He won 900 million in the lottery.

Can you achieve upward social mobility by doing business legitimately?

No.

Are you doing business seriously?

No.

Who's seriously doing business?

Despicable.

At that moment, two little voices were arguing in my head, wanting to make money but also wanting to have a clear conscience.

Bah! Trying to be a prostitute while pretending to be virtuous.

I cursed myself inwardly, and then finally looked up to see Chen Hangtian.

Me: "Aerospace, I want the land, I'll give you the money, we're even."

Chen Hangtian frowned: "On what grounds?"

Me: "There's a 9% chance the land will be transferred to HY Investment Company. My 4000 million yuan investment won't let you play around for free for 5 years."

Chen Hangtian: "Don't be so definitive until the very last moment. I can transfer 8000 million yuan to your account right now as payment for the construction project. The land in the industrial park still belongs to me. Do you think Wu Lei can represent the Chen family? When it comes to connections, I've never lost."

Chen Hangtian's confidence stems from his family.

I shook my head: "The moment the land transfer procedures were frozen, you lost. The game above is over; we're just getting the scraps now. In fact, you lost from the very beginning of the gas-to-water conversion project, but you're unwilling to believe it or admit it. How could an ordinary person dare to play such a deadly trick on you?"

Chen Hangtian looked rather grim. After all these years of working on so many projects, this was the first time he'd been pecked in the eye by a goose.

He also knew that since the transfer procedures were frozen, it must be because someone at some higher level had intervened. This 8000 million yuan was not worth the trouble of breaking ties with the higher-ups. The land transfer was basically settled.

Chen Hangtian: "State your purpose."

Me: "I'm a local. You should have investigated me. I just want to survive here."

Chen Hangtian: "You want to establish your presence, so you're using me as a figurehead?"

Me: "You can't say that. You were the one who approached me first. From the mobile phone bidding to the aerospace building dismantling, and finally the joint establishment of HG, you were in charge of every step."

Chen Hangtian: "Do you think money can buy you a foothold? The smaller the city, the deeper the water."

I didn't say anything and just looked at Chen Hangtian.

Chen Hangtian calmed down. Yes, I, Shen Tianyi, am not only rich, but I also have connections. So far, no one has figured out who is behind me.

Chen Hangtian made a final effort: "Then we'll have to settle this with real fighting."

I was just waiting for him to say that!

Power cannot suppress it!

Money can't buy it!

The Chen family's secret to navigating the underworld is his last stand!

At that moment, Chen Hangtian received a phone call: "My nephew Chen Qinghua is under investigation! He's accused of school bullying and forcing others into prostitution!"

Chen Hangtian looked at me immediately.

Chen Hangtian: "You don't think you can intimidate me by using my nephew, do you?"

Me: "It's just an exchange."

Chen Hangtian remained silent, waiting for the Chen family to find someone to resolve the issue of Chen Qinghua's case being filed.

Ten minutes later, Chen Qinghua received a call and immediately put it on speakerphone.

"The aerospace issue has escalated to the city level and needs to be made a model case. The higher-ups are unwilling to take action, and the lower-level staff can't solve the problem. You need to find a solution."

Chen Hangtian: "Understood."

Me: "Aerospace, I don't want to break ties. I know and understand people like you. The matter is already settled, so there's no need to struggle anymore. We still have many cooperative opportunities to make up for it later."

Chen Hangtian: "Who exactly are you? Li? Yang? Zheng? Zhou?"

Me: "My only surname is Shen."

As an ordinary person, what I'm worried about is Chen Hangtian's retaliation through social means. In cases like Chen Qinghua's, there's only one chance, and that one chance is to thoroughly negotiate with the Chen family.

Chen Hangtian: "How is Chen Yuanyuan?"

I didn't say anything.

Chen Hangtian: "How about I make an exchange with Li Si using engineering projects?"

I still didn't say anything.

Chen Hangtian was getting anxious. He had very few weaknesses he could find in me, none of them were convincing enough.

Chen Hangtian: "Tianyi, this land must be mine. You draw a line, and we'll see how we exchange it."

I have some questions: "Why is this particular piece of land absolutely necessary?"

Chen Hangtian: "This concerns the Chen family's future plans. I'm not the only son in the Chen family. If we lose this land, my influence will be greatly diminished. Please help me out. Just outline the path for me, and I'll follow your instructions. We'll have many opportunities to cooperate in the future, and we can gradually make up for it."

It is not advisable to offend them.

We can only cooperate.

Me: "I still want the land. You can exchange it for land in other places."

Chen Hangtian frowned and thought for a long time: "I have an industrial park that has just been completed and is preparing to attract investment. It costs around 1.2 million yuan and can be exchanged, but the price is a bit higher than that of the land."

I gave a half-smile: "I know without even guessing that the land might be developed in the future, right? But let's compromise on this matter, and settle it. I don't need to make up the difference in the industrial park fees."

Chen Hangtian: "The difference in amount is too big. I need to go back and ask my dad—can you drop the Tsinghua case first?"

I interrupted, "You only have this one chance now. Once you leave Starbucks, everything we discussed before is irrelevant. Your Chen family can do whatever they want, and we'll see if I can handle it."

Chen Hangtian gritted his teeth, weighed the pros and cons, and finally nodded: "Deal."

I stood up: "I will inform Zhang Jian to contact you to supplement the agreement and procedures. After that, Zhang Jian will know what to do."

Chen Hangtian sighed, "Just go to the Aerospace Construction Company, I'll arrange for someone to meet us. How about we go for a drink?"

I shook my head: "I'm not going. I already drank two jin (2 catties) before I saw you. I'll go back and rest."

Drinking two jin of baijiu at noon?

With whom?

Chen Hangtian sat there the whole time, waiting for me to leave. He was still analyzing my words and expressions, trying to figure out which were true and which were false.

half a month later.

The government settled the industrial land transfer with the aerospace construction company.

HY Investment withdrew its investment from HG Municipal Corporation.

HG changed its legal entity, added investors, and contracted the industrial park project.

Smaller suppliers and subcontractors are heavily indebted due to HG's delayed payments for the project.

Larger suppliers and subcontractors are keeping pace with HG Municipality, continuing to invest in new industrial park projects in an attempt to revitalize themselves.

This pattern is playing out every day, every hour, every moment.

This year.

There are countless small construction companies that have collapsed and run away.

Countless new construction companies have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Only the four characters "Chen Hangtian's Aerospace Architecture" are firmly rooted in the iron fence of the municipal road.

Status of advance payments for the gas-to-water conversion project.

HY投资公司在HG市政项目投资预计4000万，涵盖公司现金500万；四叔和我爸200万；赵子峰300万；柳大斌动200万；孙策四人联合资金500万，总共实际动用现金1700万。还有2300万是供应商垫资、以及个别小的劳务分包各自垫资。

Chen Hangtian's 500 million yuan was entirely financed through labor subcontracting.

HG Investment Company, burdened with 2800 million yuan in debt, and HY Company, though withdrawing its investment, still bears joint liability for 2300 million yuan of the debt. The dragon-slaying hero has ultimately become the dragon himself.

Liancheng East District.

A newly built industrial park has quietly changed its name to NT Industrial Park under the NG Group and has begun attracting investment.

NT Industrial Park.

Everyone is here.

I plan to allocate management of the NT Industrial Park by separating decision-making power from profit-sharing rights.

Me: "With the establishment of the NT Industrial Park, as I promised, you can decide whether to share profits or manage it."

In this situation, although it is called freedom of speech, it is difficult to have freedom of speech under my leadership.

With a massive capital of 1.2 million, a few million is simply insignificant. Besides, the money is in my hands, and ultimately, I'm the one who calls the shots.

Ultimately, without exception, they all chose management.

After all, all the money is kept with me.