Courtyard houses: Those who are capable are rewarded, and many children bring many blessings.

Neither side was willing to budge on the 0.05% interest, and the meeting ended badly.

After leaving Standard Chartered headquarters, Niu Dazhuang instructed Lin Yongmei to contact HSBC...

During the first meeting with HSBC, Niu Dazhuang did not appear in person; instead, Lin Yongmei spoke on his behalf first…

As soon as Lin Yongmei contacted HSBC, Standard Chartered couldn't hold out any longer. Despite the heated negotiations, once the contract was signed...

Big Boss Scott and Big Boss Niu changed a lot immediately, and even hugged each other, acting as affectionately as old friends.

Big Boss Scott even had his secretary open a bottle of red wine from his collection. Whether the wine was truly a collector's item, Niu Dazhuang didn't know, but the gesture was certainly very pleasant.

One of the people in the room was holding a wine glass.

"Big Boss Scott, are you just going to do it like this?"

Scott Daban's translator looked at Niu Dazhuang's translator, Liu Yang, with a bewildered expression.

The two translators were completely taken aback. They hadn't even hit a roadblock during the intense business negotiations, but they were stunned during the final celebration.

Liu Yang is a native of Hong Kong Island, and she didn't understand what "ganla" meant.

Lin Yongmei smiled and said, "Boss, please don't make things difficult for them. What the boss means is that they're just drinking like this, without any snacks to go with the drinks."

"Haha, just kidding." Niu Dazhuang was quite adept at creating a lively atmosphere.

Brigitte Lin accompanied the entire process and witnessed firsthand how Niu Dazhuang mortgaged all his assets in Hong Kong Island and leveraged them five times to buy gold.

This is gambling with their entire fortune! It takes incredible courage—over two hundred million Hong Kong dollars! Not two million, but two hundred million!

How certain must this man, chatting and laughing so confidently, be of his judgment?

Gold has been stable for so many years, at $35 an ounce. I don't know what he was thinking, but he actually bought dollars in exchange for gold, even though it has depreciated significantly...

Brigitte Lin has been doing a lot of research these past few days.

Then look at the top executives of Standard Chartered Bank, such as the Scott taipan, a guest of honor of this top Hong Kong family, and he still gets joked about by Big Brother Niu.

Confident men are attractive; otherwise, it wouldn't be unreasonable for his sister-in-law to be so obedient to him.

If he really bets right, fifty million dollars could very well become hundreds of millions of dollars. He earned hundreds of millions of dollars in four years…

Brigitte Lin didn't dare to think any further; this was just too... indescribable.

With over 100 million US dollars, he'd at least be the richest man in Hong Kong, a man in his thirties, not even forty.

This richest man isn't a second-generation heir; he made his fortune entirely through his own hard work...

The more Brigitte Lin thought about it, the faster her heart beat...

He told me to study hard and help him manage his business after graduation. It's rare that this is all because of my aunt...

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, just beginning to experience love, encounters such a captivating man. Who can resist the allure of such a man, and who would willingly choose to escape it?

Next comes the tedious signing and procedural steps. Every contract is first reviewed word by word by the legal department.

After Chen Guoqiang and Liu Yang both nodded to confirm that there were no problems, Niu Dazhuang finally signed the document.

After World War II, the US dollar was pegged to gold, hence the name "US dollar." The Bretton Woods system collapsed in 71.

After the US dollar was no longer pegged to gold, it rose from $35 an ounce in 1971 to $195 an ounce in 74.

There have been no major fluctuations in the past three years, and the value has increased more than fivefold.

What is 50 million multiplied fivefold? What was the concept of a billionaire in the 1970s?

After leaving the Standard Chartered Bank headquarters, the group first went to the adjacent Swire Building.

"Liu Yang, Guo Qiang, you both did a great job. Sister Mei, their salaries will double this month. Liu Yang, introduce your finance classmate over in the next couple of days, I want to take a look."

Upon hearing that their salaries would double this month, Liu Yang and Chen Guoqiang were so happy they almost jumped for joy: they bowed in unison, "Thank you, boss!"

My classmate can come for an interview tomorrow. I was wondering if you have time?

In his past life, Niu Dazhuang was always the one being interviewed; in this life, he gets to experience interviewing others!

"If he has time, have him come over this afternoon." At that time, the company was not like the well-organized departments of later generations; it was all a makeshift operation.

Jobs are generally hard to find, but once you find one, you usually stay and rarely change jobs.

After Liu Yang and the other person left

"Sister Mei, transfer another person from your side to me."

"Ah, after you went back north, Liu Yang, the translator, didn't have much to do. Is it really necessary to keep another idle person around?"

"It's necessary. Absolutely necessary. We need to use people, but we also need to guard against them. We mustn't let them get hurt."

Brigitte Lin blinked her beautiful big eyes and looked at Niu Dazhuang with a puzzled expression: "I was classmates with Liu Yang in high school and we've kept in touch for so many years. Our relationship must be good. If it were just the two of them on my side, even with Sister Mei supervising, Sister Mei's energy is limited."

"Two people are most likely to stick together, but it's different with three people. Three people generally don't stick together; the ratio of two to one is the norm..." Niu Dazhuang shared his experience in managing people with Brigitte Lin.

"Xia, think about it, isn't that the case between you two? Even if you have two close friends, in your heart, there's definitely one who's the closest to you, and the other one isn't quite there yet."

Brigitte Lin thought about it seriously for a moment, then exclaimed with delight, "It's just like you said! Wow! You're amazing!"

Next, Lin Yongmei started looking for schools for Brigitte Lin...

Although Niu Dazhuang found it incredibly delicious, he refrained from taking a bite, considering her age.

Before long, Brigitte Lin's summer vacation was over, and Niu Dazhuang couldn't stay in Hong Kong Island any longer.

Before leaving, he came to the company again and called the three ladies into his office.

Chen Hong, a high school classmate introduced by Liu Yang, was also a woman, and her appearance was too ordinary. On the contrary, Zhang Bingshan, a mixed-race woman in her thirties, who was transferred by Lin Yongmei, was quite good-looking.

He's quite tall, nearly 1.7 meters, with long legs and a big butt, and his headlights are dazzling.

Her skin was fair and delicate, with little body hair and no body odor.

"We're having a short meeting. We're heading north in a couple of days and won't be back for two or three years. You guys can't just sit idle. Since you're an investment company, of course you'll be making investments."

How to invest, how to evaluate investee companies—if you don't know, you need to learn. Chen Hong, don't be secretive about this; wait for me to come back.

I need to see your performance, specifically the return on your investments. Director Zhang, do you have anything to say?

As soon as Niu Dazhuang finished speaking, Zhang Bingshan raised her hand.

"Hey sir! Could you invest in movies or entertainment?"

"Of course! From what I understand, the entertainment industry is now controlled by underground forces. I'm worried that even if you make money after investing, you might not even get your principal back. If you have connections in this area, then yes!"

"Since I'm asking this, I must have some connections!"