Chapter 613: Chapter 613: Talking Business
The secretary brought over his briefcase.
President Xu unzipped it, casually took out a few bundles of money, "You want money, right? The wine you’re drinking tonight, I’m covering it. You can drink as much as you want, take as much as you can drink, understand?"
Rong Ling smirked slightly, standing up slowly.
Li Yufei tensed up, her face revealing nothing. Under the table, she pulled him slightly, looking at him, and in a voice only he could hear, she whispered, "Have you lost your mind over money?"
Rong Ling said, "Whoever gives me money, I drink for them, unless you can offer more than he does."
Li Yufei: "Can’t you see he’s humiliating you?"
Rong Ling: "Haven’t you done the same thing before?"
Li Yufei choked up.
She was suddenly reminded of the time at the hospital when she also held a bundle of money and slapped it across his face.
In his eyes, that night, she seemed not much different from President Xu and President Zhang.
Li Yufei closed her eyes briefly and gently massaged her brow.
Rong Ling glanced at her indifferently, poured a glass of wine casually.
And she, with eyes wide open, watched him down the glass in one go.
"Great!"
President Xu and President Zhang clapped their hands excitedly, "What a drinker!"
"How could someone do this job if they didn’t have some skills?"
"After all, he did say he’s expensive! Did you hear that, Xiao Li?" President Xu hugged the girl beside him, "Xiao Li, did you hear? Drinking just one glass, he dares to ask for 5,000."
Xiao Li said, "5,000 is indeed expensive, but the guy can really drink! If I could drink that well, I’d also dare to ask 5,000 a glass!"
Rong Ling finished the glass and said to President Zhang, "One glass, five thousand, pay up."
President Xu frowned deeply, particularly displeased with his tone, "Are you ordering me around?"
Rong Ling just repeated, "You said it, five thousand per glass."
President Xu: "Are you afraid I won’t pay you?"
Rong Ling coldly said, "I don’t trust businessmen."
He hit the nail right on the head.
President Xu really didn’t want to pay him.
After all, dealing with some "male host," who cares about credibility?
Anyway, he just let Rong Ling drink. With so much alcohol ordered in the room, let him drink to his fill, and when he’s drunk, have someone carry him out. No one will be left here to get in the way.
Once he’s drunk until tomorrow, see who he can demand money from.
Rong Ling had already guessed that President Xu was all bluster and would never pay up, so his motion of pouring wine also stopped.
He tilted his head, looking at Li Yufei, "President Li, aren’t you going to talk business with this..."
He raised his hand, and his slender fingers tapped on his temple thoughtfully, "this ’President Xu’?"
Li Yufei: "Seems like I am."
Rong Ling said, "But this President Xu doesn’t seem to be a trustworthy or straightforward person. Doing business with such a boss, it’s better to think it over carefully. Otherwise..."
President Xu impatiently turned his head and said to his secretary, "Give him the money."
The secretary cautiously pulled out 50 bills from the bundle and tossed them on Rong Ling’s seat."
The money fluttered and scattered on the ground.
Rong Ling said, "Pick it up, would you?"
The secretary shot him a cold sideways glance and mumbled, "Who do you think you are..."
Before he could finish, he caught a glimpse of Li Yufei’s icy expression.
She lifted her eyes, her sapphire-like eyes only reflecting a cold glimmer.
The secretary got startled, nervously gathered up the money one by one.
President Xu was seething with anger but dared not express it.
Rong Ling asked, "One glass done, President Xu, how about the second one?"
President Xu: "You think I can’t afford it? If you don’t trust me, why am I even entertaining you? Besides, if you drink yourself to death, who’s responsible?"
Rong Ling: "My life is my own, if I drink myself to death, I’ll be responsible. You just have to keep paying, if you don’t, I’ll sit down."
President Xu’s face turned livid.
Beside him, President Zhang quickly rounded off the situation, "Alright! Let’s stop here for now."
He looked at Li Yufei, "President Li, we’re here today to talk business. Well... you have a seat please!"
Rong Ling sat down expressionless, lightly holding his fist to his lips to suppress a cough.
President Xu sat silently with a dark face, while President Zhang forced a smile, "President Li, let’s talk about that piece of land in the city center! Haha! A while ago, the old buildings in the city were demolished with such fanfare, many citizens came out to watch! I hear the demolition money was also funded by you, President Li, quite generous you are!"
President Xu added, "This time for the city land, President Li splashed a big 1.5 billion just to acquire it, a simple demolition fee is no big deal in comparison!"
1.5 billion...
Rong Ling’s gaze darkened slightly, looking at Li Yufei.
Although he always knew this woman came from a solid background, he didn’t realize she wasn’t just ordinarily wealthy, but a capitalist.
No wonder the club manager was so cautious when her name was mentioned, daring not to be slightest negligent.
President Zhang said, "President Li, if I may, what do you plan to invest in with that piece of land?"
Seeing that they finally steered the topic back on track, Li Yufei sat upright and serious, "This piece of land, from purchase to demolition, the entire process was invested by me, with my funds. Currently, this property is wholly invested by the Li Family. President Xu, President Zhang, you invited me today because you’re interested in this property, correct?"
President Zhang said, "Who doesn’t want to make money, but it depends on which direction President Li will take. If you intend to do real estate, we’d advise you against it; the housing market is very uncertain, when things go south, don’t let it drag the Li Family’s fund chain into trouble."
Li Yufei lightly tapped the table with her fingers, "The Li Family isn’t an ordinary company, a mere ten or so billion couldn’t make our fund chain vulnerable. What surprises me is that President Zhang seems quite unsure when saying this, is your company recently not doing well, with large account deficits?"
President Zhang blushed and dared not speak further, just gestured with his hand ambiguously, "It hasn’t come to that, it hasn’t come to that..."
President Xu raised his brow and picked up where President Zhang left off, "We were just considering, the current market is hard to tackle, the risk is too great for the Li Family to carry alone, but if we three join forces, the risk is reduced, even if we lose, it won’t hurt much!"
No one is optimistic about real estate now.
No matter how good the location, the real estate market keeps dropping, and no one knows what tomorrow will bring.
But Li Yufei has always had a keen eye for investments and great connections.
If this project turned out to be lucrative, they wouldn’t want to miss it.
President Zhang said, "How about this, President Li, you set a price! How much each of us should invest to get into this project."
Li Yufei said, "If you want a piece of this project, I certainly welcome it. As for the investment threshold..."
President Zhang suddenly held up two fingers, "Here’s the deal, let’s be straightforward! I’ll start by saying, I’m investing 200 million!"