Chapter 839: Wealth Has Distant Relatives Even in the Deep Mountains

The Police waved a hand at him and said, "We will not wrong an innocent person, nor will we let a bad person off the hook."

At this moment, Zhao Hu walked over, swept his gaze back and forth between Ma Rui and Yang Jing, and asked in a low voice, "You reported Qi Xiao? You really did a great deed, you know that? That grandson sits on the stairwell windowsill every day drinking beer, looking at everyone like they owe him money. As long as you glance at him, he can find trouble for you..."

Ma Rui said, "Isn't your class full of big tough guys? Wouldn't it be over if you all ganged up and beat him up?"

Zhao Hu shook his head: "We all have families and mouths to feed, we're just here to get some credentials; is it worth lowering ourselves to the level of a desperate thug like that? If you get hurt or crippled, your whole life is ruined."

Ma Rui laughed: "Then there's no help for it, you all spoiled him."

Yang Jing pulled Ma Rui to the side and whispered, "Then I'll head back first."

Ma Rui nodded: "We're going to military training for the next twenty days. If anything comes up, just leave a message on my pager, and I'll call you as soon as training ends. Listen to me, for those two relatives of yours, give them one hundred thousand each—if one hundred thousand doesn't work, then one hundred fifty thousand; you must resolve this matter."

Yang Jing's eyes turned red again, and she bit her lip: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

A Police officer walked over and said, "Excuse me, do you know Ma Rui?"

"What a coincidence, that's me."

"Then come with us to give a statement."

After Pudong New Area was changed from a county to a district, in just two short months, both housing prices and land prices had more than doubled.

He Yuzhu didn't pay much attention to this—most of the buildings he wanted to construct were apartments and office spaces; he didn't plan to sell them in bulk, mainly using them for rent.

Although Xu Damao and Dajinya were happy about their assets doubling, the two of them were bored to death.

They tried using their own money to speculate on stocks, but the stock market just kept falling; basically, whatever they did, they lost money.

After losing several hundred thousand each, the two finally quieted down.

Xu Damao found He Yuzhu and was humble for once: "Zhuzi, are we really going to do real estate? But none of us understand it."

He Yuzhu laughed: "Do you really understand it just because you speculate on stocks?"

Xu Damao gave an awkward chuckle.

He Yuzhu continued: "What's there to understand about building houses? I'll tell the design firm my ideas, let them produce the blueprints, and then find a construction team to build them. By the way, we should take the houses in good locations and rent them out, and take the houses in bad locations and sell them. We need to set up a sales company; you and Dajinya can be the sales Managers."

"Can I do it?"

"No problem, as long as you're willing to work, just hire a few pretty female sales staff."

"I do love this kind of work!" Xu Damao's eyes lit up.

He Yuzhu arranged the matters at hand and returned to Si Jiu Cheng.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw He Yushui, Ma Rui, and Ma Ning all there.

He called Ma Rui into the study and asked, "How is school going?"

Ma Rui shook his head: "Everything else is fine, it's just that the deputy Department Head keeps targeting me."

He Yuzhu said, "Didn't you talk to him directly?"

Ma Rui said helplessly: "I've asked him twice, wanting to invite him to dinner, but he refused both times."

He Yuzhu laughed: "Then just study hard and don't let him get a handle on you."

Ma Rui nodded: "That's what I think too. As long as I work hard, he has no right to expel me."

He Yuzhu smiled: "Kid, even if they expel you, so what? As long as you learn real skills, that's all that matters. By the way, how is that girl's family doing?"

Ma Rui gave a bitter smile: "Yang Jing is in a tough spot. Her mother has leukemia, but it's the kind that can be treated with a bone marrow transplant. Her second aunt's matching was a perfect fit, and they could have had the surgery, but her second aunt changed her mind and insisted on three hundred thousand before she would donate. Yang Jing is frantic, and now it's just at a stalemate."

He Yuzhu thought for a moment, then picked up the phone and called Lin Wanning in Hong Kong.

"Wan Ning, I have a favor to ask of you. Can you perform transplant surgeries using hematopoietic stem cells over there now? The kind that doesn't involve extracting bone marrow," He Yuzhu asked.

"Our hospital can't do it yet, but Maria Hospital has already started. I can help you contact them—who exactly is this for?"

"He Yushui's relative by marriage." He Yuzhu glanced at Ma Rui.

Ma Rui's face turned bright red.

Lin Wanning said: "Then I'll contact Xu Tian and have him send a plane to pick them up."

"Xu Tian bought a private jet?" He Yuzhu asked.

"He and Zhao Ying's company bought it together," Lin Wanning said.

When Ma Rui heard this, he was so excited he almost jumped up: "Uncle, that's great! This way, Yang Jing's second aunt won't be able to make demands anymore."

He Yuzhu said: "It seems you're quite serious about that Yang Jing. Since you've set your heart on her, treat her well."

Ma Rui nodded vigorously: "Yang Jing is a really good person; I feel better and better about her."

"Go on, go tell them over there."

Ma Rui ran out like a rabbit.

He Yushui walked in and asked: "Brother, did you give that kid money again?"

He Yuzhu shook his head: "I just asked Lin Wanning to do him a favor, nothing else."

He Yushui sighed: "Brother, I want to film a TV series. Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas are so popular right now, we have to compete with them."

He Yuzhu pondered for a moment—in this era, Hong Kong and Taiwan were indeed stronger at filming TV series.

He suddenly remembered a phenomenal show, *My Fair Princess*.

That show didn't seem to be adapted from a novel, but rather the novel was released after the TV series was filmed.

That show was just too popular in his past era; it was rebroadcast for many years, and he remembered the plot clearly.

He Yuzhu said: "I'll write a TV script for you in the next few days; you help me find two screenwriters and have them polish the dialogue."

When He Yushui heard this, she was overjoyed—she knew that whatever her brother produced would definitely be good stuff.

Ma Rui found Yang Jing and told her that they could be taken to Hong Kong for the hematopoietic stem cell transplant surgery.

After hearing this, Yang Jing burst into tears, and after crying for a long time, she said: "Ma Rui, I owe you too many favors... how can I ever repay you!"

Ma Rui said: "I just mentioned it to my uncle, and he made a phone call over there, and it was done. Actually, I didn't do anything."

Yang Jing subsequently called her second aunt, Tao Min.

She called several times, but no one answered.

Ma Rui said, "Let's go, to her house."

He drove the Land Rover and parked it downstairs at Tao Min's home.

Tao Min lived in a dormitory building for Huaying Company, a four-story red brick building built with the help of the Soviet Union, with two bedrooms and a living room; she had a son named Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was thirteen years old this year and was lying on the ground with two little friends, slapping matchbox covers.

Seeing this luxury car, he widened his eyes, his mouth hanging wide open.

When he saw his cousin Yang Jing get out of the car, he immediately went over: "Cousin, is this your boyfriend? He's so rich!"

Yang Jing asked indifferently, "Is your mom home?"

"Yes!" Liu Yu trotted upstairs.

Yang Jing cursed, "Little snob! When I came over a few days ago, he couldn't be bothered with me. Today, seeing your nice car, he changed into a different person immediately."

Ma Rui laughed: "If you are poor in a busy city, no one asks about you; if you are rich in the deep mountains, you have distant relatives. It's just human nature."

Tao Min came down very quickly.

As soon as she saw Ma Rui, her eyes lit up instantly, and she said with a grin, "Xiao Jing, your boyfriend is a man of talent!"

Ma Rui also smiled and responded, "Second Aunt, we came over because we wanted to talk to you about the bone marrow donation."

Tao Min sighed: "Child, it's not that I won't donate. Your mother and I were born to the same parents; if she is sick, I surely have the illness too. If the bone marrow I donate is put in and goes bad again in a few years, wouldn't that be a waste of money?"

Ma Rui said, "This time it's different. As long as your blood is drawn out and filtered, the hematopoietic stem cells can be separated, and afterwards, the blood can be transfused back to you; it won't harm your body."

"How is that possible? The doctors at People's Hospital told me that while foreign countries do have this technology, they can't do it yet," Tao Min said.

"We came here today just to talk to you about this," Yang Jing took over the conversation.

"Are you going abroad to do it too?" Tao Min asked curiously.

Ma Rui nodded: "Maria Hospital in Hong Kong can do it. Once things are settled here, I will have them send a plane from Hong Kong to pick you up."

"Send a plane to pick me up?" Tao Min was stunned.

Ma Rui said, "My eldest uncle has a friend who has a private jet."

Tao Min leaned into Yang Jing's ear and asked in a low voice, "Is the 150,000 you promised still valid?"

Yang Jing nodded.

"Alright, you tell me which day, and I'll go straight to my workplace to ask for leave," Tao Min said decisively.

"You go to Hong Kong next Wednesday; there are still five days left," Ma Rui said.

Tao Min became anxious as soon as she heard this: "Ah? There are only five days left; we won't even be able to get a visa, right?"