Chapter 225: Unfathomable

Chen Feng knew a truth very well: “Eat as much as your bowl can hold.” He was a countryman with no backing and no background. It was only because of good luck that he finally gained a foothold in this big city that countless people yearned for. This alone made him luckier than countless people.

Until his terminal illness and divorce, he had worked hard in this city for more than ten years, but he could not be said to have truly gained a foothold. After his luck turned, he bought a house in this city, then a shop, a second house, a third house… He finally had a real sense of belonging to this city and had truly gained a foothold.

But for him, he was still essentially that countryman from Lushi. He was just luckier than most people to have gotten the “cabbage” in the big city.

This “cabbage” not only referred to women, but also to all other material and resources in the big city, such as real estate, and higher-level medical, educational, and social security services than in the countryside.

Chen Feng had no grand ambitions in his career or business. His dream had always been to make money and then buy a house and gain a foothold in this big city.

After falling in love with and marrying Shen Lin, an additional dream was to love her for a lifetime, have a son and a daughter, and let them grow up healthy and happy.

This dream was the same as that of many ordinary people, very simple and plain.

But as an outsider in this big city, it was extremely difficult to realize this seemingly ordinary dream. A house in a big city stumped 99% of outsiders.

Without a house, according to the Chinese concept and thinking, a couple has no roots in this city, and will never have a sense of belonging to this city. This city will also reject you everywhere, and the wife or woman with you will always lack a sense of security.

And now he could finally give the women around him a sense of security, but he had already lost his marriage and family.

One gain, one loss. Between gain and loss, between life and death, Chen Feng looked at many things in the world very lightly, including money and feelings.

He was even less interested in chasing fame and fortune.

Not to mention, he didn’t have a bigger bowl to eat more food. It was not a good thing for a countryman like him with no foundation to have too much money. This was true in ancient and modern times.

This was also the main reason why Chen Feng had been too lazy to make too much money so far. If you had tens of millions, at most one or two hundred million, others might not bother to mess with you, because there were really many people with this level of wealth in the country now, especially in this big city. On the surface, they still followed the rules and the law. Those people couldn’t be so blatant and reckless.

But when your assets reached a billion, or even more, and you yourself did not have the energy and strength to protect this wealth, then you were a dish or a pig to be slaughtered in the eyes of some people. It would bring disaster to yourself and your family.

So, Chen Feng had no intention of going to any high-end gatherings, and he was too lazy to find any backers for himself.

For a nouveau riche like him with not very high consumption desires, it was enough to have enough money. There was no need to get too much money and wealth for himself. That would be very tiring and troublesome, and it would also bring disaster to himself.

The current level of wealth was actually a bit dangerous for Chen Feng. This was also one of the reasons why he had been buying houses and shops in a row.

Having tens of millions in cash in the bank card was really a bit eye-catching, and it was not in line with the modern concept of financial management. Converting these tens of millions into a set of real estate would not be so eye-catching.

Of course, others did not know Chen Feng’s thoughts and concerns, including Tao Yao who wanted to bring him into the circle. He thought that Chen Feng was really a homebody and was indifferent to fame and fortune.

In fact, if he had to think so, it was not wrong. Chen Feng was really staying at home now, in a semi-reclusive state. So, it was not wrong to say that he was indifferent to fame and fortune.

After bidding farewell to the two second-generation rich kids, Chen Feng took the two women back, ready to start moving.

On the other side, Tao Yaoyang and Cai Zhixin went back to the former’s villa. The two of them were smoking cigars, puffing away, and talking about the matter of contracting the project.

With Tao Yaoyang’s means and connections, contracting a rural highway project in Lushi was a piece of cake. The only problem was how to operate this project after it was contracted. One of the main problems was the control of the project quality.

Road construction was undoubtedly a very profitable business. If the quality was a little poor, it was possible to make a fifty-fifty profit, but if so, the risk was too great. Especially now that there was a relatively mature supervision and review system, there were almost no people who did this.

But maintaining a generally passable quality and being able to earn about 30% of the profit was a routine operation.

For example, if the total price of this project was one hundred million, on the basis of maintaining general quality, it was very easy to earn thirty million. Of course, there were definitely some additional costs, such as public relations fees, which was a relatively large expenditure.

Of course, with Tao Yaoyang’s connections and energy, some unnecessary additional costs were not needed. But after Cai Zhixin made money, the benefits that Tao Yaoyang should get could not be less.

Cai Zhixin was not very sure about this. After all, this was the first time he had taken on this job from his big brother, Tao Yaoyang. For a while, he could only talk to him about some engineering matters.

Seeing this, Tao Yaoyang did not make it difficult for his little brother and said directly, “After it’s done, you just need to give me 10 points. If the funds are tight in the later stage, I will also help you find a way. As for the repayment, I will also help you urge it.”

To take away 10 points at once, although Cai Zhixin was heartbroken, he also knew what was good for him. He immediately pretended to be happy and said with a smile, “Then thank you, brother. If it weren’t for your help this time, I wouldn’t be able to live.”

Tao Yaoyang glanced at him and said with some helplessness, “Are you still at odds with the old man?”

Cai Zhixin could only smile bitterly, “You know my family’s situation. I’m just an annoyance and a nuisance when I go back.”

Tao Yaoyang smacked his lips and said nothing.

Cai Zhixin’s father was also one of the few rich people in Xiuzhou. It was just that Cai Zhixin’s mother had passed away when he was young. Later, his father had married a young and beautiful secretary, who had also given him two half-brothers and sisters. In addition, the secretary stepmother was not a fuel-efficient lamp, so the relationship between the father and son had always been not very harmonious.

Of course, Cai Zhixin himself was not an outstanding person. After graduating from high school, he was very rebellious and deliberately went against his father, not even going to college. He had always wanted to start from scratch like his father, but he lost money in everything he did. In the end, he found a little achievement in the stock market.

When he started trading stocks, it happened to be a bull market. Whatever he bought, it would rise. He did make a lot of money during that period. Then, in the past few years when the stock market was not so good, whatever he bought, it would fall, and he lost money one after another, and even started to be in debt. He could only beg Tao Yaoyang to give him, this little brother, a hand.

Tao Yaoyang took a puff of his cigar and quickly changed the subject, “Help me check this Chen Feng carefully, in detail. It’s best to find out if there are any people behind him. I always feel that this kid is not simple.”

Cai Zhixin frowned slightly, “Brother, I think he’s a pretty good person. We don’t need to investigate his background. If he finds out, it will be difficult to talk to him in the future.”

Tao Yaoyang looked at him and smiled, “What, he lent you twenty million and you’re bought over?”

Cai Zhixin scratched his head with some embarrassment, “I think he’s very generous. To be honest, if it were me, I definitely wouldn’t have lent so much money to someone I’m not very familiar with so readily.”

Tao Yaoyang smiled, “So I said this person is not simple. Although you signed a loan contract with him, and he even specially found a lawyer and me to be witnesses, I can see that he doesn’t seem to be worried that you will default on the debt at all. I’m very curious where his confidence comes from. Aren’t you curious?”

Cai Zhixin said honestly, “I am a little curious. I also guess that his background should not be simple. So, from the beginning, I had no intention of provoking him, let alone playing tricks on him. I sold him two houses at a price lower than the market price. This may also be the reason why he lent me money so generously.”

Tao Yaoyang shook his head, “You’re wrong about that. The reason why he lent you money is mainly because he is very confident in himself. He feels that you will not default on the debt, and he can also earn 5 million in interest. In addition, he doesn’t seem to care about joining our circle at all. He doesn’t care about my invitation at all, and has no intention of participating in the upper-class circle of Xiuzhou. For such a person, it is very necessary for us to probe his background. It can be considered a deep understanding of him. We are the hosts, and he is an outsider. He came to our territory to beg for food. We should at least know his roots, right?”

Seeing that Tao Yaoyang had said so, and even if he didn’t agree to this matter, Tao Yaoyang could have someone else investigate with a phone call, so Cai Zhixin also nodded, “Alright then, I’ll have someone investigate carefully.”

Two days passed in a flash. Chen Feng, Wu Mengting, and Sun Xiaorui had already moved into the No. 8 villa. The three of them were very satisfied with living in this villa.

The two women didn’t stay in their rooms when they had nothing to do. They were either walking in the back garden, having afternoon tea, or swinging on the swing, or sunbathing and enjoying the scenery on the rooftop.

And Chen Feng, of course, was also quite comfortable, enjoying the all-round service of the two beauties with a clear conscience. When he had nothing to do, he would absorb the invisible energy, or meditate and cultivate in the practice room.

This little life could be said to be very comfortable.

Then, this day, he suddenly received a text message from the bank, and only then did he remember that he didn’t have much cash in the bank now. Then he remembered that he had bought a stock last time, but he couldn’t remember the specific name for a moment, and he hadn’t sold it to cash out yet.

So, he rarely went to open his laptop that he hadn’t used for a long time, logged into the stock trading software, and then looked at the stock he had bought last time. It turned out to be called Baofeng Technology. The price when he bought it was more than nine yuan, and now it had risen to more than forty-seven yuan. And looking at the increase, it seemed that it would continue to rise.

Chen Feng was a little curious and went to check the news of Baofeng Technology. It turned out that after he started to buy in, this guy had successively released several good news. One of the good news was that a well-known overseas fund had invested in it, and then the first batch of color TVs they had independently developed, produced, and sold was launched on the market, and the sales were very good.

The most important thing was that a month ago, this company had suddenly released a big satellite, announcing to the outside world that they had successfully developed their own brand of electric cars and were trying to start mass production.

Good heavens, as soon as this news came out, their stock price had hardly fallen in the past month or so.

After Chen Feng had a brief understanding of these related news, he didn’t pay any more attention to it. He directly cleared his position and sold it. He quickly received more than fifty million, and now he had money in the bank again.

For convenience, Chen Feng directly transferred this money to Xiuzhou Bank this time. Then, not long after, his exclusive service specialist, Ning Wei, called him.

“Mr. Chen… Mr. Chen, just now there was a transfer of more than fifty million from a securities company to your account. Did you operate it yourself?”

Although Ning Wei’s tone was calm, it was obviously still trembling. Although she was a bank employee and had lent out and brought in a lot of money with her own hands, this was the first time she had encountered such a large amount of money coming in at once. Moreover, she still knew this person, and he was her ex-boyfriend’s good buddy.

Yes, Qin Zhen was her ex-boyfriend. Not long ago, Qin Zhen had asked her out and had a frank talk with her, and then the two had broken up peacefully.

Although she had expected it, she was still sad for two days.

Fortunately, she still didn’t know that Qin Zhen had rekindled his old flame with his ex-girlfriend. Otherwise, she would have been even sadder.

“Yes, I just cashed out from the stock market. I’ll just deposit it in your bank. The lawyer your bank arranged for me last time, I’m still quite satisfied with.”

“Okay, Mr. Chen. Thank you for your trust. In the future, if you have any needs, our Xiuzhou Bank will do our best to satisfy and serve you.”

Although this sounded comfortable, Ning Wei was after all Qin Zhen’s ex-girlfriend. Chen Feng was still a little awkward, so he said, “Ning Wei, you don’t have to be so polite with me. We are friends after all. If you are too polite to me, I will feel strange.”

“Okay, okay. I’m sorry, it’s my professional habit. I won’t do it in the future. Thank you for still treating me as a friend.”

“Alright. If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up.”

“Okay, there’s nothing else. I’m sorry to bother you. If you have any problems in the future, you can call me. I’ll be on call 24 hours a day and will serve you wholeheartedly.”

Hearing this, Chen Feng felt very awkward. He couldn’t help but wonder if it was right for him to deposit so much money in Xiuzhou Bank. Of course, it was also possible that Chen Feng was overthinking it. What Ning Wei said might really just be a professional habit.

How about changing a service specialist? It seemed that this would be too heartless. Qin Zhen had already dumped her. If he followed suit and “dumped” her, it would be a second injury, which was a bit unkind.

Chen Feng thought about it and decided to forget it.

On the other side, Tao Yaoyang was holding a investigation report about Chen Feng, his expression grave, and he was silent for a long time, not even smoking his cigar.

After reading this report, it only gave him one feeling, which was: unfathomable.

Cai Zhixin, who was on the side, also had a very serious expression, and even a little nervous. He said in a low voice, “Brother, I think we should have less contact with people like him in the future. I’m feeling very uneasy. I’m even regretting borrowing his money now. Do you think I should pay him back the principal and interest now?”

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