Those Years When I Was Forced to Top the Forbes List

Chapter 114 When the family is not harmonious, nothing will prosper.

The atmosphere in the restaurant's private room was lively. The police station was very supportive. I heard that the old station chief didn't have many relatives, so the table was set up large. There were more than twenty police officers, and eight of them came to prop up the table. The station chief led the group, and almost everyone who wasn't on duty came.

Upon entering, I was immediately met with a barrage of refusals to accept red envelopes.

"Old Zhao, no need, no need!"

"Keep it, keep it!"

"Sister-in-law, please accept this! It's a token of our appreciation from our office! Everyone was so happy to hear that the former director's child got into university!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Chunyan hesitated.

Chen Xuebing, who was standing to the side, saw that the thick cardboard red envelopes were at least two or three thousand yuan thick, and pressed down on the hand of the current director, Zhao Zhibin.

"Uncle, we really can't accept the money. If my dad were here, he wouldn't agree to us accepting it either. Please take it back."

Chen Xuebing applied some force, and Zhao Zhibin felt the force. His eyes lit up, he threw the red envelope on the ground, grabbed Chen Xuebing's wrist with his left hand, slid it down, and raised his right forearm to strike Chen Xuebing's elbow joint.

A move from Shaolin grappling techniques, specifically the wrist-grabbing technique.

It's too late, but it's soon.

The moment Chen Xuebing realized what was happening, his father's teachings came to mind. He suddenly grabbed him with his upper arm, swept his leg to the side, stepped forward with his back to him, and put his arm around Chen Xuebing's armpit. With his legs steady and his waist straight, he exerted force.

Over-the-shoulder throw, Old Zhao takes off.

"Well!"

Fortunately, Chen Xuebing didn't use much force and caught him as he landed.

People nearby rushed to help him up, but Zhao Zhibin flipped himself up and the two of them burst into laughter.

"You little rascal, you're quite something! You've really learned your father's skills!"

“Uncle Zhao, grappling is a technique for subduing someone, and you can’t hesitate for even a second. If I had just hit you on the head, you wouldn’t have been able to eat today.”

Zhao Zhibin retorted defiantly, "Haha...then you should have given me a headbutt! That would have shown you hesitated too!"

After saying that, he patted Chen Xuebing on the back and boasted to the two young policemen next to him, "See that? This is the legacy of our old station chief! The skills of the August 1st Team have been passed down for generations in our station. Go back and practice hard with some of the master instructors! It's a pity, Xuebing, you won't have the chance to learn your dad's shooting skills! But there's already a policy for recruiting police officers as civil servants. Maybe there will be some openings for you after you graduate. Do you want to consider it?"

Chen Xuebing listened with emotion.

In later generations, he saw stories of people restarting their parents' police sirens and felt a longing for it. Unfortunately, when his father passed away, there was no such thing as the sirens being sealed away, and neither he nor Chen Xuejin had this honor to inherit.

“Uncle Zhao, you don’t have to be a policeman to play with guns. Besides, I know your station doesn’t provide much gun training. Most of the gun training is for narcotics and criminal investigation teams! I’d rather earn my own money and open a shooting club. Maybe when you retire and want to play with guns, you’ll have to come to me!”

As Chen Xuebing spoke, he picked up the red envelope that had fallen to the ground and stuffed it into Zhao Zhibin's pocket: "I can really make money now. I've opened two companies, so this isn't necessary. I genuinely wanted to treat you to a meal today. I asked the hotel to pack another table of dishes. You'll have to take my graduation banquet back to the institute later. Please give my mom and me a greeting to the uncles and aunts on duty. Oh, by the way, I passed by the institute gate a while ago, and that Tianjin Dafa was still there. That car is as old as me. In a while, I'll donate two Jettas to you."

On Tuesday at dinner, he didn't reveal much about making money to his neighbors, but when facing his father's colleagues who had helped his family for many years, he openly flaunted his wealth.

"This..." Zhao Zhibin hesitated for a moment, then saw Yu Chunyan nodding repeatedly, and with some surprise in his eyes, he laughed: "You've got quite the nerve, haven't you? Two Santanas? How much money have you made?"

"Anyway, it's a lot! Uncle Zhao, I'm serious. After a while, I'll bring the company's documents to your district bureau to apply for a police-civilian co-construction unit. If the station or bureau needs money in the future, just come to me."

Chen Xuebing spoke very seriously.

In Chongqing, he doesn't plan to use any connections, but his father already has a wide network of connections at the district and city levels. These connections might not have been very useful before he became successful, but now that he has the ability and is willing to donate money and cars, many people will be willing to openly help him.

The GA is a jack-of-all-trades; with this connection, most legal issues can be resolved easily.

Of course, he didn't have that many demands. In reality, he mostly just wanted to make his deceased father proud and leave him with a good reputation.

"Xuebing started doing business before even going to university?"

Several uncles were quite interested in his entrepreneurial journey and asked him a series of questions. Chen Xuebing answered them whenever he could and even invited them to visit New York New York in Jiefangbei sometime.

When they heard that he had opened an office in New York, both the police officers who knew him and those who didn't looked at him with amusement.

Everyone was very happy to see how much the children of the staff had grown. The dishes were served one by one, and the table was full of Cantonese seafood, which was very sumptuous.

At 5:30, the waiter knocked on the door and led the two into the room.

"The second brother is here!"

Upon seeing the newcomer, Yu Chunyan stood up and introduced him with a smile:

"Old Zhao, Old Zhang! This is my brother, the kid's uncle!"

Zhao Zhibin immediately smiled and said, "I've met you several times! Mr. Yu comes from the military!"

"Commander Zhao!"

When Yu Chunyin came in, she had a smile on her face, greeted Zhao Zhibin politely, shook hands, and sat down. Luo Min, who followed behind her, also had a calm expression.

The couple seemed to be doing nothing wrong on the surface.

But Chen Xuebing knew his uncle very well. When his uncle sat down at the dinner table, he should have said a few proper words to introduce himself to everyone. Today, he actually greeted Zhao Zhibin, whom he knew a little better, and then sat down.

My uncle, who is usually very particular about social situations, was clearly unable to keep his composure today; he seemed a bit dazed as soon as he sat down.

Seeing this, Chen Xuebing didn't take the initiative to speak to his uncle, but only said:
"Shall we start eating once everyone's here?"

"Okay!"

"Eat, eat, eat!"

Zhao Zhibin and Li Xiangyu, who had been transferred to other police stations, responded with smiles.

Luo Min suddenly spoke up: "There's someone else."

These words were a bit abrupt, and many people even picked up their chopsticks.

The joyful atmosphere lingered slightly.

Chen Xuebing's heart sank slightly, knowing that someone was going to cause trouble again today.

However, he wasn't in the mood for a verbal battle with her at the table today. He was prepared for this, so he got up, walked to the sofa area of ​​the private room, picked up a handbag, went to Luo Min, and whispered:
"Aunt, this is the 300,000 yuan that my uncle gave me last time. There is 30,000 yuan of interest in it. You manage the accounts in your family, right? Please count it."

Luo Min was stunned for a moment.

But it was Yu Chunyin who spoke first, her voice tinged with barely suppressed anger:
"What are you doing? What do you take me for?"

Chen Xuebing only wanted to shut Luo Min up, but he didn't expect his uncle to get so angry.

He was about to pull the bag away when Luo Min caught it.

Luo Min completely ignored Yu Chunyin's emotions, simply opened the bag, saw the three bundles and three stacks of RMB inside, and then closed the bag.

Yu Chunyin's face had turned ashen.

Luo Min's expression remained calm; she didn't even argue with Chen Xuebing. She put her bag down next to her stool and stopped talking.

Yu Chunyin glared at her resentfully, but when she realized that everyone present was watching them, she forced a smile and remained silent.

Chen Xuebing was about to say a few words to warm up the atmosphere when his phone rang.

He glanced at it, took two steps outside, and answered it.

"Uncle Hong." A slightly breathless voice came from the other end: "Which private room?"

Chen Xuebing smiled and said, "I was wondering which other distinguished guest was there. It's you, from the Chinese restaurant on the third floor, Jiangnanchun."

Have your uncle and aunt arrived yet?

"arrive."

"Let me tell you, the couple is probably fighting over the land purchase, saying they want to return it."

Chen Xuebing's expression froze.

So it turns out that the 330,000 yuan I prepared today isn't enough.

But his smile remained unchanged. He glanced at Luo Min behind him and said indifferently, "Oh, is that all? You can handle it."

They were a bit confused.

Chen Xuebing continued, "Let's eat first, everyone's waiting for you to pick up your chopsticks."

"You guys eat first, I'll be right up."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Xuebing turned around and smiled, "Uncle Zhao, Uncle Li, you're busy, you eat first! The person is already downstairs, also from the army, my uncle's comrade-in-arms, we know each other very well, no need to wait!"

Now the conversation was lively again.

"Oh! Then waiting won't hurt!"

"Haha, most of the people at our table today are veterans!"

Chen Xuebing raised his eyebrows, glanced at his mother, and gestured for her to be quiet.

He has already told his mother about the 300,000 yuan.

Buying land is an investment, which is none of Yu Chunyan's business. However, she also felt that Chen Xuebing should not accept his uncle's "hardship fee". Before coming today, she repeatedly asked Chen Xuebing if he had enough money and whether he should take out the money from the house to help him. When she saw her son casually withdraw 330,000 yuan from the bank, although she felt very sorry for the 30,000 yuan interest, she accepted it.

Who told her to find a woman like that? Now that her son is capable, she can use money to gain some confidence, and she agrees to it.

Seeing that Luo Min still had a long face even after taking the money, her own face fell as well. She frowned and scrutinized Luo Min.

If Luo Min dares to nag again today, she'll kick him out.

At this moment, Luo Min met Yu Chunyan's unfriendly gaze, and her calm expression finally changed.

It turned into disdain.

He's always so stubborn! What kind of son did he raise? He pretends to be starting a business, but he's just trying to curry favor with Yu Chunyin!
He deliberately used some interest to show off his wealth, but who knows how much money Yu Chunyin secretly gave him behind his back!

Luo Hong was right; a man's money must be kept under control, otherwise it will all end up in someone else's pocket.

She listened to what she heard.

Society is not what it used to be; money is the most important thing now.

Women can only trust themselves.

Even if Luo Hong were to ask her for money to fund a construction project, he would have to make a written promise to give her half of the project's profits.

Yu Chunyin still thought she was stupid.

It's ridiculous that she would be as foolish as Yu Chunyin to give it away to outsiders for free.
Ha, Yu Chunyin might not be stupid after all. Look at how she lent money to Luo Hong, deliberately saying she bought land, using debt as a pretext to transfer assets. Meanwhile, she said the land investment lost money, so the money was openly transferred to "pay off debts".

Chen Xuebing was an accomplice in helping him transfer assets.

The more she thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed. Otherwise, how would this little brat have the ability to make money?

While she was gritting her teeth inwardly, Chen Xuebing was not idle. He smiled and talked to Zhao Zhibin and Li Xiangyu about his stock trading studio.

"Uncle Zhao, Uncle Li, this is a private equity fund, so we can't recommend you buy it. However, the market has been doing well in the last two years. If you have some spare cash, you can buy some large funds in the stock market. The returns should be pretty good, definitely much higher than fixed deposits. But just buy a two-year term fund. In the long run, it's not very stable."

Everyone was quite interested in this topic. The two younger policemen asked about specific directions, and Chen Xuebing also gave some serious advice, recommending public funds such as Guangfa and Fuguo, and talking about the risks and returns of different funds.

He didn't just recommend these mutual funds off the top of his head; he had actually reviewed the stocks they were all investing in. If you actually buy them, you'll have to thank him two years from now.

Yu Chunyin composed herself and listened attentively, while Luo Min wore a cold smile.

After chatting for a while, Hong Yongqiang came in.

Luo Min was quite polite to Hong Yongqiang, a multi-millionaire, and addressed him as "Old Hong".

Hong Yongqiang patted Yu Chunyin on the shoulder meaningfully, then started chatting and laughing loudly with the host, Yu Chunyan.

"Sister Yu, congratulations! Your son is outstanding!"

As he spoke, he took out a thick red envelope from his bag and handed it to Yu Chunyan.

"This won't do, this won't do!"

Yu Chunyan was a little panicked. She had never seen this person before, yet he came up and gave her such a big red envelope. From a distance, she could see that the paper bag was bulging, and it must be worth at least tens of thousands of yuan!

Chen Xuebing patted his mother and laughed, "Mom, keep it. You're keeping it for me. Everyone's waiting to eat! Uncle Hong, you're so thoughtful! My uncle didn't even offer a red envelope!"

Yu Chunyin glanced at him, then looked at Luo Min sideways, and took a deep breath.

Seeing Hong Yongqiang bring out such a large red envelope, Luo Min became even more furious.

Whose favor is this? Doesn't she have to pay it back?
It looks like Chen Xuebing, that little swindler, is going to use Yu Chunyin's name to swindle Hong Yongqiang again!

She couldn't care less about anything else now, and shouted:

"Old Hong, I called you here today because I want to ask you something!"

The conversation at the table was already quiet, everyone was waiting for Yu Chunyan to introduce the guest who came in with a thick red envelope. Suddenly, the private room fell silent, everyone looking in this direction.

Before Luo Min could speak, Yu Chunyin had already stood up and pulled her outside.

"Come on, Lao Hong, let's talk outside."

Luo Min flicked her hand, her expression cold, and spoke loudly to Hong Yongqiang: "Chen Xuebing tricked Yu Chunyin into going to Shenzhen to buy that piece of land. Yu Chunyin said you went with her. I just want to ask you face to face whether this land actually exists or not? Is this true or false? Two million eight hundred thousand yuan, if there's a problem, it's fraud, and I'm calling the police! Oh, perfect timing, this whole table is full of police officers today, saves trouble."

Thunderclap.

A group of police officers unexpectedly found themselves embroiled in a fraud case while having a meal.

Upon hearing this, Yu Chunyin looked astonished.

Hong Yongqiang frowned deeply and was about to speak when a figure suddenly came over and raised his hand.

"Snapped!"

A loud slap.

Luo Min was hit so hard that he turned his head to the side.

Yu Chunyan stopped, then pointed at Yu Chunyin and began to curse:
"Still don't understand? She doesn't trust Xuebing? She doesn't trust you! If you're a member of the Yu family, divorce her!"

(End of this chapter)