Chapter 33 Chapter 33 Song Xian's PTSD (Overhaul, ...
"Don't call me that name anymore." Cheng Wanting felt a lump in his throat, not caring whether he could remain calm or whether he would be exposed.
"Why?" Lin Keying was knowledgeable and smiled and winked at the man. "I know you haven't used this name since you came to Hong Kong City. No one should know it now. Everyone calls you Young Master Cheng, Mr. Cheng, Wan Ting. But we are different. We have known each other since we were young. I won't call you Brother Songxian in front of others. Let's keep it a secret between the two of us, okay? No one else knows. In private, I will call you quietly, just like I did when we were little~"
The child bride loves her fiancé deeply, so of course she must be thinking about the nickname that belongs to both of them all the time! Lin Keying was very satisfied with her performance!
Cheng Wanting's heart choked, his face became stiff, and he was unable to speak for a long time.
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In the general manager's office, Lin Keying ate the melon, played the role of an affectionate child bride, and praised her fiancé a lot.
In the deputy general manager's office, Cheng Zhihao was taking documents from an employee and waving his hand to send the person away.
First document:
"Fifteen plots of land were auctioned. The the plot in Central had the highest①..." Cheng Zhihao's eyes almost popped out, he read a paragraph of English haltingly, and finally crumpled up the document and threw it on the ground, "This is Hong Kong, we speak Cantonese, what kind of nonsense is this!"
Next document:
"The Hong Kong stock market's Hang Seng index has broken through 1,400 points..." Cheng Zhihao muttered to himself, stars in his eyes, and he suddenly felt sleepy. He was so sleepy.
"Hiss!" Cheng Zhihao pushed a pile of documents away and grabbed his head in pain. "What the hell is this? You might as well just kill me!"
That night, after finishing a day's work, Cheng Zhihao returned home and sat down like a dead dog, and couldn't help complaining to his wife.
"You don't know, this is really inhumane! I read a bunch of documents and had to attend a meeting. In the meeting, I was asked to express my views on the recent fluctuations in Huanyu's stock and the land auction. What can I say?"
Zhou Keer comforted her husband: "Husband, this opportunity was hard won by Mom, you must do your best!"
Cheng Zhihao had a look of despair on his face: "It's easy for you to say that. Just try to look at those documents about stocks, finance, and economics. They are full of dense words. I feel sleepy after just one look."
Zhou Ke'er could only comfort him again and again: "You have to hold on, you are the second son of the Cheng family! You are not much worse than your eldest brother! You have to get something from your eldest brother anyway."
Cheng Zhihao raised his hand and touched his wife's head. She didn't have a fever. "Come on, I'd rather eat and wait for death every day than go to that crappy class! What are you arguing about? I'll lose a lot of brain cells if I say a few words to those cunning people. Life was so good before. I could spend money and have fun as I pleased. Even if the sky fell, I had my big brother to support me."
"Hubby." Zhou Ke'er tugged at her husband's sleeve and encouraged him, "You are the best! Don't be discouraged! I will support you behind your back!"
"Well, I have to support you." Cheng Zhihao thought for a moment and hurriedly told his wife, "Make some nourishing soup tomorrow!"
Zhou Keer was delighted. Her husband was still ambitious. She was ready to take good care of herself and fight for the family property. "Okay, don't worry. I will definitely make soup for you myself. We will take good care of ourselves."
Cheng Zhihao waved his hand: "It's not for me."
"Who is it for?"
"To my elder brother." Cheng Zhihao was quite worried. "Today I realized how busy my elder brother is at work. He is like an iron man! If I don't take good care of him, he will collapse from exhaustion. If the sky falls, I will be the one falling on him!"
Zhou Keer: "..."
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"Mr. Cheng, from what I've observed, the second young master Cheng doesn't seem to be very smart." Lin Keying observed for two or three days. She had originally praised her fiancé a few words, but when she saw that he looked unhappy, she could only be more diligent and responsible in comforting him every day. In the end, she simply played her role to the end and secretly observed Cheng Zhihao for a few days.
The second son of the Cheng family is not bad looking, with some of his elder brother's demeanor and a dignified demeanor. Whenever he expresses his opinions in a meeting, he always says, "I think what the previous speakers said makes sense."
After a long time, Lin Keying felt something was different.
Cheng Wanting said without even raising his head: "If you want to rob the family property, you can only pretend to be stupid and hide your incompetence when you come in."
Lin Keying was shocked: "Your brother is so scheming?"
"Yeah." Cheng Wanting calmly put aside Cheng Zhihao's true level, "He is a person who is used to pretending to be stupid. Don't be fooled by him."
At this moment, Cheng Zhihao, who was in a meeting, sneezed and suspected that someone was saying bad things about him!
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Lin Keying transformed into Secretary Lin for a week, and her life was quite comfortable. The core work was naturally still in the charge of Yang Minghui, and she just made coffee and delivered documents herself. She did go to many high-end hotels in Hong Kong and ate all kinds of delicious food.
As soon as Saturday arrived, Lin Keying finally had a day off. She hurriedly left Cheng Wanting and rushed to her villa.
After the renovation of the villa under her name was completed, it was left for a while. She went to the new villa for a look and was very satisfied with the decoration style she designed, which was simple, fresh and generous.
When she was "caught" by the man to read in the study at night, Lin Keying was dissatisfied: "Mr. Cheng, you can't enslave me on weekdays and enslave me on Sundays."
Now, even at home she has changed her tone and always talks about Mr. Cheng.
Cheng Wanting raised his eyebrows slightly: "How can it be called slavery? You were reading Jin Yong's novels, gossip magazines, eating sweet soup and cakes, and I didn't say a word."
Lin Keying: "..."
That’s true.
But she wanted to go downstairs to eat!
Lin Keying swallowed the last bite of egg waffles, envious of her own villa, and was reluctant to leave. She wanted to move in immediately: "Boss Cheng, since I am your secretary now, it is not good for us to live together as a boss and a secretary. My villa over there has been renovated, I think I should move in."
Cheng Wanting paused for a moment, then continued writing without raising his head. "Well, whatever you say."
Lin Keying was a little surprised. She was worried that her fiancé would not agree!
"Okay then, I'll move next week... and find someone then..."
While Lin Keying was still imagining her life after moving, the man at the desk spoke calmly, "The villa in the hillside area will require at least five housekeepers and servants, plus a few security guards, and they need to pay their salaries every month. There are also the costs of taking care of the villa and repairs. The villa area is not as convenient as the market area, so they have to have fresh food delivered to their door every day, and the cost is not low... Adding it all up, you should prepare 50,000 or 60,000 a month."
Lin Keying: “Ah…?”
My monthly pocket money is only 100,000!
Cheng Wanting put down the pen and documents in his hand: "In addition, that is a newly developed villa area. Not many people live there, and there are safety issues. It is best to reinforce the bulletproof door and hire more security guards. Otherwise, if something happens in the villa area, the patrol personnel will not be able to arrive in time."
Lin Keying was wavering and bit her lips lightly in confusion.
Cheng Wanting continued, "Now Huanyu has wolves in front and tigers behind. The outside forces are not small. Liu Zhigao and others want to compete with me. Inside, there are tigers and leopards like Cheng Zhihao invading, waiting for an opportunity to ambush and kick me out of the board of directors. Originally, you were at home, and I had someone to analyze it with you..."
"Forget it." Lin Keying didn't know why, but she felt that this man, despite being a wealthy tycoon with billions of wealth, seemed a little pitiful when he spoke.
After all, I had only been working as a secretary for half a month and had received a lot of money from my fiancé. It would be inhumane to move out now that I was facing difficulties.
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Lin Keying started her second week as a secretary when she returned to work on Monday. That afternoon, I accompanied Cheng Wanting to the Far East Exchange.
The chairman of the Far East Exchange met with Cheng Wanting. During the conversation, he expressed his concerns about the large number of listed companies that are now mixed. In addition, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the largest stock exchange in Hong Kong, which is controlled by British capital, is high and mighty, while the other two major exchanges, the Gold and Silver Exchange and the Kowloon Exchange, are not united. There are four exchanges in one city and the quotations are different. Only after the stock market crash a few years ago, there was a slight restraint, but now it seems that the old ways are returning.
Groups like Huanyu are naturally among those that they are trying to win over.
Cheng Wanting was vague and did not make a direct statement: "It is not only the stock market, but also the land auctions by the British Hong Kong government. The high prices we get are much higher than some people."
While discussing secrets in the chairman's office, Lin Keying was calculating her stock profits over the past few months in the trading hall - a full three hundred thousand!
Apart from buying small amounts of stocks in the beginning, she would invest a portion of the funds every month as she received them, purely for practice. Now there is a slight difference between the doubling of the four supporting stocks, and the share price of Wharf Holdings soared after the change of ownership. The market is optimistic about the changes that Huanyu will bring to Wharf Holdings, which directly brought Lin Keying a dividend of 110,000!
She went to the red vests in the trading hall to sell her stocks. Two days later, Lin Keying went to Acer Industrial with the money in her account.
Bought five more houses.
"Ms. Lin." The salesperson smiled so hard that her mouth couldn't close. "Here are the purchase contracts for your five apartments. Two are 600 square feet, one is 500 square feet, and two are 400 square feet."
Lin Keying specially selected small and medium-sized apartments. Most of the people who rent houses in Hong Kong City rent small and medium-sized apartments. It is not so easy to rent out a 100-square-foot apartment.
Plus, it is located in Wan Chai District, which has a great location.
Although Wan Chai District is now overshadowed by the Central and Western District nearby and its development plan is temporarily lagging behind, it will be developed on a large scale in a few years. House prices will soar and it will be considered a prosperous residential area in the port city in the future. It will maintain its value and appreciate. A house that costs RMB 300,000 today will cost tens of millions in the future. There is almost no more cost-effective investment deal than this.
Sister He and her family bought the house here based on Lin Keying’s suggestion.
After signing the house purchase contract, Lin Keying no longer had much to worry about, as there were dedicated people to take care of the property rights and subsequent rental management.
Leaving the building and walking through the old streets, the surrounding area is full of shops with printed wedding characters, selling red envelopes and various wedding supplies, creating a festive atmosphere.
Lin Keying looked up at the street sign at the intersection - Lidong Street.
The vaguely familiar name changed in my mind and finally became equated with another name - Wedding Invitation Street.
Lin Keying's impression of Wedding Invitation Street came from a Cantonese song she had heard before and from hearing about a shopping mall nearby.
Previous life.
Lin Keying once heard that a shopping mall near Wedding Invitation Street was poorly planned in the early stage and went bankrupt before the rapid development of Wan Chai District. It was then auctioned off to a wealthy businessman with a gangster background. Without much renovation and operation, the mall developed rapidly thanks to the skyrocketing land prices in Wan Chai District. The value of the mall increased a hundredfold to nearly 5 billion.
Later, the wealthy businessman was arrested in a crackdown on gangs, his gang fell apart, and the mall was sold to pay off debts, passing through many hands.
Lin Keying walked south along the Wedding Invitation Street and finally saw a dilapidated high-rise building in the distance after walking for more than ten minutes. The 25-story building stood tall, but it was far less magnificent than the Central Building next door. It looked like a poor child with dirty face and hands, waiting to be rescued.
There is a white notice on the wall near the shopping mall - the judicial auction of Xitian Building will be held in three days, with a starting price of 8.8 million.
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Lin Keying counted her assets and now owned a villa, seven apartments, five shops, and investment shares in three dessert shops, but she only had a few hundred thousand in cash, which was far from enough to pay the starting price of Xitian Building.
With thirteen property certificates, Lin Keying went to Hang Seng Bank and learned through consultation that the total value of her twelve houses was about seven million yuan, and she could get a mortgage loan of about five million yuan.
There is still a gap from the starting price.
Rushing to Kowloon City, Lin Keying walked through the dilapidated streets and stopped in front of a row of gray and dilapidated tenement buildings.
There are shops on the first floor, with all kinds of signs running all over the place. The second floor and above are the residential areas, and the houses are crowded and small, but when the godparents miss the past from time to time, they will leave all kinds of mansions and come back specifically to experience their past lives and feel contented.
The sound of shops selling goods could be heard all around, and a blacksmith was hammering a kitchen knife. The sound of metal knocking was pierced by the tenant's loud cry that the landlady had cut off the water again. The cry drifted away with the mixed aroma of curry fish balls and egg waffles, all the way to the record shop on the street, and was immediately drowned out by the melodious, magnetic and warm male voice.
——[Meeting you today really makes me feel light-hearted but also flustered. I hope to see you again tonight②....]
"Ask your godmother to give you four million." The sound of music floated into the room, miraculously matching the rhythm of Guo Changda's voice.
Godfather Guo Changda did not ask Lin Keying how to use the money, and even gave her an extra million. When he was about to let his goddaughter use it as she pleased, he saw that Lin Keying had already written the IOU and insisted on handing it over.
The first person Lin Keying thought of when borrowing money was her fiancé, but Cheng Wanting had informed her yesterday that he would return to the old house and would not be at home tonight. The second person was her godfather and his wife.
Zhao Fengzhen handed Lin Keying a passbook and was surprised when she said she wanted to buy an old building. "The Xitian Building doesn't seem to be in a good location. It won't attract businesses, so naturally there will be no customers. Why do you want to buy it?"
"I think it has great potential for development." Lin Keying naturally couldn't say where it would go in the future, "Central and Western Districts are developing so rapidly, Wan Chai will not lag behind."
Guo Changda and Zhao Fengzhen didn't care about this small amount of money. They didn't care even if they lost it. They just didn't want their adopted daughter to be frustrated. "Then you can have fun with it."
It didn't take long for Cheng Wanting to hear that Lin Keying had taken out a mortgage loan from the bank and borrowed money from Guo Changda.
Cheng family villa.
Tonight, Cheng Wanting will return to the Cheng family because his younger sister Cheng Min called him yesterday and said that she hadn't seen her brother for a while and wanted to cook for him dinner herself.
Cheng Wanting hadn't been back to Deep Water Bay for a while, so naturally he came back to check on his sister's studies and life.
Although he is usually busy, Cheng Min is Cheng Wanting's biological sister. In addition, she has an easy-going personality and has never been wronged. Everyone praises her. That's not a problem.
At the dinner, Cheng Wanting ate the three dishes made by his sister and listened to Yang Minghui's report while enjoying the fresh air on the balcony.
Yang Minghui mentioned that Lin Keying appeared in Hang Seng Bank for a mortgage loan. Seeing that the eldest young master frowned slightly, he then nervously reported that Lin Keying had asked Guo Changda and his wife to borrow money.
Now the eldest young master’s face became grim.
"No one called me tonight?" Cheng Wanting looked unhappy.
Yang Minghui resolutely distanced himself from the matter: "No! Master, Miss Lin really didn't call you!"
——"Who didn't call Big Brother?" Outside the door, Cheng Min came to call Big Brother, and suddenly heard Secretary Yang whispering with Big Brother.
Cheng Wanting looked at his sister, his eyes softened a little: "What are you asking about, little girl?"
Seeing Cheng Min pouting, Cheng Wanting smiled and said, "Brother, I'm already in college! Stop talking about work and take a break. Brother Songxian is here."
Cheng Wanting's eyes shone, and his heart palpitated almost as a conditioned reflex: "What did you yell?"
"Cousin Songxian, he just arrived, come to the living room!"
Cheng Wanting slowly turned his head to look at Yang Minghui, only to see that Yang Minghui looked embarrassed: "Master, the Third Miss just called you Cousin Songxian."
"Don't call him Cousin Songxian anymore." Cheng Wanting's face was as gloomy as water as he reminded his sister, "Just call him Cousin Chen."
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