In the next few days, as expected, Crazy Dog Brother started causing trouble.
He led a bunch of hooligans and swaggered into Yuyuefang Restaurant. They deliberately occupied the seats, making it impossible for the restaurant to operate normally.
Crazy Dog Brother and his gang had been entrenched in Wushui County for many years. Their influence and network of connections were intricate. For them, it was no big deal to find out the details of Liu Yutong and her group.
Since Boss Niu had emphasized that they were not allowed to cause trouble during this period.
So he came up with this underhanded trick. He led a group of hooligans to occupy the seats under the pretext of having a meal.
Each person occupied one seat and only ordered a bottle of beer. They didn't order anything else and just sat there, drinking slowly and laughing.
Naturally, normal diners wouldn't eat here when they saw these hooligans occupying the seats.
I have to say, this trick was really disgusting.
Even Ma Da and the others were a bit at a loss. After all, these people neither caused a ruckus nor smashed things. It would be difficult to handle the situation even if they called the police. Even if the police came, they could only drive them out and couldn't convict them.
By the next mealtime, Crazy Dog Brother and his gang would still appear at the restaurant on time and continue to occupy the seats.
This really infuriated Ma Da and the others.
Yuyuefang was their only current business. Now that Crazy Dog Brother was causing such a mess, it couldn't operate normally at all.
As for the business of reselling fish and lobsters, it was just a short - term business and would have to stop soon. It couldn't be counted as a proper business.
In the hotel.
Ma Da rushed to find Liu Yutong. As soon as he entered the door, he couldn't help complaining, "Miss, that crazy dog is so disgusting! Now he's lingering around our restaurant every day. If this goes on, our restaurant will go bankrupt before long!"
Liu Yutong was sitting on the sofa, holding a cup of green tea in her hand. She looked calm, as if she had expected all this.
She took a gentle sip of the tea and looked up at Ma Da. "Ma Da, do you think if I mortgage the restaurant to them, how much money can I borrow from them?"
Most of the private lending channels in Wushui County were controlled by Niu Ben's people. It could be said that seven out of ten lending businesses in this area were related to them.
Ma Da was stunned and thought he had misheard. "What? Miss, you want to mortgage the restaurant? And to Crazy Dog and his gang?"
Liu Yutong put down the teacup, crossed her hands on her knees, and said, "As far as I know, they are involved in loan - sharking, right? Yuyuefang is still a high - quality asset. Do you think it's excessive to borrow three to five million?"
Ma Da frowned even more tightly. "It's not difficult, but the restaurant is our only current asset! And, Miss, you know they are loan - sharks. We can't afford the interest at all!"
Liu Yutong gave a soft laugh and said, "Who said we're going to pay it back?"
Ma Da widened his eyes, his mouth slightly open. It took him a few seconds to react. "Miss, you mean..."
A sly look flashed in Liu Yutong's eyes. "You arrange for someone to contact them and see how much money we can borrow by mortgaging the restaurant. In principle, the more the better. Agree to whatever interest rate they offer and set the repayment date at least three months later. Also, send more unfamiliar brothers to borrow money in their personal names and also agree to repay in three months."
"Remember, you must ask them for a written loan agreement and try to preserve some evidence of the loan. Then, let Zhao Tianyi review it to make sure everything is foolproof."
After hearing this, Ma Da's initial shocked expression gradually turned into excitement. "Yes! Miss! I'll make arrangements right away!"
He seemed to have fully understood Liu Yutong's intention. Instead of being the least bit scared, he found it extremely exciting.
Taking out usury loans? Just thinking about it was exhilarating!
Usury is a gray - area industry. The high - interest rates set by usury are not protected by law. Even if sued, one only needs to repay the principal. Actually, the scariest thing about taking out usury loans is violent debt collection.
But did they need to be afraid of violent debt collection?
After instructing Ma Da, Liu Yutong turned to look at Yu Xin beside her. "Yu Xin, how much money do we have on our accounts now?"
Yu Xin had always been by Liu Yutong's side. Although she couldn't do the rough work, she was capable of organizing accounts.
She opened the notebook in her hand, carefully looked at the table, and looked up to reply. "Sister Tong, all in all, including the payment from the restaurant, it's about 1.29 million."
Liu Yutong nodded and then said, "Gather all the money. I'll need it."
Yu Xin was stunned for a moment and hesitated. "But, Sister Tong, if we don't set aside some money for the payment, what if the restaurant needs to settle the bill?"
Liu Yutong thought for a while and said, "You lead someone to mortgage the restaurant to the bank first and see how much we can borrow. Set aside a part, and hand over the rest to me. Do it as soon as possible."
Although Yu Xin didn't know what Sister Tong was up to, she immediately nodded and went out to make arrangements.
After Yu Xin and Ma Da left.
Liu Yutong sat alone in the room, gently tapping the table with her fingers as she began to plan her next move.
If she remembered correctly, the next three months were still in a bull market. The Shanghai Composite Index even exceeded 6000 points at its highest.
It wasn't until the middle and late October, especially in November, that the stock market began to plummet.
By 2008, there was the famous financial crisis. At that time, both the real - estate market and the stock market were in a slump.
However, there were still three months left. She could definitely make a fortune in the stock market.
Although she had rarely invested in stocks in her previous life, she still knew some well - known stocks.
For example, Moutai. Its stock price at the beginning of the year seemed to be less than ten dollars, but now it had soared to 40 dollars. By the end of the year, it would even break through 200 dollars. If she entered the market now, she could at least make a five - fold profit.
There were also Ping An and several well - known banks. Their stock prices had basically risen by more than five times.
The reason she asked Ma Da and the others to take out usury loans and gather all the money was to make a fortune before the bear market arrived.
Of course, she wasn't greedy. She would sell as soon as the money multiplied by five times.
Because the stock prices would fluctuate too much later, and she wasn't sure. After all, she wasn't a seasoned stock investor and couldn't remember everything clearly. She only remembered the rise of these stocks because they were so famous.
Of course, although she knew that stocks like Moutai would double in value in the coming years, she didn't plan to hold them for the long term.
If she had money, she would cash out and invest in real - world businesses first.
After all, she had so many brothers to support, and real - world businesses were better for arranging jobs for them.
For high-tech companies, with the educational backgrounds of Ma Da and the others, they wouldn't be able to handle them. Only industries in the real economy that can provide a large number of jobs are suitable for them.
If it were before, Liu Yutong might not have been so eager to engage in the real economy.
But after spending time with them recently, she found that she quite liked the kind of chivalrous nature of Yun Cheng and his group.
Although they were all people from the streets, Yun Cheng and the others trusted her so much and had stepped forward to help and protect her many times. She couldn't find any reason to abandon them.
Since it was not easy to make money with them in high-tech enterprises, then she would focus on the real economy.
Apart from developing the Yuyuefang Restaurant into a chain, the second industry she had her eye on was the supermarket business.
The largest supermarket in Wushui County, Xinglong Supermarket, was owned by Niu Ben and his gang.
Moreover, she also knew that this supermarket wasn't originally his. It was just that he noticed it was quite profitable and used some means to forcibly take it from someone else.
Since Niu Ben and his people could snatch the supermarket from others, why couldn't she take it back from them?
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