111: Chapter 111 Preparing to Speculate on Real Estate

Ye Tingting's younger brother, Ye Tian, had felt his back straightening quite a bit these past few days.

He spent 30,000 on an EOS R6 Mark III, plus a set of original RF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM lenses.

This was set up for him by Fu Jiawen; it had an extremely high price-to-performance ratio and was exceptionally good for portraits.

This was also the first time Ye Tian had chatted so much with Jiawen on WeChat.

Moreover, the next day, Ye Tian brought his new camera to class, which immediately drew a crowd.

Several pretty female classmates took turns asking Ye Tian to take photos for them.

The boys nearby also cast envious glances his way.

"Ye Tian, this camera of yours must be very expensive, right?"

Ye Tian smiled, "It's alright, a little over 30,000."

He instantly felt that the spotlight on him had grown brighter.

He even felt smug inside; it only cost 15 yuan a day to own this "flexing artifact," which was simply too cost-effective.

Now, he had finally successfully joined the school's photography club and could finally spend more time with Jiawen.

However, the mastermind behind all this, the General Manager of the Corporate Department at Qianjiang Bank, Wang Cheng, was not in a very good mood today.

His cousin had come to the provincial capital to find him and treat him to a meal. Furthermore, the restaurant was very high-end, and the liquor served was Moutai.

Normally, Wang Cheng should have been very happy, right?

So why was he in a bad mood?

It was because of jealousy. His cousin had brought along an extremely beautiful girlfriend and told him that they were preparing to get engaged back home.

Wang Cheng felt resentful; his own appearance was not much worse than his cousin's, so why did he get such a lucky break?

Just as Wang Cheng was distracted, his cousin was calling out to his girlfriend: "Liuxin, let's toast Brother Cheng together!"

"If it weren't for him back then, we wouldn't have been able to speculate on real estate in the provincial capital, and we wouldn't have the prosperous life we have today!"

Heh, so this guy's cousin was none other than Su Nange's nemesis, Wang Qiang!

Upon hearing her boyfriend say this, Chen Liuxin raised her glass, her voice sweet: "Brother Cheng, we toast you!"

Wang Cheng smiled and clinked glasses with them.

However, he regretted it in his heart: Damn it, why did I show off and brag in front of you back then? Now look, I've let you live a good life!

If you really want to thank me, why don't you lend me your girlfriend for a couple of days?

Wang Qiang continued to talk about how he had recently bought another property, so he could come to the provincial capital to visit his cousin more often. He would have to rely on him for more help with business in the future!

Wang Cheng chuckled: "Easy, easy."

He thought to himself, that's perfect. You should bring your girlfriend more often. The scenery in the provincial capital is quite beautiful.

That evening, Su Nange and Liu Yuan also had a dinner appointment.

This "married couple" was hosting Mr. Zhang, the boss of Dingsheng Auction.

The location was at Liu Yuan's private club.

Accompanying them was the owner of Cilan Teahouse, Meng Yu.

Song Xiaotian, knowing Meng Yu was there, made a fuss about wanting to come too!

Su Nange told him to get lost and not come and ruin things! If people found out they were actually familiar with each other, Meng Yu and Lin Xiongwei would surely become suspicious.

In reality, Mr. Zhang's social status was quite a bit lower than Liu Yuan's.

But Liu Yuan had her own reasons for taking the initiative to host this dinner.

For one, Old Master Liu, Liu Yuan's grandfather, was about to turn 90, and she wanted to select a few birthday gifts for him through Meng Yu and the auction company's channels.

Old Master Liu was a veteran who had supported the revolutionary army back in the day; his current social status could not be measured by mere assets or wealth.

Moreover, the old man's eldest son, Liu Yuan's father, had also participated in the revolution.

Therefore, even Zhou Bingzheng had to show the Liu family three points of respect.

During every holiday, this high-ranking official would personally visit to pay his respects to the old man.

For Mr. Zhang and Meng Yu, this was a massive opportunity.

Thus, they were both very excited: "Miss Liu, don't worry! We should be thanking you for giving us the opportunity to show our filial piety to Old Master Liu!"

After the four of them had a drink, Liu Yuan brought up the real purpose of today's meeting.

She wanted to know the current auction market value of that incomplete building being handled by City Investment.

Speaking of this, Mr. Zhang felt quite worried.

Mr. Zhang said that a worker had jumped off that building years ago. If you didn't know about it, that would be one thing.

The key was that the incident had made the news at the time.

Moreover, the location of the building wasn't great, and the boss who contracted the scaffolding project had also died suddenly.

Therefore, many investors were hesitant. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been handed over to City Investment's non-performing assets company to handle.

Liu Yuan glanced at Su Nange with some concern.

But fortunately, Su Nange's composure was such that he wouldn't let this matter shake him anymore.

Liu Yuan immediately felt much more at ease.

Regarding the auction price, Mr. Zhang's estimate was quite conservative.

The building was about 200,000 square meters, and for a quasi-first-tier city like Qiantang City, he feared it might not even reach 1 billion at auction.

Liu Yuan and Su Nange looked at each other—this was too much of a bargain!

So, Liu Yuan said: "To be honest with you, President Zhang, our Global Asia wants to set up a live-streaming base to expand our existing industry. Why don't I register my interest first?"

Mr. Zhang immediately raised his glass, feeling that Liu Yuan was his second benefactor.

However, Liu Yuan didn't think this was enough. If the land price wasn't driven up, it would be beneath her dignity to buy it.

So, Liu Yuan took out a business plan and asked Mr. Zhang to drive up the price before the auction.

Everyone knew the principle of "buying when it rises, not when it falls."

Mr. Zhang thought, is there really such a great opportunity?

Therefore, when the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman wins. This was all because Su Nange and Liu Yuan wanted to target Li Runfa and prevent him from seeing the value of this thing; otherwise, why would he enter the market?

Also, without increasing the transaction price, how could they make him pay more cash?

Liu Yuan was confident that as long as it was within a reasonable price, she could definitely earn it back. The current market situation was clearly too low.

Of course, there was another point that outsiders didn't know. This building held great significance for Su Nange.

How could Liu Yuan let the hard work of her father-in-law be devalued like this?

After the guests left, it was Su Nange's turn to make tea.

Liu Yuan was surprised: "When did you learn this?"

Su Nange was quite honest: "When I went to Cilan Teahouse, I learned it from a girl there."

Liu Yuan pouted: "Hmph, as expected, a man's mouth is full of lies, just like in fairy tales."

"Haha, don't move, let me take a picture of you."

With that, he really took out his phone.

Liu Yuan was puzzled: "What for?"

"I think your expression right now is very cute, like a little monkey that can't get a banana."

"You Big Monkey, you only know how to bully me all day long!"

Su Nange walked over to Liu Yuan and hugged her. It was simply too easy to handle her now.

"Good wife, wasn't I just acting as a spy? Otherwise, how could I have gotten this information from Mr. Zhang?"

Liu Yuan thought about it and realized it was true. Meng Yu and Mr. Zhang, and even Lin Xiongwei, didn't realize they were being played in the palm of a young man in his twenties.

Liu Yuan suddenly thought of yesterday's matter and said: "By the way, husband, you're from Lu City, right?"

Su Nange nodded.

"Yesterday, Zhou Wanqing's father inexplicably asked me for a favor. He wanted me to look into someone named Wen Zhiyu."

Su Nange was a bit confused: "What does this person do?"

"He said he was an underground operative back in the day. Later, he couldn't return to the organization anyway and died in Lu City. Uncle Zhou thought I knew a lot of people in society, so he asked me to keep an eye out."

"Check and see if this old man has any descendants left. You're from Lu City, do you know anything?"

Su Nange spread his hands: "You really take me for a god? How many years has it been since I lived in Lu City?"

However, Su Nange also found it strange in his heart. Even if Liu Yuan had significant influence, could she compare to a high-ranking official? That was a joke.

Could it be that the man intentionally used the Eldest Miss's mouth to tell me?

Damn, he was really using me like a secret agent?