The Rich Man's Life Begins with a Comeback

Chapter 177 Gu's Autocracy and His Initial Show of Power (4k)

Inside the living room of the villa on the mountaintop.

Following Chen Mu's instructions, Gu Heng signed numerous legal documents.

Chen Mu, Deputy Director of the Investment Management Department of China National Gold Group.

Gu Heng originally thought that the gold bar reward from his father might take two days to arrive, but he never expected it to come so quickly.

China National Gold Group is the only centrally-administered state-owned enterprise in China's gold industry.

A full 400 gold bars!
A full 400 kilograms of physical gold!

Looking across the country, only China National Gold Group could probably produce such a large quantity of physical gold in such a short period of time.

"Mr. Gu, these are all the documents that need to be signed in the initial stage."

Chen Mu, with his neat short hair and dignified demeanor, said, "We need to open the boxes for inspection and verification later. Would you like to know where this would be most suitable?"

"Um……"

"Come upstairs with me."

Gu Heng pondered for a moment before answering Chen Mu.

As the saying goes, wealth should not be flaunted. There are many people and eyes in the living room, so it's best to keep a low profile.

"Ok."

Chen Mu nodded, completely understanding Gu Heng's thoughts and concerns.

For such a significant transaction, it would be perfectly reasonable to be even more cautious.

Despite the large number of people accompanying him, no more than three people, including Chen Mu himself, actually knew the inside story. The others just thought it was an ordinary transaction.

"Let's bring the things in."

After receiving a signal from Gu Heng, Chen Mu turned to his assistant and gave instructions.

"it is good!"

After the assistant responded, he immediately led his men out of the villa and, with the assistance of several security personnel, carried in a safe that was about 1 meter high and 0.5 meters long and wide.

"boom……"

Despite everyone's best efforts to handle it gently, the safe still made a dull thud when it was placed on the ground, demonstrating its immense weight.

"Mr. Gu, what is the elevator's load capacity...?"

Chen Mu tentatively approached Gu Heng.

"no problem."

Gu Heng smiled at Chen Mu: "It's enough, don't worry."

From the moment they met until now, the two have been speaking in cryptic terms the entire time, neither of them revealing the true details of the transaction. They have maintained a tacit understanding throughout.

"Row."

After Chen Mu understood the situation, he directed everyone to move the safe into the elevator.

After reaching the third floor, at Gu Heng's instruction, they moved the safe into the study and placed it properly.

"You all get out."

"Everyone, come downstairs and wait for me."

After everything was properly arranged, Chen Mu dismissed all the bystanders.

Finally, only Gu Heng, Chen Mu, and two other people in the know remained in the study. They were from the legal department and the supervisory department of China Gold Group, respectively, and they would all need to be present to witness the inventory and verification process later.

With the door closed, the study quickly fell silent.

"Mr. Gu, shall we continue?"

Chen Mu asked Gu Heng.

"continue."

Gu Heng nodded slightly.

"Ok."

Chen Mu responded, then glanced at her two colleagues from the Supervision Department and the Legal Department. They understood and each took out a recorder, and began to record.

Then, Chen Mu skillfully put on a white glove.

She walked quickly to the safe and began the extremely tedious process of opening it.

Gu Heng stood by and watched, becoming more and more astonished.

This small safe requires four layers to unlock: a mechanical transcoded lock, an electronic combination lock, a biometric fingerprint lock, and finally a conventional physical lock.

The entire unlocking process must be completed within 60 seconds.

"Click..."

With a crisp click, the safe opened.

Contrary to expectations, the gold bars were not glittering; they were all wrapped in kraft paper.

There are 40 sets of 10 gold bars each.

Chen Mu took out two sets at a time, going back and forth dozens of times, before he finally took everything out of the safe.

"Chairman Gu, this is a gold testing instrument certified by the World Gold Council."

Chen Mu handed a small instrument to Gu Heng: "You can conduct random checks at any time during the unpacking process."

"Ok."

Gu Heng nodded and took the instrument.

He didn't have much doubt about whether these gold bars were of sufficient quantity and purity.

On the one hand, China Gold Group, a behemoth in the gold industry, wouldn't stoop to falsifying documents for 200 million yuan worth of physical gold bars. On the other hand, since Tongzi's father started issuing him the task reward, there has never been a single mistake.

Gu Heng picked up a set of gold bars, then gently sliced ​​open the kraft paper on the surface with a utility knife. Soon, ten gold bars, their surfaces smooth and shiny, were revealed to Gu Heng.

Take one out; it feels heavy and substantial in your hand.

He examined it carefully for a moment and saw that the front of the gold bar was printed with the four large characters "China Gold" and below it were the smaller characters "1000g" and "Au9999". The back of the gold bar was printed with the four large characters "Gu's Autocracy" and the number was printed in the lower right corner. For example, the gold bar that Gu Heng was holding was numbered No. 0005.

The gold bar has no rough feel at all; on the contrary, it is particularly exquisite and beautiful, just like a work of art.

Gu Heng then looked at the other gold bars. All of them had the same format, with the words "Gu's Autocracy" printed on the back of each bar.

'That's awesome!'

'That's impressive!'

Gu Heng remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he was filled with astonishment.

Clearly, these gold bars were custom-made for Gu Heng by China Gold, and they are significantly different from the gold bars that are normally circulating in the market.

He picked up the gold testing device that Chen Mu had just given him, and the test results showed that there were no problems.

Groups of gold bars were disassembled, and the gold bars were neatly arranged.

The dazzling golden scene was truly spectacular.

Even Chen Mu, as the deputy director of the investment management department of China Gold Group, was seeing this for the first time in his career, and his eyes were filled with a sense of shock.

"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding..."

As the gold bars accumulated, they would occasionally make a clanging sound due to collisions, but Gu Heng didn't find the sound noisy at all; on the contrary, he thought it was like heavenly music.

It took Gu Heng about fifteen minutes to disassemble all 40 sets of gold bars.

Any one of these pieces would be enough for the wedding gifts of dozens of ordinary families.

"Chairman Gu, a total of 400 gold bars."

"After you have confirmed that everything is in order, please sign the handover documents."

Chen Mu took a legal document from a colleague in the legal department and then presented it to Gu Heng with both hands.

Upon hearing this, Gu Heng glanced down at it.

After confirming that the legal documents were correct, he opened his Montblanc pen and signed his name in the lower right corner of the documents.

"Are you going to move this safe later?"

As Gu Heng signed the papers, he asked Chen Mu, "Mr. Gu, this safe is a gift for you."

Chen Mu replied with a smile, "I will clear all the passwords for this safe later, and then teach you how to set the password."

"Oh……"

"Then I won't be polite to you."

"Otherwise, I really wouldn't know where to put these gold bars for a while."

Gu Heng did have a small safe in the master suite's walk-in closet, but it was too small to hold anything more than important documents; it couldn't possibly hold such a large amount of gold bars.

Right now, the safe that Chen Mu brought has really solved his immediate problem.

"Chairman Gu, you are a valued client of China Gold Group."

Chen Mu bowed slightly: "It is our honor to be able to help you solve your problems."

Such a large-scale physical gold transaction involves a large number of legal documents. Under Chen Mu's guidance, Gu Heng subsequently signed many more legal documents.

Finally, with Chen Mu's help, Gu Heng moved the gold bars back into the safe and then reset the first three passwords.

"Mr. Gu, please keep these gold appraisal certificates."

After putting the 400 gold bars back into the safe, Chen Mu got another bag from his colleagues in the legal department and handed it to Gu Heng.

“The gold bars you just saw each have a unique serial number, which corresponds to the serial numbers on these gold appraisal certificates. These gold appraisal certificates are issued by China National Gold Group and have the function of proof of authenticity worldwide.”

As Gu Heng listened to Chen Mu's introduction, he reached into the bag and took out the gold appraisal certificates. The so-called gold appraisal certificates that Chen Mu mentioned were just cards wrapped in plastic, about the size of an adult's palm, with photos of the front and back of the corresponding numbered gold bars printed on them, and stamped with the official seals of China Gold Group and the World Gold Council.

"Ok."

Gu Heng glanced at them twice and then put the gold appraisal certificates back into the bag.

After the transaction was completed, Chen Mu and the others took the initiative to leave.

Gu Heng escorted Chen Mu and the others to the door, and after watching them leave in their cars, he turned around and returned to the living room.

Have you had breakfast?

Gu Heng saw Jiang Ruan walk out from the direction of the restaurant and casually asked her.

"Uh-huh."

"just ate."

Jiang Ruan nodded.

As for what Gu Heng was doing and the identities of those people, she wisely refrained from asking too many questions, because if Gu Heng was willing to share with her, he would tell her on his own initiative without her having to ask.

Conversely, if Gu Heng is unwilling to talk about it, it's pointless for her to ask.

"I'll be very busy these next few days."

Before I went on my business trip, I promised you that I would give you a few days off when I got back.

Gu Heng said to Jiang Ruan, "If you want to go home or go on a trip, just let me know before you leave."

"I……"

"I don't want to go home or travel for the time being."

Jiang Ruan thought for a moment and then whispered to Gu Heng.

"It's all right."

"If you don't want to rest, then stay home and rest."

Gu Heng had just sat down on the sofa when his phone started ringing again.

After Deloitte China completed the equity structure for Gu Heng, Gu Heng basically interviewed various types of senior talents every day during the later stages of his tenure at China Overseas.

Now, with Gu Heng returning to Beichun from Zhonghai, the senior talents he recruited in Zhonghai have all arrived in Zhonghai in the past two days or recently.

Leasing space, storefront renovation, frame design, employee recruitment...

Many trivial matters required Gu Heng's approval before they could proceed.

Zhaode Heritage, Dingdun Capital, Changze Holdings, Tianxing Aviation, and Xingyao Culture—except for Zhencui Group and Junlan Hotel, which don't require much attention—the other five companies are newly established, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe them as a thriving startup.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye amidst the busyness of daily life.

……

The sky was clear and blue that day.

The azure sky is like a flawless sapphire, deep and vast.

The warm sunlight poured down, direct and intense.

At the headquarters of Xingchuan International, Chu Zhengxiong stood in front of the main entrance wearing a brown suit. His broad shoulders and muscular physique gave the expensive business suit an extremely tough and imposing feel.

Chu Zhengxiong kept his eyes half-closed, his expression revealing neither joy nor anger.

At this moment, there were five people standing behind Chu Zhengxiong: Zhou Gang, president of Xingchuan International; Yu Songtao, director of the board office; and three board members.

Facing Chu Zhengxiong's broad back, whenever Zhou Gang and the others glanced at him, a sense of awe and respect would unconsciously appear in their eyes.

"Ta Tata..."

Just as the scene was becoming quiet, a series of footsteps suddenly came from behind them, so chaotic that it was as if they were at a large gathering.

Upon hearing the sound, Chu Zhengxiong, Zhou Gang, and the others all instinctively turned around to look.

Chu Zhengnan walked at the very front, with a large crowd of people thronging behind him.

A rough estimate suggests there must be at least a hundred people.

This group of people consisted of either store managers from Xingchuan International's entertainment brands or department leaders from Xingchuan International; almost all of the middle and senior management were present.

Chu Zhengxiong, who had previously maintained a neutral expression, turned terribly gloomy upon seeing this scene. President Zhou Gang and Director of the Board Office Yu Songtao also changed their expressions drastically upon witnessing this.

"Chu Zhengnan!"

"Who gave you permission to bring them down here?"

Chu Zhengxiong forcibly suppressed his anger and barely managed to keep from uttering the words "bastard," but anyone could hear the surging rage in his voice.

"Chairman Chu..."

Faced with Chu Zhengxiong's extremely intimidating gaze, Chu Zhengnan subconsciously shrank his neck: "I thought it would be more welcoming if there were more of us since it's Chairman Gu's first time visiting the group."

"enthusiasm?"

Do you think they're stupid?

Chu Zhengxiong roared, "Can't you tell the difference between enthusiasm and a show of force?"

At this moment, if all the middle-level leaders of the group hadn't been here, he probably would have slapped him already.

Chu Zhengxiong knew Chu Zhengnan's little scheme all too well.

It's simply that they still can't quite grasp the concept that Gu Heng is so young, and they want to call everyone down to give Gu Heng, who is about to undergo the share transfer, a hard time.

The group of middle-level leaders who followed Chu Zhengnan were either old brothers who had followed Chu Zhengxiong from humble beginnings to build the empire, and were of the same kind as Chu Zhengnan, both being reckless and impulsive; or they were worried that Chu Zhengnan had done this because of his suggestion.

With these two groups of people leading the way, it's easy to create a herd effect, forcing other hesitant middle-level leaders to follow Chu Zhengnan down as well.

This tactic used to be very effective.

Chu Zhengxiong was well-versed in this tactic and used it to manipulate people from all walks of life.

However, today is different.

Who is Gu Heng, who will be coming to Xingchuan International later to transfer shares?
He was a super-rich young man who, at only 18 years old, held shares worth over 3 billion yuan.

Even the renowned Bethesda Trust East Asia office, which is famous throughout East Asia, had to lower its proud head to serve Gu Heng, which shows just how powerful his background was.

Under these circumstances, if Chu Zhengnan were to resort to such low-level tactics again, wouldn't he just be asking to be ridiculed?

Chu Zhengxiong never expected that Chu Zhengnan would dare to act on his own initiative. He was so angry with Chu Zhengnan that he was about to die.

"It's just a greeting."

Seeing his elder brother's ashen face, Chu Zhengnan knew that his brother was truly angry, and said awkwardly, "Since you think this is inappropriate, then I will take them back now."

"President Chu, it might be too late to leave now."

President Zhou Gang looked at Chu Zhengnan in front of him, a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes. He pointed towards the door: "They've arrived..."

(End of this chapter)