Urban Super Medical Saint

Chapter 100 Whispers

Time flew swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, it was the beautiful, sunny days of swallows flying and grass growing all over Jiangnan.

While first- and second-year high school students still had the chance to go on spring outings, the seniors had plunged headlong into the ocean of college entrance examination papers, with no time left for leisure.

Perhaps because of this, or perhaps because he had moved, by the second semester of his freshman year, Ge Dongxu hardly ever had a chance to meet with Dong Yuxin. Even on the rare occasions when they did run into each other on campus, Dong Yuxin always seemed very hurried, as if she had forgotten the friendship they once shared.

This occasionally made Ge Dongxu feel a twinge of loss. However, he understood that it was a highly stressful time due to their studies, and since they had no special relationship, it was natural that Dong Yuxin wouldn't constantly think about a junior like him, especially after he moved.

The business at Yaxu Trademark Factory was still thriving, but profits had started to show signs of decline. Fortunately, the volume of business had increased, so each month, Ge Dongxu, as a shareholder, still managed to earn fifty to sixty thousand yuan.

This income was considered a fortune-making good business by the standards of the time.

With Cheng Yazhou's help, the four dilapidated houses were being demolished to build new villas. Because of Ge Dongxu's high standards, the budget ended up being even higher than Cheng Yazhou's original estimate, reaching 230,000 yuan. Fortunately, with fifty to sixty thousand yuan coming in each month, Ge Dongxu could handle it, otherwise he would have fallen short with the savings he originally had in his account.

As a result, although now a millionaire with fifty to sixty thousand yuan income each month, Ge Dongxu's finances became tight again. He would have to wait until around April or May, when earnings came in, before he could afford to purchase some of the Jade Tokens. And the newly carved Talisman Jades were expected to last until only about May.

Realizing that the profits for the next few months were likely to end up in someone else's pocket made Ge Dongxu lament the slowness of his earnings and realize he needed to find more ways to make money, which was the righteous path.

However, making money was not an easy task, especially for a young man with no business experience. Although Ge Dongxu thought about it, he had no good ideas for the moment. But because he associated making money with his future cultivation practices, he had recently been studying books on business investment apart from his schoolwork, hoping to learn some tricks to wealth.

Fortunately, Ge Dongxu read these books in his room; otherwise, if the teachers knew that he was distracting himself with books on business investment during high school, they would surely have given him a serious talk.

Life often seems to operate on the principle of "flowers don't bloom when you want them to, but the willows grow into shade when you don't intend them to." Since high school, Ge Dongxu had been pondering ways to make money, even beginning to delve into thick books on business investment during the second semester of his freshman year. Yet before he could learn how to make money from those books, the value of the land where he'd inadvertently bought a factory suddenly increased.

The price rose because rumors spread from the county government that they were discussing rebuilding the old county government office building due to its dilapidation.

There were several rumors about rebuilding the county government office building. Some said it was unfounded, others mentioned relocating to the LC district, and another that the county leaders were considering the rapid economic development of Changxi County and thinking of finding a suitable place in the suburbs to rebuild the office building. Then, starting from the new county government office building as a center, an XC district might be developed. Since the LC district to the south was in the direction of Baiyun Mountain and was hilly, it was unsuitable, and the west was also hilly terrain. That left the eastern and northern sides. Jiang Family Village was located slightly to the northeast. From there, not only was the terrain flat, but it also connected Changxi County with the economically strong town of Longjiang. So now there were rumors that if the county government decided to build a new office building and not in the LC district, it was very likely to choose Jiang Family Village.

Of course, the county government had been talking about reconstructing its office building for several years, but each time the talk was big and the action negligible, always ending in nothing. But this time, the rumors were loud, and some speculative-minded individuals couldn't resist the temptation, beginning to set their sights on Jiang Family Village and trying to buy up some land beforehand.

The land where Yaxu Trademark Factory was located was used for the factory, but it was actually residential land. Therefore, some people turned their attention to Yaxu Trademark Factory, approaching Cheng Yazhou with an offer to buy their current factory and land for 320,000 yuan.

When Ge Dongxu originally purchased the factory, it cost him about 160,000 yuan in total; now, in just about half a year, the value had doubled, making Cheng Yazhou and Wu Qianjin envious. Wu Qianjin especially regretted not listening to Ge Dongxu back then.

"It's just an extra 160,000 yuan, and I'm not in a hurry for money. Selling it wouldn't make sense; better to keep it and save us the trouble of finding a new factory," Ge Dongxu said upon hearing the news, surprised but considering that an extra 160,000 yuan wouldn't change his situation much now. Moreover, he felt the Feng Shui of Jiang Family Village was good and despite this period possibly being just a blip, he believed that as the city developed, Jiang Family Village would eventually rise. Experience more tales on empire

"Dongxu, aren't you just taunting me? Just an extra 160,000 yuan! Remember last year, Uncle Wu's entire fortune was only 200,000 yuan! Where else nowadays can you make an easy 160,000 yuan just by flipping something? Better sell it now; once this craze blows over, you won't be able to get this price," Wu Qianjin, thinking Ge Dongxu was hesitant because it wasn't enough profit, advised earnestly.

"Qianjin is right; they've been talking about rebuilding the county government building for years, and it always comes to nothing. Plus, if the county government really were to rebuild, I feel the likelihood of it being in the LC district is higher since the facilities there are more established. And even if it's not in the LC district, it might not necessarily be Jiang Family Village; there's also Beiyang and Pingchao ahead in line. Moreover, the biggest fear is that these rumors are deliberately stirred up by people in Jiang Family Village," Cheng Yazhou added.

"It doesn't matter. For now, I'm not short on cash," Ge Dongxu casually responded. He was actually in need of money, but an extra 160,000 yuan was not enough to attract his attention, for if he truly wanted to buy Jade Tokens, he would need to spend tens or hundreds of thousands.

"Actually, Dongxu, don't you know Chief Zuo? He's a member of the county committee and leadership team. If there's any news about this, he definitely would know. Why don't you ask him? If he says nothing's happening, you could quickly sell then," Wu Qianjin, seeing Ge Dongxu's reluctance to sell, grew anxious and suddenly remembered Zuo Le, thus brought him up.