Xiaoman looked at the group of people in front of her. Apart from Xiao Zhang, who was helping them with the paperwork, she had never seen the others before. However, these people were clearly not from China. They were all wearing Western suits. There was even an old man wearing a long gown. These days, officials in China mostly wear Zhongshan suits. Xiao Zhang, for example, was wearing one.
As soon as they caught up, Nao Nao, Tengteng, Zuo Zuo, and You You surrounded Xiao Man, Lao Shang, and their older and younger siblings.
Xiaoman raised an eyebrow at Xiao Zhang: "Something wrong?"
“Hmm.” Xiao Zhang pointed to a man in his forties and said, “This comrade just returned from abroad.” Then, Xiao Zhang pointed to the others. “They also returned from abroad.”
Xiaoman smiled and said, "Welcome back."
Chang Yancheng glanced at the people around Xiao Hei and Xiao Man. After looking them over, a look of disdain flashed in Chang Yancheng's eyes: "Hello, my surname is Chang. You can call me Mr. Chang."
Xiaoman smiled and said, "My surname is Wang."
Chang Yancheng glanced at his secretary, who immediately opened the box he was carrying. The box was full of gold bars.
Xiao Zhang gasped after seeing what was inside the box.
Xiaoman's eyelids didn't even move.
Old Shang glanced at the old man in the long gown.
Nao Nao and Tengteng both smiled slightly.
Zuo Zuo looked at Chang Yancheng and said, "Uncle Chang, you're really rich."
Youyou glanced at Chang Yancheng: "Don't flaunt your wealth."
The older sister looked at Chang Yancheng and shook her head: "Uncle Chang, you'll attract the attention of bad people if you keep doing this."
Younger brother: "They'll get robbed."
Older sister: "Mmm. Mmm."
Chang Yancheng's right eyelid twitched twice. However... besides his secretary and the old man in the long gown, Chang Yancheng had brought more than a dozen people with him, and those people looked like they were trained fighters. Chang Yancheng pointed to the dozen or so people and said, "They are all my bodyguards."
Zuo Zuo said with a smile, "They look really amazing."
Chang Yancheng smiled smugly. "Ms. Wang, I'd like to discuss a business deal with you."
"Please speak."
“I’ll give you this box of gold bars, and you give me the two plots of land you bought in the small fishing village.”
"I don't lack gold."
"I'll add another case."
“I told you, I don’t lack gold.”
Chang Yancheng looked at Xiaoman and asked, "What are you lacking?"
Xiaoman smiled. "Mr. Chang, you should hurry up and choose another plot of land. I'm not selling those two."
Chang Yancheng glanced at Xiao Zhang.
Xiao Zhang immediately said, "Comrade Wang Xiaoman, when we were fighting the Japanese, Mr. Chang's family supported us. You see, you didn't spend much money to buy those two plots of land." Xiao Zhang originally thought it was foolish for Xiaoman to spend so much money on those two plots of land. Now, seeing that Chang Yancheng wanted to exchange them for a box of gold bars, he thought Xiaoman was quite clever.
Xiaoman glanced at Xiao Zhang: "You set the land price."
“I know. Look,” Xiao Zhang pointed to the gold bars in Chang Yancheng’s secretary’s hand, “you can buy more land with these gold bars.”
"They can buy more land with those gold bars."
“This… Mr. Chang’s family once provided us with support.”
Xiaoman looked at Chang Yancheng and said, "The rise and fall of a nation is the responsibility of every citizen. However, since your family has made contributions to the country, I will give you a piece of land."
Chang Yancheng's eyes lit up. Since they agreed to give up one piece, it wasn't impossible for them to take both: "Thank you. To express my gratitude," Chang Yancheng said, pointing to one of the six cars they had driven to chase after Xiaoman, "I'll give that car to you."
Xiaoman smiled. "No need. I only gave you that land because your family has done things for this country. Let's go back and complete the formalities."
"Okay." Chang Yancheng glanced at his secretary. "Give the gold bars to Ms. Wang."
Just as the secretary was about to hand the gold bars to Xiaoman, Xiaoman spoke up. "No need. I bought that land from the government. I will return it to the government. If you want it, you can buy it from the government again."
Xiaoman felt she couldn't make this money. First, Chang Yancheng's family had supported the revolution in the past. Second, the policies had only recently been relaxed, and selling the land at a high price might negatively impact the government's plans. After all, domestic policies had only changed recently, and there were relatively few people like Chang Yancheng who dared to return and invest now. And there weren't many people in the country willing to start businesses right now either. Therefore, land prices couldn't be too high. The policies had just changed, and many areas still needed adjustment. If she accepted this box of gold bars, it would definitely attract attention from various quarters. Now was not the time to make a move.
When Chang Yan heard that Xiao Man wanted to return the land to the state, he thought: This woman is really stupid.
Xiao Zhang also thought Xiao Man was silly.
As soon as he got back, Xiao Zhang told his boss about it. "Boss, that woman is really stupid."
The leader glanced at Xiao Zhang and said, "Please invite Comrade Wang Xiaoman in."
"good."
As soon as the leader saw Xiaoman leading Lao Shang and the children in, he came out from behind his desk and said, "Comrade Wang Xiaoman, please sit down."
Xiaoman smiled and said, "Hello."
After sitting down, the leader explained to Xiaoman, "That Mr. Chang has a special status. We want to use him to let people overseas know that we really want to reform. I originally wanted him to choose other land. But he said they only had their eyes on the two plots of land you bought. Comrade Wang Xiaoman, we have already sold those two plots to you. We can't take them back from you. So I asked Xiao Zhang to take him to you."
Xiaoman smiled. She and Chang Yancheng represented overseas and domestic affairs, respectively. The leader didn't want to give up either of them. So he let the two of them discuss it themselves.
The leader continued, "Don't worry. Even if you return one piece of land to the government now, the government won't let you suffer a loss. I'll give you another piece of land as compensation, and at a lower price."
"Thank you. However, since the government is looking out for me, I can't take advantage of them. I'll choose another piece of land. Just sell it to me at the price set by the government."
"Comrade Wang Xiaoman, you have a very high level of awareness."
Xiaoman smiled and said, "Then let's get the formalities done."
"Okay. I'll take care of it for you personally."
After completing the formalities, Xiaoman left with Lao Shang and the children.
Chang Yancheng glanced at one of the bodyguards, who immediately followed Xiaoman and the others out.
As soon as the bodyguard came out, Xiaoman and the others noticed him. However, Xiaoman ignored him.
After seeing that Xiaoman and her companions had settled into the hotel, the bodyguards went back to report.
In the hotel, Xiaoman called Lao Shang and the children into her and her sister's room: "Do you know why I gave that piece of land to them?"
Meanwhile, Chang Yancheng drove his people back to their lodgings. They had chosen to stay elsewhere because they found the hotels in the small fishing village too run-down and cramped.
As soon as Chang Yancheng returned, he took the old man in the long gown to his father's room: "Father, we have our eye on two plots of land today..." Chang Yancheng then explained what had happened.
After hearing this, Chang Tianyou slammed his teacup down on the table.
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