The luxurious room was fully equipped with all kinds of facilities. The two of them took a bath in the circular bathtub and ordered two female technicians to massage their feet. Everyone who came here to consume did the same. If you don't follow the local customs, you will look different. However, the technicians' level was quite good. Wen Liang had been dealing with various affairs non-stop since returning from Mingzhu. He didn't sleep last night. The fatigue of the past two days was immediately dissipated with the light and heavy massage of the soles of his feet.
After politely declining the technician's suggestion to provide other services, Wen Liang asked them to leave the room, took the red box of Yan cigarettes on the table and lit a cigarette for Gao Zhan himself.
Gao Zhan took it with a guilty look on his face, and whispered, "I promised Master Wen that I would quit smoking... It was just that I was injured that time and was too bored in the hospital, so I couldn't help it..."
The last time Wen Liang took Xu Yao and the others to Wuzhou to watch Jacky Cheung's concert, he joked with Gao Zhan that if he quit smoking, he would give him a whole set of Panasonic home appliances.
Times have passed, and the joke is still fresh in my ears, but it also seems like a long time has passed, and I feel like the world has changed so much!
Wen Liang shook his head and said, "If you want to smoke, smoke. It's no big deal."
When Gao Zhan's right hand was disabled, even an ordinary person would have found it difficult to accept it, not to mention that he was a man who fought for his life. Losing his right hand was almost equivalent to losing all his value. The pressure he had to bear can be imagined. Under such pressure, he only took a few puffs of cigarettes, which was a rare and fearless person, a real man!
Gao Zhan took a deep breath, and the rich aroma penetrated from his throat into his lungs. He then turned around and slowly exhaled, saying, "Lei Fang wanted to intervene in the futures fund, and I didn't hear anything beforehand... It was my fault..."
"This is none of your business. If I'm not mistaken, Lei Fang has only become greedy these past two days. It's normal that you don't know!" Wen Liang's eyes sparkled with wisdom, and he said, "The news of the action in Mingzhu City should have been transmitted back to the capital four or five days ago. It took at least one or two days for Lei Fang to hear it. At first, he didn't necessarily have the intention of robbing, but it just happened that I wanted to fire Shen Xinzhu, and he felt embarrassed, so he took advantage of the situation to warn me. Little did he know that I had the same intention..."
Gao Zhan was a little confused and said, "He wants to share 100 million yuan of profit from your shares. How can you blackmail him?"
"Don't forget, this profit is not just for free. He has to lend me 100 million yuan in principal!" Wen Liang smiled and said, "100 million yuan, even if he sells his house, he can't raise enough money. So, where does his money come from?"
Gao Zhan said in a deep voice: "I was just about to report to Master Wen that after leaving the Golden World Hotel last night, Lei Fang went to see Zhuo Yihua..."
"Oh, Buddha?"
Although Wen Liang didn't know how Lei Fang would find a way to raise the money, he was not surprised to hear the name of Master Fo. One hundred million in cash is not a small amount of money. There are only a handful of people in Guanshan who can raise it in just three days. Lei Fang has just arrived and his network of relationships is not as good as that in Beijing. The people who can ask for money are only these few!
"Yes, since Lei Fang came to Guanshan, he would go to Mingwang Manor every once in a while. I have never seen the man in the manor, but I often see Buddha. The relationship between the two is extraordinary..."
Wen Liang fell into deep thought. Before Lei Fang came to Guanshan, he and Zhuang Shaoxuan should have had an average relationship. The circle of people like them was big and small. Due to the grudges between ancestors, political factions in reality, personality and hobbies, many people did not see eye to eye with each other. Besides, at that time, Zhuang Shaoxuan was in his prime and was sent to the local area by his family to hone his qualifications. He was praised as the most dazzling new star of the younger generation. Lei Fang was just an old-timer in the city. The two did not have much in common.
However, this time was different from the past. Zhuang Shaoxuan's dream of a career in politics was shattered, and he was trapped in a corner of Guanshan, like a tiger with its teeth pulled out, no longer as majestic as before. Lei Fang first became the agent of the Lei family in Hengsha Mining. Although he was replaced midway for some reason, it was not his fault. At least he proved that he had his own strengths. As one rose while the other fell, and everyone had made it to Guanshan from the capital, they felt a sense of sympathy for each other and had close contacts with each other, so it was not a shocking thing.
"... Master Buddha once expressed his affection for Shen Xinzhu, but at that time Lei Fangzheng needed Miss Shen to work at Bencao Ruolan, so she pretended to be stupid and ignored him. But last night, she fed her medicine and gave her to Master Buddha personally..."
Wen Liang frowned slightly, feeling a little sorry for Shen Xinzhu. This woman was talented, a serious doctor. Although her style was a bit overbearing, if she was trained properly, she would be a capable person. However, since she followed Lei Fang and wanted to get close to a wealthy family, she had to be prepared to be sold out at any time. There was nothing she could do about it.
Compared to Shen Xinzhu's experience, Wen Liang cares more about the Buddha!
Zhuo Yihua is the tyrant of Guanshan, with power, money and influence. Is he a man who lacks women? The answer is of course no. No matter how eager he is, he would set his sights on Lei Fang's woman? Wen Liang has seen Shen Xinzhu. Although she is qualified to make men kneel at her feet, she is not a stunning beauty who can conquer the world with one smile. Wen Liang absolutely does not believe that the Buddha fell in love with her at first sight and would rather offend Lei Fang to have a kiss with her.
Or maybe Lei Fang felt that Zhuang Shaoxuan had lost his power and was not as respectful as before in his interactions with him, thus offending this young master whose psychology was already somewhat abnormal, so he asked the Buddha to deliberately humiliate Lei Fang in this way
Little did he know that for Lei Fang, interests were the most important thing. Women were like clothes, which could be put on, taken off and thrown away in the blink of an eye.
Wen Liang picked up a cigarette and put it to his nose to smell it. He didn't smoke, but the smell of tobacco helped to get rid of the distracting thoughts in his mind. No matter what kind of dirty things happened among this group of people, Lei Fang still got the money from the Buddha, which showed that on the surface, everyone was still in harmony. For Wen Liang, grasping this level was enough. As for the details, there was no need to delve into it!
"Is that all?" Wen Liang lit the cigarette in his hand, handed it to Gao Zhan, and said with concern: "You shouldn't have taken the risk of making this trip..."
Although Wen Liang is confident that he can deal with Lei Fang now, it is still a bit impulsive for Gao Zhan to rashly ask for a meeting. It is better to be safe than sorry. Once Lei Fang finds out, with his cunning and treachery, he will pretend to be ignorant and take action secretly, and deal with Gao Zhan when Wen Liang has no time to react. The consequences for Gao Zhan will definitely be ten times worse than when his hand was broken!
"If it only involved Master Fo, I wouldn't take the risk." Gao Zhan's face became gloomy in the smoke. He lowered his voice and said, "Lei Fang only borrowed 50 million from Master Fo. The other 50 million was connected by Master Fo to Gu Shitong..."
Wen Liang was startled and asked, "What?"
This news was beyond Wen Liang's expectation. The grudge between him and Gu Shitong was no secret in Jiangdong. Lei Fang should have heard about it, but he did not hesitate to take the Gu family's money to get his share. Not to mention what this matter itself represented, at least when he heard it, he felt very disgusted!
"The final result was that Master Fo and Gu Shitong each contributed 50 million to lend to Lei Fang for a period of six months. The interest rate was about 10 percentage points. I'm not too sure about the exact number..."
The six-month benchmark interest rate of banks in 1997 was 7.65. According to Article 6 of the Several Opinions on the People's Courts Trial of Lending Cases issued by the Supreme Court on August 1, 1991, the interest rate of private lending can be appropriately higher than the bank's interest rate. The people's courts of various places can make specific decisions based on the actual situation in their local areas, but the maximum shall not exceed four times the bank's interest rate for similar loans (including the interest rate). If this limit is exceeded, the excess interest will not be protected.
In other words, Fo Ye and Gu Shitong gave Lei some face and did not lend him money at an exorbitant interest rate that was four times higher than the base rate when he was in urgent need of money!
But for a loan of one hundred million, even if it is calculated at 10 percentage points, it still has to use simple interest instead of compound interest, and the interest alone is as high as ten million. However, Wen Liang doubts that Mr. Fo and Gu Shitong would be so kind, so it is more likely that compound interest will be used!
His fingers began to tap on his knees meaninglessly again. Gao Zhan sat aside without saying anything. After a while, Wen Liang suddenly asked, "Have you signed the contract?"
"It's signed. Gu Shitong brought people from the accounting and law firm here directly. I heard from Lei Fang afterwards that he seemed very satisfied with the deal and didn't feel like he suffered any loss."
“He naturally wouldn’t feel at a disadvantage…”
Lei Fang had tasted the sweetness of the Shangning Hi-Tech case. In just two months, his principal had increased more than tenfold, and that was just a small pool of domestic junk stocks. This time, he was eyeing the entire Southeast Asian market. If he didn't get 100 million back after investing 100 million, he would be embarrassed to tell others about it! With this idea as a foundation, let alone only 10 million in interest, even if it was 50 million, he would not feel at a loss!
In fact, Lei Fang is still ignorant. The international futures market is changing rapidly, and the stock index is changing almost every second. Especially later, governments and banks have become more cautious, and the leverage effect has also decreased. It is impossible to have a profit margin as high as at the beginning. It is undoubtedly wishful thinking to want to increase the capital tenfold with 100 million yuan!
Wen Liang didn't care what Lei Fang was thinking. His future was focused on money. There were many ways to deal with such people. He was thinking about why Gu Shitong appeared at this moment. It was possible that Master Fo was short of money and couldn't come up with 100 million in cash, so he needed to find another party to pay. But the problem was that Gu Shitong's Minghua had a lot of bad debts recently, and the cash flow was very tight. No matter how you looked at it, he shouldn't wade into this muddy water.
"Okay, okay," Wen Liang said with a cold smile on his lips, "This play is getting more and more interesting!" (To be continued)