Can you be called a rich man if you don’t indulge yourself?

Chapter 167 Two hundred million is nothing to us

2 p.m.

At the VIP channel of Yangcheng Baiyun Airport.
Shu Yan, Tu Yong, Angelina and more than a dozen other IDE Capital executives were waiting outside the passage.
Everyone was wearing a suit at this time, standing straight and motionless, only their eyes kept moving, scanning from one face to another, hoping to see Gu Heng's figure.
"Secretary Jiang, are you sure Director Gu is on this flight?"

Shu Yan watched the passengers passing by one after another, but there was no sign of Gu Heng. She couldn't help but ask Jiang Ruxue impatiently.

Now Jiang Ruxue is no longer Shu Yan's secretary, but the fourth secretary in the chairman's office. In terms of rank, she can only be considered a middle-level manager in the company, but because the chairman's office is directly under the jurisdiction of Gu Heng, in terms of implicit status, Jiang Ruxue is now on the same level as herself.
So even though she was in a hurry, Shu Yan's tone didn't fluctuate too much.
"Before the plane took off, Mr. Gu notified me on WeChat that the plane was delayed for more than 40 minutes. I also urgently checked the flight and it was indeed the case. According to the time, it should be this flight."

"Then why haven't you arrived yet? The meeting starts at 3 o'clock."

Jiang Ruxue looked calm and composed as always: "I have already planned all the itineraries for Director Gu, but whether Director Gu follows the itinerary is not something I, a No. 4 secretary, can decide. If Director Gu is dissatisfied with me for this matter later, he will deal with me. Director Shu should not have the right to hold me accountable, right?"

Since she jumped from an ordinary intern secretary to the fourth secretary in the chairman's office, Shu Yan, the old leader, changed her attitude towards her and became very harsh.
She was not a person who would just accept things as they were supposed to. At first, because they were superiors and subordinates, she might have tolerated Shu Yan a little, but after so many times, Jiang Ruxue could no longer tolerate it. She would confront Shu Yan directly when it was time to do so, without any mercy.
Shu Yan paused for a moment, just looked at Jiang Ruxue deeply, and did not say anything else.

She targeted Jiang Ruxue for two reasons.
On the one hand, I am angry at their lack of resistance.
Shu Yan felt that with her talent, she would be able to achieve great things sooner or later. Given the weak position of women in the workplace, she would definitely choose to help if she could. That's why Shu Yan took her in as an intern secretary and passed on her experience to her.
But I didn't expect Jiang Ruxue to give up her studies and join the company directly as a professional secretary.
In Shu Yan's eyes, this is simply a waste of talent and limiting one's own achievements.
The reason for this idea is that Gu Heng did not tell the company about the conditions for letting Jiang Ruxue be the secretary. If Shu Yan knew the generous treatment offered by Gu Heng, she might not think so.
On the other hand, there is jealousy.
Women's jealousy is the strongest, even at Shu Yan's level.
She was just a small intern secretary recruited by me into the company, and now she has become on the same level as me. How could I not be jealous?

This strong sense of disparity created Shu Yan's contradictory thoughts.
At this moment, Tu Yong saw a young figure coming into view, and he said in a deep voice: "Stop talking, Director Gu is here."

Everyone looked up when they heard this.

A young man in a black suit appeared in everyone's sight.
Although Gu Heng's appearance is not high, the temperament cultivated by the favorable conditions during this period and the high-end custom-made suit on his body complement each other, making Gu Heng slightly different from the ordinary passengers around him.
They could see Gu Heng, and Gu Heng naturally saw them as well, and then he quickened his pace and came in front of them.

"Director Gu!"

"Hello, Director Gu!"

A chaotic greeting sounded
The other people waiting to meet at the airport all looked over.
The attire of Tu Yong, Shu Yan, Angelina and others is very different from the general airport pick-up crowd.
It has already attracted a lot of people's attention. After all, who would come to pick someone up at the airport with a large group of people dressed in suits and ties, like gangsters?

Now hearing them call Gu Heng "Director Gu", everyone couldn't help but look at Gu Heng carefully.
"Director Gu, the company's vehicle is already waiting outside the airport. There is still one hour until the final meeting of the Yangcheng International Circuit project. Should we rush to the meeting place first?"

Gu Heng nodded slightly when he heard this.

Surrounded by Tu Yong and others, he walked out of the airport, leaving behind a large group of airport passers-by who were still guessing about Gu Heng's identity.
40 minutes later.
Outside Yangcheng International Convention Center.
Two Maybach S680s led the way, followed by four ordinary business cars, and in the middle was an extended version of the Bentley Flying Spur. The pure black convoy looked extremely solemn, attracting the attention of pedestrians passing by.

There were five companies participating in the final meeting of the Yangcheng International Circuit, including Fu Songyang's Jingcheng Hengxiang Yongrui Trading Co., Ltd., Lu Yuan's Tianhe International Automobile Trading Co., Ltd., and Xiaopeng Automobile, which are leading companies in the domestic automobile industry.
This kind of large-scale official meeting cannot be held in an ordinary place.
As soon as the convoy stopped, Tu Yong and Shu Yan hurriedly got out of the Maybach one after another. Six company managers also got out of the business car. One of the employees, who was not sure who had taught him, quickly walked to the extended version of the Bentley Flying Spur after getting out of the car, helped Gu Heng open the door, and stretched out his hand to cover the roof of the car.

After getting off the car, Gu Heng smiled kindly at the employee who opened the door for him.
It should be said that although this employee's behavior was very flattering, it did maximize Gu Heng's emotional value.
However, Gu Heng had experienced enough of these moments of pretentiousness, so he didn't take it too seriously. He brushed off the non-existent dust on his body, looked straight ahead, and walked straight into the door of the conference center.

Shu Yan and Tu Yong followed closely on his left and right, Jiang Ruxue followed at the end, holding a file bag. Other managers of the company also followed in order of their positions.
Seeing this scene, the pedestrians around stopped and watched, and only started to talk in low voices when Gu Heng walked into the conference center.

"What's the origin of this? It's just like making a movie."

"What else could it be? Today is the last meeting of the Yangcheng International Circuit Project. With such a grand ceremony, it must be a company that invested in this project!"

As Gu Heng and his group walked into the conference center, a middle-aged man and several staff members came up to greet them.
"Mr. Tu, Mr. Shu, good afternoon."

Under normal circumstances, Tu Yong and Shu Yan might have accepted the middle-aged man's greeting calmly, but today was different. Tu Yong and Shu Yan hurriedly and simultaneously took a step back behind Gu Heng.

"Director Gu, this is Director Lu from the Municipal Engineering Reception Department."

After that, Tu Yong said to Director Lu: "Director Lu, this is our IDE Capital Chairman Gu Heng, who just came to Yangcheng from Beijing to attend this meeting."

The subtext is to tell Director Lu that the person in charge today is not himself, but Gu Heng in front of him.

Director Lu quickly reacted after hearing this and said to Gu Heng, "Hello, Director Gu."

Gu Heng waved his hand: "Director Lu, you're welcome."

"Director Gu, all the participating investment companies have arrived in advance and have been arranged in Conference Room 8. There are about 10 minutes before the meeting starts. How about I take you to the conference room first?"

"Then I'll trouble Director Lu to lead the way."

"Mr. Gu, you're too polite."

After saying that, he made an inviting gesture towards Gu Heng, then walked to the front and led the way.

A few minutes later, the group followed Director Lu to the door of Conference Room 8.

Jiang Ruxue, who was standing on Gu Heng's right, opened the door of the conference room for him quickly. Everyone stopped immediately and waited for Gu Heng to enter first.

Gu Heng smiled and glanced at the sensible Jiang Ruxue, then walked straight into the meeting room.

This is the case with women like Jiang Ruxue who think highly of themselves.
If she looks down on you, there's no way she'll even look at you a second time.

But if you can conquer her in the aspects that she is proud of, like Gu Heng, she will instantly become obedient and sensible.
There are already quite a few people sitting in the conference room at this moment. The person sitting in the first seat should be today's host, which is also the responsible department of the Yangcheng International Circuit project, the Yangcheng Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau.

The middle-aged man in the lead was none other than the director of the Yangcheng Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Lin Hansheng.

Seeing Gu Heng coming in, Fu Songyang and Lu Yuan, who were sitting at the conference table chatting with their subordinates, both smiled and nodded to Gu Heng. This occasion did not allow them to be more enthusiastic.
"I'm sorry, I'm late and kept you waiting."

Tu Yong also repeated Gu Heng's identity once again at this time.

Lin Hansheng, who was sitting in the first seat, stood up and said with a smile: "Welcome Director Gu to participate in this meeting despite his busy schedule."

IDE Capital is currently the company with the largest investment share. A 20% share means that IDE Capital is the second largest shareholder after the Yangcheng Government. Of course, it needs to be treated with care.

Even Xiaopeng Automobile, whose market value is close to 15 billion, only took 15% of the shares, and the remaining % was divided up by Lu Yuan, Fu Songyang, and a local enterprise in Yangcheng. Moreover, apart from the project, the fact that Gu Heng was able to invest so much money also shows that he is a super-rich man with a net worth of tens of billions or even more. Although he is the director of the Housing and Construction Bureau, he is also a powerful person, but Gu Heng obviously has the capital to be on par with him, or even suppress him.

After some pleasantries, Gu Heng and more than a dozen employees of IDE Capital were arranged to sit at the second seat at the conference table.

With the ding-dong of the huge hanging clock in the conference room, the final meeting of the Yangcheng International Circuit project officially began.
"After four meetings, the investment share and total funding for our Yangcheng International Circuit project have been finalized.

The total capital is 185 billion yuan, of which our Yangcheng Municipal Government invested 85 billion yuan, accounting for 50%, INDULAE Capital Management Co., Ltd. invested 20% and contributed 40 billion yuan, Xiaopeng Automobile invested 15% and contributed 30 billion yuan, Jingcheng Hengxiang Yongrui Trading Co., Ltd. invested 5% and contributed 10 billion yuan, Tianhe International Automobile Trading Company invested 5% and contributed 10 billion yuan, and Yangcheng Heavy Industry Urban Construction Co., Ltd. invested 5% and contributed 10 billion yuan.

Regarding the shareholding and investment ratio, I think all the company representatives have no objection, right?"

Gu Heng knew this investment ratio half a month ago.
As for the fact that the Yangcheng Municipal Government contributed 15 billion less, Gu Heng could also understand it.

After all, a series of issues such as demolition mobilization require the government to step forward with credibility, which can be regarded as an investment of resources and is acceptable.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Lin Hansheng turned the meeting content directly to the next page and slowly said, "Let's move on to the first item of the meeting process, profit distribution."

"Yangcheng International Circuit is the second circuit in China that is qualified to host F1 events. We have already applied to the FIA ​​and the subsequent construction will also be supervised by the FIA.

The construction of the racing car will take about eight months and it is expected to be officially put into use in the second half of next year.

According to calculations, the profit of Yangcheng International Circuit should be more than 7 million yuan per year.”

While listening to Lin Hansheng's words, Gu Heng flipped through the documents in front of him out of boredom.

This estimate is based on the Shanghai International Circuit. 7 million per year is not too much, but not too little either.
But Gu Heng didn't care
He invested in this project not for the purpose of making money, and it made no difference to him whether he made a lot or a little.
"but!"

Following Lin Hansheng's words, everyone's eyes turned to the first seat.

“We in Yangcheng Municipal Affairs Department held several important meetings on the issue of revenue and came up with a condition.

That is, all profits made by your five companies from the international racing circuit will not be taken away, but taxes will be handed over to Yangcheng. A Yangcheng International Racing Circuit Joint Fund will be established, which will be jointly supervised by our Yangcheng Municipal Government and the five companies.

The role of the fund is to invest in the municipal construction of Guangzhou, and the investment share is equal to the share of the racing track!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone present, except Gu Heng, looked at Lin Hansheng in disbelief.
Even Gu Heng, who didn't care about profits, was confused by this harsh requirement.

All profits are not allowed to be taken away, and taxes must be paid to the local government. Moreover, the profits generated must be reinvested in Yangcheng's municipal construction. Isn't this equivalent to asking their five companies to jointly invest 5 billion yuan and work for Yangcheng's municipal engineering projects?
Gu Heng didn't believe that Fu Songyang, Lu Yuan and He Xiaopeng, the president of Xiaopeng Automobile, would agree to such a request.

as expected
As Lin Hansheng looked at everyone with an inquiring gaze, He Xiaopeng said directly: "I disagree with this plan."

Lin Hansheng: "Mr. He, please tell me what you mean first."

“Although our Xiaopeng Motors is a listed company, 30 billion yuan is still a huge sum for us. According to Director Lin, if this investment cannot generate profits, or if the profits generated cannot be used to build the company, it will inevitably affect our company’s financial report data and will have very serious consequences for us.

Moreover, our company's board of directors absolutely cannot accept this kind of cooperation.

Although I am very willing to support the municipal construction of Guangzhou, as the chairman of the company, I need to be responsible for the thousands of employees of the entire company."

He Xiaopeng went all out, without any intention of being tactful.

This kind of clause is almost equivalent to a bully contract.
Perhaps the completion of the Yangcheng International Circuit project will have a significant impact on enhancing Xiaopeng Automobile's reputation in the industry, but he cannot afford the loss.

Director Lin's expression did not change after hearing what He Xiaopeng said, but he turned his gaze to Gu Heng: "Director Gu, you are the second largest investor in this project. I would like to ask you what you think of this condition."

Since the question was directed to his face, Gu Heng responded without any stage fright.

"Director Lin just said that the net profit of the racing project is only 2 to million yuan a year. If you break it down, our IDE Capital will only make about million yuan a year.

To put it bluntly, 200 million is nothing to us. If the company takes some cost-saving measures in other projects, 200 million can be saved, so I don’t care much about the profit.”

Listening to Gu Heng's words, even Fu Songyang and Lu Yuan frowned.
Gu Heng didn't care about the 200 million, and they both knew it.

But just because he doesn't care doesn't mean others don't care.

Now looking at Gu Heng’s answer, does he agree to Lin Hansheng’s conditions?
But
Next, Gu Heng's painting style suddenly changed.

"But Director Lin, I want to ask you, if we follow these conditions, can this project still be called an investment?"

Lin Hansheng: “.”

"If Yangcheng's municipal projects need donations, they can conduct public corporate fundraising. As a Chinese people's enterprise, we at IDE Capital are very willing to contribute to Yangcheng's construction. Just before coming here, I donated 1.4 million to my alma mater, Peking University."

"To put it bluntly, we are just a group of businessmen. Aren't we investing in various enterprises for the sake of profit? If Yangcheng Municipal Government has new projects that require investment, under the right conditions, I believe that the five enterprises present here will not refuse.

But they definitely shouldn’t have proposed such inexplicable terms. I’ll be frank. What’s the difference between such terms and a store bullying its customers?”

He Xiaopeng's attitude is firm, but his choice of words is still relatively subtle.
But Gu Heng's words were like a conversation that turned the table upside down.
It is very likely that this meeting will fail.
But Gu Heng himself didn't care at all.

Boss Gu Heng has seen a lot now, and he was not at all nervous when speaking to Lin Hansheng.

As for the collapse of the project, Gu Heng didn't care at all.
The system reward threshold has been resolved, so investment is no longer urgent. If the investment is successful, that would be the best of course, but if it isn’t, that doesn’t matter. With so much cash flow in hand, how can you be afraid of not being able to find an investment project?

(End of this chapter)