Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 250 I am everywhere

After saying goodbye to Qu Feng and other hotel executives, Zhou Wang and Su Yajing first took Lao Ruan's Lamborghini Urus to the public parking space on the street, where Zhou Wang's Bentley Continental GT was parked.

"Ah, I...I drive?"

When Su Yajing heard that Zhou Wang actually asked her to drive, she was surprised, "But brother, I just got my driver's license, I'm a little afraid..."

Because of Zhou Wang's suggestion, Su Yajing signed up for a crash course in driving after returning to Licheng during the summer vacation. It took her 37 days to get her driver's license.

But as everyone knows, getting a driver's license and being able to drive are two completely different things, and she was driving Zhou Wang's luxury car, so Su Yajing was naturally very intimidated.

"Just drive with confidence. I'm right beside you. It's okay if you really get hit. You can get some money. Just don't hit anyone."

Zhou Wang encouraged Su Yajing with a smile.

Su Yajing was actually quite brave, so she stopped being shy and got into the Bentley's driver's seat carefully with a bit of excitement.

Zhou Wang then turned around and said to Lao Ruan: "I'll send you the location. If you arrive first, wait for me."

After Lao Ruan drove away in the Lamborghini, Zhou Wang got into the passenger seat of the Bentley and began to instruct Su Yajing on the road.

After a few minutes, Zhou Wang was surprised to find that Su Yajing was quite smart. Although she was a novice female driver, she drove very steadily. He was a little over-worried.

"Hehe, when I was learning to drive, I also found a special driving partner. It cost me more than 20,000 yuan in total. Basically, except when I was helping out at the inn, I was practicing driving..."

Facing Zhou Wang's surprised gaze, Su Yajing smiled proudly and said, "Brother, praise me!"

"It's really great."

Zhou Wang smiled and nodded, "Since you can drive by yourself, why don't I leave this Bentley to you for practice, or if you have any car you like, I can buy you another one."

A Bentley worth more than 400 million yuan for training?
Su Yajing didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Well, considering that these were words spoken by my brother, although it is incongruous, it is not that strange.

"Okay, then I'll drive your brother's Bentley first, and then I'll tell you when I see a car I like~"

Su Yajing didn't bother to be polite with Zhou Wang and just laughed.

Without disturbing Su Yajing who was extremely focused, Zhou Wang leaned back in his chair and took out his vibrating cell phone.

It’s not that a certain contact has been sending him messages all the time; the messages that keep popping up come from various group chats.

Even though Zhou Wang has quit many useless group chats, there are still more than a dozen active group chats on his phone. Although he has turned off message reminders, there are always people in each group who @ him from time to time, which makes Zhou Wang helpless.

[Linlan International Building A Owners Group], [Wuyou Media Shareholders Group], [Wuyou Family], [Dianwang Club VIP Customer Exchange Group], [BSK Shareholders Group], [National Flight Resource Sharing Group] (Xiao Maoge is the group owner)...

In addition to these large groups, there are also small groups such as the [Wangzhou Culture] which consists of only him, Xu Wenxi, Miao Ying and Jiang Qingkui, as well as the [Legal Issues Instant Consultation Group] specially set up for him by Yunshangyun Law Firm.

The group chat that was currently going on was one that Zhou Wang had to pay close attention to.

【Good uncle and his nephews】

Of course, the original name of the group chat was definitely not this. This was a note that Zhou Wang changed himself, but he personally thought it was very appropriate.

In addition to Zhou Wang, the group chat also includes a group of second-generation people such as Zhang Dashao, Guo Bing, Shao Xiaoqi, Tang Yiming, Zhou Yiquan, Cheng Qing, etc., but it is limited to those Zhou Wang is familiar with. This group is basically equivalent to the one that Zhang Dashao later formed specifically for Zhou Wang, with the original intention of strengthening the connection of this small circle.

At this moment, after Lao Ruan popped up, the group exploded again.

Zhang Dashao: [??? @Ruan Jinghong, what do you think Zhou Wang did again? ]

Ruan Jinghong: [@Zhang Zhiyuan, nothing much, I just bought a five-star hotel room while eating]

Young Master Zhang: [……]

Tang Yiming: [6]

Zhou Yiquan: [6]

Guo Bing: [Uncle Zhou is awesome]

Shao Xiaoqi: [Really awesome]

……

Seeing that Lao Ruan was helping him to show off in the group, Zhou Wang didn't know what to say. He could only silently send five big red envelopes of 2000 yuan each to the group to lighten the atmosphere.

After thinking about it, Zhou Wang added Brother B Wang Qiaobin to the group and then locked his phone.

……

The place for dinner in the evening is a private banquet restaurant called "He Yue Hui" located on the west second ring road of Mingcheng.

This kind of high-end private chef with a hidden threshold implements a reservation system and a meal preparation system, and basically does business with people who are already familiar with the business. Although the link can be found on some platforms, ordinary people will basically not want to buy it when they see that a group purchase meal for two people costs nearly a thousand yuan.

At most, some couples who want to be romantic may give it a try, but they will eventually retreat in the restaurant's heavy business atmosphere.

After more than 40 minutes' drive, the Lamborghini Urus driven by Ruan Jinghong arrived first. Under the guidance of a waiter wearing a vest at the door, it slowly parked in the open-air parking lot inside.

Because Zhou Wang had not arrived yet, Ruan Jinghong was not in a hurry to get out of the car. He rolled down the window, lit a cigarette for himself, and looked quite tired.

Although the tourism industry has picked up, the malicious competition in the entire industry is currently very exaggerated. The family business, Star International Travel Company, which he took over from his father, has now shown signs of fatigue after relying on its previous capital to reap the benefits of the recovery.

In particular, Starbright International's overseas business previously focused on Southeast Asia. Now, due to various reasons, Chinese people's enthusiasm for Southeast Asia is also waning.

In addition, in the era of information explosion, young people rely more on various strategies when traveling, rather than joining a tour group, which makes it increasingly difficult to develop new customers...

Transformation is imperative.

Ruan Jinghong has been busy with this matter recently. Originally, he was going to visit some bigwigs in other industries today to look for opportunities for cooperation, but because he ran into Zhou Wang unexpectedly, he had to put it on hold for the time being...

Even Young Master Zhang was trying his best to get along well with Zhou Wang, so Ruan Jinghong naturally didn't want to miss any opportunity to deepen his relationship with Zhou Wang, just like the topic they had discussed privately several times -

There are so many capable peers around, only Zhou Wang...they can't understand.

If you can’t understand, it means that the other person is at a higher level.

Even though making friends with Zhou Wang may not bring any immediate benefits, continuous "upward socializing" will always bring you unexpected surprises at some point.

At least Young Master Zhang, Tang Yiming and he all recognized this.

After finishing a cigarette, Ruan Jinghong was hesitating whether to ask Zhou Wang where he was. At this time, a black Land Rover Range Rover slowly drove into the parking lot and stopped not far from him.

The car door opened, and first a young man in a suit and tie walked down from the driver's seat. Then a middle-aged man who looked somewhat similar to the young man walked down from the passenger seat. He was also well-dressed and looked like a father and son.

When he saw the middle-aged man, Ruan Jinghong was stunned at first, then his eyes lit up.

He quickly got out of the car, took out two bottles of wine and two packs of cigarettes from the trunk of the Urus, and then walked quickly towards the Land Rover Range Rover.

"Boss Lu, long time no see!"

Hearing Ruan Jinghong's greeting, the father and son who had just got off the car were both startled.

Lu Yuansong looked at Ruan Jinghong who was walking towards him with a smile on his face, but he was a little confused, "You are..."

"Xinghui International, Ruan Jinghong, I called you a few days ago. I wonder if you still remember me, Mr. Lu?"

"Oh, now I remember, you are Ruan Wen's son, right?"

Lu Yuansong suddenly realized, and then smiled and shook hands with Ruan Jinghong, "I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, Xiao Ruan, are you here to eat too?"

"Yes, Mr. Lu, I don't know which private room you are in. I will go and offer you a glass of wine later..."

"Forget about the toast. It's not convenient today... Then, Xiao Ruan, we'll leave first. We can have a meal together another day if we have the chance."

"That's fine, but Mr. Lu, please accept this little gift. I prepared it a few days ago, but you just didn't have time..."

"Well, considering the relationship between your father and I, don't try this. Okay, that's it."

Lu Yuansong waved his hands and refused to accept the cigarettes and alcohol that Ruan Jinghong brought over, so Ruan Jinghong had no choice but to give up.

……

After the two of them walked out of the parking lot, Lu Chen couldn't help but ask Lu Yuansong: "Dad, what did that Ruan guy ask you for?"

"How many times have I told you that no matter what the occasion, you should always be careful with your words. Mr. Ruan, although he took over the family business, he is now able to stand on his own and is much better than you. Xinghui International is also a giant among private travel companies in Mingcheng. Next time you see him, remember to call him 'Mr. Ruan'!"

Hearing Lu Chen's question, Lu Yuansong gave him a lecture with an unpleasant look on his face.

"Of course I won't be rude in front of you... But, Dad, I'm still much better than these second-generation dandies. Among these second-generation dandies you know, who can get into a 211 university on their own and get a national scholarship?"

Lu Chen said with a bit of resentment, "If you don't believe me, just give the company to me and try. I can take care of it no worse than Mr. Ruan!"

"Yalong Group is not a family business, and the Yalong Real Estate Development Company I'm in charge of is not anyone's private property. Have you ever thought about what others will think of you, a young man with no experience, being the general manager?"

Lu Yuansong snorted coldly, "Don't think that you can do whatever you want in Yalong Real Estate just because you have a relationship with your second uncle. Start from the grassroots level honestly. When you really have the ability, the group will take the initiative to promote you to this position without my mentioning it!"

Facing Lu Yuansong's second sermon, Lu Chen curled his lips, somewhat disapprovingly, but he did not argue any more, just responded listlessly.

"Dad, my friend has already arrived. If it's all right, I'll go pick him up."

"Well, go ahead... I heard from your second uncle that the person to be invited to the banquet today is quite special, and he asked me to bring you along, saying that this might make the atmosphere better. Since your friend is also a young man with a very powerful family, it shouldn't be a problem for him to join in the fun."

Lu Yuansong thought about it and nodded.

"I'm really curious. He's our age. Who has the ability to make Second Uncle treat him so seriously..."

Lu Chen muttered and turned away, but a name inexplicably popped up in his mind. He quickly shook his head to dispel the hateful figure.

impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
……

"Old Ruan!"

Crunch!

With a graceful lateral move, the white Lamborghini Huracan, also known as the "Bull", parked steadily in the side parking space next to the green belt. Tang Yiming and Zhou Yiquan got out of the car and greeted Lao Ruan who was waiting there.

“You guys are here too…”

Ruan Jinghong saw the two of them and forced a smile. "It's rare for Brother Gou to take the initiative to ask you out. Unless I'm getting married today, you have to come!"

Zhou Yiquan laughed out loud.

Tang Yiming, who was more attentive, noticed that Ruan Jinghong was absent-minded, so he took the initiative to ask, "Old Ruan, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so unhappy?"

"Nothing. It's just the thing I told you last time when we were drinking. I just happened to run into Mr. Lu from Yalong Real Estate, but I got a cold shoulder. It seems like I can't count on Yalong Real Estate anymore..."

They were all acquaintances, so Ruan Jinghong had nothing to hide and said self-deprecatingly.

"Yalong Real Estate?" Tang Yiming was startled. "Lu Conglin?"

"It's not Lu Conglin. My grandfather's social circle is not at that level. It's Lu Yuansong from the development company under the Yalong Real Estate Group. Do you know him?"

Ruan Jinghong waved his hand.

"Oh, I heard someone say that Lu Yuansong and Lu Conglin are related."

Tang Yiming nodded first, then pointed at Lao Ruan with a smile.

"Old Ruan, Old Ruan, this is your own fault. Last time, you didn't make it clear which real estate company you wanted to cooperate with. If I had known that your target was Yalong Real Estate, I would have pointed out a clear path for you. Why would you need to ask for help everywhere?"

"What clear path?"

Ruan Jinghong was stunned.

"Hey, don't you know that Brother Gou and Mr. Lu are friends?"

"Zhou Wang knows Mr. Lu?"

Ruan Jinghong was surprised and said, "Are you talking about Lu Yuansong or..."

"Of course it's Lu Conglin, the executive vice president of Yalong Real Estate!"

Tang Yiming laughed and said, "What level is Gou Ge? Although Lu Yuansong is awesome, he is still a little bit behind. I only found out from what Master Zhang said that Zhou Wang bought the best floor in the 'Eye of Spring' developed by Yalong Real Estate... You know the best floor in the 'Eye of Spring', you can't buy it with money."

"Are you sure that Brother Gou knows Mr. Lu from Lu Conglin?"

Ruan Jinghong's breathing became rapid.

"If I just heard what Master Zhang said, I wouldn't be 77% sure, but the last time our No. Supercar Club got together, there was a problem with the racing venue. Do you remember this?"

Tang Yiming laughed.

"I remember it was Brother Gou who solved it..."

"Yes, when he called, only Young Master Zhang and I heard it. You don't know the details, but the person he called was Lu Conglin. Otherwise, why do you think the problem was solved so quickly that time?"

"Fuck!"

Ruan Jinghong couldn't help but swear. He really wanted to say, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? If he had known that Zhou Wang and Lu Conglin were so familiar with each other, why would he still be looking for Lu Yuansong!"

But after the initial excitement, Ruan Jinghong thought again and felt that something was not right.

Just relying on the issue of resolving the venue, it is impossible to determine what the relationship between Zhou Wang and Lu Conglin is. What he wants is not small, and it is hard to say whether Lu Conglin will do something for Zhou Wang's sake...

Thinking of this, Ruan Jinghong felt that he was happy too early.

At this moment, under the guidance of the doorman, a Bentley Continental GT, which was hard to tell whether it was gray or blue, slowly drove into the parking lot. Seeing the car coming, Ruan Jinghong temporarily put away his distracting thoughts and smiled:
"It's Zhou Wang's car."

Tang Yiming and Zhou Yi had never seen Zhou Wang's Bentley, but they were not too surprised. They immediately smiled and walked towards the parking space where the Bentley was parked.

After the Bentley stopped, it suddenly shook again, which surprised several people. But when they saw Su Yajing, who was obviously a little shy, coming out from the driver's seat, they couldn't help but feel relieved.

Female drivers... normal.

Then, Zhou Wang also got out from the passenger seat and greeted them with a smile.

"Yiming, Yiquan, long time no see!"

"Hahaha, Brother Gou, you miss me so much!"

Zhou Yiquan was the most excited and gave Zhou Wang a bear hug as soon as he came up.

Originally, Zhou Wang knew Zhou Yiquan before Tang Yiming, but he happened not to be at the No. 77 Supercar Club party, so he and Zhou Wang hadn't seen each other for a long time. The last time they met was at the Dianwang Club.

However, because of the time when I went to the Star Bunker from Su Yajing's dormitory, I owed Zhou Yiquan a favor, and they had been chatting in the group all the time, so the two of them were not strangers.

Compared with Zhang Dashao, Tang Yiming and others, Zhou Yiquan is a typical rich second-generation playboy. He doesn't have a good temper, but if you can get along with him, the friendship will be purer than that with people like Tang Yiming.

"Where did you go last night, you bastard? I can still smell the alcohol on you..."

Zhou Wang pushed Zhou Yiquan away with disgust.

"Hahaha, you found out. A friend had her birthday yesterday, and I went to support her. We drank until five this morning. If Yiming hadn't come to my house and knocked on the door, I might have missed your message, Brother Gou..."

Zhou Yiquan explained with a laugh.

Then Zhou Wang put his arm around Tang Yiming's shoulders again, and the two smiled at each other, which counted as a greeting.

Due to his family background, Tang Yiming is relatively low-key, and his interactions with Zhou Wang are also more subtle. However, because Tang Yiming grew up in Jingcheng and is half a fellow villager of Zhou Wang, the relationship between the two has always been good.

I don't know if Tang Yiming was influenced by his parents, but he prefers making phone calls to chatting on WeChat. Occasionally, he would call Zhou Wang, and even though it was just a casual greeting, he would chat with Zhou Wang for more than half an hour every time, which made Zhou Wang a little troubled.

Although he did not object, after all, it was quite interesting to chat with Tang Yiming, a "local expert", and he could hear a lot of "secrets" that other people could not understand.

"Let's go in first."

After greeting a few people, Zhou Wang took Su Yajing's hand and led the three of them into the restaurant.

Zhou Wang looked around and thought this should be a club-style restaurant that serves private dishes. The interior environment is really good, with an open courtyard-style garden. There is no so-called hall, and all of them are independent courtyards that ensure privacy. It is indeed very suitable for business banquets.

After explaining to the waiter who came to greet them, everyone was led to a courtyard with a pavilion-style private room. What's interesting is that from a distance, one can see a girl with a veil on her face playing the guzheng in front of the courtyard, and some people can be seen waiting in the pavilion.

After stepping onto the smooth marble stairs, Tang Yiming, who had been chatting and laughing with Zhou Wang, suddenly remembered to ask:

"By the way, Brother Gou, if you want us to help you block the wine, you should at least give us some information about the opponent, right? Although we don't care, knowing ourselves and the enemy will ensure victory in every battle!"

"I don't know Yiquan and Lao Ruan, but you might know them, that is..."

Zhou Wang was just about to explain with a smile when a group of people came out of the pavilion-style private room in front and came towards him.

Walking in front was a middle-aged man in business casual attire. There was a hint of sharpness between his eyebrows, but at this moment he was smiling brightly. When he saw Zhou Wang and his group, he said loudly from a distance:

"Hahaha, Mr. Zhou, I haven't seen you for a month, and you look even more charming than before!"

Walking in front was Lu Conglin, executive vice president of Yalong Real Estate, which ranks first in the industry in Yunnan Province.

In addition to the time when Zhou Wang took possession of the room, Lu Conglin also visited Zhou Wang once later with a gift. As for the invitations to dinner, there were countless of them, but Lu Conglin was busier than Zhou Wang, and the two of them never had the same schedule.

When Lu Conglin received Zhou Wang's call this time, he was surprised and put a lot of thought into today's banquet.

Most importantly, he also knew that this meal was probably not just for deepening friendship, because Zhou Wang specifically invited Lu Yuansong, the CEO of Yalong Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Yalong Group, to attend...

This is definitely not because Lu Yuansong is his distant cousin.

Zhou Wang let go of Su Yajing's hand, took two quick steps, and shook hands with Lu Conglin who was coming towards him with a smile.

"I see that Mr. Lu is also beaming with joy. I guess everything has been going well for him recently!"

Zhou Wang has become accustomed to this kind of social interaction and can speak nice words without thinking.

……

Just when the two of them were exchanging business greetings, behind Lu Conglin.

"Zhou Wang? Second uncle is inviting Zhou Wang to the banquet? Why is it Zhou Wang? How could it be Zhou Wang!"

Lu Chen was confused. Even though he had similar absurd thoughts before, he still found it hard to accept when this scene became a reality.

Little did he know that Zhang Ruifeng, who was standing next to him, was even more confused than he was.

His family was in the pharmaceutical business in Lucheng and had previously invested in a pharmaceutical industrial park in Yunnan Province. However, the owner of the real estate company they were cooperating with ran away halfway through the business, so Zhang Ruifeng was sent by his family to try to contact a new partner.

Lu Chen and he met at a gathering in their circle and they have always had a good relationship. When Zhang Ruifeng came to Yunnan Province on a business trip, he naturally thought of this good brother whose family was in real estate.

After meeting Lu Chen, the other party was also very enthusiastic. It happened that Lu Chen's father had a dinner party in the evening, and Lu Chen's second uncle, one of the decision-makers of Yalong Group would also be present. Lu Chen wanted to take him to dinner without saying anything, which made Zhang Ruifeng feel that Lu Chen was very righteous.

As a result, all the hardships that Zhang Ruifeng had suffered from the humiliation he had suffered in disguised form at the hands of Zhou Wang had been forgotten.

But now...

If Lu Chen's confused expression wasn't so real, Zhang Ruifeng would have wanted to ask Lu Chen, are you kidding me?
You and this Zhou Wang are in the same group, right?
Why is he everywhere?

……

At the same time, behind Zhou Wang.

Ruan Jinghong blinked his eyes and confirmed that he was not mistaken. The person who hosted Zhou Wang was indeed Lu Conglin, the executive vice president of Yalong Real Estate. His expression became strange.

He glanced at Tang Yiming, who was winking at him with an expression that said "I told you so" and felt a little ashamed.

He had even doubted before, what if Lu Conglin and Zhou Wang were not as familiar with each other as he thought...

It turns out that you can always trust Brother Gou.

Ruan Jinghong also saw Lu Yuansong who was looking at him in surprise and was a little embarrassed. Although Ruan Jinghong smiled and nodded to the other party in order to maintain his decency, he knew that his expression was definitely not in harmony.

I let you, old man, just deal with me perfunctorily. Didn’t you say it wasn’t convenient today?

Is it convenient now?

Damn, even though it’s shameless to think this way, but... it feels so good to have a “dog” to rely on for power!
Ruan Jinghong thought silently.

(End of this chapter)