I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 174 Small Goals Basically Achieved

Li Li went to work in a daze.

The company boss—the girl named Bai Ou—knew that she was running out of money, so she gave her an advance on a month's salary.

This immediately relieved her from her predicament, allowing her to rent a studio apartment near the company and settle down.

Bai Ou has already provided the company with a computer, connected it to the internet, and installed accounting software, so Li Li can now keep accounts on the computer.

Although nominally an accountant, she also performed some cashier duties—of course, the bank account passwords and USB tokens were still with Boss Bai.

When she opened the accounting software and saw the company's only two investments, she was stunned for more than ten minutes.

我的天啦
These two individuals' company has invested nearly 5000 million yuan in external investments!
Li Li was very glad that she hadn't impulsively rejected the job.

Keep up the good work.

Although she didn't know what to do, she finished recording the company's recent accounts—including her own prepaid salary—in just over ten minutes.

First, clean the company thoroughly. Then, following Mr. Bai's instructions, strive to master the business and study diligently.

Li Li also discovered a secret in the accounts—all the funds were transferred from a personal account belonging to a man named Fang Qingye.

Who is Fang Qingye? And what is her relationship with this Tuofang Company?
Bai Ou didn't say anything, and Li Li didn't dare to ask.

What she didn't know was that on the very night she was hired, Bai Ou had already video-chatted with Fang Qingye on QQ and told her about her situation.

"I think this girl is quite honest and works very hard, so I hired her. It's just that her school isn't very good, only a third-tier university."

"Let it be a private organization. We'll just hire a regular accountant, not a finance director," Fang Qingye said with a smile.

"Haha, I'm finally not all alone anymore! I finally have soldiers under my command!" Bai Ou said with a smile.

Seeing the girl's playful expression, Fang Qingye smiled and said, "If you want subordinates, then keep recruiting. Secretaries, assistants, office managers, and so on are all fine."

"Ha, you want to solve the country's employment problem?"

"I wanted Mr. Bai to look more like a domineering CEO!"

The two joked around for a while, and Bai Ou finally said, "Ye Zi, the company only has a little over 700 million in its account right now, so we can't make any big investments for the time being."

"Ha, don't worry, I have plenty of money. I can transfer it from my personal account immediately if needed."

"What, did you make money trading futures again?" the girl asked.

"Hehe. That's right."

"Congratulations, Mr. Fang! Aren't you planning to do some charity work?"

"Of course, I plan to donate 200 million yuan to Project Hope in the name of Tuofang Technology, and I will personally donate 30 yuan to the primary school where Li Ye is teaching. What do you think?"

"Great! That's awesome! Thumbs up!"

"Thank you."

The two chatted for a while longer before ending the video call.

Fang Qingye did not lie to Bai Ou. For the past ten days or so, he had been continuously selling off the 4000 lots of CF0909 cotton futures contracts he had purchased. He only closed out all his positions yesterday, selling at an average price of around 15800 yuan. His average purchase price was around 11000 yuan, and he made a huge profit of about 9600 million yuan from this one transaction.

The small goal has been basically achieved!

Therefore, donating more than two million is not a big deal at all.

As agreed, Fang Qingye informed Shi Guangrong, who was far away in Shanghai, of her own actions, and Shi Guangrong subsequently released his CF0909 contracts one after another.

Of course, Fang Qingye didn't know exactly how many lots the other party had bought, but on the phone, Shi Guangrong sounded very excited, only saying that the losses from the first half of the year had all been made back this time.

"Congratulations!" Fang Qingye said with a laugh over the phone.

“Likewise, President Fang, how about we celebrate? Let’s wish each other a pleasant cooperation,” Shi Guangrong suddenly said.

“Celebrate? I don’t have time to go to Shanghai, I have to go to work,” Fang Qingye said.

"I've come to Nanxin to continue buying orchids!" "Buying orchids? Welcome, welcome!"

Both of them laughed on the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yiling asked Shi Guangrong, "Are you really going to buy orchids tomorrow?"

"Of course, we're going to Nanxin on our own initiative, so we should bring some gifts, right? What could be better than buying orchids?" Shi Guangrong said with a smile.

"But is it really necessary to go to Nanxin? Can't we just talk about it on the phone?" Jiang Yiling said dismissively.

"Hmph, have you forgotten the losses we suffered in the first half of the year?" Shi Guangrong said with a cold snort.

"You want to team up with Fang Qingye to set a trap for Wang Hong?!" Jiang Yiling immediately understood.

"It's not just Wang Hong, but also Ye Qingjun of Dunhe Investment. He's the one who shorted my stock and caused me to suffer a huge loss. According to inside information, he's planning to manipulate the November contracts," Shi Guangrong said calmly.

The next afternoon, Shi Guangrong drove from Shanghai to Nanxin with his secretary, Jiang Yiling. Fang Qingye arrived at the nursery after get off work to meet them.

More than 100 pots of orchids have been purchased, and people are being directed to load them onto the hired truck.

The happiest person was Fang Guisheng. With Shi Guangrong as a major customer, he no longer had to worry about selling his orchids!

Seeing Fang Qingye arrive, Fang Guisheng said, "Little Ye, you've come at the right time. Boss Shi is a regular customer. I asked your grandma to cook a few dishes. When you're done, you can have a couple of drinks with Boss Shi."

Upon hearing this, Fang Qingye's face immediately fell. "Grandpa, you know I can't hold my liquor."

"I know! Then I'll drink with President Shi!" Fang Guisheng replied irritably.

"No, please don't!" Fang Qingye exclaimed in alarm.

It turned out that after Grandpa celebrated his 69th birthday, he drank a bit too much in his excitement and felt unwell. He was taken to the hospital the next day and had a special consultation with Feng Qiang, the director of the cardiology department and a classmate of Fang Jianwen.

The examination revealed coronary heart disease, and Feng Qiang scolded the Fang brothers, Fang Jianwen and Fang Jianhua, and told them that the old man must never touch alcohol again!
This order was strictly enforced, so when Fang Qingye heard her grandfather about to drink today, she quickly stopped him.

Upon seeing this, Shi Guangrong smiled slightly.

Is Fang Qingye really that bad at drinking?
Are you not even as good as me?

The meal was held outside the makeshift house. We opened a bottle of Nanxin Daqu liquor and five people sat around a small table eating and drinking.

The conditions were somewhat basic, but Fang Qingye's grandmother was quite skilled at cooking, and even Jiang Yiling, who was usually picky and looked down on the place, enjoyed the meal very much.

He claimed he wouldn't drink because he was going to drive home, but Fang Qingye kept urging him to drink.

Actually, only Fang Qingye and Shi Guangrong were drinking.

However, neither of them had a high alcohol tolerance; after only drinking half a bottle of Nanxin Daqu, both of them were flushed.

When you drink too much, you start talking more. After Grandpa and Grandma finished eating, they went to do other things, so now it's just the three of them at the table.

"President Fang, I'm very happy to be working with you. Come on, let's have another drink!" Shi Guangrong raised his glass, looking quite drunk.

"Alright, alright. With your alcohol tolerance, you might as well just finish this glass and call it a day." Fang Qingye picked up her glass, feeling quite pleased.

Finally, there's someone who can't drink as much as I can.

The two drank it all in one gulp. Jiang Yiling, who was standing next to them, quickly picked up Shi Guangrong's glass, afraid that he would get really drunk and that would be troublesome.

Shi Guangrong wasn't angry. Although he was a little dizzy, he wasn't drunk. He picked up a freshly roasted peanut, peeled it, and asked as he did so.

"Governor Fang, are you planning to hype up CF0911? The last contract for Zhengzhou cotton futures this year?"

"No, I predict that 16200 yuan will be a high point for cotton futures this year. In the next three months, the price will fluctuate between 15400 and 16200 yuan. It's meaningless to go long or short then," Fang Qingye answered truthfully.

"Oh, President Fang, your assessment makes a lot of sense, but if the two of us team up to hype it up, the effect will probably be different, right?"

Ah?
This guy said on the phone that he was both celebrating and buying orchids; so that's what he was after.

(End of this chapter)