Spend a lot of money to invite three chess players to join the club?
If you fail, 1 billion Chinese yuan will be deducted?
Qiu Shui couldn't help but cover his chest. This was almost killing him.
If this mission succeeds, he will have to pay, and if he fails, his money will be deducted.
Qiu Shui took a deep breath.
I comforted myself, it’s okay, at least I’ll get a reward if I succeed.
According to the nature of the system, the reward will definitely not be bad.
The greater the penalty for failure, the greater the reward.
Besides, there is no time limit for this mission, so just take your time...
Qiu Shui was feeling lucky.
Then, the system prompt sounded again.
"The mission time limit is 7 days. If the host cannot complete the mission within the specified time, it will be considered a mission failure."
Qiu Shui: Very good, the system has also blocked the retreat route.
The system seemed not to sense Qiu Shui's resentment. It was still in Qiu Shui's mind, spinning around and making a heart shape with its hands, "Come on, host. Dad is rooting for you."
The corner of Qiu Shui's mouth twitched. He is not a father who is so deceitful to his son.
Lou Yuchen, who was standing by, saw Qiu Shui covering his chest one moment and looking painful the next.
Thinking that he was not feeling well, she quickly asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
Qiu Shui came back to his senses, smiled faintly with difficulty, and said: "It's okay, I just feel uncomfortable after being slapped in the face."
"A slap in the face?" Lou Yuchen was puzzled.
Liang Zitao and the other two also looked at Qiu Shui, not understanding what he meant.
Qiu Shui laughed awkwardly, "Yeah, all the people I was optimistic about were poached. That's a slap in my face."
Since the mission has come, Qiu Shui can only accept it.
He crossed his arms and said to Liang Zitao seriously, "Tell me quickly, which Go team recruited this player?"
Previously, the Shengqi Club had reached the top three in the Wei B League.
One and two machines were poached by a cooperative club organized by Sakura Country.
The remaining players were also poached by other professional Go teams.
Now, the person Liang Zitao likes is not yet in his hands. In the blink of an eye, it was dug up again.
This simply means that they don't take the chess god Lou Yuchen seriously at all!
"They are from the Zhongtian Go Team. They lost to us last year. This year, they seem to have attracted a very powerful investor, who made a high-priced investment in them, allowing them to spend a lot of money to recruit and poach players. The purpose is to get into the Chinese Go League."
Zhongtian Go Team is already a veteran Go team. Liang Zitao knows them quite well.
This team was once on the verge of disbanding because it couldn't find investment.
This year, they somehow got a very powerful investor from somewhere and invested a lot of money in them.
That's why they paid a high price and poached the people they liked.
Qiu Shui: "A very powerful investor?"
"Yes, it's the Castle in the Sky Hotel in our Magic City. I heard that they invested 20 million. They are a huge company with a market value of more than 200 billion. I don't know how the Zhongtian Go Team got involved with this huge company."
Liang Zitao was a little envious.
After hearing what Liang Zitao said, Qiu Shui was speechless for a moment.
Lou Yuchen was also slightly stunned.
After all this time, it turned out that it was the people under your own management who invested and poached employees from your boss?
Looking at Qiu Shui again, his expression was frozen.
Lou Yuchen couldn't help but slightly turn sideways, clenched his right fist, put it to his mouth, and coughed gently twice. Hide the curve of your mouth corners.
However, the smile in his eyes betrayed him.
Qiu Shui said to him with a look of helplessness: "Laugh if you want to. You don't have to give me face."
"Ahem, no, you saw it wrong." Lou Yuchen immediately returned to his serious look.
"What's wrong?"
Liang Zitao looked at the interaction between the two with a puzzled look on his face.
Guo Chengyu and Zhao Li, who were sitting at the lower seat, also had puzzled expressions on their faces.
I don’t know why, but I always feel that this new boss seems very mysterious.
The interactions between him and Lou Shen were also mysterious, and it seemed that only the two of them could understand what they said.
"It's okay. Let's continue with the previous topic." Qiu Shui certainly wouldn't tell such an embarrassing truth.
He said directly to Liang Zitao: "I remember that I also invested 10 million in you. If they offer a high price to poach you, won't you increase the price?"
"Do you think I don't want to? I dream about it!"
Liang Zitao said with embarrassment: "Our area will be demolished soon. Our club will move at the end of this month. In addition to the club, we have to find a new place to live. Because our club is on the first floor, the second and third floors are where all the club members live."
"Before, Achen and I raised money so that we could buy a place of our own so that we wouldn't be forced to move out for various reasons."
After hearing Liang Zitao's words, Qiu Shui was stunned.
He asked Lou Yuchen, "Do you live upstairs?"
"Yes." Lou Yuchen nodded, "The second and third floors are dormitories for our club."
"How much is the monthly rent for this place?"
Although the buildings here are old, the rent should not be cheap because they are close to No. 1 Commercial Street.
Lou Yuchen: "The whole building, 80,000 Chinese Yuan per month."
Liang Zitao said, "If our place is considered cheap, the rent for the shops on No. 1 Street across the street, which are as big as ours, is over 100,000 a month. The ones near the Brilliant Building are even more outrageous, the price is double that. Not to mention the rent inside the Brilliant Building."
The total area of their store is actually only 130 square meters.
Lou Yuchen and Liang Zitao originally rented this place because it was convenient for getting in and out.
Moreover, this place is very close to the chess academy.
More importantly, having a better appearance will make it easier to recruit chess players.
After all, this is the Magic City, and the best thing in the Magic City is face.
If the club is rented in an unknown corner, it will be impossible to recruit chess players.
The rent alone is 80,000 Chinese dollars a month?
Add to that the water and electricity bills, chess players' salaries, various subsidies, and other miscellaneous expenses.
The annual expenditure is at least more than two million.
No wonder Liang Zitao said that the club had no money and Lou Yuchen also shouted that he wanted to sell the villa.
Such expenses are really huge!
Liang Zitao added: "In this street, besides our Shengqi Club, there are several other Go clubs. The offices of the top teams in the Go League are all in the Brilliant Building."
After Liang Zitao said this, Qiu Shui finally understood why he invested 10 million in Liang Zitao, but Liang Zitao was reluctant to pay a high price to recruit professional chess players.
But when he invested, Liang Zitao and Lou Yuchen agreed that he would obtain 70% of the shares of Shengqi Club and the club's net profit within two years.
All the net profits within two years were given to Qiu Shui.
That means that Liang Zitao and Lou Yuchen have no extra income except their basic salary and the prize money for winning the competition.
Moreover, if the club fails to win the competition, it will receive bonus. Then, Qiu Shui would not be able to get his money back. It will also be a huge loss.
So, a 10 million investment may seem like a lot, but here in Shanghai, you have to be careful with your budget.
Of course, there are many Go competitions every year.
Among them, the prize money for the Weiqi A and Weiqi B competitions is very high.
There are also considerable prize money for other competitions.
But if Lou Yuchen and Liang Zitao rely solely on participating in individual competitions and winning prize money to support the club.
Then there is actually no need for this club to exist.
If Liang Zitao and Lou Yuchen hadn't told Qiu Shui, she really wouldn't have known that it cost so much to maintain a club.
After all, Qiu Shui had never personally managed the industries in his hands.
So, he doesn't know a lot of things.
"Take me to see where you live." Qiu Shui stood up and said to Lou Yuchen.
He wanted to see what Lou Yuchen's residence looked like.
The stairs to the second floor are at the back door of the shop.
Qiu Shui followed them up.
The second and third floors have also been renovated.
Although the chess players living there are all men. But they are all very neat.
Liang Zitao and Lou Yuchen live on the third floor.
Except for Liang Zitao's room which was a bit messy, Lou Yuchen's room and living room were quite clean and tidy.
For the previous Qiu Shui, in a big city like Shanghai. It is a luxury to be able to live in a place like this.
Now, for Qiu Shui, who is used to living in a big house. The place where Lou Yuchen and his family live now is only the size of a room in his Renwang Palace.
Qiu Shui felt inexplicably distressed.
No wonder Liang Zitao said he couldn't live here.
Compared to the houses where Qiu Shui lives now, this place is indeed too small.
When Lou Yuchen saw Qiu Shui coming over, he fell silent.
I thought Qiu Shui complained that this place was too small and too narrow.
After all, Qiu Shui lives in a big mansion.
Lou Yuchen couldn't help but explain: "The environment here is good, very convenient. When playing chess, just go downstairs."
Liang Zitao also said: "Yes, although our place is not as big as your mansions, it is indeed very convenient to live here."
Qiu Shui was silent again, then turned to Liang Zitao and asked, "Didn't they say that the house would be demolished and that we would move out by the end of this month? Have you found a place to move to?"
"I've found it. We're just waiting for Achen to come back and go take a look. If there's no problem, we'll settle it. But that place is a bit far from here." Liang Zitao scratched the back of his head.
Looking at Liang Zitao's expression, you can tell that the place he found must be worse than this one.
And it's not just a little far.
Qiu Shui is a major shareholder of the club, and he couldn't stand Lou Yuchen and the others treating him so badly.
If you really have no money, there is nothing you can do. You can make do with it.
But Qiu Shui has money, and he doesn't want Lou Yuchen and Liang Zitao to just give in.
Moreover, the system started sending him tasks just now. Within seven days, three professional chess players were invited to join the club with a large sum of money.
New chess players have to be invited with a large sum of money.
As for people like Guo Chengyu and Zhao Li, their ranks are not high. But he is a professional chess player who has always stayed in the club. Nor can they be disappointed.
If you want a large sum of money, then we'll spend it together.
Qiu Shui doesn't want to be treated differently.
Since they have spent a lot of money, they should not be unfair in terms of where to live or where the club is located.
"Liang Zitao, Guo Chengyu, Zhao Li, are you three free now?" Qiu Shui turned around and asked them.
"Yes." Liang Zitao nodded.
Guo Chengyu and Zhao Li also nodded.
"As long as you are free." Qiu Shui said, "Since you are both free, then accompany me to a place."
"Where are you going?" Liang Zitao asked.
"You'll know when you get there." Qiu Shui temporarily signed to them.
Then, he took a group of people and walked towards Commercial Street No. 1.
There are actually three streets in Shanghai No. 1 Commercial Street.
The Brilliant Building is right on First Street.
Just now when Qiu Shui and Lou Yuchen walked over, they saw a large real estate agency.
Every company that can open in the No. 1 Commercial Street in Shanghai is very powerful.
That real estate agency could be opened on Commercial Street No. 1, even if it was on Third Street. That's pretty impressive too.
Liang Zitao looked puzzled as he watched Qiu Shui bring them to the door of the real estate agency.
Why would Qiu Shui bring them here?
As soon as I walked in, two receptionists, one male and one female, dressed in professional attire, came to greet me.
It only took them two seconds to look Qiu Shui over from head to toe.
Although I can’t tell what brand the clothes are, I can tell from the design and material that they are definitely not cheap.
The scarf around her neck is a new product recently launched by Longxiu. One is worth 50,000.
The watch on my hand is from Dehua Luokang's leisure series.
Dehua Luokang's watches have their own unique characteristics.
It is the most recognizable among so many brands of watches.
The two receptionists recognized the one in Qiu Shui at a glance. It was the limited edition of the K series that was released two months ago.
The starting price of Dehua Luokang K series watches is one million.
It’s a limited edition, and the starting price is five million.
The two receptionists bent their waists even lower and the smiles on their faces became even brighter.
"Welcome..."
"Sir, how may I help you?"
Qiu Shui didn't want to waste time, so he asked directly, "Are there any villas for sale near Commercial Street No. 1?"
As soon as Qiu Shui said this, all the receptionists around looked over.
Commercial Street No. 1 is one of the largest and most developed areas in Shanghai.
The streets are filled with familiar financial and emerging technology companies.
It can be said that Street No. 1 is a commercial gathering place.
No. 1 Street is a developed commercial area, but there are no residential areas.
However, near No. 1 Street, in addition to shops and office buildings, there are still many residences.
For example, the house that Lou Yuchen and his friends rented.
The closer the house is to No. 1 Commercial Street, the more expensive it is.
In addition to those houses, there are many villas.
Those villas are mostly where celebrities or wealthy businessmen live. The price is high.
When the two receptionists heard the word "villas", they immediately became excited.
The female receptionist immediately said, "Yes, gentlemen, please follow me."
Two receptionists led Qiu Shui and his group into a separate room.
"What are your names, gentlemen?" the receptionist asked respectfully.
Qiu Shui said: "My last name is Qiu."
Lou Yuchen also said calmly: "Lou."
Liang Zitao and the other two also said their surnames.
"Okay, gentlemen, please wait a moment. I'll get you some information."
Then the female receptionist went out to get the information.
The male receptionist asked Qiu Shui and others, "Gentlemen, what would you like to drink?"
Qiu Shui said: "Black tea."
Lou Yuchen: "Black tea."
Liang Zitao and the other two also asked for black tea.
The receptionist looked at the bodyguards following behind him.
Several bodyguards just stood behind Qiu Shui without saying anything.
The male receptionist understood immediately and said with a smile: "Okay, gentlemen, please wait a moment."
It's working hours now, and there are not many customers in the agency.
There are many employees in the agency.
However, these employees are very well-behaved.
No group of people rushed up directly.
Instead, they were divided into groups of one man and one woman to receive the guests.
Soon, the female receptionist came back with the information.
She brought back two documents in total.
She handed two copies of information to Qiu Shui and Lou Yuchen respectively.
The receptionists here are very discerning.
She could tell at a glance that the scarf on Lou Yuchen and the scarf on Qiu Shui were the same style.
Moreover, the clothes that Lou Yuchen was wearing seemed to be made of similar material to the clothes that Qiu Shui was wearing. The styles are similar.
Obviously the same brand.
"Mr. Qiu, these are the information about the nearby villas, please take a look."
Qiu Shui flipped through the information about the villas, and Lou Yuchen directly handed the information in his hand to Liang Zitao. He and Qiu Shui were reading a book.
Guo Chengyu and Zhao Li were sitting opposite Qiu Shui. They were a little restrained and didn't speak.
Liang Zitao flipped through the information and saw that the villas all started at hundreds of millions.
The cheapest townhouse costs 200 million.
The further you flip back, the higher the prices become.
Liang Zitao was frightened by what he saw.
After all, he is a rich second-generation in the Shanghai circle.
Although it is a third-rate circle.
The market value of my family’s company is several billion.
However, the house they live in is just a villa worth hundreds of millions.
However, compared with these villas here, there is really a big difference.
Usually, those who can afford to live in villas near the No. 1 Commercial Street are people from the second-class circle or above.
Liang Zitao couldn't help but sigh. Only Qiu Shui could afford a villa like this.
If Lou Yuchen had not bought Villa No. 1 in Jinyue Bay, Kyoto, he could also afford the house here.
The male receptionist quickly brought in the brewed black tea.
For a moment, the room was filled with the aroma of tea.
Qiu Shui looked through the villa information in his hand and found that most of them were townhouses.
Qiu Shui closed the information and asked the two receptionists, "Don't you have any single-family villas?"
Although townhouses are not bad, there is always a feeling of sharing a house with others.
"We do have single-family villas, but..." The female receptionist hesitated.
The male receptionist said directly: "If the guests want to see the single-family villa, our regulations require capital verification. The guests' bank deposits must reach more than 300 million Chinese yuan."
Commercial Street No. 1 is close to the center of Shanghai.
The center of Shanghai is basically full of high-rise buildings, and there are also villas. But they are all old villas.
It is precisely because of this that villas near the No. 1 Commercial Street near the city center are more popular among the wealthy.
The price of single-family villas is even more sky-high.
When looking at expensive houses, you need to verify your capital, and Qiu Shui actually knows this rule.
Some expensive houses in Kyoto also have this regulation.
This was the case with the detached villa in Jinyue Bay where Qiu Shui and Lou Yuchen lived before.
After all, those who can afford to live in expensive villas are not simple people.
Even if you are an agent, you cannot just bring people in casually.
Therefore, there is the threshold of capital verification.
If the deposit does not reach the required amount, it can basically be concluded that the person is not financially able to afford the villa. There is no need to waste any more time.
Qiu Shui knows, Lou Yuchen knows, and Liang Zitao also knows this rule.
But Guo Chengyu and Zhao Li didn't know this.
When I heard that in order to see a villa, I had to have a deposit of 300 million Chinese yuan, I was shocked.
My god, they can’t even look at the villa.
The world of the rich is terrible.
The system popped up, "It's only 300 million. This system host has plenty of money. Host, if you want to buy it, buy the expensive one."
Although the system would give Qiu Shui this advice every time he bought something.
However, every time, as long as he spent his own money, Qiu Shui was never generous.
The system also thought that Qiu Shui definitely didn't listen this time.
However, unexpectedly, Qiu Shui actually replied to it.
"System dad, I think what you said makes a lot of sense. If you want to buy something, buy the most expensive one."
Qiu Shui took out the ordinary savings card directly from his pocket and handed it to the male receptionist.
The male receptionist originally thought that Qiu Shui would stop there.
Although the clothes Qiu Shui was wearing were so luxurious that they blinded his eyes.
However, Qiu Shui looks to be only in his twenties.
You can tell at first glance that he is a rich second generation.
For rich second-generations like these, most of the things they wear are bought by their families.
When I go out, I also use credit cards for my expenses.
The deposit is not that much.
Therefore, I didn't expect Qiu Shui to take out 300 million in deposits for capital verification.
Moreover, the card Qiu Shui handed him was just an ordinary card. It is neither a gold card nor a black card.
However, no matter whether there are really 300 million Chinese yuan in this card. Or maybe this rich second-generation guy in front of them came here specifically to show off.
They have received professional training and will never do such stupid things as looking down on customers or even mocking them.
So, the male receptionist respectfully took the card from Qiu Shui with both hands and left to find the manager.
Neither Lou Yuchen nor Liang Zitao thought that 300 million in deposits was a problem for Qiu Shui. After all, Qiu Shui lives in Renwang Palace.
Guo Chengyu and Zhao Li looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
The manager of the agency heard that a customer wanted to verify his capital and look at a single-family villa near No. 1 Street.
Ran out of the office immediately.
When I saw that the male receptionist was holding an ordinary card, I was a little surprised.
But rich people have many quirks.
Some rich people like to use ordinary cards to show off.
Since the rich second generation is so confident, there may really be 300 million in the deposit of this card.
Then the manager verified the capital.
As a result, the balance in the card was not 300 million.
But a staggering 6.7 billion. The following decimals can be omitted.
The manager was so shocked by the deposit of more than 6 billion that he almost knocked over the glass in his hand.
He held the card in his hand and hurriedly grabbed the male receptionist and said, "Where is the guest? Take me there quickly. I will receive him personally."
More than 6 billion in deposits and a company with a market value of more than 6 billion. That's not a concept at all.
What's more, the owner of the card is so young.
The meaning it represents is self-evident.
It is very likely that the princes of the four major families in the Magic City circle have arrived.
However, when the manager came to Qiu Shui's office and saw Qiu Shui.
I was stunned for a moment. .
Because the person in front of him was not one of the princes of the four major families in Magic City.
However, even so, the manager's attitude was very respectful and he returned the card to Qiu Shui with both hands.
"Mr. Qiu, your card."
"Who are you?" Qiu Shui took the card and looked at him puzzledly.
The manager said respectfully: "Hello, Mr. Qiu, my name is Liu Xing, and I am the manager here."
"Manager Liu." Qiu Shui nodded, "Can I take a look at the information on the single-family villa now?"
"Of course." Manager Liu immediately handed the information in his hand to Qiu Shui.
When he came here, he had already brought the information with him.
Seeing Qiu Shui taking the information, Manager Liu said, "Mr. Qiu, do you need me to introduce you?"
"No, I can just look at it myself."
Qiu Shui opened the information and started reading.
There are two villa areas near No. 1 Commercial Street.
Basically, the villa area is full of townhouses.
There are also single-family houses, but they are directly separated from the townhouses.
Moreover, the quantity is very small and the price is shockingly high.
Manager Liu gave Qiu Shui information on three villas in total.
The three villas are from two villa areas.
The areas of the first two villas are similar to Qiu Shui’s villa in Jinyue Bay.
But the price is as high as 600 million.
The last villa is the largest and most expensive.
That villa is a rare two-story Xinhua-style villa.
The building area is over 1,500 square meters.
There is also a super large garden of over 1,000 square meters, planted with various precious flowers, plants and trees.
The interior decoration of the villa is made of pure mahogany.
All the furniture in the house is custom-made from mahogany.
This villa has both the unique ancient charm of China and the simplicity and fashion of the new era.
Qiu Shui fell in love with it at first sight.
Let’s look at the price again.
1.5 billion Chinese yuan.
This price is 300 million more than the other two villas combined.
It's simply a sky-high price.
But look at the location of the villa and the area of the entire villa.
I can understand that.
"Look at this." Qiu Shui pointed at the most expensive villa with his finger.
Manager Liu said happily: "Okay, Mr. Qiu, please wait a moment, I will arrange a car immediately."
Soon, Manager Liu arranged several cars, and the two receptionists who had just received Qiu Shui and others accompanied Qiu Shui and others and left together.
The employees of the real estate agency could not hide their shock when they saw that their manager was so respectful to a young man and even personally accompanied him to see a house.
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