King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer-Chapter 789 - 718 The Bustling House of Boss Xiao Qiao
789: Chapter 718: The Bustling House of Boss Xiao Qiao
789 -718: The Bustling House of Boss Xiao Qiao
Qiao Liang’s surprise did not last long.
As soon as he took out the list and made a phone call, a chauffeured car quickly arrived downstairs at his future father-in-law’s apartment…
That’s right, Qiao Liang could no longer live on campus, and buying a house in the capital seemed uneconomical to him; thus, he simply moved into Tong Tong’s house, living right above his prospective father-in-law’s apartment, which belonged to Mr. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
Tong.
The elderly couple had a vast network of friends.
They had moved to the Planning Bureau’s dormitory, mingling with a bunch of old “brothers” and “sisters,” remotely overseeing the construction progress in Sangha Town.
“Giant Infrastructure” company even established an office in the capital solely to cater to this group of elderly men and women…
They didn’t really want to take care of them but instead lobbied these retired ‘idealists’ through constant running and offering, urging them not to go too far.
In Africa, “Giant Infrastructure” had extraordinary capabilities, but it couldn’t achieve everything.
If a project became too complex, some of them would be snatched up by China Construction.
Joe Ga genuinely didn’t know about these situations, mainly because certain developments in Sangha Town had exceeded his understanding.
All he knew was that inexplicably, the money was increasing, and those who had just started producing, without seeing any return yet, somehow began reinvesting…
The French being sluggish and indecisive.
Lenore, the town leader of Sangha Town with a bit of spare money, fantastically took out from the bank the money Joe had made from selling buildings, using the project collaborated with France as a mortgage.
The French development companies were all dumbfounded.
Before I invested a dime, and without seeing any project output, I was already burdened with debt…
Under normal circumstances without political factors, this would be a good thing for any company.
But since those projects were secured after lengthy negotiations and used to establish France’s presence in Central Africa, being pushed out would be incredibly foolish.
Lenore was not at all afraid of the French defaulting because if they defaulted, it meant Central Africa unanimously supported him.
This was an even greater advantage for boss Qiao!
Now, with so many projects in Sangha Town, from site selection to design, everything needs to be approved by a bunch of old men and women.
The old Zhu from “Giant Infrastructure” indeed had a headache.
He had his wife and son moved to a nearby community, and he rented the meeting room for these old men and women, hoping that they would not cause trouble, saving him a lot of hassles and making much more money.
With Central Africa being what it is, who needs bicycles anyway?
Do sewers really need to be that fancy?
Do roads really need to meet such high standards?
The appearance of commercial real estate really does not need to be too striking…
Old Zhu, 48 this year, confirmed his fortune two years ago, completed his third marriage, his young wife was 25, and he had a son who was just over a year old.
This girl is Yuan Ya, a graduate student from an art academy.
Because she realized how difficult it was to mix in that circle, she decisively threw herself into Old Zhu’s embrace and, with the support of this big shot who made his name in Africa, started a new media company.
Originally, her plan was to fly between China and Africa, using the information gap and curiosity to shoot videos to attract traffic, converting it to cash through the tourism industry in the end.
But Old Zhu, vigorous in his older age, quickly fathered a child with her.
Now Yuan Ya’s main job became taking care of the child while casually hanging around with Joe Liang and Qiao Er, not exactly slaving away, merely taking care of the entire Tong family’s daily needs…
At first, Yuan Ya was not happy with this arrangement; after all, with Old Zhu’s current net worth, he surely didn’t need to suck up to a director at the capital city’s Bureau of Industry and Commerce.
But soon, she realized that her target was not the director she had thought, but the director’s daughter, Tong Tong…
Just by adding a WeChat friend, Yuan Ya found out that all the so-called luxuries and high-society things she heard about in school were simply not at the same level.
Tong Tong, the girl who lives in an over eighty square meter apartment with her parents, yet her circle of friends and the vast difference in their social statuses amazed Yuan Ya.
There were members of the European Royal Family, Middle Eastern Royal Families, African chieftains, the security chief in Ndele, and the fat mom selling phones in Sangha Town.
Qiao Liang was only initially led by Big Sister Monica to behave arrogantly for a while, then his news vanished from the net.
Tong Tong had her moment of glory for a few days and didn’t pose any barriers to her father’s career advancement afterward.
Instead, she started following a Russian female bodyguard to lose weight while quietly contemplating ways to ‘get rich’, vowing not to stop until she reached one thousandth of Qiao Liang’s salary.
Old Tong was not optimistic about his daughter’s ‘grand ambitions’ because he was dragged by his mentor to handle tax incentives for Jia Liang Trade, taking care of many procedures personally.
Today, Jia Liang Trade has broken into nine figures just from export tax refunds in half a year.
A finance guru from the Ministry of Finance, now retired, provided a purchasing budget for the next half year starting with a ten-digit number beginning with ‘3’!
Jia Liang trade smashed into the Iraqi market, broke open the Liberian market, and opened up the African market…
Supporting thousands of small factories, without the need for the nation to exert too much political resources, instead continuously pulling resources from back home.
In such a scenario, Qiao Liang’s salary was a mystery even to Old Tong.
After all, up until now, his own daughter hadn’t made any money from selling face masks; instead, the mask machine they initially invested in had become a burden…
Old Tong was a carefree man; when his wife brought a boy home from the hospital years ago, he didn’t question it.
When his daughter dated Qiao Liang, he wholeheartedly supported it, feeling it was best to keep matters within the family.
But who could have guessed that Qiao Liang’s brother would make a name for himself in Africa and, in just over two years, take off flying with Qiao Liang…
Initially, Old Tong had worried that once Qiao Liang made it big, he would look down on Tong Tong for being plain and that he, as the cheap father-in-law who received benefits, would find it inconvenient to trouble him.
Who knew what got into the kid, but it seemed he just liked Tong Tong, the carefree chubby girl.
Even with all his money, he didn’t consider buying a big house to show respect to his future father-in-law, insisting on squeezing in with his own family, having even driven the grandparents out.
In one month, Old Tong was called in for discussions by the leaders four times and had meals with corporate representatives eighty times, with every conversation revolving around Qiao Liang, which dampened Old Tong’s ambition for promotion…
According to Old Tong, getting promoted twice in one year wasn’t appealing since even if he reached the deputy bureau rank, he would just be another official in industry and commerce.
In his line of work, getting rich wasn’t suitable; as for respect, who dared not give him that now?
Yuan Ya got out of her Porsche, holding a child and carrying a box of imported sea cucumber, ready to take the elevator when she ran into several middle-aged men dressed in suits, holding various respectable nutritional supplements—men who seemed to be of high rank…
Old Tong’s residential area housed many high-ranking officials, and during holidays it was bustling like a marketplace, meeting all sorts of people was not unusual.
Yuan Ya, extremely savvy, having mingled here for about half a year, understood the social dynamics.
She entered the already yielding elevator, thanked politely after, and said, “Excuse me, 15th floor…”
The young man guarding the elevator door hesitated, exchanged a look with someone beside him, and then said with a smile, “What a coincidence, we’re also going to the 15th floor.
Miss, are you going to…”
Yuan Ya hesitated for a moment, naturally displaying the sea cucumber in her hand and said with a laugh, “I’m visiting my friend who dreamt of eating sea cucumber while on a diet…”
Upon hearing this, the young man with glasses immediately realized Yuan Ya was Tong Tong’s friend…
So he said with a smile, “You’re Miss Tong’s friend?
What a coincidence!
We have an appointment with President Qiao.
If it’s convenient, perhaps we could all dine together later?”
The man beside him, who had been silent, had a very imposing manner.
Knowing her place, Yuan Ya smiled and said, “You are here to see President Qiao, so it must be about something important.
I’ll just chat with Tong Tong and leave quickly…”
The young man with glasses did not insist.
He smiled and handed over his business card, saying, “Maybe some other time then…”
Yuan Ya awkwardly received the business card with one hand, the child in one arm and the sea cucumber in the other, and saw ‘China Shipbuilding Ocean and Naval Equipment Co., Ltd.’ on the card…
As someone who studied arts, she knew little about these things.
She smiled and said, “Wow, China Shipbuilding, very impressive.
I’ll definitely visit you sometime.”
As the two conversed, the elevator reached their floor…
As the elevator doors opened, a door to the left instantly swung open, revealing a large, bearded Russian in a sailor shirt poking his head out, then walking out barefoot, arms crossed…
His presence didn’t quite seem like that of a bodyguard but rather like that of a thug!
Seeing the group rooted to the spot, Yuan Ya awkwardly greeted the muscular man, “Victor, I’m here for Tong Tong…”
Upon hearing Tong Tong’s name, Victor pointed to the room he had just exited and said in halting Chinese, “In there…”
Yuan Ya glanced at the somewhat tense young man beside her, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, “Victor, they’re here to see President Qiao.
Is he in?”
Victor sized up the men for a moment before nodding and saying, “One moment!”
Then, the nearly two-meter-tall muscular man pushed open the emergency exit door, peeked inside at Qiao Liang, who was hiding and smoking with another muscular man, and said, “Boss, there’s someone looking for you…”
Qiao Liang paused for a moment, came out and noticed a man he had met once at a grand opening.
Then Yuan Ya witnessed a very peculiar scene.
The imposing middle-aged man, upon seeing Qiao Liang, flashed an extremely amiable smile.
With a subtle shift of his shoulders, his demeanor completely changed, as if greeting an old friend, he grasped Qiao Liang’s hand and laughed, saying, “President Qiao, you look well!
You just made a call, and I rushed over…”
Qiao Liang paused, carefully looking at the middle-aged man in front of him, and said, “You are President Jin from North Industry, but I…”
President Jin glanced at Yuan Ya beside them, then said to Qiao Liang with a smile, “President Qiao, we’ve all come.
You can’t possibly turn us away…”
Qiao Liang paused, then nodded and said, “Then let’s go upstairs.
Tong Tong’s mother is resting.
Let’s talk at grandpa’s place, he has good tea…”
