CHAPTER 286: CHAPTER 214: NO ONE IS A FOOL

Zhuo Weidong was startled, quickly turning to Yi Anguo and saying, "Brother Yi! You really do seem to have a knack for divination."

"Haha! How could I really have such skills? Those things are just superstitious nonsense. I was just joking around, speaking nonsense, and unexpectedly it turned out to be true."

At this moment, Yi Anguo certainly didn’t dare admit that he really had the ability to predict the future, otherwise it could cause countless troubles.

Besides, he really didn’t know fortune-telling; at most, he relied on his identity as someone who lived the life again, having seen some gossip news about Zhuo Weidong before his rebirth.

Occasionally making a joke to entertain everyone is fine, but it’s definitely not something to be taken seriously.

Otherwise, if they kept asking, he wouldn’t be able to explain it clearly at all.

Although Zhuo Weidong still felt a bit puzzled, he actually wanted to ask Yi Anguo what he might encounter in the future? What would be the result between him and that woman?

If he could know in advance what problems his company might encounter in the future and how it might develop, that would undoubtedly be the best.

"By the way! Xu Pidai’s Hengda Company has successfully gone public, and the response has been good, with the stock price rising significantly," Zhuo Weidong suddenly said.

"Earlier, I listened to you and didn’t invest, and this time I’ve made a lot less money."

"I was just giving you a heads-up, the decision was in your hands! Whether you wanted to listen to me or not was your choice, I couldn’t force you," Yi Anguo said with a smile, feeling a bit helpless.

"You’re not asking me to compensate you, are you? I’m not responsible for that."

"No, not at all. It was your goodwill to advise me; whether I listened was my freedom, I can distinguish that much," Zhuo Weidong replied with a smile.

"I’m just very curious. Why do you seem so resistant and opposed to Xu Pidai, with no affection for him? You seem very unwilling to get close to him, wanting to keep as far away as possible."

"As for this question, I can’t explain it myself! I just don’t want to get close to him, or get involved with him," Yi Anguo shook his head and said.

"Anyway, I can earn money without him, and I don’t want to make money with him. It’s best if we don’t have any dealings or business cooperation."

Yi Anguo’s aversion to Xu Pidai, his reluctance to get close or cooperate with him, not only puzzled Zhuo Weidong but also left Ou Xiaolong equally baffled, struggling to understand Yi Anguo’s behavior.

For a businessman, as long as there is profit to be made, why deal with so much? Earning money from anyone is still earning money, isn’t it?

But since Yi Anguo disliked Xu Pidai and didn’t want to discuss Xu Pidai or his Hengda Company, Zhuo Weidong and Ou Xiaolong switched the topic to avoid upsetting Yi Anguo.

After all, meeting Yi Anguo today was not for the purpose of discussing Xu Pidai.

"The real estate projects we’ve collaborated on are almost completed. We can’t continue using the previous cooperation model for the new projects this year, can we?"

Zhuo Weidong finally started talking about the main topic, which was also why they had arranged to meet Yi Anguo today.

"With the previous cooperation model, the profits we were able to get were really too small. We could say it wasn’t fair to us at all."

"Indeed! You can’t have a feast by yourself and give us only a sip of soup, can you?" Ou Xiaolong quickly agreed.

"With the previous cooperation model, I didn’t shortchange you, did I?" Yi Anguo asked calmly.

Zhuo Weidong and Ou Xiaolong immediately fell silent, their expressions becoming awkward.

"The land was purchased by me. The funds for developing the real estate projects were from me. I only commissioned you to help develop, and I didn’t let you work for free, having given your company a ten percent profit," Yi Anguo continued.

"Now that you see property prices rising, you feel like you were at a disadvantage and that I made too much money, don’t you?"

"But it doesn’t matter. Now that our projects are mostly completed, if you feel hard done by and find it unprofitable, we just won’t work together in the future."

"You can purchase land yourselves and develop real estate projects independently. I have no objections since I also have my own commercial real estate development company now."

"Brother Yi! If we’re not working together anymore, then let’s split up the undeveloped land reserves and each develop our own!" Zhuo Weidong couldn’t help but say.

"What land reserves are you talking about? Those land reserves were purchased by Anguo Property Company. Why should they be divided?" Yi Anguo asked.

"Those land reserves were purchased with Anguo Property Company funds, but it was our company that bid on them. At that time, we were collaborative partners, so don’t we have ownership of that land too?" Zhuo Weidong replied unhappily.

"Now that we’re no longer cooperating, shouldn’t those land reserves be divided equally?"

Yi Anguo couldn’t help but laugh and said, "Those lands were indeed commissioned by Anguo Property Company, with your company bidding for Anguo Property Company, because at the time, Anguo Property Company didn’t have the qualifications for real estate development, so your company helped to bid for them."

"As a return to your company, we prioritized cooperation with your company."

"Now, since you’re saying you don’t want to collaborate anymore, may I ask, do those lands still have anything to do with you?"

"Did you not put in a penny but just provided a face to win the bids? And now those lands become yours?"

"That kind of business would be too easy to do, generating infinite wealth with no capital investment."

"We never said we wouldn’t put in money!" Zhuo Weidong responded loudly.

"If we divide the undeveloped lands, we will certainly share the cost of purchasing these lands as well. How could we not put in money?"

"Since it’s a partnership business, if we’re breaking up and dividing the assets, then naturally, however much money was spent before, that’s how much land you divide, and we have to share that cost."

"We never said we wouldn’t put in a cent but wanted to take half the land."

"We were collaborative project developers, didn’t we say we were jointly purchasing lands?" Yi Anguo said.

"The ownership of these bid landfalls under Anguo Property Company. Does it have a penny relationship with your company?"

"Since it has nothing to do with your company, why should we divide those lands with you?"

"Don’t you find it really ridiculous? You didn’t put in a penny during the bidding, but now you want to split the land equally."

"It’s not that we don’t want to cooperate with you; the problem is that your past cooperation model gives us such small profits," Ou Xiaolong quickly said.

"Otherwise, we could continue cooperating, but the distribution model must change. Let’s split 50-50, with similar investment ratios."

"If everyone doesn’t want to cooperate, why bother complicating things? You can just buy land with money and develop it yourself. As for my land, I can develop it whenever I want and partner with whomever I want," Yi Anguo objected.

"Originally, I already had my own commercial real estate development company, but since our previous collaborations went well, I didn’t want to break off cooperation with you guys."

"But now that you’re the ones proposing to end the cooperation, I have nothing more to say. Let’s part amicably! Maybe in the future, there will be opportunities to work together again."

In fact, the reason why Zhuo Weidong and Ou Xiaolong both proposed to divide these reserve lands was entirely because the lands were previously bought at incredibly low prices.

If it were according to the price at which those lands were bought back then, they would be more than willing to pay that price.

But how could Yi Anguo possibly comply with what they wished in their hearts?

Everyone knows the current prices of land and the previous prices; even a fool would know that Yi Anguo wouldn’t fall for this and would take a loss.

It can be said without exaggeration that the price of bidding for land now would be at least several times higher than before.

And some good locations aren’t easily available just because you have money; land resources are inherently non-replicable.

Anyone involved in real estate development knows that land cost is the biggest cost in real estate development.