High School Belle Fell in Love with Me

Chapter 626: Chapter 268: The Meaning of Being the World’s Richest Person (Part 3)

The term "special supply" is likely just some unlicensed products creating their own packaging for marketing purposes.

"Didn’t we just say no?"

"This is just to save face for you, you know, a symbolic gift of a hundred thousand or so."

"Hung up!"

Jiang Baichuan didn’t want to continue talking with Li Yang.

He regretted it; he should have called Jiang Banxia.

For some reason, he decided to call Li Yang first.

And ended up taking a year’s worth of frustration in one go.

After hanging up, Jiang Banxia said, "He’s quite old, is this really okay?"

"It’s because he’s old that he needs some excitement now and then—as a sort of brain exercise. Also, you’re the world’s richest person now. No matter who you’re facing, be a bit tougher, so they don’t think we’re easy to bully."

"Am I not tough enough?"

Jiang Banxia always thought she was pretty tough, basically giving no one any face.

"Not enough, far from it. Look at how tough other world’s richest people are. Wherever they go, there’s a crowd to greet them. Whatever terms they want, it’s settled immediately. Do I still need to call and waste my breath? No, just send them a directive."

Li Yang knows very well what kind of reception the world’s richest get when they come to China. All the richest people are the same; who’s inferior to whom?

Since Jiang Banxia ascended to the position of the world’s wealthiest, Li Yang wouldn’t easily let her step down.

"Alright, alright, I’ve noted it down, anything else?"

"Of course, ask them for bodyguards; their arranged bodyguards are very professional. Also, get a medical team; the teams they integrate have high credibility. Even if we don’t use them, we can’t do without them. This is the pride of the world’s richest."

"Uh huh... Why does being the world’s richest feel a bit like being a rascal?"

"Bah! Do you know the value your status as the world’s richest brings? On a small scale, your clear and untainted wealth serves as a global financial barometer. Just mentioning a company could lead to twenty consecutive limit-ups; it’s a disgrace if it doesn’t honor the title of the world’s richest. Every word you say is worth tens of billions, even hundreds of billions."

"And on a larger scale?"

"There’s so much to say. The whole world knows the world’s richest is a Chinese, which boosts national confidence internally and attracts global attention externally. Hiring an ambassador requires a fee, so why not ask for some benefits? And it’s not for nothing; Wanliu Capital’s contribution to the economy is something they understand better than we do."

So far, Wanliu Capital, apart from its own funds, hasn’t accepted any other LP mandates, which means from its establishment to now, Wanliu Capital has earned over 200 billion, with 190 billion distributed to over a million fund holders.

Each fund holder averages around 150,000.

Few of those fund holders are wealthy, and most can’t even be classified as middle class.

After all, the definition of middle class domestically is household assets exceeding six million.

For those who can’t even be classified as middle class, they’re sure to spend any money they earn.

Even if they don’t spend it today, they’ll spend it tomorrow.

Jiang Banxia truly hadn’t realized how impressive her identity was because in her eyes, there was only Li Yang.

"Seems... that does make sense."

Li Yang continued, "The real value is more than just what I mentioned. Now, you’re merely a barometer; in two more years, you’ll be a global financial leader. If you say to short someone, they won’t survive till the next day. If you say to go long on someone, even a desolate place could rise from the ground."

"Then I’ll go long on my husband, go long on Extreme Shadow Cars, and go long on Kuai Pai!"

Li Yang: "..."

That’s pretty good too; he liked shouldering Jiang Banxia’s weight.

After resting enough, he took their clothes for dry cleaning, so they wouldn’t have to change into a new set.

Next, he touched up some photos and posted them online.

Dou Ying was busying herself with house chores; she had more free time when Li Yang and Jiang Banxia took care of the kid.

As for the couple’s conversations, she heard them but acted as if she hadn’t.

Even though she was also a high-achieving finance student, she completely couldn’t tune into their brainwaves, feeling not in the same world as them.

With what Li Yang said, had it been from someone else, it would never be believed.

But Jiang Banxia believed it, deeply so, and actually planned to follow through on Li Yang’s requests.

Incredibly absurd!

...

Ning Hao’s companion gaming studio had taken off, although currently with just over a dozen people.

After Wanliu Capital’s stock price stabilized, he made a call to Zhang Mansheng.

"Mr. Zhang, I’ve cleared out your shares in Wanliu Capital today. With the stock price stable recently, once you receive the money, you can repurchase using your own brokerage account. I won’t hold them for you anymore; with the principal, it’s a total of four hundred thousand."

On the other end, Zhang Mansheng said, "Ning, would you like to come over for a meal?"

"Mr. Zhang, I’ll come visit when I’m free, just a bit busy lately."

He heard Zhang Mansheng sigh on the other end, "Alright then, but no need to send the money back. The last time, after deducting my principal, the surplus was returned to you. I did hold your shares, so these profits originally belong to you."

"No, no, that money is rightfully yours, those shares aren’t worth much, and I didn’t have extra funds to chip in. It’s settled, I’ll transfer it to you later."

After speaking, Ning Hao hung up the phone.

He wouldn’t greed over that money; those shares were resources he didn’t use.

At this moment, Zhang Mansheng was sitting in his living room, feeling a bit frustrated.

A couple of years ago during the New Year, Zhang Mengyu came back with some liquor worth a few thousand, saying someone had gifted it.

As a father, he saw it as one of two situations: either someone was courting Zhang Mengyu, or it was Zhang Mengyu’s boyfriend.

If it was the former, according to their family upbringing, Zhang Mengyu shouldn’t have accepted it.

But Zhang Mengyu explained that she tried to return the money but the person wouldn’t accept it, promising to give cash after the new year.

So Zhang Mansheng considered both scenarios.

In either case, he figured inviting the person for a meal since they spent the New Year alone was reasonable.

Afterward, he always tried to figure out what kind of relationship Ning Hao and Zhang Mengyu had.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t discern it.

During the New Year’s Eve dinner, Zhang Mengyu didn’t show any resistance, and Ning Hao didn’t show much affection — there was hardly any progress.

Later, he thought about investing some money in Ning Hao, believing that if there were profits and Ning Hao gave him the money, it indicated his daughter and Ning Hao were together.

If Ning Hao made an excuse to only return the principal, it meant he hadn’t pursued his daughter successfully.

After all, if he hadn’t managed to pursue his daughter, there was no need to give face; there wasn’t even a contract signed at the start, and even if he were to take it to court, he’d only be awarded the principal along with some interest.

Interest was only a few percentage points compared to tens of thousands-profit, a trivial amount.

But the result once again negated his assumptions.

Since early May when Ning Hao returned tens of thousands to him, he immediately discussed it with his daughter, and Zhang Mengyu was very certain there was no relationship between them, and Ning Hao hadn’t contacted her for several months.

Zhang Mansheng was dumbfounded.

The moment he received the money, he had even planned what dowry to prepare.

And yet...

He couldn’t fathom it.

What was Ning Hao after?

He earned a hefty sum of tens of thousands for him without any demands?

At least aim for something?

Was his family taking advantage of him twice?

Relying on past experience can be fatal!

Who would have thought there were people like this in the world?

How does my beautiful daughter not match up to you at all? No distracting thoughts from you? Even if you didn’t succeed in pursuing her, a bit of frustration would be understandable!