Tao Liangchen
Chapter 424 Anything Else?
Su Laodie, Second Madam, and Su Yehao sat with him in the living room.
Feng shui masters and fortune tellers were popular in both Casino, 1997 and Hong Kong. Huang Daxian, for example, was often invited to conduct business in Malaysia and Singapore. He wouldn't budge for less than a hundred thousand, with additional expenses calculated separately.
His reputation even spread to overseas Chinese communities. People in San Francisco and Los Angeles were willing to spend a fortune to have him come out.
Unlike his counterparts on the streets, Huang Daxian specialized in high-end business. In over twenty years, his net worth exceeded one hundred million. After taxes, it was all pure profit with no costs involved. Just a few words, and a huge profit followed.
Furthermore.
His Daxian Temple, bought at a low price years ago, was now worth tens of millions, and he received incense money all year round.
Moreover, with the accumulated network of contacts, it was said that Huang Daxian was also a shrewd investor.
Rumor had it that he accurately predicted the stock market crash that began last year and cashed out at a high position, earning more than thirty million Hong Kong dollars in one fell swoop.
As for the truth, only the great immortal himself knew. Anyway, the rumors were so vivid that even Su Laodie had heard about it and told it to Su Yehao as an amusing story.
Not everyone there believed in this kind of thing.
But the reality was that the real estate development business was closely related to feng shui. If you wanted to sell houses at a high price in Casino, 1997 or Hong Kong, you had to convince customers that the feng shui of the house was good and could bring them prosperity, which would make the development more competitive.
It was the same for shopping malls. Customers might not buy it, but you had to convince the merchants that opening a shop there would bring them wealth.
That was the atmosphere there. In addition, Huang Daxian himself was quite capable, and he had indeed helped many businessmen turn bad luck into good fortune and bring their businesses back from the brink. Gradually, he became a guest of honor for businessmen.
As for Ge Banxian, whom Su Yehao had tricked into coming last year, he was just a flash in the pan, not on the same level as this great immortal.
The market demand was so great, and the rich always looked for the best and most effective feng shui masters. The market competition was actually quite fierce.
Anyway, as long as you made a name for yourself in this place, you could always make a living. It was a skill…
Years ago, he became an uxorilocal son-in-law and made a fortune by chance.
Su Laodie wasn't the kind of person with exceptional talent. The reason why he was so cautious in business was partly because he couldn't make up his mind and was always worried about falling into a trap.
Seeking comfort from a feng shui master was probably like Westerners seeking faith, to avoid feeling empty and always losing their nerve.
With money in hand, the small amount thrown at Huang Daxian was just a drop in the bucket.
Su Yehao still felt bad last year, feeling that his family had suffered a loss, but now he didn't care at all. Looking at it from a different perspective, he felt that it was actually good to have something to believe in.
For example, Su Yehao himself.
The more money he made and the more famous he became, the more he felt that he lacked something to pursue in life. He was always following the old path that others had taken. Even if he made money, he didn't have the joy that came with success.
That wasn't to say it was bad. It was good to have money, but it wasn't complete.
The good thing was that it was relatively worry-free, and he could make money comfortably.
If he wanted to make things more difficult for himself, he could always mess around with chip semiconductors, Australian iron ore, and so on. Those were all great achievements that would benefit the present and future generations, and full of self-realization value.
If you looked at it from another perspective.
His investment in the mainland's internet, keeping foreign capital out of the country, seemed to be a remarkable thing.
The money that was originally earned by others was now earned by Su Yehao, and the dividends weren't lost in large quantities. Thinking about it this way, it seemed pretty awesome. In the future, he would have the opportunity to mess around with Google's operating system and Apple.
Thinking of this, he finally realized that he also had his shining points.
Even if the original intention was to make money, he could easily smooth out a pain point, and he was instantly energized.
…
Huang Daxian had received Su Yehao's message in advance.
Before arriving, he already had a good idea. Combining astrology and the Eight Characters (bazi), he said that next year would be smooth sailing and prosperous, but the year after that there would be a small hurdle, and he would need to hide from the disaster for a few days.
Full of mysterious statements, combined with that serious expression.
If he hadn't been told in advance, Su Yehao would have almost been fooled. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that things like benefiting the West were all things that could be seen in the newspaper, but when he said it, it made people feel that it made sense. No wonder Huang Daxian could make a fortune.
More than an hour passed in the blink of an eye.
Su Laodie asked the Second Madam to go upstairs and wrap a red envelope for Huang Daxian, worth twenty thousand US dollars.
Su Yehao volunteered and stood up and said, "Let me send Daxian back. I just happen to have a few pieces of land that haven't been developed yet. When construction starts, I'll need someone to look at the feng shui."
As soon as Huang Daxian heard this.
He immediately knew what was going on. He knew that this was reciprocity and said, "Haha, then thank you, Young Master Su. I just have a few taboos to remind you of. Is that all for today?"
Su Laodie shook hands with Huang Daxian and smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. "Okay, my son will send you off. Remember to save the first incense stick for me during the New Year."
"You've been burning the first incense stick every year, and everyone else is starting to have opinions. But I have to give face to Director Su, no problem!"
After exchanging pleasantries.
Su Yehao led Huang Daxian out the door. The other party drove his own Mercedes-Benz, so there was actually no need to send him.
After asking the bodyguard to drive, Su Yehao said to Huang Daxian, "As expected of you, your performance is as stable as ever. I have hundreds of billions in US stocks, and my parents are always worried. This way, it should be fine."
Huang Daxian smiled.
It wasn't the first time they had cooperated, and he knew that Su Yehao wasn't easy to deal with.
Speaking human language to humans and ghost language to ghosts, he put away his pretentious look and said politely, "It's good if I can help you, Young Master Su. Sending me out... is there anything else? Are we going to see the feng shui of the land?"
"There's no hurry to see the feng shui. The house prices are too cheap, and it won't make any money even if it's built well. Don't worry, I'll definitely contact you when I need you."
Su Yehao then got down to business, touched his chin, and said with a smile:
"Daxian, do you have any way to spread the word that I'm destined to have桃花 (tao hua – literally ‘peach blossom’, referring to romantic luck), and I need to marry at least four wives to suppress the 桃花煞 (tao hua sha – peach blossom misfortune), so that I can be rich and noble and safe for the rest of my life?"
Huang Daxian's eyes twitched violently when he heard this.
He was shocked by Su Yehao's crazy operation and exclaimed "shameless" in his heart. He instantly guessed Su Yehao's intention.
Having been in the industry for so many years, he had seen a lot and done a lot of things to help solve emotional problems, but this was the first time he had heard such a blatant request.
It was true that he was shocked by Su Yehao's request, but he definitely had to help. It was rumored that Su Yehao's net worth had surpassed that of the old gambling king and he had become the richest man in Casino, 1997.
He couldn't let go of such a rich customer, even if his brain was flooded...