Confessions of a Salesman

Chapter 875 Collecting Protection Fees
I continued to analyze: "For the remaining 45%, I know that Matthew Xian, the most veteran CEO of your company, accounts for 20%, and the remaining 25% is a few minority shareholders! Am I right?"

Du Shiyang cut it and said: "Too many people know about this, what's the use of knowing? Who do you think you can get the promised 15% of my shares from?"

I said confidently: "Your father's place is probably more difficult. Mr. Ma's 20% can be researched to get 10%, and the 25% of the minority shareholders can get 5%. It should be no problem!"

Du Shiyang pursed his lips and said, "Let me tell you, I don't know about this? But you can get 10% of the shares from Mr. Ma? Do you know the relationship between him and my dad? Closer than a brother! Do you think he Will you give me 1 cents of the shares? And you probably don’t know who are the 25% of the scattered shares? They are all relatives of my family. They basically don’t want to see me since they were young, because I am not a son. They realized that they had the opportunity to take over my family's business! How much do you know about the history of Lushui Garden?"

I shook my head and said, "I'm not interested in knowing more, and I don't want to attack your company!"

Du Shiyang explained: "Lvshuiyuan started with two excavators. At that time, six relatives of our family raised a total of 2 yuan to buy two second-hand excavators and contracted to dig four fish ponds in our countryside. After earning the first sum of money, I started contracting projects. My dad saw the right time and mortgaged his two excavators and his house. He borrowed 6 million and confiscated a penny for two consecutive years. The leading real estate in Guangzhou, Pearl River Real Estate, has been rewarded accordingly. The earliest commercial houses in Guangzhou were all the foundations dug by my father.”

I groaned and said, "Isn't Matthew Xian the owner of Zhujiang Real Estate? Your father annexed Mr. Ma's shares and made Lvshuiyuan today? Doesn't this seem a bit immoral?"

Du Shiyang said displeasedly: "Who told you! How could my dad be that kind of person? You should know that Mr. Ma has long wanted to retire when you see Mr. Ma's 20% shares in our company. , to transform the Pearl River Real Estate into today's Lvshui Park, let my dad carry forward the Pearl River Real Estate, this is the trust in my dad!"

I smiled and said, "It's just a joke, why are you so serious?"

Du Shiyang countered: "Aren't you angry when I say that to your father?"

I still smiled and said, "Don't be angry! If my dad had this ability, I wouldn't be working so hard today!"

Du Shiyang sighed: "I really can't do anything about you! Then tell me, do you think Mr. Ma might give me shares?"

I hummed and said: "Maybe, it's still very possible. According to my understanding, Mr. Ma should be very dissatisfied with the current situation of Lushui Garden. I have studied him. He is a very old-fashioned person. You just took over He must have been the most dissatisfied in Lushuiyuan, but he couldn’t hold back your father, so he let you take over. Now, on the contrary, Lushuiyuan is thriving under your leadership, but there are also great hidden dangers , that group of relatives in your family, that restless 25% of the shares. I didn't say anything bad about your father, as far as the facts are concerned, since I heard last time, your sister..."

Then she looked at Xue Qi, and suddenly dared not speak.

Du Shiyang smiled bleakly and said: "Tell me, Xue Qi knows everything!"

I took a deep breath and said, "Your father is getting old, so he is confused about many things. What the company is most afraid of is the love between children! But now? You can see it from the Shanshui Huacheng project. Mr. Ma has been in real estate for so many years, how can he not understand! He will stand by your side no matter what!"

Du Shiyang nodded and said: "Your words make sense, but at the recent board meeting, I didn't see that Mr. Ma was on my side. On the contrary, he still targeted me everywhere! Talk about the progress of the project in my ancient town Too much slowness, too much capital pressure."

I asked, "Then does he agree with the Shanshui Huacheng project?"

Du Shiyang shook his head and said: "There is no such thing, but I have no objection!"

I chuckled and said, "Compared to your ancient town project, isn't Shanshui Huacheng more unreliable and progressing more slowly? I won't talk about how much money is pressed! Anyone with a discerning eye would know that if your father didn't support this project , is a joke!"

Du Shiyang said inexplicably: "Then why doesn't Mr. Ma object?"

I analyzed: "This is the same as when he couldn't refute you and took over Lushuiyuan! Since he can't object, he can only accept it silently! Under such circumstances, don't you think Ma will always help you?" ? Now Mr. Ma and you will deal with your relatives and your vacillating father! There is still a chance of winning!"

Du Shiyang finally showed a smile and said: "What is it, it becomes so simple for you to say that!"

I shrugged my shoulders and said, "Things in the world are inherently simple, but people make things too complicated! Didn't Mr. Lu Xun say that there are no roads in the world? If you walk a lot, you will find your own way!"

Yaoyang cut his throat and said: "That is, there is no way in the world, and if there are too many people walking, the way will become a way!"

Xue Qi said with a smile: "It seems that you are very knowledgeable, right? You have memorized the elementary school textbooks a lot, right? I guess they were punished for copying too!"

Yaoyang actually said shamelessly: "Haha, I really made you guess right! You can memorize elementary school textbooks, it's beyond the syllabus!"

The three of us laughed together.

Yuan Zhiyuan's roast lamb is ready, so let's eat it.

The environment of the ancient town is not what it used to be. There are reinforced concrete everywhere. The first phase of the project has already taken shape. Although it is already winter, it is like spring in a small courtyard.The set up stove, next to a tall stove, exudes heat, and the fragrant roasted sheep smells on the face.

A chef in a snow-white suit and a white hat more than a foot tall was brushing the oil on the sheep. The tableware had been neatly placed on the dining table, and the table was covered with a white tablecloth.

I was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is this roast lamb? Or Western food?"

Yuan Zhiyuan said helplessly in a low voice: "Yaoyang asked me to add this temporarily, it's superfluous! It's such an oily thing, it will get dirty in a while, I don't know what to think? We are not fussy people !"

I pointed at Xue Qi with my mouth, Yuan Zhiyuan nodded and said: "Understood, understood!"

Sitting down, Du Shiyang said with emotion: "Do you still remember when our classmates ate barbecue like this for the first time! You still laughed at me and said that I worship foreigners, and I obviously eat a fire, insisting on calling it a hamburger! Look How are you now? It's different, half foreign!"

I shook my head without explaining, "I had no money back then, so I must have said that! Now that I have money, how could I not show off!"

Xue Qi looked at Yaoyang, Yaoyang looked up at the sky, it seemed that it had nothing to do with him!

The chef took the oily lamb piece by piece, sliced ​​the delicious lamb down, and put it on our plate.

Du Shiyang picked up the knife and fork skillfully, inserted a piece of garlic and shallot, dipped a little sweet noodle sauce and spread it on a piece of pancake, rolled it up, put it in his mouth, and ate it elegantly.

I pursed my lips and said, "Are you eating BJ's roast duck? Or lamb? Is there a way you eat it?"

Du Shiyang pursed his lips and said, "You are so old-fashioned! The way of eating BJ roast duck is learned from other XJ people, but XJ people have mutton sandwiched in the middle of the pancake, and later it was evolved into what it is now. right?"

I also tried her way and picked up the knife and fork decently, but I couldn't be like her. I rolled up the cake with a knife and fork proficiently, and started directly in a fit of anger. While eating, I explained: "This thing You have to work hard to enjoy the food! Look at the men on the prairie, they are all drinking heavily and eating meat, which is really enjoyable!"

They ignored me and ate mutton in a gentle manner. Only Zhao Dezhu imitated me and ate mutton with hand-rolled pancakes and scallions.

We were eating, talking and laughing when the security came over with three people.

The security guard came in front of us, whispered a few words to Yuan Zhiyuan, Yuan Zhiyuan frowned, walked up to those three people and said something.

Then, I saw the leader in the middle, pushed Yuan Zhiyuan away and walked to Yaoyang, and asked very rudely: "Are you the person in charge of this project?"

Yaoyang was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, what's the matter?"

The man was carrying a handbag, combed his shiny pink hair, and was wearing an inappropriate suit. The white shirt inside had turned yellow, and the leather shoes were polished enough to reflect the light.

The man said with a smile: "It's nothing serious, just come and see if there is anything that needs help!"

Yaoyang said with a grunt: "There is a bag of garbage at the door, just help take it out!" After eating, he continued to eat the mutton in his hand.

The two people behind that person also came over, and one of them said angrily, "Who the hell are you ordering? On purpose, right?"

Yaoyang froze for a moment, looked at the scolding person, pointed at him with a fork in his hand, and said, "I can order whoever the fuck I want? In my place, I can do whatever I want! Are you saying that you are full and come here to scold you if you have nothing to do? Or are you itchy and need to be beaten? Get out of here quickly, I didn’t see us eating here, and seeing you is disgusting!"

They split their heads and said, "Brother, don't be so aggressive, you probably don't know what we do?"

Yaoyang pursed his lips and said: "I know, didn't someone come here before? They just wanted to collect some protection money from me, right?"

They split up and smiled and said, "Now that you know, it's easy to handle! How do you plan to pay? Is it monthly or daily?"

I asked curiously: "Can it still be closed every day? Come up to collect it every day? Aren't you tired?"

The three of them looked at me at the same time, and they didn't know what I was doing?Ignored me, and continued to talk to Yaoyang: "At first glance, the boss is a cheerful person. You who come from other places may not be familiar with the environment here. There are troublemakers out of poor mountains and rivers. After receiving our protection, no one will come here. It’s a problem to find you, it’s better to spend money to buy peace!”

I was stunned and said, "Brother, you just come here to collect protection fees in such an open and aboveboard manner? Is it authorized by the state? If I make a phone call, I guess the police car will have to wait for you at the door!"

The three of them looked at it, and then laughed loudly: "Brother, isn't he too young? Why are you so childish? You can call now and call the police! Let's see what the police say?"

After talking separately, he stared at me viciously and said, "Let's see if the police can protect you?"

I said disdainfully: "Even if the police can't protect me, do you know how many people are on our construction site? They all rely on us for food. In a word, I guess you not only can't get out, you may not even be able to get out by crawling!"

They split their heads and said: "I'm going to borrow your guts, but you don't dare! You don't even ask, who am I? We have people from the public security, procuratorate, and law enforcement. If you call the police, someone will tell me!"

Zhao Dezhu, who kept his head buried in silence, suddenly said, "What are you telling me? Do you want to reason with you? Do you want me to reason with you!?"

They were stunned for a moment, gritted their teeth and said with a smile: "I still encountered a hard stubble today, everyone is afraid of me? You still have to reason with me! Brothers, it seems that they don't dare to teach them a lesson today. They don't know Lord Ma has three eyes! Call someone! Seal their doors!"

Of the other two people, one pretended to make a phone call, and the other persuaded: "Brother, isn't it very good? They all belong to the neighbors in the neighborhood. If you ask hundreds of people to block their door, you will see them when you look up. Forget it, they probably don't know our strength!"

They split up and hesitated for a while, told the caller not to call first, then turned to us again and said, "I won't make such a big fuss today, think about it, I won't be so polite when I come again next time!"

At this time, they realized that there was already a group of people standing behind them, and they had already surrounded them. Zhao Dezhu said with a smile: "Don't do it next time, the money is not confiscated, why are you being polite to us? We are all waiting You are calling someone! Call, hurry up and call someone!"

They split their heads for a moment, and then looked at the group of tall and thick men behind them. Sweat dripped from their foreheads, but they still said: "Brother Shanshui met again, don't do things so badly, do you dare to let us go, I will let you go!" Get someone to go right away!"

Zhao Dezhu said with an oh: "Okay! I guess you are in arrears on the phone? You have to go to mobilize yourself? Then I will ask my brothers to follow you to call for someone. When they are called, come back. You see Let's see if we are fighting literary or martial arts!"

They split their heads and asked tremblingly: "Is this still divided into civil combat and martial combat?"

Zhao Dezhu hummed and said, "I just wanted to reason with you, but you didn't listen, so I'll tell you now! Wendou is more civilized, you stand still, let us beat you up and we're done! Wudou Well, we will beat you up in groups, and then we will beat you up once we see each other!"

(End of this chapter)