In Director Niu's office, Lawyer Bi told him half of the truth and half lies about the whole thing. He also revealed the help he needed bit by bit during the conversation. He also flattered Director Niu's daughter many times about how outstanding she was and how bright her future would be after she went abroad and so on.
After this conversation, Director Niu's mood became much better than before. He liked chatting with sensible people like Bi Ying. It was very comfortable.
In the meeting room, Xu Yun and the others had been ignored for almost an hour. It could be said that except for Xu Yun, everyone else was very uneasy. For them, this was a deliberate isolation.
To put it bluntly, Director Niu just wanted to show them his attitude.
"This is really not a solution. I'd better call Captain Chen and ask him to think of a way to ask about the relationship here." The brothers from the anti-drug brigade were also a little anxious.
"Don't bother Captain Chen with this matter. Your border anti-drug brigade usually doesn't have much contact with this side. In terms of connections, you are obviously weak." Xu Yun: "So if you tell him about this matter, it will only add to his troubles."
"But we can't just keep dragging it out like this." The brothers from the anti-drug brigade were obviously very worried.
Lin Ge patted the brother's shoulder: "My brother is here. Are you still worried? Don't worry. What is this? This is not a problem at all. Don't worry. Seven words are floating in the sky. It will be fine in a while. "
The brother from the anti-drug brigade forced a bitter smile. He really didn't think that it would be fine.
"Do you feel that there is something wrong with Director Niu?" Xu Yun asked.
Lin Ge shook his head: "I feel that there is something wrong, but I can't say what it is. If he is a blood-sucking fly, at least he should smoke a Diamond Hibiscus King, right? At least a Greater China at least. But he doesn't smoke at all … He doesn't wear any branded watch on his wrist. Look at his phone, it looks like a cigarette box. Is it a counterfeit? He can't use a counterfeit, right … If he is a big fly, at least use an iPhone. "
"You need to train your observation skills more in the future." Xu Yun educated Lin Ge.
Lin Ge laughed dryly, knowing that he must have misjudged.
"He doesn't smoke, but did you notice that he's wearing custom-made leather shoes from Prada? The cheapest one costs tens of thousands of yuan." Xu Yun: "He didn't wear a branded watch, but do you know what that inconspicuous bracelet on his wrist is?"
Lin Ge thought for a long time. "Is it beeswax? That's not cheap. The value of amber beeswax is no less than any gemstone. "
"It's not beeswax, but it's still a kind of literary toy." Xu Yun: "It's a string of Baoshan Nanhong. Nanhong is very precious because it's a natural red color. It's rare and has a very low yield rate. Nanhong is a type of agate that's on par with jadeite and Hetian jade. And the price of Southern Red Baoshan is now catching up with Jadeite and Hetian jade. "
It had to be noted that it wasn't a single beeswax, but a string of beeswax.
Lin Ge grinned. "I didn't expect that Director Niu and that Zhang Shanling would both like to play literary games. They're quite good at pretending."
"Also, you said that his phone, which looks like a cigarette box, isn't a counterfeit." Xu Yun continued, "The phone he's using is the same model as the one used by the gangster we met in Philu. How much does an iPhone cost? The one he's using is called a Dior phone, and it costs fifty thousand yuan. "
"Dior's phone?" Lin Ge's eyes widened. "Wow … This guy really knows how to keep a low profile."
"Also, his belt is Hermes. Even his shirt and socks are branded goods," Xu Yun said. "What kind of person do you think he is now?"
"Then this guy is just like Cold Jike. He can wear luxury goods like a country bumpkin. They're not ordinary people." Lin Ge couldn't help but clap his hands in praise.
Xia Qiuyu said with some heartache, "How can a director be so rich? Although Hua Xia's economy has developed rapidly since the reform and opening up, Hua Xia's campaign to make people rich is astonishing in terms of both the number of people and the total amount of wealth. It's even completed a century or two of capitalist countries … But … isn't it a little too exaggerated for a director to be so extravagant? "
"This is indeed unreliable." Xu Yun: "Hua Xia's economy has indeed developed. The people's current wealth is probably at the level of ancient nobles. Thirty years ago, the most extravagant dream of Hua Xia people was to eat a full meal, wear patchless clothes, and have a house that doesn't leak rain …"
Xia Qiuyu nodded. That was indeed the case. "Nowadays, people can even throw a table full of food into the trash can. Their closets are filled with new clothes that they've never worn before. Uninhabited new buildings can be seen everywhere.
"Although there's extremely terrifying inflation and the gap between the rich and the poor, it's also an undeniable fact that people's living standards have increased by a thousand times in the past thirty years." Xu Yun: "But this kind of 'sudden wealth' can't satisfy anyone to the point where they can be covered in luxuries."
Director Niu had given his daughter all kinds of luxuries since she was young. That was why his daughter had developed this kind of concept. Therefore, all the luxuries he had on him were given to him by his daughter. Of course, the money she spent was his money.
When a girl from an ordinary family was seventeen or eighteen years old, it was already very impressive to have a few thousand yuan in her pocket. However, Director Niu's allowance for his daughter had never been less than six figures! If she didn't bring a card with millions of yuan with her when she went shopping, she wouldn't feel confident.
Just like that, Director Niu had already spent an incalculable amount of money on his daughter. Therefore, if they really wanted to check his assets, he probably wouldn't be exaggerating.
This money could be spent at any time. For example, the card that Bi Ying had placed on Director Niu's table could be the allowance he had casually given to his daughter at night.
Raising a son in poverty and raising a daughter in wealth, Director Niu agreed with this concept very much. He felt that his daughter needed to be raised in wealth. He wanted her to have everything and have all kinds of knowledge. She had used what others had used before, used what others hadn't used before, eaten what others hadn't eaten before, and seen what others hadn't seen before.
This way, he wouldn't be worried that his daughter wouldn't be deceived by a little favor in the future. Her feelings wouldn't be taken advantage of, and she wouldn't be tricked by people with ulterior motives.
This consideration was obviously correct. However, there was one thing that Director Niu had gone too far. He had already gone beyond that, far beyond that level! He had already let his daughter's quality of life exceed that of the world's 99999999999 people. There was really no need for that.
It was enough to raise his daughter to let her have a slightly higher than average life. That way, she could be considered a rich adopted daughter. He didn't want to directly raise his daughter to be a collector of luxuries!
If it wasn't for Director Niu's wrong thinking, he wouldn't have made so many mistakes!
With his status as a director, his normal income could already provide his daughter with an above average life. That way, the daughter he raised might really be able to become an outstanding person, and not a collector of luxuries like she was now.
"A man can't be rich without a windfall, and a horse can't be fat without feeding at night. This saying isn't wrong at all." Xu Yun smiled faintly. "Whether it's the rich people who we can name now or those who suddenly become rich, all of them agree with this saying."
Xia Qiuyu nodded. Xu Yun was right. This point was applicable whether it was in Hua Xia or in the West.
It was impossible to become rich just by relying on one's ability and struggle without any foundation. An annual salary of around 500,000 was already considered quite successful, wasn't it?
Hua Xia "became rich" by relying on resources. It was actually quite embarrassing to say that. It was the world's largest producer and consumer of coal, fertilizer, steel, and cement.
In all fairness, Hua Xia's "sudden wealth" was the result of "technology". If it was applied to people, it was really "a country can't be rich without a windfall". Compared to a new country that had no people, no land, and no resources, Hua Xia relied on the efforts of the government and the people bit by bit. It was the kind of country that relied on one's ability and struggle without foundation to achieve an "annual salary of 500,000".
Why did Hua Xia become rich? It was because we dug up the earth! It was because of the black gold buried underground! The Sacred Tree, located in the barren land of the Loess Plateau, could be called a typical specimen of this "sudden wealth revolution" …
The sad thing was that the entire Hua Xia society was filled with a kind of madness and confusion of "small people suddenly becoming rich".
It was like a pauper who had suddenly won the lottery. For a moment, they were at a loss and forgot everything. It couldn't be ignored that in this round of waves of wealth, many people took advantage of the chaotic and disorderly social environment to fill their wallets.
Director Niu was one of the typical representative figures of "a man can't be rich without a windfall".
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