If this investment promotion can successfully boost the liquor business, it will be a very successful move.
Moreover, after the last profit-sharing, Chen Yifei felt that this person was not only suitable as a business partner, but also as a friend.
A truly honest and straightforward person.
However, such people will still suffer some losses if they want to rise to prominence.
Thinking of this, Lai Yongxin also came in, looking much more haggard and thin.
"Comrade Yongxin, it's been so long, you've lost so much weight!"
"Yes, how's your liquor business going? I heard from Comrade Yifei that you've made quite a bit of money. Aren't you happy about that?"
"..."
Lai Yongxin sighed and then said, "It's a long story."
He then sat down and took a sip of baijiu (Chinese liquor), finishing off a small cup just like that.
Doesn't it feel hot?
Chen Yifei and his group were all shrewd people; it was obvious that something had happened.
But it's not good to ask too many questions.
This is something we can only wait for Lai Yongxin to say himself.
He had been drinking, and his face was flushed from the alcohol. He said helplessly, "I was one of the founders of this liquor business, but now, I'm not one of them anymore."
"Didn't we make a huge profit last time? Why weren't you included?"
When Lai Yongxin gave him the money, he was in a good state.
"People gather together because of interests, and they also divide those interests. They needed me when they made money, which was my idea. But later, Qian Zhenming's father really had some skills and was much more successful in expanding the market there. I was happy with everyone at first."
"I never expected that the last time I helped everyone make a profit, I would become a thorn in their side. I made money and put in effort, but the other two partners said that I was doing something underhanded behind everyone's back."
Lai Yongxin said with a smile, "At the time, no one agreed with me using your method, saying it was too radical."
"Later, it worked out, and the method was used again. Qian Zhenming's father took over, Qian Zhenming was in charge of escorting, and the two people who worked with me on the wine were in charge of the follow-up. That's how I got kicked out."
"..."
At this point, he took another sip of baijiu. Baijiu burns the heart! But nothing burns as badly as a friend betraying you.
Unfortunately, he had no right to blame anyone. People told Lai Yongxin to be realistic and that when a better option came along, the person who would be available would naturally be let go.
Chen Yifei, Jiang Ping, and Zhang Xiao looked at each other, at a loss for how to comfort him. At this moment, they had no choice but to have a few more drinks with their older brother.
Chen Yifei remained silent, thinking that Lai Yongxin was a talented person.
Now he's fighting alone, but Chen Yifei has a bigger ambition...
When he was at his most vulnerable, he was pulled into starting a business together. Chen Yifei provided financial support, and Lai Yongxin worked diligently in the liquor business. He didn't know why this life was different from his previous one, or if it was related to his rebirth.
But I don't care anymore.
Chen Yifei thought, if we're going to do something, let's do something big!
Damn it, with such a huge gap, he has to squeeze through it with all his might. Lai Yongxin is definitely his for the taking.
"Brother Lai." They don't call him that anymore.
"I totally understand how you feel. You treat people like brothers, but they treat you like a pushover. Damn it, even I, an outsider, can't stand it. Zhang Xiao, Jiang Ping, and I all despise this kind of scum."
Regardless of whether they're good or bad, just keep criticizing them.
The first step to winning someone over is to gain their trust, and the most important thing to gain their trust is to share their dislike for someone else.
Quickly close the distance.
Without morality or judgment, they just blindly agree with everything.
Lai Yongxin held his hand: "Yes, Yifei. It's only when you guys really encounter hardships that you realize you can see a person's true character during the lowest point."
"Brother Lai, I don't think leaving them was about being abandoned or looked down upon; it was about us simply not wanting to do it. With your abilities, what wouldn't you succeed at? Why don't you open a distillery too!"
"What's there to be afraid of? A reputation is earned through one's own efforts. If you were able to make a living brewing wine in a mud-brick house before, you should have the courage to go back and brew wine again!"
Lai Yongxin stood up and patted Chen Yifei on the shoulder:
"Good lad, you've hit the nail on the head."
"Putting everything else aside, I'm determined to be in the wine business my whole life. I'll never let my winemaking skills go to waste. People keep advising me to change careers, saying there are too many people in this industry now. But I don't believe it. If others can do it, why can't I!"
"Yes, I believe you, we believe you!"
Chen Yifei simply echoed this sentiment.
...
As he continued playing, Lai Yongxin blurted out, "Cheers!"
"I'm going to open a winery tomorrow."
After the initial excitement subsided, he began to reflect: "Actually, I've been thinking about what kind of wine I want to make lately. It seems like I've put all my previous ideas into place."
He was somewhat distressed: "Now that I'm making wine, I still don't know which direction to take. I've been researching this stuff day and night, and I know that if I blindly go into it, I'll probably just become another ordinary person."
Chen Yifei looked at his brothers and said very modestly, "I do have a humble opinion on this."
"Brother Lai, I remember you mentioned to us that back in your hometown, people used to brew the kind of liquor that was meant to comfort the body and mind, right?"
"You remember all of this."
Lai Yongxin looked at Chen Yifei with increasing excitement: "Brother Yifei, who else, who else cares about me like you do!"
To be honest, neither Jiang Ping nor Zhang Xiao remember. They always brag and talk nonsense when they're drunk, so who would remember these things!
Chen Yifei looked at him and said, "Don't get excited, Brother Lai. Don't like me either. I like my wife."
"Haha, good." Lai Yongxin said this with great pride.
"Putting everything else aside, Brother Yifei, let me tell you, my dad used to make liquor in the village, that kind of deer antler liquor, which is supposed to be good for male virility and kidney health. I'm almost fifty, and I'm an old man in the village who's long past his prime, but I heard that after drinking it, he would get up at night and start messing with his wife again."
"This stuff is really potent; everyone who's tried it says it's great."
"Of course, later I also used ginseng and goji berries to make medicinal wine. Tibetan medicine in wine is very effective. Drinking other wines will cause heartburn, but drinking medicinal wine will soothe the stomach."
After saying this, Chen Yifei nodded:
"Give me a bottle of deer antler wine or something later, so I can take it home and try it."
Their eyes met with knowing glances, and Jiang Ping and Zhang Xiao each ordered a bottle.
It's good stuff, only a fool wouldn't want it.
Lai Yongxin also went to the front desk to ask his wife to pick it up. He said he would hurry over and the deer antler wine would arrive after dinner.
"Ahem, let's get back to the main topic." Chen Yifei then said, "Then you can continue doing this!"
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