Film and Television: Bao Zong has finance in his left hand and entertainment in his right.

Chapter 107 A Beautiful Woman Came to Be My Neighbor (Please Subscribe)

Compared to 'Tianbao Catering Company', 'Tianbao Transportation Company' was much busier.

Although it wasn't as bustling as 'Tianbao Trading Company', it was still a busy place with people coming and going.

However, Xiao Ningbo is not busy.

Liu Xiaobao went to Xiao Ningbo's general manager's office and briefly inquired about the current situation of 'Tianbao Transportation Company'.

According to Xiao Ningbo's report, Liu Xiaobao learned that although 'Tianbao Transportation Company' had not yet set up freight stations across the country, it had already sent people to select sites all over the country.

Once the inspection team returns and the company's senior management makes a decision, they will immediately begin leasing land across the country to build freight warehouses.

The reason why there are so many people coming and going at 'Tianbao Transportation Company' now is because after 'Tianbao Group' gained fame by acquiring 'Southern International Group', many local businessmen from Pujiang came to 'Tianbao Transportation Company' to handle their freight orders to various places.

This was the reward for Liu Xiaobao's high-profile announcement of his intention to acquire 'Southern International Group': not only did it provide 'Tianbao Group' with free publicity through various media outlets, but it also showcased 'Tianbao Group's' economic strength.

Were those businessmen really just drawn by its reputation?

Liu Xiaobao knew that wasn't the case. He knew that those businessmen entrusted their goods to Tianbao Transportation Company because they saw the strength of Tianbao Group. Even if something went wrong on the way and the goods were damaged, Tianbao Transportation Company would be able to compensate them.

This is the real reason why those merchants entrusted their freight bills to 'Tianbao Transportation Company'.

Tianbao Transportation Company has now purchased one hundred Dongfeng trucks, but given the current freight order situation in Pujiang, it is clearly not enough to handle all freight orders nationwide with just one hundred trucks.

Liu Xiaobao was fairly satisfied with the current operation of 'Tianbao Transportation Company'. He only gave Xiao Ningbo a suggestion: change the plan from leasing land to building a freight station to purchasing land.

After he had Xiao Ningbo make a choice with the transportation company, he went to discuss with Stamp Li to have 'Tianbao Real Estate Company' buy the land and build a freight warehouse for the transportation company's use.

As for the issue of 'Tianbao Transportation Company' needing to increase its transportation vehicles, Liu Xiaobao didn't say much. He simply told Xiao Ningbo to decide how many more vehicles to add based on the orders placed later.

Having learned about the situation of 'Tianbao Transportation Company', Liu Xiaobao and Xiao Ningbo went together to 'Tianbao Real Estate Company', which was in charge of Postage Stamp Li.

'Tianbao Real Estate Company' seemed relatively normal. Although there were a few people walking around, they were all just talking about work matters.

At this moment, Li is in the conference room meeting with several senior executives of the company, seemingly discussing whether to bid for a piece of land.

Liu Xiaobao overheard a bit of their discussion outside the conference room, but didn't go in to disturb them. Instead, he turned around and went with Xiao Ningbo to Stamp Li's office to wait for him to finish the meeting.

More than half an hour later, Liu Xiaobao and Xiao Ningbo had already drunk several cups of tea when Stamp Li finally returned from the meeting.

Seeing Liu Xiaobao and Xiao Ningbo in his office, Stamp Li was taken aback, but quickly recovered. Under Liu Xiaobao's questioning, Stamp Li gave a brief report on the current operating status of 'Tianbao Real Estate Company'.

According to Li, the stamp company is currently focusing on acquiring land in Shenzhen and Pudong, in accordance with the general direction set by Liu Xiaobao.

However, the government only releases one or two plots of land every now and then, so in the nearly half a month since the company opened, 'Tianbao Real Estate Company' has only won one plot of land in Shenzhen and one in Pudong.

What they were discussing in the meeting room was the bidding for a plot of land in Shenzhen.

Liu Xiaobao is fairly satisfied with the current situation of 'Tianbao Real Estate Company', since it is constrained by government policies and cannot be rushed even if it wants to.

However, after a moment's thought, Liu Xiaobao gave Stamp Li some advice: to try to buy private land from private individuals, preferably those that could be connected together.

Of course, Liu Xiaobao also strictly emphasized that buying private land is allowed, but it must be done legally, and no illegal means of forced purchase are permitted.

Then Liu Xiaobao told Stamp Li about Tianbao Transportation Company's plan to set up freight stations across the country, and asked Tianbao Real Estate Company to cooperate by buying up the locations selected by Tianbao Transportation Company and building them into their own group's private warehouses.

Then Liu Xiaobao let Xiao Ningbo and Stamp Li discuss the specifics of the cooperation themselves, while he returned to his residence, intending to take a nap.

However, just as Liu Xiaobao was about to go to sleep, he heard many footsteps coming from outside the door.

Curious, Liu Xiaobao opened the door and looked outside. He saw six or seven men moving furniture and other things into a room, while Li Li stood by, directing them on how to arrange them.

Seeing this, Liu Xiaobao couldn't help but ask, "Li Li, what are you doing?"

Li Li turned around, looked at Liu Xiaobao, and replied with a smile, "Obviously, I'm moving into this room!"

Seeing that Liu Xiaobao seemed a little confused, Li Li added another sentence.

“Now that I’ve come to Tianbao Group, I should naturally prioritize the company. There are so many empty rooms on this floor, so I can move here and it will be closer to my commute every day. Besides, the apartment I lived in on Taojiang Road before was just rented. Moving to the company apartment will save me some rent. It’s a win-win situation!”

Li Li's reasons were impeccable, and Liu Xiaobao didn't mind having a beautiful woman as a neighbor.

So after hearing what Li Li said, Liu Xiaobao immediately smiled and nodded: "Welcome to the hotel. If you need anything, just tell the group's logistics department and they will provide it for you."

"Don't worry, Mr. Bao, I won't be polite!"

Liu Xiaobao smiled slightly and didn't inquire further about Li Li's moving tasks. He turned around and went back to his room. Just as he lay down to take a nap, his cell phone rang again.

I pressed the answer button, and Zhou Huimin's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Mr. Bao, are you still in Pujiang?"

"Yes, Xiaomin, you haven't seen me for over a month. You missed me?"

Since the last time Zhou Huimin came to Liu Xiaobao to ask him to write a song for Zhang Guorong, she hasn't seen Liu Xiaobao. It's been almost two months.

However, when Liu Xiaobao returned to Pujiang this time, he did call Zhou Huimin to tell her that he was going back to Pujiang for a while.

That's why Zhou Huimin's first question was whether Liu Xiaobao was still in Pujiang.

Whether it was Liu Xiaobao's joke that struck a chord with Zhou Huimin or not, she actually paused for a few seconds on the other end of the phone before replying.

"It's been a long time since we last met, and I have missed you a bit, but I'm calling you mainly because I need your help with something."

Liu Xiaobao was also stunned. He had only meant it as a joke, but he never expected to actually hear Zhou Huimin say that she missed him.

Although Liu Xiaobao knew that Zhou Huimin's feelings were just the kind of longing between friends, he couldn't help but feel a little excited because he felt that he had taken another step closer to 'winning over this wife'.

However, upon hearing that Zhou Huimin had something to discuss with him, Liu Xiaobao stopped joking.

"Xiaomin, you don't need to be so polite with me, just say what you need to say!"

Chapter 108 Two Plans to Deal with the Qilin Society (Please Subscribe)

Zhou Huimin did not hesitate any longer and immediately spoke frankly to Liu Xiaobao.

"Mr. Bao, it's like this, I'm releasing a new album in early November, could you write two more songs for me? I'll pay you 100,000 yuan for each song!"

Liu Xiaobao was taken aback: "Writing songs for you is no problem, but wasn't it only 30,000 per song before? How come it's suddenly increased so much to 100,000?"

Vivian Chow smiled.

“Mr. Bao, you don’t know yet, but ever since you wrote that song ‘King of Karaoke’ for my brother, your fame has increased a lot. Now, singers in Hong Kong and Taiwan can’t find you. Otherwise, they would definitely be lining up at your door asking for songs. However, they have spread the word to me that if you are willing to write songs for them, they will give you 100,000 per song. I don’t want to be unfair to you in this regard, so naturally I have to give you the same price as them!”

Liu Xiaobao chuckled: "I didn't expect that just writing a few songs would actually make me famous. If my business fails in the future, I can make a living by writing songs."

Vivian Chow corrected, "A song worth 100,000 yuan is more than enough to support yourself; it's not a problem to make a fortune."

Zhou Huimin only knew that Liu Xiaobao was a film investor, but she didn't know his net worth, which is why she said such a thing.

Liu Xiaobao certainly wouldn't tell Zhou Huimin, "I have billions in assets," as that would come across as ostentatious and offensive.

Therefore, Liu Xiaobao would not proactively tell Zhou Huimin how much money he had, or that he didn't care about the tens of thousands of yuan in compensation.

Anyway, he would accept any payment that Vivian Chow offered him, so as not to make her feel bad if he didn't accept any payment and she wouldn't ask him to write songs again.

Wouldn't that mean Liu Xiaobao would have far fewer opportunities to spend time alone with his "pre-arranged wife"?

So even though Liu Xiaobao really didn't care about earning tens of thousands of yuan from Zhou Huimin, he was still happy to help her write songs.

“Xiaomin, you’re right. There’s a possibility of making a fortune. But Xiaomin, we’re so far apart now, and the phone signal isn’t very good. I’m afraid you won’t be able to hear me clearly if I sing to you over the phone. How about we write it together in person when I go to Hong Kong?”

"Mr. Bao, when are you coming to Hong Kong? Can you come before my new album is released?"

Liu Xiaobao laughed and said, "My Xiaomin needs me, so of course I will get there as quickly as possible. Don't worry, I will go there as soon as I finish my business here in the next few days. I will call you as soon as I get to Hong Kong."

"Thank you, Mr. Bao. See you in Hong Kong!"

"Okay, see you in Hong Kong!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Huimin's image involuntarily appeared in Liu Xiaobao's mind.

"Sigh, in order to see my wife as soon as possible, I can't keep wasting my time with the Qilin Society. I need to deal with them as soon as possible!"

Now, Liu Xiaobao was wide awake and began to think about how to quickly deal with the Qilin Society.

Liu Xiaobao had already been confident of victory in the upcoming meeting with Qilin.

All he needs to do is keep stalling until the Qilin Society can't hold out any longer and dumps their 601 shares. Liu Xiaobao can then buy their sell orders at a low price, release some positive news to drive up the 601 share price, thus both tricking the Qilin Society and making money for himself.

Moreover, Liu Xiaobao predicted that Qilin would continue to hold on like this, at most for another half month.

After all, the Qilin Society doesn't have a lot of funds. Liu Xiaobao, with a net worth of tens of billions, can ignore the 601 Group, but the Qilin Society can't. They have to get back those hundreds of millions of yuan before they can do anything else. Otherwise, it's like putting those hundreds of millions of yuan in the stock market, where they won't get any interest and will risk losing money.

Although continuing to stall is the safest approach, Liu Xiaobao is confident of victory.

However, in order to meet his "pre-arranged wife" as soon as possible, and considering that Morgan Stanley International Fund in the Hong Kong stock market should be making its move soon, Liu Xiaobao decided not to waste any more time and to speed up the process of dealing with the Qilin Society.

After thinking about it for a whole afternoon, Liu Xiaobao finally decided on two plans, but for a moment he couldn't decide which one to use.

One approach is to temporarily inflate the stock price of 601, enticing the Qilin Society to sell all their 601 shares. In that case, the Qilin Society could make a small profit, but overall they would still lose money. However, Liu Xiaobao felt that this was too lenient on them.

Another method is to drive down the stock price of 601, causing panic among the members of the Qilin Society, who will worry that if the price falls further, they will lose everything and sell their shares as soon as possible. In this case, the Qilin Society will lose even more.

Both of these methods are easy for Liu Xiaobao to implement now.

To boost the stock price of 601, all Liu Xiaobao needs to do is release a piece of good news that benefits Yingzhou Industry under the name of 'Tianbao Group'.

By lowering the price of 601, given the number of 601 shares Liu Xiaobao currently holds, he only needs to place a few large sell orders to cause the price of 601 to fall again.

According to Liu Xiaobao's original intention, he would definitely choose the second method to lower the stock price of 601. He originally wanted to retaliate against the Qilin Society, and doing so would make the Qilin Society lose even more money.

However, if the second method is adopted, it will inevitably affect those shareholders who still hold shares of 601. If the stock price falls, these shareholders will have to pay more money to liquidate their positions.