Chapter 275 - How Much Money Did You Steal?
Translator: Lav
Editor: Likia
“It’s good save as much as you can when you just start a business,” Shi Lei continued after Zhen Xu. “I will have more confidence in you guys that way as well. One of the greatest reasons I decided invest in Mr. Zhen was because of his considerations in this area. No investors want to see the company they invest in to waste their money as soon as they start the business. As an entrepreneur, they must consider where to use their limited funds. I have more confidence now that I see Mr. Zhen’s considerations. I hope you guys can quickly achieve the requirements for the first round of investments. However, I also hope that Mr. Zhen won’t forget that I also have the authority to vote, according to our contract!”
The reason why he said this was to reassure the other two even more. The investor couldn’t wait to vote, which demonstrated his abundant confidence in the company.
Without a direct introduction and only some side information, the two young men who had being doing poorly for the past year were already excited to finally see hope for the future. Even if they were still worried when they saw the unexpected angel investor of Shi Lei.
“Mr. Shi, the office is really messy right and we need to start assembling the tables and chairs as soon as possible. I’m sorry that I can’t even pour you a glass of water.” Zhen Xu couldn’t wait to start working and Shi Lei couldn’t believe how naive this guy was. How was this any different from telling him to leave?
But Shi Lei more or less knew Zhen Xu after having interacted with him. He didn’t mind it and laughed. “You are right. Hurry up and start! I won’t bother you anymore. It’s the same old words. Start working as soon as possible and release the product as soon as possible. I’ll leave first.”
The three of them walked Shi Lei downstairs. As they watched him drive away, they smiled at each other, dashed upstairs and began to assemble the tables and chairs without a word.
There was no need for Shi Lei to attend to Zhen Xu’s company anymore. According to the two coordinates that had been given by the Golden Thumb Investment Card, he was sure that the company would develop rapidly within at least three years into the future. The value of the internet company was decided by the value of the outside world. Shi Lei couldn’t control it. That was Zhen Xu’s own problem. And within the next three years, Shi Lei didn’t have to worry about wasting the investment money. It was instead the opposite. He would be able to get all the money with a profit of ten times over in just a few months’ time.
After he returned to his apartment, Shi Lei took a nap. It was over 3 PM when he slept and it was already dark outside when he woke up.
As soon as he woke up, Zhang Meimei called him and he realized that he had promised Zhang Meimei that they would have dinner together.
Shi Lei was too tired and he hadn’t expected himself to sleep until it was dark. He quickly picked up. Before Shi Lei could apologize, Zhang Meimei did so first.
“I’m so sorry, Teacher Shi. I didn’t finish work until now. Have you already eaten?”
He could hear that Zhang Meimei was really sorry from her tone of voice. Perhaps not to Shi Lei alone, but also to her daughter. It was impossible for them not to bring Zhang Liangliang along when they organized dinner, and Zhang Liangliang was probably at home waiting for them to pick her up and feed her.
Shi Lei quickly replied, “I wanted to say sorry as well. Zhen Xu woke me up really early in the morning and we didn’t finish until 3 PM. I was really tired and I napped until now, so I was worried that you have already eaten.”
Zhang Meimei was blank for a second but then immediately smiled. “What a coincidence. What about this? I’ll go pick up Er’jie first. Where are we meeting?”
Shi Lei had a thought and replied, “What about you book a restaurant first and I’ll go pick up Er’jie? My house is closer to yours and it’s almost rush hour. It’ll take you more than an hour if you go back to pick her up.”
“Alright, I’ll have to trouble you then. I’ll send you the address after I book the restaurant.”
After he hung up, Shi Lei quickly cleaned himself and called Zhang Liangliang as he left.
It was barely a ten minute drive from Shi Lei’s apartment to Zhang Liangliang’s house. Although it was rush hour, Shi Lei took two shortcuts and arrived at Zhang Liangliang’s neighborhood a little over ten minutes.
She had come down to wait for him after she received the call. When she was about to call Shi Lei in impatience, she saw a Maserati stop next to her. The window was lowered, revealing Shi Lei’s face.
“Oh my god, Dashu! Did you change your job to stealing cars?” Zhang Liangliang studied this cool car in surprise. She walked to the front of the car and yelled in shock, “Holy shit, a Maserati! Dashu, how much money did you rob? You can be sent to jail for that.”
Shi Lei opened the door and spoke in an unfriendly tone. “Hurry up and get in. Do you want to eat or not?”
Zhang Liangliang stuck out her tongue and sat in the front passenger’s seat. She didn’t put on the seat belt, instead looking around the car in curiosity. She even twitched her nose and sniffed around like a dog.
“What are you doing? Are you changing your career to a dog now?” Shi Lei used Zhang Liangliang’s joke to tease her.
Zhang Liangliang rolled her eyes. “Mhm, no smell of girls. Looks like this is really your car and you haven’t driven any other women in it yet.”
Shi Lei was speechless and thought: Where did you learn that from? And this judgement was not accurate at all! There was a woman who sat in here as soon as he got the car, and a beauty too! She did not only sit in the front passenger’s seat, but she also sat in the driver’s seat.
“Dashu, did you pick up money or something? I heard my Lao Zhang(1) say that it is possible for that to be judged as illegal possession with our country’s laws!”
“Can’t you wish for something better?” Shi Lei drove skillfully out of the neighborhood. When the phone buzzed, Shi Lei took it out and threw it to Zhang Liangliang. “Check it. It’s probably your mother telling us where we are eating.”
Zhang Liangliang said “oh” and yelled, “Password!”
After Shi Lei told her the password, she glanced at it and complained, “She has no new ideas. It’s the Lan Fu Palace next to the river again.”
Shi Lei knew where Lan Fu Palace was, but had never been there before. It was a high quality restaurant next to the antique street which mainly promoted their food in a healthy aspect to attract customers. It obviously didn’t fit someone like Shi Lei who was satisfied with having meat and seafood. Of course, that was before. Now, Shi Lei was over that phase and even without the Black Card, he could live a better life than ordinary people with his investment in Zhen Xu.
He made an U-turn outside and headed straight for the antique street.
Zhang Liangliang babbled on next to Shi Lei, “Dashu, you haven’t answered my question. Where did you get the money to buy the car? You were tutoring me to earn money not long ago, so how did you become so wealthy all of a sudden? Or perhaps you are a modest fuerdai and the reason why you tutored me was to hit on me?”
Shi Lei couldn’t help but oppose. “Pick up your ass! Fasten your seatbelt. Can’t you hear the beeping?”
Zhang Liangliang felt wronged and she pursed her lips. She buckled the seatbelt “Hurry up and answer the question,” she said.
“I met some new people recently. They taught me how to earn money and I did earn quite a lot. I’m definitely not a fuerdai. All the money I have are mine.” Shi Lei didn’t have much confidence when he said this, since all the money was given to him by the Black Card and he received it all without having to do anything.
Chapter 275 - How Much Money Did You Steal?
Translator: Lav
Editor: Likia
“It’s good save as much as you can when you just start a business,” Shi Lei continued after Zhen Xu. “I will have more confidence in you guys that way as well. One of the greatest reasons I decided invest in Mr. Zhen was because of his considerations in this area. No investors want to see the company they invest in to waste their money as soon as they start the business. As an entrepreneur, they must consider where to use their limited funds. I have more confidence now that I see Mr. Zhen’s considerations. I hope you guys can quickly achieve the requirements for the first round of investments. However, I also hope that Mr. Zhen won’t forget that I also have the authority to vote, according to our contract!”
The reason why he said this was to reassure the other two even more. The investor couldn’t wait to vote, which demonstrated his abundant confidence in the company.
Without a direct introduction and only some side information, the two young men who had being doing poorly for the past year were already excited to finally see hope for the future. Even if they were still worried when they saw the unexpected angel investor of Shi Lei.
“Mr. Shi, the office is really messy right and we need to start assembling the tables and chairs as soon as possible. I’m sorry that I can’t even pour you a glass of water.” Zhen Xu couldn’t wait to start working and Shi Lei couldn’t believe how naive this guy was. How was this any different from telling him to leave?
But Shi Lei more or less knew Zhen Xu after having interacted with him. He didn’t mind it and laughed. “You are right. Hurry up and start! I won’t bother you anymore. It’s the same old words. Start working as soon as possible and release the product as soon as possible. I’ll leave first.”
The three of them walked Shi Lei downstairs. As they watched him drive away, they smiled at each other, dashed upstairs and began to assemble the tables and chairs without a word.
There was no need for Shi Lei to attend to Zhen Xu’s company anymore. According to the two coordinates that had been given by the Golden Thumb Investment Card, he was sure that the company would develop rapidly within at least three years into the future. The value of the internet company was decided by the value of the outside world. Shi Lei couldn’t control it. That was Zhen Xu’s own problem. And within the next three years, Shi Lei didn’t have to worry about wasting the investment money. It was instead the opposite. He would be able to get all the money with a profit of ten times over in just a few months’ time.
After he returned to his apartment, Shi Lei took a nap. It was over 3 PM when he slept and it was already dark outside when he woke up.
As soon as he woke up, Zhang Meimei called him and he realized that he had promised Zhang Meimei that they would have dinner together.
Shi Lei was too tired and he hadn’t expected himself to sleep until it was dark. He quickly picked up. Before Shi Lei could apologize, Zhang Meimei did so first.
“I’m so sorry, Teacher Shi. I didn’t finish work until now. Have you already eaten?”
He could hear that Zhang Meimei was really sorry from her tone of voice. Perhaps not to Shi Lei alone, but also to her daughter. It was impossible for them not to bring Zhang Liangliang along when they organized dinner, and Zhang Liangliang was probably at home waiting for them to pick her up and feed her.
Shi Lei quickly replied, “I wanted to say sorry as well. Zhen Xu woke me up really early in the morning and we didn’t finish until 3 PM. I was really tired and I napped until now, so I was worried that you have already eaten.”
Zhang Meimei was blank for a second but then immediately smiled. “What a coincidence. What about this? I’ll go pick up Er’jie first. Where are we meeting?”
Shi Lei had a thought and replied, “What about you book a restaurant first and I’ll go pick up Er’jie? My house is closer to yours and it’s almost rush hour. It’ll take you more than an hour if you go back to pick her up.”
“Alright, I’ll have to trouble you then. I’ll send you the address after I book the restaurant.”
After he hung up, Shi Lei quickly cleaned himself and called Zhang Liangliang as he left.
It was barely a ten minute drive from Shi Lei’s apartment to Zhang Liangliang’s house. Although it was rush hour, Shi Lei took two shortcuts and arrived at Zhang Liangliang’s neighborhood a little over ten minutes.
She had come down to wait for him after she received the call. When she was about to call Shi Lei in impatience, she saw a Maserati stop next to her. The window was lowered, revealing Shi Lei’s face.
“Oh my god, Dashu! Did you change your job to stealing cars?” Zhang Liangliang studied this cool car in surprise. She walked to the front of the car and yelled in shock, “Holy shit, a Maserati! Dashu, how much money did you rob? You can be sent to jail for that.”
Shi Lei opened the door and spoke in an unfriendly tone. “Hurry up and get in. Do you want to eat or not?”
Zhang Liangliang stuck out her tongue and sat in the front passenger’s seat. She didn’t put on the seat belt, instead looking around the car in curiosity. She even twitched her nose and sniffed around like a dog.
“What are you doing? Are you changing your career to a dog now?” Shi Lei used Zhang Liangliang’s joke to tease her.
Zhang Liangliang rolled her eyes. “Mhm, no smell of girls. Looks like this is really your car and you haven’t driven any other women in it yet.”
Shi Lei was speechless and thought: Where did you learn that from? And this judgement was not accurate at all! There was a woman who sat in here as soon as he got the car, and a beauty too! She did not only sit in the front passenger’s seat, but she also sat in the driver’s seat.
“Dashu, did you pick up money or something? I heard my Lao Zhang(1) say that it is possible for that to be judged as illegal possession with our country’s laws!”
“Can’t you wish for something better?” Shi Lei drove skillfully out of the neighborhood. When the phone buzzed, Shi Lei took it out and threw it to Zhang Liangliang. “Check it. It’s probably your mother telling us where we are eating.”
Zhang Liangliang said “oh” and yelled, “Password!”
After Shi Lei told her the password, she glanced at it and complained, “She has no new ideas. It’s the Lan Fu Palace next to the river again.”
Shi Lei knew where Lan Fu Palace was, but had never been there before. It was a high quality restaurant next to the antique street which mainly promoted their food in a healthy aspect to attract customers. It obviously didn’t fit someone like Shi Lei who was satisfied with having meat and seafood. Of course, that was before. Now, Shi Lei was over that phase and even without the Black Card, he could live a better life than ordinary people with his investment in Zhen Xu.
He made an U-turn outside and headed straight for the antique street.
Zhang Liangliang babbled on next to Shi Lei, “Dashu, you haven’t answered my question. Where did you get the money to buy the car? You were tutoring me to earn money not long ago, so how did you become so wealthy all of a sudden? Or perhaps you are a modest fuerdai and the reason why you tutored me was to hit on me?”
Shi Lei couldn’t help but oppose. “Pick up your ass! Fasten your seatbelt. Can’t you hear the beeping?”
Zhang Liangliang felt wronged and she pursed her lips. She buckled the seatbelt “Hurry up and answer the question,” she said.
“I met some new people recently. They taught me how to earn money and I did earn quite a lot. I’m definitely not a fuerdai. All the money I have are mine.” Shi Lei didn’t have much confidence when he said this, since all the money was given to him by the Black Card and he received it all without having to do anything.
