In the late 1980s, Huang Ruicheng was almost a household name. Old people in their 60s and children in elementary school all knew about Huang Ruicheng's deeds.
In this era of both opportunities and challenges, Huang Ruicheng firmly established the national brand in the forest of the world. Even later, some directors embodied his story into movies and documentaries.
Directors chose him as material not only because of his success, but also because of his successive setbacks and sad emotional experiences before his success.
After the reform and opening up, Huang Ruicheng and a few close brothers started a small business together. They lost a lot at first, but when it finally started to improve, one of the partners took the money and went into business without telling the others. As a result, Huang Ruicheng's career suffered a setback. to severe damage.
The house leaked and it rained all night. At this time, Huang Ruicheng's beloved wife Wang Tong was diagnosed with a terminal illness and needed a huge sum of money to go abroad for surgery, which might give her a chance to survive.
According to what Xu Wantang accidentally learned in the previous life, Huang Ruicheng raised money everywhere, but failed to raise enough for his wife's surgery. Since then, he and his wife have been separated from each other.
Huang Ruicheng worked hard to make money since then, as if to make up for the regret of his incompetence back then. He eventually became a billionaire, but he has always been worried about the 10,000 yuan surgery fee that he couldn't scrape together all his life.
But...it shouldn't be...
Xu Wantang just visited this three-in-one courtyard house. In the 1980s, this courtyard house was worth 10,000 yuan. How could he not get enough money?
But then, Xu Wantang recalled the scene of decline in this area, and came to a conclusion in his heart: In today's era, owning a courtyard house is not as enviable as it would be a few decades ago. On the contrary, bungalows and residential buildings are the objects of pursuit. , People with money in their pockets will not buy the products of the ancient times, and people without money in their pockets will not be able to spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy a house that is not cost-effective for them.
So in the last life, this house probably wasn't sold, which led to the tragedy.
Xu Wantang retracted her thoughts and stared pitifully at the beautiful woman in front of her who was pouring tea for her.
At first she thought it was just a common cold, but she didn't expect it to be so serious...
Maybe her gaze was too direct and successfully attracted the other person's attention.
The woman with a sickly look on her eyebrows raised her head gently, smiled gently at Xu Wantang, and handed Xu Wantang a cup of tea, "I've been waiting for a long time. Thank you just now."
Only then did Xu Wantang look away, took the teacup, and said politely, "You're welcome."
After taking a sip of tea, Xu Wantang spoke slowly, "I just saw that your courtyard house is for sale."
As soon as Xu Wantang finished speaking, the two people opposite him raised their heads very quickly.
She clearly saw that the eyes of the woman with a sick look on her eyebrows and the man with a sad face suddenly lit up.
Xu Wantang didn't hesitate and asked the price straight to the point.
The two people across from each other looked at each other, their expressions a little unnatural. Finally, Huang Ruicheng replied in a deep voice, "This is seven thousand."
As soon as Huang Ruicheng finished speaking, Xu Wantang saw the two people opposite him holding hands nervously.
Because she was eager to sell the house, the price of 7,000 yuan was already considered very cheap in the early 1980s. Xu Wantang actually wanted to settle on it immediately and tell the couple opposite who didn't dare to take a breath that she wanted the apartment.
But now, as a poor person who is not that poor, she still cannot afford the seven thousand yuan.
Even if her work can be sold for 3,000, plus the 1,200 she got back from Sun Xiaofang today, the total is only 4,200, which is still far from winning a courtyard house.
In the end, Xu Wantang did not decide on this very cost-effective courtyard house. Firstly, she had not thought of a way to make money quickly and abide by the law. Secondly, she was not sure and really did not want to ignite the hopes of the couple opposite and disappoint them. .
Although the deal was not concluded today, Xu Wantang had an unexpected surprise.
After she asked to consider it before deciding whether to buy a house, Wang Tong and Huang Ruicheng were not too disappointed. Instead, Wang Tong chatted with Xu Wantang for a long time, and enthusiastically asked Xu Wantang to stay for dinner.
The more Xu Wantang chatted with Wang Tong and Huang Ruicheng, the more speculative they became. During the period, when it came to business matters, Xu Wantang was able to talk to the future big boss because of his experience in the previous life. Even when Huang Ruicheng and Wang Tong mentioned that the business was sluggish. , Xu Wantang expressed his willingness to invest in their business.
Wang Tong and Huang Ruicheng were surprised for a moment, and then refused. If this matter had happened in the past, they would have agreed. But now, their business is almost in decline, and investment is equivalent to throwing money into a bottomless pit.
But Xu Wantang didn't think so. She learned from the previous chat that before Wang Tong fell ill, Huang Ruicheng found a way to set up a health care products company, but it was shelved due to Wang Tong's illness.
Xu Wantang, who has memories of his past life, remembers that after the death of his wife, Huang Ruicheng made his first pot of gold by launching health care products, and his business has been booming ever since.
How could Xu Wantang let this kind of pie-in-the-sky good thing go?
Under Xu Wantang's lobbying, Huang Ruicheng and Wang Tong accepted Xu Wantang's suggestion: Xu Wantang gave 1,000 yuan, which was equivalent to lending it to Wang Tong for medical treatment. After the company was established, Huang Ruicheng and Wang Tong owed her money to invest in the company in Xu Wantang's name. .
1,000 yuan may not seem like much in later generations, but in the early 1980s, it was quite a huge sum of money.
Huang Ruicheng and Wang Tong were so moved that Huang Ruicheng, a grown man, even had red eyes and almost knelt down in front of Xu Wantang.
Xu Wantang couldn't bear to kneel down. She was not a philanthropist, and she had selfish motives in this.
The three of them chatted for a while. When Xu Wantang looked up again, she found that the sky was getting dark. She quickly picked up her bag and left.
Because of her health, Wang Tong has been staying at home for a long time and rarely interacts with people other than Huang Ruicheng. She inexplicably felt that the beautiful and kind girl in front of her was a match for her, so she dragged her to talk to her for a while. She didn't expect to delay her for so long. It was almost dark now. She felt really sorry and insisted on letting Huang Ruicheng take Xu Wantang home.
This place is not far from the guest house where Xu Wantang lives. It takes about 10 minutes to walk there. Of course Xu Wantang didn't want to trouble Huang Ruicheng and quickly refused. However, he couldn't stand Wang Tong's insistence and had to give up.
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Xu Wantang and Huang Ruicheng didn't speak much along the way, and they kept a distance between them.
It wasn't until he was approaching the door of the guest house that Xu Wantang slowed down, turned around and politely thanked Huang Ruicheng.
But the next second, her arm was firmly grasped by a big hand, causing her to groan in pain.
Xu Wantang looked up and faced Lu Yunzheng with an angry face.
His expression was frightening. Xu Wantang had never seen Lu Yunzheng like this before. He looked like he was about to tear her into pieces...
Xu Wantang's eyelashes trembled slightly with fear, and she subconsciously took a step back.
"do you know him?"
Huang Ruicheng's questioning voice came from behind, sounding a little wary.
Xu Wantang tried to fight off Lu Yunzheng's hand, but to no avail. She had to endure the pain, smiled, and said to Huang Ruicheng, "He is my husband. Thank you and Sister Wang for your hospitality today. I will go there another day." visit."
Xu Wantang's words were polite, but they had a hint of seeing off guests.
Huang Ruicheng was a smart man, so he naturally saw that Xu Wantang's relationship with the man was unusual, and he also heard the implication of Xu Wantang's words, so he left.
The footsteps gradually faded away, and it seemed that only Xu Wantang and Lu Yunzheng were left on the street.
Xu Wantang's wrist seemed to have been burned by fire, and there were some tears in his eyes from the pain, but he looked directly into Lu Yunzheng's eyes without flinching, and asked coldly with a trembling voice, "Can you let go?" "
Lu Yunzheng looked at Xu Wantang. It was as if a balloon was about to explode in his chest. He felt uncomfortable. He had never felt like this before, and he couldn't understand why he felt like this.
He loosened his grip on Xu Wantang's hand, and the delicate, white hand quickly escaped from his control like a fish swimming in water.
He was tired of feeling like this.
The hand that originally pinched Xu Wantang's wrist unconsciously rubbed it twice, and after a while, it hung unnaturally by his side.
His eyes were fixed on the red wrist that Xu Wantang was squeezing, and pity flashed through his eyes. He wanted to care about her, but seeing the other person's extremely cold expression towards him, he remembered what she had said to other men just now. The smile, the concern on the lips suddenly turned into a cold question, "Who is that man?!"
