Chapter 259: The Strange Wang Section Chief

On the plane from Shanghai to Ice City, Li Xian found himself deep in thought as he looked at a newspaper about Bao'an's acquisition of Yanzhong that he had bought at the airport.

The stock market now seemed to have no rules or fairness. Even though he had been extremely cautious and managed to maintain a relatively good result, it was still perilous. A slight misstep could have meant losing not only the money owed to CCTV but also the five million yuan principal invested by Xu Maohua.

It was too dark!

Every time he thought about Bao'an's financial strength demonstrated during the dramatic acquisition battle, and its ability to leverage political power to force the acquisition of Yanzhong despite clear violations, he felt a chill.

Xin Rumei considered herself a deity, but in this storm, no matter the side, her family was just a tiny insect. 

While he had made money, Li Xian also realized a serious problem—he was now too weak. The attack on Wang Hongcheng had relied on dirty tactics, and a slight mistake could have ended badly. The money earned in the stock market had taken advantage of his previous life's information asymmetry, dancing on the tip of a needle.

Thinking about it, he felt he had become frighteningly arrogant during this period.

The path chosen was somewhat dangerous.

When God wants to destroy someone, he makes them go mad. If he continued to inflate like this, something bad might happen!

Putting down the newspaper and looking at the clouds stretching across the sky outside the window, like a veil covering the land, Li Xian had become much clearer in his thoughts.

He decided to be low-key.

Beside him, Xu Maohua, who was trying to sleep in the hard economic class seat, tossed and turned for a long time without success—the seat was too hard, and the adjustable backrest had limited angles. The old Harbin three-engine passenger plane was still a converted transport plane, and comfort was not to be expected.

Unable to sleep, Xu Maohua sighed and sat up.

"Damn it, when I have more money, I'll definitely buy a private plane and fly back and forth myself!"

A stewardess pushing a cart for in-flight service smiled slightly at his comment.

Seeing the stewardess smile like a migrant worker seeing the city for the first time, Xu Maohua got annoyed: "What are you laughing at? I'll have ten of you like that on the plane!"

Glancing at the stewardess's skirt, which reached her knees, he gestured to his backside: "The skirt's raised to here!"

Li Xian covered his face and moved to the other side.

Who is this person?

Don't know, don't know.

...

After getting off the plane and returning to Xu Maohua's house, Li Xian brought up the matter of borrowing money.

The joint venture involving water-to-oil base material and diesel expansion agent had earned them over six million yuan. This time in Shanghai, they had another seven million in bonus. True to their agreement, Xu Maohua would take the smaller share, which meant Li Xian's share of the over eight million in Xu Maohua's account.

However, Li Xian had taken such significant risks to counter Wang Hongcheng and risked his life in Shanghai for the CCTV advertisement bid.

The 20 million yuan funding gap was the crucial reason for his bold move. Hence, Xu Maohua became an honored creditor.

With the funding matter settled, Li Xian felt a weight lifted from his heart.

Recently, the county was organizing the establishment of grain companies and rural cooperatives for breweries. New employment bases were being created, and the county's investment loans were frequent. The brewery was no longer the small factory with only 600,000 yuan in registered capital; its fixed assets had likely reached ten million. Considering the funds Li Xian had, the existing shares were no longer adequate. He had planned to return to Bangye soon to negotiate with the county on these matters before looking into the CCTV ad bidding. However, Xu Maohua, having just made a fortune, insisted on keeping Li Xian for an extra day.

Although he hadn't done any heavy work recently, Li Xian was quite tired from the hustle and bustle.

When he got off the plane, it was already noon, and feeling lazy, he had Wang Tiecheng buy train tickets for the following afternoon, planning to rest overnight before heading back to Bangye.

Li Xian wanted to stay home and sleep in, but Xu Maohua was clearly restless. Before Li Xian had finished his shower, Xu Maohua had already picked up the phone and started making calls.

When Li Xian emerged from the shower, he found Kaja and another unfamiliar man waiting in the living room.

Kaja was already known to Li Xian. Recently, she had publicly disrupted Wang Hongcheng's experiment, which, while directly causing the collapse of Wang Hongcheng's scam, had also brought her a lot of trouble. Wang Hongcheng was indeed a scammer, but after ten years of deceiving people, he had accumulated quite a reputation. After the experiment ended, Kaja had been invited to tea by the Public Security Bureau several times until it was confirmed she was just a student and not a spy, and then she was released.

Because of this, Kaja hadn't seen Li Xian off when he left for Shanghai, holding a belly full of grievances. When she saw Li Xian, she threw herself at him, hugging him tightly and almost pulling off the bath towel wrapped around his waist.

With unfamiliar people present, Li Xian awkwardly patted Kaja's back while trying to keep his towel in place. After Xu Maohua and the new arrival were done admiring Kaja, Li Xian hurried to his bedroom to change clothes and then came out to meet the guest.

As introduced by Xu Maohua, Li Xian learned that the well-groomed man in his thirties was Wang Hongfei, a section chief at the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Identification Department, who had also been deceived by Wang Hongcheng.

Wang Hongfei greeted Li Xian politely.

"Xianzi, don't let his calm appearance fool you. He's quite the wild one. Over the years, there's nothing he hasn't tried. We're good friends, and Wang Hongfei also contributed to breaking Wang Hongcheng's scam. Since he has time today, let's have a good drink and you two should get to know each other."

Li Xian had heard about this person from Xu Maohua before, and now meeting him in person, he was curious.

A section chief in the Identification Department of the Public Security Bureau didn't seem to be a position with a lot of perks. It was unlikely for someone like him to have millions to be swindled. It seemed that Wang Hongfei's background was not ordinary.

When Li Xian shook hands with Wang Hongfei, he was even more convinced of his suspicions.

Since returning to this era, Li Xian had hardly done any heavy work; his hands were soft and compared to his peers, his skin was quite delicate. However, Wang Hongfei's hands were as tender as a woman's, indicating a life of luxury.

Noticing Li Xian's gaze lingering on his face and hands, Wang Hongfei felt somewhat embarrassed.

Xu Maohua seemed to guess Li Xian's curiosity, chuckling and pointing at Wang Hongfei with a lewd grin: "This guy is indeed a man. But he's always eager to test new things and experiment on himself. When orchids were popular, he went everywhere digging them up and made a fortune. Later, when red tea fungus was in vogue, he set up a big shed of it and made a lot of money. Then came qigong and supernatural powers—whatever was trendy, he tried it all on himself. In the end, his reputation was ruined by chicken blood. A few years ago, when they said drinking chicken blood could prolong life, he went all over Harbin collecting chicks, injecting their blood into himself, and as a result… he became a clean-shaven man. Look, not a hair on his body."

"Get lost!"

Wang Hongfei, embarrassed, retorted angrily, "Don't listen to Maohua's nonsense. It's not that I have no hair at all; my hair and eyebrows are still there, right?"

Just then, Xu Maohua, grinning, yanked Wang Hongfei's hair, revealing a shiny bald head in front of Li Xian.

Seeing this, Li Xian was stunned.

Wang Hongfei, both angry and awkward, while Li Xian stared in amazement and Kaja laughed uncontrollably, awkwardly picked up two boxes from the sofa.

"Li, this is our first meeting, so I didn't prepare much. These two boxes of yak bone strengthening powder are for your uncle and aunt. Pure Tibetan yak bone, very good for calcium!"

Looking at the two boxes of yak bone powder, Li Xian's jaw dropped.

This person…

Surviving until now was indeed a miracle!