"From now on, you should just buy some jasmine tea and brew it yourself. Good tea isn't good enough for you, or for me, only for your Uncle Fang. But he just can't get his hands on any. Isn't that infuriating!"

Chen Hong: "..." Same feeling!

Fang Yitong rolled his eyes at him, "Every time I get some good tea, it's like you've been drinking less."

But you're absolutely right. Your palate can't tell good from bad. If you don't believe me, just take a handful of leaves, steep them in hot water, and you'll enjoy it just the same.

"Get lost! Even pigs don't drink water infused with tree leaves, are you saying I'm not even as good as a pig? You still insult me ​​in front of the younger generation. You've been insulting me for decades, ever since we were in school, haven't you?"

Fang Yitong felt that his words were a bit too harsh, and quickly apologized, saying, "It was my fault, I misspoke, I shouldn't have used leaves as a metaphor."

Director Guan chuckled, "I never thought I'd hear you apologize before I close my eyes. That's rare indeed. Why aren't you being stubborn anymore?"

Chen Hong quickly interjected, "Uncles, I've prepared this year's new tea for you, as well as some local specialties from our seaside. Don't forget to take them back with you before you leave, otherwise I'll have to have them delivered to your door by courier."

Their eyes lit up, and they said in unison, "That's a great idea! We really like your local specialties. Every time we finish eating them, we look forward to the next time. Don't worry, we won't be polite. We'll definitely take some with us when we leave."

The three sat down to drink tea together, and Director Guan introduced Chen Hong to the shops and properties that his classmate was going to sell.

Director Guan said thankfully, "Luckily, I also bought a courtyard house with you this time. I just sold all my stocks last month, otherwise I would have lost everything."

This was all our family's savings. Thinking about it now, it's really scary. My classmate lost hundreds of millions this time.

I thought it would bottom out and rebound, so I bought two more batches, but I ended up getting trapped again.

Now I can't even cut my losses, so I've had to start selling my house and other properties. I've worked hard half my life, and it's all gone in one go. Sigh, the stock market is truly a love-hate relationship!

Fang Yitong also said, "I didn't suffer any losses. My family doesn't know much about stocks, we just bought one stock with my brother-in-law's help. We also sold all our shares last month to buy a house, so this time it was a close call."

However, my brother-in-law suffered heavy losses this time, losing tens of millions of yuan. Fortunately, he was not seriously injured and it did not affect the operation of his store.

Now, if you walk down the street, even elderly people are arguing about how much money they've lost due to being stuck with their stocks.

Alas, the biggest losers are these ordinary retail investors. They didn't have much money to begin with, and in the stock market, they lost it all without even making a sound.

Chen Hong remained silent on the topic, listening quietly to their conversation. Seeing that Chen Hong wasn't involved in the stock discussion, Director Guan took out a stack of documents and, together with Fang Yitong, analyzed the purchase plan with Chen Hong.

Mr. Yang, a classmate of Director Guan, is also a top financial investment expert in the industry. The real estate and shops he buys and invests in are all top-notch, located in bustling commercial centers.

He never ran the business himself; he always rented it out and collected rent, which was quite substantial each year. It seems that if he hadn't gotten into this big mess, he could have lived off the rent for his entire life.

Unfortunately, the more capable a person is, the bolder they are. He invested too much money in the stock market and suffered the greatest losses.

If he doesn't get his money back soon, his shop will be repossessed by the bank and auctioned off.

The auction price won't be up to him; in this economic downturn, it's inevitable that the auction will fail and prices will drop.

Fortunately, his family is a long-established household in Beijing with many relatives, friends, and connections. They mobilized to help him find sales channels, and in just three or four days, one-fifth of his properties and shops had already been sold.

Small and medium-sized shops and properties are easy to sell, and now he only has large and medium-sized properties and shops left.

After listening to Director Guan and Fang Yitong's comparative analysis, the three of them roughly summarized the types of properties and shops for sale: seven houses, one with five courtyards, two large courtyard houses with three courtyards, two villas, and two large single-level apartments.

Ten shops: one on Qianmen Street, two in Dashilan, one on Wangfujing Back Street, three in a prime commercial building in Xidan, three in Sanlitun, and one in a prime commercial mall in Chaoyang Mall.

When Chen Hong saw this, she clicked her tongue in disbelief: He had bought up all the prime locations in Beijing!

"Uncle, your classmate is really funny. He bought so many shops and properties, why doesn't he just lie down and be a couch potato? Why did he think of buying stocks?"

Director Guan said helplessly, "He's ruined it because of his high aspirations! Many of these properties and shops were passed down from his ancestors. Later, he got into financial investment and bought some more after making money."