. I have resources, and we can get Heli 撈 listed!”

Seeing one investor after another stand up, the others immediately grew anxious.

They waved the checks in their hands and swarmed towards Zhou Kaitian!

“No investing!”

Suddenly, a voice interrupted everyone.

“Who said that?” the big boss who offered three hundred million asked angrily.

“I did!” Qian Ziyong walked onto the stage.

“Bo…Boss, why are you here?” Zhou Kaitian was very surprised.

Qian Ziyong’s face was ashen.

Fortunately, he came. If he hadn’t, Zhou Kaitian would have ruined his home.

So many people were investing in the Hot Pot Restaurant. If he really accepted, wouldn't he be so rich he wouldn't even be wearing pants?

What a jinx!

Fortunately, he found out early.

When everyone heard Zhou Kaitian call him Boss, their anger instantly turned into joy, and their faces were filled with smiles.

“Boss Qian, I’ve come to bring you money!” the bald uncle said with a fawning smile.

A woman with a graceful figure, holding a tray with champagne on it, slowly walked over.

She walked up to Qian Ziyong, bowed slightly, and said in a very gentle voice, “Boss, please open the champagne!”

Open the champagne?

Qian Ziyong shook his head, “The wine is quite expensive, so let’s not open it!”

“I declare here that our Heli 撈 Hotpot Restaurant will never seek funding, nor will it ever go public!”

“Ah!” Everyone was disappointed.

Many people tried to persuade Qian Ziyong, but he was stubborn, gritting his teeth and refusing to budge.

Even when the other party used a honey trap, Qian Ziyong closed his eyes and firmly refused.

…

In an ordinary restaurant, inside a spacious private room, three people sat down to eat.

Qian Ziyong shoveled rice into his mouth.

To rush over quickly, he hadn’t even eaten, and was already starving.

“Master Zhou, what made you think of coming to Shen City?”

“And what made you think of coming here to raise funds and get the Hot Pot Restaurant listed?”

Qian Ziyong asked in confusion.

He had already arranged everything perfectly, just waiting for the time to come for the system to settle one hundred million for him.

Goodness, his home was almost ruined.

Fortunately, he discovered it in time and decisively stopped it, otherwise Heli 撈 would have been listed and raised hundreds of millions without him knowing!

This time, when the system settled, he definitely wouldn't get a single penny.

“You taught me, Boss!” Zhou Kaitian said as a matter of course.

Qian Ziyong was puzzled.

When did he teach him?

Zhou Kaitian picked up the wine on the table, “Boss, thank you for nurturing me. I’ll drink to that, you do as you please.”

Qian Ziyong drank a mouthful of plain water.

Zhou Kaitian didn’t mind. The Boss acted on his own accord and truly didn’t care about such things.

He said, “Boss, you taught me to unleash my abilities.”

“What’s my greatest talent?”

“Isn’t it swindling people?” Qian Ziyong thought to himself.

That was the purpose of him hiring Zhou Kaitian.

How could a swindler possibly manage a Hot Pot Restaurant well?

But he didn’t expect Zhou Kaitian to not manage the Hot Pot Restaurant properly, but instead cause him trouble everywhere!

Zhou Kaitian said excitedly, “Public speaking! My talent is public speaking.”

“That’s why I motivate employees in the supermarket and the Hot Pot Restaurant!”

“But later the Boss stopped me.”

At this point, Zhou Kaitian felt a little wronged.

Qian Ziyong apologized, “I should have let you continue speaking in the supermarket!”

He truly felt he was wrong.

If he hadn’t stopped Zhou Kaitian from continuing his speeches in the supermarket, he wouldn’t have come to Shen City to cause him trouble.

Zhou Kaitian smiled, “No, Boss, you must have known my talent early on, and that only by coming to Shen City could it be fully utilized!”

“You didn’t tell me directly, but instead forbade me from speaking in the supermarket.”

“When I returned to my residence, I quickly understood, and came to Shen City overnight!”

“Leaving without saying goodbye was because I wasn’t sure if I could do well!”

“Because in everyone’s mind, I was just a swindler.”

“Even I didn’t believe in myself!”

“One false step can lead to eternal regret, and trying to turn back might only mean surrendering myself!”

“But Boss trusted me and gave me a salary of one hundred thousand a month!”

“It was your trust that allowed me to regain confidence and stand tall on the center stage once again.”

Suddenly, Zhou Kaitian plopped down and knelt on the ground.

“Boss, you are like my second parents!”

“Without you, I would never have been able to walk the right path in this life!”

“Because of your trust, Boss, I transformed from a swindler into a truly successful person!”

Zhou Kaitian’s eyes were filled with tears, and he was about to kowtow to Qian Ziyong.

Qian Ziyong quickly helped him up.

“Master Zhou, what’s wrong with you?” Qian Ziyong said earnestly.

He absolutely would not take the blame for this.

It was clearly Zhou Kaitian who wanted to ruin him.

How was it his teaching?

Trust?

He trusted Zhou Kaitian to run the supermarket into bankruptcy.

Zhou Kaitian perfectly betrayed his trust!

Zhou Kaitian was too heavy, and Qian Ziyong struggled to pull him up.

Fortunately, Zhu Daqiang was there to help.

The two of them pulled Zhou Kaitian to a chair and sat him down. Qian Ziyong asked in confusion, “Why didn’t I see any shills at the venue today?”

Zhu Daqiang was also very curious.

Zhou Kaitian said angrily, “If I hired shills, wouldn’t I be a swindler?”

“This time coming to Shen City, I haven’t hired a single shill!”

“All the applause at the venue was heartfelt!”

Qian Ziyong asked, “Without shills, why would they believe you?”

Zhou Kaitian said, “At first, I was also very confused!”

“Why would these big bosses believe me?”

“You know, I couldn’t have invited these bosses before. They are all big shots in the investment world.”

“Later I understood that when everything you say is true, there is naturally a kind of infectious power.”

“Most importantly, they don’t believe me, they believe you, Boss!”

Zhu Daqiang looked thoughtful.

It seemed to be true.

Zhou Kaitian’s speech this time was even more outlandish than the last.

However, everything he said was true!

So the more outlandish it was, the more people were surprised.

Investors were naturally interested in Zhou Kaitian and Heli Lao Hotpot.

Zhou Kaitian smiled mysteriously and said, “Boss, you might not know.”

“Many of these investors have already visited Heli 撈 for inspections!”

“So on the surface, it looks like they just made a snap decision and invested directly!”

“In reality, it has been a long time of careful consideration!”

“After all, it’s hundreds of millions, not a small number!”

Saying that, Zhou Kaitian sighed deeply.

He used to spend a lot of effort to swindle ten thousand from people.

Sometimes after a speech, only a few people would believe him, and whether he could make money in the end was purely up to fate.

But now, after one speech, it was hundreds of millions.

As long as the Boss was willing, Heli 撈 would surely be able to go public!

He never dared to imagine that one day he would be able to participate in the huge business of a company going public!

The Boss is truly my benefactor!

No, he is like my second parents!