Chapter 25: Someone Who Can Build Momentum
Life went on as usual. Fast forward to the beginning of July, and every night I'd earn two or three hundred yuan from the teahouse. My sister was delighted and said to me, "I never thought a lazy person would have their own luck. You can actually make money with your mouth."
I couldn't help but retort: "This is called knowledge is power."
She sneered: "What knowledge do you have? Wasn't it taught by your master?"
After breakfast, I went to work at Youranju. Just after I finished cleaning, Dongzi called and asked me to help him check the Feng Shui of his house.
I asked my master for leave and drove to pick up Dongzi.
Dongzi got in the car and said he was going to Fengyan Pavilion.
I was surprised and asked, "Fengyan Pavilion? The building hasn't been started yet, right?"
"The planning map has been released. I looked at the model and think the 'Moon Viewing Building' by the lake is okay. I want to buy a house around the lake, but I don't know which location is best.
Around the lake? I was confused. There is no lake in Fengyan Pavilion?
Dongzi laughed and said, "You are so focused on fortune-telling that you don't know about the huge changes in Fengyan Pavilion?"
I shook my head.
Dongzi said: "Mr. Deng is a conscientious entrepreneur. He transformed Fengyanting into a livable residential area, setting aside a large area and creating an artificial lake out of thin air. He also invited a top master from Sanliao Town, Xingguo County, to improve Fengyanting's feng shui."
I nodded and said, "Sanliao Town is a national Feng Shui town."
Dongzi continued, "Because your master said that Fengyan Pavilion's feng shui is not very good, so President Deng invited a top master to improve the feng shui.
The master said five words: "The lake will become a scenic spot." Strangely, on the day construction began, something lively jumped out of the excavator's first bucket of soil. When everyone looked closer, they discovered it was a thousand-year-old turtle.
I was secretly amazed. This Fat Deng was indeed a master who could make clouds and rain with a flip of his hand. He borrowed the advice of his master to buy land at a low price, and then borrowed the advice of the Sanliao master to sell the house at a high price.
The masters became tablecloths in his hands.
I snorted and said nothing.
Dongzi felt strange: "What are you humming?"
I sneered, "Itchy throat."
After about half an hour, we arrived at the lake. My master and I had visited this place before. It was originally a swampy depression. If we had filled it with soil to build a house, it would have been a bottomless pit. Taking advantage of the situation and creating a lake was indeed a wise move.
Dongzi said: "This lake is a treasure trove. All the water from the surrounding areas flows into the lake. Therefore, this piece of real estate has become popular. I heard that many leaders are booking it."
"Leader?" I glanced at Dongzi.
"I work in a government agency, so I understand this routine. Some leaders don't believe in it in name only, but secretly believe it very strongly. This master stayed in the city for three or four days before leaving. Some people invited him privately to a remote farm in the countryside for dinner."
The lake has been basically built, and some workers are planting trees by the lake.
At the construction site around the lake, there is a scene of bustling construction.
I asked, “How are the prices?”
Dongzi said, "Mr. Deng started taking pre-orders as soon as he gave me the model. They were sold out like crazy, at 12,000 yuan."
My goodness! A prefecture-level city, a fourth or fifth-tier city, has reached this price. It seems that it is not just Mr. Deng who is behind this. There must be several bigger hands behind it.
"This is a great place. It can be summed up in one sentence: two rivers and a lake, looking at the lake is better than being by the river." I stood on this side of the lake, looking at the other side, and said to Dongzi, "We can reserve the fifth building. As for the number of floors, we can decide in the car."
When I got in the car, I wrote six balls of paper: 012345 and threw them to the back seat:
"Go pick one up."
Dongzi picked up a "4".
I said, "4936. The floor with three and six is suitable for you."
Dongzi opened his eyes wide: "Your hexagram is... not like a hexagram, it's called catching a castrator?"
I smiled and said, "You don't believe it, right? Let's do it again."
I threw, and Dongzi picked up one: 0.
I said, "Today is the 8th. So on the 10th, 20th, and 30th, you will encounter more good things than on ordinary days."
Dongzi looked skeptical: "Really?"
I asked, "If you don't believe me, why did you ask me to come?"
Dongzi nodded repeatedly: "Believe it, believe it, then choose: 6th floor, 16th floor, sixty-six great luck."
I took Dongzi home. When we were about to get off the car, he pulled out a watch from his pocket and said, "I bought two on my last business trip. This one is specially for you."
I waved my hand. "Isn't this awkward? I know exactly how much you make a month. It would be too boring if we had to use this to exchange ideas."
Dongzi said with a fierce look on his face: "What did I exchange with you? I bought it a month ago. I called you once, but you said you were busy and hung up. That time, I was going to send it to you."
I said, "Okay, I'll take it."
Back at Youranju, I smiled softly, "Master, Mr. Deng is a master of Tai Chi."
The master asked hurriedly, "What news did you hear?"
I repeated what had just happened.
The master smiled and said nothing.
At this time, the neighbor's elder sister came over. Before she even entered the house, her voice came in: "Is Uncle Hong at home?"
The master smiled and said, "What makes you so happy?"
My neighbor excitedly said, "Fengyan Pavilion has a new lake, and they're holding a name contest. They'll give 50,000 yuan to any accepted entry, and it's all going viral. Everyone's thinking of names for the lake, and I want to try, too."
Then she put the paper on the table. I looked and saw that the name my neighbor had chosen was "Moon Lake".
The master threw back his head and laughed, then asked, "When is the deadline?"
The neighbor lady said: "It ended before 12 o'clock today. I just heard the news."
The master said mysteriously, "I'll think of a name for you. You must not tell anyone. It may not win, but it will be better than the 'Moon Lake' you chose."
After that, he wrote down the three words "Qingfeng Lake".
The neighbor lady said, "Okay, I'll go back and submit my article online right away."
I looked at Master and asked, "Are these two characters Mr. Deng's name?"
The master said, "Call him by his courtesy name. I gave him this name after he became successful: Deng Fugen, courtesy name Qingfeng."
Huh? So that's how it is—I couldn't help but scream in my heart.
The master said leisurely, "Once the name of the lake is decided, President Deng will soon launch a contest for essays and couplets. Then, a giant 'ox' sculpture will definitely be erected by the lake, and I will definitely be asked to consecrate it."
"You can predict all of this?"
The master chuckled. "That's his way. He's developed several properties in other places. He's not like other bosses who advertise the quality of their buildings, which is likely to offend people. Who doesn't brag? He uses the power of culture."
The master was in a good mood and explained Mr. Deng's routine to me in detail.
"First, they capitalized on feng shui and spent a fortune hiring a renowned feng shui master. People, whether ordinary citizens or high-ranking officials, all believed this. Since the renowned feng shui master declared it a prime piece of land, they immediately collected advance payments before the house was even built. That's why President Deng never lacked money. He was better at pulling off scams than anyone else.
The second is through the writings of literati. Think about it, how many literati in the world don't lack money? And think about the writings of the world: how many sentences are true? Li Bai described the waters of Mount Lu as 'a waterfall plunging three thousand feet,' and Du Fu described the stinking ditch in front of his thatched cottage in Chengdu as 'ships from the Eastern Wu, thousands of miles away, moored at the gate.' So, when the essay contest began, the city's literati were even more exaggerated than Li Bai and Du Fu. Qingfeng Lake became 'a lake that only exists in heaven, rarely found on earth.'
Master's words made me burp with laughter. After I finished, I asked, "What if they invited you to a statue consecration ceremony? Would you go?"
"Go. People don't live in a vacuum," said the master.
I felt that Master was somewhat helpless when he said this.
Why does the master feel helpless?
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