Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 269: A Small High-End Game and a Small Shock
"This bronze statue is an antique that the teacher bought when he went to Sakura Country to participate in an art award. The total value is 120 million. The prize money for the award was only 80, and the teacher paid another 40 out of his own pocket..."

"This painting was given to the teacher by an older artist. The owner of an auction house once offered 200 million for it, but the teacher didn't sell it..."

"..."

While touring the interior of the Moon Palace, Yang Liping's student was explaining something to the group. It was hard to tell whether he wanted to mention it on his own or was instructed by the owner to show the value of the property indirectly.

Zhou Wang seemed to be interested, but he wasn't really that focused...

Because he knew exactly how much these furniture and ornaments were worth thanks to the authoritative evaluation of the system.

Some things are very watered down, especially those with artistic elements that are only circulated among so-called "collectors".

But Zhou Wang didn't need to expose them. He knew which ones were really valuable, and it was enough. In this business, there was never a shortage of "suckers", or to put it another way -

Some things are priceless to those who know how to appreciate them.

After touring the entire Moon Palace, including the master bedroom and other places, Teacher Yang's students took them to the rooftop terrace. When they approached the exit of the stairs, they heard some laughter.

Walking up to the terrace, I saw five or six people already in the corridor planted with flowers and plants. A slim woman in ethnic costume was making tea at the tea table. It was teacher Yang Liping.

To be honest, at first glance, you can't tell that Yang Liping's real age is over 60. She looks probably around 50 years old, like an ordinary woman.

Even Xia Xiwei couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "Is it really so magical if a woman doesn't get married and have children?"

Seeing Xia Xiwei and others appear, Yang Liping stood up to greet them. At the same time, several other people at the tea table also stood up. The others did not know Xia Xiwei's identity, but after hearing a few words from the people next to them, they also stood up.

In the end, only one person was still sitting at the tea table, and everyone else followed Yang Liping.

"Teacher Yang, long time no see, you seem younger..."

Xia Xiwei took a few quick steps and hugged Yang Liping tightly. They whispered and laughed to each other for a few words before Yang Liping introduced the people around her.

What surprised Zhou Wang was that, in addition to Yang Liping, there were a total of five guests, two of whom were businessmen who already knew Xia Xiwei, or came to the door through her introduction.

Among them was a middle-aged real estate developer named Liao Jianli who did business in Beidu but whose hometown was in Yunnan Province. Zhou Wang always felt that he had seen him somewhere, especially his voice sounded very familiar, but he just couldn't remember where.

The other was an investor from Guangdong Province, his surname was Liu. He was particularly polite to Xia Xiwei, even a little humble.

The other two people were investors found by Yang Liping herself. They probably knew something about Xia Xiwei's background, and it was obvious from their conversation that they wanted to be on good terms with her.

The last person was the young man who was still sitting at the tea table until everyone finished greeting each other.

He is about thirty years old and looks a little arrogant, but from his sitting position, it can be seen that Yang Liping attaches great importance to him.

"This is Mr. Huo Chengrui, from Hong Kong Island. Mr. Huo, let me introduce him to you..."

"No, Miss Xia, of course I know."

Only when Yang Liping said this did the young man slowly stand up, wave his hand, straighten his clothes, and extend his hand to Xia Xiwei.

He spoke relatively standard Cantonese, the kind that was barely understandable. Zhou Wang didn't feel anything, but Jiang Yisen, who had been frowning for a long time, would not tolerate him and immediately said unhappily:

"Don't you understand the saying 'When in Rome, do as the Romans do', or do you not speak Mandarin?"

Huo Chengrui just glanced at Jiang Yisen, sneered, but ignored him.

How could Jiang Yisen stand this? The damn Zhou Wang was pretending in front of him, but he could tolerate it because he was concerned about Xia Xiwei. Who are you?
"Are you pretending to be your mother?"

Jiang Yisen cursed out loud.

Huo Chengrui's face turned cold, he stared at him and said indifferently: "Is Jiang Minghao's brother so uneducated? For your brother's sake, I won't bother with you this time, but it's only this time."

Jiang Yisen, who was about to say something, froze when he heard his brother's name. Xia Xiwei, who was standing beside him, quickly pulled him aside, frowned and whispered:

"Xiao Sen, what are you doing? His last name is Huo..."

After being reminded by Xia Xiwei, Jiang Yisen finally remembered something. He still looked very unconvinced, but in the end he just muttered and didn't say anything else.

Your surname is Huo?

Zhou Wang recalled carefully and vaguely guessed something. If he remembered correctly, he had read a financial entertainment magazine before, which listed the top ten financial groups in Hong Kong Island, and one of them was named Huo.

And people like Liao Jianli just now are basically successful businessmen with assets exceeding 1 billion. To some extent, they can be called bigwigs. The level of today's gathering is still quite high...

At least they are no longer in the same dimension as the rich second generations Zhou Wang had met before.

Jiang Yisen made such a fuss, and Yang Liping was somewhat embarrassed. Fortunately, Xia Xiwei quickly changed the subject:

"Teacher Yang, all the CEOs, let me introduce you. This is Jiang Yisen, the younger brother of a family friend of mine. Today he is here on behalf of his brother, Jiang Minghao, the CEO of Mingchuang Capital."

In fact, Xia Xiwei didn't need to mention it. When everyone present heard the three words "Jiang Minghao", except Zhou Wang, they already knew his identity.

Jiang Minghao is not well-known outside, but people who do business in a certain circle basically know him.

That's a rare person who is a super second-generation but has also made a huge name for himself.

Mingchuang Capital, which he leads, was founded only three years ago, but has now become one of the top 50 venture capital companies in China and is currently on the rise.

"Boss Jiang, I've heard a lot about you..."

"Hahaha, I dealt with you last month at a financial summit. I was deeply impressed by your demeanor!"

For a moment, several entrepreneurs or investors shook hands with Jiang Yisen.

Jiang Yisen responded mechanically, but he was still unhappy in his heart——

Of course he knew that these people were only being so polite to him out of Jiang Minghao's consideration, but he himself did not have any achievements to show for it, so even though he was depressed, there was nothing he could do.

Xia Xiwei waited for a moment before adopting a more serious attitude and introducing Zhou Wang:
"Everyone, this is Zhou Wang. I don't know if you have heard of his name. He is a young wealthy man who started from scratch in Yunnan Province. He is also one of the shareholders of Wuyou Media, a giant in the MCN field... Mr. Yang, he is also interested in the Sun Palace and Moon Palace that you want to sell."

At the end, Xia Xiwei said something specifically to Yang Liping.

"Oh?"

Yang Liping immediately showed an expression of great interest, took the initiative to shake hands with Zhou Wang, and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Zhou, you are a rare young entrepreneur. I also know Wuyou Media, and I have bought things in your live broadcast room!"

When Zhou Wang heard Yang Liping say this, he knew that she might not fully understand the operating model of Wuyou Media. But that didn't matter. At her age, she was destined to not accept new things as fast as young people. In fact, among the sixty-year-old group, she was already very trendy.

At least, she still knows Wuyou Media.

"Hello, Teacher Yang. When I was in elementary school, I had the honor of watching your live performance at the Jingcheng Theater. I was deeply impressed and still remember some fragmentary scenes. When I think back, I can still feel the shock..."

Zhou Wang shook hands with Yang Liping and expressed his respect with emotion.

This is not entirely a courtesy.

It may be okay if you look at the whole of China, but as a native of Yunnan Province, you must have felt the terrifying influence of Yang Liping in your hometown.

In other words, for a long period of time, she could even be called a cultural business card of Yunnan Province in a sense.

A peacock dance amazes the world.

This "world" is not just an exaggeration. Her dance works have truly gone beyond the borders and won numerous international awards. In the eyes of many foreigners, she is the symbol of oriental dance.

From dancer to "symbol", these six words are enough to summarize her artistic achievements.

As for business, her achievements are equally amazing. She has been involved in dance performances, art education, brand endorsements, and cultural entrepreneurship in many fields. Based on her own industrial chain, she has gained wealth that is not inferior to most first-line stars.

But Zhou Wang remembered reading some news before, which he didn’t know if it could be considered gossip, which seemed to say that Yang Liping had suffered some investment setbacks in recent years. The cultural company of the same name under her name also suffered losses of tens of millions for several consecutive years in the financial reports released to the public, so the overall situation was not very good.

Now that she was going to sell her property in Baicheng, maybe the rumors Zhou Wang heard were not all groundless...

Of course, no matter what, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. At her level, no matter how short of money she is, it is only a relative statement. Overall, she must be living much better than ordinary people.

"When you were a kid... Hey, I didn't realize it when I was talking to Mr. Liao and the others just now, but when I chatted with you, I realized that I am really old!"

Yang Liping pretended to shake her head helplessly, causing everyone to laugh.

Then Zhou Wang shook hands with several other people one by one.

There is no need to mention Huo Chengrui, who is very arrogant in nature. He just nodded to Zhou Wang politely. As for the other investors, their attitudes varied.

The attitudes of the other two investors from other provinces invited by Yang Liping towards Zhou Wang were only average. They were polite on the surface, but in fact, they did not seem to take Zhou Wang seriously.

Of course, this is normal. After all, Zhou Wang’s age is there, and they have never heard of Zhou Wang’s name. Due to the differences in fields, Wuyou Media and the others may know him, but they will not take it too seriously.

...It's still a question of size. In all business segments, MCN has an upper limit after all. Even industry giants seem a little lacking in weight compared to some industrial fields.

Mr. Liu, the investor from Guangdong Province, was quite polite to Zhou Wang, but Zhou Wang knew very well that he was only being polite because of Xia Xiwei's attitude towards him.

Zhou Wang didn't take it to heart, he wasn't there to make friends.

From his failure in the election for the executive committee of the Yunnan Provincial Chamber of Commerce, we can see that when your ability is not exaggerated, the subconsciousness of seniority engraved in the bones of Chinese people is always unavoidable...

Because they were from the same hometown, Liao Jianli was the closest to Zhou Wang and he spoke to Zhou Wang several more words. However, when Zhou Wang asked him if he had seen him somewhere before, he shook his head in confusion and Zhou Wang had to give up the search.

"Mr. Zhou, I don't spend much time in Yunnan Province. Now I have settled down in Beidu. If you come to Beidu in the future, please remember to contact me so that I can have the opportunity to do my best to be a good host."

Liao Jianli and Zhou Wang seemed to hit it off right away. After thinking about it, he took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Zhou Wang.

After Zhou Wang received the business card, he didn't expect that the business card sent by mail today would come in handy so soon. He immediately signaled to Miao Ying who was standing behind him with his eyes.

Miao Ying was a little confused at first, until Zhou Wang raised the business card in his hand, then she reacted, and quickly took out the business card that had been sent yesterday from her waist and handed it to Zhou Wang.

Zhou Wang held the business card in both hands and handed it to Liao Jianli, saying with a smile:
"Mr. Liao, this is my business card. We'll keep in touch in the future."

Under the reflection of the sunlight, the rose gold business card suddenly emitted a beautiful halo, and almost the moment Miao Ying took it out, it attracted everyone's attention.

Liao Jianli was stunned for a moment, then quickly took the business card and said subconsciously: "Mr. Zhou, your business card... is very important!"

Liao Jianli opened the business card, his eyes flashing with surprise. He ran his fingers across the mirror surface of the rose gold surface, and then asked impatiently: "Mr. Zhou, this business card is very beautiful. Where did you customize it? Can you send me a link?"

Liao Jianli couldn't help himself. His own business card was a so-called "famous designer" and a relatively rare waterproof and fold-proof hard card on the market. The surface was also coated with a layer of silver, which was also something Liao Jianli was quite proud of. After all, most people's business cards were batch-produced craft prints, which were rough compared to his.

But compared with Zhou Wang's business card, his business card became a "defective product" that was not presentable. To be honest, if Zhou Wang had given him his business card first, he might not have been embarrassed to hand over his own business card.

At this time, others might pretend not to care, but they also pricked up their ears unconsciously...

Anyone with normal aesthetic sense would think that the business card Zhou Wang took out is really good.

For example, Xia Xiwei came closer to Zhou Wang without any hesitation and looked at him curiously, not caring that her body was slightly pressed against Zhou Wang. Her intimate posture made Jiang Yisen very unhappy.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Liao. I asked a designer to design this for me. If you need it, I can give you a contact number. However, the cost may be a bit high, so you should be mentally prepared..."

Zhou Wang reminded kindly.

"How high can it be? It's just a business card..."

Before Jiang Yisen could finish his muttering, Zhou Wang smiled and explained:
"A single business card might cost two or three thousand."

When Liao Jianli heard Zhou Wang say this, his hand almost trembled and he couldn't hold the business card firmly.

Take less?

You mean Duo Shao?!
How many thousand dollars does a business card cost?

It’s not that Liao Jianli would be shocked by a few thousand dollars, but this is just a business card that he is going to hand over to someone casually!

How rich is he to spend thousands of dollars on a business card?

Not to mention Liao Jianli, the looks of other people also became complicated, and they didn't know what to say for a moment.

Young people are just spendthrifts. No matter how rich they are, they shouldn’t spend it like this, right?
Everyone here can spend tens of thousands of dollars without feeling bad, but using it to make business cards always feels a bit...

"Fancy."

Huo Chengrui simply shook his head and spoke out what was in his mind.

Jiang Yisen rarely agreed with Huo Chengrui, whom he had disliked just now, because the other party expressed his thoughts.

...Although Jiang Yisen did not deny that he himself was actually a little jealous.

Damn, he also wants to have such a distinguished business card. It would be so cool to show off with it!
In an instant, Jiang Yisen made up his mind. He would go back and secretly find someone to design it. It was just a business card worth a few thousand yuan. Who couldn't afford it?
In fact, Jiang Yisen was not the only one who had this idea, but they would not show it. Xia Xiwei didn't care. She just reached out to Zhou Wang with great interest:
"Quick, give me one too..."

Of course Zhou Wang didn't care. He gestured to Miao Ying, and Miao Ying took out two more business cards. After Zhou Wang took them, he gave one to Xia Xiwei and the other to Yang Liping.

Xia Xiwei took it and looked at it, then asked in surprise, "Is this real gold?"

"It's just a layer of gold. The content is not much, only 3g."

After hearing what Zhou Wang said, everyone suddenly realized that it was no wonder that this business card cost so much...

You are really inlaid with gold!

3g of gold is about 2000 according to the market price.

Others actually wanted one to study as well, but when they heard that business cards could really be cashed in, they were definitely too embarrassed to ask. After all, that would make them seem like they were trying to take advantage of something.

At this time, Xia Xiwei discovered another highlight.

"Hey, Zhou Wang, your number is 189 nines, right? That's so easy to remember!"

Xia Xiwei exclaimed with a strange expression.

"Six nines?"

While everyone was stunned, Jiang Yisen subconsciously cursed, "Fuck, Zhou Wang, so you are the fool who spent more than 10 million to take a picture of a phone number... uh, the victim?"

Under Zhou Wang's sudden sharp gaze, Jiang Yisen didn't know why he suddenly became timid and changed his words in time.

But it did not prevent the shock in his words from being conveyed accurately.

More than 10 million for a phone number?
Yang Liping, who didn't pay attention to this aspect, was surprised, but the others carefully thought about the number Xia Xiwei had just mentioned.

Six nines?

That might be the case, it really does cost that much money...

Their expressions changed slightly again.

Hundreds of thousands of business cards and more than 10 million phone numbers are two completely different concepts.

After all, the former could be a waste of money made in a fit of rage, but the latter symbolizes that the other party's disposable wealth has reached a certain level of surplus.

Now even Huo Chengrui couldn't say anything sarcastic anymore, after all, he didn't have a phone number worth more than 10 million...

Jiang Yisen started to think again, damn, Zhou Wang is so scheming!
The business card is gold-plated, and has a phone number worth tens of millions hidden inside.

A small business card can give others a huge double shock.

This pretense is simply invincible!
But the jealous Jiang Yisen was discouraged again. A business card was fine, he could save some pocket money to get one, but spending 10 million to buy a phone number...

He had no doubt that his brother would break his legs if he dared to suggest this idea.

"Are you sick or am I sick?"

He could even imagine Jiang Minghao's condescending and cold tone.

"Everyone, please sit down and talk."

Yang Liping noticed that the atmosphere was a little strange, so she asked everyone to take a seat, thus ending the greetings.

But after the little episode just now, everyone looked at Zhou Wang with disrespect no longer. After they sat down, Zhou Wang actually sat in the middle seat as expected, and implicitly received the same treatment as Huo Chengrui.

Xia Xiwei's dark eyes rolled around. She knew that it was not until this moment that Yang Liping regarded Zhou Wang as a real potential buyer, and even ranked him high in her mind.

After all, if you can easily spend 10 million, you can easily spend 100 million...

And she undoubtedly knows best how much Yang Liping needs cash flow now.

There were reasons why she deliberately facilitated this, but more importantly, it was because Zhou Wang could give people too many little surprises.

She is becoming more and more curious about this man!

"Teacher Yang, I have to catch a plane soon, so let's get straight to the point."

At this time, perhaps because Zhou Wang had just stolen the limelight, Huo Chengrui looked a little cold. After looking at his Patek Philippe watch, he spoke directly.

"Almost everyone has arrived. We can really start now."

Yang Liping nodded, looked around at everyone and said with a smile: "I invited you all here today for the purpose that everyone knows... I want to sell the Moon Palace and the Sun Palace because of some capital turnover needs. Here is the report that I asked a professional asset appraisal company to issue. You can take a look first."

As she spoke, Yang Liping took out some photocopied documents from the side and handed them to everyone one by one.

For a moment, the corridor became quiet, with only the sound of flipping papers.

Huo Chengrui was the one who read the report the fastest, or he had already made some preparations beforehand. He just flipped through it casually, put down the assessment report, smiled faintly and said:

"Teacher Yang, please forgive me for being blunt, but this 1.8 million valuation is probably a little inaccurate, right?"

"Mr. Huo means..."

The smile on Yang Liping's face froze.

"To be honest, before I came here, I asked the firm in Hong Kong to help me make a rough estimate. In my opinion, even if some hidden extended value is added, the total valuation of the Sun Palace and Moon Palace properties combined will not exceed 80 million."

"Eighty million?"

Because of shock, Yang Liping's voice even rose a little unconsciously.

"Boss Huo, you're exaggerating. Although there are some depreciation effects, and after losing Teacher Yang's reputation, we have to consider the possible decline in tourism revenue, but it can't be only 1 million. I think the valuation should still be above million..."

Before Yang Liping could respond, another investor from another province spoke with a smile.

"Yes, I agree with Mr. Zhen's opinion. 1 million is indeed a bit low. Around million is a more reasonable price."

Mr. Liu from Guangdong Province also agreed unconsciously.

Seeing that everyone except Liao Jianli expressed their agreement, Yang Liping was not the only one who was surprised, but also Zhou Wang...

From these people's confident expressions, he suddenly realized that some of his habitual thinking was completely wrong.

He originally thought that he would not be very competitive among this group of people. After all, the price he could offer would not exceed Yang Liping's desired price by much.

But now it seems that he might be able to offer the highest price...

Do these people really not understand the true value of the Sun Palace and the Moon Palace?

of course not.

But as businessmen, they are driven by their profit-seeking nature and it is impossible for them to quote according to Yang Liping's expectations.

Zhou Wang was taught another lesson by "reality".

After figuring it out, Zhou Wang couldn't help but laugh.

"Zhou Wang, what are you laughing at?"

Xia Xiwei, who was standing by, was somewhat puzzled and asked in a low voice curiously.

Zhou Wang smiled back: "Nothing, I just feel that I am still a little naive. Fortunately... I am still a little naive."

(End of this chapter)