After my divorce, I started to have good luck-Chapter 1139 - 600: Forcing the Impossible
Chen Feng listened to his words and remained silent for a while.
Deep down, he really didn't want to get involved in this real estate development project, even if it was guaranteed to be a hundred percent profitable, he still didn't want to join.
He wasn't short of money in the first place; instead, he worried that having too much money would bring him unnecessary trouble, even danger.
The reason he didn't immediately refuse was out of respect for Liu Ying.
Seeing Chen Feng's continued silence, Shi Xiangnan naturally grew more awkward and increasingly anxious.
His trading company had been losing money for the past two years, although not as exaggerated as he'd just claimed, and he was indeed planning to shut it down.
The reason he was so interested in this real estate project led by Sun Yanhong and others was, of course, to make money and cover the losses from the past two years.
Additionally, the main reason was that he wanted to enter the local capital circle in Xiu Zhou led by Sun Yanhong and others.
Sun Yanhong and her associates had previously amassed a substantial amount of initial capital by speculating in real estate and land, wielding significant influence in the local real estate sector in Xiu Zhou, with extensive connections and strong capital.
On an individual level, they remained low-key and rarely interacted with outsiders or strangers, known only to some veteran local businesspeople.
They were a group of grassroots tycoons who made a fortune silently.
They usually stuck together, especially when speculating on real estate and land. The core members numbered only a few, but those who followed them varied, and when they gathered, there could be dozens of them.
And if each of these dozens of people brought one or two more, that number could swell to over a hundred, or even more.
And with so many wealthy people banding together, their influence was immense.
In fact, such groups were not uncommon; the more publicly prominent organizations were chambers of commerce.
Most of the core members, like Zheng Yanhong, were part of the Xiu Zhou Chamber of Commerce, and many who followed and worked on projects with them were also members.
But gaining entry into Zheng Yanhong's group, even as a secondary player, wasn't easy.
Shi Xiangnan had joined the Xiu Zhou Chamber of Commerce several years ago but had never been able to join a local capital group led by people like Zheng Yanhong; they just didn't invite him in.
A few years ago, his foreign trade business was doing well, so he didn't feel the need to squeeze into their circle and was content running his small business.
But with the foreign trade business declining these past two years, he started looking for other paths.
As a member of the local chamber, he naturally used it as a platform to forge connections, occasionally inviting fellow members to eat and drink together.
From them, Shi Xiangnan learned about the influence and power behind people like Sun Yanhong. Over the years, the local capital circle led by them had garnered substantial profits in the real estate sector, so much so that those at the periphery, living off the leftovers, accumulated considerable wealth.
After learning these inside details, Shi Xiangnan deeply regretted not trying hard enough before and was now eager to join their circle. Though being an outer member was possible due to his chamber membership, he wasn't content with being a mere follower and aspired to a higher position.
Originally, despite pulling many strings, he couldn't earn the recognition of the core group to become a subordinate until he met Sun Yanhong. After some conversation, she surprisingly brought up Liu Ying, his wife's niece, and then mentioned Chen Feng, Liu Ying's 'boyfriend.'
Having heard of Sun Yanhong's romantic exploits, he was prepared to make sacrifices, but she wasn't interested in him at all; instead, she seemed interested in his wife's niece's boyfriend.
When Sun Yanhong hinted at wanting to make friends with Chen Feng, how could he not understand?
Initially, he was troubled by this because he had never met Chen Feng, so they weren't really acquainted, and he didn't know much about him.
He'd only heard from his wife that Chen Feng had just divorced last year. Before the divorce, he was just a poor worker but then got lucky with stocks, made a fortune, bought No. 8 Villa in Red Villa Bay, and opened a film company, probably without any deep background, with his wealth likely topping out at around one hundred million.
For someone so young to make so much money, he was certainly remarkable and outstanding among his peers. However, as someone with assets over one hundred million himself, Chen Feng, to him, didn't seem particularly wealthy, especially being an outsider, so he didn't pay much attention to him. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
His wife had mentioned a few times about inviting Chen Feng over to introduce them, but he refused.
He generally didn't think much of his rigid-minded brother-in-law, and as for Liu Ying, his wife's niece, he wasn't very fond of her either. She didn't study well abroad, insisted on marrying a poor foreigner, and ended up divorcing and returning home disgraced.
She was supposedly Chen Feng's girlfriend now, but in reality, she was just an unnamed lover, and she was pregnant with Chen Feng's child. A bit shameless, really.
If Liu Ying were his daughter, he would have already broken her legs.
