I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 702 701 "I don't ask for much, just to manage my current little plot of land well."

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“Yes, these days, connections are all about people and resources. I’ve felt this deeply in my years of doing business. I know some people in Nanxin and even Jinghai, but this circle is too small. I really envy you.”

"What's there to envy?" Fang Qingye said modestly before continuing, "Alright then, I can be your sponsor and write a letter of recommendation, but that's all I can do to help."

Fang Qingye's meaning was very clear: I can be the sponsor, and I can write the letter, but that's it. Whether you are ultimately admitted depends on your own ability. Don't ask me to use connections in private anymore.

Li Leyan could easily understand. He quickly said, "I'm already extremely grateful for your help, how could I possibly trouble you?"

"Okay, send the relevant requirements for sponsorship to me via WeChat, and I'll write them down accordingly," Fang Qingye agreed.

Li Le immediately took out his phone and sent the requirements for the sponsor system downloaded from the official website of Lakeside University to Fang Qingye's WeChat. The two chatted for a while before he said goodbye and left.

"Qingye, are you free tonight? How about we go to my karaoke place for a bit? Dahai and the others are there." Li Le extended an invitation.

"No, don't call me." Fang Qingye immediately refused: "You know I'm not interested in that stuff."

Now that she knows many people and has many social engagements, she often goes out for meals and drinks. Back in Nanxin, Fang Qingye really doesn't want to do that anymore.

Li Le knew his temper and didn't insist.

After seeing Li Le off, Bai Ou, who hadn't spoken until now, said, "This Li Le has quite a lot of ambition."

“Having big ambitions is fine, as long as one’s own abilities match them. Li Le is quite capable among the rich second-generation kids in Nanxin,” Fang Qingye said, standing up.

"Since I promised Li Le, I'll write a letter of recommendation as requested while I have some free time."

He went upstairs to his study, opened his laptop, carefully looked at the information Li Le had sent, and then opened a Word document to start writing.

In fact, the teaching content of Lakeside University is quite good. It is not a traditional business school and does not focus on basic theories such as accounting and finance. Instead, it emphasizes "failure education" and "practical sharing" and studies a large number of classic success and failure cases of domestic and foreign companies.

In addition to founders like Jack Ma, the instructors include top entrepreneurs, scholars, artists, and even politicians, sharing high-level strategic thinking, lessons learned from failures, and philosophies of life. The program carries a strong sense of idealism and elitism.

Although Lakeside University later stopped enrolling students due to changes in the macro environment, as well as Alibaba and Ma Yun's own reasons.

However, for individual students, the opportunity to learn there is still very beneficial.

The snow fell heavily all day, stopping in the evening. The next day, the sun came out and the weather warmed up around noon. Bai Ou took her son out to play, and Fang Qingye followed along.

Actually, you don't need to walk far. Nanxinhu Park is right across from the community. You can just go for a stroll in the park.

The park was much less crowded after the snowfall, and the sunlight shining on the snow was somewhat dazzling. The tree branches were laden with snow, and occasionally chunks of snow would fall. In the distance, the laughter of children playing in the snow could be heard, adding a touch of life to the otherwise chilly atmosphere.

The two were strolling aimlessly with their baby in their arms when they saw a couple walking towards them with a little girl. It turned out to be Song Dahai and Chen Meimei with their daughter, Yaya.

"You guys are out having fun too?"

"I'm so bored at home."

They greeted each other and chatted together, with Bai Ou and Chen Meimei talking about their children.

At this moment, Song Dahai said to Fang Qingye, "Yezi, did Li Le ask you to be his sponsor and recommend him to Ma Yun's Lakeside University?" "What, you already know about this?" Fang Qingye was surprised.

"Last night I went to Li Le's karaoke bar with him, and after having a few drinks, he casually mentioned this, and everyone was very envious," Song Dahai explained.

"What? You also want to study at Lakeside University?" Fang Qingye said, half-jokingly and half-seriously.

“Me? I know my own limitations. I don’t have Li Le’s ambitions, nor his abilities,” Song Dahai laughed. “I don’t ask for much. I just want to manage my current little plot of land well.”

Since taking over Kerry Group, Song Dahai has not pursued diversification like other companies. Instead, he has focused his energy on real estate projects and has not ventured to other places. All of his projects are concentrated in the Jinghai area.

In 2015, the construction of the Shanghai-Nantong Yangtze River Bridge was fully launched. The "high-speed rail dream" directly stimulated the real estate market in Jinghai. Many investors were optimistic about Jinghai's huge potential to integrate into Shanghai's "one-hour metropolitan area". In addition, the real estate market was booming in the past two years due to the national shantytown renovation project. As a result, Kerry Group also made a fortune.

During this period, an investment company was established, and following Fang Qingye's instructions, it invested 8000 million yuan in ByteDance. It didn't invest in any other projects. It simply transferred one-third of the original equity of Huacheng Development Company and Yuxiang Natural Gas Company, which belonged to Kerry Group, to its newly established investment company. In fact, nothing much changed.

Fang Qingye smiled after hearing his words and said, "That's good. Let's work hard and steadily. The real estate market will continue to boom for a few more years. Even if the real estate market is not as hot as it is now in the future, as long as the company's debt is under control, there is nothing to worry about. Let's make money slowly and steadily, after all, we need a place to live."

"Don't worry about that. I've learned from past mistakes, and I'm being very cautious now. All my debts are under control," Song Dahai said.

After finishing his sentence, Song Dahai looked at Bai Ou and said, "Bai Ou, it's rare for you to come back on the weekend. Why don't you come to my house for dinner tonight? How about we have hot pot together?"

You're already so fat, why are you still eating?
Fang Qingye glanced at his stomach, which looked like he was pregnant.

However, Bai Ou immediately agreed: "Okay, I'll come over and help Meimei in a bit."

"Okay, we'll head back now."

After Song Dahai and his wife had walked away, Bai Ou complained in a low voice, "Ye Zi, how could you say that the real estate market can only be booming for a few more years? Right now, 90% of Dahai Capital Kerry Group's business is concentrated in real estate. What will happen in a few years? Aren't you just making people unhappy?"

Fang Qingye disagreed: "Dahai and I are best buddies. I wouldn't say this to anyone else. Besides, what I said is true! The real estate boom really won't last more than a few years. Dahai should be prepared."

"Besides, with Dahai's investment of 8000 million in ByteDance, who knows how many times it will multiply if it goes public? Even if it doesn't go public for now, the dividends will still be a considerable income!"

"He's my best friend, I would never betray him."

The couple strolled around the park with their child for a while. As the saying goes, it's not cold when it snows, but it's cold when the snow melts. Afraid that their child would catch a cold, they returned to their residential area.

After saying goodbye to my family, I took the baby and went to Song Dahai's house.

Song Dahai also bought a villa here and hired a nanny. The couple is usually busy managing the company, so it's a bit difficult for one nanny to take care of the child.

Two years ago, Song Dahai's father, Song Qingdong, suffered a stroke and was hospitalized. After that, he became semi-independent and could only sit in a wheelchair. Song Dahai hired two caregivers from a housekeeping company to take care of him in shifts every day. At the same time, Song Qingdong's wife was also taking care of her husband, so she naturally couldn't take care of her granddaughter.

Fortunately, Chen Meimei's mother has retired from the water company, so she usually comes over to help take care of her granddaughter, but today is the weekend and she went back to her own home.

As soon as Bai Ou entered Song Dahai's house, she, the nanny, and Chen Meimei were busy in the kitchen preparing the ingredients needed for hot pot. Fang Qingye and Song Dahai were taking care of the two children in the living room, chatting and drinking tea.

"Hey, Ye Zi, did Qian Xiaoli break up with her ex-boyfriend?" Song Dahai suddenly asked in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)