Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 630 Where Did All My Money Go?
"No! I promise you, tomorrow, just tomorrow, I'll bring you the money." Li Huaide said earnestly.

"Really? Are you sure you can bring the money over then? Don't give me a false alarm like you have now, will you?" Li Guoqiang raised an eyebrow, looking at Li Huaide with some suspicion.

"No, I promise I won't!" Li Huaide's lips twitched upon hearing this, and he hurriedly made a promise.

He planned to keep an eye on the suitcase the whole time, opening it every minute to take a look.

In this way, he no longer believed that anyone could tamper with things under his nose.

In addition, just to be on the safe side, he planned to borrow money from Brother Tiger and have Brother Tiger send someone to follow him as a second layer of insurance.

If he were to encounter someone who resorts to force, he wouldn't have to worry about not being able to handle it.

"Alright, for Miss You's sake, I can give you another chance. I hope you won't disappoint me!" Li Guoqiang was secretly pleased to see Li Huaide so reckless, and then nodded and agreed.

After saying that, he left the Sichuan restaurant with Xu Damao.

When Li Huaide saw Li Guoqiang and Xu Damao leave, his face darkened, and he slammed his hand on the table, "Damn it, this is really a ghost story."

"Brother Li, don't be angry. Let's hurry up and find someone to contact Brother Hu and ask him to help us with some cash flow!" You Fengxia immediately stood up and advised.

Upon hearing this, Li Huaide turned and stared at You Fengxia, his expression shifting somewhat uncertainly for a while.

In fact, no matter how you look at it, You Fengxia is the prime suspect.

However, the biggest problem is that he simply cannot figure out when or how You Fengxia did it.

In addition, he also needs to work with You Fengxia to convince Li Guoqiang and Xu Damao of his sincerity in cooperating, so that Li Guoqiang will invest money in him to operate the business.

Only in this way could he lie and claim that the investment had failed, and then abscond with the money.

Therefore, he finally suppressed all the complicated emotions in his heart, paid the bill with the little money he had in his pocket, and then started to contact Brother Tiger to borrow 50 yuan temporarily.

Meanwhile, Li Guoqiang had already driven Xu Damao back to the 95th Hospital and back to his own home.

Then, as soon as he sat down, he opened one of the suitcases that Xu Damao had brought back, took out 10 stacks of banknotes, and placed them in front of Xu Damao.

"This is..." Upon seeing this, Xu Damao's eyes widened and his heart began to pound wildly.

"This is what we agreed on before, your 20% commission," Li Guoqiang said with a slight smile.

"So, you had all that money taken from them taken by your men?" Upon hearing this, Xu Damao's face immediately showed a look of great surprise.

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang remained silent, only chuckled softly, and then reached out to close the suitcase.

Seeing Li Guoqiang's expression, Xu Damao quickly realized he had asked the wrong question and immediately slapped himself, saying, "Look at my mouth!"

"Alright, it's getting late, hurry up and take the money and leave!" Li Guoqiang was secretly pleased to see this, but then urged him with a hint of disdain.

"Okay!" Xu Damao nodded hurriedly and agreed, then quickly stuffed the money into his pockets, his face beaming with a wide smile.

After he had packed all the money, he was about to get up and leave when he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly bowed deeply to Li Guoqiang.
"Qiangzi, thank you!"

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang smiled slightly and then waved gently at Xu Damao.

In fact, the reason he gave Xu Damao such a large commission was partly because of Xu Damao's cooperation, and partly because Xu Damao had always performed quite well.

Moreover, this 10 yuan is a huge sum of money for Xu Damao.

For him, it was just a tiny bit of money.

Consider it a gift for Xu Damao, that loyal dog, to buy some bones for him to play with.

Not long after Xu Damao left, Qin Huairu and Huaihua brought Xiaodang over to be punished.

Xiao Dang went to great lengths to ensure that Lord Li Guoqiang would not hold a grudge against him for his petty mistake.

So much so that when she woke up the next morning, she couldn't get up to go to work and had to ask Huaihua to help her ask for leave from the factory and school.

Li Guoqiang didn't say anything about it. After taking Qin Huairu and Huaihua out for breakfast, he went directly to No. 99 Courtyard to handle group affairs.

After this period of development, the domestic branch of Qiangsheng Group has not only established the first commercial bank in China, but also set up branches in various provinces and vigorously promoted various cooperative projects.

This includes various light and heavy industries, consumer goods, real estate, entertainment, and catering.

Of course, the most important thing is the various high-tech scientific research projects.

With massive spending and policy support, more than 10,000 scientific research projects have been successfully approved in China in just over a month.

It is projected that by next year, more than 100,000 research projects will be simultaneously being carried out and studied.

It can be said that the arrival of Qiangsheng Group was like installing a super engine on a super vehicle, and the trillions of US dollars invested were like injecting immeasurable fuel into the super engine, directly propelling China's development into an era of ultra-high-speed growth.

The most obvious change is that domestic prices have suddenly increased, and many goods have sold out.

Soon, the Americans noticed the changes on the panda's side.

In the past, Panda used cheap labor and raw materials to manufacture some high-quality and inexpensive goods, which were then exported to the United States to earn foreign exchange, which was then used to purchase various advanced production technologies and raw materials.

Now, the products manufactured by pandas are mostly used to meet domestic demand, and the economic development model has suddenly shifted from external circulation to internal circulation.

Meanwhile, if the United States wants to continue using goods produced by pandas, it will have to raise the purchase price, thereby further increasing the profits of domestic manufacturers. Then, factories will increase investment, expand production capacity, and enable more people to earn higher wages, which in turn will boost domestic consumption.

This creates a perfect closed loop, allowing the people of the country to become wealthy at an unimaginable speed.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, China might achieve in a few years what a decade or two of development could accomplish in a parallel universe. In other words, by the turn of the millennium, China would have fully entered a moderately prosperous society.

And this is the astonishing effect brought about by the trillions of dollars invested in the US every year.

Otherwise, the higher-ups wouldn't have so easily allowed Qiangsheng Group to enter important industries such as banking, military, energy, aerospace, healthcare, and infrastructure.

Currently, the development of Qiangsheng Group has begun to get on the right track.

In a little while, Li Guoqiang will be able to personally go to the selected aerospace base to hone his scientific research skills while vigorously promoting the development of the aerospace industry.

However, before that, he still needs to take some time to go back to Hong Kong to integrate the global marine fishing industry and ensure that his gold rush business is not affected.

In addition, he also needed to consider arrangements for Qin Huairu, Huaihua, and Xiaodang, whether to send them to Hong Kong to be wealthy ladies who would have no worries about food and clothing, or to send them to the space base to be maids who would keep the bed warm.

Time flies, and it soon became evening.

After having a wild day out and releasing his joy at suddenly becoming rich, Xu Damao rushed back to Courtyard No. 95 before 6 p.m. to accompany Li Guoqiang to their appointment.

When Li Guoqiang saw that Xu Damao had returned, he immediately gave Qin Huairu, Xiaodang, and Huaihua some instructions, and then drove Xu Damao to the Sichuan restaurant owned by Shazhu.

Before even entering the restaurant lobby, Li Guoqiang had already used his personal telescope to spot Li Huaide and You Fengxia sitting in a private room, their eyes fixed on the stacks of banknotes in their suitcases.

Immediately afterward, before even entering the private room, he keenly noticed that there were more than a dozen burly men sitting in the next private room.

This situation pleased him slightly. Then, the moment the waiter opened the door to the private room, and as Li Huaide and You Fengxia looked up at the door, he subtly and quietly put the money in his suitcase into his personal storage space.

When he and Xu Damao entered the private room, Li Huaide reflexively looked down and was instantly stunned.

"No, where's my money? Where did all my money go?"

Upon hearing this shout, You Fengxia's heart tightened, and she hurriedly looked down at the leather suitcase on the table. She almost couldn't help but glare at it.

No!

Where is the money?
Just a second ago, she was looking at the money in the suitcase.

How could it have disappeared in the blink of an eye?
"Hey, Mr. Li, Ms. You, do you think I'm a fool?" Li Guoqiang walked to the dining table, glanced at the empty suitcase, and then at the panicked Li Huaide and You Fengxia. His face immediately darkened.

At this moment, not only Li Huaide and You Fengxia, but even Xu Damao, who had been by their side, couldn't believe that Li Guoqiang had taken the money from the suitcase.

"No, Young Master Li, please let me explain. I really did bring money with me, but somehow it suddenly disappeared. I don't know what happened!" Li Huaide couldn't help but anxiously explain when he saw Li Guoqiang getting angry.

While explaining, he also searched around.

"Alright, do you think I'd believe such a ghost story? Since you're so insincere, then there's no need to discuss the cooperation any further." Li Guoqiang waved his hand and said coldly.

After saying that, without waiting for Li Huaide to speak, he quickly turned around and walked towards the door of the private room.

Upon seeing this, Xu Damao was slightly taken aback at first, but then quickly realized what was happening and hurriedly followed after him.

"No, you can't leave!" Li Huaide felt extremely anxious when he saw Xu Damao leave as well, and hurriedly shouted loudly.

Unfortunately, Li Guoqiang seemed not to hear him and soon disappeared through the door with Xu Damao.

Seeing this, Li Huaide's expression changed drastically. Without saying a word, he turned and ran towards the door of the private room, wanting to make a quick getaway before Tiger's men could react.

Otherwise, if Tiger's men found out he had lost the money, they would tear him apart!

At this moment, when You Fengxia saw Li Huaide's actions, she was slightly stunned at first, and then immediately realized Li Huaide's plan. Her face turned deathly pale in an instant.

Immediately afterward, she was about to run away with him when she saw Li Huaide being blocked by a group of burly men before she even reached the door of the private room.

"No, let me explain. I'm not trying to run away. I'm trying to catch up with them and bring them back," Li Huaide explained, sweating profusely as he backed away.

"You should wait for Brother Tiger to come and explain this to him in person!" The burly man leading the group said resentfully, while covering his swollen face.

Originally, when he saw Li Guoqiang and Xu Damao about to leave, he immediately rushed out of the private room, trying to stop them.

However, before he could say anything, Li Guoqiang slapped him hard across the face with lightning speed, knocking him to the ground instantly.

The overwhelming pressure, along with the murderous intent in Li Guoqiang's eyes, made him dare not resist at all. He could only watch helplessly as Li Guoqiang and Xu Damao went downstairs.

Then he saw Li Huaide run out of the private room, so he immediately vented his anger on Li Huaide.

Anyway, Li Guoqiang and Xu Damao didn't take any suitcases, so there was no way they could have left with the money. He didn't need to worry about being questioned by Brother Hu.

At this moment, Li Huaide realized that he couldn't fool them, and a sense of fear instantly gripped his heart.

You know, he borrowed 500,000 from Brother Tiger!

Even if you chop him into eighteen pieces, you still wouldn't get that much money.

The only solution now is to shift all the blame onto Li Guoqiang and Xu Damao, and let Tiger go to them for the money.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly turned around, pulled the bewildered You Fengxia aside, and whispered, "Remember this now, no matter what they ask, we must insist that Xu Damao and that Young Master Li took the money. Otherwise, we'll really be doomed this time."

"No, they didn't bring any suitcases. Even if we say that, someone has to believe us!" You Fengxia couldn't help but question Li Huaide in annoyed when she heard him come up with such a bad idea.

Upon hearing this, Li Huaide was completely dumbfounded.

In his haste and frustration, he forgot to check if Li Guoqiang and Xu Damao had brought suitcases.

(End of this chapter)