Capítulo 1295: Chapter 563: Jiang Family Business

But Uncle Jiang directly said, I know it’s you who is targeting our family’s assets in the futures market.

Zhou Yuwen said, Uncle, you’ve misunderstood.

“I really don’t know about this matter.”

“You don’t need to hide it from me. I’m not here to blame you. I’ve looked into you; I know you have more than just my daughter as a girlfriend, but I also know that you are genuinely in love with Xinyi.”

Uncle Jiang stated directly.

Zhou Yuwen remained silent, unsure of what Uncle Jiang intended to say.

Uncle Jiang, however, continued: “I don’t blame you for the futures market issue, but it was Liu Jing who offended you. There’s a cause for every grievance, you should direct it toward Liu Jing instead, not hurt the innocent.”

This statement left Zhou Yuwen puzzled; aren’t you two family? How could you separate yourselves like this?

He paused for a moment, then Zhou Yuwen said, “Uncle Jiang, isn’t it inappropriate to say this? Aunt Jing is your wife, aren’t you family?”

“Wife?”

Uncle Jiang sneered after hearing this and said, “Since you have my daughter, why are you looking for other women?”

“…”

One sentence left Zhou Yuwen speechless.

And Uncle Jiang very directly told Zhou Yuwen that he and Liu Jing have long been estranged.

You can deal with Liu Jing however you want.

But I haven’t offended you; you can’t affect my life.

Zhou Yuwen did not expect the Jiang family to be in such a situation.

Just before, Jiang Xinyi was tearfully telling Zhou Yuwen that her parents were about to divorce, and now upon reflection, no matter how hard Jiang Xinyi tries, she probably can’t change their course toward divorce.

Zhou Yuwen apologized to Uncle Jiang, saying he hadn’t anticipated this situation.

“I’m very sorry, Uncle Jiang.”

What Uncle Jiang had been waiting for was this apology, and he said, no problem, all I wanted was your stance.

“I’m already facing losses of nearly three billion on paper, and if my guess is right, you’ll continue to dump shares?”

Zhou Yuwen thought to himself, how would I know; it’s all Su Qing’s doing.

Uncle Jiang saw that Zhou Yuwen wasn’t speaking, so he knew his assumptions were correct.

He said, actually, you don’t need to make things so complicated.

This kind of suicidal attack tends to harm the enemy a thousand while losing eight hundred yourself; neither side benefits.

“After all, you’re Xinyi’s boyfriend; strictly speaking, we should be like family. I have a way…”

As it turned out, Uncle Jiang made this call not with the intention of saving Liu Jing, but with the mindset that when disaster strikes, one flees alone. You, Zhou Yuwen, are so wealthy. Instead of dumping shares, why not directly take over our overseas assets. This way, you can spend less money, I can cash out and leave, and I can use this matter to threaten Liu Jing—three birds with one stone. What do you think?

Hearing this, Zhou Yuwen was left speechless. He didn’t expect Uncle Jiang to be so ruthless; after all, they were his wife and child, yet all Uncle Jiang thought about was leaving by himself.

As Uncle Jiang put it, their family has 1.2 billion in paper assets in the overseas futures market, along with another 800 million in other investments.

Uncle Jiang means that Zhou Yuwen could pay him twelve billion, and he would sell all his assets to Zhou Yuwen in one package, then perform a play with Zhou Yuwen that suggested both sides lost everything in the futures market, even mortgaging the Jiang family’s domestic real estate to Zhou Yuwen.

By then, Liu Jing would be entirely at Zhou Yuwen’s mercy.

The Jiang family goes bankrupt, while Uncle Jiang retreats unscathed—a perfect strategy.

“What do you think?” asked Uncle Jiang.

Zhou Yuwen asked Uncle Jiang how much he wanted if all domestic assets were included.

“Ha!”

Uncle Jiang laughed upon hearing Zhou Yuwen’s words, saying, “Some real estate and factories can’t be moved; forty-five billion! I’ll sell it all to you in one package!”

“I don’t have that much cash, but I can offer you a futures contract worth forty-five billion,” Zhou Yuwen said.

“No problem!”

Uncle Jiang, having always been in the futures business overseas, could easily tell if the contract Zhou Yuwen provided was worth forty-five billion, so he had no fears of being deceived.

“But I’m a bit worried; aren’t your domestic assets considered marital property? Can you mortgage them?” Zhou Yuwen asked.

“You don’t need to worry about that; I’ll handle it!”

Uncle Jiang assured him, saying that Liu Jing was the one who caused the problem; he needed to cover the margin to counter you, and she wouldn’t dare not to sign.

“When the time comes, I’ll mortgage all the assets and lose them all to you!”

The fact that Zhou Yuwen so readily agreed made Uncle Jiang very happy, and he later took the opportunity to teach Zhou Yuwen that in business, a man should be ruthless; he would look down on him if he were too gentle!

“It’s our first phone call, but you suit me well! Xinyi didn’t choose the wrong person. Young man, work hard, and when you come to the United States, let’s have a good drink!”

Uncle Jiang seemed very pleased.

But Zhou Yuwen appeared conflicted, asking, “Uncle Jiang, is this really okay?”

“A big man shouldn’t be wishy-washy! Anyway, you can completely support Xinyi, and besides, Liu Jing is Xinyi’s mother; won’t you take care of her? I just want to get back what’s mine, and anything extra, isn’t it all the same to have it with you? Don’t give women too much money; listen to me. I’m treating you as a son-in-law by teaching you this!”

The two talked for a while longer, with Uncle Jiang clearly wanting to pass on more business knowledge to Zhou Yuwen.

However, Su Qing called again, and Zhou Yuwen found an excuse, then hung up the call to answer Su Qing’s call.

There were no such formalities on the call with Su Qing.

Su Qing seemed to have already assumed that Zhou Yuwen would hold her responsible.

She started off saying that everything was her doing.

“It has nothing to do with Sister Waning,”

Zhou Yuwen listened to Su Qing’s candid declaration and only asked if she had any impression of the futures transaction.

Su Qing didn’t answer.

Zhou Yuwen asked, “Can it make a profit?”

After a while, Su Qing’s voice came through the phone with one word: “Yes.”

Zhou Yuwen sighed and straightforwardly relayed everything Uncle Jiang had just told him.

Su Qing was truly surprised by this.

She had always thought Liu Jing was an annoying woman, but now she suddenly realized this woman was quite pitiable too.

Her husband was planning all this behind her back?

Zhou Yuwen said he hadn’t thought it would be this way either.

“Xinyi told me that if you continue like this, her parents might divorce, but thinking about it now, they’ll still get divorced even if you don’t continue.”

Su Qing pondered for a moment on the phone: “What are you planning to do?”

“This isn’t a question for me; it’s one for you.”

Zhou Yuwen said, Xinyi’s parents are definitely getting divorced. Normally, if Uncle Jiang and Liu Jing divorce, the assets would be split in half, but since the Jiang family’s assets are domestic, Uncle Jiang likely wouldn’t have the upper hand, yet now, he can walk away with forty-five billion—a clever plan.

Su Qing said this deal is worth doing, but you should negotiate the price down.

The total assets of the Jiang family exceed sixty billion, and now you can buy all of them for only forty-five billion. The Jiang family has certain prestige in Jinling, and some of their businesses are leaders in the field. Zhou Yuwen has money now, but he still lacks a stable foundation. Replacing the Jiang family would elevate his reputation too.

Forty-five billion is a bit too high.

Negotiating the price down is the norm.

“Around thirty-eight billion should be achievable.”

Su Qing said, since Xinyi’s father already has this idea, even if he doesn’t cooperate with you, he’ll find someone else. Rather than watching Xinyi’s family estate fall into someone else’s hands, you should take it on directly.

Anyway, you’ll be responsible for them for a lifetime.

“So you should just go with the flow and take it over. If it doesn’t work out, you can give it back to Jiang Xinyi—it’s still better than leaving it to that jerk,” Su Qing advised Zhou Yuwen analytically.

Zhou Yuwen said that’s what he thought too.

“Just feels wrong to actually give him forty-five billion,”

Su Qing understood what Zhou Yuwen meant, saying, “Of course, if you really let him walk away with that much money, wouldn’t that just benefit him?”