Chapter 94: An Yi
Translator: Henyee Translations
Editor: Henyee Translations
Although Hao Ran and his bros had an intimate connection with each other, they also enjoyed laughing at each other. Therefore, everyone was quick to follow Gu Ning’s order.
Twenty kilometers took Xu Jinchen almost an hour. It was quite normal for them to run as training, and twenty kilometers was nothing to him, but he was wearing slippers today, which were very uncomfortable while he was running.
The minute he got home, Xu Jinchen went to Leng Shaoting before he went to shower. “Hey, boss, are you dating that young girl?”
Hearing that, Leng Shaoting immediately gave him a cold glance. Xu Jinchen stepped backwards unconsciously, but he was so curious that he forgot the danger ahead. He looked at Leng Shaoting with great curiosity, hoping to get the answer.
“No,” Leng Shaoting denied.
“No? Then why did you go to meet the girl this early morning?” Xu Jinchen apparently didn’t believe him.
“Are you totally free now?” Leng Shaoting asked airily, but Xu Jinchen sensed the threat in the air.
His face stiffened. He knew that if he dared to say another word, he probably would be punished once again.
“Since you’re not dating the young girl, I would like to have a try myself. I don’t have a girlfriend now anyway. Both of us live in Fenghua Luxury Mansion so it will be super convenient if we date,” Xu Jinchen said while he kept glancing at Leng Shaoting’s face. He wanted to see his reaction.
Yes, Xu Jinchen did it deliberately.
Unfortunately, Leng Shaoting’s face remained the same, which puzzled Xu Jinchen.
Although Leng Shaoting remained calm, he felt somewhat uncomfortable in his heart. However, he didn’t know why, so he didn’t think about it any further.
Xu Jinchen didn’t know what was on Leng Shaoting’s mind, but he knew Leng Shaoting very well. He never stayed close to a woman if it wasn’t necessary.
However, this female student was different. He had taken her to the hospital in person last time, and now he had gone to her early this morning. It was unusual!
Xu Jinchen made up his mind to investigate. Since Leng Shaoting wouldn’t tell him anything, he decided to start with the young girl.
At noon, Gu Ning received a call from Zhou Zhenghong.
She stepped aside on purpose because it must be business.
“Hi, Uncle Zhou,” Gu Ning answered the phone.
“Boss, is it convenient for you now?” Zhou Zhenghong asked.
“Sure, go ahead,” Gu Ning replied.
“I’ve already found a designer and two engravers. They’re willing to work for you like me. I’ve also found the store and the processing plant. The store is 200 square meters, located in the downtown, and the annual rent is five hundred thousand yuan. The processing plant is in the factory area, between the antique street and the downtown. It is 160 square meters and ten minutes away from both sides, not far away nor near. Its annual rent is two hundred and fifty thousand. Do you have any opinions, Boss?” Zhou Zhenghong said without a break.
“No, you can make the decisions,” Gu Ning said. Since she let Zhou Zhenghong completely be in charge of the business, she chose to trust him.
Zhou Zhenghong actually knew that Gu Ning would agree, but he still asked for her opinion out of respect.
“Sure, and I’ve bought the machines as well. They’ll arrive in two days. A well-decorated apartment is also settled. You can move in anytime you want,” Zhou Zhenghong added.
“Great, thanks, Uncle Zhou. I’ll be there this weekend and I’ll deal with all the documents. Oh, please go and find out whether there are new raw materials in the stone gambling street,” Gu Ning said.
Gu Ning knew that the sales would go up in those raw materials shops after she had cut out a lot of jade there last weekend.
If they had sold a lot, they must also have brought many in. Accordingly, Gu Ning would have many more choices.
If there weren’t any new choices, it was unlikely to get more jade.
Zhou Zhenghong immediately answered, “No problem! I’ll go find out later. And the car will be available tomorrow. I’ll pick you up then.”
After that, they talked for a while longer before hanging up, but Gu Ning was a little worried after she hung up.
What was she going to say to Gu Man if she went to City G this weekend?
Oh, she could still use Mu Ke as her cover. She decided to explain to her mother that Mu Ke was going to open another shop in City G, and they needed to inspect it.
Gu Ning and her friends went straight to the woods after their meal in the afternoon.
However, at the same time, there was a fierce fight going on in the woods. No, to be specific, a boy was being beaten up by three other boys.
The boy huddled on the ground with his head covered by his arms, and let the fists and feet fall down on his body.
Not because he didn’t want to fight back, but because he couldn’t.
Then a male voice coldly said, “An Yi, look at you now! I’ve disliked you for a long, long time. Your father is the chairman of Shenghua Real Estate, so I didn’t dare to deal with you, but now, your father will soon step down from the chairman position. And your slut stepmother and her lover fled with the money. Your family is now in trouble with capital turnover. If you can’t get the funds this week, your family will declare bankruptcy. You better go back and advise your father to sell the company to my father. In that case, your family may survive. Otherwise, your family will go bankrupt with huge debts, which isn’t good at all.”
An Yi? Wasn’t he the boy who had said that he liked her the other day?
Also the Shenghua Real Estate, wasn’t it one of the three largest real estate companies in City F? It had five hundred million yuan in assets, and was one of the third-line richest families in City F.
What had happened?
Gu Ning had an idea in her mind.
“You never…” An Yi wanted to retort, but shouted in great pain instead.
Gu Ning immediately ran in the direction of his voice.
Although Hao Ran and others didn’t know why, they followed at once.
Before long, they all saw three boys hitting another boy on the ground with great force.
The three boys were all strangers, so the one who was being beaten must be An Yi.
Without further thought, Gu Ning dashed towards them.
Those boys were knocked a meter away by a heavy blow before they even realized. They all fell heavily onto the ground. They couldn’t even utter a word because of the pain.
Hao Ran and others all rounded their eyes, even though they already knew how powerful Gu Ning was.
What the f*ck? It was so cool!
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Chapter 95: Sell A Company, Buy A Company
Translator: Henyee Translations
Editor: Henyee Translations
An Yi didn’t raise his head until he heard the shriek. He was immediately struck dumb.
He glanced at the boys on the ground first, and then surprisingly found that Gu Ning was standing in front of him.
An Yi felt that it was super embarrassing to let his goddess see him being so pathetic, but since Gu Ning had rescued him, he had to thank her no matter how embarrassed he felt.
Thus An Yi turned to Gu Ning and thanked her with sincerity, “Thank you so much, Gu Ning.”
“You’re welcome,” Gu Ning said. She looked to Hao Ran and other. “Come and help him go to the infirmary.”
Hearing Gu Ning’s voice, Hao Ran and others got their minds back. Zhang Tianping and Qin Zixun ran to help An Yi stand on his feet without delay. Then they walked towards the infirmary.
There were bruises all over An Yi’s body and face. Fortunately, the wounds were only on the skin with no injuries to the bones. He would be fine after a few days of rest.
An Yi now absolutely couldn’t go home alone, so Gu Ning proposed to take An Yi home with Hao Ran and Qin Zixun.
Hao Ran had driven to school today. His car was parked in the parking lot outside of the school.
An Yi felt embarrassed at first, but he couldn’t go home by himself. Moreover, his family was in a mess right now, so it wasn’t a good idea to let his family pick him up.
On the way, Gu Ning asked An Yi about what had happened. An Yi told her everything afterwards.
Just like what the boy had said, An Yi’s stepmother along with his father’s closest friend, who was the accountant of the Shenghua Real Estate, had absconded with more than a hundred million yuan in liquidity and three hundred million yuan in funds just borrowed from banks.
Now Shenghua Real Estate was in a difficult position. If there was no money to keep the company afloat this week, Shenghua would completely go bankrupt.
Moreover, with the current situation of Shenghua Real Estate, it was impossible to borrow money from the banks. An Yi’s father was now trying to borrow money from his network, but no one would lend him anything.
No one dared to lend over several hundred million yuan to him.
Accordingly, An Yi’s father could only sell the company to pay the debts.
There were several buyers competing with each other, all trying to buy the company at a lower price, so the deal hadn’t been settled yet. Although the police were tracking An Yi’s stepmother and the man, nothing had changed recently.
Hearing that, Hao Ran and Qin Zixun felt sorry for him, but they didn’t have intentions to help him either.
The amount of funds needed was so huge. They couldn’t afford it.
However, Gu Ning made up her mind to buy Shenghua Real Estate.
Shenghua Real Estate was one of the three largest real estate companies in City F with a powerful network. Although it could barely stay afloat now, it would recover quickly as long as the funds were in place.
It was so much better than if Gu Ning started from the very beginning herself.
An Yi’s place wasn’t far away from the school. They arrived at a high-end area after 20 minutes. Although this area was ranked lower than the Fenghua Luxury Mansion, it had been built seven years ago. In the old time, it had been the most popular residential area.
An Yi’s family lived in a villa. The villa was huge, but seemed empty. They had laid off the maid since the company was in trouble. They couldn’t afford a maid now.
In the study on the second floor, An Yi’s father, An Guangyao, sank into a chair. There was no one else in this house, so it was very quiet.
When he heard the sound of a door opening door downstairs, he immediately sat up straight.
Who?
No one else, except he and An Yi, had the key of this house now, but wasn’t An Yi at school?
Or, was that woman coming back?
He thought that it was impossible. That woman didn’t dare to come back.
With that thought, An Guangyao stood, up walking outside.
When he appeared at the edge of the stairs, he saw An Yi being supported by his two schoolmates with bruises on his face and arms. He was greatly shocked. He immediately ran downstairs. Before greeting Gu Ning and others, he worriedly asked An Yi, “Yi, what happened to you?”
An Guangyao didn’t know what to do now. He wanted to check his son’s wounds, but was afraid to hurt him.
An Yi knew he couldn’t hide it, so he told his father everything. An Guangyao naturally was in a rage after that, but no matter how mad he was, he restricted his anger for now. He had to thank those schoolmates who had saved his son first.
An Guangyao didn’t disdain them just because they were teenagers. He thanked them with great sincerity instead, “Thank you all so much for saving my son.”
“It’s nothing,” Gu Ning and others said together.
Then Gu Ning turned to the boys, “Please help An Yi to go to his room and change his clothes.”
Gu Ning did it on purpose. She wanted to spend some time alone with An Guangyao.
“Oh, please stay here. I’ll do it.” An Guangyao didn’t want to bother them any further.
“Mr. An, it’s fine. Please let them handle it,” Gu Ning added.
“Yes, please let us do it,” Hao Ran and Qin Zixun said. Then they directly supported An Yi in walking to the stairs.
An Guangyao didn’t insist, because it wasn’t appropriate to leave Gu Ning alone in the living room. Thus An Guangyao invited Gu Ning to have a seat, then handed her a cup of water.
“Thank you, Mr. An.” Gu Ning took the cup.
Gu Ning looked at An Guangyao, who was just 40, but had aged a lot because of what had happened.
Gu Ning didn’t want to waste time, so she got straight to the point. “Mr. An, nice to meet you. My name is Gu Ning. I know Mr. An’s company is in trouble now and that you want to sell it. And I am very interested in Mr. An’s company. I definitely will give you the most reasonable price. How about that, Mr. An?”
“What?” Hearing that, An Guangyao was really surprised. He couldn’t believe his ears.
What had happened to the Shenghua Real Estate wasn’t a secret. An Guangyao didn’t feel surprised that Gu Ning knew about it, but, she was merely an 18-year-old student, and she wanted to buy his company?
Was it a joke?
However, Gu Ning behaved like a calm and mature grown-up. She didn’t seem like she was joking at all. Besides, who would ever joke about that?
Anyway, it was still hard for An Guangyao to believe that a student was able to buy his company. Her family was the real buyer.
Thinking of that, An Guangyao asked, “Is your family planning to buy it?”