Urban drama: Starting with marrying the beautiful and wealthy Jiang Lai

Upon hearing this, Gan Jing couldn't help but shake his head. "So, your hot pot restaurant hasn't been open for very long, yet you've already valued yourself at 10 billion? Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?"

Haidilao is a new phenomenon in this era. Most people, including Gan Jing, could not have imagined that such a chain hot pot restaurant could go public and have a market value of 600 billion yuan in the future.

Cao Meng didn't want to explain his bet with Jiang Lai to Gan Jing: "Jiang Lai values ​​my future development."

If you are not willing to accept my equity investment, you can lend me money.

I'll offer you a higher interest rate, double the highest commercial loan rate, 50% per annum. What do you think?

Gan Jing has landed many big projects through interior design over the years, and now his total assets are over 1 million yuan. However, if he puts this 1 million yuan in the bank, the annual interest rate is only 3%, which is too little.

She wanted to invest in the stock market, but she didn't know anything about it. She also wanted to invest in other things, but none of them were things she was good at.

Now that he has finally met someone he trusts and who has great potential, Gan Jing is willing to invest in Cao Meng.

However, she did not expect that Cao Meng would give her such a low equity stake; it was only 10% of the 100 million yuan.

She felt that she would be better off lending the money to Cao Meng, as she would be happy to receive 50% interest annually.

Cao Meng now knows that if he tells Gan Jing that Haidilao Hotpot could have a market value of several hundred billion yuan after its future IPO, Gan Jing would find it hard to believe.

After all, Cao Meng's current success is only the success of one store, and he has not yet formed a nationally renowned brand.

Gan Jing nodded and said, "Alright then, I have over 100 million on hand right now, I'll lend you 100 million!"

Some people say that Cao Meng already has 5 million yuan, so why does he still need to borrow 1 million yuan from a woman?

There used to be a funny saying that if you want a woman to pursue you, there's a 100% successful way: borrow money from her, and she'll definitely keep chasing after you for it.

Having a loan relationship with a woman can also catalyze the emotional connection between the two parties.

Because she feels she has gotten the better deal with you, she will be more willing to date you.

Cao Meng used to take advantage of Zhu Suosuo for free. It might be okay a few times, but if it continued for a long time, no woman could stand it.

Therefore, Cao Meng still tends to make women think that they have gotten the better deal with him, when in reality Cao Meng has gotten the better deal.

Gan Jing readily transferred 100 million yuan to Cao Meng through a high-level bank account.

However, Cao Meng did not immediately put that 100 million yuan into the operation of Haidilao.

After all, it's difficult for Haidilao to achieve a 50% profit margin in its operations.

However, if you put this money in the stock market, the situation is quite different.

It's fair to say that any stock from the 2013 stock market would have risen by over 1000% in 2015!

Especially those stocks on the ChiNext board, which can even rise by an average of over 2000%.

Think of dozens of top-performing stocks like Eastmoney and Yinzhi Technology; from 2013 to the first half of 2015, they could even rise by more than 5000%!

Gan Jing had no idea that Cao Meng had such a plan; she was secretly pleased with herself.

Feeling that she had gotten a great deal from Cao Meng, she had an even better impression of him.

Gan Jing felt as if her man was making money for her.

All you have to do is invest money in him, and at the end of the year, he'll give you an extra half of the money.

After Gan Jing transferred the 100 million to Cao Meng, Cao Meng showed his gratitude and gave Gan Jing a big hug.

"Sister Gan Jing, thank you for trusting me so much. I will never let you down."

My business will absolutely flourish, turning your 100 million into at least 200 million!

Gan Jing, however, thought she had gotten a great deal, which was quite adorable.

Gan Jing still believes that Cao Meng hugged her out of gratitude.

As she grew accustomed to Cao Meng's hugs, the distance between them gradually decreased.

Once she gets used to zero distance, she may also accept negative distance in the future.

Cao Meng only gave him a hug this time, and he felt it wasn't enough.

She simply kissed Gan Jing.

This time, it wasn't a kiss on the cheek, but on the lips.

Gan Jing was stunned. She quickly pushed Cao Meng away and asked with a flushed face, "Why did you kiss me?"

Cao Meng said with a smile, "I just thought you were so cute, so I kissed you."

If you're angry, you can get revenge on me. I'm here waiting for you to bite me!

He genuinely found Gan Jing endearing. Gan Jing had only earned 50% interest and had no idea that Cao Meng would earn 5000% profit in the future, yet she was smug and felt she had gotten a great deal.

She's so innocently adorable.

Gan Jing felt that Cao Guang always took advantage of her, and that he did so so openly and righteously.

She was a little angry and actually bit Cao Meng to express her anger.

"Ugh! You always take advantage of me, how can you have such a mean mouth!"

This mature and sophisticated woman, Gan Jing, seems shrewd, but she's surprisingly innocently naive when it comes to these kinds of things.

Every time she felt angry and wanted to get revenge on Cao Meng, she didn't realize that Cao Meng was taking advantage of her.

To outsiders, her biting Cao Meng might look like the two of them kissing.

Just as Gan Jing and Cao Meng were locked in a fierce battle, there was a knock on the door.

Gan Jing quickly pushed Cao Meng away, her face flushed, and went to open the door.

Zhu Suosuo and Jiang Nansun were standing outside the door; the two best friends had come together.

Zhu Suosuo looked at Gan Jing and Cao Meng with some confusion, not understanding why they locked the office door from the inside.

Moreover, Gan Jing's pretty face was flushed.

She was even more confused. Wasn't Gan Jing Jiang Haokun's girlfriend?

She almost became Jiang Haokun's fiancée, making her Jiang Lai's sister-in-law.

How did she end up getting involved with Cao Meng?

If Jiang Haokun knew that his girlfriend Gan Jing and Cao Meng were being intimate in his office, he would definitely be very angry.

Zhu Suosuo would certainly keep such a secret.

She was worried that Cao Meng would be no match for Jiang Haokun, the head of a real estate group, since Jiang was now a billionaire.

She immediately introduced Cao Meng to her: "Cao Meng, this is my best friend, Jiang Nansun."

"Nan Sun, this is my boyfriend... Cao Meng!"

She originally wanted to say, "This is my boyfriend, Cao Meng," but then she remembered that Cao Meng had told her before that it was best not to introduce each other as boyfriend and girlfriend in front of outsiders.

All the last-minute changes of address, referring to Cao Meng as her male friend, resulted in a pause in the middle, which made the introduction even more awkward.

Jiang Nansun suppressed a laugh. He was indeed your male friend, and the only relationship between you two was that kind of relationship.

Jiang Nansun was rather naive; she didn't know that Zhu Suosuo intended to introduce her to Cao Meng as his successor, to share his burden.

She simply wanted to come over for a hot pot meal and, incidentally, see how her best friend Zhu Suosuo was doing with her job search.

But now that Zhu Suosuo has seen Cao Meng in person, she finds that he is much more handsome than she had described to her before.

He was tall, handsome, and dashing; he was the most handsome boss she had ever met.

She has a wonderful overall demeanor and a friendly, approachable quality that makes people feel like they are bathed in a spring breeze.

Jiang Nansun didn't quite understand how Zhu Suosuo could be so love-struck, how she could be so easily infatuated, and how she could be taken advantage of by a man so many times without any regrets.

When she met Cao Meng in person, she immediately understood why Zhu Suosuo was the way she was.

Let alone Zhu Suosuo, even she herself, if she had met Cao Meng before Zhu Suosuo, might have been just as infatuated and love-struck as Zhu Suosuo.

However, she currently has a boyfriend, Zhang Anren, with whom she is on the verge of breaking up, and a young and talented man, Wang Yongzheng, who is pursuing her.

Her love life was in turmoil, which naturally prevented her from coveting her best friend's boyfriend.

Jiang Nansun gently shook hands with Cao Meng, smiled sweetly, and said, "I've heard a lot about your deeds from Suo Suo, and they're already very famous. Meeting you in person is truly better than just hearing about you."

I've wanted to eat here several times before, but there were never any seats available. Now I finally have the chance, and it's even an honor to eat in the boss's office!

When Zhu Suosuo saw that Jiang Nansun was so proactive in talking to Cao Meng, she knew that Jiang Nansun had already developed a deep liking for Cao Meng at first sight.

If I add a few more sparks in the future, this matter will be accomplished.

Cao Meng then introduced Gan Jing to Zhu Suosuo and Jiang Nansun.

Zhu Suosuo then realized that Cao Meng had introduced her to Jingyan through Gan Jing's connections, and quickly stepped forward to shake hands with Gan Jing to show goodwill.

"Sister Gan Jing, thank you so much!"

"Sister Gan Jing, you're so beautiful!"

Gan Jing could clearly see that Zhu Suosuo was Cao Meng's lover.

Just as Zhu Suosuo described, Cao Meng was her boyfriend!

However, Gan Jing did not feel much jealousy or aversion towards Zhu Suosuo.

Because she vaguely sensed that Zhu Suosuo was somewhat humble when facing Cao Meng, and also humble when facing her.

Unlike Jiang Lai, he was not arrogant, domineering, or willful.

Therefore, Gan Jing felt pity, sympathy, and appreciation for Zhu Suosuo.

Gan Jing smiled and said, "Sister Zhu Suosuo, you're so beautiful too!"

Zhu Suosuo could clearly sense the ambiguous relationship between Gan Jing and Cao Meng.

Upon closer inspection, she could see that Gan Jing's lips seemed a little swollen.

Nine times out of ten, it was because of Cao Meng's kisses that made their skin swollen.

Cao Meng can be quite rude at times, and doesn't know how to be gentle with women.

A little while later, Yang Ke, the sales director of Jingyan Real Estate Company, arrived.

Yang Ke may not look particularly impressive, but he is extremely capable and very approachable.

After he came in, he greeted everyone warmly.

His main focus was to greet Cao Meng and praise Cao Meng's business methods.

"Mr. Cao, you have truly embodied the principle of 'customer first, customer is God' to the fullest extent."

I need to study this carefully, and I'm going to encourage my real estate sales team to learn from the Haidilao spirit!

In that era, many companies were indeed learning from Haidilao's spirit of providing meticulous and considerate service to customers.

But just like they learned from Huawei, many companies only scratched the surface.

They believed that constantly urging employees to work hard and be good to customers would significantly improve their company's profits.

But they forgot that if you only want the horse to run fast but don't feed it, the horse won't run fast.

Cao Meng introduced to Yang Ke: "Mr. Yang, this is my friend Zhu Suosuo."

She used to work in a luxury clothing store, a niche European brand. Their marketing department was rather poor, and sales weren't great.

I think her sales skills are quite impressive, so I'd like to introduce her to your company!

Yang Ke watched Zhu Suosuo all night and was very surprised. This girl was really good-looking and had a great temperament.

"You have a great image. Now, can you show me how you usually sell clothes?"

Zhu Suosuo then spoke candidly about how she usually sells clothes.

Getting a job through a personal referral is that easy.

Of course, neither Cao Meng nor Zhu Suosuo will mention the fact that Zhu Suosuo and Yang Ke's boss Ye Jinyan's daughter share the same birthday now.

This matter must absolutely not be publicized; instead, Ye Jinyan should find out about it unintentionally.

For example, after Zhu Suosuo joins the company, she invites her colleagues to her birthday party.

At that time, Ye Jinyan might find out that there was a girl in their company who was born on the same day, month, and year as her daughter.

Zhu Suosuo finally got a job at Jingyan Real Estate Company. After this was settled, everyone was very relaxed and enjoyed the service at Haidilao Hot Pot.

Yang Tao was also very perceptive, and she had the two best-performing waitresses come over to serve everyone.

It truly made Yang Ke, Jiang Nan, Sun Ganjing, and others, who had never eaten at Haidilao hotpot before, realize what it means to be treated like royalty!