Reborn as Zhao Ruilong of Handong, I will defy fate.

Chapter 205: More Than Just Aggressive! I Also Want a Share of the Pie with Zhao Ruilong!

"Xiaojun!!"

Wei Lian shouted.

The younger brother pressed on relentlessly, forcing Zhong Xiaoai back against the wall.

Judging from his expression of "enemies meeting with intense hatred," it seemed like he was about to slap Zhong Xiaoai a few times at any moment.

Even if Zhong Xiaoai made mistakes in the past, and even if her family has fallen on hard times.

Obviously, they couldn't let their younger brother act so aggressively in such a high-class place as the Yanjing Grand Hotel.

"what happened?"

Wei Yun turned around and looked at her sister Wei Lian with an innocent expression.

"I only asked her a few questions, I didn't do anything else."

"Go away, they don't even know you, why are you asking!"

Wei Lian waved repeatedly, wanting to quickly take her younger brother away.

"is it?"

Wei Jun turned around and looked at the anxious Zhong Xiaoai with a playful smile.

He could tell that Zhong Xiaoai was thinking of him.

They just don't dare to admit it.

"It doesn't matter if you don't admit it."

"Anyway, I've heard about everything that's going on in your family."

“Your father, Zhong Zhengguo, has been arrested, and your husband, Hou Liangping, has also been imprisoned.”

"Do you still dare to call me a four-eyed guy? Do you still dare to laugh at me for being a toad trying to eat swan meat?"

Zhong Xiaoai bit her lip tightly, looking at Wei Yun with a nervous expression.

She knew Wei Yun's smug, petty face was genuine.

Wei Yun was truly smug!

I used to be a pampered and obedient girl at home.

At school, she was the school beauty, admired and pursued by many.

Wei Yun, who comes from a poor family and isn't even handsome, actually dares to pursue me?

Having grown accustomed to being high and mighty, I didn't think too much about it.

Not only did she throw Wei Yun's gift into the trash can, but she also read his love letter aloud in front of the whole class.

At that time, I never dreamed that one day my family would fall into decline.

Now I see Wei Yun again.

He was still tall and thin, wearing thick glasses, and not exactly handsome.

But his father had already risen to a high position, on par with Old Ge.

and so……

Zhong Xiaoai knew that fortunes change.

Wei Yun can now be aggressive and smug.

Even if he curses at me or even beats me up.

They dared not resist in the slightest.

The difference in their current social status is like night and day.

But the mistakes I made when I was young and ignorant are too embarrassing to talk about.

So much so that Zhong Xiaoai wanted to apologize properly, but didn't know where to begin.

Fortunately at this time.

Wei Lian came up and tried to pull her younger brother away.

"Let's go!"

"Why bring it up again after all these years?"

Wei Yun glanced at her sister and snorted coldly:

"I'm going to bring it up!"

"That day she made me lose face and feel ashamed."

"If our classroom wasn't on the first floor, I would have jumped off the building right there and then."

Turning around, Wei Yun looked at Zhong Xiaoai, who appeared weak, helpless, and pitiful.

“God is watching what you do!”

"Back then, you were so arrogant and humiliated me. You probably never imagined you'd end up like this, did you?"

"You never imagined that your father would fall from power, leaving you powerless and helpless, right?"

Zhong Xiaoai bit her lip and then lowered her head.

"I'm sorry, I apologize for my ignorance and willfulness back then!"

After saying this, Zhong Xiaoai bowed slightly.

She truly never imagined she would end up like this.

In that situation, I didn't really think much about it.

From childhood to adulthood, she was always the obedient daughter in her parents' eyes, the good student in her teachers' eyes, and the great beauty in her classmates' eyes...

Her life was too smooth and she was too well protected.

They have never experienced any hardships or setbacks, nor have they suffered any abuse or beatings, nor have they experienced the cruelty of reality or the coldness of human relationships.

Therefore, he naturally became accustomed to being high and mighty, having the power to do whatever he wanted, and not considering the feelings of others when he spoke or acted.

Without giving it much thought, he publicly humiliated Wei Yun.

They mocked an ugly toad who had grandiose ideas.

Do we need to consider this further?

If I had known back then that my father would one day fall from grace, and that I would one day be powerless and helpless.

Zhong Xiaoai would definitely not humiliate Wei Yun in public.

at the moment.

Even Zhong Xiaoai bowed and apologized.

There were two other people standing nearby, dressed like government officials.

Wei Lian naturally urged:

"Now you should be satisfied, right? Let's go!"

"I have a meeting this afternoon! I'd better hurry!"

Wei Yun took a deep breath and looked at Zhong Xiaoai, who was bowing her head and admitting her mistake, with a mocking expression.

"It's been over ten years, so it doesn't really matter whether you apologize or not!"

"Knowing your family's current situation and seeing you so utterly undignified, I already feel incredibly satisfied!"

At this point, Wei Jun raised her hand and pointed to the elevator.

"What kind of business are you in now? Was that person you were bowing and scraping to, seeing off your client?"

Zhong Xiaoai slowly raised her head.

“I’m no longer in business. He’s my boss, Zhao Ruilong, the deputy general manager of Huilong Group!”

"Wha...what?"

Wei Yun glanced at her older sister, Wei Lian, with some surprise.

"You mean the man you saw into the elevator just now was Zhao Ruilong?"

"Yes!"

Zhong Xiaoai answered with full confidence.

"And what about the other two?"

Wei Yun raised her hand and pointed to the two men beside her.

A middle-aged man and a young man.

They were dressed quite formally, looking like civil servants.

"Director Wu and Secretary Yang from the reception office of the Handong Liaison Office in Beijing."

"..."

Wei Lian and her brother were both stunned for a moment.

They certainly knew what a Beijing liaison office was and what responsibilities it bore.

A mere head of the reception office wouldn't scare them.

To Wei Lian's surprise, the person who had just gone in was actually Zhao Ruilong.

Wei Yun never expected that Zhong Xiaoai would now be working at Huilong Group.

"If you have nothing else, I'll be leaving now."

Zhong Xiaoai looked at Wei Yun with trepidation.

Seeing that he didn't say a word, they immediately left.

After watching Zhong Xiaoai and the other two leave, Wei Lian looked up at the building again.

He couldn't help but wonder to himself, what is Zhao Ruilong doing in Yanjing?

If one comes to Yanjing for private matters, one certainly wouldn't disturb the Handong Liaison Office in Beijing.

"His father, Zhao Lichun, has been active in Beijing these days, hasn't he?"

"Why is Zhao Ruilong here again now, just after Zhao Lichun returned to Handong?"

"Could it be about the high-speed rail?"

Wei Lian was puzzled.

Wei Yun, the younger brother, suddenly turned to the side and asked curiously:

"Isn't Handong Huilong Group very famous? Why don't you know Zhao Ruilong?"

Wei Lian chuckled and said, "What's so strange about that?"

"Zhao Ruilong had only been out of college for a short time when he killed someone in a drunk driving accident."

He was sentenced to seven years for causing a traffic accident and was not released until last year.

"Huilong Group was only well-known in Handong before, and it only became famous after Zhao Ruilong was released from prison."

"Of course, the main reason for his rise to fame is that he successfully assisted his father, Zhao Lichun, in succeeding Zhong Zhengguo as the top official in Handong Province."

“After that, Zhao Lichun launched a high-quality economic development pilot project in Handong, and Huilong Group acted as an investment pioneer, throwing money around in many fields.”

"Many of their investment projects are still in progress and have not yet yielded any results, but their business of acting as an agent for the production of PHS phones, opening chain internet cafes, and developing and producing MP3 players is booming."

At this point, Wei Lian glanced at the elevator entrance.

"Zhao Ruilong doesn't like to show his face in public and rarely comes to Yanjing for events, so how could I possibly know him?"

Wei Yun nodded slightly.

"I see."

"But after Zhong Xiaoai resigned, didn't she start her own business?"

"Why did you suddenly stop doing business and start working for Zhao Ruilong?"

Wei Lian spread her hands.

"You ask me, who should I ask?"

"How would I have known that Zhong Xiaoai would lose all her arrogance and willingly work for someone else?"

"Alright, stop overthinking it and stop asking. We're not even in the same circle, so there's no point in you asking so many questions. Let's go eat roast duck, I have to go back to the office for a meeting after that!"

After saying that, Wei Lian put her arm around her younger brother's shoulder and headed to the restaurant.

But the delicious roast duck couldn't suppress Wei Jun's curiosity at all.

He studied finance in the United States and then worked at a Wall Street investment bank after graduation.

Now, having returned with his prestigious degree, he has been hired by Yanjing City Investment Group without taking any exams and will soon serve as an investment manager.

So how can he be considered a professional in the investment circle?

Looking at the whole world.

Wei Yun is quite familiar with any investment institution that has some strength and reputation.

He is also able to hear about any new news or developments in the investment world to some extent.

however……

He was on Huaer Street, but had never heard of any organization investing in Handong Huilong Group.

Since not a single well-known investment institution is involved.

So where did Huilong Group get its hundreds of billions of yuan in investment funds from?

Could it be that wealthy people from all over the world made these investments secretly?

How can a company from China attract such huge investments internationally?

It's worth noting that Skoda went public in the US last year.

This is a pioneer and leading enterprise in China's mobile phone business.

On the day of its listing, the stock price surged nearly three times, and its market value once exceeded 10 billion US dollars.

This alone has caused an unprecedented sensation, with countless people giving the company extremely high praise.

Kehuilong Group...

It did not go public through an IPO, nor did it have a particularly impressive main business.

They actually secured investments of over 100 billion US dollars.

This is absolutely unbelievable!

Especially now, with the bursting of the US dot-com bubble, the crisis continues to spread and affect the whole world.

Who would be crazy enough to invest so much money in Huilong Group?

Aren't you afraid of wasting your time?

Wei Yun ate while thinking.

The more I think about it, the less it makes sense.

Snapped!

Wei Yun slammed her chopsticks down and wiped her mouth with a tissue.

"Sister, I really can't understand how Huilong Group was able to secure investments of hundreds of billions of US dollars?"

Even if the Zhao siblings are the behind-the-scenes bosses, even if international speculative capital wants to get a share of the pie before China joins the WTO.

"It's understandable that a local powerful enterprise could receive hundreds of millions or even billions of US dollars, but hundreds of billions of US dollars... how is that possible?"

Wei Lian chuckled softly.

There are plenty of people who can't understand this, you're not an exception.

"But I'm warning you, while curiosity is fine, don't pry. Curiosity killed the cat!"

Wei Yun curled her lip indifferently and said:

"What do you mean? Does this money come from illicit sources, and was it stolen, robbed, or swindled from abroad by the Huilong Group?"

Wei Lian chuckled and retorted, "If it really was obtained through theft, robbery, or fraud, then why did they manage to amass such a large sum of money without any victims coming forward to cause trouble?"

"To date, Huilong Group has not faced any accusations or investigations. Do you think they can keep the victims quiet and afraid to speak out and make accusations?"

"This……"

Wei Yun frowned, even more puzzled.

Hundreds of billions of US dollars, an astronomical sum of wealth.

If it was stolen, cheated, or robbed...

They must have already made a huge fuss and made it known to the world.

But Wei Jun is a professional in the investment industry.

"If there was no large-scale financing, and no theft, robbery, or fraud, then where did all this money come from?"

"Did they make their money from investing and doing business abroad? Zhao Ruilong, who was just released from prison, how could he have such great abilities?"

"Did a large number of overseas Chinese contribute funds to Huilong Group to help Handong develop a high-quality economy?"

"But I've been in the US for so long, and I've never heard of anyone donating money to invest in Huilong Group..."

Wei Jun was still muttering to himself.

My older sister, Wei Lian, is almost full.

"Alright! Stop muttering!"

"Even the State Administration of Foreign Exchange hasn't found any problems, and President Shen won't allow any investigation into the source of funds, so what are you still speculating about?"

"Regardless of how they got the money back, investing in various high-tech and high-end industries is beneficial to the country and its people!"

After saying that, Wei Lian picked up a piece of dough and began to wrap the roast duck meat for her younger brother.

Wei Yun looked at the duck meat, cucumber, scallions, and sauce wrapped in dough and suddenly smiled broadly.

"Haha, I think I know where their money came from!"

Wei Lian glanced around, then leaned forward and asked in a low voice:

"how did it get here?"

Wei Yun smiled mysteriously, not in a hurry to give an answer.

Instead, he took out the Huilong MP3 player from his pocket and placed it on the table.

"what is this?"

"Huilong Electronics' MP3 music player!"

Do you admit that it is currently the most advanced electronic entertainment product in the world?

"I guess so. I've never seen anything so good, whether it's performance or functionality."

"Since they have such advanced electronic technology, could they hack into major banks, securities firms, and stock exchanges through the internet?"

"You mean, their money was most likely stolen using hacking techniques? But is that even possible? Does our Dragon Country really have such amazing technical geniuses in this area? And how could they steal so much money without being discovered?"

Wei Yun smiled faintly.

"Sister, you don't understand."

"More than 100 billion US dollars is a lot, but don't forget that there are nearly 7 billion people in the world."

"Moreover, there is a large amount of capital flowing around the world every day due to cross-border trade, financial transactions, illegal buying and selling and other activities."

"As long as the skills are good enough, no one can detect that you're taking advantage of those accounts that trade frequently."

"For example, if you're a business owner with a lot of savings and a large amount of money flowing in and out every day, you wouldn't even notice if you lost a few cents or dollars, right?"

"Furthermore, almost every day around the world, a large amount of money is involved in illegal transactions such as gambling, fraud, and money laundering. If this money is stolen and double-crossed, who do you think would report it to the police?"

"Not to mention that there are many banks in the West with hundreds of years of history. Since they opened, there are countless dormant accounts where people still have money. If the money in these accounts is less, who would complain?"

Wei Lian nodded in sudden realization.

"Yeah, dead people can't talk!"

"But isn't your speculation a bit too far-fetched? Could Huilong Group really have such advanced hacking skills?"

Wei Jun chuckled awkwardly and lightly tapped the Huilong MP3 player on the table with his finger.

"As the world's superpower, the United States seems to be far ahead of the rest of the world in many aspects, but no other company can produce such advanced electronic products."

"Huilong Group, which originally had little reputation and strength, developed such a cutting-edge technological product in less than two years after Zhao Ruilong was released from prison."

"If it were you, with your superb electronic information technology skills, would you just focus on developing products and making money? Wouldn't you want to bring back a lot of money from abroad to spend?"

Wei Lian laughed and said, "Of course I want to, but are you sure Zhao Ruilong really has such amazing skills?"

"Whether he has it or not, we'll find out by finding an opportunity to test him."

Wei Yun picked up her teacup and took a small sip.

"But before that, you have to create an opportunity for me to meet him."

"Once we become friends, I'll have a way to find out where his money came from!"

Wei Lian frowned and said, "Didn't I tell you not to investigate? Why are you so stubborn?"

"I investigated him, certainly not to expose or denounce him!"

Wei Yun put down her teacup and looked up at the upstairs.

"I want to cooperate!"

"If he can raise 100 billion, he can raise another 200 billion, 300 billion, or even more!"

"Since he's so good at making money, I, Wei Jun, must get involved and get a piece of the pie!"