Chapter 131 He Is Very Efficient
"How did you answer that?"
Wendy was calm anddidn't look surprised.
"I said to consider it."Wendy bowed her head in silence for a momentbefore saying, "I still want you to stay."
"Thank you, I'll think about it."
"You go home and get some rest, and I'll talk toUncle Cheng tomorrow."
"Okay."I side-stepped out of the way of the elevator,watched her walk into the elevator, and slowlyclosed the door.
Actually, Kaicheng He was right, if Mingqiang Duwas in danger and needed me, I probablywouldn't be able to sit idly by, even though Imight not be able to help him.
After all, he considered me a friend and did me abig favor. If it wasn't for him, I would still be in aprison somewhere in Chiangmai.
Unwittingly, I seem to have stepped into hisshoes, and if I was into his family's infighting,maybe I would get other people around meinvolved.
It's always wise to play safe.
I just hope that Mingqiang could manage to getrid of his brother and didn't let the him make somany troubles, preferably as soon as possible.
So that everyone could be safe, he went his wayto wash his hands of it, and I would do mysoftware industry, and just have a few drinks withhim at leisure to keep relationship.
When I got back to my room, I took a shower,then sat down on a chair and lit a cigarette.
Just a few seconds, the phone suddenly rang, thecaller ID was Mingqiang.
Confused, I answered the phone and Mingqiang'svoice came out, "Tom, how are you? How haveyou been?"
"Quite well, how about you?"
"It's okay, but that brother of mine is gettingrestless."
I asked, "Is he going to try to make a move onyou?"
"Oh, he wouldn't dare yet, but if he gets enoughsupport, he'll definitely flip out."
"So ...... how are you going to deal with this?"
"Talk first, enlist the support of a few key people,and he won't dare do anything as long as theysupport me. As a last resort, I may have to makethe first move. Stop talking about this, I want toask you something."
"What is it?"
"When you rescued Bansha's son in Chiangmaisome time ago, and you also saved a mother anda son from China, didn't you? Is the father of thatchild, a real estate company CEO named AnzhiTong?"
I flinched, "Yeah, you know him?"
Mingqiang smiled bitterly, "No, just wanted tomeet him, I should have gone there then and Imissed my chance."
"What's wrong? Do you want to do business withhim?"
"Well, you know, because Thailand is a touristcountry with a pleasant climate, and because ofits openness to foreigners and its freehold, moreand more foreigners have been buying propertieshere in recent years, and the demand for the realestate industry is growing, and both Sucha and Iwant to develop in this area, but neither of ushave done it before.
"Some time ago, I heard from Sangkesu that aChinese man came to Thailand for a visit, first hewent to Pattaya and Phuket, and then toChiangmai, and I heard that he was interested inPattaya and Chiangmai's several plots of landnear the Meiping River, but within two days, hesuddenly returned to China. Sangkesu only tofind out that the Chinese man's wife and his childhad been kidnapped, that's why he hurried back."
After hearing Mingqiang's words, I vaguelyguessed his purpose and asked, "In other words,you want to cooperate with Anzhi in real estate,right?"
Mingqiang responded, "Yes, foreigners can't buyand sell land or operate real estate in Thailand,only companies with 51% Thai ownership can buyand sell land and develop real estate, so foreigncompanies that come here to develop real estatewill work with local companies. Anzhi hadoriginally talked with a real estate company inChiangmai, and we want to replace that realestate company.
"But now, we don't know if he'll ever return toThailand to invest, so we want to ask you howyour relationship with him is."
I thought about it, and instead of answering hiswords, I asked, "With the financial power of youand Sucha, and the power of Sangkesu, you canget the land yourselves and then take out a loanwith the bank to get the project. So why do youhave to work with Anzhi?"
Mingqiang laughed: "Tom, I won't lie to you,Sucha and I don't really know much about thereal estate industry, so if let us do it on our own,we don't know how much we will lose. It'sunlikely that the local large real estate companieswill cooperate with us, and the small andmedium-sized companies don't have theadvantages Anzhi. Whether it's projectdevelopment, or experience in all aspects ofmanagement and marketing, including energysaving and smart technology, which the localsmall and medium-sized real estate companiesdon't have.
"The most important thing is that the largestnumber of foreigners coming to Thailand to buyproperty are Chinese, the project has to attractmore Chinese people to buy. Anzhi's companyhas a good reputation in China, with a maturemarketing mechanism and a customer base,working with him on this project is the bestchoice."
I took a puff of smoke and asked, "Mingqiang, I'mnot going to lie to you, after I saved his wife andchild, he once wanted to give me a milliondollars, and asked me to do real estate with him. Ican say that I'm quite chatty with him, how doyou want me to help you?"
"Can you call and ask him if he's still interested inworking on a project here, and if he is, tell himthat Sucha and I, as well as Sangkesu, can workwith him."
I was a little speechless, "Mingqiang, just listeningto you talk about his advantages, whatadvantages do you and Sucha have to attracthim, other than money to invest?"
Mingqiang laughed, "Tom, you can tell him thatwe can help him get an environmentalassessment permit and a building permit as fastas possible, whether it's for the Meiping River orPattaya, there's no problem with either of thosepermits. You can also tell him who Sucha and Ireally are, and just say that we can handle anytrouble on the commercial and social level."
I thought about it and said, "Okay, I'll call himlater and ask him for you."
"Please, then."
"All right."
Hanging up Mingqiang's phone, I finished mycigarette, stubbed out the butt, and then foundout Anzhi's number and dialed it.
Mingqiang had a good idea, but I felt it was a bitdifficult, anyone who did serious business didn'twant to get involved with people in criminalsyndicate for fear of getting into unnecessarytrouble.
Unless Anzhi himself was involved in this area, orwanted to have the support of the black andwhite over here.
Anzhi quickly connected the phone and said witha smile over there, "Tom, how are you, are you inChina now, or still in Thailand?"
"Hello, Anzhi, I'm still in Thailand."
"Oh, I heard that Zhengwen Gong was plottedagainst, did you do it or Bansha?"
"It's Bansha.""Hah aha, well done, he is very efficient."
Chapter 132 She Had Got A Crush On Me As Well
"No matter how clean he did it, Zhengwen Gong would have guessed that it was Bansha who did that. Today a man claiming to be his brother, Zhengrong Gong, came to find Bansha and me and said that he would avenge his brother's death."
"Oh, well, you'll have to be careful then. What about going back to the country and geting away from this thing? They wouldn't dare do anything in the country, I guess."
"No need. Nothing I have, nothing I fear! They won't dare to do anything to me, at most they will just beat me up. Besides, their main target is Bansha, so I won't have anything to do with it."
"Well, it's better to be careful with everything. By the way, did you call me at night to just tell me that?"
I smiled: "Mr. Tong, there is indeed something else. I heard you say earlier that you came to Thailand to inspect the project, and I have a few friends who want to ask if you are still interested in real estate projects in Thailand, and if so, they want to work with you."
Anzhi Tong was surprised: "You know friends over there who are in real estate?"
Then I smiled bitterly: "They are not in real estate, but ......in smuggling, and now they are gradually laundering to get into legitimate businesses. One of them is Chinese, who is quite close to me. When I was framed by Zhengwen and almost went to prison some time ago, he was the one who helped get me out. The other two are Thais, one of whom is a government official that seems to be in a high position, and the other one has a lot of influence in north-central Thailand, but I'm not very clear on the details."
"They said they could get an environmental assessment permit and a building permit as fast as they could, and there was nothing wrong with either of those permits for the Mae Ping River or Pattaya to handle any trouble at the commercial and social level."
Chapter 133 Requirements
When I came back to my senses, I smiled and said, "I'm sorry. Lin Zhong, I didn't save your number before."
"It's fine. Actually, I didn't save your number either. I found it only after looking through the rental contract. It's a bit presumptuous to give you a call all of a sudden. I hope I'm not bothering you."
"No, it's not disturbing."
"I saw that you rented a house for only a few days, and then you have been missing. I am a bit relieved. Another month had been passed. I want to ask if you are still coming back to live. Don't get me wrong. I don't mean anything else, I'm just afraid you'll forget and pay the rent and keep it empty just in case you're wasting your money.
It dawned on me. After thinking about it, I said gratefully, "Lin, thank you. After the last video incident, I rushed off on a business trip to Thailand, and I'm all still here. If you hadn't called me, I would have forgotten about it. For the house, I paid three months' rent at that time and the deposit, but I don't think I'll go back in a short time. Can you ask the landlord for me to see if I can terminate the contract early and return me some money; if not, forget it. I just I waited the end of the lease and then I can get back the deposit."
Lin smiled and said, "You do not have to ask the landlord. After Miao Zhou and the others have left, I'm now the tenant. I'll find someone else to live in your room alright. Let the other party take your place. After they paid the rent and deposit, I'll return yours to you. Is that okay?"
"Sure, but I'm afraid of bothering you."
"It's no trouble. So be it. I'll send out the advertisement tomorrow and someone will be here soon."
"Well. Thank you. You can keep those things of mine if you think they are useful. If you don't use them I'll ask a friend to go over and pick them up."
"You're welcome. You can have a friend pick up your stuff. Keep it until you come back next time so you don't have to buy it."
"Well. I didn't have time to thank you for the video last time. And now I would like to ask you to help me with the house. After I return to Shenghai, let me treat you to dinner."
"Well. Remember to contact me when you come back. Remember to send me an account number later and I'll return the money to you."
"I'll add your WeChat. We can use WeChat then."
"Well."
After hanging up Lin's phone, I added her WeChat again and chatted on it.
I did forget about the house. I paid three months' rent and a month's deposit at the time, and only lived there for a few days. But now it was almost a month later. And if I could return it, I could still get back more than five thousand yuan, which was not a small amount of money for me.
After the WeChat chat with Lin, I made a phone call to Yizheng Luo, telling him to find Lin tomorrow and take back my bedding, clothes, daily things. Anyway, there were not many things, just a suitcase and a sack containing quilts, so that he could use what he needed.
Yizheng's voice appeared a little decadent. Someone said that not long ago, non-mainstream named Xiaoyue ran to the bar alone and was molested by a few punks and he couldn't help but beat these punks.
As a result, Xiaoyue became more and more aggressive. Almost every night she came to the bar to find him. Two nights ago, she even went on stage to confess to him, causing him to be laughed by his colleagues and some familiar old customers of the bar.
Yizheng was on the verge of collapse and said he wanted to come to Thailand to hang out with Mingqiang Du.
I said that Mingqiang was preparing for a fight so let him stay in Shenghai . Even if he wanted to come over, he had to wait until Mingqiang had killed his brother and consolidated his position.
Yizheng was excited when he heard the fight. He was scolded by me for a long time before he agreed to do it.
He was the kind of impulsive idiot. If he came here for fight, he might not even know how he would die.
The next day he called me and said that my things had been moved to his place.
Another day later, Lin transferred five thousand four hundred yuan to me on WeChat, saying that someone had rented the house and refunded my two months' rent and one month's deposit.
My life began to return to normal. I went to BTT Group to work normally during the day. After I was familiar with the process and technical stuff, Wendy handed over the lead and communication of the project to me. There was no disobedience in the team and the project went smoothly.
In the evening, apart from staying in the hotel, I would only go to the Bansha's bars. I would never go to remote places alone, so as not to give Zhengrong Gong an opportunity.
Zhengrong didn't make a move on me or Bansha, probably because he hadn't found a good opportunity yet. But I could occasionally feel someone watching me as I walked down the street.
Wendy had become more laid back these days because I was in charge of the main work. She didn't go back to Shenghai, but she was still in Chiangmai. I only saw her on the phone or in video conferences with the people at the head office.
In the past few days, I had had little contact with her, except for work communications.
I didn't contact her because after hearing what Kaicheng He said.I didn't want to have close contact with her again when I might get involved in the Mingqiang family feud.
The reason why she didn't contact me was probably because she saw a hot Thai girl hugging me at the bar that day.
We got along just like a normal colleague.
There was still no news from Mingqiang. And if Minghao hadn't gained enough support so no one would kill him.
The Sea Smart Software Company paid my salary. And my base salary plus travel allowance was nearly 10,000 yuan. The BTT Group project had a personal commission of more than 70,000. After deducting the previous advance of 50,000 with Wendy, the final salary in hand still had more than 34,000.
I had a few thousand yuan. My assest was over 40,000 yuan. I finally got rid of the days that I borrowed money.
Because I was the one who got the most commission in this project, I invited Wend and all the project team to have a dinner on the day of the payday.
I didn't have much personal contact with Wendy during the dinner and didn't send her home. Instead, I went to Bansha's bar to drink.
That night, I received a call from Anzhi Tong.
He said that he would come to Chiangmai in a few days to talk to my friends. If possible he would have the project reevaluated and then decide whether or not to continue with the project here.
He made a request that I must be present at the meeting.
I promised. After hanging up the phone, I called Mingqiang immediately.
Mingqiang seemed very happy and said he would come to Chiangmai tomorrow and invited both Sucha and Sangkesu. He arranged for a meeting with the four of them to discuss what terms we would use to impress Anzhi and how they would work together.
When he mentioned the cooperation model, he brought me in and said that if this project was made, I would definitely have a piece of it.
Not money, but shares.