Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The reason why he agreed to it so decisively was actually because the Bureau Chief had long discovered that this Hong Dali definitely had many secrets about him.
And the key was that he couldn’t ask about this sort of thing. If he asked, Hong Dali might become wary of him in the future, then it would spell trouble. Creating a good relationship by fully supporting Hong Dali was the most dependable way to go. Anyway, with the relations between their families, coupled with Hong Dali’s carefree personality, as long as he made him happy, by then, he’d naturally get those things he wanted from him. At least, it was definite that the nation would not be disadvantaged.
And the reason why he paid so much attention to Hong Dali buying this piece of land was because of this.
This fellow was very playful, but he was still a sensible person and had never done anything that worried others. Moreover, he liked nature and animals. This was known by everyone in their National Security Bureau. The development of the high-speed rail would pass through Water Spirit Village, and it would definitely destroy a part of the surroundings. He was afraid that by then, if Hong Dali was dissatisfied because of this, it would be extremely troublesome to change the blueprint again.
Thus, he came personally today to ask about the situation and avoid spending the money in vain—such a long high-speed rail would not be constructed without at least 10 billion yuan. Even if it was just constructing a turn, it would perhaps cost a few hundred million. Naturally, everything must be more dependable.
“OK, I’ve more or less asked everything, it’s time for me to go back.” The Bureau Chief stood up and looked at Hong Dali, then sighed. “Little rascal, I really don’t know how many other things you’re going to start up. Forget it, you just inform me in advance which piece of land you want to purchase…” Speaking up to this point, the Bureau Chief sighed again. It would be impossible for Hong Dali to inform him if he wanted to squander. Thus, he instantly changed his words. “Anyway, I don’t care so much about it. You can do whatever you feel like doing. As long as you don’t rebel, at the moment, there’s not much of a problem with other things.”
“How is it possible that I’ll rebel.” As expected, Hong Dali twitched his lips. “It’s my goal to be a happy superprodigal!”
“Alright.” The Bureau Chief nodded. “Then I’ll leave first.”
“Goodbye, Uncle Chief!” Hong Dali ran upstairs. “I’ll go and sleep too.”
…
After the Bureau Chief had left, Hong Dali went upstairs to sleep. Hong Weiguo and Lan Ruoxi sat on the sofa in the living room. Hong Weiguo took a sip of tea and asked, “Dear, the Bureau Chief has come so out of the blue today, what do you think about this?”
Lan Ruoxi thought for a while and then smiled. “The matter today is not ordinary. Dali just casually buys a piece of land and it was coincidentally on the route of the high-speed rail. This child is really too lucky.”
Hong Weiguo lit a cigarette and nodded. “Mm, I think the same way. Sigh, Speaking of which, have you realized that ever since Dali has recovered, his luck is really unmatched?”
Lan Ruoxi smiled and gave Hong Weiguo a rebuking look. “Why are you asking me something that you already know. Anyway, regardless of whether he’s lucky or not, he is our son, our only son. Anyway, if he wants to spend money, let him spend it. Oh right, there’s still something else. Dali says he wants to construct the best airport in the world. I’ve already liaised with the construction team. Their quoted price is 1.2 billion, and this is only the construction fees. What do you think?”
“1.2 billion!” Hong Weiguo was shocked as well. He thought for a while, then smiled and said, “1.2 billion it is, then. Anyway, since Dali likes it, then we can let him play with it. That piece of land in the outer area of Tianjing Mountain is so big, it’s more than enough to construct an airport there. Anyway, the piece of land doesn’t cost money. In that case, we can just construct it there. Oh right, did Dali say what he wanted to do with this airport?”
“He says that he wants to park airplane models that he’s going to make in the future.” Lan Ruoxi wanted to laugh at the mention of this. “He wants to construct an airport just to park an airplane model there. No one would believe this if they heard of it. But I’ve thought it through. The sci-fi town will surely be developed in full force in the future. After all, there’s that campus city over here. The Bureau Chief has expressed his fullest support, and Dali always has good ideas as well. It might really be useful to construct an airport.”
“Mm, it’s good to construct one too. Oh right, choose a location that is further away. If not, there’d be too much noise.” Hong Weiguo touched his chin. “If the customer volume is really large, coupled with the modern shopping malls, motels and so on, it should be quite attractive. What does the government side say about this? They directly approved it?”
“It’s approved.” Lan Ruoxi nodded. “Once they heard that it was Dali who wanted to construct it, that side instantly approved it. Things have gone so unbelievably smoothly.”
“Hahahaha!” Hong Weiguo totally didn’t feel the pain at having to spend 1.2 billion yuan. He only smiled and said, “This little prodigal of ours is really quite capable now!”
…
Hong Dali totally didn’t know how much it would cost to construct an airport. He only knew that he hadn’t properly squandered in a very long time. This really made him dissatisfied. As a superprodigal, how would he live up to this name if he didn’t squander with all his might?
“You’re really planning to go and squander again?” On the ninth floor of Chenhui Building, Tang Muxin asked for a full six times about Hong Dali’s squandering plan. “Previously, you’d only spend hundreds of thousands and millions for fun, but now you can just spend tens of millions whenever you like. If it goes on like this, you might suffer losses to death!”
Hong Dali was lucky, but who could guarantee that he’d be lucky his entire life?
Especially since Hong Dali was now so generous that he spent more than ten million at one go, she had to clarify this well.
“Yes, squandering takes skills. Or else, why would your level of insight be low?” Hong Dali lay his head on Li Nianwei’s lap and then gleefully sat with his legs crossed on the sofa. “It would be so boring if it’s only petty business. This time, we’ll do something big, or else, I’ll feel uncomfortable all over! Oh right. Sister Nianwei, I haven’t been asking about ‘iPartment.’ Is filming going smoothly?”
“Everything is smooth for now,” Li Nianwei smiled and said, “Currently, two episodes have more or less been filmed, and it’s going through the later phase of production now.”
“That’s good.” Hong Dali laughed heartily. “Then I can squander to my heart’s content! Aiya, recently I’ve really been too busy and haven’t had the energy to start up a new project.”
“You prodigal, I can’t be bothered with you!” Tang Muxin angrily humphed and turned her head away. “Everyone else is so busy, but you only think of squandering!”
“This is called devising strategies to decide win or loss in the future!” Hong Dali grinned and looked at Ling Xiaoyi standing by the side. “Sister Xiaoyi, have you asked on my behalf? Are there any companies being sold?”
“What!” Tang Muxin was instantly stunned. “You’re really planning to buy a company?”
“Yes!” Hong Dali nodded. “I still feel that I’ve started up too few things.”
“I think I’d better just go and play badminton…” Tang Muxin mumbled as she walked, “Or else I might be angered to death by you…”
Tang Muxin grumbled as she left, but as Hong Dali’s number one lackey, Ling Xiaoyi naturally couldn’t disagree with Hong Dali the slightest bit. “Young Master, currently, there is indeed one company which is going to be sold because they have suffered too many losses. But Young Master, that company has really suffered a fair bit of losses. Why don’t we buy one that is more normal?”
“Suffering losses is good, or else how can I squander!” Once Hong Dali heard that it was a company that had suffered losses, his eyes instantly lit up like 800-watt lightbulbs. “Where’s the person in charge? Quickly bring me to take a look!”
Ling Xiaoyi’s cold sweat dripped down. “I… In the small conference room.”
In the small conference room.
When Hong Dali pushed the door open, a plump middle-aged guy inside the room hurriedly stood up. “Greetings, Young Master Dali. I’m the CEO of Huixing Electronics Company, Zhou Guangyao. This is my name card.” As he spoke, Zhou Guangyao took a name card out and passed it to Hong Dali.
“Hello, CEO Zhou.” Hong Dali casually found a chair and sat on it, asking, “I heard that you want to sell your company?”
“Yes.” The person before him was the God of Fortune. Zhou Guangyao cautiously said, “Young Master Dali, it’s like this. Recently, the electronics business industry is not doing well. Because of the inefficiency of operation in our company, as well as our technology not being advanced enough, the electronic products that we’ve manufactured have practically failed to be sold out. But even if the goods can’t be sold out, the company’s employees still need to receive their salaries. I’m really at my wit’s end. Thus, once I heard that Young Master Dali is so charitable and is interested in acquiring the company, I quickly came here to ask whether Young Master Dali is interested in buying over our company…”
“It’s really suffered a loss? Nobody buys your goods?” That was really very convenient, like someone sending a pillow when he felt sleepy. Hong Dali smiled and said, “That’s really not bad. But how’s the scale of your company like? If it’s too small, I won’t take it. That would be too boring.”
“Large scale! Definitely large enough!” Zhou Guangyao wiped his cold sweat. Before he came, he’d already got to know that the more the company suffered losses, the more willing this prodigal Hong Dali would be to take it over. If its scale was small and the losses were few, he’d definitely be disinterested. Thus, Zhou Guangyao desperately made it sound as big as possible. “Our company has more than 1,000 employees. It’s located at the southern part of Tianjing, not very far from Hongwu Mountain. It occupies more than 300,000 square meters of land. Actually, it was originally already a big factory, and it can produce anything ranging from televisions, refrigerators, smartphones, air conditioners and so on. But it’s just that the development of electronic products have been too fast over these few years, and our company’s technology couldn’t keep up with it, so it became like this…”
What the heck! Big scale! Many employees! Occupies a large area of land! This is definitely prepared for me!
Once he heard that, Hong Dali was extremely satisfied. “This is good! Then, how much do you plan to sell it for, CEO Zhou?”
“This…” Zhou Guangyao thought for a while and then said, “60 million! Young Master Dali, how’s 60 million? The entire factory, all the employees, all the constructing machinery in the factory, they total up to 60 million!”
“60 million.” Hong Dali touched his chin. “This figure is indeed not bad. Sister Xiaoyi, have you done a check on this factory?”
“Young Master, I’ve checked it.” Ling Xiaoyi nodded. “The factory is already located five loops away and can be considered to be in the outskirts of Tianjing City. The land there is not valuable. The only valuable thing is the buildings and machinery. In conclusion, 60 million is a little too high.”
“Oh, in that case, en, how can I show that I’m a squanderer if I don’t give more money.” Zhou Guangyao was really happy upon hearing Hong Dali’s words. Then, what Hong Dali said later made him almost want to hang himself. “But being a squanderer doesn’t mean I have to be cheated. Sister Xiaoyi, how much is this factory worth approximately? Give me a figure.”
“Young Master,” Ling Xiaoyi smiled and said, “It should be around 38 million.
