Living in a small county town, earning a million a year

Chapter 5 Snow White
Xu Mu smiled upon hearing this, raised an eyebrow at Shen Xingyu, and said, "You disagree?"

"If you don't agree, then there's no point in talking!"

"Go ahead and sue me, but we have a contract and relevant chat logs between us."

"When we go to court, firstly, the penalty for breach of contract is clearly written in black and white in the contract, and you can't escape it! Secondly, you agreed last year to share the profits and losses. Last year you lost 500,000, and this year you made 180,000, which means you're still losing 320,000!"

"In the end, you'll still have to bear a loss of 64,000!"

"As for interest? The court won't support it!"

"You can figure this out yourself."

After Xu Mu finished speaking, he didn't linger. Instead, he patted Bao Yong on the shoulder, signaling him to go to the restroom.

Bao Yong and Shen Xingyu had a decent relationship. It was Bao Yong who recruited Shen Xingyu into the group, but he didn't expect Shen Xingyu to break off their friendship!
Now that things have come to this point, everyone has some reservations.

It's definitely impossible to start talks again.

Bao Yong stood up, looked at Shen Xingyu with a complicated expression, and said, "We'll give you half an hour to consider it. You can consult a lawyer."

"After half an hour, we stopped caring about anything."

Follow Xu Mu to the restroom.

Two people stand in front of the toilet, releasing their stress.

Do you think he will agree?

Bao Yong looked at Xu Mu and asked.

"I'll definitely agree."

Xu Mu looked at the white wall, shook himself a few times, and then put on his pants. "If he's smart enough, he'll agree."

“I originally thought that if he talked to us nicely, I would respect your opinion and return the 370,000 yuan to him. After all, it's only 40,000 or 50,000 yuan, and it's not much if the two of us split it up! But he insisted on giving us a hard time, so I don't think it makes any sense.”

After washing his hands, Xu Mu lit a cigarette and took a deep drag.

Seeing Bao Yong come out, Xu Mu handed him a cigarette and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't feel guilty. This world isn't black and white! I know you value brotherhood, but in the face of real interests, brotherhood is fragile!"

"Not everyone trusts you like I do. Since we can get 43,000 for free, why not? It will also help reduce our losses from last year!"

"After you sign the dissolution agreement, transfer 13,000 to him, and I will transfer the remaining 300,000 to him."

"Row!"

When Bao Yong heard Xu Mu say that, he could only believe Xu Mu in this matter.

After all, Xu Mu's brain is indeed better than his.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Shen Xingyu sent a message in the shareholders' group, "Come and sign the dissolution agreement!"

"I agree."

"Look," Xu Mu pointed to his phone and said with a smile, "He'll definitely figure out the pros and cons."

Xu Mu and Bao Yong returned to Starbucks.

They found Shen Xingyu sitting on the sofa signing something.

Xu Mu took out the inkpad he had brought and placed it on the round table in Starbucks. "The three of us will sign together and press our fingerprints."

After the three people signed and pressed their fingerprints, Xu Mu took a picture and sent it to their group chat.

Then, 300,000 plus 13,000 were transferred to Shen Xingyu on the spot.

"Due to Shen Xingyu's personal reasons for withdrawing his shares, after friendly negotiations among the three parties, the amount of RMB 313,000 will be refunded in accordance with the contract. All three parties have signed and sealed the document, and this matter is now settled!"

After finishing all this, Xu Mu looked at Bao Yong and Shen Xingyu, "President Shen, you've come all this way, let's have dinner together tonight!"

"Let Boss Bao arrange for you to experience the local customs and culture of Tianji County!"

"Okay."

Shen Xingyu did not refuse.

In those ten or so minutes, he probably figured it out: it's best if we can part ways amicably.

The three of them then had dinner together on the fourth floor of Xiang Sheng Century Plaza, and in the evening they went to the Duo Lan Foot Massage next door for a foot massage before seeing Shen Xingyu off.

"Take this contract. I'll give you 60% of the profits later!"

"That doesn't matter. Once my novel becomes popular and I make money, I'll invest some more in you! We'll try to expand our current scale a bit more."

Previously, Xu Mu went to Shanghai with Bao Yong to visit their cooperative breeding farm.

The partner in Shanghai is named Wang Xiao. He's very powerful, with about three million breeding turtles. The hatchlings alone can sell for 1.5 million a year. If you include the profit from reselling, he can make a net profit of two million a year.

Therefore, Xu Mu is still very optimistic about this industry.

"OK!"

After saying goodbye to Bao Yong, Xu Mu rode his electric scooter home.

It was almost midnight when I finished writing six thousand words.

However, what puzzled him was that although he had completed the task issued by the system, he did not receive any notification from the system.

This made him very strange!
Is it possible that the rewards for this task are distributed at the same time as the gold coin giveaway?

With this in mind, Xu Mu watched the time in the lower right corner of the computer screen gradually change.

终于跳到2025年5月16号00:00，银行卡及时的跳出一条短信，“工商银行尾号0576到账10000元，余额69324.88元！”

At the same time, a system notification sounded in Xu Mu's mind.

"Host has completed a random task issued by the system. Reward: one blind box and fifty experience points!"

"Current personal experience level 1: (50/100)"

"Would you like to open the blind box?" "Yes!"

Xu Mu had been eagerly anticipating it for a long time.

If it weren't for the blind boxes, why would Xu Mu need to shamelessly ask Tong Wu for money?

For Xu Mu, who owns Tongzi Ge, borrowing money is still somewhat shameful.

"Ding! Blind box opened. Congratulations to the host for acquiring 10% equity in Tianji County Kaiyuan Taihe Hotel. The equity contract will be signed on May 23."

"What the hell?"

Xu Mu had expected the blind boxes to be a pleasant surprise.

But I never expected it to be such a big surprise!

Kaiyuan Taihe Hotel is located next to Xincheng Square in Tianji County. It was built in 2009, but the rooms and related infrastructure underwent another round of renovations in 2018. The annual turnover is around 500 million yuan, and the hotel's normal profit margin is about 40%, or 200 million yuan.

Based on Xu Mu's 10% equity stake, the annual dividends alone would amount to 20 million!
Most importantly, this thing belongs to Xu Mu!
Damn, Brother Tong is awesome!
Xu Mu fell into a deep sleep, filled with excitement.

I was woken up by a phone call around 9 a.m. the next day.

The call came from a local private number, and my phone didn't alert me that it was a scam call.

Xu Mu answered the phone out of curiosity.

"Hello? Is this Mr. Xu Mu?"

"it's me."

"Hello Mr. Xu Mu, I am Bai Xue, assistant in the president's office of Kaiyuan Taihe Group. Because you have acquired 10% of the shares of our Kaiyuan Taihe Hotel, we hope to sign the contract on May 23rd of this month and would like to invite you to attend our shareholders' meeting on that day!"

"Okay, no problem!"

"Okay, is this your WeChat number? I'll add you on WeChat!"

"Yes," Xu Mu replied. "Is there anything else?"

"It's alright now. Have a nice day!"

Xu Mu hung up the phone, wanting to go back to sleep.

But the thought of opening the blind box and becoming a shareholder of Kaiyuan Taihe, instantly transforming into a tycoon with an annual income of tens of millions, makes him incredibly excited.

Although this dividend is paid out once a year, it's still a hidden asset!

Does this mean I won't have to pay for my stay at Kaiyuan Taihe hotels anymore?

We should ask Bai Xue, the assistant in the president's office.

Upon receiving the friend request from Bai Xue, Xu Mu subconsciously opened Bai Xue's Moments.

It's full of her selfies.

It must be said that the CEO has excellent taste in choosing a secretary.

In the photo, Bai Xue has long, wavy hair that reaches her waist. Her delicate oval face is lightly made up, with large, expressive eyes beneath her willow-leaf eyebrows, a high nose bridge, and cherry-like lips. Most importantly, she is wearing a white business suit with long legs encased in black stockings under her knee-length black skirt. Judging from her height, she should be about 1.7 meters tall.

From any angle, Bai Xue is a top-tier beauty.

She was definitely a campus beauty at school.

"Hello, Mr. Xu!"

After exiting Moments, Xu Mu saw a WeChat message from Bai Xue.

"Hello, I would like to ask if I will have to pay for services at Kaiyuan Taihe Hotel after becoming a shareholder?"

"No need. Our shareholders at Kaiyuan Taihe have an annual spending limit of one million yuan. Of course, if the spending exceeds one million yuan, an additional fee will be charged."

"okay, thank you."

"You're welcome. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions."

……

At this moment, Bai Xue, who was in the assistant's office, finished chatting with Xu Mu and also opened Xu Mu's Moments.

However, Xu Mu's WeChat Moments are filled with turtles, games, and writing.

I rarely take selfies.

However, Bai Xue still found a selfie that Xu Mu and Tong Wu took two years ago when they had a late-night snack together.

"It seems the chairman's concerns were justified. Looking at Mr. Xu's WeChat Moments, he really does seem like an idle rich kid!"

"It's either a pet turtle or a novel, but are these two industries that rich kid has chosen really that far apart? They have absolutely no connection... But he's quite handsome!"

"Let's meet Mr. Xu Mu and see what kind of person he is. If he doesn't meet you, we'll have no choice but to buy back the shares!"

As the president's assistant, Bai Xue has a lot of work to do every day.

In particular, for each equity acquisition, they need to check what kind of people the shareholders are.

Whether they can bring certain benefits to their company, or whether they are the kind of people who don't care about anything.

If there are many things to do but no way to generate revenue, they would rather pay a high price to acquire the equity back.

Drip!

Just as Bai Xue was pondering, a person with the contact name "shareholder"—Liu Yang—sent her two messages.

"Come to my office."

"Something happened."

(End of this chapter)