Chapter 920

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

In the blink of an eye, Saturday arrived.

Zhang Yueran rode in Niu Chunsheng's small sedan, and together they headed to the New Era Restaurant.

Also accompanying them was a boss in the real estate building materials business; this boss's surname was Huo, named Huo Guoqiang.

Huo Guoqiang was a middle-aged man in his forties; in the real estate building materials field, he had deeply cultivated for nearly twenty years, and these twenty years happened to be the stage when the country's real estate economy took off.

Because of this, he very luckily accumulated a massive amount of wealth, as well as various connections and resources in the real estate sector.

"General Manager Huo, this is my friend's daughter; she is going to the New Era Restaurant with us today to meet her blind date partner; you won't have any objections to that, right?"

Niu Chunsheng said this to Huo Guoqiang with a smile.

Actually, he said this not because he was afraid Huo Guoqiang would have objections.

Rather, he had to explain the reason in advance, to avoid being misunderstood by Huo Guoqiang.

After all, the two of them were going to the town to eat farmhouse cuisine; Niu Chunsheng suddenly bringing a young woman along, if he didn't explain the situation, Huo Guoqiang would inevitably let his imagination run wild.

Although Zhang Yueran did not possess even a trace of worldly/dusty air, this did not mean there wasn't that kind of possibility.

"No objections, no objections; what objections could I have? One more person to keep company, and we can chat to pass the time; how great is that!"

Huo Guoqiang replied with a hearty laugh.

What objections could he have?

Right now was when he hoped Niu Chunsheng would develop a new housing project, so that he could use his building materials.

In other words, Niu Chunsheng was his Party A (client).

By rights, it should be him treating Niu Chunsheng to a meal, not Niu Chunsheng treating him.

Now it's reversed — Niu Chunsheng inviting him to eat; he's already very grateful, so how could he be picky?

As long as the business deal can be closed, everything is negotiable!

"Yueran, this is General Manager Huo, Huo Guoqiang; the Guoqiang Building Materials Company in the county was founded single-handedly by General Manager Huo; this is merely one of his branch companies; his headquarters is in the city; General Manager Huo's ability and connections are both extremely strong."

Niu Chunsheng introduced him to Zhang Yueran like this.

Zhang Yueran smiled and politely greeted:

"Hello, General Manager Huo; a big shot like you, General Manager Huo, I normally never get to see."

Huo Guoqiang then asked:

"What work do you do?"

"I'm a teacher at County No. 2 Middle School, teaching Chinese language."

"A teacher, a cultured person! Infinitely more cultured than us country bumpkins; not afraid to say it and have you laugh at me, I never even attended high school; the person I admire most in this life is a cultured person like a teacher!"

Huo Guoqiang spoke eloquently and at length.

He indeed respected teachers very much.

Then he also seized the opportunity and hurriedly asked:

"Teacher Zhang, I hear you do extracurricular tutoring? My son is in Junior High Year Three this year; his Chinese grades are a complete mess; if you do extracurricular tutoring, I'll send my son to you for tutoring classes!"

Zhang Yueran smiled politely:

"I don't do extracurricular tutoring; school regulations prohibit teachers from doing extracurricular tutoring; if caught, you lose your rice bowl (job)."

"Oh, so that's how it is; you're quite rule-abiding; rule-abiding is good; only rule-abiding teachers can teach rule-abiding students!"

The two chatted back and forth.

Very soon, they arrived at the town.

The BMW car stopped at the gate of the New Era Restaurant.

Niu Chunsheng got out from the driver's seat.

Zhang Yueran and Huo Guoqiang got out from the back seat.

Wang Erhai had been waiting here for a long time already.

Seeing Niu Chunsheng and Zhang Yueran and the others arrive, he immediately stepped forward to welcome them.

"Uncle Chunsheng, Yueran, morning!"

Then he looked at Huo Guoqiang:

"This must be the partner Uncle Chunsheng you mentioned, right?"

Niu Chunsheng smiled and introduced:

"General Manager Huo of Guoqiang Building Materials Company; in our county's building materials industry, General Manager Huo has quite significant influence! General Manager Huo, this is the boss of New Era Restaurant, Wang Erhai!"

Wang Erhai hurriedly greeted:

"Hello, General Manager Huo; you being able to come to my shop for a meal is truly my honor!"

Then he busily said:

"Please, all inside; go inside, we can chat while drinking tea!"

Wang Erhai ushered the three into the restaurant, then hurriedly gave them the menu, letting them order dishes.

While ordering, Niu Chunsheng casually mentioned:

"General Manager Huo, you might not know; this restaurant boss here, he used to be in the real estate industry too."

"Oh? Really? Which line of real estate did he do?" Huo Guoqiang instantly became interested.

"I was just a real estate intermediary; can't compare to you two big bosses!" Wang Erhai said with a modest smile.

Niu Chunsheng then said:

"You should have heard of Shanhai Real Estate's General Manager Huo, right? That's Erhai's single-handedly built business!"

"So you're the Boss of Shanhai Real Estate, my apologies for not recognizing you!" Huo Guoqiang immediately looked at Wang Erhai with new respect, "General Manager Wang, I heard that back when Shanhai Real Estate was at its peak, the sales agency for more than half the housing projects in the County Town were in your hands. How come Shanhai Real Estate suddenly shut down later?"

Although Huo Guoqiang is also in the real estate industry, he specializes in building materials, not selling houses, so it's quite normal that he doesn't know the reason for Shanhai Real Estate's bankruptcy.

"It's a long story. There were reasons from my own mistakes, and reasons from others tripping me up. But it's all in the past, no need to mention it! Now that I've returned to my Hometown, opening a restaurant, running a farm, it's also quite comfortable and carefree!"

Wang Erhai laughed heartily, the past is gone, all scattered to the wind. He has already let go of those past matters.

Huo Guoqiang, however, said:

"You're a rare talent. Coming back to this small place to do such small business, that's truly a waste of talent!"

Zhang Yueran listened silently on the side, increasingly feeling that Wang Erhai has a chance to make a comeback.

Under the influence of this thought, even the way she looked at Wang Erhai made her feel he was a bit handsome.

Wang Erhai at this time replied to Huo Guoqiang:

"What waste or not waste, it's all doing business, all just earning a living."

Huo Guoqiang, however, the more he looked at Wang Erhai, the more pleasing he found him, and so extended an invitation:

"I plan to establish a Renovation Company in the County Town. General Manager Wang, would you be interested in becoming my partner?"

Huo Guoqiang's request seems casual, but in reality it's the result of deep consideration.

He knows Wang Erhai and Niu Chunsheng's relationship is not ordinary.

Niu Chunsheng brought him to Wang Erhai's side for a meal, and specially introduced Wang Erhai's background to him. It's very obvious it was to conveniently pull Wang Erhai in when discussing business.

Since that's the case, as long as he shows his sincerity at this moment by going with the flow, his business with Niu Chunsheng will probably be hard to fail even if they wanted to!

This is his cleverness as a businessman — silently nourishing things, very naturally, he gets things settled.

"Renovation Company?" Wang Erhai was stunned, somewhat hesitant: "I used to be a real estate intermediary. As for renovation, honestly, although I've helped renovate my own self-built house, I have no experience doing renovation business, and don't understand the ins and outs of the renovation industry. I'm afraid I'll drag you down, General Manager Huo!"

Huo Guoqiang, however, laughed and said:

"You don't need to understand all that. You just need to expand the client base. The clients you accumulated from your previous real estate intermediary work — aren't they all our Renovation Company's high-quality potential clients? The reason I'm looking for you as a partner is precisely for the client resources you previously accumulated!"

Huo Guoqiang spoke very clearly.

He didn't want to say he wanted nothing in return.

Wanting nothing in return, that's too fake.

Doing business isn't dating. How could one possibly want nothing in return?

The client resources Wang Erhai previously accumulated would indeed be a great help to his Renovation Company.

Because clients who bought houses, many of them need renovation.

Most housing projects in the County Town sell raw houses. Even for the furnished ones, some people buy them and, dissatisfied with the renovation layout and style, will tear it down and renovate again.

Huo Guoqiang at this time also said:

"This Renovation Company, with my Building Materials Company supplying materials, General Manager Wang you expanding clients, plus General Manager Niu's new housing project's renovation as a guaranteed project, if we can't make money, that would probably be difficult!"