kiwanis-nylisc Chapter 264 Auction
Chapter 264 Auction
If he had known he would fall so deeply in love, he should have agreed to it even if Shen Li didn't like him.
Feelings can be cultivated slowly; it's not necessarily a bad thing to get on the train first and then buy the ticket later.
But now, he doesn't even have the courage to speak; he's truly caught in a dilemma.
In the following days, Grandma Shen did not mention leaving again.
Grandpa Yu still goes to play chess and chat with her every day, and occasionally he will take Shen Li to pick out some small items.
Nuannuan would play wildly with Chang'an and the others in the yard whenever she had free time. When she got tired, she would run to Grandma Shen's yard and pester her to tell her stories.
During this period, Fourth Uncle came back once and spent the whole day with Grandma Shen in the yard, before leaving again early the next morning.
Shen Li took the opportunity to mention to her fourth uncle the idea of letting her grandmother stay in the other courtyard. Her fourth uncle had no objection and only said that he respected her grandmother's own wishes.
Mr. and Mrs. Shen also visited twice, each time bringing some tonics and sitting with Grandma for a while before leaving.
The days passed peacefully, and before we knew it, it was the eve of the start of the new school term.
Lu Zhou, Lu Nan, and Lu's mother all successfully obtained their driver's licenses.
Early that morning, the phone in Shen Li's bedroom suddenly rang.
Not many people can call directly into her bedroom. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and answered the phone: "Hello? Hello..."
"Boss Shen..." A slightly unfamiliar male voice came from the other end of the phone.
A brief silence fell on both sides.
Shen Li was taken aback for a moment before suddenly remembering who the other person was, and quickly said, "It's Factory Director Fang!"
Fang Yi's tone became much more polite: "I thought Boss Shen was too busy with important matters and had long forgotten about me."
"How could that be?" Shen Li smiled, her tone sincere. "I've been waiting for Factory Director Fang to bring me good news."
Fang Yi didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point: "On the 28th of this month, the Industry Bureau is going to auction off four factories, located in the Industry Bureau compound."
"That's great, thank you for informing me, Factory Director Fang." Shen Li quickly followed up, "Do I need to register and verify my qualifications in advance? Or can I just go on the day of the event?"
Fang Yi was somewhat surprised: "Boss Shen knows quite a lot."
This procedure has not been fully implemented in Beijing yet, but standard auctions do require prior verification of funds.
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"When doing business, you have to know more about the rules." Shen Li said calmly, but his mind was already racing.
Today is the 25th, and there are still three days until the auction, which is plenty of time.
But she only has tens of thousands of yuan in cash on hand right now. To take over a factory, she needs at least 200,000 yuan.
The quickest way is to exchange gold for money.
Although this exchange would result in a significant loss, Shen Li didn't care.
When I have more funds in the future, I can buy back the gold at the current price.
Anyway, she has plenty of gold reserves in her space, so solving the funding problem is the key right now.
In the past two days, Shen Li took out his private stash of gold and went to four different banks to exchange it for cash, exchanging 20,000 yuan at each bank, for a total of 80,000 yuan.
With her previous savings, she now has over 100,000 yuan in cash.
But this is not enough.
Buying a factory doesn't cost that much, but the subsequent research and development is very expensive, and there are so many employees to support.
We need to speed things up, otherwise this amount of money won't be enough.
Shen Li then took the remaining gold and went from gold shops in the capital.
Knowing the principle of not flaunting wealth, she dared not exchange too much at any gold shop. After visiting four gold shops and then two jewelry stores, she finally managed to exchange another 50,000 yuan.
All told, I now have about 200,000 yuan in my hands.
These trivial matters of exchanging currency alone took her two whole days.
Shen Li carefully stored all the money in his spatial storage. When he needed to use it, he would pretend to take it out of the bag in the back seat of the car without anyone noticing.
Finally, the 28th arrived.
As dawn broke, Shen Li got ready to go out.
"Sister Li, I'll go with you! I can drive you." Lu Zhou approached without anyone noticing, his eyes filled with eagerness.
Shen Li thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Alright." Lu Zhou is a man, and it will be good for him to go out and see the world.
Along the way, it must be said that Lu Zhou's learning ability is really fast.
However, after learning to drive for a month, his driving skills were already quite good, smooth and steady. But compared to Shen Li's experience, he was still a bit lacking.
As agreed, Fang Yi did not ask Shen Li to pick him up, but only said to wait at the entrance of the Industrial Bureau.
As soon as Shen Li's car came to a stop, he saw Fang Yi standing at the door, talking quietly with a stranger.
Shen Li got out of the car, followed closely by Lu Zhou, who was clutching a bulging cloth bag in his hand—containing 150,000 yuan in cash.
His knuckles turned slightly white from the force he exerted, and his eyes scanned his surroundings warily, as if facing a formidable enemy.
"Relax," Shen Li said calmly, her voice low but reassuring. "The way you're acting, as if you're afraid people won't notice what we're holding?"
Lu Zhou swallowed hard, his voice still a little tight: "Sister Li, I... this is the first time I've ever seen so much money."
Shen Li glanced at him, her tone calm and even: "This is nothing. In the future, the money we can earn will only be ten times, a hundred times, or even a thousand times more than this."
Lu Zhou was stunned and speechless for a moment, only following Shen Li forward in a daze.
"Boss Shen is here." Fang Yi caught sight of them, immediately stopped talking to the others, and quickly came to greet him.
"Director Fang, I apologize for interrupting your conversation." Shen Li nodded in acknowledgment.
"It's alright, just an old friend." Fang Yi smiled, then stepped aside to lead the way. "Please come in, everyone's almost here."
Shen Li followed Fang Yi upstairs, pushed open the door to the conference room, and saw that nearly ten people were already sitting inside.
It seems that quite a few people knew about this auction, but not many either; they were all well-prepared.
A registration table was set up at the entrance, where personal information needed to be registered. Fang Yi picked up the household registration book that Shen Li handed him, and when his gaze fell on the date of birth column, the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily—not even twenty-one years old yet?
He was secretly surprised.
When he first met Shen Li, he thought she looked young, but she was calm and mature in her dealings with others. Her speech revealed a maturity that was not commensurate with her age. He thought she was at least in her mid-twenties, but he did not expect her to be so young.
"Boss Shen, you're way too young for your age," Fang Yi couldn't help but remark.
Shen Li raised her eyes, her expression indifferent: "Age is just a number, it doesn't matter."
Fang Yi was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled, "Boss Shen is right, I was being presumptuous."
The two entered the conference room, and Fang Yi arranged for Shen Li to sit in the middle.
Most of the people present were middle-aged, the youngest being in their early thirties, and there were even a few elderly people with gray hair.
Everyone was somewhat surprised to see such a beautiful and young girl walk in.
A bald man in the corner scoffed, his tone flippant: "Who brought this girl? Bringing female companions to an auction?"