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Chapter 556: Gratitude and Revenge (asking for monthly ticket subscription)

Huahelou is ten minutes away from Fallen Street.

When Zhang Yunqi brought Ji Ling here, it was already very dark. The streets were bustling with people, street lights and car lights intertwined, and both sides of the street were filled with barbecue stalls. Students were eating skewers, drinking wine, and talking about the mountains. The atmosphere was full of the smell of fireworks.

Zhang Yunqi asked Ji Ling: "What do you want to eat?"

Ji Ling said, "Whatever."

Zhang Yunqi randomly found a Hunan restaurant, randomly ordered four dishes, randomly filled his stomach, randomly chatted for a few minutes, and then ate the meal.

Ji Ling was still enjoying the meal.

This girl is not picky about others, she only lives in the world she wants.

After dinner, Zhang Yunqi and Ji Ling went out and saw Hun Sen and a group of students eating barbecue and drinking at a roadside stall. Perhaps they were in a bad mood, so they were drinking and making a lot of noise. However, when he saw Zhang Yunqi, he did not say hello, perhaps he had some grudge against Zhang Yunqi.

Zhang Yunqi didn't care.

Ride a bicycle to take Ji Ling back.

The spring night was hazy, and the lights and shadows on the streets of Erliban flickered. Zhang Yunqi said, "It will probably take a while for me to come back from my trip to the capital this time. Don't stay alone all the time. Play with Zhao Yihan more. She cooks delicious food and is cheerful and lively. You should like her."

Ji Ling drank some juice and said, "Don't worry about me. Just do your own thing."

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said nothing more.

After he sent Ji Ling to Huahe Building, he received a call from Wang Guibing and went straight back to Nanmen Villa.

Zhang Yunqi sat in the study and rushed out a document. A rural property rights trading operation company was to be established in a joint venture led by the Provincial State-owned Investment Corporation, Liansheng Group, Southern Hunan Modern Agricultural Industry Holding Group, and municipal-level agricultural investment platform companies related to the Dongting Lake water area. The plan was to raise funds for farmers' relocation and resettlement through the revitalization of rural property rights and quota trading.

A little after nine o'clock in the evening, Wang Guibing arrived.

He brought two documents, one was the transaction record of Xiangtai Pharmaceutical's seat that he found by bribing the red vests in the securities business hall, and the other was a report on the production and distribution network of pirated CDs in southern Hunan.

Wang Guibing said, "Boss, you said this morning that you wanted to see Qiao Zhiwu. When he heard about this, he was quite enthusiastic and followed me here. He is waiting at the door now."

"Then let him wait for a while." Zhang Yunqi carefully looked through the transaction records of Xiangcai Pharmaceutical. As expected, six mysterious related accounts were eroding the circulating shares of Xiangtai Pharmaceutical at a slight increase of 0.3% per day. The method was very similar to the routine of Yanzhong Industrial's acquisition battle.

Zhang Yunqi wanted to laugh.

This large state-owned enterprise is likely to become meat on the chopping board of parasites.

He said to Wang Guibing: "Arrange someone to investigate the situation of Xiangtai Pharmaceutical. The most important thing is to investigate the underground banks, brokers and securities firms involved in Xiangtai Pharmaceutical's stock transactions! Of course, don't expose our information. When I come back from Yanjing, I should be able to get a more fruitful result."

Wang Guibing nodded: "Okay."

Zhang Yunqi asked, "What's going on with Lu Yuanzhou?"

Wang Guibing replied, "It's hard to tell. At least on the surface, he has been busy promoting the Qingwu Commercial Pedestrian Street project recently. By the way, he went to see Li Yufei yesterday, and the security guards around Li Yufei sent back the news."

Zhang Yunqi nodded, flipped through another report on the production and distribution network of pirated optical discs in southern Hunan, and said, "Ask Qiao Zhiwu to come in."

Wang Guibing nodded and agreed.

He went out and called Qiao Zhiwu in.

Zhang Yunqi hadn't seen Qiao Zhiwu for a long time. Compared to a few months ago, Qiao Zhiwu looked much more listless. He was wearing a black suit, had an untidy beard, and was following Wang Guibing with a limp.

He knew that the entertainment industry under Qiao Zhiwu and Zhicheng Group had suffered a severe blow in the past few months, and a large number of businesses were still at a standstill, and they were not having an easy time. Of course, Zhang Yunqi was not noble enough to pity such a person.

"Hello, Mr. Zhang." When Qiao Zhiwu saw Zhang Yunqi, his expression was quite humble, and even his voice was eight octaves lower. He no longer had the arrogance and pride he had in front of Zhang Yunqi.

Zhang Yunqi nodded: "Dr. Qiao, please take a seat."

Qiao Zhiwu hesitated for a moment and did not sit down: "I was blind and made many mistakes before. Mr. Zhang, I sincerely apologize to you and hope you can forgive me."

Regardless of whether it was sincere or not, the fact that Qiao Zhiwu was able to bend down to Zhang Yunqi showed that he was flexible. This local tyrant was not simple either. Of course, as the cash king of Xiangnan who could easily take out 500 million in his previous life, how could Qiao Zhiwu be simple?

Zhang Yunqi didn't care whether he was sincere or not. He called Qiao Zhiwu over only to use him and be used. There were some dirty jobs that he couldn't participate in, but Qiao Zhiwu could do them easily.

As long as there is benefit.

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said to Qiao Zhiwu, "No need to be so polite, Mr. Qiao, there is a saying that there are no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. I know that Mr. Qiao has always been only interested in making money." Qiao Zhiwu was stunned: "Please give me some advice, Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Yunqi said, "You know I have a large VCD player factory, right?"

Qiao Zhiwu nodded: "There are Aihua Electronic DVD player advertisements all over the streets of Lijin now. I even bought three at the Friendship Mall. The quality is really good."

Zhang Yunqi asked, "Do you like watching Young and Dangerous?"

Qiao Zhiwu nodded: "I've seen them all."

Zhang Yunqi reached out and took a disc of Young and Dangerous: Way of the Dragon from the table: "You should be watching the genuine copy, right? How much did you pay for it?"

Qiao Zhiwu was increasingly confused by Zhang Yunqi's words: "It seems to be 120."

Zhang Yunqi said, "Do you know how much this CD in my hand costs? 50 yuan."

Qiao Zhiwu was a little surprised: "So cheap."

Zhang Yunqi said: "This is a pirated copy."

Qiao Zhiwu responded quickly: "Boss Zhang wants me to do the pirated VCD disc business?"

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "This is something you should consider. I have invested no less than 80 million yuan in the VCD player project. VCD players are rapidly becoming popular, but the price of genuine content is usually between 200 and yuan due to copyright fees and channel costs, which is far beyond the affordability of ordinary consumers. This has led to a serious shortage of market supply, while cheap pirated channels are very limited, so the market demand is strong."

Qiao Zhiwu understood what Zhang Yunqi meant and immediately flattered him: "No one dares to question Mr. Zhang's judgment of the market."

Zhang Yunqi waved his hand and said, "The pirated CDs in China are mainly smuggled in from Southeast Asia. They are mainly Hong Kong movies and Hollywood blockbusters. Although they are twice as cheap as the genuine ones, the profit margin is still amazing."

At this point, Zhang Yunqi turned his head and stared at Qiao Zhiwu: "If you are interested, I can give you a way with even more amazing profit margins. Get a second-hand CD production line from abroad, the German Singulus equipment, through "master disc burning-injection molding", each production line can produce 5 discs per day! And the physical cost of a pirated CD can be compressed to between 0.5 and 1 yuan, the wholesale price can reach 8-15 yuan, and the retail price is as high as 20-40 yuan. Even at this price, the profit of a single pirated disc can still reach 20-40 times the cost!"

When Qiao Zhiwu heard this, he was very surprised.

There is no doubt that Zhang Yunqi has a keen sense of smell in the business field, and Qiao Zhiwu has long been fully aware of his powerful political and business background in southern Hunan, and has also suffered greatly from it. His honest business suffered a severe blow, and he has not yet recovered. Otherwise, how could he, a local tyrant in Lijin who has the final say, come here in person today and bow to Zhang Yunqi.

However, no matter what, he and Zhang Yunqi had once had deep contradictions and conflicts, and the gun was already at Zhang Yunqi's head. Even if Zhang Yunqi was a big-hearted man and could let go of the grudges of the past, there was absolutely no reason for him to help him and find him a way to make money with such a high profit margin and which was many times more formal than lending, running casinos, and entertainment industries.

Qiao Zhiwu's eyes flickered: "Why is Mr. Zhang helping me so much?"

Zhang Yunqi did not answer the question, but asked directly: "Is your profit margin from loan sharking so high?"

Qiao Zhiwu was stunned again, then shook his head: "No."

Zhang Yunqi threw away the CD and suddenly asked, "How much money did you raise from private financing for Liu Mingde? How high was the interest rate?"

Qiao Zhiwu hesitated for a moment: "12 million, the annualized rate in the contract is %."

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "Not too high."

After hearing these words, Qiao Zhiwu was increasingly confused about Zhang Yunqi's thoughts. He only knew that Zhang Yunqi and Liu Mingde had some dealings, but he was not clear about their relationship. However, judging from what he said, it was absolutely impossible for a person who had reached Zhang Yunqi's level to explain things to him clearly.

When Qiao Zhiwu thought about this, he suddenly realized that this was a good opportunity to file a lawsuit. Regardless of whether his speculation was right or not, he said, "Mr. Zhang, this is just in the contract."

Zhang Yunqi smiled, but didn't answer the question directly. He changed the subject and said, "By the way, Mr. Qiao, I have a question for you. Can your Zhicheng Business be considered the largest underground bank in Lijin City?"

Qiao Zhiwu thought about it and said, "Well, at least in Lijin, no one dares to steal my business."

"Are you doing stock pledge business?"

"Mr. Zhang wants to pledge your stocks to me?"

"There's a reason why Mr. Qiao is so successful in Lijin. He's really quick to react." Zhang Yunqi touched the report on the production and distribution network of pirated optical discs in southern Hunan on the table. "But you seem to have forgotten one point. If I want to ask you for money, how much is the clue to the pirated optical disc business worth?"

Qiao Zhiwu stood up immediately: "Mr. Zhang, just tell me how much money you want. No collateral is required!"

Zhang Yunqi waved his hand and said, "I don't want a penny from you, but in the next two months, if Lu Yuanzhou of Jinzhao Industrial wants to raise funds through private channels, you should lend him as much money as possible. You should know this person, he is a partner of Liu Mingde and can be regarded as a young talent."

Qiao Zhiwu hesitated: "Lu Yuanzhou has the support of Xiongsen Group, so he doesn't look like someone who is short of money."

Zhang Yunqi said meaningfully: "No, he will be short of it."

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