Chapter Eighteen: Huang Sheng's Detention

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  Zhang Yu also mentioned this when chatting with Wen Fei: "Can't you get the skin? Ask your relatives, is this business feasible?"

  Wen Fei was somewhat moved, but tanning these skins seemed to require all sorts of chemical agents, which would cause great environmental pollution. Wen Fei's conscience had not been completely eaten away by the dog, and he still had a bit left: "Doing this doesn't seem quite right, does it? It pollutes the environment too much."

  "Then why don't you just sell the skin directly?"

  Neither of them mentioned starting a factory to do this business, because everyone knows that the investment in environmental protection equipment is too large. With the little money earned by Wen Fei, personal extravagance is possible, but if you want to do something serious, it's far from enough!

  Wen Fei's old habit has recurred, whenever he encounters difficulties, he wants to retreat, especially when it comes to things that don't interest him at all: "Then just do something else?"

  "I think you don't want to run a factory either, why not join me in opening this restaurant? I'm telling you, the business may not be big, but it will definitely make a lot of money!" Zhang Yu said.

  Wen Fei rolled his eyes, how much stuff can a small restaurant consume? He has to find a sales channel for the goods he smuggled in. To be honest, Huang Sheng is only interested in valuable things like red flowers, jade and Tibetan antelope fur, but not very interested in ordinary medicinal materials like Chaihu and Chinese wolfberry. It's just that he can't save face, so he helped Wen Fei deal with it together. Moreover, some cow and sheep skins! This thing still has to rely on oneself.

  Wen Fei pondered, can't always be messing around in that one place of Mǎjiāng? The entire Song Dynasty is so big, there are so many things to sell, why insist on guarding that broken place of Mǎjiāng?

  But thinking of myself wandering alone in an unfamiliar land over a thousand years ago doesn't feel quite right. It's better to have someone familiar lead the way, and it seems I really need to help Zhang Shuye win this battle, so that later on I can hang out with Zhang Sanlang and head towards Tokyo together.

  In people's mouths, whether it's Zhang Shu Ye Zhang San Weng, or even Ge Er Lang, and even his own father, they all praise the Eastern Capital of Northern Song Dynasty as a place that is rarely seen in heaven and has no equal on earth. This piqued Wen Fei's curiosity, making him want to see what the Eastern Capital was like over a thousand years ago. It's said that Kaifeng now wants to spend billions to replicate the Northern Song Eastern Capital of back then, but how can a replica compare to the real thing?

  "Why don't you just start a leather bag company then!" Zhang Yu saw Wen Fei's distant gaze and thought he was unwilling to give up. So, he offered him some advice: "Nowadays, there are many trading companies for leather bags, so it's easy to rent an office, install a phone and fax machine, and get started. If you want to start a company just for fun, why not try this kind..."

  As soon as Wen Fei heard it, a light bulb suddenly lit up in his mind. Ah, why didn't I think of this? However, such companies are not many inland, but if they were in Guangdong or other coastal areas, that would be a different story! It's a classic example of a business with no capital!

  "These two years, foreign trade has been bleak, and many companies like this have gone bankrupt. You go acquire one, and when the time comes, you'll have people and money in hand, can't this company be opened up?" Zhang Yu thought Wen Fei just wanted to satisfy his craving for being a boss, so he gave him such an idea.

  But what they don't know is that the most important thing for a company to survive is its channels, and this kind of thing is often in the hands of the company's boss, which is also the only valuable part of such a company!

  Wen Fei's eyes lit up, and Zhang Yu's words opened up a new world for him. A living dog is better than a dead lion. A real man should have ambitions that stretch far and wide, why stay in this broken city? Why not go to the coastal areas, buy out a leather goods company, and be your own boss? On one hand, you can avoid the prying eyes of those with ulterior motives in this city, on the other hand, the high volume of goods flowing through those places is terrifying, and some things that were smuggled in from who-knows-where can quietly blend in without causing any ripples.

  It's just that things like this need to be communicated with Huang Sheng, otherwise he'll think too much and assume he's being abandoned. Wen Fei can leave on his own, but his parents and family still have to live in the local area!

  He made a phone call to Huang Sheng and explained the situation. Huang Sheng's bright laughter remained unchanged: "Good job, little brother! You're so young and already starting to make progress. To be honest, those trade businesses aren't easy to do either. If you really want to do business, why not join me? I'll sell you 5% of the company's shares, how about it?"

  This is a very sincere price, and it's absolutely that Huang Sheng is getting more and more important to Wen Fei, so he's willing to pay such a big price. The company Huang Sheng mentioned is definitely that real estate company. This is Huang Sheng's true main business!

  Wen Fei's heart skipped a beat, what is the most profitable thing in the world? Even fools know it's real estate, especially this locally top-ranked large-scale real estate company, with 5% shares, that amount is absolutely not small, just dividends can make Wen Fei earn a fortune! Unfortunately, Wen Fei wasn't just for making money.

  "How's it going, little brother. Honestly, I don't have many shares myself, don't be fooled by my appearance. Actually, this company isn't just mine alone, it's just that those people aren't good at showing their faces, they're just silent shareholders..."

  Wen Fei resolutely rejected Huang Sheng's temptation, and he understood what Huang Sheng meant without needing to think much about it. To put it simply, this company must have a share belonging to Secretary Chen, right? It's possible that Huang Sheng's shares are not even more than Secretary Chen's, but rather he is helping Secretary Chen manage the industry. Moreover, there might be shares of other local high-ranking officials as well...

  "Older brother, you know too. I opened this trading company not just to make money, mainly to deal with some goods. Like those ordinary medicinal materials, older brother, you're not interested either, right? In the future, there might be some cow and sheep hides and whatnot, these are all troublesome things to handle..."

  Huang Sheng was somewhat perplexed, originally he still thought that the people behind Wen Fei were all-powerful and reckless, a bunch of desperados. Only then could they get their hands on precious items like Tibetan antelope horns and fur, or even Hetian jade. But looking at them now, it seemed that they were going to change professions? Gradually whitewash themselves? Indeed, who would want to spend all day with their heads stuck in a noose?

  Huang Sheng burst out laughing: "The most important thing for a trading company is the channel. Even if you acquire a company, without a channel, it's like buying an empty shell." Huang Sheng was being very tactful, but in fact, he was saying that Wen Fei didn't even know what a trading company did, so it was better not to get involved. As for the trading company, it was originally just a shell company that bought and sold nothing. Moreover, its main business was import and export. In reality, even if Wen Fei had bought a trading company, it wouldn't have been of much help in covering up his time-space smuggling business.