Chapter 20: Metropolitan God-Level Tycoon System (20)

He Dongli felt a pain in her liver; as soon as she arrived at her daughter and son-in-law's home, she began to complain about this matter.

Xue Tao supported her lower back and said unhappily, "Mom, don't just listen to the wind and believe it's rain. How could a father who never met his daughter before she was born leave so much inheritance to a daughter whose appearance he doesn't even know? You believe them just because they say so? I suspect they won the lottery and didn't want to tell others, so they made up such an excuse."

"That would have to be a grand prize of over a hundred million," He Dongli smacked her lips and said. "Didn't you say that the villas at Longjing Mountain Garden are bought by many big bosses and can't be discounted? Those ten villas must be worth over a hundred million, right?"

"Ten villas???" Xue Tao's eyes rolled. "Then maybe they really did win a hundred-million-plus grand prize. Mom, I was just about to tell you something. Your son-in-law's direct superior is preparing a massive project worth ten billion. Ordinary people aren't allowed to participate. It's just that your son-in-law is deeply trusted by his leader, who is willing to share a slice of the project's dividends with him, which is how he got this opportunity. But participating requires a subscription of at least one hundred million. However, the rate of return is high; at worst, it will double, and if the efficiency is good, earning ten times that isn't impossible."

"One hundred million! That's too much!"

"Actually, it's not much. The bank can give us a low-interest loan of fifty million, and we can just raise another fifty million here to settle it. Mom, do you and Dad want to take out your pension? Instead of paying interest to others, I might as well pay you two!"

"How much is the interest?" He Dongli was a bit tempted!

"15 percent."

"That high!!!" He Dongli was completely tempted.

But even if she and her old man took out all their pension, it would only just barely scrape together five hundred thousand.

Yet, she couldn't bear to let such high interest flow into other people's pockets, so, with her quick-witted brain, she took ten percent of the interest and went to borrow from others, thinking it would be good to earn some price difference from it.

She ended up borrowing from Xie Yang.

When Xie Yang heard this, wasn't this a textbook "pig-butchering" scam?

She kindly advised: "Auntie, I feel this is unreliable. Legitimate investments don't have such high loan interest rates. Why don't you ask around more and don't blindly invest your money."

"How is it unreliable? This is my son-in-law's business! My daughter is also aware of it; they wouldn't lie to anyone, let alone me!" He Dongli shouted excitedly.

No matter how Xie Yang tried to persuade her, she wouldn't listen. Instead, she felt that Xie Yang was making excuses because she didn't want to lend her money, so she immediately gave her a cold look and left.

Xie Yang shook her head; good words cannot persuade a ghost that is determined to die.

She had explained it so clearly, yet the other party still wouldn't listen, so she had no choice.

She could only remind the rest of the Xie Family to stay vigilant and not fall for the fundraising scheme.

She herself was busy.

After some investigation, she brought her bodyguards to the County Education Bureau and got straight to the point, stating that she wanted to give back to her hometown and would like to donate two million as a gesture.

Then, she expressed her desire to build a private technical school in her hometown, aimed at underage students who failed their high school entrance exams in the county.

Although it was private, she guaranteed the tuition would not be more expensive than a regular high school.

When the leaders of the Education Bureau heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up: "A private technical school? The tuition won't be more expensive than a regular high school?"

Xie Yang nodded: "I guarantee that the teachers will be professionals from various industries, retired teachers rehired, or young teachers with professional diplomas. In any case, it will absolutely not be laymen showing off their skills. After graduation, I will also do my best to introduce and arrange job positions for the students."

Anyway, she had so many industries, surely she could arrange jobs for a few classes of graduates?

As long as their character was good, she really didn't mind providing a one-stop service for the students.

The Education Bureau leaders looked at each other; with such a good thing, what was there to hesitate about!

They filed the application on the spot.

But no matter how high the efficiency, this application couldn't be approved in a day or two.

So, Xie Yang went to look around other places.

Then, she took a fancy to a tea garden—

An old-fashioned tea garden with somewhat sluggish business, with a peeling wooden sign hanging at the entrance that had the word "Transfer" written on it.

Her thoughts shifted: she could completely use this as a second school!

When the time came, she could teach students to plant and stir-fry tea; wouldn't opening a tea shop, a tea room, or a small storefront milk tea shop after graduation also be a career path?

"Boss, I'll pay a deposit first. Can the balance be delayed for a few days?"

"How can that be!" Before the owner of the tea garden could speak, a woman darted out from the side and flatly refused, "If you want it, pay the full amount. If a deposit were acceptable, I would have taken it over long ago. Old Di, don't you agree?"

The tea garden owner didn't know whether to nod or shake his head.

He had indeed said before that whoever wanted to take over his tea garden must pay in full without bargaining. But that was a requirement set for his neighbor to prevent the other party from defaulting on the debt.

Now, Xie Yang was only delaying the payment of the balance by a few days and was offering a deposit of one hundred thousand first.

If the deposit contract was signed and she didn't come to pay the balance on the due date, the one hundred thousand would belong to him.

He wouldn't be at a loss, so why refuse?

"Old Di, you're being unkind!" The neighbor woman was so angry her face turned red and her neck thick, "We've been neighbors for so long, yet you'd rather transfer the tea garden to a stranger you don't know than to our family. No wonder your tea garden business gets worse every year; with your narrow-mindedness, it would be a miracle if you could get rich doing business!"

Every time, she used this method to drive away every customer who wanted to take over the tea garden, so that the Di Family Tea Garden would have no one to take it over, and eventually fall into her hands at a low price.

Unexpectedly, Xie Yang ignored her and went straight to discuss the balance payment date and several important contract terms with the tea garden owner. The woman was so angry she wanted to shout but didn't dare to be loud, because the bodyguards Xie Yang brought were truly quite intimidating.

"Boss Xie, you've seen it too; my neighbor is not an easy person to deal with. If you take over my tea garden, you might be bullied by her in the future, and she might smear your business or stir up trouble."

"It's fine," Xie Yang said with a smile, "I have bodyguards. Besides, I'm not using it for business; I want to build it into a second classroom for students to practice."

"Are you also a tea studies teacher?"

"No! But hearing you say that, are you a professional teacher in tea studies?"

"I did teach a few batches of students in the past. Later, my wife got cancer and needed chemotherapy. To take care of her, I resigned from my school job, returned home, and contracted this small tea mountain. The efficiency was okay a few years ago, but ever since the neighbor next door started planting tea as well, the neighborhood relationship hasn't been very harmonious. My wife passed away last year, and I haven't had the mood to manage the tea mountain anymore, so I thought I'd just transfer it."

Xie Yang invited him with a smile: "That's perfect. I'm planning to open a technical school. How about you come to my place to teach students how to plant and process tea? The compensation will be excellent!"

Di Lao: "..."

He was just transferring a tea garden, how did he end up getting himself involved?

However, not having to worry about the operation of the tea garden, being able to continue living in the place he and his wife had carefully decorated and filled with memories, and being able to engage in work related to tea studies—this condition sounded very tempting no matter how he looked at it.

Di Lao didn't even ask about the specific compensation and agreed immediately.

After successfully taking over the tea garden, Xie Yang successively took over an orchard in urgent need of transfer, a breeding farm that had been intentionally sabotaged by creditors, a fabric shop with sluggish business, and a Chinese restaurant with few customers where even the head chef had run away...