Chapter 61 Real Purpose
It was so quiet at this moment. Right after Ye Chen finished talking, Zhang Weimin, who had been through many ups and downs in his life and had met thousands of different people, stared at him with his deep eyes.
Ye Chen would be restless if this happened in his last life. However, Ye Chen was a tycoon with hundreds of billions of personal property in his last life, and he had contact with influential officials, even the honored guests from the provincial government. With such experiences, how could it be possible for Ye Chen to be in a panic at this moment?
"Old secretary, what's the matter? What's your opinion about what I said?" After looking at the old secretary in the eye confidently for a few seconds, Ye Chen asked with a light smile calmly.
"The far-sightedness and the vision you have is undoubtedly the best among all the people I know! Even some businessmen who have seized the opportunities of this era and made profits out of it are not as good as you!" Zhang Weimin said solemnly. "Thanks, but it's not like that, I think you're overreacted here!" Ye Chen smiled sulkily.
"It is like this. Don't be afraid to admit it. With such foresight and vision, your reputation should be spread all over this country in ten years at most as long as you don't go the wrong way!" Zhang Weimin looked away, couldn't help but sigh, "If you were born twenty years earlier, in an era when there were opportunities for reform everywhere, you would have already reached the top of the altar by now!"
Ye Chen couldn't help laughing in his heart while hearing this, "Be born twenty years earlier? I got a better one!" He knew the precise trends over the next 60 years, which is like that, starting from now, he was born 60 years earlier to some extent. He continued thinking, "Ten years to be successful? Ten years is a really long time. I would be well-known in two or three years at most." Ye Chen laughed, saying, "Old secretary, are you praising me or trying to make me arrogant?"
However, Zhang Weimin only shook his head. He didn't talk much about this, and he changed the subject, "Last night, Jingshan said that you spent more than 20 million dollars to short the shares of Four Seas Group. May I ask why? Although I don't know much about shares, I know that shorting is extremely risky. The development of Four Seas Group is currently like the sun at high noon, why would you want to go short in this circumstance?"
"This is it! This is his real purpose!" Ye Chen thought of this in his heart. He knew that Zhang Weimin was only testing him by asking about Jin Lin Mansion. What he was curious about was his new move instead of Jin Lin Mansion. His real purpose was asking about the reason why he shorted the shares of the Four Seas Group!
"I just feel that the Four Seas Group is about to decline!" Ye Chen said frankly. "Young Friend Ye, I'm afraid you are the only one who dares to say this. Given the current development of the Four Seas Group, you think that its decline is imminent?" Zhang Weimin frowned.
Facing Zhang Weimin was so much different from facing Zhang Jingshan, Ye Chen knew that he couldn't just tell him it was his intuition. Seeing Zhang Weimin frown, he said, "Old Secretary, I know that you asked me here to talk about this, and I won't hide anything from you. Four Seas Group and Maple Leaf Hotel are strategic partners, aren't they?" "They are, why?" Zhang Weimin nodded.
"I assume that you know something about my past from Jingshan. That's right, I used to be a gambler, and I was so obsessed with gambling that I owed the usury. Later, they even come to my house for my debt." Ye Chen said. Zhang Weimin nodded silently.
"The one who gave me the usury was from a notorious and brutal company, An Da Finance Company. Old secretary, you should have heard of An Da Finance Company, right?" Ye Chen said. Zhang Weimin nodded again, asking, "And then?"
"Because of the usury, I learned that the boss behind An Da Finance Company is Sun Tianqi, a member of Municipal People's Congress, and the owner of the Maple Leaf Hotel. Luckily, I also know that the Maple Leaf Hotel is actually an illegal company that sails under false colors because of usury. According to the stable push, the inspection team returned to Jiangzhou twice for unexpected inspections. It's very likely that they came back to check the Maple Leaf Hotel and Sun Tianqi! In this case, the Maple Leaf Hotel and Sun Tianqi are under suspicion. The Four Seas Group is closely related to the Maple Leaf Hotel, and Li Sihai, the president of the Four Seas Group and Sun Tianqi are brothers. Once Sun Tianqi and the Maple Leaf Hotel are in trouble, Li Sihai will definitely not be immune from it. If Li Sihai and Four Seas Group are involved, no matter whether there is anything illegal in the company, Four Seas Group will be under high pressure from public opinion! After that, there is no doubt that the shares of the Four Seas Group would plummet, and I will make a lot of money from short-selling!" Ye Chen said so seriously.
"How do you know that the inspection team came after the Maple Leaf Hotel and Sun Tianqi? How can you be sure that the Four Seas Group will be involved?" Zhang Weimin narrowed his wise old eyes. Suddenly, he discovered that he, who had met thousands of different people, could not see through Ye Chen. He had never had this feeling before.
"No, don't know, not sure!" Ye Chen said. "Yet you put all the 20 million dollars to short the shares of the Four Seas Group?" Zhang Weimin frowned.
"Old secretary, I am taking my chance, just for a short period. If the inspection team left and there is nothing wrong with the Four Seas Group, then I withdraw with some loss. But if anything happens, the shares will flow down vigorously and I'll try to make profits!" Ye Chen said.
Somehow, Zhang Weimin felt that Ye Chen was not telling the truth. It sounded like Ye Chen was certain to win! It was not like he would bear some loss, or he would try. But he couldn't find any flaws at all from what Ye Chen said. It sounded far-fetched, but it made sense when he thought about it carefully.
Zhang Weimin hadn't met someone like him for a long time. It was like that the person sitting in front of him was not a young man less than thirty, but an old fox who hid his thoughts very deeply! He now believed Zhang Jingshan's words that Ye Chen was an omniscient, even the impression this young man gave him was indescribable!
"Hmm." Zhang Weimin, who knew that Ye Chen wouldn't tell him anything, sighed. He asked, "Have you told anyone about your analysis?" "No, I won't. If the Maple Leaf Hotel and the Four Seas Group knew this, I'm a dead man now. I didn't even tell Jingshan or Changfeng, I trust you for this, old secretary, or I wouldn't tell you this, I wouldn't even call this analysis!" Ye Chen said.
Zhang Weimin smiled bitterly, "You are right, if people hear this, I'm afraid it will really affect the Maple Leaf Hotel and the Four Seas Group, and they will definitely let you pay!"
"Old secretary, tell me what do you think. Did the inspection team come after Sun Tianqi and the Maple Leaf Hotel?" Ye Chen pretended to be confused after Zhang Weimin said that.
"You're good. We just met, and you're trying to get my point of view about this?" Zhang Weimin blamed. He was suddenly relaxed and sighed, "I was just curious about the reason why you shorted the stocks of the Four Seas Group. As for who the inspection team was coming after, I didn't pay attention. I worked hard before, and now I'm enjoying the retired life, I don't really care much about other people's problems!"
"Speaking of this," Zhang Weimin joked, "If I really know something, do you think I will tell you?" "Oh, that sounds about right!" They smiled at each other. Both the young man and the old man were tactful.
"Let's talk about something else, aside from shorting the shares of the Four Seas Group, what's your plan next? I am very interested. With your keen insight and perspicacious observation, I am very curious about what industry you will be in!" Zhang Weimin said.
"Speaking of this, I might need your help, old secretary!" Ye Chen answered. "Well, my help? What is it?" Zhang Weimin was interested.
"I am going to produce a kind of skin cream for removing scars. It is easy to operate, but the approval process is rather complicated. I hope you could help me to get this through. I really need this permission!" Ye Chen said bluntly.
However, Ye Chen's plan surprised Zhang Weimin. He would never have thought that Ye Chen was starting the business of making scars removal ointment, not any other promising industry. He stopped wondering, paused, and said, "If the items meet all the official standards required, it is not a problem. But if not, or even if it is just a little bit not up to the standard, I couldn't do anything about it either!"
"Don't worry, old secretary, your reputation is well-known throughout Jiangzhou, and I will definitely not cause you any trouble. In fact, I can't cause you any trouble, I'm sure my ointments are legal and compliant with the standards. I followed all relevant requirements while I was making it. I'm asking your help only to save some time, or I would need to go through the overelaborate formalities, and it's hard to get something done when the clerks are not rushing anything, and they don't mind wasting your time!" Ye Chen smiled bitterly. "That's fine!" Zhang Weimin nodded.
At this moment, a car stopped, and a middle-aged man in plain clothes walked into the courtyard. "Old secretary, is it a bad time?" When the visitor saw Ye Chen under the grape trellis, he greeted him with a smile. Ye Chen looked at the man and he was so surprised to see him here. The man was Jiang Wenrui, the leader of the inspection team.