Chapter 81 The Crazy Gambling Addict Who Staked All on One Throw
Chen Yinuo was struck dumb on the spot.
What the hell?
"I want to earn four hundred million, but the other party only let me earn twenty million?"
Was that the kind of nonsense that he said when he was drunk?
Or, was his lying nature revived and exposed again?
But based on her understanding of Ye Chen, he would always think it through even if he was lying. He would not be so wanton.
Hence, Chen Yinuo was indeed stunned at once.
She asked in a daze, "Have you been drinking again?"
"Did you smell the alcohol?" Ye Chen could not suppress his laughter.
"No. But why did you talk such nonsense if you haven't been drinking? Why did you say that you want to earn four hundred million? Do you know how many zeroes there are in four hundred million?" Chen Yinuo grumpily rolled her eyes at him.
"Alas!" Ye Chen smiled bitterly and sighed inwardly.
As expected, sometimes people found the truth harder to believe than lies.
"Anyway, I didn't reach an agreement with them. Then I got impatient, thinking that it would just be a waste of time there. I'd rather come home and stay with you and Youyou!" said Ye Chen.
"How long has it been? But you had become impatient? Is there anyone who runs their business like you?" Chen Yinuo knitted her brows.
"Yinuo, patience depends on the mutual demand relationship. Now they need me instead of the other way around. Since that's the case, why do I have to waste time on an insincere request?"
After he had said that, he looked toward the girl under Chen Yinuo's stupefied glance.
"Youyou, why don't I drive and take you and your mom out to enjoy the scenery?"
"Sure!"
In the next second, Ye Youyou quickly turned off the TV. She excitedly threw herself on Ye Chen.
"Yinuo, why don't we go out shopping? By the way, let's go and try the roadside stalls that you like in the night market!" Ye Chen turned around and grinned at Chen Yinuo as he said so.
"You made it sound like the gas is free!"
Although she was scolding him, she still held back her inward happiness and excitement as she stood up.
In the past, she wanted Ye Chen to go to the night market with her countless times before her relationship with him turned bad. But in exchange, she just received Ye Chen's indifference and rebukes since he was addicted to gambling. She gradually felt despair, and she no longer mentioned that.
Now Ye Chen, who was mending his way, suddenly brought that up out of his initiative. How could she not rejoice secretly?
"I've bought the Mercedes-Benz G-Class. Can't I afford the gas?" Ye Chen smiled and said so.
"Are you acting smug now?" Chen Yinuo grumpily glared at him.
"No, how would I dare to do so? How would I have the guts to act smug in front of you?
As he was talking, he did not dare to tease Chen Yinuo anymore. He immediately held Youyou's little hand. "Youyou, let's go!"
...
In the courtyard of the Zhang family as night fell.
It was away from the hustle and bustle.
It appeared rather quiet.
Someone was watching TV in the living room.
Zhang Weimin watched every episode of Straits Shinkansen without fail.
It was just because his long-cherished wish was to see the day of revival in his lifetime.
Hence, even if he knew that it was just a TV program with no concrete effect on the overall situation, he still never missed it.
He just wanted to watch it and listen to it...
"Grandpa, you always watch this show every week without fail. Is that necessary? It's just a TV show. If there are indeed any happenings, can they talk about it on TV?"
On the side, Zhang Jingshan, who was bored to death, had finally waited until the TV show was over. Only then did he speak up gloomily.
"You don't understand. I can't explain this issue to you clearly!"
Zhang Weimin was unwilling to debate with Zhang Jingshan.
He then changed the topic of conversation and said, "How much did you earn from selling Four Seas Group short? Did you withdraw it from there?"
"Ah... What do you mean how much I've earned?" Zhang Jingshan's heart skipped a beat.
It was because he claimed in front of The Old Master before that he did not do such a crazy deed with Ye Chen.
Smiling faintly, Zhang Weimin looked at Zhang Jingshan quietly.
In the next moment, Zhang Jingshan felt goosebumps all over. His expression became strange. "Grandpa, you... why are you staring at me?"
"What do you think? Do you think that I've lived more than eighty years for nothing? Do you think I've become an official for decades for nothing?" asked Zhang Weimin.
"Ahem... I've withdrawn it. I've earned more than ten million!" Zhang Jingshan scratched his head. He did not dare to look at The Old Master's gaze directly.
"More than ten million? It looks like you do trust that guy deeply!" Zhang Weimin smiled faintly with a profound meaning.
Zhang Jingshan forced a smile, but he did not dare to say anything more.
Zhang Weimin continued and asked, "By the way, what is he doing now? He told me before that he wants to produce a skin cream for removing scars. He asked me to tell the relevant departments about it and ask them to give him the green light under the condition of ensuring full legal compliance to save some time. But why didn't he come to me?"
"Ah? Does he want to produce skin cream? This... I don't know about this. He never told me!"
Zhang Jingshan was stunned and puzzled.
It was because Ye Chen had indeed never mentioned that to him.
"You didn't know?" Zhang Weimin was quite surprised too.
"I don't know. He never told me about that!" said Zhang Jingshan.
Zhang Weimin paused thoughtfully. "Then do you know what is he doing right now?"
Zhang Jingshan was slightly bewildered.
He wondered why The Old Master seemed to be too concerned about Ye Chen.
After all, he remembered that The Old Master seemed to have not been so concerned about any outsiders before.
To put it in a harsher tone, The Old Master had never been so concerned about Zhang Jingshan, let alone an outsider.
However, even if Zhang Jingshan was bewildered, he still said honestly, "Grandpa, you surely won't believe it if I tell you about it. You'll feel that it's unbelievable!"
"Oh? Tell me!" Zhang Weimin became curious.
"He earned twenty million in selling Four Seas Group short. After it was over, he went to the suburbs and threw nearly all of his money into the efforts of acquiring Jin Zhong Village, using the money he earned from selling Four Seas Group short and his previous starting funds. You should know that Jin Zhong Village is just a deserted and barren wilderness. There are a total of sixty-six families there. In one go, he spent forty-six million and acquired the land as well as the buildings at a million per building. He bought forty-six buildings. He asked Changfeng and me to share the remaining twenty buildings. We gained ten each. The two of us also fight alongside him and share the wealth as well as woes with him!" Zhang Jingshan told the truth honestly.
"What?"
Unexpectedly, Zhang Weimin's expression changed drastically.
He screamed shockingly in disbelief.
Jin Zhong Village?
This...
It was most probably the place where the municipal government would extend metro 10 to.
A while ago, his favorite student, who was currently the highest leader of the Municipal Committee, went to meet him. He then chatted freely with him about the future development of Jiang Zhou.
After they had talked about the reform experiment in the urban village, they discussed the next strategic policy.
The municipal government had its eyes on the suburbs now, because there was a unique geographical advantage, and it was the meeting point of Jiang Zhou with several surrounding cities.
Under the saturated development space in the city, the municipal government had begun to plan and do something with the suburbs. It planned to attract the capitalists to the suburbs under the signal of extending metro 10 there, consequently enlarging the prosperous territory of Jiang Zhou.
However, it was just a plan or thought of the municipal government. For the time being, it was not decided and finalized yet. Hence, they did not dare to spread words about that incident to the outside world for fear of causing any unnecessary trouble.
But under that kind of background...
Ye Chen threw all of his wealth into Jin Zhong Village.
He was either a mad gambling addict, or he was certain that the next target of the municipal government was the suburbs.
But was Ye Chen the kind of mad gambling addict who would stake all on one throw?
Zhang Weimin did not think so!
Hence, did Ye Chen rely on his advanced analysis again just like what happened with Jin Lin Mansion previously? Did he analyze that the suburbs would become something in high demand?
That was just like he had the municipal government in his control as if he had an advanced analysis that was akin to a prophet.
Zhang Weimin was shocked. He was indeed flabbergasted.
He had lived for more than eighty years now, and he had been in politics for decades. He had met a lot of business geniuses, and he had had contact with countless business tycoons.
But he had never met a demon that could be compared with Ye Chen.
Even if it was Xu Jia, who had started to be highly valued by Zhang Weimin more than twenty years ago and who was also the current chairman of Henda Group, Xu Jia seemed to be way less than Ye Chen.
"Grandpa, what's the matter with you?" '
Zhang Jingshan saw how his grandfather forgot himself in a deep shock.
He was soon stunned again.