The heavens set sail from the courtyard

A tea room.

Wang Gang and Hua Zi had arranged to meet. He arrived first, but Hua Zi was ten minutes late. Wang Gang wasn't in a hurry and waited patiently while drinking tea.

Today, Hua Zi took the initiative to meet with Wang Gang to discuss buying shares in the used car dealership. Wang Gang was no longer interested in continuing the business and planned to sell all his shares to Hua Zi.

Wang Gang had someone estimate that the used car dealership is now worth about two million yuan. The shares that Wang Gang and Hua Zi agreed on were 70% for him and 30% for Hua Zi.

If Hua Zi wants to buy Wang Gang's shares, he needs to put up 140 million yuan in cash.

Hua Zi has made some money in the past six months, but it's not easy to come up with 140 million yuan. He can only mortgage his parents' old house for a loan.

Twenty minutes later, Hua Zi finally arrived.

"Qiangzi, President Hu had something to discuss with me, so I was delayed for a while."

"It's alright, I'm free today." Wang Gang gestured for Hua Zi to sit down.

"It's been a long time since the two of us sat down for a cup of tea."

Since the used car dealership partnered with the 4S store to offer a trade-in program, Hua Zi has become increasingly busy, spending all his time buying and selling cars, barely having a moment to spare, and running around to various 4S stores throughout the capital.

Wang Gang is quite busy, either helping Mi Lai with her studies abroad or helping Manny with her company, and he doesn't communicate much with Hua Zi.

In fact, since Hua Zi broke up with Chun Xiao and got together with Lu Lu, Wang Gang has rarely gone to the car dealership.

He disliked Lu Lu, and Lu Lu disliked him too. They hated each other, so it was better not to see each other.

"Have you decided to buy my shares?" Wang Gang poured Hua Zi a cup of tea.

"I consulted the bank, and they said my old house can be mortgaged for around 60 yuan. Adding that to the 30 yuan I've earned recently, I'm still short 50 yuan," Hua Zi said helplessly.
"Qiangzi, can I pay for the shares in installments?"

Wang Gang raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

"How about this," Hua Zi said through gritted teeth, "I'll buy half of your shares first."

Wang Gang quietly took a sip of tea, then put down the teacup and said with a smile, "Don't be nervous, I didn't say I wouldn't agree."

Hua Zi was overjoyed and said, "You agreed."

Wang Gang shook his head and said, "I will definitely sell all the shares; I won't keep half."

Since you can only buy half, I'll sell the other half to someone else.

Hua Zi asked urgently, "Whom should I sell it to?"

Wang Gang said, "What do you think about me selling my shares to that idiot?"

"Him?" Hua Zi asked in surprise, "Didn't you always look down on him?"

Wang Gang laughed and said, "As long as you get along, that's fine. Besides, just because I don't like him as a person doesn't mean I don't like his money."

Upon hearing this, Hua Zi began to think. Selling the shares to Pig Head wasn't a bad idea. If Hua Zi acquired half of Wang Gang's shares, he would own 65% of the shares, making him the largest shareholder with decision-making power.

He knows Pighead, and they have a good relationship in private. It's not impossible for them to go into business together.

"Have you talked to Pighead?" Hua Zi asked.

“No, you can go and talk to them, I just want the result,” Wang Gang said, shaking his head.

"Okay, I'll go talk to Pighead." Hua Zi took out his phone, walked to the side, and called Pighead.

Wang Gang waited quietly, leisurely drinking his tea. A few minutes later, Hua Zi sat back down.

"Pighead agreed. He'll take half the shares, and I'll take half," Hua Zi said excitedly.

"When will we sign the contract?" Wang Gang asked.

"Can you wait three days for me? I'll mortgage the old house first," Hua Zi asked tentatively.

“Okay.” Wang Gang nodded in agreement.

Hua Zi laughed, glanced at his watch, and said, "Let's skip the tea and go drink some wine instead."

Wang Gang said, "Let's skip it today, I have things to do tonight." Hua Zi was taken aback, clearly sensing Wang Gang's distance, and said somewhat unhappily, "Qiangzi, are we still friends?"

Wang Gang was taken aback and said, "Of course we're friends. I really did have plans tonight. Manny's Bar is going to be sold, and I'm going to help out."

"Sister Manny is selling her bar?" Hua Zi asked, a thought striking him. "Her bar was doing quite well, why did she sell it?"

Wang Gang explained, "She's focused all her attention on the company right now and doesn't have time to manage the bar, so she's planning to sell it."

Hua Zi's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "How much does Sister Manny charge at the bar?"

Wang Gang asked in surprise, "You want to buy it?"

Hua Zi chuckled and said, "I only bought half of the shares, so I still have some money left."

Wang Gang chuckled and said, "Your little bit of money is far from enough. Manny Bar is offering three million for the entire premises."

"Hiss!" Hua Zi gasped, "I can't afford it, I simply can't afford it."

Wang Gang smiled but didn't say anything.

"By the way, you need to keep an eye on Manager Hu. That guy is too greedy," Wang Gang reminded him. "We only partnered with him because the car dealership was weak in the early stages. Now that the dealership is on track, don't let someone like him drag you down."

Hua Zi looked troubled.

"Today, President Hu asked me to discuss something, which is to increase the rebate rate."

Wang Gang sneered, "That kind of despicable person tries to eat from both sides. After eating the boss, he wants to eat us too."

Hua Zi sighed, "I'm also thinking about how to get rid of him, but I'm afraid of offending people. That kind of despicable person is capable of anything."

Wang Gang said, "You can contact his boss, bypass him, and cooperate directly with the boss. In the end, he's just an employee at a 4S store."

Hua Zi worriedly said, "Won't this be a bad thing? When we were in trouble, we asked for help, but now that we've made money, we're kicking them to the curb. Who will dare to cooperate with us in the future?"

Wang Gang laughed and said, "You're overthinking it. I only ever used that guy surnamed Hu as a stepping stone. Now that we're on shore, what use is a stepping stone to me?"
"But the car dealership will be yours from now on. What you do with it is up to you. I'm just offering advice as a friend."

Hua Zi seemed to be thinking about it, and said, "I will think about it carefully."

Wang Gang put down his teacup and was about to leave when he unexpectedly saw two acquaintances.

Charlene and Mr. Xu, the nightclub manager, walked in from the entrance of the tea room.

Hua Zi noticed that Wang Gang's gaze was off, and then turned around and saw Xia Lin.

"Hey, isn't that Xia Lin and President Xu? What are they doing together?" Hua Zi knew that Xia Lin had already left the nightclub.

Wang Gang smiled coldly, ignoring Xia Lin and President Xu.

Unexpectedly, the two sat down at the table behind Wang Gang and Hua Zi, seemingly ignoring them.

"Should we say hello?" Hua Zi asked hesitantly.

"No need, I'm leaving too," Wang Gang said indifferently.

Hua Zi nodded, picked up the bill, and went to pay.

While Wang Gang was drinking tea, he happened to hear Xia Lin's voice coming from behind him.

"Mr. Xu, could you please give me a few more days to pay that money?" Xia Lin pleaded.

"Xia Lin, everything's been taken care of. How long do you intend to delay the final payment?" President Xu said unhappily.

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Xu," Xia Lin said, her voice trembling with tears. "I never imagined my parents would steal my money to speculate in stocks. They lost all the money I had saved for my studies abroad."

Mr. Xu said unhappily, "That's your business, it has nothing to do with me. We agreed that I would help you with your study abroad procedures, and you would pay 50,000 yuan upfront, and another 50,000 yuan after it was done."

Now that you've received your acceptance letter, do you want to back out?

"No, no, no, I didn't go back on my word," Xia Lin pleaded. "It's just that I really don't have 50,000 yuan on hand right now." (End of Chapter)