Despite being incredibly wealthy, I want to be a prosecutor.

Chapter 130 Beijing Residence District

The 18-story Oriental Grand Hotel is located at No. 1 East Chang'an Avenue and is part of the Oriental Plaza commercial complex. It is adjacent to Wangfujing Pedestrian Street and was one of the earliest hotels to enter the capital. Nowadays, no buildings taller than 45 meters are approved within the 2nd Ring Road.

The same applies to entry permits for Beijing. Although vehicles from other provinces started needing permits to enter Beijing last year, there are still no restrictions prohibiting them from entering the Second Ring Road.

At this moment, Zhou Hong was sitting in the executive corridor outside the presidential suite of the Grand Hotel, slowly sipping his coffee and flipping through the information on a courtyard house in his hand.

Hai Courtyard is a top-tier lakeside courtyard house located on Ya'er Hutong, north of Houhai Lake in Shichahai, Xicheng District, Beijing. Because it is located in the Ya'er Hutong urban renewal project area, it is temporarily named with the character "Hai".

Covering an area of ​​approximately 3000 square meters, it is the largest single-unit courtyard house within the Second Ring Road.

There are fewer than 10 lakeside courtyard houses in the inner city of the capital, and the Hai Courtyard is the largest and best located among them.

Two days ago, Hai Courtyard was officially acquired by "Hongri Investment" for 5100 million RMB.

Actually, we had been talking for a long time, but when we signed the contract, it was right when my Beijing residential area was being activated. In my eyes, the previously unknown Hongri Investment was just a branch of Hongye Investment (Beijing).

Originally, I felt that I had nowhere to use the funds in the main area, so buying a courtyard house would be a way to fulfill my dream. Not to mention, it was practically a steal. I knew that in my previous life, it was bought by a Russian for 1.1 million RMB four years later. Of course, even if it was that Russian transaction, it can still be seen as a bargain, just before the housing prices in Beijing were about to skyrocket.

Activating the "Kyoto Residence Area" consumed over six million US dollars, which was part of the "Kyoto Residence Area" general annual credit limit.

The charity allowance and public funds for the Kyocera Ward are both 300 daily stipends. Under the "holiday" effect, the daily stipend is US$32000. With the "philanthropist" and "diligent householder" BIFFs, it reaches as high as US$38.4 million. Less than one-sixth of this amount is consumed. Not to mention, there are also the public funds paid retroactively during the "white service" and "regular service" periods, which are US$9.6 million and US$19.2 million respectively.

Therefore, the remaining public funds amount to more than 60 million US dollars.

A major renovation is underway, with a budget of $2000 million, to thoroughly design and decorate the space.

To live comfortably in this type of old-fashioned courtyard house, the cost of renovation and alteration is two to three times the purchase price.

It's a huge project, and it'll probably take about a year.

"Boss, Xiao Liuwu is here!" Twenty-one Flower came to the side and bowed slightly.

Zhou Hong nodded slightly. Liu Wuhua was the only intellectual among them. She was a university graduate and had once been in charge of finances for a drug cartel. However, she was made a scapegoat and imprisoned. She was sentenced to death, but before her execution, Jin Shazai managed to switch her with someone else and save her.

With himself as a powerful backer, Jin Shazai's connections in the chaotic Golden Triangle region grew to include people of increasingly higher social rank. He was already ruthless, and now he had countless sums of money paving the way for him.

Liu Wuhua is the Vice CEO and CFO of "Hongri Investment".

The nascent business empire he now owns is mainly divided into three parts: philanthropy, investment, and management (trading company).

Leaving aside charitable investments, as for his own private service companies, they are investment companies that use "General Public Funds," which, to put it bluntly, are spending money to consume "Public Funds" quotas.

The trading branch manages the properties acquired by the investment company.

Charitable investments and investment funds such as "Dongfang Investment" and "Hongye Investment" are specifically invested and asset supervised by a large team led by Caigong.

Each trading branch, though named "trading," actually primarily engages in "property management," managing its fixed assets in various locations.

"Hongri Investment" is different; it is now directly managed by him. The original idea of ​​incorporating it into the group's management was revised by Zhou Hong after "Jingzhai" was activated. The business was getting bigger and bigger, and it was indeed time to split it up.

"Red Sun Investment" will primarily be responsible for its ideas in the north.

Furthermore, everything in the Northwest should also become independent.

Just then, a slender woman wearing a mask was led over by a waiter.

Liu Wuhua, while in prison, had half of her face severely disfigured.

Her current name is Zhou Jingyao. She is the cousin of the twenty-one flowers. She was rescued from a Burmese prison by Zhou Hong, who sent Jin Shazi to help her.

Zhou Jingyao is the name on her new ID card after she changed her identity; she holds dual citizenship in both Xiangguo and Huaguo.

The new identity of the twenty-one-year-old flower is Zhou Jingjing.

"How was your collaboration with Lei Ming? What are your impressions of him?" Zhou Hong asked with a smile.

Lei Ming is the CEO of "Hongri Investment" and a well-known manager in Beijing's investment circle.

No matter what you do in Beijing, you still need to maintain good relationships with the Beijing elite.

Zhou Hong's first principle in employing people is loyalty; they must follow his own line of thinking.

But the Beijing circle is different after all; having a local person in charge can avoid a lot of trouble.

These investments weren't intended to make money, but the main investment in China is in real estate. Given China's booming economy, it's hard not to make a fortune.

Of course, I will hold these shares for the long term and have no intention of selling them in the future to recoup funds. So there's no question of making money; it's just that the asset figures look good.

Moreover, as long as it is not sold, it will be the ballast stone for China's future real estate assets.

Although I think this way, as for the future relationship with the higher-ups... well, I guess I'll leave the money to the system in the end.

Ultimately, even nuclear peace might not be possible in the future.

"He looks down on me, and I look down on him too." Liu Wuhua said succinctly when talking about her nemesis Lei Ming.

Zhou Hong smiled and said, "It doesn't matter."

Then, there was silence. Zhou Hong felt helpless. Liu Wuhua was not good at speaking in emails, and she was even less so in person.

"Alright, go ahead!" Zhou Hong waved his hand, then suddenly said, "Come on, let me give you a warm hug!" He opened his arms.

Liu Wuhua didn't say anything, but stood there. Zhou Hong got up, walked over and gently hugged her. After a while, he pinched her face, which was covered by a mask, and gently let go of her. "Live a more positive life!" Zhou Hong said with a smile.

Almost all of these flowers have tragic pasts, and many of them have somewhat distorted minds; the Six-Five Flower is one of them.

According to the system's current assessment, Liu Wuhua is not among those who were successfully rescued.

"Boss, thank you..." Liu Wuhua said in a slightly hoarse voice. After a moment of silence, she turned and left.

"What time did Lei Ming arrange?" Zhou Hong asked thoughtfully as he looked at Liu Wuhua's retreating figure.

"6:30 pm, at the Imperial Grand Hotel." Twenty-one seemed a little stunned by the boss's "warm hug," but quickly came to her senses and answered.

"Tell him I'm just passing through the capital and don't have much time, so I won't be going!"

Lei Ming came to visit last night, saying he had arranged to meet some friends from Beijing's social circle and would introduce them to the boss.

"Okay." Twenty-one Flower walked to the side to make a phone call.

A few minutes later, Zhou Hong's phone rang; it was Lei Ming's number.

Zhou Hong frowned slightly. He simply wanted to say that all sorts of people had been invited, and what kind of people they were.

Du Jiacheng would never make that call. If he says he's not going, he means he's not going. If there are any problems, you need to resolve them.

He didn't answer and hung up the phone. Zhou Hong chuckled to himself. Lei Ming was a big shot and a member of the Beijing circle. He didn't know his young boss well and there would be a period of adjustment. If he still couldn't get used to it after a while, he would have no choice but to make the difficult decision.

……

In the evening, in the restaurant of the presidential suite, Zhou Hong, Bai Zhi, Su Qi and Peng Peng were the four people.

Enjoying a sumptuous dinner, Pengpeng's face was flushed. Although she was a high school freshman with a heavy workload, how could a girl her age not know the big stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan, Bai Zhi and Su Qi? She never imagined that they were good friends with Xiao Hong, and that they were so kind to her, taking her out all day. However, while she liked visiting the Summer Palace and the zoo, she didn't like shopping in Wangfujing. The two big star sisters bought her a lot of expensive clothes and shoes, and with their aura, she didn't dare say she didn't want them.

"Let's go see your courtyard house in Houhai tomorrow," Su Qi said with a smile. She was dressed casually in a snow-white tracksuit, which made the sexy star look even more charming.

"Let's go after the renovation is finished. It's not a big deal now, but it's almost a dangerous building." Zhou Hong smiled, then looked at Pengpeng: "Why don't you and your two older sisters stay here for a few days? I have something to do and need to go tomorrow."

Pengpeng nodded and whispered, "I can do it myself."

Just as Zhou Hong was about to speak, his cell phone rang; it was his second aunt's husband.

But the question was directed to "Brother Yehui," because his second aunt's husband had called, but Brother Yehui's phone was always off.

Actually, Zhou Hong broke up with "Brother Yehui" yesterday after arriving in Beijing.

And unexpectedly, it turned out that what Ye Hui told his second aunt and uncle was not the truth at all.

There weren't actually seven or eight classmates who came to the capital; there were only four of us. After Ye Hui and the other three met up, our real destination was to go to southern Yunnan for a trip.

Moreover, they were clearly two couples. Ye Hui was with a girl named Ma Nan, and the other couple was a man and a woman. The man was Ye Hui's college roommate named Li Liang, and his girlfriend was named Gao Xiuli.

"They're with their classmates, I'm not too sure," Zhou Hong coughed.

"Okay, I'll call him again." My second aunt's husband hung up the phone.

……

After taking a bath for a while, Zhou Hong went into the study.

I checked and replied to emails, and also checked QQ. There were many unread messages in the class group. I saw that the class group was very lively yesterday because someone had added Du Feng to the group. In addition, many students from other classes were also added, including several from sports classes. They were all this year's graduates.

The class group name was also changed to "Classmates in Their Youth" group.

The group administrator changed from the homeroom teacher to the class monitor, Bai Shanshan.

It seems the principal was also added to this group.

Bai Shanshan left a long message for herself in her private message, saying that it was the principal's idea, because she was the top scorer in the 03 college entrance examination of the school, so she simply turned the class group into a group for the 03 graduates.

Of course, those brought in from other classes were all students who had been admitted to universities or vocational schools.

This year, No. 3 Middle School did so well in the exam for the first time. It seems the principal has become arrogant. I hope he can get the same treatment as a homeroom teacher at No. 1 Middle School. All the successful students visit their teachers every year.

Even he, as the principal, doesn't receive this treatment, which is why this alumni group exists.

Zhou Hong didn't reply to Bai Shanshan's message. He didn't know what to say to her subtle explanation. There was no need for politeness, and saying too much would be too forward for someone he didn't know well. So he simply closed the message.

Xiao Bao's comment made Zhou Hong laugh: "Fuck it, I want to leave the group!"

"No, they're all classmates, it doesn't matter. We can just ignore some people! Don't we have a small group chat? We can chat in the small group chat," Zhou Hong replied.

Then he asked, "You drank quite a bit the day before yesterday, did you have a headache when you woke up?"

Xiao Bao is offline, and his profile picture gradually dims.

The night before last, Xiao Bao's phone received a long call with messages like "Hongye, you're amazing!" and "Taotaojiangshui, I admire you so much!"

He even asked if he could send him nude photos of two big stars.

This is definitely because he drank too much. Of course, to some extent, celebrities are not living people in the eyes of ordinary people, but rather a kind of expensive work of art.

Even if Zhou Hong had only brought two ordinary female companions the night before, even if they were KTV hostesses, Xiao Bao would not have said that.

After shutting down his computer, Zhou Hong returned to the master bedroom and lay down on the extremely soft bed.

The ornate chandelier slowly went out, leaving only the soft glow of nightlight in the bedroom.

Suddenly, the door to the lady's room creaked open, and a figure slipped in.

The door between the master bedroom and the wife's room can be locked, but neither Su Qi nor Bai Zhi, who lives in the wife's room, locked it from the inside, and Zhou Hong was also unaware of this.

The bed dipped slightly, and Zhou Hong turned his head to look at Bai Zhi. She was dressed as a pure and innocent schoolgirl from that classic movie, with pigtails, a white sailor school uniform, and snow-white over-the-knee socks under her plaid skirt, showing off her slender and beautiful legs.

He reached out and naturally pulled her into his arms. He had thought about it, and wondered if he would be seen as having something wrong with himself if he insisted on waiting until they went to the Northwest to sign the contract. Many things should be done with propriety and let nature take its course.

Bai Zhi's passionate boldness contrasted sharply with her innocent aura. Her delicate face pressed against him, and her slender, long legs in snow-white over-the-knee stockings reached out. That unique touch sent a jolt through Zhou Hong's nervous system...

Indistinct voices and occasional gasps...

"Husband, husband..." Her voice carried an unusual pitiful allure.

Seeing this popular superstar, with her pure and innocent image, reveal such a delicate and vulnerable side, Zhou Hong felt like he was about to explode. His intense desire to conquer her was bursting. From now on, the dream girl that countless men have dreamed of on screen, past, present, and future, will belong to me!

It belongs to me alone!

The door suddenly clicked open. Just as Zhou Hong was about to turn the tables and stir up trouble, he glanced at it and immediately felt his mouth go dry, his head buzzing, and he almost fainted.

Beside the door, a beautiful woman in ancient costume peeked out her snow-white jade feet, exuding a subtle charm. Her bright red dress with gold and silver trim accentuated her slender waist, while her disheveled red bodice reflected a languid and lazy demeanor. This was the classic pose from Su Qi's photoshoot that captivated countless men.

In a daze, a jade-like foot lightly touched his chest. Zhou Hong reached out and touched her, and Su Qi softly leaned into the arms of the pure schoolgirl whom Zhou Hong looked down at. Instantly, sweet voices and fragrant scents filled the room...