Li Cheng leaned back on the chair, rested his left hand on the edge of the turntable, and shook the wine glass in his right hand.
He noticed that Shen Zhiyi picked up a piece of food for Zhao Chen, and his movements were very natural, as if he had done it countless times.
This detail made the string in his heart tighten a little. He put down his wine glass and leaned forward slightly.
"Zhao Chen, as investors, you will make money quickly when the market is good.
But in the final analysis, you still need to have an industrial foundation.
Nowadays, many people who invest seem to be prosperous, but they actually rely on leverage.
When the market pulls back, cash flow is cut off, and nothing is left."
He paused, as if he was considering his words, but every word had a clear direction.
"Zhiyi, for such an outstanding person, you have to be careful when following you.
All of us here are old classmates of Zhiyi, and we all wish her well."
There was silence in the private room. The weight of this sentence was heavier than all the previous cynicism combined.
Li Cheng directly puts the meaning of "Zhao Chen is not worthy of Shen Zhiyi" on the table.
Several female classmates exchanged glances, Sun Tingting lowered his head and typed quickly on his mobile phone.
Shen Zhiyi put down his chopsticks and turned his head to look at Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen was holding the tea cup, her expression unchanged. She answered for him--
"Li Cheng, thank you for your concern. I know what Zhao Chen is doing."
Her tone was calm, but the words "knowingly" were firmly placed.
Li Cheng was blocked by these words, and the smile on his lips froze for a moment.
Zhou Lin Hurry up and smooth things over--
"Hey, we are all classmates. Why are you talking about this? Come and eat food."
As she spoke, she turned the turntable in a circle and stopped the plate of braised pork in front of Li Cheng.
Halfway through the meal, Sun Tingting lowered his head and checked his phone.
She originally just wanted to see if anyone at Moments had posted photos of tonight's party.
However, my fingers accidentally typed the words "Zhao Chen" in the search bar.
She didn't know why - maybe it was because the dinner was too boring, or maybe the words "I'm a stock investor" just now made her feel something was wrong.
She didn't quite understand the first screen of search results that popped up.
"Henglong Group Chairman"
"Times Pioneer Capital actual controller"
"Nvidia's largest institutional shareholder"-she was not familiar with any of these terms.
But she scrolled down the screen and saw a familiar name: "Bidiya".
She clicked in and took a look, then her fingers stopped.
"Henglong Capital holds approximately 4.99% of the shares of Bidiya and is one of the important shareholders.
Henglong Group Chairman Zhao Chen has been taking the lead in building positions since 2018, with a market value of about 11.5 billion yuan RMB."
She picked up the phone from the table and looked down at it for a few seconds.
His expression changed from casual to serious, and then from serious to a certain degree of uncertainty.
She raised her head and looked across the phone screen, landing on Zhao Chen's face.
"Zhao Chen, Henglong Group--Are you Chairman?"
There was silence in the private room. Li Cheng was paused when he was saying, "Our project will start at least 20,000 Opening Price next year."
Zhou Lin The hand holding the wine glass is hanging in the air.
Several classmates chatting next to the round table turned their heads at the same time.
Zhao Chen put down the tea cup. "Yes."
"Is it the Henglong that Hong Kong Stocks was listed on? Then the current market value of Henglong--"
Sun Tingting's voice is much lower than before, and his speaking speed is also slower.
She turned the phone screen to Zhou Lin next to her. Zhou Lin looked down and the smile on her face completely froze.
"Today's closing price is 124, the total share capital is 560 million shares, and the market value is almost 70 billion Hong Kong Dollar."
Zhao Chen said it plainly, as if he was applying for an ordinary Financial Data.
Li Cheng's left hand was taken back from the edge of the turntable and rested on the table.
He put down his wine glass, leaned forward slightly, and his eyes officially fell on Zhao Chen's face for the first time.
"Zhao Chen, are you Chairman of Henglong Group?"
"Yes."
"What about Henglong Capital--holds the shares of Bidiya?
Bidiya's current market value - hundreds of billions?"
Li Cheng's voice was lower than before, and his speaking speed was also slower.
The Red Wine in the wine glass in his hand shook a little, leaving an uneven mark on the wall of the glass.
"4.99%. From the establishment of the position in 2018 to now, the cost has been relatively low." Zhao Chen picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
Zhou Lin was flipping through his phone quickly, his fingers swiping faster and faster.
She turned over for a while, raised her head, her voice was a little tight--
"Zhiyi, you just said that he is doing business at Henglong--then your boyfriend is Chairman, and you are at the Legal Department--"
"I'm doing Legal Department Senior Counsel at Henglong Group.
His name is Chairman. But this is our private matter and has nothing to do with today's meal."
Shen Zhiyi put down the tea cup, the sound was very calm.
The private room was quiet for several beats.
Li Cheng put the wine glass on the table, and the bottom of the glass hit the table with a clear crisp sound.
He leaned back in his chair, was silent for a few seconds, and then laughed.
He smiled lightly, but he no longer had the condescending and easy-going attitude before.
"Our company has a revenue of tens of billions a year, right in front of you -"
He waved his hand but did not finish his words.
"Mr. Li is engaged in real estate, and he does the entire chain from land acquisition to sales by himself. This is indeed not easy."
Zhao Chen's voice is very flat,
"Investment is different from industry, but the underlying logic is the same - look at the direction, endure the cycle, and the cash flow cannot be interrupted.
Mr. Li just said that report data and workshop data are two different things. This sentence is also the same for Henglong--
From Henglong to Real Estate Transformation Investment Holdings, the numbers on the report and the actual operation logic are two different things."
Li Cheng picked up the wine glass and raised it in the direction of Zhao Chen.
This time he didn't speak, he just raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.
Sun Tingting lowered his head and typed furiously on his mobile phone, probably sending messages in a group that did not have Zhao Chen and Shen Zhiyi.
Zhou Lin was quickly pouring wine for everyone, saying, "Come on, come on, let's toast to Zhao Zong."
The enthusiasm in his voice was stronger than when they first met, but it was too hot to know what to do.
Several male classmates who had just agreed to stamp on Zhao Chen were currently eating their food, occasionally looking up and exchanging glances.
The expressions of the female classmates are even more complicated - those who were jealous before that Shen Zhiyi "found a boyfriend who only knows how to trade stocks",
At this moment, she discovered that she was looking for Henglong Group's Chairman, the important shareholder of Bidiya, and the actual controller of Times Pioneer Capital.
That kind of gap makes it difficult for them to even give compliments.
Sun Tingting After pouring the wine and sitting down, the curve of the corner of his mouth was uglier than crying.
When the show was over, Zhou Lin insisted on sending the two of them to the door.
He took Shen Zhiyi's hand and said, "Contact me often in the future." Then he turned to Zhao Chen and said, "Zhao Zong is thinking about any good projects in the future, classmates."
Li Cheng stood at the door of the private room and did not follow him out. He just nodded towards Zhao Chen from a distance.
Zhao Chen also nodded to him, then opened the door and waited for Shen Zhiyi to sit in before walking around to the driver's seat.
When the car drove out of Yuzhong District, Shen Zhiyi turned his head and looked at him.
"When you said Bidiya just now, Li Cheng's face changed."
"Hmm."
"You did it on purpose?"
"No. He asked me what assets would not change in the long term no matter how policies change. I told the truth."
Shen Zhiyi leaned on the seat and looked out the window at the Yuzhong District lights breaking into a flowing strip of light on the river.
"Zhao Chen."
"Huh?"
"You said something before -
Wealth is never your goal, it is just a result of making the right judgment at the right time.
I saw the result at the class reunion today."
Zhao Chen drove the car onto Huanghuayuan Bridge, and the Jialing River under the bridge glowed dimly in the night.
He didn't answer, just turned down the air conditioner in the car and continued to drive forward.