Chapter 1225

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Xiaohua rode in Wang Erhai's car down to Guangzhou, met with his eldest brother, and mainly instructed him that the next time Wang Zhanggen came down for treatment, he must say more positive, suggestive things to that old man, and not say negative things — even if they were true, they couldn't be spoken casually.

After all, life is fragile; sometimes it may be sustained by nothing but a single breath of faith.

"Big Brother, between you and Eldest Sister-in-law, you also need to say more nice things. You've been married so many years; you should have long known that whether a marriage can last doesn't depend on how much you love each other, but on whether you can mutually acknowledge and respect each other."

Wang Xiaohua saying these words to Wang Dashan left him stunned.

His first reaction was bewilderment — he didn't know why Wang Xiaohua would say these things.

After a while he realized: it seemed Wang Xiaohua had already seen that a crack difficult to repair had appeared between him and Du Xiaojuan.

The crack was very small, now filled by life's busyness, numbed by the exhaustion of raising children, so there would be no problem for the time being, but the fatal thing was that it was difficult to repair.

Difficult to repair meant that even the smallest crack would slowly grow larger, until one day in the future, when the crack became large enough, this marriage might be impossible to salvage.

"Third Brother, I very much agree with what you said."

Wang Dashan patted Wang Xiaohua's shoulder; he was grateful from the bottom of his heart that Wang Xiaohua had said these things to him, yet he also had his own unspeakable difficulties:

"The problem now isn't that I don't acknowledge you, Eldest Sister-in-law, nor that I don't respect you, Eldest Sister-in-law — it's that she's too domineering. No matter what I do, I can't get her acknowledgment, and even can't get her respect."

Wang Dashan's words weren't false; perhaps even Du Xiaojuan herself hadn't realized that ever since Xiao Du Technology went public, as her wealth swelled to an incomparably huge astronomical figure, her mindset had quietly changed.

This change in mindset made her feel that whatever Wang Dashan did was wrong; even when he did something right, it was only because of her support that he did it right.

She no longer praised and affirmed Wang Dashan like before; perhaps her true nature was always like this, and her former high EQ was merely a compromise.

Now that her wealth exceeded a hundred million, she seemingly no longer needed to compromise with anyone.

The principle of acting with herself at the center became even more intense.

Wang Dashan sighed:

"Perhaps if we didn't earn so much money, we wouldn't be so tired instead."

Wang Dashan voicing this lament — in the eyes of ordinary salaried workers, they definitely wouldn't understand, and would even think he was being affected, groaning without illness.

Only he himself knew clearly: he was truly tired.

Not physical tiredness, but mental tiredness, spiritual tiredness.

Wang Xiaohua then said:

"Anyway, you and Eldest Sister-in-law communicate well; mutual honesty is always better than mutual sulking."

Wang Xiaohua had actually only seen the tip of the iceberg of Big Brother and Eldest Sister-in-law's conflict; he didn't know the specific situation very well either, so he could only stop at an appropriate point and not continue speaking further.

That noon, the three brothers went to eat a meal together, then Wang Xiaohua went to the airport to catch a plane, and Wang Erhai returned to their hometown.

The huge villa was left with only Wang Dashan alone.

Today it was Du Xiaojuan's turn to watch the kids, so Wang Dashan didn't need to go over.

Just then, Wang Dashan's mobile phone rang.

He took it out to look — it was actually Hu Wanjia calling.

"Hello, General Manager Hu, what's the matter?"

Wang Dashan asked politely.

From the other end of the phone came Hu Wanjia's polite and friendly laughter:

"Congratulations, President Wang. I heard that recently, using a chain-leverage method, you've already purchased 7 houses around the Guangzhou periphery."

Wang Dashan was stunned, then laughed:

"Didn't expect General Manager Hu, your information network to be this well-informed — even this you know about."

Hu Wanjia then said:

"Hey, what's this about well-informed? I know a lot of property consultants; just inquire a little with them and you know peers' movements. Truly well-informed people are those who can get policy inside information."

"Policy inside information?"

Wang Dashan was stunned, "What policy inside information."

"For example, recently Guangzhou Tianhe urban renewal — people who know the inside information laid out their positions early, found ways to buy houses in those old urban villages; once demolition happens, they directly get rich overnight."

Hu Wanjia's words stirred Wang Dashan's inner heart slightly.

To tell the truth, flipping new properties has too long a capital-recovery cycle; the government has introduced various restrictions on reselling new properties — at minimum you have to hold for four or five years before you can sell.

But if you target those old urban village houses, once demolition happens, you can recover capital quickly, and the return rate is also quite considerable!

"Could it be, General Manager Hu has some information channels?"

Wang Dashan asked tentatively.

Hu Wanjia said with a beaming smile:

"I do have information channels, but they're not guaranteed accurate. Additionally, if you want to join in, I'll tell you; if you don't want to join in, then I won't tell you this information."

Wang Dashan asked tentatively again:

"Join in — what conditions?"

Hu Wanjia then said:

"5 million capital to enter the game and you can join our urban-renewal property-flipping group."

"5 million, huh…"

Wang Dashan's brows furrowed slightly.

Hu Wanjia laughed:

"This amount of money shouldn't count as much for you, right? Didn't you say before that you could take out 8 million to flip houses?"

Wang Dashan spoke truthfully:

"I can take out 8 million to speculate in property, but in the second- and third-tier cities around Guangzhou, after buying 7 suites, I now have only a little over 4 million, less than 5 million, in liquid funds left on hand, and these liquid funds, I also cannot possibly take all of them out to speculate in property, I must keep some for a rainy day."

Hu Wanjia said:

"Keep what? Isn't your wife a female CEO worth over 100 million? With her backing you, why are you still tying your own hands?"

Wang Dashan fell into deep thought, and after a moment, asked:

"General Manager Hu, is your inside information channel reliable?"

Hu Wanjia admitted frankly:

"I dare not say it's reliable. Before the policy is released, who dares say it's reliable? This is a gamble, but this gamble is definitely a sure win. Think about it, Guangzhou only has this much land, those urban villages affect the cityscape so much, even if they aren't demolished this year, they'll be demolished next year, if not next year then the year after, in the next five or ten years there will definitely be a day of demolition. Taking ten thousand steps back, even if they're never demolished, renting them out can also recoup some funds. Those houses may be dilapidated, but they fundamentally have no worry of failing to rent out."

Hearing this, Wang Dashan felt it also made some sense.

Hu Wanjia further incited and urged:

"If you really don't have enough money, yet want to get in on the game, then ask your wife for a few million. A few million to your wife, isn't that like sprinkling pocket money?"

Wang Dashan thought for a bit, and finally said:

"Alright, then I'll go back and ask my wife."