Chapter 97 Sometimes missing out is not necessarily a bad thing!
Charles de Gaulle Airport!
Business jet parking apron!
A dozen luxury cars including Rolls-Royce and Bentley stopped next to a large private plane with their hazard lights on!
"I didn't expect Mr. Arno and Miss Shulaya would come and see me off in person!"
At the beginning, Su Chen planned to leave quietly. After all, the old man Arnault was a very bad guy, and no one knew what he was planning behind the scenes. It was impossible to play the game with his limited brain, so it was better for him to return home early.
But I didn't expect to meet Arnault who had been waiting for a long time as soon as I arrived at the airport.
"Mr. Su, you are planning to leave without saying goodbye. If this gets out, people will say that I, Arnault, didn't treat you well enough!" Arnault said angrily.
"Hahaha~ I'm not afraid of disturbing you, so I thought I'd tell you after I get on the plane!" Su Chen also laughed ~ Could it be that after I told you that Paris is not fun, you bad old man still want to trick him?
"I'm sorry for not treating you well this time. Next time Mr. Su comes to Paris, I'll take you around and let you taste our Parisian delicacies!"
"Okay, that's no problem! Just don't think I'm picky when the time comes, Mr. Arno!"
The two of them just started practicing meaningless Tai Chi, chatting with each other.
The conversation between the two was interrupted until the crew came to inform Su Chen that the airport tower was urging them to take off.
Watching the plane slowly slide out of the parking space and enter the take-off runway, a roar sounded and the plane slowly flew away from the airport.
"Shulaya, you won't blame your father for wanting to match you and Su Chen, right?" Arno spoke after watching the plane disappear from his sight.
Shulaya shook her head slightly. She had no objection to her father's arrangement. Unfortunately, Su Chen didn't have any thoughts about him at all.
Shulaya couldn't help feeling annoyed when she thought about how Su Chen had refused her invitation to travel so readily.
Am I not pretty?? I really don’t have any gentlemanly manners at all!!
"Ah!" Arno sighed heavily.
Every family has its own problems. Although the Arnault family seems to be very powerful, in fact, the internal crisis is not small at all. His two younger brothers have always been eyeing his position, and they hold a lot of shares in the group, which together account for 13%!
Although there is still a big gap compared to Arnault's 20%, the family struggle for power and profit is inevitable!
I am old now, and I will retire behind the scenes in a few years. If I don't pave the way for my daughter's inheritance as soon as possible, I don't know what will happen in the future.
The internal struggle of a wealthy family is no joke, and you can't be too careful.
It's not that he hasn't thought about seeking marriage with other families. This is a very normal thing in Europe, but Arnault doesn't want to invite a wolf into the house. The LVMH Group has finally prospered under his leadership, so how could he allow others to reap the benefits?
As for why he chose Su Chen, it was simply because he was impressed by Su Chen's inaction, his lack of interest in business management, but his ability to be a strong helper. In addition, he was from China. Under many factors, Arnault made the decision.
It’s a pity that the falling flowers are affectionate but the flowing water is merciless!
If Arnault had told Su Chen about this matter frankly, Su Chen might have considered it, but letting Shulaya test his thoughts scared Su Chen, and he thought Arnault was plotting against him again.
After a long silence, Arno sighed and turned to walk towards the car, "Hey, let's go back!"
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Ten thousand meters high!
Bombardier 7500 Private Jet Lounge!
Su Chen lay on the bed, silently reciting in his heart.
"system!"
[Host: Su Chen]
[Intermediate God of Wealth: 9 million/4 billion]
【Wealth: 123456789 yuan】
[Warehouse: Share Agreement of Luwei Group and others]
How come it’s only 940 million?!
Su Chen calculated in his mind that the 80 million for the private jet would only be 580 million Chinese yuan when converted into Chinese currency. Add to that the 334 million he had spent in the imperial capital before, and the more than 20 million he had spent before, and the total would be about this amount!
I still have exactly six small goals left.
"The system only needs 60 million experience points to upgrade. I don't know what surprises will be waiting for me this time!" Su Chen muttered softly.
"Lao Su, what are you mumbling about? Any surprise?" Si Cong walked in with two glasses of juice.
Hearing Sicong's words, Su Chen quickly opened his eyes.
"Nothing, just about buying a private jet!"
"By the way, are you going back to the Magic City or the Imperial City this time?" Sicong said as he handed the juice in his hand to Su Chen.
Su Chen took it and took a sip. It was his favorite watermelon juice!
He turned to look at Sicong and asked with some confusion: "We are going to refuel in the Magic City and fly directly to the Imperial City. What do you have to do in the Magic City?"
Su Chen also guessed in his heart that Sicong had something to deal with in Modu, and this matter was even somewhat related to him, otherwise he would not have asked him.
The large private jet, the Wada, that they had taken before had returned two days ago. After all, Su Chen bought a new plane and Sicong also wanted to experience it.
It was definitely not to curry favor with Su Chen, it was simply to save fuel money!
"Well, I have an appointment with some friends to meet in Shanghai, and by the way, let's talk about your wine!" Speaking of this, Si Cong hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "Lao Su, what are your plans regarding the wine?"
"Hmm? Isn't it given to you to be responsible for everything?" Su Chen said casually.
Si Cong gave Su Chen a cold look and said, "Do you really not know or are you pretending to be confused? I mean the profit sharing!"
"Oh, you're talking about this. It's up to you. Just make your own arrangements!"
To be honest, Su Chen really didn't take the wine company created by Sicong seriously. According to the calculations Sicong had made for him before, the annual profit was only about 100 million yuan. Even if the production was expanded next year, it would only be a matter of a few hundred million yuan.
As for the scale of tens of billions or even hundreds of billions, it cannot be created in a short period of time. It will take at least two to three years, and that is assuming smooth development.
But that little profit is nothing to Su Chen. His monthly system income is now equivalent to the wine company's annual profit. He really doesn't care about such a small matter.
But it’s different for Sicong, if this is done well, it will be a huge cash flow that can provide him with cash continuously, so he is particularly concerned about this matter!
Seeing Su Chen's indifferent look, Sicong didn't know what to say for a moment!
"Brother, let's talk about business. This is a project related to several small goals. Can you be a little more serious?" Sicong suddenly felt that his title as the son of the richest man seemed a bit undeserved.
"Hey, okay~ okay!" Seeing Sicong's aggrieved look, Su Chen smiled and sat up straight.
Seeing this, Si Cong didn't want to waste time and went straight to the point, "Lao Su, how do you say we should distribute the shares?"
Su Chen did not rush to answer. He touched his chin, thought for a moment and asked, "How much do you think is appropriate?"
"Three to seven? You seven and I three?" Sicong asked tentatively.
Upon hearing this, Su Chen looked at Sicong in surprise. He didn't expect that he would give such a ratio. This was basically like working for him!
Of course, there are definitely some small thoughts mixed in, but no matter what, the attitude is still very appropriate.
He tapped the table with his fingers a few times before slowly saying, "Fifty-fifty, it's you who ran around for this matter. If I give you less, Jiang Yang and the others will think I'm exploiting you!"
"Fifty-fifty?" Sicong didn't expect Su Chen to be so generous and directly gave him 4% of the shares. He originally thought that getting % would be good enough!
Si Cong came back to his senses and felt a little embarrassed, "Hehe~ Lao Su, this is not good!"
Su Chen glanced and said, "Oh~ If you think it's too much, then 40% will do!"
"Not much, not much, fifty percent is good! Fifty percent is good!" Sicong said quickly shaking his head.
"Okay~ Go tell Lao Jiang that we'll stay in Shanghai for two days before returning. Ask him to tell the crew!"
Su Chen thought of his old friend Yang Wei. He had said before that he would find time to visit him. It has been more than a month now, and he just happened to go and see him this time. He didn't know if his sister-in-law and Xiaoyan were getting better now.
When Sicong saw that Su Chen agreed to stay in the Magic City for two days, he smiled and left the room. Now his mind was full of how to quickly spread the reputation of this wine.
The Magic City is still the Magic City of lights and wine!
There has not been any change because of who comes and who leaves, it is still the same addictive metropolis.
It was already past four in the morning when Su Chen and his friends landed at Hongqiao Airport.
When they came out of the airport, everyone looked listless, except Su Chen!
Although Sicong and the others slept on the plane, it was not as comfortable as sleeping on a bed. The only bed on the plane was occupied by Su Chen!
"Lao Su, let's have dinner together tonight. I'll send you the address later!" Sicong said while yawning. He seemed to be very sleepy.
"Okay~ You should go back and rest early!" Su Chen patted Sicong's shoulder and walked out of the airport.
As soon as he walked out of the airport, Su Chen saw a familiar person standing on the side of the road smoking, looking into the airport from time to time.
"Boss~"
"Why did you come in person?"
Before, he just told Pei Rang to arrange a car to pick him up, but Su Chen never expected that Pei Rang would come to pick her up in person.
"Hehe~ This is just a matter of convenience. I happen to live nearby, so it's convenient for me to come over. By the way, I'll report to you, the boss, about the recent situation of the company!" Pei Rang said with a smile. Su Chen was silent for a while after hearing this, and patted his shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work!"
At this moment, Su Chen felt how wise his previous decision was. He was lucky to meet such a responsible management!
Pei Rang drove the car alone. When going back, Fade Chen wanted to drive, but was rejected by Su Chen. After all, they had not rested well, and if they were absent-minded on the road, it would be a waste of time!
Finally, Su Chen waved his hand and asked Lao Jiang, Chen Fei and Xiao Peng to sit in the back and have a good rest. As for Pei Rang, he had to report to him, so he let him sit in the passenger seat. As for driving, it fell on Su Chen himself.
The early morning in the Magic City was also quiet, and there were not many cars on the road. Su Chen did not drive very fast, only about 60 or 70 miles per hour, mainly to make it easier for him to listen to Pei Rang's report.
"Boss, we have invested in 23 companies so far, covering more than a dozen industries such as catering, entertainment, health care, and technology. Most of them have been raised through Series A financing, with shareholdings ranging from 10% to 30%, with a total investment of 50 million!"
These companies are all high-quality small businesses that have been carefully selected within the company. They are all just starting out. The financing of each company ranges from 700,000 to 800,000 yuan, and as much as one or two million yuan. None of them are as high as tens of millions like ByteDance's previous financing.
Su Chen nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly asked, "Is there not much money left in the company's account?"
"Well, the company has sufficient funds, currently there are more than 150 million!" Pei Rang said with a smile.
More than 150 million? Su Chen looked at Pei Rang in surprise, signaling him not to beat around the bush and to tell him directly what was going on.
You should know that Su Chen had transferred a total of 350 million yuan to the company before, of which 50 million was distributed as bonuses to employees below. ByteDance spent more than 20 million US dollars on financing and acquisitions, which is almost 200 million yuan. Now it has invested another 50 million. How could there be 150 million yuan left in the company's accounts?
Where did the 100 million come from?
The answer is "stock speculation"!
As an investment company, Yunmengze Capital will definitely ensure that the company has sufficient operating funds before investing in other companies.
Pei Rang and Zong Xinyao reached a consensus on this point. Pei Rang led the investment team to frequently make moves in domestic and foreign stock markets, including futures, short-term, etc. As long as they could make money, no matter if it was tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, they would take it all.
Zong Xinyao led the internal team to screen high-quality companies. During the more than one month that Su Chen was away, the entire Yunmengze Capital was operating at super high capacity, which is why it was able to secure investments from 23 high-quality companies in such a short period of time!
Although the total investment amount is not large, the areas involved are very wide. As long as one company stands out from it, their investment will not be considered a failure!
Why did the entire Yunmengze Capital work so hard from top to bottom? It was because of Su Chen's 50 million reward that everyone saw what it meant to get what you pay for. Although many ordinary employees did not get as much reward as Pei Rang and others, everyone also got 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. This also showed that their boss was not a stingy person.
This alone is worth the effort!
"You are so good, Pei Rang. I was wondering why you were so active today. You went out at three or four in the morning to wait for me at the airport. It seems like you are here to take credit!" Su Chen joked with a smile.
"Hehe~ Boss, I don't have this idea. I am here to pick you up sincerely!" Pei Rang quickly argued.
"Okay, okay, I know about the efforts of you, Zong Xinyao and other people in the company. As for the reward..." Su Chen pondered for a moment before saying, "I won't give it to you for now. I'll give you a big reward at the end of the year!"
Su Chen just gave out rewards before, so it would be a bit redundant to give out rewards now. It would be better to wait until the end of the year so that the entire company can celebrate properly and let everyone go back happily to have a good new year!
Pei Rang smiled brightly upon hearing this, "Hehe~ I would like to thank the boss for his generosity on behalf of all the employees of Yunmengze Capital!"
Seeing Pei Rang's excitement, Su Chen couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water on him, "Look how proud you are of yourself. Remember, take it slow and steady. Don't be too eager for quick success. The company will temporarily slow down the pace of investment, and the investment team should also pay more attention. If any mistakes are made, it will cause immeasurable losses to the company!"
"I understand, boss!" Pei Rang's heart tightened, knowing that the boss was warning him not to lose his mind with temporary results.
It was already six o'clock in the morning when we returned to Seaview No. 1, and we had breakfast on the roadside.
When Pei Rang was about to leave, Su Chen stopped him and asked Jiang Hui to get two boxes of wine for him!
"Boss, what is this?" Pei Rang looked at the wine in his hand. There was no label on it and it looked like the wine sold at a roadside stall for a dozen yuan a bottle.
"I brought it back from Paris. It's produced in the vineyard below my own estate. The two bottles in your hand are collection-level wines that have been aged for nearly fifty years. There are less than a hundred bottles in total. They are for you and Zong Xinyao!"
Pei Rang was also a little confused. Produced from his own vineyard? Fifty years old? Collection grade?
But he understood one thing from it, that this wine that looked like it was sold at a roadside stall was very valuable!
"Thank you, boss!" Pei Rang carefully put away the two bottles of wine before driving away.
This time when Su Chen came back, he basically emptied out all the aged wines in the vineyard. Most of them were taken away by Si Cong. Su Chen kept a part for himself. There were only about 500 bottles of wines aged between 40 and 50 years, and 500 bottles of wines of other ages. In total, there were only about 80 boxes, all loaded on his private plane, ready to be transported back to the courtyard house in the imperial capital.
Su Chen also took three boxes off the plane and prepared to put them at Seaview No. 1. If friends come to his house occasionally, he can also entertain them! -
Ruijin Hospital parking lot!
"Sir, who are you going to the hospital to see? Why are you buying so many good things?" Chen Fei tightened the four gift boxes in his hand. They were all supplements such as saffron and cordyceps.
Su Chen went to several places before he could buy the authentic one.
"An old friend of mine!" Su Chen said without turning his head, not knowing how his sister-in-law and Xiaoyan were doing.
According to his previous memory, Su Chen quickly arrived at the special care area of the Nephrology Department.
When Su Chen pushed the door open and walked in, he found it empty. His heart tightened, and he quickly turned around and walked towards the nurse's station.
Chen Fei, who was following behind Su Chen, didn't understand what was going on for a while. But when he looked towards the intensive care room, he understood it instantly.
"Why is the ward empty? Is there any patient left?" When coming up just now, Chen Fei took a rough look and found that many patients on this floor were suffering from renal failure or uremia.
Chen Fei came to his senses and hurriedly trotted to catch up with Su Chen.
"Nurse, I want to ask where the patient in Intensive Care Unit 3 has gone?" Su Chen asked nervously.
"Special Care Room 3? Wait a moment!" The nurse looked at Su Chen in surprise, and then opened the record book.
Soon the nurse checked the records and said, "Sir, the patients in Special Care Room 3 and Special Care Room 4 have been discharged!"
"Discharged from the hospital?" Su Chen looked at the nurse with some confusion.
"Well, according to the records, the operations on the two patients were very successful, and they recovered very well. They were discharged from the hospital a few days ago!"
Su Chen nodded after hearing this, "Thank you, nurse!"
"No trouble!" the nurse said hastily. She knew that Special Care Room 3 and Special Care Room 4 were not simple, and there were not many people who could be taken seriously by the director.
After coming out of the hospital, Su Chen felt much better, as if there was one less thing he was worried about!
He did not call Yang Wei to inquire about the situation. After all, Yang Wei had given him an IOU before. If he called rashly, people would think he was going to collect the debt.
After thinking about it, Su Chen called Haozi. The information he got surprised Su Chen a little. Wei Ge resigned and returned to his hometown in Bashu, and he took the train this morning.
He said that Yang Wei had called him before, but couldn't get through after two days. He then asked Haozi and a few others to call him but still couldn't get through. Before leaving, he asked them to make sure to contact him.
Su Chen knew what was going on as soon as he thought about it. They were still in Paris when they called him, so how could the call come in? As for why Yang Wei was so anxious to find him, Su Chen also understood what was going on.
Yang Wei knew his bank before, but after he changed his card to a black card from China Construction Bank, that card had been cancelled. I guess when Yang Wei wanted to pay him back, he found that the transfer failed, so he asked Haozi and the others to pay attention to his phone.
Before hanging up the phone, Su Chen specifically told Haozi not to tell Yang Wei his phone number. As for the reason, Su Chen also briefly explained it, otherwise Su Chen guaranteed that Haozi would sell him out.
"It's okay to miss it. Maybe it's God's arrangement!"
Su Chen muttered a few words quietly and walked towards the parking lot. When passing by the trash can, Su Chen took out a piece of paper from his pocket, tore it into pieces and threw it into the trash can.
Su Chen had no intention of asking Yang Wei to pay back the 800,000 yuan at the beginning. It was a good thing that this situation had happened now. He could let them return to their hometown to recuperate, and with that money, he believed that their family could live a good life.
The premise is that the disease will not recur
"Puh, puh, puh~" Su Chen slapped his mouth lightly a few times. He really didn't think about the bad things when he thought about the good things. He deserved to be beaten!
"Ahem~Sir, what are you doing?" Chen Fei, who was following behind him, looked at Su Chen and asked with some trepidation.
Su Chen glanced at him and said, "My mouth is itchy, so what's wrong with patting it?"
Fade Chen shook his head like a rattle.
"It's okay, just drive home!"
"Go home? Sir, what should we do with these supplements? We won't give them away!" Chen Fei said as he picked up four boxes of supplements.
"You keep it and send it back to your grandma when you have time!" Su Chen said and opened the car door and sat in.
When Chen Fei heard Su Chen's words, he was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and bowed quickly.
"Thank you, sir!"
(End of this chapter)