Reborn in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 1980s

He then changed his mind and said, "I'll still accept it if you give it to me, but if you give it to me for free, I'll reluctantly accept it."

“You’ll regret it if you don’t buy it,” Hu Xiaoxiao told him.

“You’ll regret buying it. Did you think it was the biggest piece and that bigger is better, which is why you made me buy it?” Xie Zhiheng patiently explained to Hu Xiaoxiao, “Although this piece of land is very large, more than ten times larger than the first piece of land, its total price is much less than the first piece of land. Do you know why that is?”

Because it's worthless! There's only one road leading this way, and it's difficult to navigate. How can there be development if the road is impassable? There are many residents around, but not many wealthy people, no commercial buildings, and no companies will move in; the land is hard to develop.

“I don’t understand these things,” Hu Xiaoxiao said.

She didn't understand these business matters, but as a fairy, she was very sensitive to auspicious locations, because these places were ideal for cultivation. Naturally, it would be good for people to live in such places as well.

The most auspicious places in the world not only nurture people but also accumulate wealth.

Although she currently lacks demonic power and her physical body is trapped in the sealed land, her soul can still sense whether the land is good or bad.

"I understand. Xie's Company has done its research. We can't buy this land no matter how cheap it is. We'll be stuck with it." Xie Zhiheng saw that it was getting late and the auction was about to start, so he called Hu Xiaoxiao over. "Come on, I'll take you to the auction house to see what's going on and see which sucker will buy this land."

Hu Xiaoxiao had never seen an auction house before and was very curious, so she followed Xie Zhiheng there.

At the entrance of the auction house, Manager Guo of Hongming Real Estate Company, a subsidiary of the Xie Group, paced anxiously back and forth, glancing towards the gate from time to time.

He was the person in charge of assisting Xie Zhiheng in bidding for the land. With the auction time fast approaching and Xie Zhiheng still not arriving, he was getting extremely anxious.

After waiting for ages, Xie Zhiheng finally appeared. Manager Guo, disregarding his status, rushed forward and pulled Xie Zhiheng into the venue. "My little darling, how could you be late at such a crucial moment?"

"What's the rush? Filming hasn't even started yet!" Xie Zhiheng called to Hu Xiaoxiao, and they entered the set together.

In the auction hall, the auctioneer had finished his opening remarks and self-introduction, and the auction for the first plot of land began.

"The land to be auctioned next is in Liantangling, and its number is..."

This was the largest plot of land. After Hu Xiaoxiao sat down, she listened to the auctioneer's description of the plot, which was extremely large. It was probably because of its remote location that it was difficult to sell; smaller pieces would be even less desirable, hence the sale of the entire plot at once.

However, if sold in clusters, the total price won't be low.

So after the auctioneer called out the starting price, the room fell silent.

Hu Xiaoxiao poked Xie Zhiheng with her finger and said, "Tap it!"

Xie Zhiheng shook his head and said in a low voice, "If it's two million, I'll grit my teeth and buy it for you since you like it, but two hundred million, forget it."

Hu Xiaoxiao looked at him with disdain, "Coward."

"How did I become a coward?" Xie Zhiheng was a little embarrassed, so he raised his hand and held up the sign.

I thought to myself: I'll just raise my hand once, just once, and then immediately drop the bid if someone raises it. That way, I won't be seen as a coward, I'll save face, and I won't lose anything—a win-win situation.

Xie Zhiheng secretly praised himself for his intelligence.

"Hongming Company, 2 million! 2 million for the first time! Anyone else bidding?"

"2 billion second time!"

Xie Zhiheng began looking around, searching for a sucker.

In the past, every item put up for auction would attract fierce competition, and it was rare for any item to go unsold. This was especially true for land transactions; aside from a few years when the housing market was sluggish and some items failed to sell, there haven't been any unsold lots in the last year or two. Furthermore, the land prices auctioned this year are increasingly higher.

Xie Zhiheng looked around, but couldn't find a single sucker to step forward. Instead, everyone was looking at him as if he were a sucker.

Xie Zhiheng's heart skipped a beat.

When the auctioneer announced, "2 million for the third time! Congratulations to Hongming Company for successfully bidding on lot number..."

Beads of sweat streamed down Xie Zhiheng's forehead, past his temples, and then slid down his chin, falling off in strings.

Manager Guo, standing nearby, was also sweating profusely, his eyes glazed over. He had tried to stop him, but it was too late. Who knew Xie Zhiheng would suddenly raise his paddle? The company had already held more than one meeting and had long been eyeing the Nilongkeng land. All they needed to do was focus on bidding against other companies for Nilongkeng.

Who knows how he suddenly bought a piece of wasteland?

Is Xie Zhiheng out of his mind? How can he spend 2 million like this?

With 2 million less, how can they compete for the land in Nilongkeng?

They weren't the only ones eyeing the land in Nilongkeng; almost everyone who came to bid today was there for it. It's the most valuable piece of land in the Baogang investment circle.

Hu Xiaoxiao looked at Xie Zhiheng with admiration when she saw him acquire the land, but then noticed that he was covered in sweat and asked with concern, "It's less than 20 degrees Celsius today, and the air conditioning is on indoors. How come you're so hot?"

Xie Zhiheng belatedly wiped away a belated sweat; it was cool, just like his heart at that moment.

"It's over, it's over, it's over!" Xie Zhiheng muttered to himself.

Although he is extravagant, he is not so extravagant as to spend 2 million yuan on gambling.

The company's working capital is limited. If 2 million is spent in one go, how will the company raise funds in the future? Besides, his main task today is to represent Hongming Company in bidding for the land in Nilongkeng.

He squandered 2 million yuan.

Even though he was his father's only son, Xie Zhiheng already sensed that he was in grave danger.

Xie Zhiheng was in a daze. When the land in Nilongkeng was auctioned off and the price was bid up to 4 million, he was even worse off.

In the end, he could only watch helplessly as this strategically vital piece of land fell into the hands of his rival, Fu'an Company.

The person in charge representing Fu'an Company in the bidding was named Pan Yanji, who was Xie Zhiheng's sworn enemy since childhood.

Having successfully acquired the land, Pan Yanji, seeing Xie Zhiheng looking dazed, approached him with a smug grin, patted Xie Zhiheng on the shoulder, and said, "Young Master Xie, thank you so much! Thank you for giving up this land, allowing our company to acquire it at a lower price. You're a truly kind person. By the way, why did you spend 2 million to buy the land in Liantangling? Was it because it's big?"

"That's big enough! We could even use it for grazing cattle on grasslands. Has the Xie Group started a new business? Are they going to build ranches to sell beef or milk? If so, our company will definitely support them."

When mocked by his arch-rival, Xie Zhiheng reflexively retaliated: "What's it to you? I can buy it to build a golf course and a resort, is that not allowed? I'm my dad's only son, everything in the Xie family is mine, all of it is mine, I can spend it however I want, what are you trying to piss me off for?"