boyutpedia Chapter 26 Fires at the Two Female Chairmen
Chapter 26 Fires at the Two Female Chairmen
They continued chatting about the college entrance examination for another ten minutes.
Han Huilan finally changed the subject, asking Mei Yanping, "You definitely know more about the business around Longtan Gorge than I do. Is it worth investing in?"
"I advise you not to get involved, and not to believe the promises made by the city. Even if they give you billions in preferential loans, you'll still have to pay them back eventually."
Mei Yanping was very knowledgeable about these businesses, and as a senior executive in the private equity firm, she responsibly gave Han Huilan some advice.
At this moment, the female vice president surnamed Zhuang said, "Actually, our boss Han is not optimistic about this business either, but since the city leader has given his approval, we should at least come and inspect it for two days to show that we really take it seriously and have really considered it carefully."
That idea is a bit superficial!
Mei Yanping felt that Han Huilan might not think that way, and seriously analyzed: "Our province is different from Jiangdong Province. Basically, the provincial capital is the only dominant province."
Therefore, Jiangtai Group's initial decision to invest in the Longtanxia tourism project was not wrong.
The problem was that the subsequent planning was completely wrong; they intended to quickly recoup their investment by selling properties, instead of relying on long-term profits from tourism-related services.
In the next decade or so, the population of the provincial capital will definitely have even greater room for growth, and tourism projects in the suburbs can definitely make money.
However, apart from the hot spring resort and water park, the rest of the projects invested in by Jiangtai Group are all for selling houses.
After listening to Mei Yanping's analysis, Han Huilan thought carefully for a moment and then said, "After soaking in the hot spring for so long, our bodies are a bit weak. There are exactly eight of us, so why don't we play two mahjong games?"
Mei Yanping then added, "I'm afraid of noise, so Han Jie and I are playing cards upstairs. Da Ming and Xiao Miao are joining us at the same table!"
She had already noticed some signs and sensed that Han Huilan and her Vice President Zhuang were not on good terms.
Many companies are like this.
Either the veteran employees felt they had made great contributions and that without them, the boss wouldn't be where he is today.
Either the shareholding is dispersed, or the veteran employees have other shareholders supporting them.
Given that Yabin Textile Group is not yet listed and the vast majority of its shares are in the hands of Han Huilan, the only explanation is the former scenario.
Miao Yuyan was overjoyed to be suddenly chosen to play cards with two female billionaires.
Lu Ming did find the matter a bit strange, but he didn't pay much attention to it. These business matters had nothing to do with him.
After putting his bathrobe back on, he followed the two wealthy women upstairs to play cards.
The Longtanxia Hot Spring Resort features two-and-a-half-story modern Chinese-style villas, each with a rooftop attic and a rooftop terrace.
The attic wasn't too hot this season, and it had a wide view, so the two wealthy women chose to play cards there.
It's mainly about peace and quiet.
After the cards were placed, Han Huilan said to Mei Yanping, "Ms. Mei knows that I suddenly have several billion US dollars worth of stocks. To be on the safe side, I will definitely cash out 30% and invest in other areas."
It's hard to predict the future of online e-commerce platforms. They might be booming this year and see their market value soar, but they could collapse in a few years.
Mei Yanping could certainly understand Han Huilan's thoughts, but she also said frankly, "The problem now is that there is a serious lack of investment channels in China. Apart from government bonds, everything else may fall."
"When we were running private equity funds, it wasn't difficult to outperform US Treasury bonds, let alone achieve an annualized return of 10%. Now, just outperforming US Treasury bonds is considered impressive!"
"Yes, I don't even dare to invest in my own textile business right now. It's too risky. I can only make money through foreign trade, but I don't dare to expand production capacity either. I'll just take whatever profits I can!"
Han Huilan sighed helplessly.
Business is getting harder and harder. Every year people say that business is much worse than before, and it's always harder next year.
One year is worse than one year.
The two wealthy women were discussing business deals worth hundreds of millions, so Lu Ming didn't dare to say a word and simply focused on playing cards.
Miao Yuyan listened with great interest.
After playing a round of mahjong, Lu Ming gradually discovered something very interesting.
As his intelligence and memory improved, he became much better at playing mahjong, both in remembering and calculating the cards.
You can basically guess the cards each player has.
Are top students really that lucky?
After Lu Mingting easily won several hands in a row, thinking about how many attribute rewards Mei Yanping had given him, he decided to let her win a pair of hands.
Chairwoman Han Huilan is a distinguished guest.
He could also fire a few shots from time to time, just to make the beautiful chairwoman happy.
After playing two more rounds of mahjong, Miao Yuyan gradually couldn't keep up, and the only one losing money was this beautiful vice principal.
Half a year's salary gone!
Fortunately, Han Huilan was having a great time. Seeing that Miao Yuyan kept losing money, she simply tossed her a few large chips and teased, "Principal Miao, your luck is really bad today!"
"President Han, it's not that I'm unlucky, it's just that the two female chairpersons are very lucky!" Miao Yuyan's flattery skills were quite impressive.
Even when their hearts are broken, they can still seize the opportunity to fawn over their superiors.
"Da Ming has been bringing good fortune to me and President Han all day. They've set off so many firecrackers already! Do they really want to attack me and President Han like that?"
Mei Yanping had already figured out that Lu Ming was going easy on her, and she chuckled and teased him.
"President Mei, your godson is such a wonderful person, so handsome! Why don't you give him to me?"
Han Huilan immediately understood why she was able to win two hands of the same suit today; it turned out that a master was throwing the game for her.
He's so handsome, so fit, and so good at cards. If he were brought into the business world, I wonder how many female bosses would like him!
He can recognize at least ten female billionaires as his god-sisters!
"I can't give him away, at most I'll let you recognize him as your godbrother!" Mei Yanping immediately understood what Han Huilan meant, she definitely couldn't bear to part with him.
Besides, Lu Ming himself might not admit that she's Lu Ming's godson!
After spending some time getting to know each other, she has come to a complete understanding that Lu Ming cares a lot about her past experiences.
Being friends is fine, but being life partners is definitely out of the question.
Ultimately, it's because Lu Ming is too conservative.
To be honest, there are many women in the financial industry who have had several lovers, and there are countless women in finance who are even more open-minded than her.
That's making a mountain out of a molehill.
Besides, she's already a high-ranking executive in the financial industry, and all she wants is to find a stable man to settle down with!
No matter how much she schemes and plots during the day, when she comes home at night, there's always a man in bed who's willing to hold her and say a few words to her.
"Oh, Mr. Mei is so stingy!"
Han Huilan continued playing cards with a smile, secretly pondering the relationship between Mei Yanping and Lu Ming.
That's pretty strange.
She sensed that Mei Yanping liked Lu Ming very much, but Lu Ming's reaction was rather indifferent; at least he didn't seem to be trying to curry favor with her.
"Mr. Han, it's not that I'm stingy, but Da Ming lives a carefree and comfortable life. In the months since his divorce, he spends his days either working out or tutoring the children at home, never leaving the house."
Mei Yanping simply stated that Lu Ming was not her lover, nor was he someone she could control.
"He just got divorced?"
Han Huilan carefully examined Lu Ming, worried that the muscular hunk might have a crush on someone else.
"My ex-wife was my high school sweetheart. We were together for almost twenty years, but we started talking about divorce five or six years ago. This year, we just couldn't take it anymore!"
Lu Ming explained the situation while playing cards, his tone calm and indifferent.
"So what are you doing right now? Are you having any financial problems?" Han Huilan was even more curious, and she really couldn't understand which woman would be willing to divorce such a handsome and strong man.
Is it large but useless?
"I accidentally amassed a batch of cryptocurrency when I was reselling mining machines, but I never told my ex-wife, so now I can only try to pretend to be poor."
Lu Ming continued to use cryptocurrency and the division of property during the divorce as excuses, and this reason was indeed perfect, as his funds and income could not be found in the domestic financial system.
However, he always had money to spend!
Han Huilan couldn't help but laugh out loud, teasingly saying, "Your situation is quite interesting. Since you and Principal Miao are college classmates and both graduated from the Normal University, why not register your job with the school? At least you can get social insurance and housing fund contributions."
"Thank you so much, Mr. Han. Give me the signal later, and I'll fire a few more shots for you!"
Lu Ming just wanted to sneak into a high school, which might trigger more main and side quests.