A life of success begins with being a landlord.

Ah Xiang gave me an awkward smile: "I still have a little bit of savings, just a tiny bit..."

Sister Li wasn't surprised and laughed, "That's great! Fifty thousand yuan for a share is quite a lot. Maybe we can get fifty thousand yuan every year. Time flies, and every three years brings a new beginning."

Business hasn't even started yet, and they're all already dreaming so much!

Ah Xiang laughed and said, "It's pretty good to receive 20,000 to 30,000 a year; it's enough for retirement."

Erxia glanced at Axiang and said, "You're only eighteen, you're already juicy, what are you going to do with your old age?"

I tapped the table: "I agree to Ah Xiang's 50,000 yuan investment. Ding Zhili, tell me your story."

"I...I'll invest a million, I'll take on the high-interest loans!" Ding Zhili gritted his teeth. "But, Brother Zu and Sister Li, you need to give me a month, otherwise it won't be enough time."

I nodded: "Okay, you take out 200,000 first, and make up the remaining 800,000 within a month."

With another million from Ding Zhili, our material recycling company should be able to get started.

At 2 PM, we marched in a large group to Guofeng Woodcarving Factory to negotiate with Lao Guo.

When I saw Lao Guo and his wife, I was startled.

The elderly couple both had bruises and swelling on their faces, and Lao Guo was limping.

"Old Guo, what happened to you?" I naturally had to ask.

"Don't mention it, Mr. Wang, I got beaten up."

Old Guo sighed, "The night before last, someone climbed over the wall and beat my wife and me up. I know we can't stay here anymore. I'll sell you the factory for a lower price; I'll save my life and go home."

"Old Guo, I didn't do this, don't blame me..."

I feel very guilty.

Now I know how Lanxin managed to negotiate the price down.

Those thugs must have been arranged by Lan Xin and Sister Lü. Those two women are truly insane, using any means necessary to achieve their goals.

As they were talking, Sister Lü and Lan Xin arrived.

I sighed, led them aside, and asked in a low voice, "You hired people to beat up Lao Guo and his wife? That's really unethical!"

"Womanly compassion."

Lan Xin curled her lip and sneered, "What's so special about this? If I were ruthless, I would have killed Old Guo and his wife directly, and then I could have taken over this lousy factory for a million."

I rolled my eyes: "You own the police station, so murder isn't illegal?"

Sister Lü smoothed things over, saying, "Alright, alright, let's get down to talking about signing the contract."

I shook my head and went to talk to Lao Guo about the contract.

Old Guo looked aggrieved and resentful: "You said two million one hundred thousand, then two million one hundred thousand it is. I'm afraid of being beaten, I'm afraid of dying, okay?"

Sister Lü glared at him: "Director Guo, watch your mouth. Who hit you? Your words are slander, you know that?"

Knock knock knock!

I tapped the table: "I'll give an extra 100,000 yuan as Lao Guo's medical expenses. Regardless of who hit him, Lao Guo and I are friends, and this 100,000 yuan is just a token of my appreciation."

Old Guo was surprised: "An extra 100,000, making it 2.2 million?"

I nodded solemnly.

I will deduct the extra 100,000 yuan from Lan Xin and Sister Lü's referral fees.

Old Guo was very happy and agreed to sign the contract the day after tomorrow morning, and then go to the bank to settle the payment.

I asked Ding Zhili, Erxia, and Chen Feng to stay behind and take inventory of the materials at Guofeng Woodcarving Factory to make a backup.

After leaving the Guofeng Woodcarving Factory, Lanxin and Sister Lü invited me to have tea at a teahouse.

I took the initiative to say, "I feel bad that you hit Lao Guo; he's an old man. So, the extra 100,000 I gave you is yours. You originally asked for 500,000, but now it's only 400,000. According to the agreement, you get half, 200,000 each."

Lan Xin surprisingly had no objections, and chuckled, "Okay, but you have to stay with me for a week. 100,000 yuan for a week of yours, is that alright?"

Sister Lü raised an eyebrow: "I need a week too."

"Let's get together, the three of us, and spend a week together." I rolled my eyes.

I don't have time to accompany them one by one, and I'm also afraid that Lanxin and Sister Lü won't be able to handle my youthful enthusiasm.

Lan Xin raised her teacup: "Okay, it's a deal."

It's a deal.

I also raised my teacup.

I know that once those two women get the money, they'll be off having a good time somewhere, and probably won't care about me anymore.

With money, why worry about not finding a hunky man to keep you company?

I, Wang Yaozu, am just a nobody. Although I have some special skills, those skills can't put food on the table.

At 5 p.m., I was at Jin Sangzi (a brand of throat lozenges) to continue making improvements to the work at Jin Sangzi and Yin Meiduo (another brand of throat lozenges).

Huo Yandong called to remind me that the on-site promotional event at Peninsula Slope is tomorrow afternoon, and asked me to coordinate with Master Zhongyun.

I've already confirmed with Ke Cailian that Master Zhongyun will arrive first thing tomorrow morning. I'll have Huo Yandong, Nie Suo, and others arrange the reception.

Director Nie, Director Tang, Dao Zixiong, and Director Hong all took this matter very seriously. They rushed to Sanlichuan that evening and had dinner together at Changhong Restaurant to discuss the reception arrangements for the next day.

I was assigned to be the Taoist priest's follower, and Dao Zai Xiong lent me his Mercedes-Benz.

Director Tang asked me, "Brother, the Taoist priest is coming down the mountain tomorrow. Could you arrange for each of us to have our fortunes told again?"

I shook my head and smiled, "The Taoist priest said he only does one divination a day. If you want to see him, we can arrange it another time."

The group had no choice but to give up.

Dao Zixiong gave me a day off so I could go home and rest. He told me to be alert tomorrow and receive Master Zhongyun.

I feel like everyone's getting a little paranoid.

It's just a Taoist priest coming down from the mountain, but they're making it sound like a deity descending to earth.

I left work early in the evening and returned to Hongxing Village.

When Sister Li learned of this, she kept pestering me, "Can I go tomorrow too, to see the Taoist priest?"

"Sure, you and Erxia can come together, and Ye Xiaotian can drive. Just follow us." I readily agreed.

I will grant any request Sister Li makes.

She wanted to pluck the moon from the sky, and I would find a way to send her there.

Since we had a rare day off tonight, we set up the mahjong table and started a fierce battle.

Sister Li kept losing, so she suspected that Ah Xiang and I were cheating. She kicked me out and called Uncle Ding over to make up the numbers.

Uncle Ding has no other hobbies except playing mahjong.

I was bored, so I took a walk around Hongxing Village.

I don't know when it happened, but there are more and more hair salons in Hongxing Village now, there are more than a dozen now.

Those shampoo girls are quite pretty.

"Brother Zu..."

As I was mentally rating the shampoo girls, I ran into A-Ping and Bing-Bing, who were carrying snacks.

After Bingbing came with me, I temporarily arranged for her to stay with Bobo, living with Aping and the others.

"Ah Ping, Bingbing." I hadn't seen them for several days, so I smiled and said, "What's up? Out buying some late-night snacks?"

I truly envy the lives of the people in Gangdong.

The most deadly thing is that the people of Gangdong are born with superhuman bodies. They can eat like crazy and not gain weight.

Most of the locals I know are as thin as monkeys; there are very few obese people.

Bingbing held up the late-night snack in her hand: "Brother Zu, let's go eat together. Tonight, it's just me and Aping here; Bobo went out to have fun."

I suddenly felt a little tempted: "Okay, let's go to your rented apartment and have some fun."