The standards of the food and wine are very high, and the ingredients are good. The master chef was invited from the provincial capital, and he brought his most famous disciples to cook a table of palace dishes. It was not up to the top, but in this small town of Songjiang, it was already worthy of the title. It is extremely delicious.
The five partners were sitting together drinking, and the beauty next to them was just a foil. Even though they were a little unfamiliar and not good at serving others, it could be seen that they had learned how to help the people around them eat and drink well at the dinner table, a unique skill. , making every time you move your chopsticks or pick up your wine glass, it will be just the right amount of comfort.
There are dishes on the plate that you want to eat.
There is just the right amount of wine in the glass.
After dinner, we went to Wei Tao's cigar club.
The place is not big, and there are not many members. Not many people like this thing, and Wei Tao himself doesn’t particularly like it. If you ask him to come every day, it will definitely not work. Come once in a while, light one, and sit there with a few friends , have some more wine, play soft music, and have a relaxing chat. Compared to finding a temporary place, this is also a private place with service staff. At least some friends in Wei Tao’s social circle will be willing to treat this place as a place. A place to relax and unwind.
Wu Xu got a bottle of good wine and a box of good cigars. He was already past the age of haste. Although the beauty around him was good, she was just the last dish of the night. Each of the 'dishes' in front of him, They are all accumulating the most satisfying state of this night.
Tiantianju did not change its name. If you go to the area of the ski resort that is not too busy in the summer, why not stick to the principle of staying close and go to Tiantianju to soak in the hot springs.
At this point, the five of them were separated, each with a hot spring resort courtyard. Zhou Sen had already arranged it.
On the small coffee table next to the bed in the house, there are new LV bags and a popular Cartier women's watch, which together cost about 100,000 yuan.
Needless to say, Wei Tao understood, and the mixed-race beauties around him also understood that since they chose 'equivalent exchange', they all knew where the extra reward came from.
Wei Tao doesn't care about the superficial enthusiasm and intimacy. This is the beauty of the wild flowers blooming on the roadside. People like them spend a lot of money to pick and appreciate them, and then take them home and wither. It has to be treated as garbage, there is no place to put it, and it will not always maintain the beauty of the moment it bloomed.
Well.
Shao Rui not only sent someone over, he also sent over a small suitcase, which contained not only some clothes that men liked, but also some props.
After getting the reward, extra bags and watches, many things become less difficult. Even if the melon is damaged when it ripens, it will not delay the sweetness of the melon from the inside out to satisfy the taster.
Among Wei Tao and the other five partners, it was a bit vulgar to talk about giving gifts and thanking each other, and they couldn't say anything or open their mouths. This was good. As for how good this gift is, others don’t know. Anyway, Wei Tao is incarnate as an animal. I feel sorry for your body. I only feel sorry for the ripened stems of melons. Elsewhere, you have tried your best to serve me. Don’t be sorry for your gift. serious.
At noon, Wei Taocai ordered a breakfast and went to the small courtyard. Then he entered the hot spring courtyard with the ancient physical therapy and massage program that Tiantianju has always retained.
After breakfast, I soaked in the hot spring for 20 minutes, steamed, and after coming out, I enjoyed an ancient massage. Every comfort in life is accumulated with money, and the meaning of making money is also immersed in this. seconds of enjoyment.
Returning to No. 1 Anshun Street in the evening, a newly ordered Rolls-Royce Phantom also arrived. It had been delivered a few days ago. Han Tiesheng spent two days playing with it in the well-equipped garage behind No. 1 Anshun Street. , is officially put into use today.
The maintenance of the car and the installation of some special devices on the car were all handled by Han Tiesheng.
Unless the car is driven back to Mr. Wei's exclusive garage behind No. 1 Anshun Street, Mr. He will not check it. As long as he goes out, he must check it before using it. Even if the environment and time do not allow it, he will check it. I have to come down and do a simple inspection about ten minutes before my boss uses the car. If it doesn't work, I will also drive it in the parking lot to see if there is any problem with the brakes or the like.
Zhou Xinglian and Uncle Leng went out for a walk. For the sake of their health, it can be regarded as a small tacit understanding between Wei Tao and Uncle Leng. The latter acted as the supervisor in life, urging the mother to eat properly and optimize her living habits. When the conditions are good, of course there is no It is best to be free from illness and disaster.
Seeing her son standing in the yard, the two of them came in from the back door. When Zhou Xinglian heard that the car was a special custom-made model with a price of over ten million, she was used to accepting that her son was already a super rich man, but she still couldn't adapt to life. A sudden change that far exceeds expectations.
After circling the car a few times, Wei Tao pulled his mother to get in and experience it. Zhou Xinglian and Uncle Leng sat in the back seat, and Lu Jiang ran up to be the driver and drove around the yard several times.
"Auntie, is this car so comfortable?"
Zhou Xinglian didn't know how to answer Lu Jiang's question. When the car stopped, she got out of the car and still pursed her lips: "Ten million for a small car?"
She clicked her tongue, obviously still unable to accept the fact that if the house was a large villa, it cost more than 10 million. How could she still accept that a car used as a means of transportation cost more than 10 million? If it's over a million dollars, it's called a luxury car, so what does this mean?
"Son, how many cars are there?"
Zhou Xinglian was still counting on her fingers with great interest. Wei Tao raised the corners of his mouth and hugged his mother: "Mom, you choose one and give it to you. If you don't like it, how about we go to the provincial capital to pick one?"
Zhou Xinglian quickly shook her head and waved her hands: "I don't want it, and I can't drive it. Your Uncle Leng's car is pretty good. We both have nothing to do, so we don't want the car. You are the boss, and the car is just a facade when you go out to discuss business. I understand. You can keep it yourself."
"Look, aren't you very knowledgeable? Why are you still making such a fuss? Mom, let's go to the wholesale market tomorrow morning, and then go to the morning market. I haven't been there for a long time. I don't know if anything has changed."
This proposal was approved by Zhou Xinglian, and Wei Tao could clearly see the excitement in her eyes. Turning around early in the morning, he saw his son getting two bicycles at the door. As a mother, Zhou Xinglian's smile became even stronger. .
Wei Tao rode one, and Uncle Leng took Zhou Xinglian on another. They rode to the vegetable wholesale market in Jiangnan in ten minutes.
The environment here has not changed much. There are still a large number of people coming to serve food before dawn. The flow of people is still surging, and the air is still filled with the unique smell of this place - a mixture of fresh vegetables and rain and sweat stains.
"How much do persimmons cost per pound?"
“How do you open your cucumbers (wholesale in boxes)?”
The mother and son asked with great interest. In fact, both of them had already left the "frontline life". In the past year, Zhou Xinglian has not sold much. She has never been a hard-working person and has been distracted by life. She is forced to sell vegetables, has the ability to endure hardships and stand hard work, and her living conditions have improved. With the advice of her son and other people around her, she easily gave up working in the store early in the morning and late at night. Her daily life has become regular. In the past six months, she has become even more lazy. I came here at around eight or nine o'clock, not to see the store, but to see old neighbors and friends here, chatting and playing cards, which was very comfortable.
She had given these vegetable sellers an amateur status, but it was Wei Tao, holding a cigarette in his mouth, who walked directly to the transport truck. He skillfully stepped on the broken bench on the ground, held the handrail of the car, and got on after a while. Trucks, choose directly here.
skilled.
The vendor didn't say anything and just let him browse and choose. The price was not as tight as before and he directly gave him the lowest wholesale price.
Lu Jiang drove a shabby car and stepped on the brakes.
Zhou Xinglian thought that I didn’t want to buy it either, so I shouldn’t ask in detail. But seeing her son like this, she seemed to really want to buy some.
Wei Tao squatted on the pallet of the truck, watching Lu Jiang load ten boxes of cucumbers and five boxes of tomatoes into the van, and took out his own Xuanhemen. This thin-stem cigarette became popular all over the country once it was launched. Maybe the boss also smokes this, maybe he works part-time. I also smoked this. Before so many thin-stem cigarettes came out, this cigarette with a blue filter tip could really be a suitable cigarette for all three religions and nine cigarettes.
I handed a cigarette to the vegetable vendor and had a decent conversation.
The three of them walked around the vegetable market and met a breakfast vendor riding a bicycle with a foam box on the back to sell some pancakes, bread and milk in bags.
Zhou Xinglian recognized the other party, but the other party did not recognize her. After several years of pampering, even if she wore the same clothes today, she no longer looked as down-to-earth as she did when she was a vendor.
She smiled dumbly, and Uncle Leng comforted her at the side: "Let's go, what should I say if I recognize you? There is nothing to say. Let's go to the morning market?"
Zhou Xinglian sighed: "I still remember the eldest sister. She told me that she had two children at home, one in high school and one in elementary school. I guess the younger one will also take the college entrance examination in the next two years. She told me back then that she would wait until the child After all the money has been paid, I won’t go out to sell anything. I have land and a house at home, so I won’t let myself be so tired.”
The vegetable vendors here have also changed a lot. Some of the old vendors did not recognize Wei Tao. Compared with Zhou Xinglian’s clean and dignified demeanor now, Wei Tao has completely changed. His appearance is still the same facial features, but other aspects have changed. It's very big. Those who are not familiar with it will not connect the person in front of them with the small traders who bought vegetables in the market. Not to mention those who don't have deep memories, even the vegetable seller who has been doing business with Wei Tao for more than half a year. Unrecognizable.
"Let me tell you, do you know the Anshun Group?"
Lu Jiang drove away long ago, while Han Tiesheng was in the dark.
Wei Tao and the others were about to leave the vegetable wholesale market and go to the morning market where they had practiced stalls, when they heard this voice.
There are a lot of loud voices here, so you don’t have to get close to hear what the other person is saying.
"Wei Tao from Anshun Group, Mr. Wei, you know, he used to serve here. If you still don't believe it, think of me as bragging. If you ask the old man here, who doesn't know that Mr. Wei started his business as a morning market stall?" Yes, he founded Xianshiguang, which was his first pot of gold. Do you know me? Did you know that back then, Mr. Wei was still here and opened the restaurant for several months..."
"real or fake."
"Oh, I lied to you that I was a puppy. I know Mr. Wei very well."
Wei Tao smiled and walked out of the wholesale market with his mother. The other party did not lie, and they were indeed acquaintances. However, at that time, the two sides had a lot of battles of wits and courage in terms of quality, weight, and price. At first, they even saw them as orphans. Mom, I took advantage of them a few times when I purchased goods.
Later, when we were familiar with each other, we were only able to get goods from those who were familiar with each other. As long as those people were smarter and took advantage of the fresh time to receive goods in large quantities and establish a channel of their own, they had already entered the market. Now, There is no need to stay up until dawn to make money.
The morning market is still lively. Zhou Xinglian comes here occasionally. She got up early in the morning and came with Uncle Leng for a stroll. There is no shortage of anything. She simply likes the atmosphere here and will buy some good things when she encounters them. For example, Zhang Erjia There was no queue at the pork stall. They had good ribs today, so she didn’t mind going there and buying one or two.
Wei Tao has not been here for a long time and is no stranger to it. He likes the noise here and the crowded environment.
"Xiaolian."
"Sister Liu."
Someone called his mother's name. Wei Tao looked up and saw that he was also an acquaintance.
My aunt Zhou Xingrong's former colleague was a senior who entered the ranks of small traders very early. When my mother entered this business, she was the guide. In the early days, she also took her mother to tell her how to purchase goods. Although twice in the past and present, this Aunt Liu was alienated by Wei Tao because she was too petty and liked to take advantage of others. It is undeniable that there is actually no conflict, but the lack of contact and the drifting apart.
"Xiao..." The word Tao didn't come out, so he changed his title to: "Mr. Wei."
"No, Aunt Liu, you are asking me to leave." In the morning, the shop next to the morning market, the Fresh Time franchise store, took advantage of the fact that the shop was right here, and also occupied the stall position from the door to the roadside. A lot of goods are consumed in the morning market first. If there are elderly people who like to buy cheap things, they don't mind selling some goods in bad condition or left over from yesterday at low prices.
"No, it doesn't mean that."
"Then you should just call me like you did before. How about that? Is business okay?"
Aunt Liu's face was filled with a grateful smile: "Well, it's very good. My family has also bought a new house in our Anshun Real Estate. We have brought back our children and partners, and we are discussing marriage. It will take half a year."
After chatting for a while, Aunt Liu enthusiastically asked to put the fruit in a bag. When she was filling it, she realized that the person in front of her was different from others. There was really no shortage of these things in her home.
Wei Tao took a cantaloupe of the gray mouse variety from the stall: "Okay, Aunt Liu, I'll get a melon to eat."
"Eh, okay, okay."
Sitting at the breakfast stall, eating fried dough sticks and drinking tofu. If not enough, he also ordered a bowl of noodles from the stall next to him. Afterwards, Wei Tao borrowed a fruit knife from the vendor next to him and sat there peeling the cantaloupe and squeezing it with his hands. By the tail, the cantaloupe is bigger than the palm of your hand, so I hold it casually and eat it in big mouthfuls.
The images and scenes left by Wei Tao at the morning market are not inconsistent at all and are directly integrated into this place.
"Son, I helped your Aunt Liu get the franchise. Her kid is about the same age as your brother Kai. He is worried. He has been out there for several years and hasn't gotten any money back. He still cares about the family..."
After listening to his mother's explanation, Wei Tao did not interrupt. He smiled at her until her mother finished speaking, burped, and ate a big cantaloupe, feeling completely full.
"Look at you, you don't know how to clean yourself." Seeing that the corners of his son's mouth were still stained with melon flesh and the juice from the cantaloupe was flowing on his hands, Zhou Xinglian took out the napkin in his pocket and put it on the street in the morning market. , wipe the corners of his son's mouth and wipe his hands.
Wei Tao, on the other hand, looked like a mama's boy, letting his mother help him clean up.
………………
Zhang Xuhao came, apologetically.
"I won't say any more. This time, my brother is no longer a human being. I will punish myself with three drinks." Zhang Xuhao, who has a cheerful personality like a northerner, opened a bottle of white wine at the table and took three small white wines of one and a half. Cup, fill it up, raise your hand, raise your neck, throw one away.
After three drinks in a row, my face was red and my ears were flushed. I was still drunk, but the alcohol hit my throat. Pressing down the wine became my top priority.
Drink normally, one sip of wine and one dish, and it goes smoothly.
He looked like he was asking for forgiveness. He didn't see Wei Tao express his position. Naturally, he couldn't sit down and pick up the food with chopsticks to drink wine. He could only stand firm.
Wei Tao picked up the teapot and poured him a cup of tea to relieve the embarrassment.
"Alibaba wants too much and I can't give it. I hope Mr. Wei can help and give up some share."
Wei Tao smiled, picked up some food with his chopsticks, and ate without delaying his words: "It's true, he's a bit out of character."
Zhang Xuhao made a big red face, and he always boasted that he was very reckless. The fact that he was not honest was very harmful to him, and he himself couldn't bear it.
"It's all my fault. I'll give you three more cups."
After that, he wanted to pour wine, but was stopped by Wei Tao, still in an understatement: "Mr. Zhang, what if I don't agree?"
Zhang Xuhao's face turned even redder, and he got drunker. He took out a cigarette and lit one. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'm encountering a problem now. I'm fighting fiercely with Meituan and I need funds. It requires the power of large-scale investors..."
Under normal circumstances, when facing Wei Tao, Zhang Xuhao would not mention Meituan, and Wang Xing would not mention Ele.me. This is the respect that the two of them have for him. Mentioning it is equivalent to telling the other party directly that my current opponent is also your partner. If you don’t end up on your own, of course I will seek a partner. At this point, you, Mr. Wei, It seems there is nothing to say.
Before Wei Tao could react, Zhang Xuhao raised his hand and slapped himself: "Let you speak freely."
Wei Tao laughed in anger. You really can't get angry with this guy.
"Okay, it doesn't have to be Ali."
Zhang Xuhao: "Mr. Wei, your funds don't make much sense."
Wei Tao: "Who said it's mine? Don't you need the power of capital to help? Alibaba is big and Penguin is small? Let me contact you and talk to Penguin. From my side, I can give up at most. 2%, you can discuss it yourself and choose whichever is more in your interests. If Alibaba is better, then this 2% is still my limit."
Zhang Xuhao directly took the small soup bowl in front of him and filled it up. It was more than two taels. He didn't say anything, just picked it up and drank it all in one gulp.
He stood up and shook his head: "I will contact you tomorrow morning. No matter what, Tao Zi, this is not the first time that I, Lao Zhang, owe you. I will definitely repay you double in the future."
After saying that, he walked out without eating a bite of food. He drank six or seven taels of wine. Even if it was a huge amount, he couldn't hold it back. He would make a fool of himself. He could vomit when he went out or go back to vomit without making a fool of himself.
On the way back, Wei Tao suddenly asked Lu Jiang: "What's wrong? I have something to say."
Lu Jiang shook his head and said he wouldn't say anything.
"Hey, it's really rare for you to be able to suppress Dajiang. You won and successfully attracted my attention. You must know now."
Lu Jiang stuck out his tongue, moistened his upper and lower lips, and asked cautiously with a bit of nervousness: "Boss, you are so talkative, they all bully you, these gangsters, if bullying you becomes a habit, there will be no end." Already..."
He was afraid that his boss would be angry. For successful people, being reminded by your subordinates that you are too weak was a taboo thing. Lu Jiang was also really thinking about Wei Tao. Otherwise, no matter how low his emotional intelligence was, he would not show a similar attitude.
Was Lu Jiang wrong?
That's right.
Wei Tao did take the initiative to give in in several similar incidents before. In the last Ele.me financing, Wei Tao took the initiative to reduce his holdings in addition to normal dilution. Meituan is the same, Maoya also gives people the same feeling, plus some miscellaneous investments, he does not have any familiar memories, all aspects of relationships or some replacements, etc., he is 'very face-giving', the outside world spreads that Wei Zong Zhiyi, in the eyes of some pure businessmen, he is weak, easy to talk and easy to be deceived. Using friendship can make him give up his interests. At the same time, this guy is a bit timid. When he encounters some predators, he always gives up easily. If you insist on holding on, you will be frightened at first glance. Those people are used to using various threats to make our Mr. Wei finally compromise.
Wei Tao has also heard similar sounds. It's not that he doesn't care, but he feels that some things are inevitable and some things are intentional.
According to normal investment logic, when the project was still in its infancy stage, he was willing to pay heavy profits in exchange for a share. Regardless of the mentality of these future bosses, Wei Tao's investment logic was more or less unconventional and did not reach the level of crime. The level of public outrage also gave people an uncomfortable feeling, and he himself became a big fat sheep in the eyes of some people because of such 'predatory' investment.
On top of these voices, there are comments from more powerful people. They say that Wei Tao is smart enough.
He sold his shares in Renren and replaced his shares in Waiwai. At that time, what he had left was a stake in Xiaomi, which was just gaining momentum.
Now, he owns Meituan, shares in Ele.me, he also owns Maoya, and Anshun Film and Television Entertainment. Such a big fat sheep has been ruined for ten or twenty years.
Oh, he's become so powerful that I can't handle it myself.
How big are the benefits? Is it worthwhile to act jointly? Will the people at the helm of those projects he invested in regret giving him such a large share in the first place? Is it possible to combine inside and outside?
The existence of Bao Xiqian and Yan Xiyu gave him an understanding of certain levels of thinking logic, and an understanding of step-by-step progress over several years. The capital that relied on them to achieve success was often such greedy gangster logic.
Retreat with reason and evidence. If you retreat first, you will lose less, but if you retreat, you will suffer big losses.
But what Lu Jiang said is right. Being too weak is not good. If you are used to being bullied, you will always become the target of bullying.
