Chapter 833
Show off
After hearing Qu Feifan's words, Xu Bo'an smiled and said to Qu Feifan, "Since you've said that, I, your brother Xu, can't let you down!"
After saying that, Xu Bo'an muttered a few words to the Akhal-Teke horse, then turned to Qu Feifan and said, "Alright, you can mount your horse now!"
Qu Feifan was overjoyed when he heard that he could test ride the Akhal-Teke horse!
Before Xu Bo'an even arrived at the horse farm, Zhang Kai introduced to Qu Feifan that this Akhal-Teke horse was extremely rare, belonging to the finest purebred Akhal-Teke horses, with very few in the world, and was estimated to be worth at least 30 million.
Qu Feifan, a horse enthusiast, already recognized the horse's exceptional quality, deeming it a top-tier breed. After Zhang Kai's introduction, Qu Feifan's desire to try riding the horse intensified. Later, upon hearing from Zhang Kai that the horse belonged to Xu Bo'an, Qu Feifan was incredibly excited. Given his current relationship with Xu Bo'an, he was certain Xu Bo'an would agree to let him try riding his horse.
Now that this purebred, top-quality Akhal-Teke horse was right in front of him, and he could even try riding it, Qu Feifan was incredibly excited. With a trembling heart and hands, he looked at Xu Bo'an and said in a trembling voice, "Brother Xu, am I dreaming? I can actually try riding a purebred Akhal-Teke horse? Pinch me so I can believe this isn't a dream, this is real!"
The finest purebred Akhal-Teke horses are not only extremely expensive, with an average price of up to 30 million yuan, but some reports even claim that these horses are worth over 100 million yuan. Although Qu Feifan's family is not short of 30 million or even 100 million yuan, the current stock of these horses is extremely rare, making them the kind that are available but priceless; even with money, it is impossible to buy one.
So Qu Feifan was both excited and somewhat surreal to be able to try riding this horse.
Seeing Qu Feifan's reaction, Xu Ming said to him, "Brother Xu already told you to try riding it, what are you still dawdling about? If you don't think it's real, I can go up and try riding it first!"
Upon hearing Xu Ming's words, Qu Feifan quickly and nimbly mounted his horse, then smugly said to Xu Ming, "Dream on!"
Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they saw how quickly Qu Feifan had done it.
Qu Feifan rode his Akhal-Teke horse around the racecourse several times, and even after dismounting, he still felt like he hadn't had enough.
Xu Ming then tried it out again, and the group stayed at the open horse farm for quite a while before leaving. They then drove together towards the "Grand Royal Court Hotel" owned by Xu Bo'an.
Upon arrival, Xu Bo'an led them to a large private room on the top floor of the hotel, which was reserved for receiving guests. With Xu Bo'an's permission, Qu Feifan and Xu Ming each called some of their brothers.
Shortly after they ordered their food, Qu Feifan and Xu Ming's brothers arrived.
Qu Feifan and Xu Ming are mortal enemies, and the rich kids they each bring also dislike each other.
Especially since Xu Ming's underlings didn't know much about Xu Bo'an, as soon as they entered and saw Qu Feifan and the rich kids who usually followed Qu Feifan, they said to Xu Ming, "Big brother, why are we eating with Qu Feifan and his gang?"
Qu Feifan and his group were very unhappy to hear Xu Ming's men speaking like that. Before Xu Ming could even speak, Qu Feifan's group said to them, "You'd better watch your words! What's wrong with having dinner with our Young Master Qu? It's Young Master Qu giving you face. You'd better not be ungrateful!"
The rich kids who followed Xu Ming also retorted without hesitation, "Pah! You think you can give us face? Everyone knows what our relationship is like in private. Do you really need to put on this fake show of compassion?"
Xu Ming accepted Qu Feifan's invitation today only because Xu Bo'an was there. If Xu Bo'an hadn't been there, he wouldn't have come no matter what. But the brothers didn't know this reason! He hadn't had a chance to tell them yet!
Seeing the tense atmosphere between the rich kids who usually followed him and Qu Feifan's group, Xu Ming said to his own people, "Alright, everyone, stop arguing. We're here to eat, not to fight!"
Normally, Xu Ming wouldn't pay any attention to them if they taunted Qu Feifan like that. In fact, if they won a verbal battle with Qu Feifan, Xu Ming would reward them afterwards, since they were mortal enemies, so it was perfectly reasonable for him to do so.
But they didn't understand what was wrong with Xu Ming today? He was unusually stopping them. Could it be that Qu Feifan and Xu Ming had reconciled without their knowledge?
However, since Xu Ming had already told them not to say anything more, they didn't dare to say anything more and obediently sat down as Xu Ming instructed.
After Xu Ming had arranged for the group to sit down, Qu Feifan looked at Xu Ming and said with a smile, "Brother Xu Ming, how's business lately? Have you made a fortune again?"
Xu Ming was very unhappy to hear Qu Feifan call him "little brother". After all, Xu Ming and Qu Feifan were about the same age and had always been rivals. Calling him "little brother" made Xu Ming feel like Qu Feifan was looking down on him, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable. This was something he could not accept.
Xu Ming said to Qu Feifan, "Young Master Qu, our relationship doesn't seem to have reached the stage of calling each other brothers yet. You don't need to be so familiar with me. Just say what you want to say!"
Qu Feifan said, "Xu Ming, since we don't need to be so polite between us, I'll get straight to the point. Some time ago, we bought a batch of houses with Brother Xu, and those houses made a lot of money. How have you been lately? I heard you've been exploring new markets?" Xu Ming had indeed been busy exploring new markets recently, but it was abandoned halfway through. He hadn't been able to expand into new markets as planned and had even lost a lot of money in the process.
Xu Ming and Qu Feifan are both relatively powerful figures in the circle of rich second-generation individuals, and they are not on good terms with each other. They can get the news as soon as the other makes any move.
Xu Ming wasn't stupid. He knew that Qu Feifan was mocking him. However, he knew that Qu Feifan had indeed bought a batch of old houses recently, and that these old houses were bought from Jixiang Real Estate, the second-hand housing transaction center under his control.
When Xu Ming heard that Qu Feifan had actually bought that old house in the suburbs of Jiangcheng, he was secretly delighted. As a local of Jiangcheng with such a large family business, he had never heard anything about the house appreciating in value or being demolished. He had only heard that the area was now becoming an uninhabited slum and that the land there had absolutely no investment value. So, like everyone else, Xu Ming was extremely gloating when he heard that Qu Feifan had bought the old house there, thinking that Qu Feifan would lose everything.
However, he didn't know before that Qu Feifan bought these old houses with Xu Bo'an. Even if Xu Ming had known at that time, he wouldn't have thought that Qu Feifan would make a profit, since he didn't know much about Xu Bo'an at that time.
But now he heard that Qu Feifan bought those old houses because he followed Xu Bo'an, and Qu Feifan said that it was very likely that those houses made a profit.
Before Xu Ming could even speak, his usual henchmen looked at Qu Feifan and said in a very contemptuous tone, "Hey, Young Master Qu, you still have the nerve to show off that dilapidated house you bought? Are you trying to make us laugh our heads off? Everyone in Jiangcheng knows that houses in that area are practically worthless, and you're saying you made money in front of us? How is that possible? Don't try to show off by spouting nonsense. Do you think we're three-year-olds who can be fooled? Who would believe that?"
In the past, Qu Feifan would definitely have been angry if he heard them say such things, but today was different because Qu Feifan had indeed made money and had real cash in his hands. When he heard them say such things, Qu Feifan just thought they were innocently "cute" but he wasn't angry!
Then Qu Feifan laughed and said to the group of guys following Xu Ming, "It's normal that you 'little cuties' don't know about this, but your big brother Xu Ming shouldn't be completely unaware of it, right, Xu Ming?"
Xu Ming looked at Qu Feifan with a provocative gaze and said to Qu Feifan with a skeptical tone, "Judging from your smug look, you really made money?"
Qu Feifan raised an eyebrow and looked at Xu Ming, saying, "You know a thing or two about Brother Xu's capabilities. I invested with Brother Xu, so it must be true!"
Before Xu Ming could speak, his group of followers looked at Qu Feifan and said anxiously, "Young Master Qu, who is this Brother Xu you're talking about? You'd better not try to intimidate us. Even if the houses in that area are dilapidated, nobody would buy them. This Brother Xu you're talking about isn't a fortune teller. You think you can make money just by buying from him? Don't be ridiculous."
When Xu Ming heard his brothers speaking ill of Xu Bo'an in front of him, he wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear, but there was no hole for him to crawl into!
He quickly scolded the group of people who usually followed him, "Brother Xu is right here, don't go too far!"
When this group of people first came in, Xu Ming introduced Xu Bo'an to them, but at that time, Xu Ming also called Xu Bo'an Brother Xu. However, this group of people did not know that this Brother Xu was the same Brother Xu.
After hearing Xu Ming's words, they looked at Xu Bo'an awkwardly and said to Xu Ming, "Young Master Xu, is this the Brother Xu you were talking about with Young Master Qu?"
After hearing everyone's question, Xu Ming nodded awkwardly and said, "It is indeed this Brother Xu. This Brother Xu is very capable. Since Qu Feifan said that he bought those houses by following Brother Xu, then it is almost certain that Qu Feifan made money!"
Qu Feifan said to Xu Ming, "Xu Ming, you old rascal, what do you mean by 'mostly true'? It really is true, okay? Besides, all my brothers who bought houses with Brother Xu have made a lot of money."
After Qu Feifan finished speaking, he was worried that Xu Ming and his group would question him, so he said to the group that had bought the house with Xu Bo'an: "Brothers, please show us your house purchase payment records. Facts speak louder than words. I'm too lazy to argue with these guys!"
Upon hearing Qu Feifan's words, those who had bought houses with Xu Bo'an, including Qu Feifan himself, all took out their phones and showed the huge sum of money they had received from the demolition of their houses to Xu Ming's group.
Xu Ming and his group of rich kids who usually followed him quickly looked at Qu Feifan's phone screens and were surprised to find that each of them had received anywhere from two million to several million yuan. Qu Feifan had earned the most, with nearly ten million yuan in income. After seeing the source of the money, Xu Ming's group finally believed that what Qu Feifan and his friends said was true!
The group of people following Xu Ming looked at him and said, "Young Master Xu, we heard that these houses they bought were all purchased from your company, Jixiang Real Estate! If we had wanted to buy them back then, would they have had a chance?"
The way this person is saying these words to Xu Ming is like stabbing Xu Ming in the heart with a sharp knife; it's really inappropriate!
Think about it, Xu Ming was already upset because of his recent investment failures, and his rival Qu Feifan happened to show him that he had made a lot of money at this time, which was like rubbing salt into his wounds.
Unexpectedly, his teammate directly named Qu Feifan and his group in front of everyone, saying that the house they bought was purchased from their Jixiang Real Estate. Where could Xu Ming put his face now?
If Xu Ming knew that those dilapidated, unwanted houses were now worth so much money, he would definitely buy them first. After all, real estate is his family's business, and being in a privileged position, he should be the first to buy! He would never let Qu Feifan get there before him.
But I didn't know this situation at the time, and I didn't know that Xu Bo'an was so powerful. He not only helped Qu Feifan win a car, but also won Jixiang Real Estate from me, which led to all the subsequent events.
People generally only feel jealousy and resentment towards those who are at a similar level to themselves, but they tend to admire those who are far beyond their own abilities! This is normal logical thinking for everyone.
Therefore, Xu Ming harbored no resentment towards Xu Bo'an for defeating his Jixiang Real Estate; on the contrary, his admiration for Xu Bo'an only increased! (End of Chapter)