Over the next few days, Lu Wanqing took Lin Ye to several more five-star hotels to experience services unique to this level, such as indoor hot springs and indoor gyms.
This luxurious lifestyle far exceeded Lin Ye's imagination.
“Honey, do you really think anyone will come to spend money on this hotel you’ve built? It’ll cost at least seventy or eighty yuan a day, which is more than many people’s monthly salary.”
The more Lin Ye tried, the less confident he became.
Lu Wanqing was wearing a thin bathrobe, and her face was covered with a face mask, making her breasts faintly visible. Hearing Lin Ye's words, she wanted to laugh but had to hold it in.
"Ten years ago, when you were farming in the fields, did you ever imagine that one day you would have enough to eat every day and could eat whatever you wanted? When your bicycle broke down and you found a wrench to fix it yourself, did you ever imagine that you would drive a car?"
No, you would never guess.
While we were worrying about what to eat and drink, people in Western countries were already enjoying coffee.
While we travel across oceans to experience all of this, many people are still worrying about what to eat next.
Lin Ye listened attentively and nodded. She was absolutely right. The gap between the rich and the poor has always existed. In this era, the gap in living standards within China is not very obvious, but compared with other countries, it is worlds apart.
Meanwhile, some people who are ahead of the times have already begun to accumulate a lot of wealth by taking advantage of information asymmetry.
Chinese people are now starting to appear on the Forbes rich list.
“Wife, your analysis makes sense. What we need to do now is figure out how to bring back the world’s most advanced ideas.”
I will help you design a five-star hotel that meets international standards.
Lu Wanqing was very happy to hear this.
She has accumulated some experience in business management, but in architectural design, Lin Ye will need to give it his all.
She is proud to have a talented designer husband.
"Mmm~ Thank you, honey." She removed the face mask and kissed him on the face.
Lin Ye, smelling her smooth, sweet fragrance, was already aroused and held her delicate body tightly, refusing to let go.
"Honey, is this all you're going to say to your husband? I want more."
On a soft bed in a foreign land, the two had a deep conversation that night.
The next day, Lu Wanqing appeared in the hotel lobby wearing a fashionable dress. She made an international call to inquire about the group's situation and was told by Huo Xiao that the land in Wangfujing would be put up for auction ahead of schedule. He asked her when she would be able to return.
"Can't we delay for another two days?" Even if they take the fastest flight back, it will still take two days after the transfer.
"I don't know either, why the timeline is ahead of schedule. My preparations are almost complete, but I still need more than two million." Huo Xiao remained relatively calm.
The money for bidding needs to be immediately transferred to a designated account to prevent anyone from deliberately snatching the bid.
Lu Wanqing will only receive the money from the auction of the calligraphy and paintings that Lin Xiaocui asked her to auction in the next couple of days.
That money was her private property. She originally planned to acquire the land with her own 80% stake and the company's 20% stake.
If she can't go back, she can only entrust Huo Xiao with the task.
The money should also be deposited into Huo Xiao's account in advance for preparation.
Two million is a huge sum of money. For most people, seeing that much money is like Fan Jin passing the imperial examination – they could never spend it all in a lifetime. It would be very risky to actually do that.
"Huo Xiao, I'm entrusting you with the entire bidding process. As for the money, I'll have Xiao Cui transfer it to you the day after tomorrow. Do everything you can to secure this land, according to the plan."
"You'll be the hotel manager from now on."
Despite the risk involved, if she didn't do it, she would lose the opportunity to bid and the chance to increase the value of that land a hundredfold.
Using the money from selling two paintings and calligraphy works to gamble on assets worth hundreds of millions is a risky proposition.
After finishing her call with Huo Xiao, she dialed Lin Xiaocui's number.
Without much explanation, Lin Xiaocui understood her behavior and promised to make the payment on time.
After making the two phone calls, she stopped worrying about it and continued her research trip with Lin Ye.
She was surprised to find that people on the street were already making phone calls with their mobile phones.
She took Lin Ye to a telecommunications company, hoping to get a mobile phone service. Unfortunately, because they were foreigners, they were not eligible to purchase one. Besides, mobile phones were really expensive at that time, costing more than two thousand US dollars.
Lin Ye was astonished upon hearing this, saying, "This thing is truly amazing, but it's too expensive. That much money could buy a courtyard house in China."
Lu Wanqing covered her mouth and laughed:
“You’re right. With this money, we might as well go back and buy a courtyard house. In a few years, this little iron box will be worthless, but the courtyard house will become very expensive.”
Even if I bought it here, without a telecommunications company, it would just be scrap metal back home. I'll wait until there are mobile phones available in China.
However, Lu Wanqing bought several dual-cassette recorders, music boxes, and other items that are very popular in China.
As for scarves, sunglasses, cosmetics, etc., he bought a whole suitcase full, all of which he took back to share with everyone.
While she was busy with her field investigations, the bidding for land in Wangfujing, China, began.
Huo Xiao registered as a representative and entered the bidding process.
The auction hall was packed with people, both on the stage and in the seats for the participants.
Sun Wei sat on the stage, looking quite serious. He was wearing a shirt and tie, indicating that he attached great importance to this event.
Meanwhile, Zhao Huai'an, sitting in the audience, smiled, glanced at the representative of Wenwan Group, straightened his clothes, and looked confident of victory.
A few days ago, he went to the bank's president, Guo Feng, and agreed to take out a loan of two million yuan using his assets as collateral. The loan has already been received, and together with the money he already had, he has a total of more than three million yuan.
He had already inquired and found out that Lu Wanqing's factories only had a little over a million yuan in working capital, and she hadn't taken out any bank loans. Moreover, she was abroad, so even if someone sent someone to participate in the auction, they wouldn't be able to beat him.
The auction began quickly, hosted by Sun Wei.
"The 350,000 square meter Wangfujing plot of land has a starting price of 500,000 yuan. Please raise your paddles to indicate your bid, with each increment being 100,000 yuan."
As soon as the words were spoken, a paddle number 3 was raised, "Six hundred thousand!"
Others followed suit, but their bids were small-scale. It took several attempts to raise the price to 1.2 million.
“One million eight hundred thousand.” Zhao Huai’an held up the number nine paddle in his hand.
Other smaller companies hesitated when they heard this.
He started from scratch and finally earned several hundred thousand yuan, but he couldn't possibly spend it all on this, so he chose to give it all up.
Huo Xiao's lips curled slightly as he raised the number ten card in his hand. "Two million."
“Two million two hundred thousand.” Zhao Huai’an glanced at him, his expression full of provocation.
"Two and a half million."
"Two million eight hundred thousand."
Three million.
At this point, Zhao Huai'an's palms began to sweat, and he became uneasy.
Why do people dare to call her that even when Lu Wanqing isn't here? Could it be that the information I found out is wrong?
He had no choice but to grit his teeth and raise the price to three and a half million...
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