Chapter 514 Today is the first time

Business K is still going on.

Fan Wumian’s rise to power was a bit special, and the process was exceptionally smooth.

In contrast, several guests tonight have either managed to accumulate wealth over the years, or taken shortcuts by relying on connections and family resources. Now they are all over 40 years old, and have struggled for many years to cross the circle, and then won the opportunity to be invited by Mr. Wang tonight to accompany Fan Wumian for dinner.

For others, every social interaction means “more friends, more paths”, and many opportunities to get rich are hidden in one dinner after another.

For example, Mr. Li, who runs a construction company, even offered a mansion in a large building at cost price in order to win the opportunity to undertake the project. Unfortunately, Fan Wumian already had enough place to live, so he just winked at a blind man.

There were other people at the scene who wanted to get a bargain and offered to buy No. 4000 Tangong for 9 million, but Boss Li fooled them with a few words and changed the subject to other things.

As the “most luxurious house in Shanghai” today, it would be a bit difficult to sell Dangong for 60 to 70 million yuan. However, if it is sold at a discounted price of 40 to 50 million yuan as a worker-redeemable house, there is still a chance to find a high-quality buyer. There is no need to sell it hastily at a low price.

Boss Li was willing to suffer a little loss at the hands of Fan Wumian, simply because he wanted to make a friend and then find an opportunity to compete for a big project near Shencheng Bay, and by the way, deepen the cooperation with Mr. Wang.

The wealthy businessmen are indeed generous, but they are more shrewd than each other, and no one wants to do business that will lose money.

soon.

Another boss, Mr. Lin, who mainly deals in futures and stocks and is said to have a total net worth of 700 to 800 million, suddenly asked out of curiosity:

“Have you heard about the fact that China Merchants Bank Securities increased capital and expanded shares from old shareholders a few months ago, raising more than 2 billion yuan? Recently, a colleague suddenly contacted me and asked me where he could buy shares of China Merchants Bank Securities. It seems that he has a big appetite and asked for about million yuan. Have you heard any rumors?”

Although he has been paying close attention to various developments, there are countless news reports every day, and Fan Wumian cannot possibly read them all.

For example, he had no idea about China Merchants Bank Securities’ capital increase and share expansion this year.

After listening, he looked at Boss Lin and asked:

“CMB Securities? What is the current market value of this company?”

Boss Lin was stunned after hearing this, then shook his head and explained:

“It hasn’t been listed yet, and it’s probably worth 30 billion yuan. A friend just bought more than 1.086 million shares at 5500 yuan per share, accounting for about 1.7% of the total share capital of China Merchants Securities.”

“Both the securities and fund businesses are not doing well. A large number of companies have gone bankrupt in the past two years. China Merchants Bank Securities has successively acquired more than 20 branches of Yanjing Securities and also entrusted the assets of Jutian Securities. I guess the decision to raise funds in the first half of the year was to help rescue the market and prepare for listing.”

“Life was already tough, and we took over several messes. Fortunately, the market quickly recovered, which gave China Merchants Bank Securities a break.”

The financing and share increase raised more than 30 billion yuan, but the overall valuation was only around 30 billion. This shows that China Merchants Bank Securities’ debt ratio was frighteningly high, it was on the verge of bankruptcy, and its net profit was not good enough.

Thinking that this company, backed by China Merchants Bank, would surely grow to a scale of hundreds of billions in the future, Fan Wumian was slightly interested in buying at the bottom, and suddenly realized:
“I see. Mainland state-owned enterprises have to shoulder social responsibilities, and their decisions are not necessarily based on profit considerations. But they have grown in size through acquisitions, and the A-share market has performed quite well in the past few months. They shouldn’t suffer any loss by helping to save the market, right?”

Boss Lin said decisively:
“Of course, those old shareholders are not fools. They raised more than 3 billion yuan and successfully completed the capital increase and share expansion just because they thought that investing in China Merchants Securities would make money in the future. I heard that some people are busy buying stocks from the market, so I asked if there was any new news.”

While eating watermelon, Fan Wumian continued:
“On my way here this afternoon, I met several employees from PricewaterhouseCoopers, who recommended to me the acquisition and restructuring of Kunlun Fund. To be honest, I am more interested in the fund and securities business, but not in Kunlun Fund.”

When Boss Lin heard this, he instantly became energetic:

“Really? How about we try to cooperate? It’s very convenient to register a fund company in Gangcheng. It’s definitely a good idea not to go to Kunlun Fund, which is a wreck that owes hundreds of millions.”

Fan Wumian politely declined:

“For now, I only have an intention, and I haven’t thought it through yet. The money I have has been drained by Penguin Group, leaving me with only a few hundred million for emergencies.”

“After squeezing them dry, only a few hundred million are left. Mr. Fan, I must toast you.”

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The wealthy businessmen present were all shrewd people. Fan Wumian had tasted the sweetness of investing heavily in Sanyao Heavy Industry before, and was very interested in this China Merchants Bank Securities, but he swallowed the words that were already on his lips and did not continue to ask.

He then quietly sent a text message to Pu Jiajing, asking her to contact McKinsey Consulting to investigate the details of China Merchants Bank Securities and to quietly look for potential sellers who hold a large number of shares.

After Fan Wumian finished talking about the business, the girl whose stage name was Ling Ling whispered:
“I know about China Merchants Bank Securities. My father used to deposit more than 300 million yuan in this company. The rate of return seems to be quite high. He can get more than 10 yuan every year.”

This sentence successfully attracted Fan Wumian’s attention.

Finally, he stopped treating this “Xiao Tian Xiwei” as a tool to help pour wine and pass fruit, and asked:
“Wow, you have over 300 million in savings? That’s great. I didn’t expect you’re a young lady from a poor family. Why did you come here to work?”

Ling Ling’s nose felt sore and she said with an awkward smile:
“It was not bad before. My family was doing grain business in Suzhou. Later, my father became addicted to futures trading and lost more than 1300 million in the blink of an eye. He also owed others to million for grain collection. I heard that he seemed to have fled to Southeast Asia.”

“I have no choice. My house has been mortgaged and my mother has passed away for many years. I can’t afford the tuition fees of the National University of Singapore. The school cannot waive my tuition fees. I have to drop out of school and find ways to make money.”

“Actually, I don’t work here. I signed a contract with a graphic modeling company in August. Suddenly someone found me this afternoon and offered me 8 yuan to accompany you.”

Apart from those who spend money lavishly and want to be lazy and take shortcuts, almost every girl who chooses to go into the adult industry has several sad stories.

Hearing that Ling Ling was hired temporarily to keep Mr. Wang company, Fan Wumian naturally glanced at Mr. Wang. He could only say that the hospitality was very thoughtful and attentive.

Since it is a business reception, a table worth more than 100,000 yuan of food and drinks has been spent, so the more important business K link must not be relaxed.

It was probably because they knew that Fan Wumian was picky in the entertainment industry, so Mr. Wang or his subordinates specially invited Ling Ling from outside to accompany him.

This explains why President Wang had taken the initiative to arrange Ling Ling for Fan Wumian. He was probably worried that his careful arrangements would be intercepted by the other old-fashioned people present.

For now, Fan Wumian believed half of it, but not all of it.

When a pretty girl lies, people tend to be more careless. He doesn’t know whether Ling Ling is pretending to be a prey, hoping that he can pull her out of suffering.

Fan Wumian took a sip of beer and just said:

“That’s really bad luck. If you want to be a print model, why not try your luck in Lin’an? Many Taobao sellers need models to help take photos. With your qualifications, you should have no shortage of work.”

Ling Ling replied:
“Well, our company is in Shanghai, and we can also receive orders from Lin’an. I just took a group of photos for Langsha this morning. There are pajamas, nightgowns, autumn clothes, underwear, etc. I was busy until about 2 o’clock in the afternoon.”

“I think I’ve heard of this brand. They’ve asked Liu Shishi to be their spokesperson, right? How much can you earn by helping shoot a print ad?”

“Not bad, she can get 300 yuan, and she is the spokesperson for this brand.”

“.That’s pretty hard work, no wonder you come here to work part-time.”

Fan Wumian specifically explained:

“In fact, I have never been to such an occasion. Today is my first time. We were having dinner and talking about business, and suddenly everyone said they wanted to sing. I thought they were really going to sing.”

Ling Ling was a little bit unconvinced. She blinked her big eyes and recalled that when Fan Wumian and other girls were shaking the sieve just now, their movements seemed too skillful.

But she said nothing and replied:

“There are so many people who like you, there’s really no need to come to a place like this. I was worried about meeting a strange uncle, so I was ready to return the money and leave at any time. I even asked my friends to wait for me outside, but I didn’t expect that they would actually drink with you.”

Fan Wumian asked, “What about your friend?”

“Let her go find an internet cafe first. I’ll go find her after this is over. There are eight people living in the company dormitory. I made a lot of money today. I can take her to a slightly better room so she can have a comfortable night’s rest. You won’t force me to drink or do anything bad to me, right?”

After listening to Ling Ling, Fan Wumian smiled and said:
“You’re not that old, but you have beautiful thoughts. There are so many people actively pursuing me, and you still need to queue up first. It’s best not to come to this kind of place in the future, otherwise it’s easy to come in innocently and leave with a big belly. I’m not saying that you’re forcing a cow to drink water, but what I mean is that if a boss wants to spend millions to keep you, it would be hard not to be tempted. There are too many temptations.”

(End of this chapter)