Chapter 82: Reflection
As he drove back to the Nanjing University campus with Lin Guangdong, the streetscape slipping past beside them, Su Can told him how he had borrowed private capital from Pei Fengshan and the others to rig the bidding. Lin Guangdong glanced sideways at his boss. Had it not been for the fact that he was only nineteen, Lin Guangdong could hardly have believed his thinking could be so meticulous. Thinking back, the dangers at the auction had been buried deep, impossible to fathom. Still shaken, he said,
"Even so, even with more than half the bidding paddles in our hands, there were still people bidding, and bidding like crazy. The whole process was far too risky. If you hadn't told me, I would never have known dinner with Zhan Hua could be worth so much. Damn, if someone offered me twenty thousand for three hours over dinner, I'd be willing too."
Su Can smiled. "Don't set your sights so low. I believe that with the standing you'll have someday, Lin Guangdong, you'll be worth far more than that. You'll be able to stir up a storm just like Zhan Hua."
In the years to come, Shi Yuzhu's three-hour lunch, modeled after lunch with Buffett, would unquestionably unleash a wave of celebrity appeal. Some people asked just what could be accomplished in those three hours. Could three hours really teach someone Zhan Hua's shrewdness and the essence of his business acumen? Could three hours possibly replicate his rise, along with all the factors that had made him such a leading figure? None of those things could be acquired in three hours. Besides, Zhan Hua's net worth had merely multiplied because Anlixin Investment's reach extended into real estate, energy, and aviation. Did that really make him comparable to Buffett?