20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3617 The Schemes of the Lu Siblings

Watching Zhao Chang'an and Xia Wenzhuo drive away, Lu Tanhua said to Lu Feifei, who was somewhat silent, "It's hard to imagine that when I first met him in his freshman year, he was just a little ant who needed to call you for help. Now he's spread his wings and soared tens of thousands of miles."

As he spoke, Lu Tanhua couldn't help but recall the scene from that time. Zhao Chang'an and Bai Feifei had a falling out with Tong Xiaoyu, a member of the Tong family's extended family, at Sun Pangzi's Chunxiao Residence. Seeing how feminine Bai Feifei was, he went over to mediate and teased her.

As a result, Bai Feifei almost got so angry that he couldn't help but get into a fight. Zhao Chang'an then called his cousin to put pressure on him, and the matter was eventually dropped.

Much later, Lu Tanhua learned that Li Xin was actually Bai Feifei, a new female disciple of the White Dragon King. However, he didn't care much. The Lu family was based in Africa, while the White Dragon King was based in Southeast Asia. It was hard to say who would submit to whom.

What Lu Tanhua still vividly remembers is what Bai Feifei said to Tong Xiaoyu that day: 'Do you know why I splashed you but not him? Because I don't bother arguing with a dead man.'

At the time, I thought this woman was bragging, but looking back now, it seems she really wasn't bragging.

In Lu Tanhua's eyes that time, Li Xin might have been a bit unfathomable to him, but he didn't take Zhao Chang'an, this young man, seriously at all. He thought he was a coward who relied on women as a cripple.

However, even if he is unwilling to admit it, Lu Tanhua knows that the coward from three and a half years ago has grown into someone he has to look up to.

Thinking about it, I couldn't help but feel a pang of resentment and bitterness.

"It's hard to imagine. Back then, I was prepared to invest one million with him, only to get 40% of Jurassic's shares from him. I was very angry when he rejected me, thinking he was biting the hand that feeds him."

Lu Feifei sighed with a complicated expression, "Even when I met him in Los Angeles at the beginning of last year, I did think he was very capable, but that was only part of the story. Who could have imagined that it would only be a year later? Sigh~"

There were some things Lu Feifei didn't say. When she first started associating with Zhao Chang'an, she felt a natural sense of superiority and looked down on him with condescension. She bought a lot of high-end clothes and cosmetics for Zeng Xiaoxiao, who was with Zhao Chang'an, indirectly doing favors for her pen pal from back then.

Looking back now, I realize how ridiculous and ignorant I was, and I feel a little embarrassed.

Do you think he'll agree?

The two were staying at a hotel very close to the Hunan restaurant, so they walked back to the hotel.

"I don't know. But what happened last September shows that he has a strong greed for money. We've already pointed out these gold mines in Central Asia that haven't been officially mined yet, and I don't believe he's not interested. Although local powers will get excited like flies smelling dung no matter where they go to get other people's resources, especially precious metals like gold, the business environment in this regard is definitely the worst in Southeast Asia."

Lu Tanhua said, "Look at what OneNan is doing here—palm oil, rubber, cocoa beans—it's all aimed at exporting resources. You can see that OneNan's purpose here is actually resource plunder, sending them back to China to make a profit. I dare say their business in Malaysia will be very difficult. They only see those Chinese businessmen doing well here, but they don't know that these people have lived and settled here for over a hundred years, and even then, they're just a bunch of front men. Given Zhao Chang'an's personality, how could he possibly share most of his profits with others?"

"You seem to know him quite well." Lu Feifei glanced at Lu Tanhua with a half-smile: "Are you so sure he'll agree to cooperate with us?"

"Because we need a partner like this. We can provide capital, technology, manpower, and even sales channels. He only needs to be responsible for getting things done in the local area and connecting with the various forces. And this is just the beginning. Once we get to know each other well, he won't even be of much use anymore. We're already very familiar with dealing with those chiefs in Africa. At that point, he'll just be following us around sharing the profits. What's there to disagree with?"

Lu Tanhua said confidently, "His connections are useless if they can't be monetized. We'll use this method to revitalize them. You know, even the best relationships need maintenance. Unless he's a fool, he has no reason to refuse such an enticing offer!"

Lu Feifei thought about it and agreed.

"Lu Chengfeng is simply too much! He took the wealth his family had accumulated over the years, went to North America, and only stayed there for two years. Now he thinks he's a member of the elite in the world's number one superpower. In reality, he's just squandering the money his family earned by risking their lives on the front lines outside the continent!"

Speaking of this matter, Lu Tanhua gritted his teeth in anger: "Anyone can spend money, but true ability is knowing how to make money, making a lot of money! I don't know how much money he has spent from the past to the present, but at least I have never seen him earn a single penny."

"He bought that piece of land in Irvine last August, right at the peak of land prices. But he lost more than a million dollars on that land alone. And after buying the land, he immediately bought a huge amount of building materials, which cost him more than a million dollars more. Plus, he signed a contract with a builder to start construction as soon as the builder finished their current project. He was so farsighted, but he still lost more than a million dollars!"

Lu Feifei got angrier the more she talked. She had been living a good life in China. She had spent seven years in high school and university, built her own circle of friends, and gotten used to the colorful and stable life in China.

As a result, he left in such a sorry state that his friends, teachers, and classmates would probably only speak of him with contempt and insults, having suffered such a great injustice, and only received a paltry two million dollars in compensation.

This Lu Chengfeng is something else. He just built a place to stay at home, and he lost three or four million right away!

What's even more outrageous is that he and Lu Tanhua spent several months in North America taking exams and finally selected a few companies with great potential that they wanted to invest in.

At first, the family agreed, but they put Lu Mohu in charge of the investigation. This decision infuriated the two of them.

However, for the sake of the bigger picture, I had to grit my teeth and bear it.

The result of this was that Lu Mohu, who looked down on everyone, belittled these companies to the point of being worthless in his report to his family. Anyone can find fault with something.
Then a fight broke out. The family was completely unreasonable and forced the two of them to go back to Cape Town.

Forced into a corner, Lu Feifei suddenly remembered that Xia Wenzhuo had arrived in Xingcheng. Zhao Chang'an had divided OneNanometer into three independently operating economic companies: Pearl, Xingcheng, and North America. Currently, Pearl and North America were shining brightly, while Xingcheng remained unknown.

When Qiao Qinqin went missing in Xingcheng, Xia Wenyang fled to North America. The people who went to Xingcheng to investigate met Qiu Jinhui, who hated Qiao Qinqin to the core and spoke her mind without reservation.

Therefore, many people in Shancheng knew that Xia Wenyang's wife had come to Xingcheng, had an affair with a painter, and absconded with all of Xia Wenyang's property left in Xingcheng. Xia Wenyang, who was now being cuckolded, became the laughing stock of the people of Shancheng.