Rebirth 1983: Building My Business Empire-Chapter 226 - 215 Pursuer (2)
Chapter 226: Chapter 215 Pursuer (2)
Chapter 226: Chapter 215 Pursuer (2)
Nie Zhan thought for a moment and said, “I remember Bao Yingjie is a regular at nightclubs and likes to chase after female celebrities, but I’ve never heard of him pursuing female students, especially not so ostentatiously.”
Feng Qing Lei was somewhat surprised, “You mean someone is targeting Little Chili?”
Nie Zhan said unhappily, “What Little Chili? She has a name. What you do for fun is your own business, but don’t you dare give Miss Lu any frivolous nicknames.”
Feng Qing Lei knew he was serious and teased him, “Yes, we won’t call her Little Chili. Once you’ve won her over, we’ll call her sister-in-law. But are you sure you can handle someone so fiery?”
Nie Zhan knew that’s just how Feng Qing Lei was and didn’t want to bicker, “Help me check it out, see what’s really going on. I have a feeling it’s not that simple.”
“I’ve already asked a friend to look into it and will tell you as soon as I get news.”
Nie Zhan knew that although Feng Qing Lei was often flippant, he was reliable when it mattered.
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The next day at seven o’clock, Su Heyuan called Lu Jiaxin, “Xiaoxiao will come to Hong Kong the day after tomorrow, Gu Wenfeng needs to change his identity and won’t be able to come until next month.”
With Qian Xiaoxiao by her side, Lu Jiaxin could feel a bit more at ease.
When school let out in the afternoon, Lu Jiaxin noticed many female students standing outside the school gates. Her heart skipped a beat. It couldn’t be that madman again, could it? But considering how hard she had hit him the day before, she thought it was unlikely.
As she walked out of the school, Lu Jiaxin saw Nie Zhan in a well-tailored suit. His presence was so imposing that, despite his good looks, people only dared to watch from a distance and didn’t approach him.
When Nie Zhan saw Lu Jiaxin, he walked over to her, “Miss Lu, I have something to tell you.”
Lu Jiaxin felt it was odd. Whatever it was, why couldn’t he just say it over the phone? Why did he have to come to her school? First, there was that Bao Family lunatic, and now Nie Zhan. She wondered what kind of rumors would spread now.
“This isn’t a place for conversation. Let’s go to my house,” she suggested.
Nie Zhan hadn’t expected this pleasant surprise, “Alright.”
As soon as they arrived home, Lu Jiaxin said to Feng Lihua, “We’ve run out of fruit at home. Go to the fruit shop and buy some fresh fruit.”
Feng Lihua immediately understood that Lu Jiaxin didn’t want her to overhear their conversation. It wasn’t a big deal for her, but she had been wondering why, since the day before yesterday, Lu Jiaxin had been avoiding her with everything that had happened. She couldn’t think of anything she had done wrong.
Then, Lu Jiaxin made the excuse that they were out of vinegar and sent the aunt out to buy some. Only when the house was left with just the two of them did she ask Nie Zhan about the matter.
Nie Zhan explained, “I had someone investigate. The reason Bao Yingjie suddenly came to declare his love for you is that someone deliberately showed him that magazine and also hinted that you were very greedy. Bao Yingjie likes innocent and charming female students, and when he goes to nightclubs, he likes the girls there to dress up as high school students.”
The idea was that a greedy woman could be won over with money. That’s why Bao Yingjie sent flowers one day and a luxury car the next. What he didn’t expect was that Lu Jiaxin wasn’t attracted to that at all.
“Was it the He Family?” she asked.
Nie Zhan didn’t play coy and nodded, “Yes, it was He Hanxuan. He too enjoys playing around and is friends with Bao Yingjie. Miss Lu, have you ever offended him?”
Lu Jiaxin shook her head, “I’ve never even met him, how could I have offended him? But my appearance with Haifan is a threat to their interests. They don’t dare outright kill Haifan and me because they’re afraid the old lady would donate all her wealth in a fit of anger, so they resort to such dirty tactics. If I were to fall from grace, the old lady would be so disappointed that she wouldn’t leave her wealth to me.”
“You also have a younger cousin.”
Lu Jiaxin felt that wasn’t a real concern, “My aunt’s health isn’t good and she can’t take care of many things. It wouldn’t be difficult to lead my young cousin astray.”
Compared to her cousin, she was the more difficult one to deal with. For one, she had money to hire lawyers if needed, and secondly, she had a good relationship with Su Heyuan and had relatives in the Forty-nine City. If she disappeared, someone would definitely investigate.
“You could suggest to Madam Gu that she make a will specifying heirs, so the He Family would no longer target you and your brother,” suggested Nie Zhan.
Lu Jiaxin found this suggestion interesting and said with a smile, “How do you know that my cousin and I are not the heirs?”
“To Nie Zhan, it was very understandable, “If there was no will, the He Family would want to destroy you both. If you were named as heirs, they would be even less likely to leave you alone. If Madam Gu truly cares about you, she wouldn’t let you and your brother be put in danger.”
Lu Jiaxin hummed in agreement, “My aunt has bought a house for me and my cousin and also set up an educational fund for him. She told me, these are our safety net.”
In fact, this was her way of implying that she wouldn’t leave her wealth to Lu Jiaxin and Haifan. Lu Jiaxin had never been interested in the old lady’s wealth and didn’t care about it.
“Do the He Family know that you and your brother have no interest in Madam Gu’s wealth?”
Lu Jiaxin said dismissively, “People with dirty hearts think everyone is dirty. My cousin and I have both said we wouldn’t take our aunt’s wealth, but the He Family doesn’t believe it. I also suggested that my aunt return the shares to the He Family and create a will so that after her death, all her wealth would be donated, but unfortunately, my aunt didn’t agree.”
There were many things she didn’t understand. Why Aunt Hong, who was undermining her own family was not fired, and why a will wasn’t made. She didn’t know what her aunt was planning.
Nie Zhan advised, “Miss Lu, the He Family is very wary of you. I suggest you hire more bodyguards; having just one female bodyguard is far from enough.”
“Thank you, I’ll be careful.”
Nie Zhan then brought up the subject of Hongzhong Real Estate. There were already three bosses interested in Hongzhong Real Estate; two of them didn’t meet his expectations and were refused, and the negotiations continued with the remaining one, “That company is also a real estate firm with assets of around ten billion. They have applied for IPO three times and failed each time.”
“What was the reason?”
Nie Zhan elaborated, “The first IPO attempt failed due to a stock market crash; during the second attempt, the financial director went through a divorce, and his ex-wife accused their company of financial fraud. Even though it was proven false, it was too late; the third time coincided with a real estate slump. There’s a saying, ‘three strikes and you’re out,’ and after three failures, he no longer wanted to apply for an IPO.”
Lu Jiaxin thought the boss was quite unlucky, “Real estate will surely recover soon. If they can’t offer a satisfactory price, you can afford to wait and hold on to it a little longer if you’re not in a rush to liquidate.”
Nie Zhan was also bullish on Hong Kong real estate. Using Yaomin Investment Company, he had acquired three listed companies, one of them being Hongzhong, which was the first to be acquired and had already completed asset divestiture and restructuring, leaving it a clean shell company, “They have tried three times, clearly showing their desire to go public. The proper procedures won’t fulfill that dream; their only option left is to go public through a reverse takeover.”
This meant that they would pay a high price for the shell.
Lu Jiaxin was quite envious. Selling this shell would earn them tens of millions in an instant – she had struggled for so long and only had over ten million in assets to her name. Sigh, if only she had the capital, she wouldn’t let Nie Zhan earn all that money.
