Siheyuan: Revenge of the Stupid Pillar

Ding Qiunan asked with a worried expression, "Brother Zhu, you haven't done anything illegal or disorderly, have you?"

He Yuzhu said calmly, "Don't worry, all my money was obtained through normal channels, nothing will happen."

"In addition, I have a friend who has deposited a batch of gold here. I have decided to take it out first for emergencies and try to raise 100,000 yuan in cash for each route."

Ding Qiunan's eyelashes trembled slightly: "Brother Zhuzi, isn't this inappropriate? After all, the gold was entrusted to you."

He Yuzhu smiled faintly and said, "What's the big deal? We'll find a way to buy a batch of gold back after we make some money."

Xu Huizhen asked curiously, "Gold is such a valuable thing, who would keep it here with you?"

He Yuzhu's expression froze: "You don't need to worry about that..."

Chen Xueru said urgently, "How can we manage that? Who knows if your batch of gold is clean or not?"

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Don't worry, this gold is absolutely clean, otherwise I wouldn't have taken it out."

"Time is of the essence. Those who need to ask for leave should ask for leave, and those who need to exchange money should exchange money. We'll set off first thing tomorrow morning."

He Xinghua said urgently, "What if we can't get leave? Our supervisor is very strict, and it's very difficult to get leave."

He Yuzhu blurted out, "If you can't get leave, just quit. Can a living person die from holding in their pee?"

He Xinghua frowned and said, "But if I resign, what will I do in the future?"

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "What are you going to do? Work with me. I've decided to open a five-star hotel when I come back this time."

Xu Huizhen exclaimed in surprise, "What? You want to open a five-star hotel?"

He Yuzhu said frankly, "That's right! Now that the country has opened up, there are more and more tourists coming from the north and south, so opening a hotel is definitely going to make money."

Chen Xueru frowned and said, "Opening a hotel requires a lot of investment. Why don't you open a restaurant first?"

After all, you're a top chef, with so many fellow apprentices, disciples, and grand-apprentices; opening a restaurant there's a sure thing you'll make money.

He Yuzhu said domineeringly, "The bold get rich, the timid starve. If we're going to do something, let's go big! Besides, we can also run a restaurant in the hotel; opening a hotel is a win-win situation..."

Xu Huizhen said solemnly, "He Yuzhu, I advise you to be more careful. Opening a hotel is not like opening a small shop. The land alone costs a lot of money."

He Yuzhu raised an eyebrow and said, "I've already bought the land, a full six acres..."

Chen Xueru screamed, "What? You've already bought the land? Where did you get the money to buy land?"

"You don't need to worry about that. I've decided to go into the hotel industry. Once the first hotel is open, I'll use it to take out a loan and open a second hotel, then a third, a fourth, until I've opened hotels all over the country and become a true hotel king in China."

He Yuzhu became more and more excited as he spoke, and before he knew it, he had raised his right hand. His seven children were so excited by He Yuzhu that they all shouted that they wanted to fight with him.

Nowadays, China is full of business opportunities. The reason why He Yuzhu plans to enter the hotel industry is that Xu Huizhen and Chen Xueru both had done hotel business in their previous lives and could help him.

Secondly, he is a chef with many apprentices and disciples. He has the resources and ability to improve the hotel's catering, so even if the hotel doesn't make money, the catering department can still do so.

Xu Huizhen said with dissatisfaction, "Alright, stop yelling, or you'll attract wolves."

"He Yuzhu, it seems you've been planning this for a long time. You're not planning to take back your deputy factory director job?"

Without hesitation, He Yuzhu said, "I've wanted to quit my job for a long time. No matter how high your position is in a factory, you're still working for someone else. It's not as comfortable and glamorous as being your own boss!"

"Alright, time waits for no one, let's get moving!"

"I'll emphasize it again, you all need to keep this a secret. You can only make a fortune by keeping quiet."

"In addition, the gap in making money this time will be at most one month. You should try to switch jobs as many times as possible and make more money so that our business can have enough start-up capital."

After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave.

Chen Xueru said urgently, "Wait, we haven't divided the cities into different categories yet!"

He Yuzhu said nonchalantly, "I'll go to Shanghai. You can make your own arrangements for the other cities."

After leaving home, He Yuzhu went to the small courtyard where he had left Lou Xiao'e's gold and silver jewelry, antiques, and calligraphy and paintings.

He Yuzhu only took the gold; he didn't touch the jewelry, antiques, or paintings. After all, gold could be exchanged for gold, but once jewelry, antiques, or paintings were sold, it would be very difficult to buy them back.

He Yuzhu roughly estimated that Lou Xiao'e had deposited about 50 jin of gold with him.

Currently, the purchase price of gold is 48 yuan per gram, so 50 kilograms of gold can be exchanged for approximately 120 million yuan.

Because he had a lot of gold, He Yuzhu was afraid of attracting the attention of those with ulterior motives, so he went to several banks before he could exchange all the gold for cash.

He Yuzhu returned home in the late afternoon.

Xu Huizhen asked impatiently, "Honey, how much money did you make in total?"

He Yuzhu's lips curled up, and he said smugly, "The money I got from exchanging the gold, plus my original savings, totals more than 1.3 million."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xueru's face lit up with joy: "That's great! Huizhen and I have pooled together over 100,000 yuan, and with your money, we have a total of over 1.4 million yuan. This way, each of us can get 200,000 yuan."

He Yuzhu nodded and smiled, "Yes, we're going to pull off something big this time."

"Is dinner ready yet? I've been busy all day and I'm starving."

Xu Huizhen said with a smile, "The food is ready a long time ago, let's eat right away."

After dinner, He Yuzhu said seriously, "Everyone should get some rest. We'll set off first thing tomorrow morning."

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly finished washing up and returned to their own bedrooms.

He Yuzhu returned to the bedroom, took off his clothes, lay down, and prepared to sleep. Ding Qiunan, however, looked worried and said:

"Brother Zhu, can we really make money? You've not only bet your entire fortune this time, but you've also taken your friend's gold. If you lose it all, the consequences will be unimaginable."

He Yuzhu comforted her, "Honey, don't worry!"

"Don't you know my personality? If I wasn't 100% sure, would I have staked my entire fortune?"

"But I'm still a little worried!"

"Don't worry. Even if you don't trust me, you should trust Xu Huizhen and Chen Xueru. They are both so shrewd that they have put all their savings into it, which is enough to prove that this treasury bond resale is a sure thing."

Ding Qiunan was silent for a moment, then said softly, "You're right! By the way, who temporarily stored that batch of gold with you?"

He Yuzhu yawned and said dismissively, "You wouldn't know even if I told you. Go to sleep, we have to get up early tomorrow!"

Ding Qiunan suddenly raised her voice and questioned, "Xu Huizhen said you have two lovers, is that true?"

He Yuzhu hurriedly denied it, saying, "Don't listen to that woman's nonsense. I can't even handle the three of you, how could I have the energy to mess with other women?"

"You better be telling the truth, or you'll see what I do to you!"

"Take care of me? You're going against the natural order! I'll take care of you first!"

"Ouch, what are you doing?"

"Since you can't sleep, let's do something meaningful!"

"Ah! I don't want to!"

"That's up to you!"