Chapter 438: The Earth King
Chapter 438: The Earth King
PS: My dear readers, I apologize! I entered the backend twice, and the second time I didn't see Chapter 434 and thought I hadn't posted it yet, so I posted Chapter 435 to cover it, resulting in a duplicate of Chapter 434. I'll rewrite a new chapter to replace the duplicate, and I'm pulling my hair out over this...
As she had to catch a flight the next day, Lu Jiaxin only stayed for a short while after dinner before heading back. Upon returning home, she packed her things and went to bed.
"Ah..."
Hearing the noise, Miao Na rushed into the room like a bolt of lightning. "Boss! Are you okay?"
Lu Jiaxin wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead and said, "It's nothing. I just had a nightmare."
In her dream, Lu Jiajin encountered robbers while visiting Changmaozi. The leader of the robbers was extremely cruel and tortured everyone who was with him to death. The gruesome deaths scared her.
Miao Na never expected her to have a nightmare. She reassured Lu Jiaxin, "Don't worry, boss. With us here, not even a fly can get into this house."
Lu Jiaxin couldn't fall asleep anymore. She asked Miao Na to call Gu Wenfeng, Wang Lin, and the others to the living room to wait for her. She felt that she had to do something, or she wouldn't be able to rest easy.
Miao Na was a little puzzled. She didn't understand why a mere nightmare had prompted such a significant response. However, she didn't question it and immediately went to call the others.
Lu Jiaxin changed into a home outfit and went to the living room. Seeing Gu Wenfeng and the others standing there, she invited them to sit down. "My fifth brother went to Changmaozi. He's been there for over half a month now."
Zong Jinghua frowned. "Boss, that place isn't very safe right now. Why did your fifth brother go there?"
Lu Jiaxin, feeling a bit agitated, explained, "He went there to do business with someone. I suggested that he just invest money and share the profits, but someone must have convinced him to go there himself. I just had a nightmare about him being tortured and killed."
Gu Wenfeng furrowed his brows.
Wang Lin quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, boss. Dreams are often the opposite of reality. If he faced danger in your dream, it means he'll definitely strike it rich in real life."
"What if he really encounters an accident?" Lu Jiaxin asked.
Wang Lin didn't dare to speak anymore. Some dreams were indeed opposites, but others could be omens.
Understanding her character, Gu Wenfeng knew that she must have already made a decision since she called them here.
Lu Jiaxin continued, "When someone invited him to join their business, he asked for my opinion. I also thought it was a very profitable venture, so I suggested he find partners and invest money while they put in the effort. If something really happens to him, I won't be able to forgive myself."
Even if Lu Jiajin encountered an accident due to his own greed, it had nothing to do with her. However, if something happened to him, their two children would be pitiable.
Gu Wenfeng understood her concerns. "Boss, do you want us to go there and bring Lu Jiajin back safely?"
Lu Jiaxin shook her head. "You guys don't understand Russian. I want to hire two people who are skilled in martial arts and fluent in Russian to go there and find him. If everything is fine, great. But if he's really in danger, they should be able to rescue him."
Finding people with martial arts skills would be easy for Gu Wenfeng, but finding those who also spoke Russian would be challenging. As for Wang Lin and Zong Jinghua, they didn't have such resources either.
Miao Na spoke up, "I know a few people who speak Russian, but they charge a high price."
"How much?" Lu Jiaxin asked.
"If it's just to find someone, it's 200,000 yuan. But if they need to rescue him from a dangerous situation, it will be at least 500,000 yuan."
Lu Jiaxin exhaled heavily. "Alright, please help me contact them tomorrow."
Miao Na nodded. "Once I'm back in Hong Kong City, I'll contact them right away. They should take this job since it's relatively easy."
If they couldn't take the job, they would have to find other people.
Upon returning to Hong Kong City, Lu Jiaxin called Nie Zhan, but he wasn't at the company. He had gone to a construction site. Although mobile phones were available now, their battery life was very short, and she usually only called him for important matters.
Lu Jiaxin then called Su Heyuan. When the call connected, she said, "I visited your aunt yesterday, and she asked me to bring some things to you."
"What did you bring?"
"Ginseng and deer antler."
Su Heyuan frowned and said, "These things are very nourishing. Why isn't she keeping them for herself?"
Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, "I have plenty of bird's nest and fish maw, so you don't need to worry about the ginseng and deer antler. We have an abundance of these things in the Northeast, and the quality might even be better than what you bought."
Su Heyuan was also flustered and worried, and after checking his watch, he said, "I'll come by to pick them up now."
Lu Jiaxin teased him, saying that the chairman had a lot of free time, and then casually asked, "I heard that the land you bought has already started construction. When is the opening date?"
"Not so fast," said Su Heyuan. "It will take at least three months before we can open."
Lu Jiaxin calculated that it was already early June, so three months from now would be September. The real estate market was booming, and selling in September would be a great way to recoup their investment. Yes, that seemed like a good plan.
After more than half an hour, Su Heyuan arrived at the Lu family mansion. He was dressed in a gray suit, and his tall, straight posture made him look quite dashing.
In addition to the ginseng and deer antler, Lu Jiaxin had also brought dried sausage and other specialties: "I heard from Aunt Su that Uncle likes to eat dried sausage, so I bought some especially for him."
Su Heyuan was not polite and instructed his driver to load the gifts into the car. "Wan Sheng Bank bought a piece of land. Do you know about this?"
Lu Jiaxin asked in confusion, "Is it Wan Sheng Real Estate or Wan Sheng Bank?"
"You heard right, it's Wan Sheng Bank," Su Heyuan said. "I heard that Nie Zhan and Nie Jingwen had a dispute over this matter. Nie Zhan thought the price was too high, but Nie Jingwen insisted that with the current real estate market, they wouldn't lose money."
Upon hearing that it was Wan Sheng Bank that made the purchase, Lu Jiaxin felt it was normal that Nie Zhan hadn't informed her. After all, she wasn't a shareholder of Wan Sheng Bank, and the Nie family had nothing to do with her now, so there was no need to specifically mention it over the phone.
Lu Jiaxin asked curiously, "Where is the land, and how big is it?"
Su Heyuan said enviously, "It's in the Central District, with an area of about 230,000 square feet. The reserve price for this piece of land was 480 million, and the final auction price was 1.19 billion."
In Hong Kong City, large plots of land were measured in billions, and such massive projects required tens of billions in funding. A single company couldn't handle such a project alone, so they would invite others to partner with them.
Su Heyuan sighed, "Every time I go back to the mainland, everyone flatters me and showers me with praise. But they don't know that in Hong Kong City, I'm just a small business owner."
Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, "When you're in Sim City, don't assume your position is high. And when you're in Hong Kong City, don't brag about your wealth, or people will laugh at you."
Su Heyuan felt that she had summed it up perfectly.
The two chatted until dinner time, and Su Heyuan offered to stay for dinner.
Of course, Lu Jiaxin didn't mind having him join, but she asked curiously, "Your father is alone at home. Won't you go back to keep him company for dinner?"
Su Heyuan sighed helplessly, "My father moved to my grandfather's place. He said he'll only come back when I get married."
Remembering the reason for his breakup with Miss Bai, Lu Jiaxin said, "In this day and age, who still believes in that nonsense about zodiac signs clashing? I bet Professor Gu regrets teaching you."
"Did He Ming tell you that?"
Seeing her nod, Su Heyuan fell silent for a moment before saying, "To be honest, even before I went to see that master to get my fortune told, I was already thinking of breaking up. It's just that she happened to win my father's favor, and she seemed suitable in every way... When the master calculated that she clashed with your zodiac sign and your father's, I made up my mind to break up."
The clashing zodiac signs were just an excuse; the real reason for the breakup was being kept a secret!
(End of Chapter)
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