Chapter 2237
Knowing it's a trap, yet still jumping in.
Xiao Lan's idea is not surprising.
Many people who fall into financing scams in later generations actually do so voluntarily.
Poor people don't have the idea of getting rich overnight.
Most poor people take things one step at a time; even the most ambitious among them only think about making money from money, or using borrowed resources to generate more wealth...
Do you really think that only wealthy people, when faced with high-return scams, truly don't know what they're investing in?
What kind of business can offer a 10% monthly return, break even in 10 months, and happen to be short of 300,000 to 500,000 yuan from these people?
If these people who were fooled didn't have the brains, how could they have earned such a huge fortune that ordinary people couldn't earn in a lifetime?
They all knew what was going on in their hearts.
Everyone knows that so-called high-return investments are just a game of musical chairs, where you rob Peter to pay Paul.
What they were thinking was that they weren't the ones who would ultimately be left holding the bag.
They were thinking of profiting from the high returns generated by the rapid expansion of the scam.
And he was quite confident that he could get out unscathed before the scam collapsed.
In this process, they were not actually brainwashed or turned into fools.
Instead, he considered himself quite wise.
Therefore, scams specifically target intelligent people.
This statement is not wrong to some extent.
Xiao Lan went to the south to look for her. When he returned, he told his new wife that Ran Qiuye had returned to Hong Kong Island and he couldn't find her.
In reality, Xiao Lan did contact Ran Qiuye, but Ran Qiuye simply ignored him.
One of the security guards at Ran Qiuye's factory initially thought he was a refined and cultured man, so he actually helped him get in touch with the higher-ups through the proper channels.
They must have also contacted Ran Qiuye, who is in Hong Kong.
Then the security guard who offered to help make the contact was fired.
The other guards looked at Xiao Lan with the same hatred they felt for a bandit.
If it hadn't been broad daylight and there hadn't been so many people coming and going at the construction site, Xiao Lan might have gotten a beating.
There's nothing else to it, it's just that when Comrade Xiao Lan introduced himself, he said he was Ran Qiuye's friend.
Judging from Ran Qiuye's reaction, it seems that they don't consider him a friend.
This must be the closest Comrade Xiao Lan has ever been to Ran Qiuye.
Later, he tried many methods, but he still couldn't contact his ex-wife.
His leave period was up, and he had no choice but to slink back to Beijing.
This trip to the south also made Comrade Xiao Lan a bit more sober.
This made him realize the gap between himself and Ran Qiuye.
Putting everything else aside, just look at the factory buildings that Ran Qiuye built in the small southern town, and the hundreds of people working on the construction site, with all kinds of machinery roaring.
He knew that Ran Qiuye was no longer the little woman who looked at him with such longing.
Having been a businessman himself, he naturally understands that in this day and age, to grow a business, one must possess certain qualities of a successful businessman.
For example, being ruthless.
Just like how Ran Qiuye inexplicably fired that security guard.
She has also lived and worked in mainland China.
It should be clear that firing one person affects the lives of that person and their entire family.
The Ran Qiuye of the past would never have done that kind of thing.
But she did it anyway, and quite decisively.
Comrade Xiao Lan had to admit that he was also taken aback by Ran Qiuye's decisiveness.
Ran Qiuye can deal with others like this, and she can deal with him even more ruthlessly.
These are Xiao Lan's reflections from her trip to the South.
Of course, he didn't think he had made any big mistakes.
He still believes that Ran Qiuye's money was all earned by him.
Without his abilities, Ran Qiuye would at most be earning the income of a white-collar worker in Hong Kong.
But he never considered that without Ran Qiuye, Lou Xiao'e would never have given him the opportunity to rise to power, let alone trust him so much.
Therefore, this is a vicious cycle intertwined with fame and fortune, love and hate. Everyone who emerges from it believes they were right.
In comparison, Xiao Lan is more capable of execution.
He learned from his wife, Xiao Fang, that orchids were currently being hyped up in the area outside the Great Wall.
I found a reason and went there.
In that flower market, he witnessed all sorts of bizarre and wonderful things.
Everyone's eyes were filled with a burning desire and greed for money.
Those people looking at the flowers on the stalls were no longer simply admiring the beauty of the orchids.
Instead, he created a model in his mind, assessing the flower's quality, color, and other factors to arrive at a reasonable price.
Seeing the fervor of those people, Xiao Lan knew very well that his chance to make a comeback was right here.
At first, Xiao Lan was not high-profile.
After returning to Beijing, he only visited an old classmate who shared this hobby.
They don't grow orchids anymore, but Little Blue isn't disappointed.
Instead, I asked that classmate to help me find out if there were any people who were good at growing orchids.
The reasons are readily available: he is now a scholar, and the people he associates with are all cultured.
When welcoming or seeing off guests, what better way to express his refined taste and avoid being cliché than by sending flowers?
After some inquiries, I found him several nice potted plants.
"Great Victory," "Monk," and "Oil Craftsman" are some of the most popular orchid varieties right now.
Originally from outside the Great Wall, some government agencies in Beijing also regard these as hobbies.
Xiao Lan, under the pretext of a scholar giving a gift, bought four pots of relatively good quality pots from an enthusiast at a high price of fifty yuan per pot.
By the way, he even borrowed the several hundred yuan he spent on buying flowers this time from his colleagues.
However, he had Xiao Fang accompany him on another trip to the area outside the Great Wall, where he exchanged four pots of flowers for 1,200 yuan.
This was the first time Xiao Lan had shown his business acumen in front of his beautiful wife.
When she held that thick stack of ten-yuan notes in her hand, the open-minded Xiao Fang immediately hugged him and gave him a big kiss.
Because most people are out of touch with the world, smart people have the opportunity to make their fortunes.
Xiao Lan felt like she could do it again.
If things continue like this, he might make a millionaire in a year or two.
He can fulfill all of Xiao Fang's desires at that time.
But even then, Xiao Lan remained vigilant.
He knew that these kinds of crazes come on strong but also go away quickly.
What might be worth a fortune today could be worthless tomorrow.
So the first thing he did upon returning to Beijing was to pay back the money he had borrowed from his colleagues.
They also gave some interest.
Whether someone wants it or not is their business; whether they give it to them or not is a matter of their character.
Now that his relationship with his classmate is over, he will inevitably have to think of new ways to receive flowers.
His weakness is obvious in this regard.
He doesn't know many people in society.
However, at this time, Xiao Fang became his capable wife.
This woman, it turns out, has been involved in the underworld for a while.
I know a lot of people from all walks of life.
In this way, the couple had a clear division of labor.
Xiao Lan is in charge of quality control, and Xiao Fang helps gather information...
Yan Jiekuang, however, has yet to take any action. (End of Chapter)