rebirth against the times

Bai Shuo was not surprised. He would have to deal with the other party sooner or later anyway. Seeing that his whereabouts had been noticed by the other party, he walked over openly.

The man grinned, narrowed his eyes, showed a simple and honest smile, and welcomed the four of them in. After the restaurant owner arranged a round table for eight people, the two women gathered around

On either side of the man, he chose a seat in the back and sat down. At the same time, he took out a tissue and carefully wiped the tabletop in front of him repeatedly. The four of them didn't say anything, and then sat around the table.

"Brother Xie Ning, I don't know what the bosses call me." The man stood up, clasped his hands together, bowed with a smile, and asked first.

Bai Shuo then stood up and stretched out his hand to shake Xie Ning's hand: "Hello, my name is Bai Shuo. These are all my friends."

Xie Ning: "Oh, it turns out to be Boss Bai. I'm glad to meet you. I wonder if there's something wrong with Boss Bai following me around just now?"

Bai Shuo had already thought of his words and smiled slightly: "We were just wandering around with nothing to do. I just saw my dear friend arguing with an old man about buying a house. I thought it was very interesting. So I followed you around unconsciously.

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Xie Ning: "Oh, oh, that's it, it really made all the bosses laugh, laugh, haha..."

Zhong Pengcheng asked: "Why is Boss Xie so interested in that house? It seems that he must buy it..."

"No way! I just saw the quiet environment here and the unique charm of the ancient town. I thought it was too boring to live in a hotel, so I wanted to buy a large house that fits the local style as a place to stay." Xie

Ning replied, then smiled slightly and continued, "That house is actually very ordinary. Even if I buy it, I have to put some thought into it and modify it to meet my requirements. But I am a bit stubborn and have been getting better and better since I was a child."

The more challenging things are, the more I want to do them, so the more the old man doesn’t want to sell, the more I have to find a way to win, haha! It’s fun to laugh..."

Zhong Pengcheng asked again: "This effort will take a lot of time, so you are planning to live here permanently?"

Xie Ning nodded and stretched out his hands to hug the two beauties. He snickered and said: "The environment is elegant and beautiful, and there is a beautiful woman in the company. Why not stay here forever? Giggle... Giggle..."

Man Lin remained silent and just observed Xie Ning quietly, while Anna showed an expression of disgust and disgust.

Xie Ning glanced at Anna and Man Lin, let go of the two beauties beside him, and said seriously: "Haha, I'm just kidding. Actually, I'm here to do some business, which will probably take a long time, so I thought of buying one.

Now that I have a place to stay, I will have a fixed place to settle down every time I come here."

"Oh, no wonder you look so cool, brother, you are the big boss." Bai Shuo asked tentatively.

Xie Ning: "Hey, I'm not really a big boss. It's just that my dad has been doing business for half his life and made some money. Because he was not in good health, he handed over the company to me..."

"Oh, it turns out that son inherited his father's business... I wonder what your dad's company does?" Bai Shuo said with a smile.

"The Qifeng Group in Shanghai is mainly engaged in commercial real estate, transportation and logistics..."

"Qifeng Group!?" Zhong Pengcheng said in surprise.

Bai Shuo looked at Zhong Pengcheng with some doubts. Zhong Pengcheng immediately explained to Bai Shuo: "Qifeng Group is a well-known old company in Shanghai. It has a wide range of businesses. It is conservatively estimated that the company's total assets should be no less than 50 billion."

"Haha, it's just a small company. This boss knows about our Qifeng Group. It's rare..." Xie Ning laughed.

Zhong Pengcheng smiled: "It was a coincidence. When I was working as an investment banker in Shanghai, there happened to be a project involving Qifeng Group, and I had some basic understanding of it."

"I see. I didn't expect that this boss is still an elite in the investment banking industry. I'm disrespectful." Xie Ning suddenly realized, then turned to look at Bai Shuo and asked, "Is Boss Bai also engaged in investment business?"

Although a 50 billion-level enterprise is not enough to surprise Bai Shuo, it is still amazing that Xie Ning can inherit such a large family business at such a young age. "Haha, if we make a small investment, it will be comparable to yours."

The legendary rich second generation..." Bai Shuo said to Xie Ning half-jokingly.

"Hey! Don't, don't label me as a 'rich second generation'. I won't sleep on my dad's achievements. All his previous businesses were slowly spun off by me.

After all, traditional industries are outdated. Now is an era of innovation and change. I have my own ideas and want to find my own path." Xie Ning said with confidence.

"Tsk, tsk, he is still a rich second generation with ideals..." Bai Shuo admired, and at the same time, he sincerely admired Xie Ning for having such an idea.

At this time, the restaurant owner had arranged a large table of dishes and also served a bottle of Yanghe wine. Xie Ning glanced at the wine, and a beautiful woman next to him immediately stood up lightly, opened the bottle, and asked for it.

Pour it for everyone.

"Hey, I just love drinking this wine, and I forgot to ask your opinion, okay?" Xie Ning said with a smile.

Bai Shuo nodded: "It's up to the guest to do as he pleases. It's really annoying today."

Anna and Man Lin slightly expressed their intention not to drink. The beauty did not force herself, and poured a full glass for Bai Shuo and Zhong Pengcheng very sensibly. Then she poured it for Xie Ning, and she snuggled up to them very obediently.

came to Xie Ning's side.

Xie Ning picked up the wine glass and made a toasting gesture to Bai Shuo and others. He didn't even drink when everyone clinked their glasses, so he drank by himself.

After Bai Shuo and Zhong Pengcheng finished drinking a glass, Xie Ningcai pretended to be surprised to find that Anna and Man Lin did not drink. He said with emotion: "Fine wine is with you and a beautiful woman is by your side. How can these two beauties not drink a few drinks in this scene?"

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Bai Shuo immediately explained to Anna and Man Lin, claiming that they did not know how to drink. Xie Ning laughed loudly: "It seems that Boss Bai still doesn't know enough about his women..."

As soon as these words came out, a blush appeared on Manlin's face, and Anna also gave Bai Shuo a slight glance.

Xie Ning picked up a large glass from the table, then poured wine into it and said: "Boss Bai, the beautiful Xiao Min next to me doesn't know how to drink. She usually gets drunk when she touches alcohol..."

Before he finished speaking, Xie Ning placed a full glass of liquor worth more than two taels in front of the beautiful girl Xiao Min, and without looking back he said softly: "Drink it." Then he continued.

While drinking Bai Shuo we talked about other things.

Bai Shuo didn't listen carefully to Xie Ning's next words. He only noticed that beauty Xiao Min didn't hesitate at all. He picked up the glass of wine and drank it in one gulp. Unexpectedly, as soon as he drank it, he coughed extremely unaccustomedly. Xie Ning didn't seem to have it.

Noticing the condition of the female companion next to him, he happily chatted with Bai Shuo about his business while eating the food. It turned out that Xie Ning came here to purchase a large amount of local cinnamon and other spice specialties, and then open a factory.

Deeply process these spices to fully develop their commercial value such as seasoning, medical use, and extraction of rare substances.

Bai Shuo suddenly thought that along the way he saw that all the spices in the shops were sold out and the prices were so high. He didn't know if it had anything to do with this dear friend.

At this time, the beautiful woman named Xiao Min was already drunk on the table. Bai Shuo frowned slightly when he noticed it. Xie Ning also noticed Bai Shuo's expression, looked back, and then said to Bai Shuo: "Women are just like this."

You have to train and teach her like this, look how well-behaved and obedient she is, sleeping like a cat, haha."

If Bai Shuo's previous impression of Xie Ning was that he was a bit cynical, conceited and fun-loving, now it makes Bai Shuo feel a little disgusted. However, as a rich second generation, it is understandable to be a little willful when you have money.

"Is Boss Xie's business here okay? I heard that the people here are very exclusive. It's not easy to get a foothold here. Just like the house you're interested in, as a foreigner, you want to use it for yourself.

You really won’t be welcomed by the locals." Bai Shuo said calmly.

"It's easy. Find a way to make friends with some powerful local people. As long as you have their support, it's easy to start a small business here. If the locals still don't cooperate, then find other ways to force them to cooperate..."

"How?!" Zhong Pengcheng asked in surprise.

Xie Ning smiled slyly: "Haha, it depends on the specific situation."

Seeing that Xie Ning didn't want to reveal anything, Zhong Pengcheng didn't ask any more questions, but just picked up the wine glass and drank with Xie Ning.

The meal lasted for more than half an hour, and Xiao Min didn't wake up completely until the end. Xie Ning shook his head, took the initiative to pay the bill, and asked another beauty named Xiaona to help Xiao Min up, looking very humble and apologetic.

He said like this: "Hey, you useless girl, you disturbed everyone's interest and made you laugh. That's it for today. We are destined to meet again."

Bai Shuo asked if he needed help, but Xie Ning said no, and then left with the two girls.

"What a weird rich second generation," Zhong Pengcheng said as he looked at Xie Ning's retreating figure.

It wasn't until Xie Ning and the others disappeared completely that Man Lin asked Bai Shuo why she didn't ask Xie Ning if he had been to Nanshui Town? Bai Shuo felt that Xie Ning was not as simple as he appeared, and he wanted to find out more.

It is best not to reveal one's intentions rashly when it comes to the other party's identity. After all, this is the scope of La'an's strength, and everything needs to be done with caution. Then he comforted Manlin and told her not to worry too much.

Back at the hotel, Cao An and the others had also returned. After some investigation, they learned that a force in La'an had built a village somewhere in Shifa Mountain. No one knew the exact location. However, there were people near "Tianshu Ridge"

I have met a large group of La'an troops, so I estimate that the village should be in the direction of Tianshu Ridge. Three or four days ago, the La'an people welcomed many distinguished guests from all over the mountain at this mountain pass. It seemed that they were going to

It's like some kind of grand event is held in the mountains.

Because they were not familiar with the environment and were afraid of alerting the attention of La'an forces, Cao An and others did not dare to ask too many questions or too detailed. After grasping a general situation, they hurried back. However, Cao An suggested that they could find one or two reliable people.

We will use local people who are familiar with the road conditions as our guides, and when appropriate, we will first go to the vicinity of Tianshu Ridge to explore.

Zhong Pengcheng also told Cao An with interest about the Xie Ning he met today, and said that apart from being fatter, Xie Ning was somewhat similar to Cao An. Cao An sighed deeply, his father

He has always been in business, but why has he not earned such a huge family fortune for himself? Especially when he heard Bai Shuo describe the two beauties around Xie Ning in a jealous way, Cao An even showed a look of envy and hatred.

expression.

Finally, Bai Shuo and others discussed it and decided that more information needed to be collected and it was not advisable to act rashly for the time being. In the afternoon, Bai Shuo took Cao An, Man Lin, Anna, and Zhao Yong to the entrance of the mountain and around the mountain stream to understand the situation again.

, the information known is basically the same as what Cao An said, and there is no substantial progress. However, in a sparsely populated place on the edge of Laliang Town, close to the southern foot of the mountain, I found an old farmer who claimed to often go in and out of the mountain to collect herbs.

Under Cao An's emotional and financial offensive, the old farmer happily agreed to serve as a guide and take Bai Shuo and others into the mountain. But the old farmer did not have a mobile phone or a phone, so Bai Shuo told the old farmer that they still needed to prepare something, and they should only have these two.

The sky will enter the mountains, so the old farmer must not go far during this period, but wait at home, and they will come to pick him up when the time comes.

Before leaving, Cao An thought of something and took out two hundred-dollar bills from his body and handed them to the old farmer as a deposit for the job.

The old farmer was very simple and upright and quickly declined: "Oh, I can't do it. I can't do it. I'll give it to you after the work is done."

Cao An didn't care so much, and directly stuffed the banknotes into the old farmer's arms: "Take it as long as you can. It will be given to you sooner or later. Is it possible that you will regret not leading the way for us?"

When the old farmer heard this, he quickly said: "Hey, no, no, it will be fine if I agree to your request." Then he accepted the money very embarrassed.

Although she had only taken care of the guide matter, Man Lin seemed extremely happy. She kept thanking Bai Shuo and Cao An on the way back, which made Cao An burst out with heroic spirit again, muttering to Bai Shuo as soon as possible.

Go into the mountains to save people.

At this time, Bai Shuo discovered that there was a 2-meter-wide sidewalk in front of him, which was large enough for vehicles to pass. It could be seen that the road had just been built recently. One end connected to the road in the town, and the other end went straight to Suzhou.

I went to the foot of the mountain and went around the foot of the mountain, but I couldn't see where I would end up.

"Hey, it's so strange, how could such a road be built here." Cao An also noticed something strange.

Coincidentally, two off-road vehicles drove along this road from the direction of the town at this time, which was obviously inevitably related to this road.

Just as Bai Shuo was wondering what kind of people were in the car, two cars stopped in front of Bai Shuo and others. The rear window of the car headed by them slowly rolled down, and a chubby face with a bright smile appeared in front of them.

In front of Bai Shuo.

"Hey...Boss Bai, what a fate!"