Chapter 874: Chapter 360: Can’t Wait Any Longer

A buffet dinner extended until nearly 10:30. Han Lie had nearly met with all the important investors.

The most significant aspect was that he showed the key clients a different side of himself.

—I’m not just a masterful and highly professional trader, but also a manager and communication expert who is emotionally stable, keenly perceptive, and adept at social navigation.

This additional image isn’t greatly useful for doing private equity, but once it involves equity investment in the future, it will be of great value.

Vision, focus, patience, communication, perception...

Looking at those powerful investors like today’s Xu Xin, Sequoia’s Shen Nanpeng, Hillhouse’s Zhang Lei, and Huaxing’s Bao Fan, they were never the most professionally qualified, but their comprehensive qualities are top-notch.

In fact, trading and investing are two completely different directions, and it’s hard for anyone to be compatible with both.

Trading requires extreme restraint and self-control, discarding emotions to the greatest extent.

But being a good investor is quite the opposite; you can’t be too self-centered or withdrawn. Instead, one must expand outward, have a strong sense of empathy and charisma, and be adaptable and resourceful.

Putting Xu Xiang and Xu Xin together, they are completely different styles. One look and you know — oh, so this is the professional characteristic...

But how about Han Lie?

This guy can switch faces anywhere, anytime; you can’t figure out what he’s truly about...

Psychological profiling?

Even Tang Xintian was fooled, so take your time guessing!

...

At 11 o’clock sharp, the banquet finally ended.

Unable to resist the coaxing, Han Lie was taken away by Yang Xiaoyong, Shi Junsheng, Shen Cheng, and others.

Yang Xiaoyong is the deputy manager of the Mining Province Trust, Shi Junsheng is the general manager of the Magic Capital branch of Mining Province Trust, and Shen Cheng is the top guy at Dream City Agricultural Bank. Accompanying them were also four other high-ranking community figures, including the top figure from SPD Bank’s Tai City branch.

Mining Province Trust has an upscale club in Magic Capital... well, it’s not operated by the trust, just a regular reception venue, you know?

Located in Xuhui, it’s quite a tranquil place and has a unique ambiance inside.

On the first private meeting like this, everyone behaved quite respectfully, sticking to the usual drinking and karaoke without much association with the girls.

Once the superficial camaraderie hit a decent level, President Yang invited Han Lie to the cigar bar, and finally got to the main topic.

In summary, it’s nothing more than some conventional perks that outsiders can’t usually get.

Such as all-channel underwriting and distribution, operations concerning state-owned enterprise bonds from the Mining Province, multi-faceted care from coal and electric groups, short-term interbank lending, and guarantees...

Indeed, these are businesses with bright prospects, and there’s more than just the apparent profits.

Folks like Zhao Ruilong from Jingzhou make their petty cash from these businesses mostly.

As for those like Gao Qiqiang from Jinghai City, they’re totally out of the loop, not qualified to play with these.

In other words, old Yang was quite sincere, treating Han Lie as an important figure.

Mining Province Trust is generally average in innate resources and conditions, and compared to its counterpart Magic Capital Trust, it’s quite outmatched.

But eventually, it developed from a plain underdog to a rich master, beating the latter by several levels.

From today’s perspective, it wasn’t undeserved.

Once old Yang realized Han Lie’s potential, he was indeed willing to gamble and was willing to share benefits.

Unfortunately... it fell a bit short, failing to move the dogged Lie.

That’s just how the world is; some things are chased desperately by countless people but remain out of reach; others are hoarded as treasures, and some couldn’t care less to be bothered.

This is the difference between having honed a core competency or not.

In any of the vast array of 360 professions, as long as you have expertise and accomplishments, you can handle anything easily.

Let alone the overpowered Han Lie?

The dogged Lie’s attitude was crystal clear — for chit-chat, I’m game; for cooperation, you’ll have to wait for the opportunity.

"The existing two funds are the company’s top priority for the foreseeable future. Thank you, President Yang, for your kind offer, but I can’t afford to disperse my energies further..."

Of course, Han Lie didn’t completely close the door.

"I’m definitely attached to my hometown, as my family and friends are there, and us people from Jin have always found it hard to leave our native soil!

I even bought an entire high-end community in the center of Dream City, so not only will I regularly return, but I might even reside there permanently in the future, so opportunities for cooperation will certainly arise..."

Yang Xiaoyong’s eyes immediately brightened: "Oh? The entire community? You’re interested in our hometown’s real estate industry?"

"No, it was just a stroke of luck."

Han Lie waved his hand with a deep smile: "It was more of a coincidence, just to secure some assets for my parents and give them something to do. I didn’t plan on making much money from real estate..."

Shameless!

Dream Garden is purposely designed to reap profits, isn’t it?!

You’d think it’s a loss even if it doesn’t make much...

But President Yang didn’t know and genuinely believed it.

"Indeed, given your level, investing precious capital in real estate would be quite a waste... By the way, which community did you buy?"

"President Pan’s Hushan Dream Garden, high quality, I liked it the moment I saw it."

"I see..."

Yang Xiaoyong had a thoughtful expression, nodding slowly: "When time permits, I must visit and see..."

Han Lie didn’t take it too seriously; taking guests’ words during drinks at face value, there’s no need to do anything else.

As a result, the next day, the Dream Garden sales office, which was just there for display, received inquiry calls, and more than one.