Rebirth starts with small money

Chapter 498 Zhou Xiaoli Returns to China

"Little Li~!"

"Miss Li~!"

At Yanjing International Airport, Su Mei and Liu Qingqing greeted Zhou Xiaoli who had just come out of the exit.

Chen Li stood behind the two of them and observed Miss Zhou for a while.

Uh~ It seems that the other party can no longer be called the eldest lady.

After all, the Zhou family really fell this time, Zhou Bowen can be said to have spent all his family wealth, and finally saved himself from going to prison.

To be honest~ On this point, Chen Li really looked up to Zhou Bowen, because at first he really thought that Zhou Bowen would "run" abroad.

It's no wonder Chen Li thinks so, after all, this kind of thing is really normal.

Many rich businessmen and corrupt officials in the country ran away after the accident, but Zhou Bowen chose to stay when he had the opportunity to run away.

This point makes Chen Li feel that Zhou Bowen is just average!
After all, if you really want to say that the other party is good, then the designation is a bit ridiculous. These days ~ there are real estate companies who count as one, and they cannot be said to be bad people, but the designation is not a good person.

Don't look at Zhou Bowen's amiable face when facing Zhou Xiaoli, Chen Li and others, but this one is usually outside~ he is also a man of the real estate industry.

Of course~ it is no longer the case, Zhou Bowen is a bankrupt rich man who owes a lot of money.

But this person didn't choose to run, which surprised Chen Li a bit.

As for why Zhou Bowen is said to be a bankrupt rich man~ that is because although Zhou Bowen is indeed bankrupt and even owes a buttock of debts, in fact, the other party still has far more wealth than ordinary people.

For example, the Zhou family still has two houses and several shops, all of which are located in the prosperous area of ​​Yanjing.

Of course, these two houses and shops are not under Zhou Bowen's name, but Zhou Xiaoli's.

Hey~ This is actually a small loophole in the law, and Zhou Bowen took advantage of this loophole, which can be regarded as able to guarantee the daily life of the Zhou family.

To put it bluntly~ Although the Zhou family fell down, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse.

Even if Zhou Bowen is bankrupt now, the foundation of the Zhou family far exceeds those ordinary people who have worked hard all their lives.

Anyway~ even if Chen Li worked hard all his life in his previous life, the money he saved would not be able to afford a house in Yanjing.

"Little Li~ I'm sorry for the incident this time!"

Just as Chen Li was dreaming about what happened to the Zhou family, Zhou Xiaoli walked up to Chen Li after saying hello to her two girlfriends.

At this moment, Zhou Xiaoli is no longer as lively and exuberant as before. She seems to be a little more mature, but in fact she is a typical example of excessive worry.

Of course~ this is normal.Even if it is Chen Li, if he encounters something similar to Zhou's family, he probably won't be much better than Zhou Xiaoli.

Think about it in August~ when Chen Li and Zhou Xiaoli went to Germany together, the eldest lady spent a lot of money to buy a bunch of luxury goods under the guidance of the younger sister.

At that time, Chen Li had actually vaguely guessed the predicament the Zhou family was about to face, but he didn't remind Zhou Xiaoli.

After all, Chen Li was only a little aware of this matter at that time, and if Zhou Bowen could finally get through the predicament, his reminder might become a joke.

But Zhou Bowen did not survive this crisis in the end, which made Chen Li feel somewhat dazed when he saw Zhou Xiaoli again four months later.

Four months ago~ Zhou Xiaoli was still the daughter of Zhou's Real Estate.

Four months later~ Zhou Xiaoli became the daughter of a bankrupt old Lai's family.

And the reason why Zhou Xiaoli said to bother Chen Li was because Zhou Xiaoli actually came back to deal with two things when she returned to China this time.

The first thing~ is that Zhou Xiaoli plans to hand over the real estate and shops she owns to Chen Li for help.

The second thing~ is to pick up her mother to live in Germany.

As for Zhou Bowen, he didn't choose to leave, and he probably won't be able to leave now either!
And the part of the cash that Chen Li withheld before was the reason why Zhou Xiaoli wanted to thank Chen Li.

In fact, at the beginning, Zhou Xiaoli wanted to sell this part of the shares.

Although there is not much profit available for dividends for Ideal Fried Chicken this year, it is because Ideal Fried Chicken put all the profits into opening new stores.

With the development of Ideal Fried Chicken, the 4% shares held by Zhou Xiaoli and Su Mei are no longer the 10 yuan they originally gave.

Previously, Zhou Bowen asked someone to conduct a survey on Ideal Fried Chicken. Judging by the current operating conditions and financial conditions of Ideal Fried Chicken, he wanted to make a valuation for Ideal Fried Chicken.

At that time, Ideal Fried Chicken had a total of 179 chain stores, and owned the actual property rights of 87 of them.

Without calculating the brand premium, it is only estimated based on the annual sales of Ideal Fried Chicken, estimated profits and fixed assets. Finally, the other party gave a valuation of about 2000 million US dollars.

However, now the number of ideal fried chicken stores has increased to 192, and the number of stores with property rights has also increased to 94.

Even if Zhou Xiaoli's 2000% stake in Ideal Fried Chicken is calculated based on the previous lowest valuation of 4 million US dollars, the value is about 80 US dollars.

Converted into Huaxia currency ~ that is about 700 million.

This valuation~ Zhou Bowen asked Secretary Zhang to find someone to do it. After Chen Li found out, he didn't say a word!

Perhaps in Zhou Bowen's opinion~ Although Ideal Fried Chicken has nearly [-] branches, the stores of Ideal Fried Chicken are relatively small, and both the value of the property rights of the stores and the benefits that the stores themselves can generate are relatively limited.

In addition, Ideal Fried Chicken is following the path of traditional industries, so even if Ideal Fried Chicken develops well, the valuation given by the other party is still not high.

And the most important thing is that the person Zhou Bowen is looking for doesn't know the specifics of the fried chicken industry at all.
Cost ~ channel ~ profit, etc., Zhou Bowen's people are just guessing based on the industry conditions they investigated.

They don't even know the exact sales of all Ideal Fried Chicken stores. The so-called valuation is naturally somewhat nonsense.

As the owner of Ideal Fried Chicken~ Chen Li is naturally very aware of the current situation of his company.

In [-], when there were not many competitors, the sales and profits of Ideal Fried Chicken were frighteningly high.

2000 million U.S. dollars, converted into Huaxia currency, is even less than 2 million.

Chen Li is fully confident that before the end of next year, the annual sales of Ideal Fried Chicken will directly exceed 2 million Huaxia coins.

However, based on the profit return rate of the fried chicken industry, which is currently called a huge profit, the valuation is only 2000 million U.S. dollars. It is definitely belittling the ideal fried chicken.

Not to mention the asset-heavy route that Ideal Fried Chicken is currently taking. Those store property rights that seem to be more burden than investment at present will bring unimaginable value to Ideal Fried Chicken in the next ten years.

Maybe ~ Zhou Bowen's estimate made by others makes sense, but if someone really wants to make an idea of ​​ideal fried chicken based on this estimate, then Chen Li will probably give the other party a scolding directly.

But if the person who wants to sell the shares is Zhou Xiaoli, then Chen Li doesn't know what to say.

From a businessman's point of view, if Zhou Xiaoli wanted to transfer the shares, Chen Li was naturally happy to accept them all.

Because as early as when Chen Li made Zhou Xiaoli and Su Mei the shareholders of Ideal Fried Chicken, there were relevant clauses in the signed agreement.

If the two want to transfer their shares in the future, they must first obtain the consent of Chen Li, and Chen Li has the preemptive right to subscribe.

That is to say ~ if Zhou Xiaoli really wants to sell it, she must sell it to Chen Li, unless Chen Li can't afford it.
But now, Chen Li is really not short of this little money, and even Chen Li only needs to let Ideal Fried Chicken pay dividends once, and then he can use the profit to buy the shares in Xiaoli's hands next week.

But as a friend, Chen Li still tried to persuade Zhou Xiaoli.

After all, it is the current operating status of Ideal Fried Chicken. If you really want to quit at this time, it is definitely the behavior of two fools.

In fact, when Chen Li persuaded him, he thought that Zhou Xiaoli might not listen to him. After all, Zhou Xiaoli urgently needed a sum of money at this time. According to his understanding of the character of the former eldest lady, the other party was very likely to stubbornly quit Ideal Fried Chicken.

However, with Chen Li's persuasion, Zhou Xiaoli actually listened to his persuasion.

In Zhou Xiaoli's words, Chen Li is talented in doing business.

Uh~ To be precise, this sentence was said by Zhou Xiaoli's father.Since Chen Li said that it is better to keep the shares, she will keep the shares.

But~ Although the shares are not for sale, Zhou Xiaoli does need a sum of money now.

Because she wants to take her mother to Germany, and her mother's health is not very good, and the monthly medical expenses are not low.

If it was in the past, that amount of expenses would not even be considered superficial for the Zhou family, but now. The Zhou family has no source of income for the time being.

Although Zhou Xiaoli still has a few shops under her name, the rent for those shops has already been paid by others.

Unless those shops are sold, but if these shops are sold, the Zhou family will have no income in the future.

In the end, Chen Li helped to think of a way. He withheld a part of the recent income of Ideal Fried Chicken, and planned to distribute benefits to employees and dividends to shareholders at the end of the year.

Of course~ With Zhou Xiaoli's shares, even if the dividends are paid out, they won't actually get much money.

At the very least~ For the expenses she currently needs, although the dividends are somewhat useful, they are not very useful.

But ~ Chen Li will lend a part of his dividend to Zhou Xiaoli, and repay it later when Ideal Fried Chicken gets another dividend or when he has income.

For Chen Li's proposal, Zhou Xiaoli did not refuse. In fact, to be precise, she has no right to refuse now.

There may be a possibility for Zhou Bowen to make a comeback, but it will definitely not solve the current predicament in a short while.

So at this time, Chen Li was willing to help, which was definitely the best solution for Zhou Xiaoli.

"You're welcome!"

"Don't forget, we are partners and friends!"

As far as Chen Li was concerned, he was not worried at all that Zhou Xiaoli would not be able to repay the little money he lent to the other party.

Not to mention anything else~ Just those few shops under Zhou Xiaoli's name, I will sell any of them in two years. Not to mention paying back Chen Li's money, there are many of them!
In fact, Zhou Xiaoli's original idea was to sell one or two shops first, but she was persuaded by Chen Li.

It's too bad to sell without him now!

In [-], although Yanjing's housing prices were relatively high in China, they were generally not outrageously high.

At the very least~ During this period of time, if you put aside the later conditions for buying a house, you only need to work hard. It is really not a dream to buy a house in Yanjing.

Unlike when Chen Li had the idea of ​​buying a house in his previous life, it was too difficult to buy a house in Yanjing with his income.

Chen Li didn't know exactly when Yanjing's housing prices started to skyrocket. Anyway, he remembered that after 08, Yanjing's housing prices gradually began to rise to a level that he dared not imagine.

So ~ choosing to sell real estate and shops during this time period is definitely a very unwise choice.

In the previous life, the story about a Yanjing person who sold his house to go abroad to do business, and finally returned to Yanjing to buy a house after earning tens of millions ~ is definitely not just a story for Yanjing people these days Jokes.

It is impossible for Chen Li to help Zhou Xiaoli make a decision, but it is still possible to persuade her.

As for lending a sum of money to Zhou Xiaoli, it was really just a small favor.

Although he couldn't fill the big hole that Zhou Bowen made, he is a reborn person after all, and he has the help of the system. If he can't even help with a small favor like borrowing some money, then it is really a failure.

Chen Li didn't lend money to Zhou Bowen, it was because Zhou Bowen's hole was too big, even if Chen Li gave him all his money, it wouldn't help.

But it would be much easier to settle Zhou Xiaoli and her mother.

A few simple greetings~ Chen Li drove Zhou Xiaoli back home, but Chen Li and the others did not leave, but stayed at Zhou's house for dinner.

This meal was cooked by Zhou Bowen and his wife, and now the Zhou family has no nanny.

Moreover, the current residence of the few people is not the big villa of the Zhou family, but a large three-bedroom apartment under Zhou Xiaoli's name.

"The food is ready~!"

"Come~ move your chopsticks and have a taste of my craft!"

"Don't tell me~ I haven't cooked food in the past few years, and I have recently picked up this skill."

Zhou Bowen greeted everyone to start eating, it seemed that his condition seemed to be okay.

For this, Chen Li really admired this uncle.

Anyway, Chen Li thinks that if he is Zhou Bowen, the biggest possibility is that he will be devastated.

You must know that Zhou Bowen lost hundreds of millions of wealth this time!

But this week the big boss actually looked like a normal person.

That's right~ "Looks" like a normal person, Chen Li reckons~ this guy doesn't know what he's worried about every day in private.

It's just that Zhou Bowen temporarily hid all those troubles since his daughter just returned to China.

And Zhou Xiaoli didn't know why, she didn't ask about these things at the dinner table, everyone just ate and chatted normally.

After a meal, Chen Li planned to say goodbye to Liu Qingqing and Su Mei, but was stopped by Zhou Bowen.

"Little Chen~!"

"You and Xiaoli are friends ~ Uncle Zhou, I won't go around in circles with you."

"Do you still need someone over there?"

(End of this chapter)