Chapter 721: Tang Yan Comes to Visit
Chapter Seven Hundred and Twenty-One
Long Xiaoshan initially gave the villagers 30% of the company's shares by contributing land as capital, which was actually a substantial amount.
Keep in mind that Gu Jingheng spent a billion to acquire just 10% of the shares. Even calculating with the original shares, this 30% represented three billion—a staggering figure. When the company was founded, some villagers even joked, "Why bother working if we can just split three billion and have enough for several generations?"
That was said in jest on the surface.
But many villagers may very well have thought so in their hearts.
So, when Li Jialin secretly had someone contact them, promising to buy their land shares at that price,
they were all tempted.
30% of the shares, many villagers' land shares were worth millions if sold.
Although their lives were quite good now, with a monthly salary from the group company amounting to several thousand and a substantial yearly dividend, the prospect of millions laid out before them made each one of them green with envy.
All of them secretly agreed to transfer their land shares to Li Jialin.
They completely forgot that their land was valuable only because Long Xiaoshan had conferred value upon it. Otherwise, could their small village's land be worth three billion?
With interests at the forefront, how many could still remember that?
Perhaps even if they remembered, they would pretend as if it didn't matter.
Now, the distribution of Longyang Group's equity.
Long Xiaoshan held 45%!
Villagers' land shares made up 30%!
Gu Jingheng held 10%!
Lily Hotel owned 10%!
Li Jialin held 5%!
If Li Jialin acquired the villagers' land shares, and added Gu Jingheng and Lily Hotel's shares, she could even reach 55%, surpassing the 45% that Long Xiaoshan had, and Longyang Group could fall into their hands.
Of course, this was the worst-case scenario.
Long Xiaoshan couldn't be sure if every villager would sell their land shares, and what about Gu Jingheng—would he betray him?
Long Xiaoshan was uncertain.
So he needed to test.
Test these fickle human hearts!
That day, an uninvited guest came to the village.
Long Xiaoshan was cultivating his breathing in the courtyard when two people walked in. He raised his eyes, which sparkled slightly, and said, "Sister Su Wan, what brings you here?"
The person walking ahead was indeed Su Wan. Dressed in a lotus-green cheongsam, since working at Bai's Medicinal Materials, influenced perhaps by Bai Susu, Su Wan developed a liking for wearing cheongsams herself.
A cheongsam is a kind of attire that best accentuates a woman's figure and charm.
And Su Wan's figure was particularly stunning.
Clad in the lotus-green cheongsam that outlined her perfect curves,
Long Xiaoshan was no exception, his gaze towards Su Wan was brimming with heat.
This made Su Wan feel both flattered and bashful.
What a scoundrel!
Such a direct gaze seemed as if he intended to peer straight through to the soul.
No one should look at a girl like that.
Approaching gracefully, Su Wan spoke rapidly, "Xiaoshan, I brought a friend with me today."
Only then did Long Xiaoshan shift his gaze to the person behind Su Wan. The individual was dressed like a boy—a baseball jacket on top, sweatpants below, with a mouth mask and sunglasses covering the face, topped with a duckbill cap, nearly hiding their entire appearance.
However, Long Xiaoshan immediately recognized her as a woman, as her figure was difficult to conceal. A woman dressing up like that was even more exaggerated than a celebrity.
Upon a closer look, Long Xiaoshan's lips curled into a faint smile, "And who do I think it is, turns out to be Miss Tang."
Tang Yan's body twitched unnaturally.
She hadn't expected to be recognized by Long Xiaoshan even in such a disguise.
What was more embarrassing was
she once had a conflict with Long Xiaoshan and had even threatened to make him regret, yet today, she was the one seeking his help, a psychological gap that was hard for her, a wealthy heiress, to accept.
But no matter how hard it was to accept, she had no choice but to face reality.
That was, Long Xiaoshan's words had come true.
She really had contracted a serious illness; a month ago, those red patches on her body began to spread, gradually moving across her whole body. She had seen many doctors and even made a special trip abroad.
None of the doctors could do anything about her illness.
Eventually, she thought of Long Xiaoshan.
Long Xiaoshan had once offered to help her, but she had harshly rebuked him and left some harsh words behind.
Now, she had to pin her hopes on Long Xiaoshan.
But when she wanted to find Long Xiaoshan, he had already gone to the Southern Ocean.
Her condition worsened, becoming so severe that those terrifying red patches covered her body, and the patches darkened to purple, eventually almost turning black, like dark spots.
It was too horrifying; now, she didn't even dare to look in the mirror when bathing, wrapping herself up tightly every day.
She couldn't bear to see anyone, not even herself.
As a wealthy heiress, if she had to live like this for the rest of her life, she would rather die.
Thus, when she heard of Long Xiaoshan's return, she pleaded with Su Wan to bring her over.
Facing Long Xiaoshan's utterly indifferent gaze, Tang Yan felt utterly embarrassed, but thinking of her own body, she gritted her teeth and said, "Long, Long Xiaoshan, I'm sorry, it was my fault for blaming you before. I apologize to you."
Long Xiaoshan smiled faintly and withdrew his gaze, calmly saying, "You don't need to apologize to me; that was your choice, and I respect it."
Tang Yan panicked when she heard this.
She took off her sunglasses and pulled down her mask, revealing her face covered with many dark red spots, some of which were already purplish-black, making her entire visage look as if afflicted with leprosy, utterly horrible and ugly.
Tang Yan said, "Long Xiaoshan, look at me now, I've become like this. Are you satisfied? I know all you want is money, right? Is ten million enough?"
Long Xiaoshan displayed a look of contempt.
Tang Yan said, "Then thirty million... fifty million... a hundred million, a hundred million should be enough, right? Just cure me, and I'll give you a hundred million!"
Seeing Long Xiaoshan stayed silent.
Tang Yan suddenly started to scream, seemingly losing control.
"Get lost!" Long Xiaoshan uttered softly.
Tang Yan froze, and after a moment, she seemed to doubt her own ears.
"I said... get lost!"
Long Xiaoshan's eyes suddenly widened, speaking the truth.
The sound exploded in Tang Yan's ears, sending her staggering back and finally plopping down on the ground, her face a picture of panic.
Su Wan's complexion changed.
She could tell Long Xiaoshan was furious.
She also blamed Tang Yan, thinking, even at this point, you still can't drop the heiress attitude, throwing around a billion as if it's something impressive, but is Long Xiaoshan someone who lacks money?
Her boss's wealth probably surpassed the combined fortunes of your household.
Tang Yan's Shengfeng Group was a top-tier conglomerate in QY City with assets in the tens of billions, not much less than Zhou Yushan, the former richest man of Hechuan, but even Zhou Yushan treated Long Xiaoshan with great respect.
He even gave over Wanlong Mountain to Long Xiaoshan.
Although Su Wan did not know exactly how much wealth Long Xiaoshan had, it was clear that a billion was not something he would consider significant.