allendalepharm Chapter 626 She's Still Single
Chapter 626 She's Still Single
Lin Geng waved his hands and said, "No, no! I can't take your shares. You earned them through your own hard work! I was just a blind cat that saw a dead mouse. I just listened to what that expert said and told you casually! How can I take advantage of your family so much?"
Now Lin Geng really doesn't care about the shares given to him by Lou Xiao'e's family. In his opinion, his current assets are enough for his whole family to live comfortably for several lifetimes. Even if he has a lot of money, it is of no use if he can't take it with him when he dies.
Even though Lin Geng has been busy collecting a large number of antique paintings and calligraphy or antique furniture over the years, he has no plans to sell these things in the future. This is mainly because in that era, if he did not collect these things, most of them would be destroyed, and many would be smuggled abroad by some cultural relics dealers after the reform and opening up.
The main reason why he collected these antiques and calligraphy and paintings was that he wanted to protect these treasures left by his ancestors to prevent them from being destroyed or lost overseas, causing regrets among future generations.
But now he feels that he has enough money, and doing business is to keep himself busy. He wants to take advantage of this good opportunity to make some money by himself and also help some people become rich with him.
This is also why he insists on paying his employees high salaries and providing them with fairly high benefits, and does not care much about how much profit can be made.
To some extent, he still has his own ideals and is not willing to become a slave to money just to make money.
Therefore, he was not very interested in the 20% shares left for him by the Lou family, and he refused to accept these gifts from the Lou family on the spot.
After hearing what Lin Geng said, Lou Xiao'e was stunned for a moment, so she asked Lin Geng tentatively: "Do you know how much assets our Lou family has now?"
Lin Geng smiled and shook his head: "Of course I don't know, after all, the information between the mainland and Hong Kong was very closed in the past few years. I didn't even find out how big your Lou family's business is in Hong Kong now!
But I think that Uncle Lou was able to build a business that was known as Lou Bancheng, so he must have great business skills. Add to that a strong woman like you, and the fact that the Hong Kong stock market and real estate industry were at their peak, I think your family should have a lot of assets now, right?"
Lou Xiao'e was even more surprised and continued to ask Lin Geng: "Then why are you rejecting this 20% stake? Do you know how much this 20% stake is worth now?"
Lin Geng frowned slightly and asked Lou Xiao'e curiously, "How much?"
Lou Xiao'e laughed: "It's not that much actually! Probably only about 200 to 300 million Hong Kong dollars!"
After Lin Geng heard this, his heart still beat a few times. The two or three hundred million Hong Kong dollars at that time were not the same as the two or three hundred million Hong Kong dollars in the future. Although the exchange rate of the current two or three hundred million Hong Kong dollars to the mainland was relatively low, about one hundred to more than thirty, but even so, two or three hundred million Hong Kong dollars could be exchanged for one hundred million mainland currencies. If he accepted the shares of the Lou family, he would become a billionaire overnight.
But after hearing this, Lin Geng did not show much surprise. He smiled calmly and shook his head, saying, "Oh my! Xiao'e, you are really rich! Two or three hundred million Hong Kong dollars is not much in your mouth!
It seems that your Lou family has made a lot of money in Hong Kong over the years! But even so, I still can't accept it. After all, before your parents left, they gave me two courtyards and a batch of valuable furniture and antiques. The past things are evened out!
As for asking you to trade stocks and run real estate business, it is just something you do casually and it does not count!
As the saying goes, no reward without merit, I cannot accept this share!"
Lin Geng's words surprised Lou Xiao'e again. She widened her eyes and looked at Lin Geng in disbelief. She couldn't believe that Lin Geng was not tempted by such a huge fortune, and she was not even too surprised. So her feelings for Lin Geng deepened a little, and at the same time, Lou Xiao'e also admired Lin Geng a little more.
Lou Xiao'e thought about it and did not continue to dwell on this matter. She put the issue of shares on hold for the time being and asked Lin Geng, "How has your family been over the years?" This was what Lou Xiao'e cared about most.
Lin Geng touched his nose awkwardly, smiled awkwardly, looked at Lou Xiaoe with a guilty conscience, and said with a dry cough: "This... this... that..."
Lou Xiao'e laughed and said to Lin Geng, "Don't be nervous, don't hesitate, I know you are married, there is nothing to be ashamed of! Tell me!"
By the way, tell me what happened in your No. 95 Courtyard over the years. I’m really curious!”
After hearing what Lou Xiao'e said, Lin Geng felt that he was a little sorry for Lou Xiao'e, so he asked Lou Xiao'e: "What about you! Are you married now? Do you have children?"
Lou Xiao'e looked at Lin Geng and smiled calmly, "I have been busy with my career all these years, so I have never been married!"
After Lin Geng heard this, he felt even more guilty towards Lou Xiao'e, so after a moment of silence, he said to Lou Xiao'e, "I'm sorry!"
Lou Xiao'e smiled brightly and shook her head, saying, "Don't say sorry to me, and don't feel guilty about not getting married all these years. This is my own choice!
I didn't blame you for not waiting for me. After all, your Lin family is a single-line inheritance, and you are the only one left. Although you said that the wind will stop, who can guarantee it by then?
It was me who left you and ran away to Hong Kong. I have no right to ask you to wait for me forever. What if things don't change? Do I have to make you wait for me all your life without any children?
So I don't blame you! Don't feel guilty about it!
Tell me about yourself!"
So Lin Geng told Lou Xiao'e about his marriage to Yu Li and the fact that they now had three children.
As for the situation of the neighbors in Yard No. 95, he also gave Lou Xiao'e a general introduction.
Lou Xiao'e didn't seem to care much about Lin Geng getting married and having children, especially when she heard Lin Geng say that he now had two sons and a daughter. She was quite happy for Lin Geng and said that she must meet Yu Li and Lin Geng's three children.
As for Lin Geng, after hearing what he said about the former No. 95 Courtyard, many old neighbors are now following Lin Geng's work. Sha Zhu, Xu Damao, Yan Bugui, and the two boys from the Liu family have all become Lin Geng's partners. They were also very happy and said that Lin Geng is kind-hearted and does not forget to pull his good neighbors along to make money together with him.