A life of success begins with being a landlord.

I was both amused and exasperated, and I didn't know how to comfort her.

Another half day passed, and Sister Li stood up, glancing at the restaurant with lingering fear: "Take those two buckets with you right away, take them to 508... no, take them to Zhan Lao Er's building 26, only then will I feel at ease!"

"Okay, okay, I'll go to Building 26."

I'm also afraid of Sister Li.

In Building 26, the old mahjong parlor that Gold Tooth used to be has been empty, and I can stay there too.

I ran into Gao Jianfeng again as I carried two insulated buckets downstairs.

Gao Jianfeng was also with a young man who looked quite energetic.

"Hey, what a coincidence, Brother Zu!"

Gao Jianfeng grinned and pointed to the young man beside him: "This is my classmate, Chen Feng, from our hometown!"

Then, Gao Jianfeng introduced me to Chen Feng, saying that I was the boss of this street and that I was doing very well, etc.

I grinned at Gao Jianfeng: "Not bad, fellow villager, you've invited another business partner?"

It seems Chen Feng is also having a run of bad luck, having been tricked into this pyramid scheme and unable to escape the clutches of Huang Aijun and his gang!

During this period, I saw Huang Aijun and others deceive a lot of people.

Those people were slowly brainwashed, and most of them stayed. Then they started learning to lie and fantasizing about a monthly salary of 170,000.

Chen Feng smiled and nodded at me: "Hello, Brother Zu!"

I nodded and said, "Since you're here, make the best of it, fellow villager. I'm busy today, but I'll treat you and Gao Jianfeng to dinner another day."

Chen Feng, quick-witted as ever, nodded and smiled, "Brother Zu, I'll treat you another day. I'll be relying on you here from now on!"

"No problem, no problem."

I smiled and left.

Arriving at room 204 in building 26, I first arranged the snakes, then locked the door and called Sister Li to come out for dinner.

Sister Li came downstairs and ate fried noodles with me.

While we were eating, Chunyan's father, Lao Xia, arrived and grinned at me shamelessly.

Sister Li nudged me: "Your father-in-law is here."

I was at my wit's end, so I called out to the fat woman, "Fat woman, give Lao Xia a bowl of fried noodles, with beef."

Old Xia chuckled and said, "I'd also like... a glass of baijiu."

I took out twenty yuan: "Go buy it yourself."

Old Xia took the money and went to buy wine.

But then Kuai Dafa came again, and with a thud, knelt down in front of me and Sister Li, tears streaming down his face:

"Sister Li, Brother Zu, please spare me, please save my life... I have no business, I really can't survive!"

Customers at the fried noodle shop, as well as passersby on the street, all came to watch the spectacle.

Sister Li frowned slightly and remained silent.

I glared at him: "You fat bastard, you're always kneeling down to embarrass me, aren't you? If you like kneeling, then keep kneeling. Go ahead and kneel for three days and three nights if you dare!"

Upon hearing this, Kuai Dafa stood up and bowed to me, pleading, "Brother Zu, please give me back my business! Let's cooperate; I'll give you 300,000 yuan a year!"

Upon hearing this, Sister Li's eyebrows twitched, and she glanced at me.

It seems Sister Li suspects me, that I've been hiding something from her and underreporting the profits from wastewater treatment.

"Kuai Dafa, give up on that idea. I won't cooperate with you even for three million. Just seeing you makes me want to vomit."

I put on a stern face and pointed my finger at Kuai Dafa: "You'd better move out as soon as possible. Get out of here. From now on, we'll keep to ourselves."

Kuai Dafa wouldn't leave, making a racket and spitting in my face: "Brother Zu, why are you going so far as to drive people to their doom?"

boom!

I couldn't take it anymore, so I got up and kicked out, hitting Kuai Dafa squarely in the stomach.

"Aww..."

Kuai screamed in agony and squatted down, clutching his stomach.

Sister Li sighed, put down her chopsticks, turned and left: "I'm not eating anymore, it's bad luck!"

I stopped eating and followed Sister Li back to 302.

"Sister Li, don't be angry. Once I'm done with tomorrow's work, I'll kick Kuai Dafa out of Dongguan." I comforted Sister Li, then asked:

"By the way, Sister Li, what kind of big business are you referring to?"

When the topic turned to big business, Sister Li got excited and patted me on the shoulder:

"Brother, you're still too green to do business. Everyone in Sanlichuan knows your older sister, Hu Xiaoli, nicknamed 'Old Fox.'"

I chuckled.

She was clearly a tender little fox, how did she turn into an old fox? Old foxes are very sly, you know?

"I don't even look at your wastewater and waste disposal business."

Sister Li smiled smugly: "Since we're related, why don't we expand our business?"

"Sister Li, what kind of business is it? Tell me!" I was itching to know.

"What's your hurry?" Sister Li continued to keep them in suspense: "Tell me, what's the printing factory's biggest business?"

What is it?

I thought for a moment: "Printing books? Does that mean... we'll contact Xinhua Bookstore, go to a printing plant to print books, and then take a kickback?"

"You might as well open a Xinhua Bookstore."

Sister Li rolled her eyes again: "I'll ask you again, does printing a book require paper, ink, that fixer you mentioned, and that film?"

"Ah... I understand!"

I suddenly realized and exclaimed, "Sister Li is truly amazing! She's woken me up right away! If we can recycle waste from printing plants, we can become suppliers and sell them paper, ink, fixer, and film, right?"

Collecting scrap metal is nowhere near as profitable as being a supplier.

Sister Li's mind is a hundred times sharper than mine!

"Now you know I'm awesome?" Sister Li chuckled, then frowned and said:

"This is just my idea. How to do it specifically requires market research, market conditions and prices analysis, budgeting and profit analysis. It's not that simple."

I nodded repeatedly: "Sister Li, I'll listen to you, let's work hard together."

Being a supplier to a printing factory is a legitimate business; the money you earn isn't hard to come by.

Following Dao Zai Xiong in the underworld is like licking blood off a knife's edge; the money you earn is all bloody.

"Brother, I'm all talk and no action," Sister Li suddenly sighed, analyzing the situation.

"Where do we wholesale paper, fixer, and film? I have absolutely no idea. I don't know if we can get the lowest prices. So we need to find a partner for this business. We need to find a professional partner."

I asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"It's that Ding Zhili you mentioned. People from Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the most shrewd and know how to do business."

"Ding Zhili? Sure, Sister Li. After things calm down tomorrow, I'll invite him over so we can talk in person."

"Okay, I'd like to meet this guy too." Sister Li agreed, then rubbed her stomach, "Oh no, I just ate half a bowl of fried noodles, I'm not full..."

I smiled slightly, picked up the phone, and asked Boss Hong to send me two dishes.

Half an hour later, Boss Hong sent a waiter to deliver four dishes.

Li Jie and I were having a couple of drinks, chatting and laughing, and planning our big money-making schemes when suddenly we heard a deafening noise from upstairs, as if the ceiling was about to collapse!

Snapped!

Sister Li put down her chopsticks, looked up at the ceiling, and said, "These damn pyramid scheme operators, when will they ever stop?"

"Sister Li, are you swearing?"

"I'll do more than just swear. When I get up there and see them, I'll curse their ancestors for eight generations!"

Sister Li gritted her teeth and pointed upstairs, cursing, "When I make my fortune, I'll never be this pathetic landlady again! These bastards drive me crazy every day!"

"Sister Li, don't be angry, I have a solution."

My eyes lit up and an idea popped into my head.