A life of success begins with being a landlord.

I tapped Erxia on the head: "Don't talk nonsense. She's just an honest girl who speaks her mind."

"I think she's only 90% likely," Erxia rolled her eyes.

As we were talking, an old man walked into the factory and looked us up and down through the iron gate.

Having clearly seen Yue Qiaoyun, the old man bowed to her and gave a wry smile:

"Qiaoyun, we've gone bankrupt. We've sold everything in the factory, all we have left is this land and the factory buildings. We really don't have any money for you. But once I sell the factory, I'll definitely make up for your wages!"

I chuckled. This old man is actually quite kind!

At least he admitted to owing wages.

Yue Qiaoyun waved her hand: "I'm not asking you for money today. It's our boss who wants to buy your factory."

"Buy my factory?"

Mr. Guo was taken aback, then beamed with joy and opened the door: "Gentlemen, please come in and have a look. Let's sit down and talk things over..."

There were seven or eight of us, and we swaggered into the factory area.

Mr. Guo handed me a cigarette: "Boss, what's your name?"

"This is my older sister, a famous entrepreneur, Ms. Hu!" I said, pointing to Sister Li with an air of importance.

Although Sister Li is all brawn and no brains, she has a strong presence and the air of a domineering CEO.

"Mr. Hu, it's an honor to meet you!" Old Guo bowed and scraped.

Sister Li suppressed a laugh and nodded, saying, "You're too kind, Director Guo. Please give us a tour of the factory and show us around."

Old Guo nodded and led us on a tour, explaining the situation as he went.

All the lights in the factory were turned on.

According to Lao Guo, the factory occupies twelve acres of land, which he purchased himself. It is designated for industrial use and has a forty-year property right.

At that time, the price of one mu of land was 110,000 yuan, and the cost of buying the land was more than one million yuan.

The production machinery is gone, the products and raw materials are gone, and the factory is just an empty shell.

In addition to this land, the fixed assets also include a three-story building.

The building is 60 meters long, which is equivalent to the length of a dozen or so bungalows in the countryside.

The second floor of the building is staff dormitory and main corridor; the third floor is basically unused and has been used as storage rooms.

The main passageway on the first floor used to be a processing workshop; opposite the building is a steel-structured shed, covering an area of ​​300 square meters, which used to be a raw material warehouse.

Li Jie and I walked around downstairs for a while, then went upstairs to take a look.

Yue Qiaoyun was very happy and eagerly took over the conversation, doing Lao Guo's work and acting as our tour guide.

Our technical expert, Xu Dingfu, secretly told me, "This factory is just the right size, with greenhouses and workshops; it's perfect."

"Three million." Old Guo held up three fingers: "Land prices have risen quite a bit now. Just considering the land price alone, it's almost three million. Add to that my building and the steel-framed shed."

I shook my head: "Your greenhouse was rusty; one typhoon and it was torn down!"

I know there are frequent typhoons here.

Although I haven't encountered a typhoon since I came here, I will encounter one sooner or later.

"Impossible!" Old Guo said confidently. "My greenhouse is extremely sturdy; it can withstand a category 20 typhoon!"

Sister Li rolled her eyes: "I've never seen a Category 20 typhoon. If it really reached Category 20, the Earth would be blown into the sky."

Guo chuckled: "I was just giving an example... How about this, two million eight hundred thousand, the lowest price."

Ding Zhili sneered, "Director Guo, your factory has been on the market for a long time, but you haven't been able to sell it yet. Do you know why? It's because you're asking for too high a price!"

Old Guo sighed and kept rambling on, saying that the price was very fair.

Knowing that we couldn't reach an agreement in one go, I said goodbye and led everyone away, saying, "We can't see clearly tonight, let's come back tomorrow. Let's go home now."

Old Guo panicked and grabbed my hand: "Boss, the price is negotiable, let's sit down and have a cup of tea first."

"Come again tomorrow, goodbye."

I shook off Lao Guo's hand and led everyone away.

Back in Hongxing Village, we continued our meeting to discuss purchasing the Guofeng Woodcarving Factory.

Sister Li suggested that I ask Director Song.

While we were talking, the phone rang; it was a call from a public phone booth.

As soon as I answered the phone, I heard a man say, "Wang Yaozu, you and Hu Xiaoli are really ruthless! Using someone else to do your dirty work, you're ruthless and determined to wipe us out!"

"Who are you?" I asked, startled.

"I'm from my hometown, Liang Laosi."

He snorted on the phone: "Wang Yaozu, you colluded with the locals, arrested my third sister, and more than a dozen of her men. You've wiped them all out."

Liang Laosi? How did this guy know that I used someone else to do the dirty work and captured Liang Sanjie?

I was even more shocked, but I couldn't admit it, and I angrily said, "What Liang Laosi? I don't know him. And what kind of person is your third sister? What does it have to do with me?"

"Wang Yaozu, we're all in this together, don't play dumb! You're Hu Xiaogang's friend, and Hu Xiaoli is Hu Xiaogang's sister, right? You framed my third sister to avenge Hu Xiaogang, right?"

Liang Laosi gritted his teeth: "I'm in Dongguan right now. Tell me, what should we do about this?"

That bastard knows everything!

And they even came to Dongguan City, that's quite bold!

Upon hearing the phone call, Sister Li's expression changed drastically. She waved her hand, signaling Ding Zhili and the others to leave.

I closed the office door and turned on speakerphone: "Liang Laosi, so you're Liang Laosi from Dazhong Lane in the county town. Heh, you were the one who bullied Hu Xiaogang back then, weren't you?"

"Yes, it's me." Old Liang didn't deny it.

"Back then, I bullied Hu Xiaogang because he was a student. I beat him up and forced him to buy cigarettes. Later, he smashed my window and set fire to my house. So it's not my fault that he was arrested and went to jail."

I glanced at Sister Li and said calmly, "What do you want? Just say it, Liang Laosi."

"Let's meet and settle this face-to-face."

"Okay!" I thought for a moment and gave them the address of the Hengjie Blue Sky Ice Rink: "Hengjie Blue Sky Ice Rink, I'll be there in forty minutes, dare you come?"

"I dared to come to Dongguan, so I'm not afraid. I don't care if I go alone."

Liang Laosi, pretending to be a hero, said: "Call Hu Xiaogang's sister, and we'll get to the bottom of this once and for all."

I agreed to Liang Laosi's request and hung up the phone.

Sister Li was very annoyed and complained to me, "How did Liang Laosi know the inside story? What are we going to do now? Brother, how could you be so careless about this?"

Liang Laosi wields considerable influence in our hometown county.

He knows that it was me and Sister Li who framed Sister Liang, how could he let it go?

He will definitely make a scene at my and Sister Li's house to force us to make concessions or pay compensation!

"Sister Li, this matter is very strange."

I lit a cigarette: "Director Nie promised me he wouldn't reveal any information. I didn't even show up during the arrest. For Liang Laosi to know so much, it's obvious... someone brought it up on purpose."

Sister Li frowned: "Who deliberately framed us?"

"Now that things have come to this, let's meet with Liang Laosi first!"

I stood up and beckoned Sister Li and Erxia to get in the car: "Let's go to the Blue Sky Ice Rink."

After getting on the bus, I called Gao Jianfeng and Ye Xiaotian again and asked them to take a motorcycle taxi to Lantian Ice Rink.

Then, I called Nan Batian and asked to use his gym.

Nan Batian, unaware of my intentions, laughed and said, "This is strange. Weren't you supposed to be working as a bouncer for Dao Zai Xiong tonight? How come you have time to come to my gym?"