Tao Liangchen
Chapter 278 New Pet
The two of them went out to watch a movie and it was already past twelve o'clock. They slept soundly all night until dawn.
Su Yehao was a bit busy during the Lunar New Year.
He didn't have to worry about visiting relatives, but the problem was that the girls were all free, so he had to handle them hastily to avoid neglecting anyone.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, he took the yacht back to Casino, 1997 again.
First, he had lunch with Yin Liuli, and in the afternoon, he went to play mahjong with Baoya Jun, He Shaofan, and others. Nangong Tian was also there.
Unlike white-collar workers who bear pressure, with their family backgrounds, they could live like they were celebrating a holiday every day as long as they wanted, so their feelings about holidays weren't that strong.
Baoya Jun won a self-drawn hand worth twelve points. Happily collecting the money, he then said with an exaggerated expression,
"Wow, I'm so lucky at the beginning of the year. I must buy the Mark Six lottery later! Yesterday, I went to the racetrack with my cousin and bet a thousand dollars, and I won more than twenty thousand. Fortunately, I wore red underwear, it's impossible not to be lucky!"
Sun Youcai, while shuffling the cards, said with a smile, "Take me to buy it with you. You choose the numbers, and I'll pay. What if we get rich?"
Su Yehao just smiled.
What if he won the Mark Six first prize? The prize pool usually only has tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars. Now he can easily earn it back by buying some stocks, and the probability of success is much higher.
He had bad luck playing mahjong, so he got up and gave his seat to Nangong Tian. While pouring hot water into his teacup, Su Yehao asked, "Baoya Jun, is your family's security company doing well these days? As your brother, I must remind you that Hong Kong's handover is next year, so don't do anything that causes trouble."
Baoya Jun was in a good mood and replied carelessly,
"Don't worry, Hao Ge. My family isn't stupid. The security business makes money too slowly. We're considering partnering with someone to take over a gambling hall, and find customers from places like Malaysia and Singapore. No wonder the gambling king is so rich. People gamble and gamble, and the money is won by the tables. My second uncle was just raided at a casino in Malaysia and is looking for another way out in Thailand."
Those who shout and kill all day are mostly small fries. Baoya Jun's family has a high enough position and now only thinks about making money all day long.
What should be laundered has almost been laundered. For example, Baoya Jun's father has been speculating in stocks with all his heart recently, betting on the decline of Hong Kong stocks, with profits of tens of millions, which is more profitable than collecting "rent" in sacks before.
With the relationship here, Su Yehao doesn't want Baoya Jun's family to continue down the old road, so he sometimes gives a few pointers.
He Shaofan then asked, "Hao Ge, will the tourism company we jointly invested in pay dividends this year?"
"Dividends my ass. The money going out is more than the money coming in. It's a crucial moment to spread out and grab the market. Don't expect to see any money back in a year or two. I'm still thinking about listing the tourism company one day."
After Su Yehao finished speaking, he asked, "Why? Do you also lack money to spend with so many trust dividends you get every month?"
He Shaofan shook his head, "I'm just asking casually. Last time, Lawyer Jiang arranged for someone to send a photocopy of the account book, and I saw that it made more than three million."
"This is just the money earned by the business itself. Some expenses are not included. If you add up the purchase of hotels, buses, etc., the company's money is not enough at all. Maybe I will continue to raise funds. If you don't invest together at that time, your shares will be diluted."
Hearing Su Yehao's words, Sun Youcai immediately stated, "Ignore them, I will definitely invest anyway. I told my parents about the tourism company's performance, and they all think it's quite good and has the potential to become bigger and stronger..."
Next to the mahjong table, the topics were varied.
For example, He Shaofan got some tickets for the Nagano Winter Olympics in Japan and asked if they were interested in going to play.
Su Yehao and Nangong Tian had just gone skiing in Japan before the New Year, so they refused without thinking.
Baoya Jun said that two of their Polytechnic University classmates were pregnant last year, and they were discovered during the school's physical examination. They lost face to the atmosphere. After the list was leaked, the parents are demanding an explanation.
In addition, there were embarrassing stories about celebrities and wealthy businessmen.
For example, Su's fourth concubine is said to have hooked up with a male celebrity in Hong Kong again, and even bought him a small yacht.
Su Yehao didn't think that his father was being cuckolded. After all, they had officially separated. He only lamented how much money he had given to the fourth concubine in the first place. It should have been tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, so it was reasonable to be able to spend money to buy a small yacht worth several million.
It's interesting to say.
In the early years, Su's father gave gifts to the fourth concubine in various ways. Now, after the caged bird fourth concubine left, she used the money to buy gifts for a young celebrity in his twenties.
If the relationship isn't strong enough, it's normal for it to become like this.
He was gossiping about his own father.
His own old man brought it upon himself. Su Yehao, as his son, didn't feel sorry for him at all. Anyway, he didn't lose out...
...
He lost more than ten thousand playing mahjong.
In the evening, they ate at He Shaofan's hotel and opened a bottle of 1990 Romanee-Conti red wine.
During the banquet.
He Shaofan's cousin came over to say hello, sat down and drank a glass of wine together. During the chat, he mentioned that he raised pygmy hippos on his plantation in Malaysia and that they had given birth to two baby pygmy hippos.
Su Yehao thought it was interesting to raise hippos, so he casually asked the other party if he would sell them.
He Shaofan's cousin was a particular person. He had a good way with people and was also very concerned about Su Yehao's family background, so he generously said that he would give him two.
They were just pets, relatively rare, but not too precious. There are more artificially bred pygmy hippos, while the wild ones have entered the protection list.
Su Yehao drank a little wine and didn't take this matter to heart.
However, only two days later, he received a call from He Shaofan saying that the little guys had been airlifted to Hong Kong, and there were some troubles with customs clearance. He might have to ask the zoo for help to get a certificate.
The three-day New Year holiday was over.
Su Yehao had just returned to Hong Kong. After chatting with He Shaofan, he handed over the process to his assistant Zhuang Wei.
In this way, another two days passed.
A small truck drove into the mansion on Big Wave Bay Road, and the workers carried down the iron cages, which contained two pygmy hippos.
In order to see them as soon as possible, Nangong Tian didn't go to class this morning.
At this moment, she squatted next to the cage, exclaiming and shouting excitedly, "They're so cute! They're like a ball of meat. They look like pigs from behind!"
He just mentioned it casually, but he didn't expect to get them so smoothly.
Su Yehao was in trouble, scratching his head and said, "I've never raised these things before. Will they eat the koi in my pond? Hippos seem to be vegetarians?"
According to the old rules, leave it to the professionals.
He continued to let his assistant Zhuang Wei contact people from the zoo to help investigate the habits of pygmy hippos, then opened the cages and let the two half-meter-long pygmy hippo cubs walk around in the yard.
Raising dogs is too noisy, and raising cats is too restless.
This kind of niche pet is full of joy and doesn't tear down the house. Su Yehao decided to keep them for the time being, and if it really didn't work out, he would donate them to the zoo.
The two little guys were not afraid of people and even arched the palm of the little girl's hand with their heads.
After a while, they walked into the artificial pond by themselves, revealing half of their heads, scaring the koi to run around, avoiding them from a distance...