Chen Luo put on a baseball cap and stuck on two nasal breathing strips to make sure Zhu Wenwu wouldn’t recognize him.
The late autumn breeze was cool and refreshing. On Old Factory Street, Zhu Wenwu was sitting by the roadside. His narrow, triangular eyes scanned the passing crowd, giving off an ominous feeling.
“What are you here for?” Zhu Wenwu noticed Chen Luo and exhaled a smoke ring. His murky eyes carried a sinister glint.
Chen Luo suppressed the surge of emotions in his heart and tried to stay calm. “I’m here to buy a factory.”
Zhu Wenwu perked up instantly.
This run-down factory area had been stuck in his hands for ages, and he had been worrying about it. Unexpectedly, a sucker just walked right in.
This dump couldn’t even be rented out, and this idiot wanted to buy it?
“Here to buy the factory, huh? Please, come in, come in.”
“No need.” Chen Luo slapped a bankbook onto the table. “Just name your price. If it’s acceptable, I’ll buy the whole area.”
Zhu Wenwu’s eyes changed immediately. Looks like this guy wasn’t just a sucker, but a rich sucker.
Forcing himself to stay calm, Zhu Wenwu said, “Brother, I can tell at a glance you’re someone who deals in big business. I’ve got over a hundred units of factory space here. You won’t find a place this big anywhere else in Jiangcheng. Tell you what, I’ll give you a local discount—flat price, 500,000 yuan! How about that?”
Five hundred thousand yuan?
In 2010, spending 500,000 yuan on such a huge stretch of abandoned factories was the ultimate act of stupidity.
The area was remote, with little foot traffic. Any business would be doomed to fail.
And yet Zhu Wenwu dared to ask for that price.
But… he didn’t know that this very factory zone was about to undergo demolition soon.
If Zhu Wenwu knew that what he considered garbage would, within a month, earn 3 million yuan in demolition compensation per unit… would he regret today’s decision?
Just thinking about the massive compensation he would soon receive, Chen Luo couldn’t even be bothered to haggle. “Fine, 500,000 yuan it is.”
Zhu Wenwu was so thrilled he nearly jumped up. This idiot didn’t even try to bargain!
Afraid Chen Luo might change his mind, he quickly prepared the contract. “Deal! Once we sign this, it’s all yours!”
Watching how eager and frantic Zhu Wenwu was, Chen Luo found it amusing. Without wasting time, he neatly stamped his fingerprint on the contract.
Once the contract was signed, Zhu Wenwu dropped all pretenses and burst into laughter. “You idiot, must be burning money at home! I wish you get rich quick, hahaha!”
Holding the contract, Zhu Wenwu laughed and ran off.
Chen Luo reviewed the contract carefully. Thinking about the hundredfold return he was about to make, he had no interest in bothering with Zhu Wenwu at all.
If his memory was right, the government would soon issue an official notice.
The demolition compensation came quickly.
Any unhappiness from earlier in the day vanished completely. Chen Luo was very clear—someone else was feeling a thousand times worse than he was.
And indeed, when Zhu Wenwu found out that Old Factory Street was being demolished, his face went completely pale.
“Demolition… how much is the compensation in total?” he asked over the phone, voice trembling.
A little brother’s voice came from the other end.
“Brother Wu, don’t even bring it up. It’s 3 million yuan per unit! Some people are about to get rich. I really regret not buying even one unit there. Just one would’ve set me up for life!”
“By the way, Brother Wu, didn’t you say you were going to sell soda on Old Factory Street? Didn’t you go through with it…”
Zhu Wenwu stiffly hung up the phone.