Since there were quite a few wealthy people in the group, Li Yang just casually said a couple of things for Lewei. Saying too much would seem like intentional boasting, causing side effects.
After parking the car back in the spot and covering it with the car cover, he took a taxi back to school.
On the way back to the dormitory, he sent a message to Bai Qing.
"Thanks, rich lady, for letting me experience a supercar worth tens of millions. I left the car key in the house, and the house key has been given to the property management."
Bai Qing: "???? You didn’t check the green title document?"
"What green title document?"
Bai Qing sent a picture over, "The green title document is right in the passenger seat, and the car is actually yours, not related to me."
"Oh, oh, oh..."
As he was nearing the dormitory, Li Yang headed back out towards the school entrance.
He passed by the dorm without entering.
He went to the property management to retrieve the key, then to the room to get the car key, and subsequently found the car’s green title document.
He had seen it earlier, just hadn’t opened it.
Upon opening it, it was indeed his personal information.
...
Meanwhile, He Lewei was in the dormitory, chatting with Fan Shujing.
He had been friends with Fan Shujing, but they had never chatted.
The main issue was not being able to find a breakthrough.
But after Li Yang helped him ’boast’ a bit in the group, Fan Shujing took the initiative to chat with him.
Even though it was just ordinary conversation.
Like: So you have been quite discreet.
What does your family do in Port City? What does yours do?
Is there an opportunity for collaboration?
These topics seemed not very substantial, but He Lewei deeply understood the benefits of self-packaging.
Fan Shujing was an attractive girl with an intellectual beauty, and despite adding each other days ago, they hadn’t exchanged a word. Now, just because of a car, she proactively approached him?
It was certainly more than just about a car. As he reminisced about what Li Yang suggested he say, on the surface every sentence was unproblematic, practically even the punctuation was meant to showcase his identity.
A person is less likely to hire a driver unless their net worth is over one billion or holding an important position in a large corporation.
For instance, among He Lewei’s relatives, no one has a driver despite their substantial family assets; pulling out millions in cash is like child’s play.
Li Yang first used the relatively unique profession of ’driver’ to present his identity, then elevated it using the luxury car, acting nonchalant throughout, portraying a Big Boss demeanor.
Thinking about this, he immediately went onto the balcony to call home.
"Dad, I was thinking of asking for some more money, maybe a million or so?"
"No, no, no, I’m not spending recklessly, I just want to buy a car."
"So you’re saying I’m not your biological son, right? I worked hard to get into Jing University, isn’t that for you guys? You said you wanted me to bring home a highly educated wife, and now that the chance has come, you don’t support me. Fine, I’ll just drop out, not gonna study anymore!"
"Oh, collecting rent, huh? Well, all right, but you handle the tax part, I don’t have that much money... I just collect the rent..."
After hanging up, He Lewei felt satisfied.
Li Yang had set up the stage for him, he had to make the most of it.
It’s not just for Fan Shujing, but rather he realized the importance of self-packaging.
Li Yang had given him three rules for chatting.
First, never make any statement too absolute.
Second, humility must be tinged with confidence.
Third, I’m still young, not too familiar with family matters.
For instance, when Fan Shujing asked: So you’ve been quite discreet?
His answer was: How can I be considered discreet? Liu Yuheng, the senior, is the real Big Boss, I’m nowhere near him.
This response visibly surprised Fan Shujing, as few people know about Liu Yuheng’s matters.
Also, Liu Yuheng doesn’t know He Lewei at all, what does that imply? It implies that in just a few days, He Lewei has investigated all the necessary information.
What kind of influence is this?
At least Liu Yuheng still doesn’t know what He Lewei’s family is involved in.
He sent Li Yang a message: "Li Yang, where did you get that car? What model? See if they’re willing to sell, I can pay a premium."
"Okay, selling it to you for thirteen million."
"Great, I’ll give you the money in a couple of days!"
...
Li Yang knew the car was acquired by Bai Qing using connections, with quite a markup.
It cost a total of twelve million.
He called Bai Qing.
"Hey... I sold the car."
Bai Qing paused for a moment: "You couldn’t wait, huh?"
"I couldn’t resist, it’s over ten million. You’re such a spendthrift, isn’t it better to hold onto over ten million in cash? With that money, wouldn’t you repurchase Green Water Group’s stocks? Buying a useless car, don’t know what you’re thinking."
Bai Qing: "..."
It’s not that she doesn’t want to repurchase some stocks, but one or two million just wouldn’t make much difference.
Nobody knows what their next move will be.
But theoretically speaking, as long as her aunt (previously referred to as aunt, corrected) doesn’t sell the stocks, her influence can’t be shaken.
If her aunt were to sell, even if she invested everything she has, it wouldn’t be enough.
The county administration can’t provide any money either.
This matter is fundamentally unsolvable.
Unless she abandons her own chips.
She wouldn’t be able to liquidate much, they could completely suppress the market, taking everything at the lowest price.
Moreover, as long as she holds onto Green Water Group, all nine surrounding counties can have notable achievements, these achievements could enable them to receive several billion in additional funding every year.