In Xinhai around New Year's Day, the cold current invaded south, the temperature dropped below zero, and it was extremely wet and cold in the early morning.
When he returned to China this time, Cao Mo went with Xie Sipeng and seven or eight employees of Tianyue Industry who were returning home for vacation, so he did not arrange for other staff to follow him closely. After the incident of Xu Xin being secretly followed by Guo Jian, Cao Mo went to the country to
A fixed group of security personnel has been arranged to deal with any emergencies in the country. This also makes it convenient for him to have someone around him at all times if he needs anything when he returns home.
When they were transiting through Singapore, they didn't feel much difference in the temperature between Singapore and Dracula Mo. The lobby of the Singapore International Airport, which looked like a large-scale shopping mall, was all air-conditioned when they boarded the plane again. Cao Mo casually took a
I have a coat next to me.
After arriving at Xinhai International Airport and getting off the plane, Cao Mo was trembling with cold as the early morning cold wind filled his neck.
Cao Mo didn't bring any luggage. He only had a small suitcase containing a laptop, work notes and gifts for Cheng Xi and Jiaying. After taking the shuttle bus to the pick-up hall with the rest of the army, he left Xie Sipeng and the others behind.
At the baggage claim area, go out and meet Cheng Xi.
Although we kept in touch via video every once in a while, after not seeing each other for several months, we saw the beauty standing in front of her again, with her pretty and straight nose, her red and plump lips, her deep and clear eyes, and her beautiful and pure eyes.
The look on her face was so alluring, but what made Cao Mo's heart flutter even more was the tenderness and sweetness in the beauty's eyes, which made him feel like his heart was about to melt.
Cao Mo hugged Cheng Xi tightly and kissed her twice on the cheek. Still feeling it was not enough, he was about to pull her struggling hand away and kiss the red lips that he had not tasted for months when someone hit her on the back with something.
, but saw a little beauty with dyed green hair holding a handbag and looking over with exaggeratedly wide eyes smeared with purple eyeshadow:
"Where's my dad? You guys weren't on the same flight, so how come you've been out for a while and my dad is still nowhere to be seen? Are you going to be stingy and sell yourself a first-class ticket this time?"
"Ah?" Cao Mo stared at Xie Xinxin's green hair for a long time, making sure it was not a wig but dyed. He wondered if Xie Sipeng's blood pressure would go up when he saw his daughter like this.
"Hey, I'm talking to you." Xie Xinxin waved her hand in front of Cao Mo's eyes to remind him to come to his senses.
Cao Mo said, "I didn't bring any luggage with me when I returned home. I just took a small suitcase with me. Your dad and the others are still waiting for the checked luggage!" He then smiled and introduced Xie Xinxin to Cheng Xi, "Xie Xinxin is Xie Sipeng's daughter. Let me tell you.
I've passed, little girl from the Jianghu... Lao Xie probably didn't expect that her daughter would dye her hair green when she came back this time. I'm thinking about whether to buy him some antihypertensive medicine first!"
"..." Cheng Xi knocked on Cao Mo to stop him from joking, and greeted Xie Xinxin with a smile, "I heard Cao Mo mention you, but I didn't even dare to admit it just now. I am Cheng Xi!"
"Ah, I was just wondering who such a beautiful young lady could be. She came to the airport to pick her up so early, so she was trying to take advantage of that bastard. It turns out you are Cheng Xi. Now I know why Cao Mo sent you
You're hiding it, he's afraid that someone will abduct you." Xie Xinxin spoke to her father and Cao Mo in a polite way. When she saw Cheng Xi's small mouth, her mouth suddenly turned sweet, and her voice became crisp again.
He is enthusiastic and very lovable.
"Ahem, it sounds like I know you very well," Cao Mo said, "Why did you rush to the airport so early to pick up your dad?"
"Guess?" Xie Xinxin bit her lip and asked habitually opening her beautiful, watery eyes.
"I guess you must have just finished playing around all night somewhere, and you are afraid that your father will catch you when you go home to sleep, and then he will be so angry that he will use scissors to twist your green hair, so
You didn't go home directly but went to the airport to pick up the plane. I hope your father will be moved and ignore your green hair. I think you have a higher chance of success." Cao Mo said with a smile.
"I won't talk to you," Xie Xinxin turned away and ignored Cao Mo. She took Cheng Xi's arm familiarly and asked, "Is Cao Mo always so boring? What's wrong with my hair? This is
Popular colors right now!”
How did it become popular to wear a pinch of green on your head?
Cao Mo cursed in his heart, but he didn't want to argue with Xie Xinxin. It was inconvenient to drag Cheng Xi away at this moment. After waiting for a while, Xie Sipeng and the employees of Tianyue Industry ran out.
Xie Sipeng felt quite proud when he saw his daughter running over to pick him up at the airport. After taking a few more glances at his daughter's long dyed green hair, the smile on his face soon became unbearable and he asked:
"Are you afraid that I would go home to get scissors and twist your green hair, so you came to pick me up at the airport?"
"Dad, how could you think of me so heartlessly? I just missed you and I couldn't sleep all night last night! Look at me yawning..." Xie Xinxin snorted and grabbed Xie Sipeng's arm.
cried the arm.
Xie Sipeng was still very helpful. After some discussion, he asked, "Can I dye my hair back? It's really not possible. I've dyed my hair green in the past few days since I returned to China, and I'm upset just by looking at it!"
"The most I can buy is a wig," Xie Xinxin said.
"That's okay." Xie Sipeng was very happy when his daughter gave in, and didn't dare to expect too much.
"By the way, I'll also help you sell the top." Xie Xinxin said again.
"..." Seeing his daughter laughing at his bald head, Xie Sipeng reached out to knock her.
Xie Xinxin giggled and ran away, prompting several young employees from Tianyue Industry to enthusiastically run over to help Xie Sipeng take his luggage home.
"Go away! You are a bunch of bastards. No one can even think about attacking my daughter."
, I asked you if you have any plans for today?"
"Besides going to the hospital to see if my old lady Cao is still alive and kicking, what other arrangements can I make? I'm going back to China for a vacation. Apart from eating and other things, or if you have itchy hands and want to lose some money, you can come to me.
Don't involve me in any other activities, especially drinking flower wine, especially drinking flower wine, I will definitely not participate!" Cao Mo emphasized.
When Cao Mo returned home this time, apart from the fact that the affairs in Africa were temporarily calmed down and brought to an end, the main reason was that Mrs. Cao was ill and hospitalized.
At first, Cao Mo didn't pay attention. His dad, Jiaying, told him on the phone that Mrs. Cao was feeling dizzy at the poker table and went to the hospital for a routine checkup. There were several indicators.
It's not very good, so I just want to stay in the hospital for a few days to recuperate.
I had a sudden cerebral infarction two days ago. Fortunately, I was in the hospital at the time and received prompt rescue, so no major problems occurred.
There was nothing to chat with. After parting ways with Xie Sipeng and the others at the airport, Cao Mo and Cheng Xi took the car directly to the hospital.
Mrs. Cao herself believes that the medical skills of public hospitals are excellent, but at the public hospital in Xinhai, being able to grab a high-end suite is already a great pleasure.
There is a suite that can be a little more comfortable in addition to nursing and bedside care. Cao Mo and Cheng Xi rushed to the hospital. Although it was still very early, they did not have to be like other patients' families who were blocked outside and unable to enter the hospital before the doctor's rounds.
building.
It is said to be a high-end suite, which is a small living room connected to the outside of the ward, with a separate washroom. Cao Mo and Cheng Xi knocked on the door and saw Cao Li opening the door from the inside with sleepy eyes, wearing pajamas and long, disheveled hair.
My hair has not been washed.
Cao Li hadn't woken up just now, so she said in a daze:
"The plane landed so early?"
Although they hired caregivers and nannies, it was still customary in China to have family members accompany them in the hospital. His father was lazy and careless in daily life, so he was not expected to take care of patients. Chen Rong had a lot of things to do and was busy with her daily work, so she was asked to follow him.
It's not realistic for Jiaying to stay overnight in the hospital.
Mrs. Cao has been hospitalized for the past few days, but his aunt and Cao Li have taken turns accompanying her in the hospital. Cao Mo has known about this for a long time.
Cao Mo said: "There are limited connecting flights from Singapore. This flight is the most convenient. You don't have to stop at the Singapore airport for too long. Grandma, is she awake? Is her illness not a big problem?"
"It's still early, so I may not have woken up yet. There's no big problem now, but I'm just a little sleepy! He must be older." Cao Li pointed to the ajar door on the inside and whispered.
"I'm awake, don't say bad things about me behind my back! Is Cao Mo here?" Old Mrs. Cao asked in a loud voice from inside.
Cao Mo pushed open the door of the inner ward and saw that Mrs. Cao had already gotten up and was trying to find her shoes to get out of bed. She was stopped by the nanny. She was in better spirits than expected. He walked over and said, "Jia Ying told me everything."
, before they advised you to play less cards and go to the hospital for regular check-ups, but you just didn't listen. You are really lucky this time. I heard that my dad almost had to tie you up and send you here in order to let you go to the hospital for a physical check-up.
Let’s see if your temper is still stubborn! Just lie down and lie down.”
"How can I play less cards? I have a cerebral infarction. After I am discharged from the hospital, I need to exercise more and exercise my brain. Otherwise, before I die, my brain will be stupid and I have been sick before. I think it is your father who is stopping me from playing outside.
Several games of cards." Mrs. Cao said plausibly.
Cao Mo couldn't get rid of Old Mrs. Cao's reasoning. Seeing that she was in good spirits, he pulled Cheng Xi to sit by the bed and chatted with Old Mrs. Cao. When the doctor came to check the room, he inquired about the condition in detail and confirmed that there was no big problem and that there would be nothing wrong.
Serious sequelae can only be relieved.
Just after half past eight, Cao Mo saw his uncle Cao Fangming and his aunt sneaking in through the door.
Taking care of Mrs. Cao's mood, Cao Mo didn't show any expression and just sat there asking questions carefully while asking his uncle.
Xintaihua Investment originally held a small amount of shares in the refinery and Cornero Bay New City. Cao Mo did not want to kill them all, but the creditors committee finally decided to go bankrupt and liquidate "the minority obeys the majority", and the few equity assets were transferred to Fu
Erkov Investment, Huamao, and Conero Lake Industrial Park closed down, which is also the basis for the subsequent three co-owned refineries and Newport City.
The creditors finally got back about half of the debt. His brother-in-law Cao Fangming also suffered heavy losses. He originally lent nearly 20 million yuan to Xintaihua Investment, but in the end he only got back less than 9 million yuan of capital. After several years of hard work, his net worth
Shrinking more and more.
After his brother-in-law Cao Fangming got back the capital, he made what he thought was a smart decision. He stopped opening the company and canceled it directly. He even used the money to enter the stock market and bought shares of Tianyue Industrial.
The previous investment losses in Africa were earned back from the shares of Tianyue Industrial.
However, when his brother-in-law bought Tianyue Industrial, the current stock index rebounded to a high of 3,400 points, and the market value of Tianyue Industrial reached as high as 5 billion.
After about half a year, the market has been fluctuating and declining. Cao Mo has not thought about maintaining the market value, or entering the securities market to speculate on his own stocks to make profits. No one cares about Tianyue Industrial's stock, and the market value has recently dropped back to 3 billion.
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His brother-in-law's stock investment in Tianyue Industrial once again suffered a bloody loss.
Cao Mo does not speculate on his own stocks, and there are no big institutions that favor Tianyue Industrial. Except for a few major shareholders, the rest are basically small and medium-sized retail investors holding Tianyue Industrial stocks. People like his brother-in-law hold Tianyue Industrial shares.
Investors with millions of shares in the industry are considered big investors.
Song Yuqing, Chen Feng and others were able to see the data from the background from the beginning. At that time, they were worried about who their uncle was incited to cause trouble.
According to domestic regulatory laws, the shareholdings of immediate relatives must be consolidated. That is to say, if Muxiang Capital or his father, Jiaying personally wants to buy Tianyue Industrial shares, the share must be the same as that of Cao, who is the actual controller and major shareholder.
Consolidated calculations, purchases and sales are subject to regulatory and legal restrictions on major shareholders.
Theoretically, his brother-in-law was not restricted by the relevant laws, but at that time they were still worried about being taken advantage of by someone with malicious intentions, so Song Yuqing and the others deliberately kept an eye on his brother-in-law's actions in Tianyue Industrial.
Cao Mo could tell that his brother-in-law was rushing over at this time. It was because of this wave of losses in Tianyue Industrial's stocks that he came specifically to ask him for inside information.
Cao Mo currently has 60% of Cornero Energy's shares in the listed company Tianyue Industrial. If the time is right, he will also put 8% of the newly acquired shares under Tianyue Investment into Tianyue Industrial.
Develop into a very large power energy enterprise in the Gulf of Guinea.
He himself is very confident that Cornero Energy will build a power generation base and cross-border power grid along the Gulf of Guinea, but no domestic institution is optimistic about this.
At this time, Cornero Energy accelerated its investment pace. Not only did the unsettled profits roll into new construction, but it also borrowed hundreds of millions of dollars in external loans, causing financial costs to rise. The settleable profits became very pitiful, which further suppressed the pressure.
The stock price of Tianyue Industrial has recovered.
The stock price of Tianyue Industrial is indeed a bit miserable now, not much higher than when it crashed earlier.
A few stocks of other companies were reorganized and doubled or tripled, and as many as seven
Eight times or ten times. Since Taihua Group was reorganized and renamed Tianyue Industrial, except for a period of rebound with the market, it has been like a plague chicken on the whole. Countless small and medium-sized retail investors criticize Tianyue's bookmaker every day in economic forums.
Plague chicken.
Cao Fangming is somewhat worried about the poor economic situation in Africa. Cao Mo has "actually" lost his glory in Africa, causing Tianyue Industrial to have flaws since its reorganization. Otherwise, the stock price would not be so miserable:
"I was watching the news the day before yesterday. Kanem's currency has devalued by almost 50% this year. Isn't the economic situation very good now? How is your development in Draculamore going?"
"Development is a bit difficult..." Cao Mo thought that if he sighed, it might make his uncle feel better.
The finished cement in the Gulf of Guinea, priced in Kanem currency, has not dropped much in price. However, due to currency depreciation, the profit in US dollars for the current annual production capacity of 6 million tons is only the same as the profit when the annual production capacity was more than 2 million tons.
Quite, naturally it collapsed quite a bit.
What is relatively good is that Cornero Food purchased cocoa beans from Canem and others. Because the local currency has depreciated sharply this year, the actual calculated foreign exchange price has dropped sharply, and it has hedged with the international futures market, but it has quickly returned to profitability.
However, it was impossible for Cao Mo to tell his uncle this. After a while, he said impatiently: "Don't ask about this or that. If you don't tell me, I won't have any clues. What if I did some insider trading for your millions of investments?"
, wouldn’t it be a joke to say that? If you really don’t have the patience to hold Tianyue Industrial’s stocks, when the stock price rebounds a little, you can just clear out your positions..."
Cao Mo's impatient tone certainly made Cao Fangming feel unhappy, but he tried his best not to show it on his face. He smiled sarcastically and said, "I'm just asking, Tianyue Industrial can definitely do it, otherwise I won't buy Tianyue Industrial."
of stock!”
"According to me, you shouldn't have learned how to trade stocks. It would have been better if you had just bought a house. I have taken a fancy to several real estate properties, and they have doubled compared to last year's discount. I am almost heartbroken if I can't buy the regret medicine. You too
I don’t want to see if you are the material for stock trading!” Cao Mo and his aunt sat aside and couldn’t help scolding him.
It could be heard that his aunt was always nagging her. When Cao Mo saw his uncle Cao Fangming, he felt angry and the veins on his forehead twitched slightly. He just endured it and did not have an attack in front of the hospital bed.
Cao Mo pretended not to know, and seeing that his brother-in-law refused to leave, he continued to talk about the property market.
This violent rise in the domestic property market is indeed a bit fierce.
In 2007 and 2008, there were a few properties in Xinhai with five-letter names, but they were definitely synonymous with luxury properties.
After the real estate market recovered in the second half of 2009, there was a new round of violent rise, and new properties for sale in the inner ring were generally priced at five.
The property market is not only so fierce in Xinhai, but also in major large and medium-sized cities across the country, with real estate companies benefiting the most.
After Dongsheng Real Estate survived the debt crisis in 2008, it successfully achieved a backdoor listing in the first half of this year.
Supported by the hot property market, the market value of Dongsheng Real Estate has repeatedly reached new highs, and was not even affected by the market downturn. The total market value reached 60 billion on New Year's Eve.
"..." When talking about the property market, Cao Fangming's heart was bleeding, but he could only say flattering words, "I read public reports that Tianyue holds 10% of Dongsheng Real Estate's shares, that is
The Forbes list with a market value of 6 billion will be announced soon, and maybe your family will be on the list."
"Tianyue Investment is a strategic investor of Dongsheng Real Estate and has promised not to reduce its holdings within three years. Whether it has a market value of 6 billion or 600 million, it is really a 'meaningless' number. I am so young, and I am still
Are you concerned about being on the Forbes list?" Cao Mo said very indifferently, imitating Versailles.
"..." Cao Fangming suppressed the urge to vomit blood.
"I think your eyes are really blind. If you get the money to buy Dongsheng Real Estate's stocks, won't all your previous losses be recouped? Now that you've fallen into this pit, I don't know when you can get up. All your good family wealth will be gone."
You're going to screw me up!" Cao Mo and his aunt couldn't help scolding him.
Cao Fangming couldn't control himself. He stood up and walked out.
"Your brother-in-law is really incompetent and has a bad temper. No one in the family can say anything about him now. He will explode if they do. It's like he was reincarnated from a firecracker in his previous life." Cao Mo and his aunt kept scolding him.
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"..." Cao Mo laughed dryly and said nothing.
"Mom!" Cao Li, who had washed up and came out of the bathroom, saw that her mother was getting more and more outrageous, so she pulled her up and pushed her out, "Grandma is not in good health, and I don't like hearing you tremble all the time..." Then she said to Cao Mo, "
I have to rush to the company in the morning. If you and Cheng Xi need anything, just leave. Grandma will leave it to Sister Liu. I should be able to come back at noon."
"Why are you still working in that company?" Mrs. Cao stopped Cao Li and said, "Cao Mo is back. I'll ask him to re-arrange a job for you. You can go directly to work in Cao Mo's company. How dare he not
promise……"
"Grandma, I'm doing a good job now, so don't worry about it." Cao Li picked up the bag, said hello to Cheng Xi, and left first.
Cao Mo picked up his cell phone and sat on a chair nearby. Mrs. Cao picked up a pillow and threw it at him.
"Ah, grandma, why are you hitting me?" Cao Mo said pretending to be a fool.
"You want to piss me off to death when you return home?" Mrs. Cao said angrily.
"Grandma, don't worry about Cao Mo. Our bank is recruiting new people these days. I will have someone bring the job list over at noon and ask Cao Li to choose me. I am now a director of our bank and arrange one or two middle-level positions. It will definitely be fine.
Yes." Cheng Xi picked up the pillow and comforted Mrs. Cao and said.
There are grandchildren and granddaughters on both sides. Cheng Xi knows that Cao Li has lived with Cao Mo's grandmother for a longer time since she was a child. After all, after the two families fell out, Cao Mo's grandmother mainly lived with her second son in the early days.
After being imprisoned, he came over to take care of Cao Mo and Cao Jiaying.
When it comes to feelings, Cao Mo and his grandmother are definitely no worse towards Cao Li, their granddaughter, than Cao Mo and his sister.
Now Cao Mo and his uncle no longer run a company and have suffered heavy losses when investing in stocks. After Cao Li broke up with her ex-boyfriend, she found several jobs but it was not smooth. Cheng Xi knew that Cao Mo and his grandmother would definitely not be indifferent.
But the old lady had never mentioned this matter to anyone before. She must have been waiting for Cao Mo to come back and ask him to nod...