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Chapter 894 - 894 889 Outwitting Each Other!

894: Chapter 889: Outwitting Each Other!

Beware of Being Duped!

894: Chapter 889: Outwitting Each Other!

Beware of Being Duped!

Wang Jian chuckled resolutely.

“I knew it, I can’t hide anything from you guys!”

He picked up the teacup and took a sip before honestly saying,

“This kind of big business indeed requires a lot of connections and smoothing out many aspects to succeed!

Relying solely on Wanda Group is truly insufficient!”

“I’ve teamed up with several prominent families, including two you are familiar with, Xu Family from Liuli City and Nangong Family from Qicheng, prepared hundreds of cargo and oil tankers, forming the Yi Continent fleet!”

“The Yi Continent fleet’s trading partner is Yincheng, and we can transport over a million tons of various materials and oil in one go, securing good sales channels for the goods we exchange, and everything gets settled in just five days!”

“Additionally, we plan to gather more ships and purchase more goods to form fleets for Shizhou Continent and Yezhou Continent.

These routes are longer, taking about a month back and forth, but the profits will be even higher!”

During the conversation,

Wang Jian effectively positioned himself as an ‘international speculator.’

Known as the world factory, products like clothing, footwear, everyday goods, and food medicine from Liuli Continent were inconsequential domestically.

But, trading them to regions afflicted by wars and conflicts makes them highly valuable, allowing for the exchange of high-end products and technologies that are scarce domestically.

This ‘bartering’ model has existed since historical times.

Some have managed to exchange light industrial products for jet planes from the soon-to-collapse Northern Bear.

Now, it appears that Wang Jian and his partnering prominent families are looking to engage in even larger speculations.

The bulk transactions involving millions of tons of materials could yield staggering profits per transaction.

A single successful deal could lead to enormous earnings.

Of course,

The investment cost is also high, as gathering so many large overseas cargo and oil tankers and fronting the money for materials, not to mention paying to smooth out certain aspects, requires substantial funds.

Big investment, big returns.

The real estate sector is sluggish, and overseas businesses have failed.

Wang Jian, who had been quite frustrated lately, clearly wanted to gather his strength and turn the tides.

However,

After hearing this, Tang Xiao simply shook her head.

“Mr.

Wang,” she said candidly, “your ideas are good, and the profits would indeed be high if successful!”

“But the question is, if you can think of this, why can’t others?”

“Although those dozen or so developed nations are in turmoil and chaos, there are still over a hundred other countries in the world!”

“As far as I know, plenty of consortia and businesses, even entire countries, are scrambling to profit from such disparities.”

“They are geographically closer, and their transaction cycles would be quicker.

What makes you think you can compete with them?”

“Like with the Star Federation, is it closer from Luoxi Continent or from Yi Continent?”

Faced with the questioning, Wang Jian remained unexpectedly calm.

After Tang Xiao finished asking, he calmly replied:

“President Tang’s considerations are very realistic, but we have indeed taken this into account!”

“In fact, we’ve done enough research and communication; the goods we offer are those that smaller nations cannot supply!”

“For instance, medicinal drugs and medical equipment, weaponry, and ammunition—those smaller nations can’t even handle those, right?”

“And frankly, we have already engaged in small-scale trades before; we wouldn’t dare to trade on such a large scale if we weren’t sure it would work!”

Tang Xiao smiled lightly.

“But since it involves borrowing money to do business, there inevitably are risks!”

“You’re using four Wanda Plazas as collateral; I can lend you 40 billion, with a term limit of two months and an annual interest rate of 20%!”

“If you can’t pay back in two months, then I’ll take them as debt repayment, how about that?”

Wu Jie’s lips twitched slightly, inwardly astonished.

A ruthless CEO indeed!

Chopping down from 100 billion to 40 billion!

Four Wanda Plazas with lease contracts and stable income should be worth at least 80 billion.

And Wang Jian’s expression indeed turned somewhat ugly.

“No way, President Tang?

That harsh?”

Tang Xiao smiled and said, “Is this called being harsh?

You may not want to hear this, but look around the domestic market today, who could lend you 40 billion in cash?

You must have approached many already, right?”

“Would banks or those underground money lenders lend to you?

Even if they were willing, they’d probably be even more ruthless than me, right?

Business is business, friendships aside!”

“Moreover, our two families aren’t that closely related; we never had any collaborative dealings, just meeting once or twice a year, merely acquaintances!”

Wang Jian gave an awkward smile.

“Two months is fine, and I can agree to an annual interest rate of 20%, but about those four Wanda Plazas, could we possibly mortgage a bit more?

How about 80 billion?”

“Mr.

Wang, with such haggling, that really isn’t interesting,” Tang Xiao said with a smile.

“If you truly need 80 billion, then include two Wanda Plazas from Qicheng, and we can sign the contract anytime, I’ll provide the cash immediately!”

80 billion!

In cash!

What does ‘rich’ mean?

What does ‘capricious’ mean?

Tang Xiao, holding a considerable fortune, now is truly the ‘Rich Girl.’

Wang Jian, who wanted to borrow money to make a fortune, hesitated for several seconds.

Ultimately…

He still shook his head.

“I’m very sorry, President Tang, I genuinely can’t agree to these terms!”

“No worries!” Tang Xiao smiled as she stood up.

“After all, you’re not really in a hurry to borrow money or in urgent need of it, otherwise, you wouldn’t have sent over Wang Cong to deliver the invitation, asking my husband and me to attend your birthday party next month!”

Wang Jian quickly stood up, explaining,

“I genuinely want to borrow money to do some business, to turn around the losses; otherwise, the group’s annual report would look terrible.”

“You know, since your group was once a public company, you definitely understand that poor performance would definitely upset the shareholders!”

“I’m really out of options, hence I thought of engaging in international trade to turn losses into profits!”

Tang Xiao smiled lightly.

“Well then, I’ll wish your business prosperity in advance!”

With that, Tang Xiao, holding Wu Jie’s hand, left composedly.

Wang Jian narrowed his eyes and pondered for a while before sitting down and draining his teacup.

He took out his phone and sent a message in the Xinxi chat group.

On the other side.

As soon as they entered the elevator, Tang Xiao scoffed,

“You said it would take ten minutes, yet it ended up nearly half an hour and still you didn’t agree, what a waste of time!”

Wu Jie consoled with a laugh, “As the saying goes, like father, like son!

Since Wang Cong tried to get 50,000 Detox Pills for just one billion, isn’t it normal his father tried to borrow a hundred billion at a low-interest rate using four Wanda Plazas?”

Tang Xiao gave a cold laugh.

“Plainly speaking, they just want to scam!

Business is indeed a battlefield of deception and counter-deception!”

“Who told you to have so much money?

If the scam succeeded, wouldn’t they strike it rich?” Wu Jie said with a laugh.

Tang Xiao cast a sidelong glance at Wu Jie:

“Do you think I’m stupid?”

…

The night was deep.

Accompanied by the roar of the engine, a business jet, flashing its beacons, sprinted for takeoff.

After takeoff, it adjusted course and flew directly towards Liuli City.

Before Wang Jian and his son arrived at Liuli City, Xu Feng had personally led a team, with two Mercedes and a motorhome, to the airport to wait.

Nowadays, domestic transportation is advanced, with passenger planes and high-speed trains obviously more economical and punctual than business jets.

That was evident.

The next morning, Wu Jie and his group of three went to the airport and took a passenger plane back to Tianyuan.

Since pets were not allowed on passenger planes, Da Huang had to be placed in a pet box and checked in.

As for Tang Xiao…

She did not go back but stayed.

Together with many senior executives of the group, she continued to negotiate cooperation with Bing City.

When billions in investment were thrown in, who wouldn’t be tempted?

It was a monumental achievement!

Lu Songfu was so eager that he wouldn’t mind living in a hotel every day, hoping to attract more investment from the group.

Ideally, a ‘trillion investment’ would be a record-setting achievement.

As for Chu Yunxuan…

Now holding two positions, she was really as busy as a top.

The expressway project had already started, and the Technology City project was about to start; there was a lot to do.

And the land acquisition and demolition hadn’t even officially begun yet, Wu Jie had provided detailed construction planning maps and design drawings.

In just one night!

This efficiency… was simply terrifying.

How many architectural design institutes were working day and night to rush out drawings for Wu Jie?

Or perhaps, had Wu Jie already planned this Technology City project?

Obviously, with the plans already made, how could they not work overtime to get it done quickly?

An investment project worth billions.

It was not just a sensation throughout Bing Province, but many companies across the country were stirred.

Construction companies, building materials vendors, security providers, landscape architects…

Various meetings and dinners abounded.

Chu Yunxuan pushed all of those away, took a helicopter directly to the command center for land acquisition and demolition set up by three counties for the Technology City.

She had decided that within one week, she would have hundreds of thousands of acres of land fully acquired.

…

Around ten in the morning.

Wu Jie and his party arrived at Tianyuan International Airport.

Unexpectedly, Zheng came to pick them up himself and had even contacted a reputable pet hospital in advance.

This being Da Huang’s first visit to the big city with Wu Jie, he was extremely excited.

He kept staring out the window at the bustling streets and the densely packed skyscrapers, which were all too novel.

During casual conversation, Wu Jie briefly mentioned Wang Jian’s business idea from early in the morning.

Of course, he didn’t mention that Wang Jian wanted to borrow money and didn’t reveal too much detail.

After hearing it, Zheng couldn’t help but laugh.

“He’s got guts, strong backing, and the idea is pretty good!”

Zheng suddenly frowned, turned his head, and looked at Wu Jie suspiciously.

“A lot of people like to use others as excuses when talking about business, always saying ‘a friend of mine, a buddy of mine,’ when it’s actually themselves!”

“You’re not saying that this idea of making money by trading goods is something you want to do, are you?”

Wu Jie chuckled, “I have Detox Pills to make a fortune every day, why would I invest a large amount and become involved in such trade?”

“That’s for the best!”

Exchanging a smoke, the two lit up.

As they puffed clouds of smoke, Zheng shared some insider information.

Those seemingly tumultuous and chaos-ridden developed countries, where various forces seemed to be still battling it out…

But in reality, some were already powerless, and the disparity in strength doomed them to the survival of the fittest.

At most half a month, or perhaps a month.

They would inevitably settle down gradually.

And the most critical issue was…

Their battling meant no credibility.

Trading goods with them could lead to being cheated if you were unlucky.

Open conflict?

Robbery?

Not delivering goods?

What would that lead to?

Could one sue or organize military forces to retrieve the goods?

So…

Why be a black market dealer?

Traffic in supplies?

The risk was too high!

That’s why Zheng had said ‘gutsy and strong backing.’

Not enough guts, and no one would dare to organize hundreds of large ships for bulk goods trading.

Not strong enough backing, and the hassle of exporting so many ships and goods would be challenging.

Unfortunately…

Ideals are beautiful, reality is cruel.

“… In any case, you better advise your friend to give up on this gambling-like way to make money!”

Zheng blew a smoke ring, leaned closer to Wu Jie’s ear, and whispered,

“Are your friends blind to the chance to make a fortune as military industry magnates, eating porridge every day?”

“Using ships is so slow!

Others directly use large transport planes, flying back and forth in one day, with hundreds of flights at peak times.

In just a few days, they could deliver tens of thousands of tons of weapons and equipment to their clients.”

“Your so-called ‘friends’ using ships to slowly cross oceans?

The fight might be over by the time they arrive, and if not, it would be surprising if they weren’t cheated!”

Wu Jie chuckled.

He was really looking forward to seeing, after a while, whether the Wang Family, Liuli City’s Xu Family, and others, would be imposing or crying bitterly.

During the chat, they arrived at the pet hospital.

Da Huang, strong and majestic, entered the lobby and immediately silenced all the other dogs.

Wu Jie led the dog into the examination room, unexpectedly encountering Shu Mengyan…