Rebirth of the King of Waves

Chapter 154 I knew you valued loyalty!

"Is there something going on at home?"

"Small things."

Ning Bishu put down his teacup and smiled at the white-haired old man sitting opposite him.

Di Guofeng sat beside him, a newly appointed official, yet he seemed quite relaxed and carefree.

This is a small teahouse, surrounded by lush greenery, with a gentle breeze and a very pleasant environment. Unlike the teahouse run by Zhang Junjun, which is located deep in a narrow alley, the view here is much more open.

Standing up and looking down, you can overlook a large part of the city center of X city.

Ning Bishu never expected that the meeting place Di Guofeng mentioned—that an elder wanted to see him—would actually be in the back mountain of the Snow Mountain Nursing Home.

When we went up the mountain, we even took the same path.

The road diverged just before we reached the nursing home halfway up the mountain, turning onto another small path.

This path leads to the actual mountain residence of the local officials who are recuperating here.

There are probably a dozen or so people living here right now.

Not much.

It was quite lively...

"A few days ago, this young man was taking pictures of my face with his phone..."

As Ning Bishu was speaking, an old man walked over and interjected.

The person sitting opposite Ning Bishu burst into laughter.

After the old man who had complained left, he continued slowly, saying to Ning Bishu, "That was the former director of the XX Committee of X Prefecture. If an ordinary person took a phone and took pictures of him randomly, he would probably have to spend the night at the Xueshan Police Station with just one phone call."

Ning Bishu laughed and said, "I'll call Director Di and ask him to bail me out."

The old man said, "So, you can no longer be considered an ordinary person."

Ning Bishu smiled.

Seeing that Ning Bishu didn't respond, the old man simply continued the conversation himself.

“Your current net worth is not small, even for a company. In the past two years, with the economic situation both internationally and domestically, even though we old men are retired, we can still sense the market trends.”

“In the past, business owners like your third uncle would often come here to have tea, chat, and talk about the changes in the market. We, within our own understanding of the market, would occasionally offer them some guidance. They would also sometimes bring over some important documents from the city so we could take a look and offer our thoughts. It was a kind of retirement benefit for us…”

Seeing that the old man's words were becoming increasingly empty, Ning Bishu deliberately raised his hand and glanced at the time.

The new watch on his wrist was a gift from Mu Shanming.

Over 100,000 yuan, not cheap.

When the old man saw Ning Bishu's disrespectful action, his eyelids drooped slightly.

Silence.

Di Guofeng, who had been silent until now, immediately smiled and asked with great insight, "Xiao Ning, do you have any ideas for the next step?"

Ning Bishu said, "Not at the moment."

The old man, perhaps due to his age, was becoming increasingly impatient. He immediately chimed in, "Young man, money, if left untouched, is just a number. Even if you have tens of millions, hundreds of millions, or billions, the annual interest will only amount to a few million at most. As long as you don't use it for illegal activities, you can easily spend all your normal expenses, including food and drink."

But your life won't fundamentally change. In society's eyes, you're just someone with a lot of money. In reality, others see you as the same person. Often, at this point, money can even bring you trouble. You must understand this principle: once you have certain resources, you must find ways to make them circulate so that they become truly beneficial to you, rather than harmful.

Ning Bishu bluntly said, "You mean, start a business and get some projects done?"

The old man was taken aback by Ning Bishu's words, his brows furrowing slightly, clearly a little angry. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Young man, I didn't mean to take advantage of you. It's just that seeing how you make money, I feel you're a bold, meticulous, and enterprising person. I'm worried you'll squander the resources you've worked so hard to accumulate, so I wanted to have a chat with you."

Ning Bishu smiled and said, "Grandpa, as for theoretical things, I wouldn't say I'm an expert, but at least... I graduated with a bachelor's degree, and I've heard plenty of theories. As for projects, to be honest, although I haven't handled them myself, I've done quite a few. I certainly think your suggestion is correct, but when it comes to doing things, timing is crucial."

"The right time, the right place, and the right people are all crucial. If the time isn't right, acting impulsively on a whim can easily lead to trouble. Actually, you're not the only one who's brought this up with me this month, but you're arguably the one with the highest vision among all of them."

The old man's expression softened slightly after hearing Ning Bishu's words.

He casually asked, "What projects have you worked on?"

Ning Bishu thought for a moment and slowly replied, "Two years ago in X Prefecture, around July or August, there was a small-scale renovation of the roadside drainage ditches throughout the city. I was the one who spearheaded this project."

Upon hearing this, both Di Guofeng and the old man raised their eyelids.

This is fucking ridiculous... What are you bragging about?!

Ning Bishu simply smiled faintly and explained, "At that time, I was still working at Mingshan Foreign Trade, doing market strategy planning, which meant providing ideas for the boss to sell goods. In the winter before the Lunar New Year, my boss asked me to write a proposal—that year he was a representative of the people of X Prefecture, and he asked me to write a proposal for him casually to get by."

At first, I didn't know what to write. I didn't understand it; I'd never done it before. Then, after thinking about it for several days, one day I was walking down the street and almost dropped my phone into a ditch. Suddenly, a thought flashed through my mind: isn't this exactly what people need?
Everyone's phone is so precious, and the gaps in the drainage ditch are so big—everyone's afraid of dropping their phone in! That's why I made up my mind that I had to write about this.

Di Guofeng couldn't help but ask, "And then you wrote down the idea of ​​renovating the ditches?"

"Hey~ How could you write it like that!" Ning Bishu laughed. "How can you highlight the importance and significance of this matter by writing it like that?"

The old man couldn't help but ask curiously, "So how did you write it?"

Ning Bishu grinned, "What I wrote back then was, 'Improve the national civilian communication security facilities and municipal supporting systems!'"

Upon hearing this, Di Guofeng and the old man's eyes widened immediately.

Ning Bishu laughed and said, "As expected, the proposal was approved. On the surface, we developed a few security apps and such. On the municipal level, all the drainage ditches in the city were replaced. The dimensions of all of them were reduced. I heard that our boss later won part of the project and made 1200 million yuan. He even gave me a bonus at the end of the year."

Di Guofeng asked with a smile, "How much did you send out?"

Ning Bishu said, "Five hundred yuan."

"Huh?" Di Guofeng was taken aback.

Ning Bishu suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahahaha...!"

Di Guofeng and the old man exchanged glances and burst into laughter.

That smile made the atmosphere much better.

Ning Bishu then continued to say to the old man, "So you really don't need to worry about what projects I should do. I'm keeping a close eye on everything around me every day. As long as the opportunity is right, I will definitely take action immediately without hesitation."

The old man stopped regarding Ning Bishu as a nouveau riche. After all, being able to renovate a roadside drainage ditch and then label it as part of a "comprehensive national civilian communication security infrastructure municipal supporting system" was a level of achievement beyond the reach of ordinary people.

The old man now felt that it was perfectly reasonable for the young man in front of him to take away the two hundred million.

"Alright, alright, since you understand, then I won't presume to be a teacher."

The old man smiled faintly, "Today I just want to share some of my experience with you from the perspective of someone who's been through it all. I've seen too many people who suddenly become rich and then run into huge trouble. If you don't understand the principles of spending money, then in other people's eyes, that money isn't your money; it belongs to everyone who sees that you have money. It belongs to everyone."

If you don't have a plan and don't know how to spend your money, someone will pressure you, urge you, coax you, deceive you, and pester you, using what they think is the right way to make you spend all that money recklessly.

Young man, two hundred million! This isn't just money anymore. It's not money you earned through your own labor; it's money you collected from society—the blood and sweat of others. What do you call the blood and sweat of others? It's the people's hard-earned money. Do you understand?

He stared at Ning Bishu, "Don't do anything reckless. You must spend your money meaningfully. Otherwise, you'll be letting down those who gave you the money. If the money goes down the drain, the whole society will blame you. Public resentment will turn against you."

Ning Bishu suddenly laughed: "Grandpa, don't give me that. Let's get down to business! Just tell me who you want to send to my side!"

The old man was stunned for a moment, then instantly flew into a rage.

"You ungrateful lad, how can you be so ungrateful!"

He stood up and stormed off, fuming.

"X-Zhang! X-Zhang!" Di Guofeng glanced at Ning Bishu and hurriedly chased after him.

Ning Bishu sat there and waited for a while.

Less than five minutes later, Di Guofeng jogged back, sat down, took a sip of tea, and said, "You should hurry up and start a company. X Shi's eldest grandson just graduated from university and will be your secretary in a few days. I'll let you know as soon as there are any good projects in the future."

“Sure,” Ning Bishu said readily. “But if the people can come, then we don’t need the project.”

Di Guofeng was taken aback. "No, you're not going to take a project that's practically handed to you?"

Ning Bishu said frankly, "The most expensive things are those that come to me for help. I'll figure it out myself. I'll ask you for help when I really can't hold on any longer."

Di Guofeng thought for a moment, sighed, and nodded, saying, "Alright, but don't force yourself. Just come to me if you need anything. That's how society is; the rules are there. You don't need to go against the rules, right? What's the value of face? Real money in your pocket is what matters. Everything else is just nonsense. By the way, I have a nephew who's a senior in college doing an internship this year..."

"come together."

"I knew you were a loyal friend!"

No sooner had Di Guofeng finished speaking than Ning Bishu's phone rang.

Ning Bishu glanced at the name and answered the call casually.

Then, Mu Shanming said in a very off-color voice, "I'm at the hotel. I need to talk to you."

(End of this chapter)