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Chapter 293: Chapter 239: Half a Domestic Richest Person (Please Subscribe!) _1
Dou Jiao, oblivious to everyone’s ’mysterious smiles’, continued to introduce, "This is Tang Qing, my boss. This is Huang Qi, the fourth child in his family, you can also call him Huang Weasel or Huang Si Lang,l and that one is Pan Yue, just an annoying guy, you can call him Brother Yue,"
Hearing Dou Jiao’s introduction, Tang Qing was speechless. What kind of ridiculous nicknames are these? Could you put a bit more thought into it?
Although Tang Qing also wanted to complain, he didn’t dare to.
Of course, Tang Qing wouldn’t call a stranger, who was older than him by those names. He said, "Hello Brother Huang, Brother Pan. Who is this?" He asked, looking at the woman beside Huang Qi.
Huang Qi was very satisfied to hear Tang Qing not using his nickname. Even though he didn’t know why Dou Jiao had invited them for this meal, it appeared to be related to Tang Qing. He introduced, "This is my girlfriend, Tan Yuxin."
"Hello, Miss Tan." Tang Qing nodded, smiling in greeting. The ’sister’ he referred to wasn’t used casually. He would directly use formal address for those he wasn’t familiar or comfortable with.
"Hehe, hello. Cute little brother, you are handsome." Tan Yuxin spoke in a coquettish voice. Yes, she was only Huang Qi’s temporary girlfriend. The marriages of such wealthy offspring weren’t something they could decide. She was content with the status of a mistress, at least she wouldn’t have to worry about livelihood for the rest of her life.
Such a sweet voice.
Tang Qing felt uncomfortable hearing it.
"You flatter me, Miss Tan, you can just call me Little Tang." For some reason, he disliked her gaze and her smile. He had been to those high-end venues with Li Kai before, and though he hadn’t encountered them, that didn’t mean he hadn’t seen such people. This woman was definitely a ’professional’ at hooking rich men. Having this kind of woman calling him ’little brother’... It was alright when Dou Jiao and Qi Yan called him ’little brother’, it felt safe, as they harbored no ill intentions. Not other women though, it gave him the creeps.
He wouldn’t just call anyone ’sister’, and he wouldn’t allow anyone to call him ’little brother’ casually either.
"What Little Tang? Call him Boss Tang." When Huang Qi saw Tang Qing’s unnatural expression, he knew what was going on. Seeing Dou Jiao also disliking it, he quickly smoothed things over, lightly glared at Tan Yuxin, the meaning was clear: Dou Jiao’s acknowledged younger brother wasn’t someone she could casually call.
"Yes, yes, yes, hello, Boss Tang." Tan Yuxin quickly spoke in her normal voice. It seemed like Dou Jiao was the boss here. She didn’t dare to presume too much because her coquettish skill was useless here.
"Jiaojiao, what business does your company do?" Pan Yue asked curiously from the side.
"Information consulting." Dou Jiao answered succinctly.
The more Tang Qing observed, the more he was certain this man must be Dou Jiao’s suitor. From Dou Jiao’s expression, it seemed she wasn’t disgusted with Pan Yue, just evading for some reason. He couldn’t figure it out. Well, forget it. He wasn’t a relationship expert. Why should he bother about it?
Delighted to finally have some connection with Dou Jiao, Pan Yue quickly said, "That’s great, my company happens to need some consultation."
"Sorry, we don’t do business with outsiders." Dou Jiao immediately doused his enthusiasm with a bucket of cold water.
This time, the others at the table were taken aback.
Not open for business?
How do you make money then?
Perplexed, Pan Yue asked, "If you don’t do business, where does your salary come from? How do you support your staff?"
"From our Boss Tang, of course." Dou Jiao said, pointedly gesturing towards Tang Qing.
Frowning, Pan Yue asked, "Paid for nothing?"
Hearing this, Tang Qing also got anxious for this man’s IQ. This brain really... it’s not suitable for a relationship, can’t even talk roundly.
"Brother Pan, of course not. This company only provides consulting services for my other companies. It does not do business with others." Tang Qing picked up from there.
"Your company? What do you do?" Pan Yue asked, blushing slightly, blaming himself for not catching on faster.
"Nothing much, it sells clothes. Also has some shares in a jewelry company." Tang Qing answered with a laugh.
"Boss Tang must be doing quite a big business." Huang Qi praised, with a specialized information consulting company serving him, how small could the business be? Also, it made sense why Dou Jiao was involved.
Listening to this, Dou Jiao also proudly said, "Of course. We are having this meal because our young boss’s clothing company wants to expand into other provinces, and wants to seek your help in securing some good locations for our shops."
Tang Qing did not respond, Dou Jiao was right, opening a shop without local connections or influence was easy, but finding a good location would not be as simple. Many places were not accessible by just monetary means, or if you could get in, wouldn’t have a suitable spot. His original plan was to open his shops nationwide without worry for location, spreading out first and gaining popularity before choosing ideal locations. He didn’t anticipate that Dou Jiao would identify this weak point of Sheng Tang and voluntarily pull strings for them with her private connections. He can’t really refuse this favour.
However, if the negotiation goes successful, the next step of funding for Sheng Tang might be advanced.
Oh well, if it has to be early, so be it. This is his only business and he makes 30 million RMB every day, a couple of hundred million really... only takes a few days to accumulate, averaging more than twenty thousand a minute.
No one could match this money-making speed. In terms of a physical business, with such a big profit, its market value must be over a hundred billion RMB, definitely the wealthiest man in China by then.
It seems that the assets of the wealthiest man in China counted by Hurun last year was just 10.5 billion RMB.
He could easily earn more than that in a year from arbitrage alone.
Does that mean he is already the wealthiest man in China in terms of profit?
Um... Tang Qing felt a bit of a headache. The logic felt powerful but strange, yet it had some sense to it. Although his total worth couldn’t compare yet, the money he earns in a year is many times that of the current wealthiest man in China.
He could be considered half the wealthiest man in China now.
Wow.
Indeed.
Sigh... life is just like...
The next second, Huang Qi brought Tang Qing, whose thoughts had drifted to the sky, back to reality.
"This won’t be easy," Huang Qi furrowed his brow.
"No kidding, that’s why we need you. If money could solve this, why would we need to treat you to dinner? Give us a definitive answer," Dou Jiao irritably glared at him.
Stared down by Dou Jiao, Huang Qi showed a bitter smile on his face. "Jiaojiao, some things are easy, some are not. We can’t do things indiscriminately. If we don’t have popularity and strength, it’s hard for me to bring this up at home. My influence isn’t that big." He was the fourth child in the family with an older brother and two older sisters. He didn’t exercise much control in the family’s business affairs, those were managed by his older brother.
"What are the requirements for popularity?" Dou Jiao asked directly. She was confident about Tang Qing’s capability. Because Tang Qing had recently assigned Sky Eye a task to investigate some key industries. This was also the main reason for the recent aggressive recruitment at Sky Eye. Although she didn’t know exactly how much money Tang Qing could put out, it definitely wouldn’t be small, as Tang Qing’s requirements were quite bold this time.
After thinking for a moment, Huang Qi replied, "At least, you need to have ran advertisements or sponsored programs on CCTV or other large mainstream media, and people should have heard of it at least. The company itself needs to be strong, with assets of at least 200 million."
"So you mean as long as they’ve advertised on CCTV, gained nationwide popularity, and shown some strength, that’s enough?" Dou Jiao concluded.
"Yes, although it’s a bit of a stretch, as long as these conditions are met, I’ll try my best to convince my family to help your ’younger brother’ get some good shops," said Huang Qi, nodding his head. What he meant was clear: he would do this for the sake of Tang Qing being her "younger brother". Otherwise, even if she was his boss and the requirements were met, he wouldn’t do it.
Coming face to face with Huang Qi’s favor, Tang Qing could only grin wryly. It appeared he would need to give Dou Jiao a free card from Sheng Tang, not because he didn’t want to, but because he wasn’t used to the way these people spoke.
Dou Jiao glanced at Tang Qing, who immediately replied, "That won’t be a problem for us, we will fulfill these conditions. We can discuss the specifics of the collaboration later."
"Didn’t know Boss Tang was so capable." Huang Qi laughed.
"It’s just a bit of money," Tang Qing humbly replied.
He was genuinely being humble, but to others, this definitely seemed like a brag. This advertising campaign and its costs would definitely not be able to be done without at least tens of millions, let alone possibly over a hundred million that had to be cash on hand. Is this small money? Boss Tang doesn’t seem to be very humble.
Seeing the unexpected looks in the three people’s eyes, what could Tang Qing say?
Tens or hundreds of millions, he could save that in three to five days. It really was "small money".
At least he could be considered half the wealthiest man, right?
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