Chapter 181 More of a Fairy Tale Than Cinderella
On June 2009, 6, the new year's college entrance examination was over.
Wang Chengguang drove Wu Xiaowei to the manor villa near the North Fourth Ring Road again. Everything here had been renovated, including the main building of the villa and various outdoor facilities, including the garage, etc.
It has been shelved for a month. With natural ventilation and technological formaldehyde removal, we can move in in late June or July.
Xiao Wei walked around the large swimming pool and said with a smile, "How about we go for a swim? There aren't any high-rise buildings nearby, and we won't be afraid of exposing ourselves if we wear swimsuits."
Wang Chengguang coughed and said, "Swimming is fine, but don't light a fire, or you'll be photographed by binoculars and digital cameras. It's better to swim indoors."
Wu Xiaowei smiled and said, "Then let's go indoors."
Wang Chengguang, “…”
He is already an excellent Chinese medicine practitioner (2355/5000), and even his cooking skills have improved greatly, reaching the level of Taoism (48053/50000).
His cooking skills have reached the top level. Since the beginning of November last year, he has provided welfare meals to internal employees every two or three days a month on average. He has been working hard for more than half a year.
Wang Chengguang finally saw the edge of approaching the god-level survivability.
To be honest, after such a long time, Xiaowei and Da Miaomiao have both reached the level and status of Sister B, but Gu Jingjing has no reaction at all.
Whether it is his future god-level cooking skills or his continued growth after having a life, his family will no longer have to worry about the next generation starving.
There can be a few pretty girls who can take the spotlight.
In April, Spark Payment achieved a monthly transaction volume of 90 billion yuan, Penguin Tenpay completed more than 50 billion transactions, and Alibaba's Zhifubao ranked third with more than 10 billion.
In May, Xinghuo Payment exceeded 105 billion, breaking the record set by Taobao in September last year. Tenpay’s transaction volume was 9 billion, and Fubao exceeded 49 billion.
Jack Ma has done a lot to win back many old customers...
What he did most was to strengthen the supervision and review process, including actively compensating those who bought counterfeit goods, because the number of merchants and customers had dropped sharply and too many people had left.
The overall transaction volume that can be completed has plummeted tenfold. At this stage, Ali Shopping is far inferior to Xinghuo Online Store and JD.com's self-operated flagship store in preventing counterfeit and shoddy products.
But when compared with the penguin pat, it wins.
It is also a fact that cannot be avoided. Looking at the era of online shopping, the truly large platforms have not been able to eliminate it. The original trajectory from Alibaba to Penguin to JD.com, and later Pindaodao, has never been broken.
Xiao Wang from Tsinghua University started Meituan, and there are many businesses selling takeout meals without any license, qualification or store.
Moreover, Alibaba’s marketing team is very strong in attracting new users. Pony Ma poached a group of them with high salaries, and the rest are still under the leadership of Pony Ma, and they are replenished with new blood to continue the marketing.
Wang Chengguang's Spark WeChat has already been developed and is just waiting to be launched when Meizu M8 is shipped for the second time. In the past two months, he has also participated in many dinner parties, many of which were hosted by banks and mobile operators.
He is not only waiting for Meizu M8, he has also met with big-name mobile phone manufacturers, including the CEO of Nokia China, to discuss the hybrid installation software of their products.
Of course, he didn't meet too many people, he just wanted to meet a few of them to avoid Xiao Ma Ge overhearing the news.
After a round of experience gaining with Xiaowei, it was already noon.
After thinking for a while, Wang Chengguang did not go to the company again. He drove to the community where his eldest cousin lived. Today was Sunday, and Wang Huixia's business was pretty good after two months of setting up a stall at the night market.
It is very close to various famous universities. The quality of college students is great, especially in the top universities. As long as you have good cooking skills, it is promising to make a living and earn some money with your cooking skills.
Wang Huixia also achieved a net profit of two to three thousand yuan a month. This is not only because she sets up the stall every day, but she also has to take care of Wang Lei.
Uncle Wang Chengguang and his wife also came in May. The family of four lived in a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment and had a very nice atmosphere. He also heard that Wang Pengqi and Liu Ke were planning to bring their four-month-old child to live in Beijing for a while this summer.
Wang Pengqi is also considering applying for a job at one of the top three universities in Beijing...
To put it bluntly, Wang Chengguang is the only male in his second uncle's family, and Liu Ke is an only daughter. No matter which side the elders are on, they want to be closer to their grandchildren. After all, they bought the house in Beijing.
When Wang Pengqi heard that his eldest cousin had come here and arranged for Wang Lei to go to school, he decided to move to another place and no longer hesitated.
Wang Chengguang drove all the way there, and when he was about to reach Wang Huixia's community, he saw several people walking and talking on the side of the road. He was stunned for a moment, waiting for him to pull over and put on a mask for him.
Xiao Wei in the passenger seat looked curious, "Is that Lu Tao? Is this guy a father? Why is he shopping with two pretty girls? Is he cheating?"
Chengguang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "One of the two girls is his cousin, named Jiang Nansun. Didn't Miaomiao or Jingjing tell you about it? That's right..."
When he was picking up Xiao Ma Ge at the Shanghai Airport in December last year, he ran into Lu Tao and Xia Lin, who was more than five months pregnant at the time.
That time he went to pick up Xiao Ma Ge alone, Zhong Miaomiao and Gu Jingjing were not there.
It was nothing more than that when he was looking for who was the mastermind behind hiring the beauty trap to assassinate Wang Pengqi, Gu Jingjing, Miao Miao and others received the text message sent by Lu Tao and found out that it was the Liang family of Hong Kong Island. Then he and Xu Zhisen joined forces to deal with the Liang family.
At this moment, Lu Tao was strolling around with Jiang Nansun and Zhu Suosuo, and he seemed to be introducing nearby universities, such as Beihang University... Wang Chengguang's cousin, Wang Lei, was studying at the primary school affiliated to Beihang University.
Both the attached primary school and the attached middle school are near the university.
Wu Xiaowei looked at the place not far away in surprise, put on a mask and sunglasses, and smiled, "I think we should keep a low profile for a few months. There aren't many people who are still keen on following your hot spots in real life, let alone me. I don't even have a verified V account."
"You later deleted the first batch of group photos you posted. Even if others downloaded or reposted the photos, they probably wouldn't be popular anymore."
Wang Chengguang had nothing to say about this. He rolled down the car window and shouted to Lu Tao about 20 meters away.
Lu Tao, Jiang Nansun and Zhu Suosuo instinctively turned around and saw Wang Chengguang wearing a mask. The three of them recognized him at a glance and walked over quickly.
After getting closer, Lu Tao laughed and said, "Wow, we are visiting Beihang University and we can meet a billionaire like you? Lao Wang, I am not here to criticize you, but the market value of Big Penguin is 1800 billion Hong Kong dollars now, right? Your shares are more than 260 billion."
"Compared to your bottom-fishing last year, you made a lot of money. Xu Zhisen was so envious that he was vomiting blood."
Jiang Nansun and Zhu Suosuo nodded nervously and said hello. The two high school graduates were full of curiosity and secretly glanced at Wang Chengguang and Wu Xiaowei. Wang Chengguang smoked a cigarette through the car window, "Your baby is almost two months old, right? Are you going to have a hundred-day banquet? If I don't have time, I'll ask Huazi to send you a red envelope as a gift."
Lu Tao and Xia Lin's eldest son was born on April 4. His full name is Lu Wenbin. Yes, Lu Tao gave the newborn baby the surname Lu. Even though Grandma Jiang, Jiang Pengfei and Xu Zhisen disapproved and opposed it, this guy still gave him the surname Lu.
Then he said that at worst we could have a second child this year, and it wouldn’t matter if the child’s surname was Jiang or Xu.
These were relayed by Huazi, who happened to meet him outside of work and mentioned him casually while riding in the elevator together. Huazi was also sure that his old classmate Wang Chengguang was now in a very high position.
The two sides are no longer from the same world.
Wang Chengguang sent a text message to congratulate him, and asked Huazi to send a red envelope as a gift for the full moon banquet.
Lu Tao was even happier. "Okay, I will definitely accept the red envelope from a rich man like you. I also know you are busy, so I didn't invite you to the full moon party. By the way, Nansun and Suosuo have finished their college entrance examinations, and both applied to Beijing University of Architecture and Civil Engineering."
"Perhaps Nansun's grades can get her into a better school than Beijing Jianda University, but don't we have you, Old Wang, as an outstanding alumnus and excellent senior? Please take care of my sister in the future."
When he looked at Jiang Nansun and Zhu Suosuo, the two girls nodded obediently and called them "Mr. Wang" and "Sister-in-law".
Lu Tao laughed and teased, "Are you guys stupid? You should say hello to me, senior."
Wang Chengguang was speechless. Did this guy really succeed in fooling people?
Lu Tao said excitedly, "You don't know, ever since he found out about your identity, my second uncle has swindled more than 1000 million yuan from my grandmother, almost draining half of our family savings and using it all to buy a house. That was between December and January last year."
"He also paid the down payment and borrowed a mortgage. The total principal and interest of the mortgage amounted to 06 to million yuan. He bought many houses in Beijing and Shanghai. He also listened to Xu Zhisen's advice. He said that since , the revision of the Compulsory Education Law has emphasized the principle of nearby enrollment."
"So in this area, in addition to the area near Beijing University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, there are also houses of all sizes near Beihang University, Tsinghua University, Beijing Institute of Technology and Normal University."
"My second uncle's wealth has risen so much in the past few months that he almost walks around like a floater every day. He drinks as soon as he wakes up and shows off to others everywhere... Today, in addition to taking Nansun and the others shopping and getting familiar with the university area, I also took a walk and looked at the houses nearby."
Wang Chengguang, “…”
Wu Xiaowei was surprised and asked, "Your second uncle is really capable. He trusts my old Wang so much?"
Even if Yang Tao and others borrowed money from the bank, including asking their family members to borrow money from the bank for the down payment, the interest on all the loans for Yang Tao's houses was only more than 3500 million yuan, covering an area of more than 2000 square meters.
Uncle Lu Tao... double the amount compared to Yangtao?
In April, Xu Hongdou's 160-square-meter house had increased by 3000 yuan per square meter compared to when she bought it. At 48 yuan per square meter, she made 6 yuan without doing anything. Now it's June? The average house price in Beijing is already yuan per square meter, which means Xu Hongdou's house has increased by another yuan.
So Jiang Nansun is already in college, but Jiang Pengfei, who has accomplished nothing and is still a mama's boy, suddenly goes all out and plays such a big hand, winning without any effort?! This is more than trust in Wang Chengguang, it's just faith.
Lu Tao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I also thought my second uncle was too outrageous at first, as if he was poisoned. But the facts have proved that the total property of about 4000 square meters has increased by about yuan per square meter. He made a lot of money!"
"Not to mention Xu Zhisen, you and Lao Wang have taken care of the Liang Group. The office building in Wangjing is also rising at this stage, not to mention the territories in other places."
"I heard that the old man of the Liang family and Liang Zhengxian's father both broke Ah Xian's legs. The storm has gradually gone away. At least the impact in China is getting lower and lower. However, the group that two generations of the Liang family have worked hard for has changed hands."
"They are not bankrupt and still have some money, but they have fallen a big step down in social class."
Wang Chengguang was speechless. Jiang Pengfei was a man who dreamed of seeking advice from big shots when he was trading stocks in the future... He was hoping to curry favor with big shots and be won over.
It was obvious that Wang Chengguang, who had been to the Jiang family last time, was the most senior person the other party had ever met in real life.
Now things are really good. Jiang Nansun not only came to Beijing from Shanghai to study, but also became the second generation of a large house owner, about 4000 square meters. There are also many top school district houses, which means there are 40 houses of square meters each.
After being speechless for a few seconds, he complained, "Your family is really full of talents! By the way, have you become a designer now? Your father is the owner of the Liang Group, so there must be some engineering projects under him."
He saw Lu Tao stopping the other party because he wanted to ask whether Jiang Nansun and the other two really came to Beijing to study, so there was no need to ask more questions now.
Lu Tao's face fell. "Originally, I was asked to lead the design of an office building in February, but after I insisted that Wenbin's last name be Lu, he dismissed me. Damn... the old guy has such a bad eye."
"Lu Yaxun introduced me to several teachers from the design institute and asked me to take more time to learn from them, including running errands and doing odd jobs."
Wang Chengguang was again at a loss whether to laugh or cry. "You still have some conscience. Okay, you guys continue shopping. I'm here to visit relatives this time, otherwise I would have treated you to a meal anyway."
Lu Tao was anxious, "Don't do that. We've already met. It's hard to see you normally. You should at least take a photo with my sister. Maybe it will help change her fate at a critical moment in the future."
Wang Chengguang complained, "Taking a photo here? I didn't bring a bodyguard today. It would be a lot of fun if I get recognized. Next time, you can bring them to the company."
Lu Tao was overjoyed. He said a few more words and then watched Wang Chengguang leave.
When the car was out of sight, Lu Tao laughed awkwardly and said, "This is truly the most outstanding alumnus of our Beijian University in the past decade. Whether your future will be smooth or not depends on whether you can get on board a big ship."
Jiang Nansun nodded hurriedly, "Brother Tao, I'm still very curious, how did this Mr. Wang do it? He didn't set any restrictive conditions, and at the same time, he put billions of shares in the names of his two girlfriends, and when he needed them, he just opened his mouth and said, and they were all returned?"
"If it's two people, they'd definitely be a perfect couple, envied by the world, but it's quite unreasonable for there to be three people."
Zhu Suosuo also screamed in a low voice, "That was tens of billions, wouldn't it be tens of billions now? This is not scientific at all, absolutely not scientific. You don't know that our girl circle was talking about it like crazy at that time."
"I feel like no matter which sister-in-law it is... they are all too fairy-tale-like, more fairy-tale-like than Cinderella and Snow White. They all come from rural areas and small towns."
Lu Tao rolled his eyes. "How would I know? There are many people in their company discussing this, but no one has the answer. This guy is really free. He runs around with his girlfriend every day and shows off their affection without getting tired of it."
"I just wonder how he manages to keep the company from going into chaos when he has so much free time."
Jiang Nansun was stunned. "None of them are listed. No, he doesn't need to take care of Big Penguin and Alibaba. How many big troubles can the other companies that are not listed cause? Also, can this be called idle? It's so nice to play with his girlfriend every day. Who doesn't envy his sister-in-law,..."
Zhu Suosuo coughed loudly, dragged Jiang Nansun away, and when they were far away, she began to pinch Jiang Nansun, "You really have no emotional intelligence, you are so naive, your brother just complained that Xia Lin was annoying him every day recently."
Jiang Nansun was stunned and nodded again, "Compared like this, my cousin is not even worthy of carrying Mr. Wang's shoes. But I am indeed foul-mouthed, so I hit myself. I envy that Xiaowei sister."
(End of this chapter)