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Chapter 889 - 889 885 National Husband!

889: Chapter 885: National Husband!

Divine Maneuver!

889: Chapter 885: National Husband!

Divine Maneuver!

Business meeting room.

Wu Jie had barely entered the room when he laid eyes on the far-famed Wang Cong.

As the privileged scion of the Wanda Real Estate Group, with a billionaire father and a flamboyant, luxurious lifestyle…

It would be a challenge for Wang Cong NOT to become famous!

Seen as the ‘National Husband’ in the eyes of countless female fans…

Envied and coveted by myriad men as the ultimate rich second generation…

Swapping out new girlfriends for nightclub outings, driving sports cars for leisurely strolls, showering his pet dog Keke with million-dollar birthday gifts, participating in esports competitions…

Any piece of news about him could easily top the trending searches, sometimes even with people paying to keep him there amidst waves of public opinion.

His influence on public discourse simply obliterated that of all the stars in the entertainment industry.

He was that Cong who claimed he didn’t care about money when making friends, because, after all, the others couldn’t possibly be richer than him.

At this moment.

He was huddled alone on the sofa, absorbed in an esports game.

Wu Jie had seen him and his father together at a charity evening for entrepreneurs.

And for Wang Cong, his enthusiasm for esports knew no bounds.

Armed with the tens of billions in funds from his dad, aside from investing in new media, short videos, and live streaming platforms…

Wang Cong’s grandest venture was setting up an esports club, where he even played professionally himself.

Of course, his team’s victories, creating astonishing watching records and hot-topic discussions, certainly made an indelible contribution to the development of the domestic esports scene.

Woof~

Da Huang barked once.

At that, Wang Cong immediately looked up.

Seeing Da Huang, he wasn’t surprised or afraid; on the contrary, he was thrilled.

“Holy crap!

Xiao, is this a Dugao Dog?

The domineering CEO indeed has a wild side to keep such a fierce beast!”

Tang Xiao glanced at Wu Jie.

“Da Huang is a dog my husband raised in his hometown.

It’s already seven years old and has never been to a big city.

It hasn’t been examined much either, so when we went back home this time, we just brought it to Tongcheng.”

Wang Cong ditched the game and immediately stood up to examine Da Huang closely.

“Dugao Dogs indeed appear far more formidable than Alaskan Malamutes in both facial features and build!”

Crouching down, Wang Cong cautiously tried to pet Da Huang.

Da Huang turned its head to glance at Wu Jie and, seeing him smiling, wisely chose not to resist or bark wildly.

“This dog is well-raised!”

Wang Cong stroked Da Huang’s neck fur, chuckling, “Strong and vital, shiny coat, sharp eyes…

Tsk tsk, my Keke’s not doing so well; seems down lately, might need to take it to the vet when I get a chance!”

Tang Xiao snickered lightly.

“You treat Keke way too well – animals are living better than people now!”

It was well known that Wang Cong was a ‘crazy dog pamperer’.

While other people’s dogs lived with iron or copper hoops, his pets wore Hermès collars.

Others’ dogs slept in kennels, while his lived in villas, with special rooms for sleeping and storing their belongings.

All kinds of trendy accessories, brand-name leather belts and handbags, electronic gadgets…

An endless count.

Normal dogs followed their owners on walks, but Wang Cong often drove Rolls-Royce or Bentley just to take Keke for a spin.

And when the mood struck, he even flew Keke on private jets for vacations.

But to think Wang Cong excessively doted on his dog without any brains?

In reality, Keke had millions of followers, with professionals managing its online store.

Every year, just from sales of dog food, treats, clothing, and other pet supplies, they could make tens of millions in revenue.

“Animals living better than people?” Wang Cong laughed, “Dogs are the most loyal companions and intimate playmates.

I’m happy to spend any amount on them!”

After petting Da Huang a few times, Wang Cong stood up with a smile.

“Hey, by the way, do you guys plan to stay in Tongcheng permanently and not return to Tianyuan?”

“How is that possible?

Who told you that?” Tang Xiao retorted.

“I saw it in the news about you building highways and planning a Science Research City, so I thought maybe you intended to move to Tongcheng!”

After saying that, Wang Cong turned to take a gift box from the coffee table.

He then took out a deep-red invitation and handed it to Tang Xiao with both hands, and offered the gift box to Wu Jie.

“Next month, the 24th, it’s my dad’s birthday!”

“Thanks to the care and concern of friends from all circles over the years, we’re preparing a modest feast.

We hope Xiao and Jie will make time to grace the occasion!”

Tang Xiao handed the dog leash to Wu Jie and skimmed through the invitation.

She sat down on the couch, placed the invitation on the armrest, and gestured for Wang Cong to sit with a smile.

Wu Jie, holding onto Da Huang, sat to one side, and it wasn’t courteous to open the gift box immediately.

The so-called National Husband, Wang Cong – would his gifts be anything but valuable?

As for his casual chat with Tang Xiao…

Wu Jie wasn’t interested in joining.

The saying goes,

“Birds of a feather flock together; people are sorted by their group.”

Tang Xiao was the eldest granddaughter of the Tianyuan’s renowned Tang Family, and Wang Cong was a supremely wealthy second generation with a resounding name.

“Chosen ones” born with a golden key, they started life a considerable step ahead of ordinary people.

Common folk struggled with finding jobs, high housing prices, exhausting work, and the difficulty of earning money, while they were already living in luxury and speeding ahead under the protection of their parents and ancestors.

Different beginnings, different backgrounds, different experiences…

Destined to run in different circles.

In fact.

To date, Wu Jie didn’t have many wealthy friends.

Tang Kun and Tang Xin were relatives from the Tang Family.

If he had to name a rich second generation friend, it would only be Fang Qingya.

Some say, poverty brings solitude, wealth brings company.

But in reality…

Wu Jie, unwilling to fawn or grovel, uninterested in forcing conversation or curry favor, thus still didn’t have ‘company’.

It’s grand to be self-aware.

Why struggle to fit in, shaving away ones wits, trying to squeeze into the so-called upper echelons?

Isn’t living freely wonderful enough?

Wu Jie placed the gift box on the coffee table and sat on the sofa to play with Da Huang.

At eighteen, Da Huang came into Wu Jie’s life.

Years had passed in a flash, and it remained loyal.

Wu Jie gently stroked its neck, and it obediently sat down, eyes fixated on Wu Jie.

Dogs can’t smile, so it wagged its tail to express its inner joy.

Spending time with a dog is truly relaxing.

Because there’s no need to worry about a dog plotting or hiding anything.

Meanwhile, Tang Xiao and Wang Cong were engrossed in conversation.

Back in the day, Liulizhou Tanglong Industrial Group also had a decent market share in the real estate industry.

But with the excessive housing speculation, property prices rose higher and higher, and the market bubble grew larger and larger, to the point where ordinary people could hardly afford a home.

Because of concerns over a housing price collapse, purchase limits and sale restrictions were imposed to stabilize the market, preventing property prices from skyrocketing or plummeting.

Consequently,

The real estate industry entered a period of turbulence, slowly destocking and reducing pressure.

Although property prices were stable, they still fell, yet they remained unaffordable for the average person.

Purchasing land required bidding, and the cost was already high.

After acquiring the land, there was designing, construction, sales, quality assurance…

Construction costs, taxes, labor, and so on all added up, making it unbearably expensive.

High costs meant inevitably high selling prices.

The public couldn’t afford it anymore, and property speculation wasn’t allowed.

So what should be done?

It should be noted that many real estate companies relied on bank loans for their funds.

For a company like Wanda Group owned by Wang Cong’s family, the annual interest payments to banks amounted to several billions of yuan.

Moreover, many real estate enterprises had “‘huge debts'”, with ordinary debt-to-asset ratios around seventy or eighty percent.

A real estate company worth trillions in value seemed, in reality, to always be on the dangerous edge of “‘insolvency'”.

Therefore…

Tang Long and his daughter Tang Xiao had long realized that the golden age of making money in real estate was over.

In the past, just by building a property with a total construction area of several hundred thousand square meters, at several thousand yuan per square meter in costs,

a thousand-yuan increase in price per square meter meant earning several billion more.

Previously, property prices were like they were on steroids, changing every day.

Property costs of a few thousand yuan per square meter could soar to twenty or thirty thousand…

Just one property could rake in tens of billions, not to mention the dozens or hundreds of properties nationwide.

How much would that be?

Unfortunately, that was in the past.

Now, the bubble was too big to rise anymore.

Houses couldn’t be sold, but bank loans had to be repaid on time, with full interest.

Quite a few real estate companies had plunged into ‘winter’.

Therefore,

The timely divestment of the real estate business by Tang Long and his daughter Tang Xiao, managing to earn a fortune and exit completely, could not be said to be anything but a ‘miraculous operation’.

For instance, following Wang Kun’s request, taking twenty billion and withdrawing from the Tianyuan Flower Water Bay project.

Wang Kun thought he had made a fortune, but what about the outcome?

The financial strain was so severe that they even considered cooperating with Yang Weiye and opening charging stations for quick money.

There were many such ‘miraculous operations’ performed by Tang Xiao.

Now, when you look at the developed countries, one by one, in constant turmoil, with currencies worth less than paper.

Seeing the financial difficulties of other real estate companies while Tang Xiao was able to mobilize large sums of money to help the group withdraw from the stock market, providing hundreds of billions or even trillions to support Wu Jie in building highways and Science Research City.

Of course.

Apart from Tang Xiao being astute and capable of making money, Wu Jie’s Detox Pills could also be considered a money-printing machine.

Ever since the bidding began, millions of Detox Pills have flowed into the international market, and to this day, the price remains as high as tens of thousands.

Having amassed trillions of yuan, their wealth was sufficient to rival a country.

With such colossal wealth, they naturally had the capacity to spend lavishly.

As Wu Jie listened for a while, he felt that Wang Cong’s visit was obviously not just about extending an invitation.

Wang Cong, who always had a keen interest in e-sports, why was he discussing so much about real estate with Tang Xiao?

And he hinted multiple times about the financial troubles many real estate companies were facing.

So…

It was not hard to guess what he intended to convey.

It was like a distant relative who rarely visited suddenly came to your home, complained about the slump in the industry, complained about tight funds—

Wasn’t this just looking to borrow money?

Only…

In high society, such vulgar and direct speech couldn’t be used.

Even if you had to mention it, it had to be phrased as ‘lending, financing, cooperation’, and so on.

And how could Tang Xiao, with her sharp wits, fail to see through this?

Since Wang Cong didn’t explicitly say it, she didn’t take the initiative to express any stance.

After all, borrowing such large amounts wasn’t like ordinary people lending thousands or tens of thousands to each other.

This involved borrowing hundreds of billions, even trillions.

What was Wang Cong’s worth?

What skills did he possess to borrow such vast sums?

Therefore.

It was clear he had just come to test the waters, and the real decision-maker was his father, Wang Jian.

…

After a long conversation, Wang Cong seemed to remember that Wu Jie was there, too.

“Jie, e-sports are very hot right now.

Many gamers love competitive matches, so if someone could exclusively live stream some major competitions, the ratings would definitely be sky-high!”

“I know the streaming threshold on the Dashen Pai APP software is really high.

Ordinary people can’t get a chance to live stream at all.

So, do you think we can live stream these highly popular e-sports competitions?”

Wu Jie glanced at Tang Xiao, who was smiling but not laughing.

“You should discuss business matters with your sister Xiao.

I never manage those things!”

Wang Cong laughed and said, “I figured as much.

Jie, you’re responsible for inventing and creating, which is already hard enough.

And the Detox Pills you developed are truly worthy of their global fame as a miracle drug; my dad took two pills, and he feels much younger and healthier!”

Wu Jie asked with a smile, “The Detox Pills haven’t been officially sold in the domestic market yet; your father is healthy and couldn’t possibly be part of the free drug trial volunteer program.

So, where did he get the Detox Pills?”

“Uh…”

Wang Cong paused, then forced a smile:

“A friend gifted them.

It was just two pills.

After taking them, the effects were indeed exceptional; there was a considerable improvement in physical health and appearance…”

Wu Jie kept silent with a smile.

Throughout history, the rich and powerful have often cherished life more.

With Detox Pills being such a miracle drug, how could a top-tier millionaire not grab some to use and store?

It’s like those top luxury brands, if you don’t frenzily buy, buy, buy, how can you prove you’re wealthy?

But…

Seeing Wu Jie say nothing, Wang Cong couldn’t continue.

“Alright, I admit it—I bought the Detox Pills through a friend!”

“That person has a very strong background and can supply Detox Pills long-term, even below the auction price!”

Wu Jie raised an eyebrow.

“Counterfeit goods?

Who’s so capable?”

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