Chapter 461: He Started to Grow a Brain

Australia City is really too small.

I had a meal at the Lisboa Hotel and when I left, it was the casino's peak time.

Zuo Ziyan met several acquaintances in succession, including her uncle who had a good relationship with her parents, as well as distant relatives and partners of her company.

From this we can see that her parents have been working in Hong Kong for so many years and their social circle is really very wide.

At the same time, it also shows how much people in Hong Kong like to come to the casino to play a few games when they have nothing to do at night.

Everyone who sees Zuo Ziyan and Fan Wumian together would secretly exclaim in their hearts, "The Zuo family is going to be rich," and tentatively inquire about the relationship between the two.

According to the current situation, if the two sides get married, there will be a new "billionaire family" in Hong Kong and Macau, which will inevitably arouse the curiosity of others and make them want to know whether they are together.

Fan Wumian is being watched by the media all day long, and all the assets under his name have been thoroughly exposed and are clear at a glance.

Thanks to the recovery of housing prices in Hong Kong, the total market value of Zuo's Properties on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has recently climbed to around HK$48 billion. Together with the valuable land at 12 Mount Kellett Road, The Peak and some other assets, the scale of wealth is probably about HK$ to billion.

The total assets of both parties added together have indeed reached the threshold of a "billionaire family", and unlike many large families with many members, their wealth is relatively dispersed.

Zuo Ziyan knew how to act according to the situation. She just said openly that she was there to help and used the Valentino fashion show as an excuse to cover it up.

After leaving the Lisboa Hotel, take a car at the door and go straight to the pier.

Apart from the casinos, there are not many places to visit in Macau nowadays. The famous "bathing culture" and "prostitute culture" are extremely attractive to male tourists, but Fan Wumian is not a fan of them.

Zuo Ziyan drank one third of the 1982 Lafite given to her for free by the third concubine during the meal. After boarding the ship, she swayed a few times and felt a little dizzy, so she went to lie down for a while in the spacious and luxurious master bedroom.

Originally thinking that she was just looking for an excuse to try out the new mattress on the way back, Fan Wumian followed her to the master bedroom and found that she was really planning to take a rest.

Back on deck again.

Pu Jiajing was seen happily admiring the three sample packs given to her earlier.

Fan Wumian sat on an open-air lounge chair and said:
"All three are actually good, but they lack some characteristics. They will probably never be mass-produced, and are out-of-print and highly collectible. If you keep them for a while, they should be worth some money when you sell them out. Don't just throw them around as ordinary bags. If you meet a buyer who really likes them, they may be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars."

".I haven't thought about it at all."

Pu Jiajing was startled, and her hands became gentler instantly, for fear that they would be accidentally bumped or scratched. It would be better to just take them home as a display, as she was reluctant to use them herself.

She then asked:
"Are you really going to give them to me? Miss Zuo is so generous. She just picked out these bags and stuffed them into my hands. I thought they would be scrapped and not worth anything at all."

Fan Wumian looked back, lowered his voice and said with a smile:
"Ayan is trying to please you because you bought us a lot of small umbrellas while you were in the United States. She's worried that you'd talk nonsense. Just keep them. These samples are valuable, but not valuable either. The cost price is very cheap, but they could be very expensive on the market. They're basically out-of-print collectibles. As long as Valentino develops smoothly, I'm afraid they'll have a chance to be auctioned."

After blinking her eyes, Pu Jiajing was even more reluctant to use these bags as they felt they were too luxurious.

She burst out laughing:
"Boss, you know I've always kept my mouth shut. Otherwise, there would have been a fire in your backyard long ago. How could you have been so carefree and have such a comfortable life?"

While speaking, Pu Jiajing silently handed him a pen, then stuffed the sample package into Fan Wumian's hand and added:

"It's only out of print and it can sell for hundreds of thousands. If you sign all of these bags, wouldn't there be a chance to sell them for millions of RMB? Please, boss, help me out. Just treat it as a welfare benefit and give me a pension for the future."

".Tsk, money is really a good medicine, you are actually starting to grow some brains."

Since there was no way to sign on the outside of the black leather bag, Fan Wumian signed his name on the lining and signed all three bags he gave her.

Not only did Zuo Ziyan need to please her, Pu Jiajing also had a weak spot in Fan Wumian's heart. Any gossip she leaked out was enough to cause Fan Wumian's reputation to fall several times, and would also drag down Zhuang Muxi, Gao Yuanyuan, Feng Ying'er and others.

After seeing the signature on the bag, Pu Jiajing was so satisfied that she joked:
"Boss, don't worry. I've accepted the hush money. In the future, even if I talk in my sleep, I will keep my mouth shut."

Fan Wumian seized the loophole in these words: "You just sleep, why do you dream about me?"

It was just a joke, but it accidentally hit the nail on the head. Pu Jiajing's assistant's face instantly turned red, and she said hurriedly:
"How could I dream about you? Even if I did, it would only be you giving me a raise and a bonus."

Fan Wumian looked at her sideways, smacked his lips again, and changed the subject:

"Your situation isn't bad, right? The house my family sold you has increased in value by over a million Hong Kong dollars. But being good at saving money like this is pretty good too."

"Looking at the situation in the mainland, I think the three biggest reasons for the middle class to fall back into poverty are buying luxury cars, over-investing in education, and being crazy about luxury goods. It's good to send your children abroad if they are good at studying, but if their grades are already very poor, it's better to save the money for them later, especially in the United States, where tuition fees are too high. Four years of undergraduate study, including living expenses, generally starts at one million Hong Kong dollars."

"While you are young and can make money, it is best to save more money. Once you have saved enough for daily expenses, it is better to retire early and enjoy life, so as not to let the boss harvest the value of your labor."

"It's like you working for me, which means I'm buying your time. Life is only a few decades long. Unless you like working, it's better to live for yourself."

Pu Jiajing replied:

"It's pretty good now. Today I took your private jet back to Hong Kong, rode a yacht worth tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, had a meal at Lisboa, and received these valuable sample packs. Who wouldn't like such a job?"

".That's right. You live a much more comfortable life than those doctors and lawyers in Hong Kong. I went on a business trip at public expense some time ago and spent more than a month in the United States. I didn't have any performance evaluation pressure."

Just as he finished speaking, Fan Wumian unexpectedly received a call from Zuo Ziyan.

No need to ask.

Most likely, he was not asleep, so he changed his mind at the last minute and invited him to try out the new boat in the master bedroom of the yacht.

Isn't this how men and women get along? At first, it is usually the men who take the initiative, but over time, the women become more proactive.

Wait until the yacht docks.

Zuo Ziyan happened to have finished packing and went ashore. She saw a hotel on the roadside and told him:
"Oh, by the way, a few days ago a businessman from Taiwan invited my dad to go to Yanjing to invest in a hotel. Do you know where Li Hongzhang's courtyard is? It seems to have been bought by my dad's friend, along with the land next to it. He plans to find a five-star hotel brand to manage it."

When talking about other hotels, Fan Wumian probably doesn't know them.

But when Zuo Ziyan mentioned "Li Hongzhang's former residence", he immediately thought of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Yanjing and the courtyard suite that was said to cost 14 yuan for a night's sleep.

He also accompanied the director to dinner once, during which the director asked how much money the hotel made in a year, and the director replied that the net profit was less than 1 million.

This made Fan Wumian deeply impressed, and he asked Zuo Ziyan:

"How much is the estimated investment for the entire project? How much do you want your family to contribute? I roughly guessed where you are talking about. The location is quite good, near Wangfujing, right?"

Zuo Ziyan shook her head:
"My parents mentioned it a few times during dinner, but I didn't ask them in detail. It seemed that they invited my family to invest 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars, which is about 40% of the shares. In other words, the total investment cost should be close to 4 million Hong Kong dollars."

Fan Wumian said decisively:

"Yanjing has many tourists, and office buildings and courtyard houses are increasing in value. The rate of return may not be that high, but it is difficult to lose money. If I were to choose, I would use the money to buy land in Yanjing or Shenzhen, and then build commercial housing to sell, or directly invest in real estate companies in the mainland."

In the past, Zuo Ziyan might have sung a different tune.

However, in the past two years, more and more Hong Kong businessmen have gone to the mainland to develop the real estate market, including Li Chaoren, Hang Lung, and Wharf Holdings, which shows that they generally believe that the market prospects are very good.

She replied:

"If you recommend a good company to me, my parents will probably seriously consider it if it's your suggestion. You're the little stock god of Hong Kong. Now even Superman has been overshadowed by you."

(End of this chapter)

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