After waiting for the bank to release the loan, Huo Li immediately went to find Itte.

She has enough money; she can buy the gold mine.

But Ite hesitated, saying, "Sister, maybe we shouldn't buy this mine."

Huo Li didn't understand: "Why?"

"I've already saved up all the money and taken out a mortgage loan from the bank, why are you suddenly telling me not to buy it?"

"Not only have domestic gold prices risen, but international gold prices have also risen, so... mine owners are raising prices."

Huo Li was completely dumbfounded. "How could he do this? We already agreed on something, and now he's raising the price?"

Huo Li has 15 billion in his hands, enough to buy two gold mines.

It scratched its head: "I scolded him too, but there was nothing I could do. We didn't pay a deposit in the first place. Didn't my sister say we needed to think about it?"

Huo Li accompanied Yi Te to visit mines abroad and chatted with the mine owners.

It suggested that Hollie leave a deposit to prevent the gold mine from being bought by someone else.

At the time, Huo Li was still a little hesitant. She did not expect that the price of gold in China would rise so quickly after she returned.

How much does he want now?

Two hundred billion.

Huo Li gasped, "Where do you get prices raised like this? More than a third more? Doesn't he just rob people?"

“So,” Itt spread his hands, “Sis, how about we don’t buy this mine? I’m not going to be friends with him anymore. He’s gone too far.”

"I just got a loan from the bank, 15 billion. Do you know how much interest I have to pay every day?"

With such a sum of cash in Huo Li's hands, the daily interest generated would be enough to make him very rich.

If she hadn't bought the gold mine, what would she have done with all that money in her hands?

"Sister, I'm sorry, it's my fault," Ete said apologetically.

Seeing Yi Te like this, Huo Li could only sigh.

"To be honest, I can't blame you for this. You were the one who made me lose the deposit, saying it was to avoid any unforeseen circumstances. At the time, I just..."

Huo Li, however, was not ready to spend such a large sum of money, nor did he fully trust Ite.

After returning to China and seeing the price of gold rise, and receiving a call from Pei Zhi, Huo Li finally decided to take a gamble.

This is a highly profitable business; once the price of gold rises, it won't fall back down anytime soon.

“We had someone check the gold content in the mine when we were abroad.”

Huo Li thought about it carefully for a moment, "Go call him, 18 billion, a fixed price, I'll pay him in one lump sum."

"Sister, let's not buy it. He suddenly raised the price, so we're not doing business with him anymore."

Huo Li shook his head, "There are wars going on in other countries. Nothing is a better store of value than gold."

"If we can acquire it for 18 billion, we can still make a lot of money."

After reading international news, Huo Li decided that he wanted to buy the gold mine.

Huo Li was surprised that the mine owner would suddenly raise prices, but it was also reasonable.

If she were the boss, she would raise prices too.

"Sis, if you're sure you want to buy it, then I'll go talk to him."

It took his phone and went to the side.

Meanwhile, Huo Li was calculating where she would get the extra 3 billion.

Even if you mortgage the rest of the real estate to a bank, you won't get much money back.

Even if we mortgage everything, it would only amount to a few hundred million, which is far from enough, not to mention the complicated procedures.

Need to borrow money?

Huo Li knows quite a few wealthy people, but 3 billion is no small sum, and anyone willing to lend it to her must have a whole host of conditions.

If Huo Jiayuan hadn't fallen out with Pei Zhi before, he could have had a talk with her.

Now...

Huo Li picked up her phone and contacted Pei Zhi anyway.

Among the group of people around, Pei Zhi is related to the Huo family. Even if she makes a request, she shouldn't ask for an exorbitant amount, right?

Pei Zhi received a call from Huo Li, which was not surprising at all.

"Mr. Huo, is there something you need?"

Huo Li held her phone tightly. "Zhizhi, stop calling me 'President Huo' all the time. It's too formal."

Pei Zhi didn't waste any words: "President Huo, please speak frankly."

Pei Zhi's indifference made Huo Li feel somewhat embarrassed.

"I just want to borrow some money from you."

"Don't worry, I won't lend it to you for nothing. I'll pay you back the bank interest rate. If you think it's not enough, I'll add another cent?"

Pei Zhi was silent on the other end of the phone, then burst into laughter.

"Mr. Huo, do you really think I'm a mythical creature?"

"Auntie, I really have no money left."

Pei Zhi counted all the money she had spent recently.

"I still haven't paid the balance for the aquarium project, and I'm currently selling off some of my overseas real estate."

"Auntie, you've really come to the wrong person to borrow money from me."

Huo Li felt somewhat embarrassed as Pei Zhi kept calling her "President Huo" and "Auntie."

Pei Zhi spent over a billion yuan to celebrate Huo Jiayuan's birthday, only to be swindled out of another three billion yuan by the Huo family.

Huo Li believed Pei Zhi when she said she had no working capital.

"Zhizhi, don't you have shares in the company? Go to the bank and mortgage them. I'll pay the interest, and in addition to the interest, I'll charge you extra interest, okay?"

Pei Zhi laughed when she heard this. "Auntie, this is against the rules. Besides, what if something goes wrong with you? Wouldn't I have to pay back the money?"

"How could that be? Don't worry, I can sign a written agreement with you. It's three billion, I won't renege on my promise."

Pei Zhi retorted without hesitation, "Aunt, I don't believe you. After all, you just swindled me out of 3 billion."

Huo Li also felt a bit regretful. If only she had left a way out back then.

Now things are really messed up. We've offended Pei Zhi too badly, and now she refuses to help us.

"Then tell me, what do you want in return for lending me the money?"

Pei Zhi pretended to ponder for a moment, then said, "Aunt, please don't mention borrowing it."

“I remember the Huo family owns several plots of land in this city. Aunt, why don’t you sell them to me?”

Huo Li refused without even thinking, "No way."

The several plots of land he owns were bought by Old Master Huo.

Over the years, countless people have come to inquire, but Huo Li has always brushed them off.

It's also because the real estate market is sluggish; otherwise, Huo Li would have built houses and sold them off long ago, given the size of the area.

It was purchased ten years ago, and the price at that time was over five billion.

Selling it to Pei Zhi for 3 billion is more than just a bargain!

"Auntie, please let me finish."

Pei Zhi coaxed her gently, "I don't really want your money. My aunt wants to borrow money from me, and I want to lend it to her, but I don't have any money on hand. However, I have money in my company."

“We’ll follow the contract. My aunt is selling the land to me at a low price now, and I can give the shareholders an explanation.”

"Once Auntie's finances improve, she can add some money and buy the land back, right?"

Huo Li was still a little hesitant. If the old man found out that she had touched those plots of land, she would be in serious trouble, if not dead.